Summer 2023 - General Discussion

glightning

Sorry, that reply was to Cluedo Monopoly

glightning

Have also dipped in the sea at Portstewart (north coast). It was pretty damn cold, but I know where you are coming from in that it makes you feel alive and refreshed!

ottolwinner

Will warmer seas bring more shark sightings and visits to our waters?

SuperBowserWorld

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120732553#Comment_120732553

You could turn that question into an Irish Independent click bait article.

Slashermcguirk

Another lovely balmy morning in Dublin. Been a great summer so far

Cluedo Monopoly

Lovely morning in Galway again. Where is all this forecasted rain?

SleetAndSnow

Very heavy downpours in cork city this morning, goes from blue sky to rain very quickly

glightning

Article on the recent sea temperatures on BBC News today :-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65948544

highdef

Partly cloudy in Longford this afternoon. Humidity is far lower than recent days, feels almost fresh today with humidity down into the 60's at the moment, percentage wise. The skyscape is looking far less threatening than at the same time in the past few days. There's a breeze today as well, which was very much absent until recently. I'd say there will be showers in the coming hours but far less severe than yesterday, I would guess.

dsmythy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120733500#Comment_120733500

Showers increasing in the afternoon and evening.

sryanbruen

M4 Buoy (Donegal) daily SSTs since 2007, graph via ICARUS Maynooth. Red line is 2023, purple is 2013 and cyan is 2021. 2023 is currently below the absolute peaks of 2013 and 2021 which were a month later but is record-breaking for the time of year. The previous record for this time of year here was the first half of June 2007 but 2023 is over a degree warmer than that.

ascophyllum

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120734573#Comment_120734573

It should be interesting to see that in a week's time, there'll be plenty of wind and swell in that region this weekend so it should mix colder water to the surface.

Dazler97

Here's a map of just how above average sea temperatures really are especially around Ireland southern parts of Norway and Sweden be bad winter if we get any post tropical storms as the warmer the sea the longer they live

nacho libre

We have somehow managed to escape the showers today despite there being shower clouds all around us.

appledrop

We have been very lucky in NCD over last two days, much nicer than forecast and very little rain, dont worry we had plenty on Fri and Sat so no drought here.

Cluedo Monopoly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120736220#Comment_120736220

Same. Bone dry all day. A lovely summer's day really.

Gonzo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120736706#Comment_120736706

Same here in south-east Meath, there were plenty of heavy showers skirting past me all day but only 5 minutes of drizzle today and plenty of warm sun. Just like Dublin last Friday into Saturday was fairly wet at times.

Oscar Bravo

Plenty of sunshine again today despite the showers

Strong and Faithful

Looks like a bit of a lull period for 10-14 days of Irish Summer weather, but of the good variety mostly. I expect more hot weather in August.

Take 1995 for example. Late June heatwave, July had very warm weather early and late month and a showery midmonth. August was like one long heat wave until cooling around 28th.

Even the best of years have weather breaks in Summer. And it's no harm, if we kept going like the 3 or 4 weeks up to Saturday until mid September we'd have problems on a lot of fronts!

Strong and Faithful

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120736047#Comment_120736047

I don't think I've ever seen an anomaly chart quite like that! Amazing.

Strong and Faithful

It's great that nip has gone out of the air that was in the Eastern half of the country up to a fortnight ago. It made it feel like April. The showers feel like summer rain and we've still plenty of sunshine in between.

pauldry

It's breaking in the West now. Our hottest part of Summer has passed here. Over to you guys on the East for the rest of it. Wer back to 15 to 17c for the end of June. And rain every single day from now to then bar 2 days.

Cluedo Monopoly

Lovely day in Galway again. I swear the showers are mocking me by avoiding my garden. I could really do with a heavy shower or two.

leahyl

Just got a text alert from Cork City Council for orange warning for rain from 1pm to 6pm - didn’t expect that. Went to ME website and saw orange warning for the whole country.

SleetAndSnow

Seems to be avoiding the showers here in cork city anyway thankfully, warm and humid though.

Slashermcguirk

Another pleasant warm day in Dublin. Quite humid though

Cluedo Monopoly

Mace Head (Galway) has had 7.2mm of rain on Day 20 of June. The average for June is 82.4mm.

nacho libre

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120739199#Comment_120739199

It's the same here so far, we are somehow avoiding the showers that are less than a mile away. As regards your garden with the current outlook you will have plenty of rain over the next week or two .

Dazler97

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120737549#Comment_120737549

Extraordinary isn't it

Strong and Faithful

Does anyone remember the summer weather in 1988? Hope we don't go that way.

June was a lovely warm month most farmers got nearly all their silage and hay done, unusual at the time. The Bank Holiday Monday brought rain. But after that mostly fine, warm and sunny. Around the last Saturday of the month I remember baling hay as The Netherlands beat the USSR in the final of Euro 88. July and August were cool and wet and a big disappointment.