MID CENTURY PROJECTION FOR IRELAND NIGHT TIME TEMPERATURE

MID CENTURY PROJECTION FOR IRELAND WINTER NIGHT TIME TEMPERATURE CHANGE.

 

  • SIX OF THE TEN WARMEST YEARS IN IRELAND SINCE 1990.
  • A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF FROSTY DAYS.
  • AN INCREASE IN ANNUAL RAINFALL IN NORHERN AND WESTERN AREAS WITH DECREASE OR SMALL INCREASE IN THE SOUTH AND EAST.
  • FUTURE ADVERSE IMPACTS MAY INCLUDES,
  • SEA LEVEL RISE.
  • MORE INTENSE STORMS AND RAINFALL EVENTS.
  • ADVERSE IMPACT ON WATER QUALITY.
  • FLOODING S ETC.
  • WARMER WEATHER INCLUDING HEAT WAVES MAY,
    • INCREASE HEAT-RELATED MORTALITY AND DECREASE COLD RELATED MORTALITY.
    • ALTERING WATER-BORNE AND VECTOR BORNE DISEASE PATTERNS.
    • INCREASE WINTER SURVIVAL IN SOIL OF PEST AND PATHOGENS.

    COLD-SNAPS MAY INCREASE COLD RELATED MORTALITY.

    WETTER WINTER MAY INCREASE CONTAMINATION OF DRINKING WATER.