SUMMER WEATHER 2015 -GENERAL DISCUSSION THREAD

road_high

northgirl wrote: »

i'd agree with you up to this week, at least here i think it's turned noticeably cooler. still a lot of overcast days:pac:

I think the humidity has gotten worse...I've pulled out the cooler fan I have, been working a lot the past few days.

road_high

I was working a lot outdoors today in Carlow/Kilkenny area and even got a bit sunburned today which may shock people in other parts of the country but the sun was quite warm and strong when it did come out :pac:

mg1982

With the jet stream pushing south id say the closeness and humidity will soon be gone. Fingers crossed.

Xenji

The humidity today in Castlebar today felt the highest in some years, it is still very muggy outside, have most of the windows open.

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Heating on tonight. So disappointing really poor weather. Dull dank cool breezy ****e.

This I don't get. It's not exactly cold ?!

Harps

Parents back in Donegal have been complaining all summer that is one of the worse they can remember, grey, windy, cool and wet throughout with hardly a single redeeming day. Not been as good as last year here in London but still like a different world compared to the west of Ireland, expecting 27C today without a cloud in the sky at the moment, amazing how things can vary so much over relatively short distances

OldRio

Awful July up to now here in Leitrim. Rain, rain and more rain.
The other night temperatures were down to 3/4 degrees. My veggies are not to happy.

JCX BXC

Liam Neesons Ballbag wrote: »

This I don't get. It's not exactly cold ?!

Speak for yourself.

Lucreto

Carnacalla wrote: »

Speak for yourself.

Well it's true. I have been out in a Tshirt for the last 3 weeks. It is not hot but not exactly cold either. It was 14C in Naas this morning and the same last night.

JCX BXC

Lucreto wrote: »

Well it's true. I have been out in a Tshirt for the last 3 weeks. It is not hot but not exactly cold either. It was 14C in Naas this morning and the same last night.

Speak for yourself? I am doing outdoor work this morning and despite wearing a big hoodie I'm fairly cold. Very windy and I couldn't imagine wearing a hoodie.

Rock Lesnar

Carnacalla wrote: »

Speak for yourself? I am doing outdoor work this morning and despite wearing a big hoodie I'm fairly cold. Very windy and I couldn't imagine wearing a hoodie.

Maybe its just the weather here in the north east but I'm walking around in shorts and tees for the last 2 months, its been mostly cool i'd say for the majority of it, but definitely not cool enough for hoodies or heating to be turned on, or maybe its the case of, if you feel the cold, you feel the cold, and if you dont, you dont.

Mayo_Boy

Is it not clearly obvious to people that there is and has been quite a significant difference in temperatures between the western and eastern divide of the country this summer?

Gonzo

so far this summer has been fairly decent here once you take May out of the picture. We had 2 poor days this week but for the 4 weeks previous to that it was 20C+ and dry. Today is back to 21C and good sunny spells. Tomorrow should be fairly nice as well. Next week isn't looking so good tho.

Looks like the east could hold onto about 18-21C for the next few days as far as next Wednesday, possibly Thursday.

northgirl

Mayo_Boy wrote: »

Is it not clearly obvious to people that there is and has been quite a significant difference in temperatures between the western and eastern divide of the country this summer?

It's definitely quite localised.

road_high

Mayo_Boy wrote: »

Is it not clearly obvious to people that there is and has been quite a significant difference in temperatures between the western and eastern divide of the country this summer?

Definitely. I see people here talking about having heating on, their vegetables struggling, and it being v cool and wet!!
June was really really dry and there was some quite warm sunny blasts here. Until rain last week, some grassland and late sown crops like spuds and beet were really struggling...due to drought! Ground is like concrete still too.

Schadenfreudia

I notice this East v West moaning match is also popping up in the "worst summer" thread!

It raises such deep philosophical questions like - can we, collectively, claim 2015 a candidate for "worst summer" when half the population are experiencing a slightly better than normal one?

What if Donegal couldn't harvest their porridge oats owing to endless windy monsoon but in Wexford the strawberries withered on the beds due to savage drought and relentless sunshine?

Is that a good summer or a bad one?

Oneiric 3

Mean maxima from met.ie stations for Summer so far (period Jun 1 - Jul 9)



Clear difference between west and east. Being located in the inland west, I haven't found it anyway cool at all this summer so far. Grant it, I've experienced warmer, but I have witnessed colder too, though it is obvious that those more to the west and northwest of me are bearing the brunt of colder conditions.


All data in table above from: http://www.met.ie/climate/daily-data.asp

road_high

Yes the averages for South East and East look roughly about 3-4 degrees higher than the west, which feels quite significant so no wonder all the posts here complaining about the cold. Strange to see the Johnstown castle average being that low though.

Schadenfreudia

road_high wrote: »

Yes the averages for South East and East look roughly about 3-4 degrees higher than the west, which feels quite significant so no wonder all the posts here complaining about the cold. Strange to see the Johnstown castle average being that low though.

I think Johnstown is affected by proximity to the south coast; the areas with the really good weather have been sheltered from the south, SW, west and NW.

mg1982

It hasnt been that cold in sligo anyway id say temperatures have been normal for the time of year. Its just been grey overcast and drizzly weather most of the time. Typical irish summer.

javagal

Hey guys,
Not sure if this is allowed but have my baby's birthday on the 19th, is it likely to rain, or is it too far away to know?
Would like to know so can be prepared!
Sorry if this isn't allowed, mods can remove!

Thank you 😜

mg1982

javagal wrote: »

Hey guys,
Not sure if this is allowed but have my baby's birthday on the 19th, is it likely to rain, or is it too far away to know?
Would like to know so can be prepared!
Sorry if this isn't allowed, mods can remove!

Thank you 😜

Its probably too far away to make an accurate prediction. But keep an eye on the rte weather forecast tomorrow, they will give a forecast for the week up until next weekend.

who_ru

I'm in Limerick too and I really cannot recall any sunshine whatsoever in the month of July. Constantly grey, overcast & dull. Almost every evening last week we got rain, or thick heavy drizzle and wind.

It's spirit crushing stuff.

Clonmel1000

And so it goes on...wet breezy dank crap again today. Actually the breeze has been one feature of this summer I have noticed a lot.

Xenji

It has been pouring rain in Castlebar all day so far, even when it has been dry and sunny out we have had moderate breeze to go along with it.

ronnie3585

Utterly miserable day in Galway City today. Started off with sideways drizzle, not it's raining torrentially. Can't believe it's July.

northgirl

Grey, windy, raining.. no bueno

Aerohead

It's more like November in Galway very wet and windy temp 14 degrees, for God's sake it's July unreal weather

Rock 1234

Any chance of break from the rain and low temperatures, Together with the wind,
Of course Ireland's climate is pretty unsettled, that is the price you pay for sitting so far out in the Atlantic Ocean,
If my memory serves me correctly I read somewhere that Ireland only had fifteen good summers from nineteen hundred to nineteen ninety nine,

Schadenfreudia

Sunny at first today, then cloudy and became breezy, cloud broken now with sunny spells again.

Temp now 17.7C, dry - that rain they forecast never arrived