JULY WAS A scorcher and the driest on record, according to Met Éireann. An average of 16mm of rain fell across the month, which is 17% of the 1991 to 2020 average. The mean temperature was 17.25C, making it the second-hottest July since 1900. It was also the third-hottest month overall, shortly behind August 1995, which saw average temperatures reach 17.75C. By contrast, the coolest July on record was in 1922 with a mean temperature of 12.68C.