The long-term temperature record from Markree Observatory, County Sligo, from 1842 to 2011

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dc.contributor.authorMcKeown, Michelle
dc.contributor.authorPotito, Aaron P.
dc.contributor.authorHickey, Kieran R.
dc.contributor.funderNational University of Ireland Galwayen
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-05T15:25:06Z
dc.date.available2016-05-05T15:25:06Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.updated2015-08-18T11:52:57Z
dc.description.abstractThis study analysed long-term temperature patterns in the north-west of Ireland using a previously unexplored data-set from Markree Observatory, County Sligo. The Markree series extends back to 1842, making it one of the longest instrumental temperature records in Ireland and is renowned for holding the lowest recorded temperature for the island of Ireland, 198C on 16 January 1881. Despite its length, this record has been largely absent from past analyses of Ireland’s long-term temperature trends, rendering spatial coverage for the extended Irish climate chronology incomplete. Daily data stored in a variety of the historical archives were gathered and digitised and monthly records created. Calibrations to account for instrumentation, time of reading and exposure were applied where possible in order to standardise the record. Trends were subsequently investigated for seasonal averages of daily minimum, maximum and mean temperatures, and a comparison with previously published long Irish temperature records was carried out to situate the Markree record among the existing long-term series. Although the Markree series follows similar patterns to the other long-term temperature records, it displays more decadal variability, particularly in its minimum values which show a higher rate of late twentieth century warming compared to the other records. Due to its geographic location and surrounding topography shielding the site from direct ocean influences and prevailing south-westerly winds, Markree displays characteristic features of a more inland station (low minimum temperatures and large diurnal ranges) even though it is located only 7 km from the Atlantic Ocean. Such findings highlight the necessity of including the Markree data-set in future Irish climate change research.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational University of Ireland Galway (Arts Faculty Travel Bursary)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationMCKEOWN, M., POTITO, A. P. & HICKEY, K. R. 2012. The long-term temperature record from Markree Observatory, County Sligo, from 1842 to 2011. Irish Geography, 45, 257-282. http://irishgeography.ie/index.php/irishgeography/article/view/25/25en
dc.identifier.doi10.2014/igj.v45i3.25
dc.identifier.endpage282en
dc.identifier.issn0075-0778
dc.identifier.issued3en
dc.identifier.journaltitleIrish Geographyen
dc.identifier.startpage257en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/2509
dc.identifier.volume45en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherGeographical Society of Irelanden
dc.rights© 2013 Geographical Society of Irelanden
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en
dc.subjectTemperatureen
dc.subjectMarkree Observatoryen
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.subjectLong-term temperature patternsen
dc.subjectCalibrationen
dc.titleThe long-term temperature record from Markree Observatory, County Sligo, from 1842 to 2011en
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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