Summer 2017 - General Discussion

Clonmel1000

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

Its Leaving Cert week. This is the Leaving Cert high pressure. Guaranteed, every year.

Syran it would be interesting to have a look at historical weather for LC week. I did mine in 1993.

Gonzo

squarecircles wrote: »

more cloud in the forecast now,with rain threatening the west on friday,then unsettled for the weekend with much lower temperatures than what was being shown,fine weather hangs on in the uk for the weekend,with baking temperatures...god love us.

unfortunately this is a horror show I've seen far too much over the years. Lets hope this is wrong and we get a warm, dry and hopefully sunny weekend.

sryanbruen

Gonzo wrote: »

unfortunately this is a horror show I've seen far too much over the years. Lets hope this is wrong and we get a warm, dry and hopefully sunny weekend.

Read my post I posted recently in the Spring discussion thread.

sryanbruen

I am going to write summaries over time for previous LC periods. As reference so I will not have to look all over the internet for the dates multiple times, these are the LC period dates. For now, you will have the 2016 summary.

2016: 8-24 June
2015: 3-19 June
2014: 4-20 June
2013: 5-21 June
2012: 6-22 June
2011: 8-24 June
2010: 9-25 June
2009: 3-19 June
2008: 4-20 June
2007: 6-22 June
2006: 7-23 June
2005: 8-24 June
2004: 9-25 June
2003: 4-20 June
2002: 5-21 June
2001: 6-22 June
2000: 7-23 June
1999: 9-25 June
1998: 3-19 June
1997: 4-20 June
1996: 5-21 June
1995: 7-23 June
1994: 8-24 June
1993: 9-25 June
1992: 3-19 June
1991: 5-21 June
1990: 6-22 June

2016: After a relatively fine start on the 8th/9th June though the favored weather more focused in western regions where temperatures were up to 25c (and eastern regions were quite cloudy), it became much more unsettled. It was cloudy and muggy for much of the period. The 13th and 14th were very wet days in places.

13th
Markree Castle: 33.5mm
Knock Airport: 26.6mm
Mt. Dillon: 17.2mm
Gurteen: 15.8mm
Oak Park: 13.7mm

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=100034787&postcount=440

14th
Mullingar: 33.2mm
Belmullet: 25.9mm
Mt. Dillon: 24.8mm
Finner Camp: 24.0mm
Gurteen: 20.4mm
Knock Airport: 19.9mm
Phoenix Park: 19.3mm
Markree Castle: 12.7mm

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=100046592&postcount=467

Even on the 15th, some places had some very heavy falls:

Mt. Dillon: 27.0mm
Ballyhaise: 12.4mm

As a result of these three very wet days, Mt. Dillon had already recorded more than its whole June rainfall.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=100055479&postcount=475

Rain was on and off from 10th June onwards generally and June 2016 turned to be quite a poor month despite a very promising and fine start. The LC period for 2016 was also very poor.

JCX BXC

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

Its Leaving Cert week. This is the Leaving Cert high pressure. Guaranteed, every year.

Who does their leaving cert in may?

sryanbruen

JCX BXC wrote: »

Who does their leaving cert in may?

He's referring to the high pressure sticking around into early June though the exams don't start 'til the 7th so I'm confused actually.

Reckless Abandonment

Always remember on the way to my last exam someone on the radio saying "this summer is going to be a bad one".. that was 95

bear1

My birthday is on June 1st and we've a hotel booked near Clifden so here's hoping for minimum 20 degrees

sryanbruen

bear1 wrote: »

My birthday is on June 1st and we've a hotel booked near Clifden so here's hoping for minimum 20 degrees

Look at MT's current forecast and you will be happy :cool:.

sryanbruen

2015: This LC period unlike 2016's one was actually quite good weather wise. After the blustery conditions cleared on the 2nd, the 3rd was a much better day with fine sunny spells and temperatures just slightly below average. The 4th and 5th brought temperatures up to average in places. Some rain pushed into the west on the 4th but other than that, it was again pleasantly dry and sunny. This fine weather continued for a week. The 7th-10th was a very sunny period with places having more than 40 hours of sunshine recorded during it. Daytime temperatures were around average and nothing exciting though like 15 or 16c at best. Nightime temperatures were shockingly cool with Dublin Airport having its coldest June night on record on the 9th with a minimum of 0.7c. Rain pushed into the west on the 11th but that didn't amount to much and then cleared the country. It was rather dull for the rest of the period though the east did have some nice sunny spells at times. Some rain crossing the country on the 16th/17th but it was very patchy. Other than that, mostly dry in places. June finally recorded at least 20c on the 16th in parts of the east. Not a brilliant LC period weather wise but it was a pleasant spell of weather despite the very cool nights at times.

pauldry

This week will prob see one good day in the West on Thursday and humid Friday and Wednesday

Then rain for weekend and sun again middle of next week before rain for BH weekend.

Sundays are rarely Sunny in the West.

Have you a comparison of Saturday and Sunday sunshine hours in the West for 2017 syran

bear1

sryanbruen wrote: »

Look at MT's current forecast and you will be happy :cool:.

SUNDAY 28th to TUESDAY 30th are looking considerably warmer (21 to 24 C seems possible now) than they were looking in the past few days, as the models seem to be getting that warm summer signal we are all hoping to see. The cooler push seems to be much weaker now and delayed to at least the end of the month, and even then temperatures are likely to remain near average (about 18-20 C by the first of June





:cool:

sryanbruen

pauldry wrote: »

This week will prob see one good day in the West on Thursday and humid Friday and Wednesday

Then rain for weekend and sun again middle of next week before rain for BH weekend.

Sundays are rarely Sunny in the West.

Have you a comparison of Saturday and Sunday sunshine hours in the West for 2017 syran

Here's a summary of every weekend (Saturday & Sunday) of 2017 so far for you Pauldry. I hope it's what you were asking for.

January
December 31st/January 1st: Saturday (Dec 31st) was cloudy and mild throughout with rain pushing southeastwards which would introduce a cooler air mass to Ireland on Sunday (New Year's Day). In the cooler air, there were some sunny spells but maximum hours were only up to 3 hours of sunshine at best. For early January, that is quite good though as days are so short then.

7th/8th: Some early rain from the 6th in places but other than that, a very damp and mild weekend throughout. Plenty of cloud and temperatures around 11-12c. Like I said, it was damp so there were some spotted drizzle at times as the cloud got very thick.

14th/15th: Some sunny spells on Saturday though more concentrated on the east of Ireland. However, Belmullet did achieve a jammy 2 hours of sunshine . Other than that, another very damp and mild weekend with similar conditions to those of the 7th/8th.

21st/22nd: A brighter weekend for places than many previous weekends. Low pressure was to the extreme west of Ireland so the southwest had to continue to suffer cloud. Most places though enjoyed some pleasant sunshine this weekend. Belmullet nearly recorded 6 hours of sunshine for example on the 21st.

28th/29th: Saturday had some pleasant sunny spells at times though rain did push in by the end of the day ruining Sunday which would be a very damp day with on and off drizzle. Temperatures reached near 13c on the 29th in parts of the south. They were around average on the 28th.

February
4th/5th: Alright weekend. Temperatures were around average. The basic synopsis of this weekend was sunshine and showers. Sunshine totals were up to 8 hours of sunshine by the end of this weekend and some places even recorded 6-8 hours of sunshine on the 5th itself whilst many recorded 4 hours of sunshine on the 4th. Possibly the best weekend of 2017 up to this point.

11th/12th: The 11th was a very sunny day in the west of up to 5-8 hours of sunshine - in contrast with the east which was very cloudy and miserable with some rain. Temperatures were at 5-7c during the weekend so slightly below average for February. Sunshine totals were reduced on the 12th in the west but at least you still recorded at least 2 hours of sunshine unlike the east where we recorded none in miserable on and off rain and cold temperatures.

18th/19th: Much milder than the previous weekend with temperatures in the 11-13c range. Saturday recorded some sunny spells though not a lot. Sunday was a very misty and damp day. No sunshine at all.

25th/26th: Saturday started off with the odd sunny interval then it became rather cloudy before Storm Ewan started showing itself near the Irish shores towards the late night into Sunday. Storm Ewan brought some persistent rain as well as strong winds. Ewan cleared by Lunchtime on Sunday and left sunshine and showers behind it. Mild all the while with temperatures in the 10-12c range generally. Sunshine was only up to 4 hours of sunshine after Storm Ewan cleared so quite a dull weekend again.

March
4th/5th: After an exceptionally wet day on the 3rd, the rain pushed into the north on the 4th bringing another 10-15mm of rainfall up there. Sunshine and showers meanwhile elsewhere. Sunshine maximising at 4 hours. Another day of sunshine and showers on the 5th with the rain clearing the north coast. This weekend was a very mixed bag with sunshine totalling at 8 hours overall. Temperatures were at or below average around 7-10c in places.

11th/12th: Saturday brought some rain across the country with sunshine behind it. Between 4-8 hours of sunshine exactly. Some showers on the 12th but mostly sunny and fine with sunshine again between 4-8 hours of sunshine. Temperatures in the 12-14c range. This was the best weekend up to this point.

18th/19th: Rain slowly pushed southwards on both days and it was quite drizzly in nature. As a result, it was a very dull weekend with little to no sunshine. Temperatures between 11-13c.

25th/26th: In stark contrast with the previous weekend, this one was very sunny. Many places had between 10-12 hours of sunshine on both days of this weekend and temperatures up to the high teens. Newport, Co. Mayo got up to 19.2c on the 25th. I'm pretty sure we all remember this beautiful weekend in March don't we? This weekend smashes the previous best weekend out of the park which was two weekends ago (11th/12th). So by the end of this weekend, some places had up to 24 hours of sunshine! If you add in the Friday (24th) to the equation, places were up to 35 hours of sunshine!

April
1st/2nd: The 1st brought some rain across the country leaving some sunshine behind it of between 6-7 hours in the west. The 2nd started off fine then got cloudier as the day went on (a sign of what was to come on the 3rd) but it was dry. Temperatures in the 11-14c range so nothing exciting.

8th/9th: Saturday was a beautiful day with endless blue skies in the majority of places and temperatures in the 15-18c range. Sunday brought a band of very light rain southwards though bringing in a lot of cloud and cooler temperatures. Quite a weekend of two halves.

15th/16th: Saturday was an alright day with some sunny intervals though mostly cloudy in rather average temperatures. Sunday was a damp and dull day however with some patchy rain in places. Temperatures were just ok in the 11-14c range.

22nd/23rd: Saturday was a very sunny day in some parts of the west reaching 10 hours of sunshine in places, including Valentia. Sunday was a much duller day though. I guess you're seeing a common theme here with the weekends in April :pac: where Saturday is a good sunny day but Sunday isn't :P. Temperatures were alright around 13-15c.

29th/30th: Saturday was a mostly dry and cloudy day though some places had sunny intervals at times. Sunday brought some rain to parts though. Temperatures were similarly mediocre to previous weekends in April with 11-14c generally.

May
6th/7th: Saturday was a cloudy day generally though some northwestern parts escaped the cloud and enjoyed the continuous blue skies since May began on the Monday before hand. It was also a cooler day in all that persistent cloud. Sunday was a complete change around however with blue skies in many places. Places had temperatures going up to the high teens in the sunshine. Sunshine totals being up to 14 hours on Sunday in parts.

13th/14th: Saturday was a very wet day in places bringing rainfall totals of over 20mm in parts. As a result, it was quite dull in the rain. Temperatures weren't nothing remarkable. Sunday was a day of sunshine and scattered showers. Sunshine totals reaching 10 hours in places.

20th/21st: Saturday brought some very heavy showers in places whilst for most places, Sunday was a drier day. Sunny intervals at odd times during both days though Sunday definitely was cloudier despite being drier. Temperatures around the 13-15c range.

Any "data" related information is gathered from Met Éireann.

Gonzo

Only 16C here, but feeling definitely warmer than that! Really looking forward to 20C+ for the next few days, hopefully we will get the weekend out of it as well. The south-east of the UK looks like it's gonna see at least a 10 day spell of 25C+

sryanbruen

I will do my official Summer 2017 forecast on Tuesday, May 30th and I'm planning it right now.

You will not be disappointed! I think you all will be delighted with Summer 2017.

Sorry for the spoiler, I just had to. :P

pauldry

just going through sun figures for knock

in 2017 there has been 70 hours of sun on saturdays
and 63.7 hours on sundays so not a lot in it

also theres been (not counting ties) 10 weekends where saturday has been sunnier but 11 where sunday has been.

So it looks like its all average despite my concerns

M.T. Cranium

In my research I uncovered signals for periodicity at 7.16 and 6.94 days. Those signals take a while to drift off specific days of the week. The 7.16 day signal takes about two months to drift away from a weekend day, and the 6.94 day signal locks into given days of the week for about three months at a time. This may explain why you're seeing patterns of similarity. Note that they move off in opposite directions so there is also a longer term (roughly 400 days) period of these signals mutually reinforcing one another. The signals have a connection to Sun-Jupiter interactions that may also be modulating some parts of solar activity. The signal strength is not overly large, would place it around 1 C deg.

There are faster-moving (relative to days of week) lunar tidal signals that have a slightly larger amplitude but only stay on the same day of week for about a month, although that keeps them within a weekend for two months.

However, over the entire period of record of my data sets, the days of the week show almost exactly the same average values (of anomalies) so there is no postulated human caused (activity levels of industrial or transportation) variation by days of the week. I did notice a tendency for Christmas to New Years to run colder than expected in UK data from about 1850 to 1950 which could be correlated with more people at home burning coal in that era (coal smog may have had the opposite effect to greenhouse gases as a background signal in temperatures in the winter months).

I haven't been into this thread before today so I don't have a full picture of what the group consensus is for summer 2017, evidently you're aware that I see potential for this summer being a relatively warm one. Warm is almost always dry or at least dry enough, I find that a warm summer with average rainfall seems better than a cool summer with below-average rainfall. Probably the rainfall is concentrated enough that it becomes a question of how many hours of rainfall happen in daylight. If you had a summer with 120% rainfall but it all fell at night, nobody would care would they?

sryanbruen

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

In my research I uncovered signals for periodicity at 7.16 and 6.94 days. Those signals take a while to drift off specific days of the week. The 7.16 day signal takes about two months to drift away from a weekend day, and the 6.94 day signal locks into given days of the week for about three months at a time. This may explain why you're seeing patterns of similarity. Note that they move off in opposite directions so there is also a longer term (roughly 400 days) period of these signals mutually reinforcing one another. The signals have a connection to Sun-Jupiter interactions that may also be modulating some parts of solar activity. The signal strength is not overly large, would place it around 1 C deg.

There are faster-moving (relative to days of week) lunar tidal signals that have a slightly larger amplitude but only stay on the same day of week for about a month, although that keeps them within a weekend for two months.

However, over the entire period of record of my data sets, the days of the week show almost exactly the same average values (of anomalies) so there is no postulated human caused (activity levels of industrial or transportation) variation by days of the week. I did notice a tendency for Christmas to New Years to run colder than expected in UK data from about 1850 to 1950 which could be correlated with more people at home burning coal in that era (coal smog may have had the opposite effect to greenhouse gases as a background signal in temperatures in the winter months).

I haven't been into this thread before today so I don't have a full picture of what the group consensus is for summer 2017, evidently you're aware that I see potential for this summer being a relatively warm one. Warm is almost always dry or at least dry enough, I find that a warm summer with average rainfall seems better than a cool summer with below-average rainfall. Probably the rainfall is concentrated enough that it becomes a question of how many hours of rainfall happen in daylight. If you had a summer with 120% rainfall but it all fell at night, nobody would care would they?

Yes MT, that theory is correct. For example, December 2010 was the second coldest December in the CET records (going back to 1659) with a CET of -0.5c. Only 1890 was colder with a CET of -0.7c. However, when you look at the data and the Wetterzentrale.de charts for December 1890, December 1890 wasn't even that impressively cold. This was down to the smog - as you mentioned and if it weren't for the smog, I think December 2010 would smash December 1890 out of the park so December 2010 was truly more remarkably cold than December 1890 despite the CET for December 1890 being colder. I don't mean to go off topic with the thread here. Just that MT mentioned that and I wanted to give off what I had to say about it.

As for the 120% rainfall falling at night, yeah I wouldn't care haha. I agree with a Summer having average rainfall and warm temperatures is better than a Summer with cool temperatures and below average rainfall (see a recent post of mine in this thread where I talk about a culprit of such a Summer experience a.k.a. 1981).

sryanbruen

pauldry wrote: »

just going through sun figures for knock

in 2017 there has been 70 hours of sun on saturdays
and 63.7 hours on sundays so not a lot in it

also theres been (not counting ties) 10 weekends where saturday has been sunnier but 11 where sunday has been.

So it looks like its all average despite my concerns

That always happens Pauldry with a lot of things weather wise. You think it's much wetter than what it actually was, you think it's much sunnier than what it actually was, you think it's much warmer than what it actually was etc. Statistics don't tell you everything though! Statistics don't show your personal experience of the day. So your theory might have been correct even though the statistics don't show that.

Gonzo

warmer air reaching here now, 19C after being 16C for most of the day.

squarecircles

could we see some thunderstorm activity this weekend??? with the high temperatures and percipitation moving up from the south...

bear1

Heard briefly a weather report that another high pressure system is heading towards ireland for the last week of may.
Get the lotion lads!

pauldry

No a more cool showery regime after this spell for about 7 days then we wait and see

Gonzo

so far this spell has been dissapointing, very little sun. very grey and gloomy today, yesterday was mostly cloudy as well and not as warm as predicted.

sryanbruen

Gonzo wrote: »

so far this spell has been dissapointing, very little sun. very grey and gloomy today, yesterday was mostly cloudy as well and not as warm as predicted.

I hope you're just speaking about your own area about yesterday's warmth because it was freaking sweltering here. Temperatures nearly reached 23c here and the minimum temperatures did not get below 14c. It was so hard to sleep last night.

And with the kind of setup, you should not be surprised with the lack of sun. This is a very "Summer 2016" setup where the humidity is high and low pressure is to the northwest of the country into the Atlantic bringing winds up from the southwest. Tomorrow should be much sunnier as the winds turn more to a southerly than a southwesterly.

Hooter23

We will be lucky to get one day of sun out of this the way things are going thursday seems like our only hope now:pac:

km79

No sun in east Galway for last 2 days
Dull and gloomy
But disappointing
But it's dry and I don't want use to use up our quota of sunny days yet

sryanbruen

km79 wrote: »

No sun in east Galway for last 2 days
Dull and gloomy
But disappointing
But it's dry and I don't want use to use up our quota of sunny days yet

Yes, save them for the Summer!

bear1

pauldry wrote: »

No a more cool showery regime after this spell for about 7 days then we wait and see

Well... balls.

pauldry

but dont fear

im fairly confident we will get a few mini heatwaves this summer

Atlantic is much quiter than usual all year allowing Highs to come ....and of course go:P

mcgiggles

Warm as balls in NW yesterday, not particularly sunny for a lot of the day but very humid. 15.5 degrees leaving work at midnight last night! Dull and grey today but dry so far

bear1

pauldry wrote: »

but dont fear

im fairly confident we will get a few mini heatwaves this summer

Atlantic is much quiter than usual all year allowing Highs to come ....and of course go:P

yeah just I'm in Ireland the next weekend for my 30th and was delighted that there'd be warm weather.
C'est la vie :pac:

Gonzo

sryanbruen wrote: »

I hope you're just speaking about your own area about yesterday's warmth because it was freaking sweltering here. Temperatures nearly reached 23c here and the minimum temperatures did not get below 14c. It was so hard to sleep last night.

And with the kind of setup, you should not be surprised with the lack of sun. This is a very "Summer 2016" setup where the humidity is high and low pressure is to the northwest of the country into the Atlantic bringing winds up from the southwest. Tomorrow should be much sunnier as the winds turn more to a southerly than a southwesterly.

yesterday started off promising, reached 20C by noon but then went completely cloudy for the rest of the day and temps fell back to 18C for most of the afternoon.

Today is more humid but very cloudy and 19C. Was in Blanchardstown earlier and looks like Dublin city and county is fairing much better with spells of very warm sunshine. Still wall to wall cloud here. There is signs that we might see the cloud thinning later hopefully.

This is why I'm dissapointed, very little sun and temps here definitely not reaching the high values of other more sunnier spots.

Clonmel1000

Anyone seen the Irish independent? I'm unable to link articles but the way there reporting the weather is that the whole country is and will be bathed in hot temperatures and sunshine for the foreseeable. It's ridiculous.

Gonzo

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Anyone seen the Irish independent? I'm unable to link articles but the way there reporting the weather is that the whole country is and will be bathed in hot temperatures and sunshine for the foreseeable. It's ridiculous.

yep complete lies. This Saturday will be a washout in most places and Sunday will be mild and showery. Next week is now looking more average with mid to high teen temps.

Sun has finally made an appearance here and is very pleasant now. Make the most of the good weather between now and Friday evening.

Oscar Bravo

Sun breaking through the cloud now here in castlebar, warming up nicely.

Rock Lesnar

Gonzo wrote: »

Sun has finally made an appearance here and is very pleasant now.

Send it a little bit further north would ya, still cloudy here

squarecircles

Mini heat wave has turned into a mini heat day,if we are lucky,vile conditions here on the coast in mayo,low cloud,mist and drizzle constantly impinging on the coastline,cool breeze and no notion of it being warm and humid,scraps of blue sky over towards westport,breaks down with showers on friday and heavy rain saturday,heralding a return to cool and showery conditions to herald the begining of June,all in all a major disapointment.Also noticed that MT's forecast of temperatures of 25 from sunday onwards has vapourised from his forecast this morning sadly.

leahyl

Very disappointing today - no sun in Cork anyway It is quite mild though so we'll take that I guess :pac: Hoping for some sun tomorrow.

Gonzo

Met Eireann now going for a breakdown on Friday morning with rain almost everywhere by the late evening. Looks like make the most of tomorrow.

bear1

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Anyone seen the Irish independent? I'm unable to link articles but the way there reporting the weather is that the whole country is and will be bathed in hot temperatures and sunshine for the foreseeable. It's ridiculous.

For me it's more annoying when they run headlines "Ireland to be warmer than Spain, Fiji and Greece" and then you see 22 degrees.
I mean sweet jaysus

Gonzo

bear1 wrote: »

For me it's more annoying when they run headlines "Ireland to be warmer than Spain, Fiji and Greece" and then you see 22 degrees.
I mean sweet jaysus

people on facebook joking about this 'heatwave' as the newspapers were forecasting. Most of the country has seen barely any sun. Even here it's been overcast past 2 hours after a few glimpses of sun around lunchtime. It's certainly warm, but the sun forecast was way overcooked.

Rock Lesnar

Cloud breaking here and plenty of sun now, very very warm, time to get out on the bike

Gonzo

sun back here too now. Certainly the warmest day of the year so far, reached 22C here earlier.

km79

km79 wrote: »

No sun in east Galway for last 2 days
Dull and gloomy
But disappointing
But it's dry and I don't want use to use up our quota of sunny days yet

Gorgeous afternoon and evening !

pedigree 6

Gonzo wrote: »

people on facebook joking about this 'heatwave' as the newspapers were forecasting. Most of the country has seen barely any sun. Even here it's been overcast past 2 hours after a few glimpses of sun around lunchtime. It's certainly warm, but the sun forecast was way overcooked.

I was in town (Enniscorthy) this evening and the amount of tanned people wearing t shirts, shorts and sunglasses and jogging was unbelievable.
You wouldn't think it was Ireland.

It was another scorcher of a day down here.
Foggy start this morning though.

bear1

Serious drop in temperatures starting from next week and pissing rain.
Can't believe I missed the good weather. Again.

TheRiverman

The awful s....e that Independent.ie and to a lesser extent Met Eireann come out with about a heatwave in Ireland is bizarre.The last time I remember what could be classed a heatwave here was in 1995 and prior to that the great Summers of 1975 and 1976.If we get one day now that is 24 or 25 degrees it is a heatwave.Mad:mad:

bear1

TheRiverman wrote: »

The awful s....e that Independent.ie and to a lesser extent Met Eireann come out with about a heatwave in Ireland is bizarre.The last time I remember what could be classed a heatwave here was in 1995 and prior to that the great Summers of 1975 and 1976.If we get one day now that is 24 or 25 degrees it is a heatwave.Mad:mad:

Irishtimes and examiner were the same.

sryanbruen

TheRiverman wrote: »

The awful s....e that Independent.ie and to a lesser extent Met Eireann come out with about a heatwave in Ireland is bizarre.The last time I remember what could be classed a heatwave here was in 1995 and prior to that the great Summers of 1975 and 1976.If we get one day now that is 24 or 25 degrees it is a heatwave.Mad:mad:

The last time Ireland recorded an actual heatwave was 2013. All of the following summers have recorded legit heatwaves in Ireland {2013, 2006, 2003, 1995, 1989, 1983, 1976, 1972, 1959, 1957, 1955 & 1947}.