Summer 2022 - General Discussion

fits

I’ve decamped to the kingdom for a while and I think I’d be obsessed with the sun if I lived here full time. There’s clear weather moving in from the west at present so looks like a nice evening ahead.

NIMAN

At least, a decent day in North donegal.

Rained at about 8am, but been grand since. Light cloud and plenty of sun.

KanyeSouthEast

Good to hear NIMAN ye really have borne the worst of this summers very mixed bag.

compsys

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119388398#Comment_119388398

Nowhere got remotely close to 6º last night.

30º days and 17º nights rarely happen in Ireland. I know things have been bad up North but writing off the rest of the summer because we may not reach these temps again is a bit much.

Last year we got temps up to 27/28º all the way into September.

It's still only July and we've only lost 25 minutes of evening daylight. It'll stay bright in the evenings well into August. And could stay warm well into September. There's a whole month of summer ahead :-)

Thelonious Monk

Back in Eire on Friday and going to All Together Now in Waterford. Looks like it wont be a wet weekend anyway, maybe showers on Sat and Sun, could be a lot worse.

Dazler97

I remember last Sunday i was in lidl and they had great air conditioning and when we walked out wooosh that wall of heat, was great, like getting off a plane in spain

pauldry

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119390114#Comment_119390114

I said tonight will be 6c not last night.

The air generally gets cooler as you head into August. By the end of August the sun sets at 830pm while in the NW in late June it sets at 1015pm.

Anyhow. The 27s and 28s may still happen but the average temperature peak has been passed. On average temperatures in Ireland are at their peak in the 3rd week of July. Let's see if its 6c tonight.

Sky certainly clear in NW today and the humid damp sleepless muck seems gone. Though it's returning at weekend.

OldRio

A thick blanket of cloud all day here in Leitrim.

Danno

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119389020#Comment_119389020

It was slate grey alot of today in south Laois too, though it was almost flat calm for much of the day. It felt warmer today than yesterday even though maxes only got to a little over 17c today yet near 19c yesterday. The difference a breeze can make!

pauldry

Today in Sligo. Nice day

And nice evening too

KanyeSouthEast

Slate Grey 14 degrees.

boetstark

A chilly 23c in St Brelades Jersey. Different horses , different courses. This would be a cracking day in Ireland

Donegal Storm

Can't remember the last time I opened the curtains to blue skies, seems to be a near permanent blanket of cloud this summer.

I know we have hardly any sunshine recording stations but would anyone know how we're looking for the summer so far? Surely well below normal

pauldry

Well below normal in the Northwest and North close to normal in inland West away from coast and slightly above normal in the rest of country and above normal in the Southeast.

KanyeSouthEast

Just shows you how bad normal is! Here in the south east coast it’s another day of grey slate cool and showers nearby. Hate this weather

pauldry

July has been a vast improvement on May and June in Sligo well bar that first week when it was dark and misty. Sunshine is low but its a lot warmer than Baltic June was.

KanyeSouthEast

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119394092#Comment_119394092

likewise here. It’s been a decentish July. Probably 10 good days 10 average by which I mean at least it stayed dry!! and the rest meh

acequion

May was nice in Kerry. I'm always manic busy in my job in May but I always remember rain and there wasn't that much and how I dress and I was dressed lightly all through May. It all went downhill in June here in Kerry. I've been away quite a bit and I've probably missed most of the good bits, but overall it's been a poor, to at best, average summer so far here. In my opinion anyway.

OldRio

Another day of thick grey cloud here in Leitrim.

mcburns07

Where is the sun 🥲

Niall145

South of the English Channel

Danno

Another anticyclonic gloom day across S Laois, but the plus for me is no breeze. I'd take this over a sunny+windy day.

Temperatures more or less hit the same 17c to 18c range again today, really on the poor side for July.

Tried to rain but nothing came of it.

Meteorite58

Very cool overcast morning in Kerry, went to work and found it hard to warm up and to take my jacket off so much so by lunch time I was getting concerned I had Covid and did a test ! No covid just the older building I was in had really cooled down recently. Did get up to around 18C for a short time with a few drops before falling away again, nice bright night though so will excuse the cooler evening.

pauldry

I'd say this Summer is still a work in progress and it's been quite dry. Rainfall is below normal in all the country. Wind has died down somewhat in July and temperatures have improved but its been one of the dullest Summers in the West and North for many years. Dunno if sun shining through white cloud counts as sun when you can barely make out your shadow. There will not be the usual August washout in 2022 methinks. Maybe normal rain at worst.

WJL

Despite the peak mean temperatures being recorded in the 3rd week of July I always feel August can deliver sun and heat.

August 1995 had a mean temperature of 18.9c in Kilkenny Station. That's the warmest month recorded here isn't it?

OldRio

Another cloud filled morning.

Leitrim.

snowgal

lovely day in Navan today, nice to see the blue skies again....

pad199207

Not a bad morning in Kildare with good sunshine

esposito

Very overcast in Dublin…

pauldry

Blue skies in Sligo. Leitrim must be getting a raw deal Rio.

CruelSummer

Finding something very annoying about the Met Éireann app on iPhone - why doesn’t it have the latest reports option on it?

Cloud breaking up over Dublin. Makes a huge difference.

highdef

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119398829#Comment_119398829

Same on a normal/Android phone, not just Apples - it's annoying that I have to go to the website just for that.

DOCARCH

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119398829#Comment_119398829

It's down a bit of a rabbit hole on the phone! Bit of navigation to find it and I ended up bookmarking it.

NIMAN

Glorious in North donegal for most of the day so far.

As a famous man once sang, "if only it could be like this all the time".

Cluedo Monopoly

Lovely day in Galway and heat in that sunshine.

I'd take a July like this every single year.

SouthWesterly

I can't remember seeing the sun or feeling its heat since our well publicised heat wave.

Wore a fleece in work yesterday.

Will I get a long enough dry spell next week to finish off a polytunnel?

Need 2 days and am stuck with the kids at sea swimming lessons all week. 😭

OldRio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119398371#Comment_119398371

The cloud broke this afternoon and its been a glorious afternoon. Sunny intervals with cloud but I'll take it.

I actually took the jumper off this afternoon. (Shocking, I know)

Ozvaldo

grey dark misty pish cork city

sryanbruen

A large contrast in soil moisture deficits across the country. The map below applies to moderate drainage. 6mm SMD at Malin Head and 20mm at Belmullet, meanwhile up to 80mm at Dublin Airport. Interestingly, the only time Dublin Airport has had a higher SMD since 1979 is June/July 2018.

Dazler97

Lovely and warm here in Leitrim (carrick) 21c sun is out, some clouds are around but hey beats the rain anyday

fits

Spent the afternoon on the beach in Kerry. It was lovely and warm. Water very pleasant too.

beggars_bush

Beautiful day in Sligo

Two beaches and two swims

CruelSummer

What a beautiful day on Achill.

lolie

Lovely sunny morning and early afternoon here and got up to 20c but it slowly but surely clouded over and ended up grey and overcast like yesterday and countless other days this summer.

WJL

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119400127#Comment_119400127

That soil moisture graph in summer is becoming a bit of a norm since 2016. I think of mid August 2018 especially and the contrast north west and west to south east.

BagofWeed

Cork city cloudy as usual for most of the day. Was cold enough out walking last night too.

mcburns07

Beaut of a morning in Cork 🙏

leahyl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119402151#Comment_119402151

It is? Very overcast here!

NIMAN

Another beautiful looking morning in North Donegal.