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Storm Darragh (known as Storm Xaveria in Germany) [1] was a powerful extratropical cyclone which severely impacted Ireland and the United Kingdom in December 2024. The fourth named (using the western group naming list) storm of the 2024–25 European windstorm season, Darragh was named by the UK Met Office on 5 December 2024.
Barra Best - BBC News NI weather presenter January 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM Red warnings for wind have been issued for all 26 counties in the Republic of Ireland [PA Media]
Weather. 24/7 Help. ... County Armagh, told BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme that he fears he will be 10 days without electricity. ... County Donegal, on Friday.
In October 2012, Gallagher predicted [10] "plenty of snow" before Christmas 2012. The Met Éireann December 2012 Monthly Weather Bulletin [11] recorded limited snow on three days, all confined to areas in the Midlands and West. Overall, Met Éireann summarised the weather in that month as "wet and warm in parts". [citation needed]
One man, Kacper Dudek, 20, died after a tree fell on his car in Raphoe, County Donegal, during the storm. Thousands of customers in Scotland are also still without power . 'Cold and frightened'
The first BBC weather forecast was a shipping forecast, broadcast on the radio on behalf of the Met Office on 14 November 1922, and the first daily weather forecast was broadcast on 26 March 1923. In 1936, the BBC experimented with the world's first televised weather maps, brought into practice in 1949 after World War II. The map filled the ...
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The storm lasted from 3:00 on 24 December to 15:00 on 29 December 1998, peaking on 26 December. [2] The Met Office reported that mean speeds over land reached nearly 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) over a period of twelve hours, with gusts exceeding 90 miles per hour (140 km/h) and being recorded at over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) were recorded at some locations.