November was exceptionally dry and mild, according to the latest Met Éireann statistics, rounding off an exceptionally dry autumn.
It doesn't mean that the weather was anything to get excited about - at Malin Head, Co Donegal, for example, there were just 15 hours of sunshine over the entire month of November.
And in the appropriately named Birr, Co Offaly, the lowest ground temperature for the entire season (-8.7 degrees) was recorded on November 23rd.
It was the dullest Malin Head month since measurements began in 1915, where it was not only the cloudiest place in Ireland - it was also the windiest, with mean windspeeds of up to 18 knots (33km/h).
On November 19th, hardy Inishowen residents experienced the highest gust of the month: 54 knots (100 km/h).
The perpetual blanket of cloud meant that in some parts of the State the mean temperature was about two degrees higher than normal, making it the warmest November in 13 years.
Rainfall was well below average across Ireland, with only 50 per cent of average precipitation recorded at some stations. Most areas recorded between nine and 12 wet days (more than 1mm of rainfall) whereas up to 20 wet days are expected in some areas of the State during an average November.