Feeling a bit damp? Following torrential rains across the State, this October is heading towards being the wettest on record.
In October 1960, 161 millimetres of rain was measured in Dublin. Last night, rainfall for this month recorded at Dublin Airport was just one millimetre short of that record.
"Nowhere has escaped the very heavy rains this October," Ms Sarah O'Reilly of Met Éireann said. "It's been a very wet year. We've already had the annual average rainfall for the year, particularly in the Dublin area," she added.
Rainfall exceeded double the October average a week ago.
The persistent flooding that affected many parts of the State throughout October is likely to continue, with more heavy downpours on the way this weekend, according to Ms O'Reilly.
Today and tomorrow are due to be mostly dry with only intermittent showers, but the further rains forecast for Friday and Saturday leave little hope of a flood-free start to November.
"Wednesday will be mostly dry and cold, with overnight temperatures hitting zero degrees. Thursday will be milder with cloud increasing in the south west and a greater chance of rain, but Friday and the weekend show signs of more heavy rain," Ms O'Reilly said.
Winds this weekend will be "fresh and strong" she said, but a return of the last weekend's violent storms is not expected.
The ESB was still connecting the last remaining homes cut off by the storms up until 4 p.m. yesterday.
The heavy rains overnight on Monday and through much of yesterday caused flooding leading to road closures around the State. The rain was heaviest in the east midlands and north Leinster, including Dublin. Dublin, Galway and Mayo were worst affected by the floods.
The main Dublin to Enniskerry Road was closed for the day yesterday and Taylor's Lane in Rathfarnham was under one-and-a-half feet of water.
Although the floods abated somewhat during the afternoon, a number of roads in the city were still waterlogged yesterday evening. Whitechurch Road in Rathfarnham, New Cabra Road and Grand Canal Quay were all barely passable, according to AA Roadwatch, causing major delays for motorists in both the morning and evening rush hours.
Dublin City Council's drainage division received more than 100 calls related to road flooding yesterday.
"Twenty crews were sent out to deal with the floods using pumps, vactors and gully cleaners. All our available resources were in operation," a spokeswoman for the council said.
In Galway, Flood Street and Merlin Park were flooded. Loughrea, Woodford and Athenry were among the worst hit areas of the west, with many roads left impassable.
For many people, it was the fourth time the roads in their area were flooded this month.
