Nine weather stations have already recorded a year’s amount of rain – with two months remaining.
Met Eireann has released its climate report looking at conditions over October.
The wettest day of the month was on the 18th at Cork Airport – which had its highest daily amount of rain since 1995.
Another area in Cork – Moore Park – had its wettest October in 59 years.
While nine weather stations – including in Dublin, Cavan, Sligo, Meath, Roscommon, Mayo and Tipperary – all had record high temperatures for October.
The highest gusts meanwhile, were recorded at Malin Head.
Wind speeds of 106km/h were recorded at the weather station.
