The sunniest month for each year since 1929 for Northern Ireland 1929: May 203.6hrs 1930: Jun 231.5hrs 1931: Aug 175.5hrs 1932: Jun 204.7hrs 1933: Sep 162.9hrs 1934: Jul 202.3hrs 1935: May 252.7hrs 1936: Jun 191.7hrs 1937: May 210.2hrs 1938: Apr 199.6hrs 1939: Jun 240.1hrs 1940: Jun 259.4hrs 1941: May 170.2hrs 1942: Apr, May 198.7hrs 1943: May 210.4hrs 1944: Aug 164.9hrs 1945: Apr 162.6hrs 1946: May 278.1hrs 1947: Aug 261.6hrs 1948: May 235.3hrs 1949: Jun 256.4hrs 1950: May 216.5hrs 1951: Jun 208.1hrs 1952: May 174.7hrs 1953: May 196.3hrs 1954: Apr 176.3hrs 1955: Jul 248.0hrs 1956: Jun 183.7hrs 1957: Jun 256.9hrs 1958: May 185.0hrs 1959: May 219.4hrs 1960: Jun 223.3hrs 1961: May 179.2hrs 1962: Apr 208.9hrs 1963: May 181.7hrs 1964: May 168.3hrs 1965: Apr 150.1hrs 1966: May 208.7hrs 1967: Jun 175.9hrs 1968: Jun 210.6hrs 1969: Jun 209.3hrs 1970: Jun 199.4hrs 1971: Jul 172.1hrs 1972: Jun 166.1hrs 1973: Jun 161.0hrs 1974: Apr 206.2hrs 1975: May 258.3hrs 1976: Aug 254.6hrs 1977: May 238.1hrs 1978: May 171.8hrs 1979: May 164.1hrs 1980: May 222.7hrs 1981: Apr 166.2hrs 1982: May 176.1hrs 1983: Jul 174.7hrs 1984: May 236.5hrs 1985: Jun 168.1hrs 1986: Sep 159.0hrs 1987: May 179.2hrs 1988: May 181.9hrs 1989: Jul 230.7hrs 1990: Jul 208.0hrs 1991: Sep 164.8hrs 1992: May 187.0hrs 1993: Aug 138.6hrs 1994: Apr 164.7hrs 1995: Aug 232.9hrs 1996: Jun 184.9hrs 1997: May 208.0hrs 1998: May 156.2hrs 1999: Jul 173.3hrs 2000: May 240.4hrs 2001: May 203.1hrs 2002: May 169.4hrs 2003: Aug 182.5hrs 2004: May 182.4hrs