Autumn 2025 - General Discussion

pauldry

Tomorrow may see some sun in a few areas as wind picks up a little before the arrival on Saturday of the rain.

.Donegal.

Valentia recorded over 21 hours of sunshine this past 7 days according to the farming commentary.

Dickie10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123911565#Comment_123911565

stay in summertime all year you mean ! The darkest it would get would be 5:40 pm . Bright til 8pm on st Patrick day , imagine that

Dazler97

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123911434#Comment_123911434

yes I’m gonna take them vitamins for sure 👌 lucky wish I was going away haven’t been abroad since November 2022 maybe lanzarote in January I’ll see

Billcarson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123911823#Comment_123911823

Well they tried that for a few yrs in ireland and the uk back around the late 60s . Didnt work, during late autumn and much of winter the mornings would be dark till after 9am, not good particularly for kids going to school.

Oscar Bravo

Some heavy falls of rain in the South

Supercell

First blue skies all week here, glorious!

Robwindstorm

Looks like sunshine is on the horizon at last in Meath

Robwindstorm

C'mon baby !

Robwindstorm

And here she is, and feeling quite warm now.

Elmer Blooker

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123911565#Comment_123911565

so sunrise an hour earlier before 4am meaning an extra hour of daylight in the morning when we’re all asleep and losing an extra hour of daylight in the evening when we’re all awake, makes no sense whatsoever, ludicrous in my opinion.

OldRio

Another dark and gloomy day. I've just read online that Leitrim is the coldest county in Ireland to live in. Does not surprise me in the slightest. It seems Calor Gas did some type of official survey. Housing age and type. Insulation etc. Weather patterns (Whatever that is)

highdef

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123912445#Comment_123912445

Completely agree, if we abolished Irish Standard Time, the sun would rise at 03:5x for the most populated eastern areas for almost all of June. What a waste of daylight that would be!

Ireland lies at around 5.5°W to 10.5°W longitude, giving it an average about 8°W. As each 15° is equal to one hour of earth's rotation, Ireland's average of 8°W means that it is closer to the 15°W longitude (GMT -1) than it is to GMT. So in the event that the clock changes are abolished, it actually makes more sense for us to remain in Irish Standard Time all year round rather than GMT, the next timezone to our east.

esposito

The gloom is gone here in south Dublin! Makes such a difference to the mood.

Gonzo

sun here in Meath, after almost 11 days of unbroken grey slate cloud.

sryanbruen

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123911814#Comment_123911814

Meanwhile Dublin Apt had 0.1 hrs of sun from 10th-16th. Fortunately quite a bit of sunshine this morning with a lucky break in the cloud.

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123912092#Comment_123912092

What are kids going to be dragged out of their range rovers and molested or what?

I hate winter time so much.

Sunny today in Dublin at least.

pauldry

Sun. Friday. Life is good.

OldRio

It's getting brighter. Should I worry?

zell12

This is a delightful long spell of dry calm weather. No rain, little wind. Blessed.

Billcarson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123912607#Comment_123912607

Id rather it went back to the way it was before ww1 and scrap this summertime nonsense

Kutebride

Wow 16⁰ today. I was freezing the last two days

LoLovely brightness Meath

highdef

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123912781#Comment_123912781

Yeah, being closer to the -1 GMT line of longitude than England, Wales and Scotland, it would make sense if we did abolish the clock change so that we remain in Irish Standard Time all year round. Sunrises before 04:00 during the summer……no thank you! Sunsets after 18:00 by late January, YES please!

I work in my gardens a lot, apart from the depths of winter, so unsurprisingly I prefer to do so during daylight hours. I could get so much done after my regular work day during February and even more so in March if we observed Irish Standard Time all year round. Same goes for the summer months, when I often work in the gardens until dusk………22:30 to 23:00 on fine clear days in June and July. Taking an hour of that evening daylight away and moving it so usable daylight begins at 03:30 or even earlier is just absurd and makes no sense.

If 26 counties did move to Irish Standard Time all year round and 6 counties did not, so be it. Spain and Portugal seem to manage pretty well and have done so for a long time. With the modern technology that exists these days, time differences between different places is not such a big deal as it once was.

Supercell

They did a survey on this a few years ago and the overwhelming majority wanted to keep summer time. Varadker decided he knew better and determined that no country should have a border with another in a different timezone (N.Ireland) because that would be unworkable or something so ignored the survey results the government themselves commissioned. One wonders how other countries manage to get anything done with different timezones even in the same country. The mind boggles!

Elmer Blooker

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123911347#Comment_123911347

so you want it pitch dark at 9am in winter?
We’re north of 50 degrees so we have no choice but to put up with darkness in mid winter the same as we benefit with very little darkness in mid summer. Anyway by mid January we are getting our daylight back and after Feb 1st the daylight accelerates rapidly.
I was once in Marseille in December and was surprised that there is as much as 90 minutes more daylight there as here. Didn’t think it would be as much as that.

Like I said we have to put up with darkness at our latitude.

Thunder87

I've always argued the best solution would be just to shorten the period we change the clocks for, wait another 2-3 weeks until we're into November to change then change back again by the end of January, it'd make it far more bearable.

There is a legitimate issue in December where without the change it'd be dark until after 9am, but that only lasts maybe 6-8 weeks of the winter, February and March in particular it's always frustrating how long winter time drags on for even though it's perfectly bright fairly early in the morning by then

Paul2019

All of Europe should put the clocks back by 30 mins and leave it there.

That gets over the argument about whether it should be permanent winter or summer time.

Dickie10

but it will be bright for them coming home from school and activities in evenings. Everywhere better lit up now for dark morning

Dazler97

Orange warning for Cork now wow

Cluedo Monopoly

Just got the lawn done. Grass is bone dry. I hope it stops growing now. Burned a load of leaves too which is very satisfying. Pity the dry spell is coming to an end, love this Autumn weather.