Summer 2024 - General Discussion

DOCARCH

A new thread for Summer general discussion.

Cloudy start in Greystones. 11.7c atm.

Cluedo Monopoly

Cracking start in Galway. Blue skies.

adocholiday

Cloudy with sunny spells so far in Wicklow. Warmth in the sun when it comes out but good gardening weather.

acequion

Nice start in Tralee too. Bright and sunny. 😎

Hairypoppins

Thick cloud here again in dublin ,yesterday was the same from afternoon onwards ,looks stubborn again from derry to wexford

sryanbruen

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122209592#Comment_122209592

Much brighter here in Donaghmede with just fair weather high cloud at the moment. Can see all the cumulus further south and west. Dublin and Wicklow coasts doing well. Looks wonderful in the west.

geographica

is that cloud down the east coast gonna shift it’s ugly ass today?

Gonzo

Fairly dissapointing today sky full of cloud, hoping it will break up soon.

Hippodrome Song Owl

Overcast and cool in the Northerly breeze in Lucan. Still decent weather for gardening though, so not too bad. There was some nice sunshine up to 9am, but dark clouds now.

highdef

A lovely morning has turned into a beautiful afternoon near Ardagh, County Longford. The cuckoo is singing, the buzzards are calling and the swallows are chirping away. Lovely first day of summer, will get a tan whilst I do some gardening.

compsys

Lovey and sunny by the sea in south county Dublin. Anyone within around 5km of the sea in Dublin seems to be doing well with the sun today. Cloudier further west.

SleetAndSnow

Second day of pure blue skies in west cork - bliss!

adocholiday

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122209959#Comment_122209959

Brightened up in South Wicklow around midday and it's been clear blue skies here until about 20 minutes ago when it clouded over a bit. Glorious day to be out doing a bit of work

Gonzo

Cloud eventually broke up around 3pm and a lovely evening now.

Itssoeasy

stunner of a day here in cork. Not. Cloud to be seen.

Meteorite58

Lovely bright sunny day here in Kerry.

High of just 16.4C in a cool NW breeze but glorious all the same.

https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/

Sat pic from today.

Dazler97

Stubborn cloud flirting with the east, southeast and northeast coast 🙄 by the looks of it on satellite , lovely here in carrick but cool enough in that breeze

Mr.Wemmick

Beautiful blue skies and sunshine north east, but it’s too cold for me. Need more warmth.

Mantis Toboggan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122210772#Comment_122210772

Where do you get the satellite images?

Meteorite58

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122211035#Comment_122211035

Here is a few links. Meteociel has a good range you can access and constantly uploaded.

https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/

https://www.meteociel.fr/observations-meteo/satellite.php

https://view.eumetsat.int/productviewer?v=default

.Donegal.

UKV Wednesday morning

sryanbruen

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122212104#Comment_122212104

Would be the first June air frost in the Republic since 1991.

Katesbridge had -1.1C on 8th June 2020.

SleetAndSnow

third day of blue skies in west cork, warm out of the breeze.

Gonzo

This spell of high pressure has been dissapointing here in Meath, mostly cloudy yesterday and a nice evening and this morning was lovely but cloudy since 1pm and the high pressure is already now on the move. A pleasant weekend overall but poor compared to the 3 week run of lovely weekends in May.

Cluedo Monopoly

Lovely day in Galway. There is heat in those clouds. We are in peak grass growth now.

Hippodrome Song Owl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122213232#Comment_122213232

Yeah, we nearly got a sunny "day" in Dublin but it was spread across Sat (4pm onwards) and Sun (up to 2pm)! Not a bad weekend, just not as lovely as expected.

Kutebride

Gorgeous morning on Great Sugar Loaf, Wicklow.

Pleasant Tshirt weather after midday in RoundWood.

All overcast and grey now back in Meath.

giveitholly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122213232#Comment_122213232

Complete opposite here in tipp,smashing weekend with nearly clear blue skies throughout,badly wanted after what was a very poor may around these parts

squarecircles

Grey, misty, cool, drizzlely gloom,buried in a thick layer of an unending flow of stratus misery that sucks the colour out of everything.

Classic Irish June evening…and its going to get worse.

All you wud need now are the midges and somebody to start spreading pig slurry.

Meteorite58

Nice warm day in London getting up around 22- 23C in Stratford.

Evening closing in.

Dazler97

Lovely and mild today still 16c here in carrick , 18c in Dublin and Eastern kerry at the moment

acequion

I'd be one of the people on this thread accused of unrealistic Irish weather expectations but I'd actually be very pleased with recent weather, this weekend included and am surprised by the many complaints here by disappointed weather enthusiasts.

Yesterday I sat out for less than 2 hours, sans sun protection, and actually got scalded! Now I'm of sallow complexion and very used to strong sun abroad so never expected such a reaction. The temps in Kerry yesterday were meant to be around 17ish but I'd say easily 20C + in my back garden to say I got burned like that. Today was forecast for cloud but sun came out about 12 noon and stayed til about 5 when the clouds rolled in, but those 5 or 6 sunny hours were glorious. And very hot again in my garden, I covered up this time.

I dunno but sometimes I wonder is the south west the new sunny south east? We've done very well lately, no complaints at all.

KanyeSouthEast

it was cloudy in south Tipp from about 3pm yesterday. Was beautiful weekend up to that.

Oscar Bravo

A cloudy dull day here in Castlebar with nearby knock reporting light drizzle /mist. Hate that kinda day

OldRio

Showers this morning. Rain this afternoon. Muck.

Leitrim.

Kutebride

Overcast in Meath today.

Drizzle on and off this evening.

mcburns07

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214302#Comment_122214302

The uv index is not directly correlated to the temperature (although naturally higher temperatures generally mean higher UV).

We're only a few weeks from the longest day of the year and as such the sun is approaching the highest point in the sky, this means stronger UV rays irrespective of the temperature or weather conditions. Cloud cover will screen out some of that UV but a lot still gets through.

Ros4Sam24

Awful day in Ros, cold grey and damp all day

DOCARCH

Fine day in Greystones. Mostly cloudy but with a good few sunny spells. 18.4c atm which is also high of the day so far.

goingmadted

Grand couple of days in east clare. Some cloud but i wouldnt worry about that. Happy with 16/17/18 degrees type weather myself. Dry of course.

None of that stupid humid shyte that results in thunderstorms a few days later.

Got loads of gardening done this weekend.

DellyBelly

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Cluedo Monopoly

Really enjoyed the weather over bank holiday weekend in Galway. Got loads done to the point that I need some work to rest. I'd say we only got about 5 mins of light rain.

wazzzledazzle

Chilly start to the day. Heat was on at 6am. 12c, N Kildare

Elmer Blooker

A coincidence that the weather chart for 80 years ago today was quite similar to todays, a now famous weather report from Belmullet reported a front passing through and the D-Day landings were postponed by 24 hours and so went down in history as June 6 and not June 5.
Of course the front was more active and the weather more disturbed with lower pressure 80 years ago but as I’ve said the chart then was quite similar to this.

Gonzo

Cold, damp and windy here in Meath, could easily pass for early April.

Hippodrome Song Owl

A heavy shower with some hail mixed in in Celbridge. And feeling much cooler in the last half hour.

Elmer Blooker

an unusually active and squally cold front for the time of year passing through now, normally in June a cold front will more or less have fizzled out by the time it reaches the east coast.

pad199207

Hefty Downpour in N Kildare

compsys

The past few days in Dublin have been fairly pleasant. Around 18º to 19º each day. Not much rain and a bit of sun. Typical early summer weather really.

Even today is OK. Partly cloudy with temps around 16º. Which is kind of bang on average for this early in June.

The next few days look poor alright. Especially further West.

But there are hints at something warmer for next week already. So fingers crossed.

Hippodrome Song Owl

It's fairly windy now in Celbridge from NW. Several large planters blown over here and some damaged shrubs. Rain has passed, and it has really brightened up.

Billcarson

Up in Donegal this week. Certainly chilly for June.