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Sunny Malin records fewer wet days 03.07.07

The Malin Head weather station recorded the fewest wet days in the country last month.
The local station bucked the trend as its counterparts around the country including those in the south east had the highest rainfall since records began.
The Malin Head statistics, however, were collated before the severe thunderstorms that swept through the peninsula from west to east on Saturday.
Buncrana was among the worst hit as the deluge, accompanied by strong winds battered the seaside town.
Gardai said no serious weather-related incidents were reported although there were a number of minor road accidents.
Organisers of festivals including the Inishowen Summer Gathering breathed a sigh of relief after Saturday's freak storm made way for brighter, sunnier conditions the following day.
And despite a short-lived thundery downpour in Moville and Greencastle on Saturday, the two major local events of the weekend in the area - the DylanFest and the Vintage Car Rally - enjoyed better than expected conditions.
Meanwhile, as the Inishowen summer started in earnest this week with the national school holidays, Met Eireann is forecasting a continuation of the unsettled conditions.
Giving it wellie...Catherine Davis, Ballyshannon, left and Mary Jo O'Brien, Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo enjoy the Inishowen Summer Gathering.
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