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Spring 2017 - General Discussion
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really good Spring here too!
Infact the past 6 months has been mostly incredibly dry, apart from February which from memory was very wet and miserable.
edit: now that I think of it, the past 9/10 months has been very decent with only minor interruptions with rain. There was a very wet weekend around mid September, then a very dry autumn, rain in February and then the unsettled conditions last week. I know I'm leaving some stuff off that I can't remember but compared to most year's the past 12 months has been very kind to us.
Glad to see somebody agrees with me in saying it has been a good Spring.
By middle of September, do you not mean the 3rd/4th September? Well actually, the 24th/25th was quite wet in places too.
Here's what the past 12 months have been like, to remind you:
May 2016: Very sunny, warm and rather dry. Sunniest and warmest May since 2008. Before this May, we had quite a run of non-remarkably warm and or cool Mays from 2009-2015 (2009 had quite a warm end though).
June 2016: Very warm or muggy with wet and dull conditions persisting after a fine start. People tend to have mixed opinions on this month. If I'm honest, I don't like this month whatsoever, the very warm/muggy nature mixed with the wet and dull conditions was not pleasant at all.
July 2016: Rather warm, dry and dull. Some south and eastern parts had a very dry but dull July. I have mixed feelings on July because though it was warm, the dull conditions really offset the pleasant warmth of the month for me.
August 2016: Rather dry, dull in most places and warm. It was the best August since 2010 in my opinion in terms of overall conditions, whilst for warmth, since 2003.
September 2016: Very warm, dull and rather wet. It was the dullest September on record in places including Cork Airport (which recorded only 61 hours of sunshine during September) continuing on from the high humidity, warm conditions that was evident from the Summer - which brought all that cloud across the country. I don't like this September for similar reasons as those mentioned for June.
October 2016: Very dry and anticyclonic. Variable sunshine and rather mild. A very quiet month that was pretty uneventful but it was gloriously dry across the country. It was the driest October for many years and the IMRP (Irish Mean Rainfall Percentage) for October was only 47% of the average.
November 2016: Exceptionally sunny, cold and dry. Sunniest November on record for Ireland. Coldest since 2010. No really low temperatures during November 2016 but the cold was persistent during much of the month. I absolutely loved November 2016 and honestly, my second favourite November after 2010. It was the driest November since 2007. For how awful November 2015 was, I think it was worth it because of November 2016.
December 2016: A very quiet month with mild and dry conditions. Sunshine was rather high but not exceptionally so with the exception of Shannon Airport which had its sunniest December on record according to Met Éireann. I did hate December for how mild YET dry it was but once you don't consider it being Winter, I thought it was a lovely month.
January 2017: Dry, mild and rather sunny in places. Another very quiet month and my opinion is the same to that of December in that I did hate it for how dry and mild it was considering it is a Winter month after all but once you don't consider it, it was a lovely month.
February 2017: Very dull, mild and relatively wet. Ugh.... this month. This sorry excuse of a month. Yeah if you could not guess there, I utterly despise this abysmal month. It felt like drizzle on end with persistent dull skies from the middle to the end of February. It was that terrible. My one day I enjoyed from this month was Storm Doris as I loved the wind blowing me in the very heavy rain when I was in Dublin City with my friends.
March 2017: Very mild, wet and sunny. I have mixed opinions on this month. It had its very miserable moments like those of February but it did have its equal share of lovely, beautiful moments too. I think March 2017 is the ideal month as a result.
April 2017: Extremely dry, dull and rather mild. I don't like April for how dull it was. Despite it being a gloriously dry month, the dull conditions ruined it for me.
And May 2017 has been quite similar to May 2016 in that it has been a very sunny, warm and dry month. I love it as a result.
I just had to give my opinions on each month too
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sryanbruen wrote: »Glad to see somebody agrees with me in saying it has been a good Spring.
By middle of September, do you not mean the 3rd/4th September? Well actually, the 24th/25th was quite wet in places too.
Here's what the past 12 months have been like, to remind you:
May 2016: Very sunny, warm and rather dry. Sunniest and warmest May since 2008. Before this May, we had quite a run of non-remarkably warm and or cool Mays from 2009-2015 (2009 had quite a warm end though).
June 2016: Very warm or muggy with wet and dull conditions persisting after a fine start. People tend to have mixed opinions on this month. If I'm honest, I don't like this month whatsoever, the very warm/muggy nature mixed with the wet and dull conditions was not pleasant at all.
July 2016: Rather warm, dry and dull. Some south and eastern parts had a very dry but dull July. I have mixed feelings on July because though it was warm, the dull conditions really offset the pleasant warmth of the month for me.
August 2016: Rather dry, dull in most places and warm. It was the best August since 2010 in my opinion in terms of overall conditions, whilst for warmth, since 2003.
September 2016: Very warm, dull and rather wet. It was the dullest September on record in places including Cork Airport (which recorded only 61 hours of sunshine during September) continuing on from the high humidity, warm conditions that was evident from the Summer - which brought all that cloud across the country. I don't like this September for similar reasons as those mentioned for June.
October 2016: Very dry and anticyclonic. Variable sunshine and rather mild. A very quiet month that was pretty uneventful but it was gloriously dry across the country. It was the driest October for many years and the IMRP (Irish Mean Rainfall Percentage) for October was only 47% of the average.
November 2016: Exceptionally sunny, cold and dry. Sunniest November on record for Ireland. Coldest since 2010. No really low temperatures during November 2016 but the cold was persistent during much of the month. I absolutely loved November 2016 and honestly, my second favourite November after 2010. It was the driest November since 2007. For how awful November 2015 was, I think it was worth it because of November 2016.
December 2016: A very quiet month with mild and dry conditions. Sunshine was rather high but not exceptionally so with the exception of Shannon Airport which had its sunniest December on record according to Met ?ireann. I did hate December for how mild YET dry it was but once you don't consider it being Winter, I thought it was a lovely month.
January 2017: Dry, mild and rather sunny in places. Another very quiet month and my opinion is the same to that of December in that I did hate it for how dry and mild it was considering it is a Winter month after all but once you don't consider it, it was a lovely month.
February 2017: Very dull, mild and relatively wet. Ugh.... this month. This sorry excuse of a month. Yeah if you could not guess there, I utterly despise this abysmal month. It felt like drizzle on end with persistent dull skies from the middle to the end of February. It was that terrible. My one day I enjoyed from this month was Storm Doris as I loved the wind blowing me in the very heavy rain when I was in Dublin City with my friends.
March 2017: Very mild, wet and sunny. I have mixed opinions on this month. It had its very miserable moments like those of February but it did have its equal share of lovely, beautiful moments too. I think March 2017 is the ideal month as a result.
April 2017: Extremely dry, dull and rather mild. I don't like April for how dull it was. Despite it being a gloriously dry month, the dull conditions ruined it for me.
And May 2017 has been quite similar to May 2016 in that it has been a very sunny, warm and dry month. I love it as a result.
I just had to give my opinions on each month too.
I meant the 24th and 25th of September, that weekend was the Harvest festival in Dunshaughlin and the relentless rain and dark skies really put a dampener on the event with many stalls packing up by 3pm on the Saturday afternoon.0 -
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M.T. Cranium wrote: »I started daily weather observations as a high school student in 1964 and I can still remember most of the details of the weather in the years that I kept that up.
So just imagine, sryanbruen, if you're as young as I suspect, you will be talking about 2017 in the year 2070, deus volante.
(the main highlight was that February 1964 had an abnormal amount of sunshine and almost no rain or snow where I was, which was 30 miles west of Toronto).
Doubt I'll even live that long :pac:. The day I have grand kids, the first story I will be telling them is what December 2010 was like and giving my experience of it - December 2010 will never be beaten as my favourite month, even if I do see an even colder month in my life. My nostalgia for December 2010 is so special and it annoys me so much how I did not take pictures of myself during it!
In contrast with your abnormal amount of sunshine in February 1964, Ireland recorded quite a dull month with values between 60-80% of the average sunshine generally. Rainfall, like the other two months of the Winter of 1963/64, was well below average ranging from 30-60% of the average rainfall widely. Definitely not as interesting as how February 1964 was for you though. This information I've posted here is from a source I looked at long ago and so I forgot.Photography site - https://www.sryanbruenphoto.com/
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Met Éireann showing some quite heavy rain early Saturday.
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Clonmel1000 wrote: »Glorious evening here can't get enough of it. Beautiful light there now with the sun going down. What I wouldn't give for a month of this.
Stop complaining
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