Bye bye summer 2011

Thunderball

Well today is the last day of summer 11, How was it for you? Is it one you will remember for years to come ? I think it was a bit of a forgettable summer tbh

Not great, just a bit of a meh summer.

What's not forgettable is that there's a weather forum

Snakeblood

Thunderball wrote: »

Well today is the last day of summer 11, How was it for you? Is it one you will remember for years to come ? I think it was a bit of a forgettable summer tbh

This post means I shall remember Summer 2011 forever. Thanks, friend.

CardBordWindow

August is the first month of Autumn. You're a tad late to be mentioning the end of summer!

Son Of A Vidic

Did we actually have a summer? Come to think of it, have we had one in the last four years?

pickarooney

Fairly ****e summer and the evenings are a bit bet.

mikemac

Thunderball wrote: »

Well today is the last day of summer 11,

May, June, July is summer

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Feckin dark at 9 o'clock too. At least I wont feel guilty for sitting onn my hole when I come in from work

actuallylike

Roll on next year's summer! I think it's on a Tuesday.

Interceptor

Not a single blackberry ripening on the bushes behind my house. No blackberry jam to get me through to Cakemas. Arse.

'cptr

Kojak

What is everyone complaining about. Its been a lovely summer....

Fizman

I have to say it's actually been one of my better ones.

End of May/early June I spent in Cuba with a mate of mine and without doubt it blew away every other holiday we've been on. The day after returning I had a 3 night stag in Dingle on the June bank hol weekend and it was the best weekend of the summer without doubt (weather wise too). That wedding was on 6 weeks later and turned out to be the 2nd best weekend of weather! The weekend after that was another mates stag in Liverpool. Had something on every other weekend in June/July as well.

The one downside was that this incredible French Canadian girl I met in Cuba was trying to come over at the end of July to visit, but couldn't for several reasons. However, the good times hopefully aren't over yet as I'm very close to booking flights to Montreal to go there for the second half of September.

jacksprat

Summer 2011, best day ever

py2006

Summer 2011 ??

Who? what? where? why? when?

Scanlas The 2nd

Thread title should be bye bye first month of Autumn.

Lando Griffin

I love the miserable dark cold days and nights of winter being warmed up by hours of Soccer Saturday, The Premiership, Magners league ( or modern day equivalent) & the Heineken Cup.
Its also a time where we welcome back the Late Late Show and its second rated cousin on Saturday night, which I rearly bother watching because of my aforementioned sporting commitments.Also those pesky kids are all locked up in their rooms doing their homework giving the neighbourhood a beautiful silence instead of the racket of joyous play.

westendgirlie

I thought the seasons were....

Dec, Jan,Feb = Winter
Mar, Apr, May = Spring
Jun, Jul, Aug = Summer
Sep, Oct, Nov = Autumn

Is this wrong?

Jess16

Fizman wrote: »

End of May/early June I spent in Cuba with a mate of mine and without doubt it blew away every other holiday we've been on. The day after returning I had a 3 night stag in Dingle on the June bank hol weekend and it was the best weekend of the summer without doubt (weather wise too). That wedding was on 6 weeks later and turned out to be the 2nd best weekend of weather! The weekend after that was another mates stag in Liverpool. Had something on every other weekend in June/July as well.

The one downside was that this incredible French Canadian girl I met in Cuba was trying to come over at the end of July to visit, but couldn't for several reasons. However, the good times hopefully aren't over yet as I'm very close to booking flights to Montreal to go there for the second half of September.

Ok everyone, don't get too excited but I think we have a legend in our midst!!

mikemac

westendgirlie wrote: »

Is this wrong?

yes

rossie1977

westendgirlie wrote: »

I thought the seasons were....

Dec, Jan,Feb = Winter
Mar, Apr, May = Spring
Jun, Jul, Aug = Summer
Sep, Oct, Nov = Autumn

Is this wrong?

maybe some place where there are actual seasons like northeast usa, in ireland its basically winter year round its been freezing last couple of nights here in roscommon and i have seen loads of folks around here with their heating on at night and smoke from fires

the headline from this scottish newspaper pretty much sums up summer :rolleyes: 2011 http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/editor-s-picks/wet-cold-and-gloomy-that-was-summer-2011-1.1120882

westendgirlie

mikemac wrote: »

yes

Thanks! Feel better now that's all cleared up

dsmythy

CardBordWindow wrote: »

August is the first month of Autumn. You're a tad late to be mentioning the end of summer!

mikemac wrote: »

May, June, July is summer

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Thread title should be bye bye first month of Autumn.

Met Eireann says summer is June-August. Ask anywhere other than Ireland in the temperate northern hemisphere when summer is and they'll tell you that.

lucylu

Spring - February, March, April.
Summer - May, June, July.
Autumn - August, September, October.
Winter - November, December, January.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_calendar

mike65

This is the only country that widely thinks Spring starts on Feb 1st so its hardly a surprise people think Autumn starts in August.

Anyway Met Error declared this coolest August in 25 years earlier today and I imagine the whole summer is likely to be close to the misery of 1985.

dsmythy

Oh I forgot the OP. This summer has been an average Irish summer. Not as bad as many other ones.

IrishZeus

Fizman wrote: »

I have to say it's actually been one of my better ones.

End of May/early June I spent in Cuba with a mate of mine and without doubt it blew away every other holiday we've been on. The day after returning I had a 3 night stag in Dingle on the June bank hol weekend and it was the best weekend of the summer without doubt (weather wise too). That wedding was on 6 weeks later and turned out to be the 2nd best weekend of weather! The weekend after that was another mates stag in Liverpool. Had something on every other weekend in June/July as well.

The one downside was that this incredible French Canadian girl I met in Cuba was trying to come over at the end of July to visit, but couldn't for several reasons. However, the good times hopefully aren't over yet as I'm very close to booking flights to Montreal to go there for the second half of September.

Pics or GTFO

shanered

I HATE GOODBYES!!!!!!!!

Krieg

Tbh our seasons should move up one month, it would fit our weather pattern much better.

jester77

westendgirlie wrote: »

I thought the seasons were....

Dec, Jan,Feb = Winter
Mar, Apr, May = Spring
Jun, Jul, Aug = Summer
Sep, Oct, Nov = Autumn

Is this wrong?

Depends on who you ask, Met Éireann thinks it starts in September but they are seldom right anyway

wikipedia wrote:

In Ireland, the autumn months according to the national meteorological service, Met Éireann, are September, October and November.[5] However, according to the Irish Calendar which is based on ancient Celtic traditions, autumn lasts throughout the months of August, September, and October, or possibly a few days later, depending on tradition.

Alter-Ego

Its been a good summer craic wise. The weather has been sh1te!

mikemac

It was no 1995, that's for sure

Fromthetrees

1981-2010 ..
JUN .. JUL .. AUG ..
13.7 .. 15.2 .. 15.3 .. ,
The 3 hottest months of the year are summer surely, otherwise the seasons are just made up aren't they, same goes for the 3 coldest months being winter, it makes sense to me anywy.
DEC .. JAN .. FEB ..
5.4 ... 5.2 .. 5.3 ..

Krieg

jester77 wrote: »

Depends on who you ask, Met Éireann thinks it starts in September but they are seldom right anyway

For once id agree with Met eireann

OPENROAD

shanered wrote: »

I HATE GOODBYES!!!!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MaczkqNPBI

Fizman

Jess16 wrote: »

Ok everyone, don't get too excited but I think we have a legend in our midst!!

Now now, 'legend' might be stretching it a tad.

IrishZeus wrote: »

Pics or GTFO

Well I wouldn't be entertaining the idea of going to Canada for any old plain Jane now would I?

MugMugs

Interceptor wrote: »

Not a single blackberry ripening on the bushes behind my house. No blackberry jam to get me through to Cakemas. Arse.

'cptr

Lovely Lovely bushes !

mattjack

Fizman wrote: »

I have to say it's actually been one of my better ones.

End of May/early June I spent in Cuba with a mate of mine and without doubt it blew away every other holiday we've been on. The day after returning I had a 3 night stag in Dingle on the June bank hol weekend and it was the best weekend of the summer without doubt (weather wise too). That wedding was on 6 weeks later and turned out to be the 2nd best weekend of weather! The weekend after that was another mates stag in Liverpool. Had something on every other weekend in June/July as well.

The one downside was that this incredible French Canadian girl I met in Cuba was trying to come over at the end of July to visit, but couldn't for several reasons. However, the good times hopefully aren't over yet as I'm very close to booking flights to Montreal to go there for the second half of September.

End of September is the start of my burglar season..

The Snipe

Interceptor wrote: »

Not a single blackberry ripening on the bushes behind my house. No blackberry jam to get me through to Cakemas. Arse.

'cptr

I think Vodaphone stole em all last month!

The Snipe

summer extends for the whole months of June, July, and August in the northern hemisphere

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer

Mapck

Winter is coming!

Biggins

Bloody glad its over.

Stinicker

Eventually we can get rid of this sh1te we call a summer and we can look forward to some decent heavy snowfalls and proper cold weather. I reckon we hardly got 10-12 true cloudless warm dry days this summer, this gray overcast sh1te we always get is hardly a summer is it.

flutterflye

I hate the routine and structure that is the school year.
But this year I can't wait for it to begin.
Cooped up inside with the kids most of the summer is not fun.
Weather too bad most of the time.
Got sick so couldn't even go on my honeymoon

dirtypanties

Lando Griffin wrote: »

I love the miserable dark cold days and nights of winter being warmed up by hours of Soccer Saturday, The Premiership, Magners league ( or modern day equivalent) & the Heineken Cup.
Its also a time where we welcome back the Late Late Show and its second rated cousin on Saturday night, which I rearly bother watching because of my aforementioned sporting commitments.Also those pesky kids are all locked up in their rooms doing their homework giving the neighbourhood a beautiful silence instead of the racket of joyous play.

Bah humbug!

But I wholeheartedly agree.

DanTheMan91

I like the Summer months but I love Winter, I am one of those people who start looking forward to Christmas at the start of November.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I just hope we don't get a wet winter now, you know the kinda of one where the only distinguishable feature from summer is the shorter days.

revell

Fromthetrees wrote: »

1981-2010 ..
JUN .. JUL .. AUG ..
13.7 .. 15.2 .. 15.3 .. ,
The 3 hottest months of the year are summer surely, otherwise the seasons are just made up aren't they, same goes for the 3 coldest months being winter, it makes sense to me anywy.
DEC .. JAN .. FEB ..
5.4 ... 5.2 .. 5.3 ..

You call a average 14 degree summer? :eek:

Saila

mikemac wrote: »

May, June, July is summer

wrong! April and september are

dsmythy

revell wrote: »

You call a average 14 degree summer? :eek:

That's day and night combined I think.

starlit

Bye Bye Summer, hello cold snap of the winter to come! Summer how are you! Summer my eye very little bit of a summer...autumn more like!

Fromthetrees

revell wrote: »

You call a average 14 degree summer? :eek:

I don't call it anything, they're the mean temperatures for Ireland that I copied and pasted, it's not my opinion on the weather.