Weather Round Up: January 2026

JANUARY MUCH WETTER, SUNNIER, AND COOLER THAN AVERAGE Armagh Observatory, 5th February 2026: Armagh Observatory reports that January 2026 was much wetter, sunnier, and cooler than average. As with January last year (2025) there were three named storms this year, Goretti, Ingrid, and Chandra, but only the last of the three, namely Storm Chandra, brought damaging impacts to Northern Ireland. Storm Chandra, named by the UK Met Office, was a deep low-pressure system that brought wet and windy...