How wet was it for you?

blue5000 · 02-03-2014 12:01pm #1

Ok us farmers love talking about the weather. Had a look at met office and so far this year our local weather station has had more rain than the first FIVE months of last year. How was it for you?
Have a look here
http://www.met.ie/climate/monthly-data.asp?Num=1475

maxxuumman · 02-03-2014 12:16pm

Scary thing about that is those tables is that the mean air and soil temps were the same last year as this year for Jan and Feb. It was in March it really went to sh1t temps wise.
We've nearly had 1/2 last yrs rain fall in 2 months of this year

ABlur · 02-03-2014 12:41pm

Shannon airport 196mm for Feb beat that! I see theyve only 1 mm in for March 2014 think after last night wud want to up that to about 26mm!

Reggie. · 02-03-2014 12:44pm

Same amount of rain as first 4 months last year

mayota · 02-03-2014 12:52pm

ABlur wrote: »

Shannon airport 196mm for Feb beat that! I see theyve only 1 mm in for March 2014 think after last night wud want to up that to about 26mm!

Knock airport February 236 total so far 447 :eek:

onyerbikepat · 02-03-2014 12:59pm

ABlur wrote: »

Shannon airport 196mm for Feb beat that! I see theyve only 1 mm in for March 2014 think after last night wud want to up that to about 26mm!

292.4 for Valentia

. Well, if it's going to rain, better it rain now and not during the summer.

Mulumpy · 02-03-2014 1:01pm

Always heard that a Saturday moon is a month too soon. There was a new moon last night so not a good sign of improvement.

case 956 · 02-03-2014 2:29pm

Mulumpy wrote: »

Always heard that a Saturday moon is a month too soon. There was a new moon last night so not a good sign of improvement.

explain to us innoncent young folk :rolleyes:

Mulumpy · 02-03-2014 3:28pm

case 956 wrote: »

explain to us innoncent young folk :rolleyes:

Its just an old proverb that if a new moon falls on a Saturday a wet month will follow.

case 956 · 02-03-2014 3:35pm

o fcuk, hope it wrong

Damo810 · 02-03-2014 3:38pm

What is it with the misleading titles of threads this morning? I was hoping for something more exciting

Deepsouthwest · 02-03-2014 11:27pm

ABlur wrote: »

Shannon airport 196mm for Feb beat that! I see theyve only 1 mm in for March 2014 think after last night wud want to up that to about 26mm!

Sherkin island is the nearest for me, and that had over 400 for the jan and feb, Valentia nxt closest and that had nearly 600, beat that! Now it starts to make sense when I read about all the guys on f+f with there cows out at the moment and me here with waterlogged ground. I used to think those guys with the cows out were farming in a different country to me, now I know they are weather wise!

TITANIUM. · 02-03-2014 11:51pm

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

Sherkin island is the nearest for me, and that had over 400 for the jan and feb, Valentia nxt closest and that had nearly 600, beat that! Now it starts to make sense when I read about all the guys on f+f with there cows out at the moment and me here with waterlogged ground. I used to think those guys with the cows out were farming in a different country to me, now I know they are weather wise!

Im in the same boat as yourself. And by the sounds of it, in the same region aswell. Id rather it now then June though.

roadsmart · 02-03-2014 11:59pm

Just a little wetter than normal in South Kerry.

bbam · 03-03-2014 9:55am

We've had more than four months rain in the two months so far compared to last year.
Funny, I thought we'd be even further ahead than that.

gozunda · 03-03-2014 11:45pm

It's official - the winter was the wettest ever ....

RTE NEWS MONDAY March 3rd ...

The winter of 2013/14 was the wettest on record, according to data released by Met Éireann.

Rainfall totals were well above Long Term Average (LTA) everywhere, according to the organisation.

They ranged from 143% of average values at Finner in Co Donegal to 208% at Carlow Oakpark.

More than 50% of stations across Ireland reported it was the wettest winter on record.

These included Valentia Observatory (848mm or 183% of long term average), Malin Head, Shannon Airport and Mullingar.

According to Met Éireann, other stations in the south, east and west reported their wettest December, January and February in 57 years, with the wettest day of the season at Ballyhaise on 17 February, with 34.5mm.

The number of wet days during the season ranged from 50-80 around the country.

Winds were also above average, with storm force winds recorded in several locations.

Dublin Airport's average wind speed over the season, at 26km/h, was at its highest since 1943.

Shannon Airport reported its highest winter average wind speed in 31 years with 23km/h, while some stations in the south had their highest average wind speeds in 24 years.
The highest gust in February was at Shannon Airport, which recorded a gust of 159km/h on 12 February, its highest gust for February on record.

Storm force winds were recorded on 1, 8 and 12 February.

Gale force winds were reported on 23 days during the month, with severe gales on 13 days.

Lightning activity was recorded on almost two thirds of the days of the month, with the heaviest activity on 1, 11, 12 and 13 February.

The high winds were accompanied by high seas, with a new record maximum wave of 25m reported at the Kinsale Energy Gas Platform on 12 February.

Mean air temperatures were on or above average everywhere, except for Cork Airport and Markree.

The warmest day of the season was 12 December, with 15.2C recorded at Malin Head and Finner.

With so much rain, it is not surprising that sunshine was not at a premium, with average values ranging from 77% or 115 hours at Knock to 217 hours or 116% at Dublin Airport.

How wet was it for you?

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