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Best/Worst Winters in Ireland
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17-08-2015 2:46pm#1It is lovely to look at, but we are completely incapable of dealing with snow in this country, and any Winter without snow is a good winter in my book.
I think that overstates things a bit!
December 2010 was the snowiest month in my lifetime and the coldest month ever recorded, yet despite (in Dublin) snow falling on 17 separate days and accumulating on two occasions to over a foot - the city was largely unaffected,
And I recall travelling one morning on the brand new motorway to Limerick with the temperature registering -15C yet the road was so well treated that traffic was flowing at 120kph.
And I remember returning that evening and despite a cloudless sunny day the snow cover was intact everywhere - the max was about -4C!
In some cases immediately after a heavy fall traffic would slow but the ploughs cleared the motorways and most roads in Dublin very quickly.
Never had to postpone a single trip during that month!
So bring on Snowmageddon and let's test the system again
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sryanbruen wrote: »It was the wettest and stormiest Winter on record as a matter of fact. Though at my station, Grange it wasn't the wettest!
Mine neither...so where was it the wettest and stormiest on record?
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Schadenfreudia wrote: »Mine neither...so where was it the wettest and stormiest on record?
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sryanbruen wrote: »Yeah it was a VERY stormy one! STORM after STORM after STORM! It was the wettest and stormiest Winter on record as a matter of fact.
For your region, I have no doubt, but this chart showing number of winter days with windspeeds exceeding BF6 at Belmullet suggests the contrary for the W/NW coast.
I for one certainly recall stormier winters than winter 2013-2014 in my locality.New Moon
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Schadenfreudia wrote: »I think that overstates things a bit!
December 2010 was the snowiest month in my lifetime and the coldest month ever recorded, yet despite (in Dublin) snow falling on 17 separate days and accumulating on two occasions to over a foot - the city was largely unaffected,
And I recall travelling one morning on the brand new motorway to Limerick with the temperature registering -15C yet the road was so well treated that traffic was flowing at 120kph.
And I remember returning that evening and despite a cloudless sunny day the snow cover was intact everywhere - the max was about -4C!
In some cases immediately after a heavy fall traffic would slow but the ploughs cleared the motorways and most roads in Dublin very quickly.
Never had to postpone a single trip during that month!
So bring on Snowmageddon and let's test the system again
I couldn't disagree more, I live in Kildare and commute to Dublin on a daily basis, and commuting to and from Dublin was a nightmare during the heavy snowfalls of 2009 and 2010. I recall one horrendous commute from Newlands Cross to Kildare taking over four hours, and don't make me laugh going on about snow ploughs, I don't thing I ever saw one during the aforementioned Winters.0 -
I couldn't disagree more, I live in Kildare and commute to Dublin on a daily basis, and commuting to and from Dublin was a nightmare during the heavy snowfalls of 2009 and 2010. I recall one horrendous commute from Newlands Cross to Kildare taking over four hours, and don't make me laugh going on about snow ploughs, I don't thing I ever saw one during the aforementioned Winters.
Well I cannot account for that - but the work I was doing at the time saw me travelling extensively across the country right through that month - there were snowploughs, absolute fact - I saw them all the time - they are attached to the front of the gritting trucks - which were also ubiquitous at the time (and still are whenever a frost is forecast).
We cope as well as anywhere else with intermittent winter snow - so bring it on 0 -
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Schadenfreudia wrote: »Well I cannot account for that - but the work I was doing at the time saw me travelling extensively across the country right through that month - there were snowploughs, absolute fact - I saw them all the time - they are attached to the front of the gritting trucks - which were also ubiquitous at the time (and still are whenever a frost is forecast).
We cope as well as anywhere else with intermittent winter snow - so bring it on
I think South Co Dublin was worst affected by the snow thanks to the proliferation of rear-wheel drive German cars in that part of the country
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I think South Co Dublin was worst affected by the snow thanks to the proliferation of rear-wheel drive German cars in that part of the country
Strictly front wheel drive here - worst part of any journey is going up the lane to the main road.
And I only ever drive Japanese.....:cool:0 -
Schadenfreudia wrote: »Strictly front wheel drive here - worst part of any journey is going up the lane to the main road.
And I only ever drive Japanese.....:cool:
I was referring to these kinds of scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLM9xHmLGHE 0 -
I was referring to these kinds of scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLM9xHmLGHE
Seems the slower they drove the more likely they were to slide! Can't say I can identify the makes under the snow cover...but I did see a gritter armed with a snow plough swinging into action!0 -
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nacho libre wrote: »Another intake of breath... winter 2010/11:D
Without question the month of December 2010 was the best winter month I've ever experienced in Ireland. I doubt, much to my regret, we will ever see an Irish winter with both prolonged severe cold and snowy weather again in my lifetime(assuming it's spans the average human life..) . We might well see big snow events, that last a few days, though.
It is inevitable that we will see severe cold spells in the future. Shorter cold spells often produce more snow than spells that last for weeks or even months.New Moon
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It is inevitable that we will see severe cold spells in the future. Shorter cold spells often produce more snow than spells that last for weeks or even months.
When I was a young lad I'd draw charts like that as a fantasy exercise and keep the cold going for a whole imaginary month (always was odd as a hatter ) - had to wait till 2010 to actually see it - never imagined I would.
It was a wondermonth - the polar equivalent of summer '95. 0 -
Schadenfreudia wrote: »Well I cannot account for that - but the work I was doing at the time saw me travelling extensively across the country right through that month - there were snowploughs, absolute fact - I saw them all the time - they are attached to the front of the gritting trucks - which were also ubiquitous at the time (and still are whenever a frost is forecast).
We cope as well as anywhere else with intermittent winter snow - so bring it on
Still can't agree with you, maybe the snow ploughs came out after I went to work, but during those spells of heavy snowfall, anytime I got onto the M7 at 6:30am, you had thousands of cars driving very slowly in the inside lane towards Dublin, pretty much following the tracks made by other cars, with the outside lane covered in snow and nobody in it bar the odd lunatic. As regards your comment that we cope as well as anyone with intermittent snow, again I couldn't disagree more, we don't cope well at all with any kind of weather emergency, even heavy rainfall in this country which we should be well used to, still manages to cause mayhem.0 -
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Still can't agree with you, maybe the snow ploughs came out after I went to work, but during those spells of heavy snowfall, anytime I got onto the M7 at 6:30am, you had thousands of cars driving very slowly in the inside lane towards Dublin, pretty much following the tracks made by other cars, with the outside lane covered in snow and nobody in it bar the odd lunatic. As regards your comment that we cope as well as anyone with intermittent snow, again I couldn't disagree more, we don't cope well at all with any kind of weather emergency, even heavy rainfall in this country which we should be well used to, still manages to cause mayhem.
Well, it is odd that the random clip posted by someone else featured a gritting truck and snow plough - which I recall were ubiquitous in Dun Laoghaire LA area and on the motorways.
To say you spent hours on the M7 (including 4 hours on one occasion) and never saw even one is inexplicable.
I also remember frequently using the outer lane to pass "crawlers" who persisted in doing 20kpm on well treated inner lanes - maybe I was one of those lunatics - I was far from alone
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Ironically - on one occasion immediately after a heavy shower (about 1 inch) on the M9 - due to pressure melting/refreezing from the traffic the inside lane was bald but icy and some cars ended up in the shoulder while the lunatics using the outside lane had good grip in the snow.0 -
Schadenfreudia wrote: »When I was a young lad I'd draw charts like that as a fantasy exercise and keep the cold going for a whole imaginary month (always was odd as a hatter )
Same as! Used to draw my fantasy charts too as a kid. So if that makes me as mad as a hatter, then there is a pair of us in it. New Moon
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I couldn't disagree more, I live in Kildare and commute to Dublin on a daily basis, and commuting to and from Dublin was a nightmare during the heavy snowfalls of 2009 and 2010. I recall one horrendous commute from Newlands Cross to Kildare taking over four hours, and don't make me laugh going on about snow ploughs, I don't thing I ever saw one during the aforementioned Winters.
Agree.Schadenfreudia wrote: »Well I cannot account for that - but the work I was doing at the time saw me travelling extensively across the country right through that month - there were snowploughs, absolute fact - I saw them all the time - they are attached to the front of the gritting trucks - which were also ubiquitous at the time (and still are whenever a frost is forecast).
We cope as well as anywhere else with intermittent winter snow - so bring it on
People in rural Ireland were abandoned, the state basically didn't exist, given we had no police, no ambulance service unless the army was used and people had to fend for themselves, managed to get out once from my home in that month.
Good neighbours with four wheel drives were essential.
As for Oneiric 3's 'the stronger the better' for storms. Having your property destroyed, lots of matures falling down and having no power maybe for days and in some cases people killed. It is not better...
For the February 12th storm last year here in Kilkenny, we had an orange warning for it, but when it hit Met Eireann changed to a red warning and to stay indoors, absolute miracle no one died, though a person did in the following days as they repaired falling poles.
I'm sorry, but it had to be said.0 -
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