MID CENTURY PROJECTION FOR IRELAND NIGHT TIME TEMPERATURE
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- 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.