Ireland is likely to experience more frequent extreme heat, with temperatures exceeding 30 degrees in the coming times, a new research has predicted.
According to climate scientists at Maynooth University, a temperature of more than 34 degrees changed from a 1 in 1,600-year event to a 1 in 28-year event between 1942 and 2020.
Ireland recorded its highest-ever temperature on June 26 in 1887, with temperatures hitting 33.3 degrees at Kilkenny Castle.
Commenting on the findings, lead researcher Professor Andrew Parnell said the study underlined the urgent need for “societal adaptation to increasing extreme temperature events, that will have profound implications for public health, agriculture, economic stability and infrastructure resilience.”
He further said extreme heat events will be more frequent and be more widespread in comparison to the 1940s and 1950s due to human-caused global warming, The Irish Times reported.