Worst Irish summer ?

Spider Web

This topic always brings out a variety of views. It's an objective matter but the responses tend to be subjective - based on age of course, but also location (even for such a small country) and individual memories.

I think this summer has been quite good overall. I don't think a summer in Ireland lacking a lot of sun is a bad summer. Once it's mild and mostly dry, it's not a bad summer at all - for Ireland. It did deteriorate in recent weeks with the rain (although showers are a sign of warmth but there's been more than showers - and the temperature got quite cool at times). Earlier today was very mild again however (where I am anyway) but I'm wearing a cardigan now.

The worst summer in my memory has been 2012. But 1985/6 when I was a kid might have been worse - I don't remember them sufficiently though.

2012 wasn't just non stop rainy but mild however, it was actually relatively cold at times. 2011 wasn't much better. I remember 2008 being woeful too in terms of rain, but it wasn't cold. "Mugginess" is usually a constant feature of Irish summers I think, but 2011 and especially 2012 often didn't even have that, which I really found quite striking.

gilly0512

It's been an okay Summer, if you're judging it upon hot balmy days where you could actually lie out, it's been very poor, but if you're judging it upon warm days with not much rain, it's been above average. 2013 was the best Summer in recent memory when we had pretty much three weeks of mid 20s temperatures and cloudless skies, however is it just me, or is August pretty much always a bad month these days, honestly I'm struggling to remember the last good August that we had!!

For me, it is terrible since a week in June. I might have moss between my toes.I have vitamin D deficient.

The only thing good is my parsley grows really fast and green.

Gonzo

this summer started off very positive. We had a cracking May and the long range forecasts were pointing towards a warm and sunny end of July and August. June had multiple short, dry and warm/very warm spells with the hottest day of the year also recorded. July had 1 or 2 very short lived warm spells with some dryness but things really went pear shaped since the last 10 days of July and this month has been horrible.

Steve F

Gonzo wrote: »

this summer started off very positive. We had a cracking May and the long range forecasts were pointing towards a warm and sunny end of July and August. June had multiple short, dry and warm/very warm spells with the hottest day of the year also recorded. July had 1 or 2 very short lived warm spells with some dryness but things really went pear shaped since the last 10 days of July and this month has been horrible.

Papers reported in July that Ireland and the UK were set to "sizzle" in August!
Errmm :rolleyes:

Pat Dunne

Steve F wrote: »

Papers reported in July that Ireland and the UK were set to "sizzle" in August!
Errmm :rolleyes:

SteveF, did you not spot the typo? That should have been "drizzle", not "sizzle"!

gaius c

ligerdub wrote: »

2007 by a considerable distance.....a poisonous summer.

It rained every day for 3 months. ...and that's no exaggeration. ....it was consecutive and in reasonable amounts, horrible.

I remember this summer because I was playing sport most nights and it rained at least once a day every day from the June weekend right into August.

April & May were lovely that year. Remember being outdoors in a t-shirt working and it was great.

No summer has ever got as bad as 2007 but this summer has been particularly poor. Aside from a brief blip in mid June, we haven't been able to put washing on the outside line without anxiously watching the skies ready to go out at a moment's notice to bring it in when the rain starts. Running a tumble dryer 12 months a year is bloody expensive!

ligerdub

One of the things which sticks out to me as being the coup de grace of a bad summer is not rain, not even temperature......but wind.

Last year must have been the calmest year wind years that I can recall. My hobbies are generally outdoorsy (I guess most are to be fair) and there has been a marked difference between this year and last year.

sryanbruen

ligerdub wrote: »

One of the things which sticks out to me as being the coup de grace of a bad summer is not rain, not even temperature......but wind.

Last year must have been the calmest year wind years that I can recall. My hobbies are generally outdoorsy (I guess most are to be fair) and there has been a marked difference between this year and last year.

I wouldn't call 2016 calm, especially during January and February. Although October was very anticyclonic.

I guess 2015 was one of your most hated Summers?

Danno

It has been a quite average summer around these parts (south Laois). However, I notice that rainfall distribution has been very varied from area to area. Last year was the same, the grass was drying out and starting to burn up while 30 or 40 miles west of here the rains kept going.

Alot of people alluded to the last 10 days of July which were fairly decent here - partly cloudy, an odd shower and feeling warm in the sunshine.

It really has been only since August 13th that the rains have gathered momentum here - bringing some welcome falls.
August 13th: 5.8mm
August 14th: 9.8mm
August 15th: 0.2mm
August 16th: 1.4mm
August 17th: 12.9mm
August 18th: 8.9mm
August 19th: 0.0mm
August 20th: 17.3mm

ligerdub

sryanbruen wrote:

I wouldn't call 2016 calm, especially during January and February. Although October was very anticyclonic.

sryanbruen wrote:

I guess 2015 was one of your most hated Summers?

2007....There are no other contenders.

lawred2

Been a grand summer. Warm and dry most days.

Arghus

2007 was the worst. It seemed to be raining all time and it was grey and cold; quite a lot of the days it was perfectly acceptable to wear as many layers as you would in January.

Cee-Jay-Cee

I live in Donegal and can only describe our summer as abysmal. Mostly wet, never ending wind and very little sunshine. Here's hoping September and October are better.

sryanbruen

ligerdub wrote: »

2007....There are no other contenders.

Well I did say one of your most hated and 2007 wasn't really about the wind.... 2015 was though. So was 1988 especially in July.

gilly0512

lawred2 wrote: »

Been a grand summer. Warm and dry most days.

You sound like my Mother, if it's not raining and relatively warm (not too warm mind you ) it's been a great Summer. Personally I think it's been a very average Summer, bar a good week towards the end of June, we've had little or no good spells of weather since, bar the odd good day here and there.

pauldry

Sligos Summer was fair until August which has been a poor month though rainfall is just slightly above normal.

June and July though we escaped with a lot of sunny or dry days that Mayo and parts of Donegal didnt get.

June rainfall was below normal July and August slightly above.

Joe Public

gaius c wrote: »

we haven't been able to put washing on the outside line without anxiously watching the skies ready to go out at a moment's notice to bring it in when the rain starts. Running a tumble dryer 12 months a year is bloody expensive!

Whatever about the weather all our clothes have no problem drying inside on clothes horses with each lot taking 2 to 3 days to dry. There is no dampness or mold etc. on walls as a result.