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Spring is here.

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  • 01-02-2017 9:08am
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    Springsprung_
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    Welcome Spring, goodbye Winter.


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    Dr Crayfish
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    You're a month early. Every bloody year...


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    Poor Uncle Tom
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    What did the tree say to spring?

    What a re-leaf.


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    Captain Chaos
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    Winter = December, January, February. End off.


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    CyrilFiggis
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    Spring traditionally starts in Ireland on 1 February. February will never be winter for me


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    Captain Chaos
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    CyrilFiggis wrote: »
    Spring traditionally starts in Ireland on 1 February. February will never be winter for me

    So is August the start of Autumn then.... it's the old school ways that are wrong.

    Summer = June July August
    Autumn = September October November


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    Captain Chaos wrote: »
    So is August the start of Autumn then.... it's the old school ways that are wrong.

    Summer = June July August
    Autumn = September October November

    I kind of like how the Irish seasonal calendar is out of sync with the rest of the world. Since Halloween was originally a day to the end of the harvest, it makes sense to me that November should be the start of winter. Also May day was a big thing in ye olde times as it marked the arrival of the summer.

    Meteorologists be dammed, February is spring time! :p


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    murpho999
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    For Climatological purposes, on the basis of air temperature, seasons are regarded as three - month periods as follows: December to February - winter, March to May - spring, June to August - summer and September to November - autumn. This is a common grouping in the meteorological practice of many countries in the middle and northern latitudes.


    Link from Met Eireann

    How people can think today is Spring is crazy. Summer is June, July and August.

    August is not autumn as so many try to make out.


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    CyrilFiggis
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    murpho999 wrote: »
    Link from Met Eireann

    How people can think today is Spring is crazy. Summer is June, July and August.

    August is not autumn as so many try to make out.

    Yeah, like Met Eireann are going to be right for the first time ever over this :P


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    WesternZulu
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    The Irish calendar seems to sync better with the amount of daylight we get so it works better for me.
    It's not like there is much of a temperature difference between spring and winter here anyway!


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    murpho999
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    CyrilFiggis wrote: »
    Yeah, like Met Eireann are going to be right for the first time ever over this :P

    They actually know a good bit about climate amazing enough.

    Also, they are often right about the weather. It's the tabloid media and the likes of Jounal.ie and joe.ie who talk of hurricanes, blizzards and then heatwaves in the summer.

    People then believe it and then blame Met Eireann when it doesn't happen.


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    infogiver
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    Springsprung_ wrote: »
    Welcome Spring, goodbye Winter.

    If only.


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    infogiver
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    CyrilFiggis wrote: »
    Spring traditionally starts in Ireland on 1 February. February will never be winter for me

    Even though it's often the coldest month of the year?


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    CyrilFiggis
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    infogiver wrote: »
    Even though it's often the coldest month of the year?

    Yes, even so. The seasons operate under fixed dates. If they were dependent on starting everytime we hit a certain temperature, they would be different every year.


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    Noveight
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    I could never call February winter, not with the amount of day light we're getting in the evenings.


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    CyrilFiggis wrote: »
    Yes, even so. The seasons operate under fixed dates. If they were dependent on starting everytime we hit a certain temperature, they would be different every year.

    If it was based on temperatures, I'm not sure Ireland would be entitled to a "summer" at all. :pac:


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    murpho999
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    Noveight wrote: »
    I could never call February winter, not with the amount of day light we're getting in the evenings.

    Seasons are not based on light.

    Even so still dark in the evening but increasing by about a minute per day.


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    murpho999
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I kind of like how the Irish seasonal calendar is out of sync with the rest of the world. Since Halloween was originally a day to the end of the harvest, it makes sense to me that November should be the start of winter. Also May day was a big thing in ye olde times as it marked the arrival of the summer.

    Meteorologists be dammed, February is spring time! :p

    So following that logic, August, which is peak summer holiday season is Autumn. Makes no sense.


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    Irish seasons broadly match what is happening in the fields and hedgerows.

    Spring has started, growth is creeping back, flowers are pushing their way out of the ground.

    It also avoids starting summer on midsummers day.

    Autumn coincides with the harvest - September being the middle of the harvest and October being the end of the harvest in Irish.


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    pebbles21
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    There is only two types of weather in this country
    Its either raining or its going to rain !


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    Sam Kade
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    Captain Chaos wrote: »
    Winter = December, January, February. End off.

    Ends off?


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    whoopsadoodles
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    I bought a very yellow coat at the weekend.

    I'm happy for today to be spring so my coat fits in :D


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    Sam Kade
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    Basil3 wrote: »
    If it was based on temperatures, I'm not sure Ireland would be entitled to a "summer" at all. :pac:

    If that were the case winter 2015 started the last week of October and didn't end until last week of April.


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    Elmer Blooker
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    St Bridget's day was originally a pre-Christian festival celebrating the return of the light. Nothing to do with seasons or temperatures etc
    These ancient people whoever they were had some knowledge of astronomy and this time of year is the halfway point between the winter solstice and the equinox which means that from now on the amount of daylight accelerates rapidly.


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    Arcade_Tryer
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    Just because there are 12 months and 4 seasons does not mean they must be split evenly.

    Spring - March, April, May

    Summer - June, July, August, September

    Autumn - October, November

    Winter - December, January, February


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    Yourself isit
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    murpho999 wrote: »
    So following that logic, August, which is peak summer holiday season is Autumn. Makes no sense.

    It's light vs temperature.

    I get both arguments.


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    lazybones32
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    Yup, Spring is here and there's only 327 days until Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait.

    Spring begins when the soil temperatures reach the 6 degree mark and growth begins again.


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    Yourself isit
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    Arcade_Tryer wrote: »
    Just because there are 12 months and 4 seasons does not mean they must be split evenly.

    Spring - March, April, May

    Summer - June, July, August, September

    Autumn - October, November

    Winter - December, January, February

    Good compromise.


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    Widdershins
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    It is Spring to me. Gorse in flower, etc.


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    Widdershins
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    lazybones32 wrote: »
    Yup, Spring is here and there's only 327 days until Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait.

    Spring begins when the soil temperatures reach the 6 degree mark and growth begins again.

    I've observed growth in early January. It's quite advanced now, although not on every tree and plant you look at, of course.


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    Widdershins
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    pebbles21 wrote: »
    There is only two types of weather in this country
    Its either raining or its going to rain !

    :D I've always felt that's a misconception that we perpetuate because it's funny. Someone will probably come along with a rainfall chart to correct me but I spend a lot of time outdoors and I hear people joking about the Irish weather and can't reconcile that to what I see and feel.


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