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First Snowfall of the Winter

JCX BXC · 2016-10-06 23:08:06

Let's have a game, lighten up the forum! Let's guess when the first snowfall happens, and for bonus points where! My guess is 4th December, Knock Airport. Clarification: The location must be in Ireland, and can be on a hill but not a mountain.

07-10-2016 12:08am

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Let's have a game, lighten up the forum!

Let's guess when the first snowfall happens, and for bonus points where!

My guess is 4th December, Knock Airport.

Clarification:
The location must be in Ireland, and can be on a hill but not a mountain.

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#2 07-10-2016 12:35am

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25th December, Cork Airport. :eek:

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#3 07-10-2016 12:43am

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Carnacalla wrote: »

Let's have a game, lighten up the forum!

Let's guess when the first snowfall happens, and for bonus points where!

My guess is 4th December, Knock Airport.

Slieve Snaght in Donegal December 13th!

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#4 07-10-2016 12:45am

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Vladivstok. In a fortnight or so.

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#5 07-10-2016 5:55am

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November 12th at my house.

I think I had the first snow last year on Nov 20th.

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#6 07-10-2016 6:07am

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At what altitude are we talking? I can see mountains from my window and they'll get a snowy cap long before we'll see flakes at our level. They've already had first snow on scottish Highlands.
Are we talking first snow at less than 500 ft above sea level or anywhere on the island?

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#7 07-10-2016 7:03am

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I'll go Mountainy Man's house too but the 3rd December.

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#8 07-10-2016 7:24am

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It can easily happen to quite low levels this month - see these pics from seven years ago when I lived in Annamoe in Wicklow - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=57727429

https://www.loughlinstown.ie
Have a weather station?, why not join the Ireland Weather Network - http://irelandweather.eu/

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#9 07-10-2016 7:27am

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Not saying this will be the first snow but I am expecting some widespread light snow in late November as patterns may try to emulate 2010 -- not that intense, but timing will be similar.

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#10 07-10-2016 9:39am

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2 new places in ireland i wasnt aware of,vladivstok and the scottish highlands.

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#11 07-10-2016 1:44pm

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First snow November 28th at 0700am knock airport n mountainymans house

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#12 07-10-2016 4:36pm

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Supercell wrote: »

It can easily happen to quite low levels this month - see these pics from seven years ago when I lived in Annamoe in Wicklow - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=57727429

Lovely October snow! I remember my earliest snow here was 21st October. Think it was 2003?

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#13 08-10-2016 3:32pm

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first likely snow fall anywhere between Kerry and Donegal with atlantic snow showers sometime December. Mountainyman most likely to report first snow fall.

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#14 08-10-2016 4:26pm

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I'm going to say for the craic The Mourne Mountains , Dec. 9th

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#15 08-10-2016 5:37pm

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I'm going with Dec 1st, Knock Airport

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#16 08-10-2016 8:16pm

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The Great Sugarloaf ,co.wicklow ( I think you could call that a hill) on the 19th of November.

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#17 08-10-2016 8:23pm

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Slieve Bawn, Co. Roscommon
1st December

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#18 09-10-2016 7:08am

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I rem in 2009 we got a week of snow down here in the Old head of Kinsale in Nov. A small amount and we were the only place who got it at the time, (didnt even get as far as ballinspittle) but will chance my arm and say Kinsale 29th Nov :-)

Hope springs eternal...

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#19 09-10-2016 8:09am

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Probably 20th November at Knock and maybe the 30th for Shannon Airport.

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#20 09-10-2016 8:28am

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Probably 20th November at Knock and maybe the 30th for Shannon Airport.

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#21 09-10-2016 9:51am

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31 October 2008, we had nearly 2 inchs of snow here, I was in Germany at the time, I remember reading much of Leinster had snow that day.

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#22 10-10-2016 6:01pm

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I'm gonna take a stab at 29th November as its my birthday:pac: South Dublin foothills (think 3rock might be too high to qualify).

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#23 10-10-2016 6:05pm

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March 1st 2017 Derryveagh Mountains for a few hours!

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#24 13-10-2016 7:16pm

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I ment to post some pictures on the winter thread last week. Just getting around now to doing it. This was last thursday (06/10/16) in Southern Poland in my village@ 1010m ASL. My house had snow (650m ASL) but only about 5-10cm. Above 900m there was over 40cm.

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#25 13-10-2016 7:37pm

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I'll go for December 28th and Donegal.

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#26 14-10-2016 8:42pm

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Snaps you are looking for boards.pl

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#27 15-10-2016 7:29pm

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Nabber wrote: »

Snaps you are looking for boards.pl

Haha, I'm an ex pat that moved over to the eastside 3 years ago. I was a regular poster here before I made the switch.

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#28 19-10-2016 10:05pm

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another one for nov 28 knock (

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#29 19-10-2016 10:17pm

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February 8th.

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#30 19-10-2016 10:20pm

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November 18th, Glencree.

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#31 20-10-2016 7:31am

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I posted earlier without actually entering the contest, as far as measurable snow at weather stations, I will guess 20 Nov around Ballyhaise, Dunsany and possibly other locations in Leinster. There could be reports of snow on hills before that of course. From current charts it does not look too likely before second week of November.

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