Dublin had a dry 2021 with rain lower than average for the city but a look back at totals for the decade show a series of massive ups and downs that were significantly lower than last year.
Rainfall for Dublin, as collected and reported by the Dublin Citizen every week on page A4, was at 34.4 inches in 2021, lower than the 36.75 collected in 2020 and 39.75 in 2019. It is also lower than the historical average of 35.7 inches for the city.
The Old Farmers’ Almanac doesn’t predict the area to bounce back in 2022 with only summer predicted to get more rain than usual for the region and the other months predicted to be drier than usual.
Although low, the lowest point in the past decade was the 23.85 inches collected in 2014 followed by 28.9 inches in 2012. A bigger problem for Dublin farmers and those depending on rainfall is the fact that rains were not evenly distributed with three months completely dry in 2021. This compares to only one dry month in 2020.
Below are the monthly rainfall totals for 2021 with the 2020 totals in parenthesis for comparison.
Jan. – 3.1 in. (2.6)
Feb.- 0.0 in. (2.6)
March- 3.2 in. (5.3)
April- 1.4 in. (1.7)
M a y - 8.93 in. (3.5)
June- 4.5 in. (3.4)
July- 3.2 in. (1.4)
Aug.- 4.9 in. (.4)
Sept.- 0.0 in. (13.45)
Oct.- 3.93 in. (.8)
Nov.- 1.24 in. (0.0)
Dec.- 0.0 in. (1.6)
Below are the annual rainfall totals in Dublin for the last 10 years.
2021- 34.4 in.
2020- 36.75 in.
2019- 39.75 in.
2018- 46.48 in.
2017- 40 in.
2016- 68 in.
2015- 69.4 in.
2014- 23.85 in.
2013- 39.28 in.
2012-28.9 in.