NAGDEFI wrote: » Easter fell around mid April and temperatures reached 20C on Holy Thursday and Good Friday..
Oneiric 3 wrote: » Can't remember this at all. My birthday has a habit of falling in and around the Easter period most years and the weather on it is usually cool, sunny and maybe showery. If there is one period in the year I hate seasonally and weatherwise, it is the late March - April period. Detest it in fact. In my view, Spring proper doesn't really get going until May, at least then, nature is beginning to spring into life.
nacho libre wrote: » Humans differ:) I find this weather is uplifting. Mild and wet south westerlies, no thanks. We have that for most of the year! The reason i'm loving the cold and snow is there's no guarantee we won't be snowless in years to come, or rather more likely is that it will be a long time before we see as potent an easterly again. I guess some people will be glad if that happens, though. I won't be one of them!
km79 wrote: » Fantastic two days Only pity is I was out and about so don't have time to get to lawn It might never be this dry again !
Artane2002 wrote: » You have tomorrow morning I think but rain will come for the evening.
Artane2002 wrote: » Today is the first day in ages where there isn't a weather warning of some sort. There's almost always a yellow marine weather warning.
JCX BXC wrote: » Pretty run of the mill for marine warnings in the winter tbf, doesn't really affect land.
Artane2002 wrote: » I'm sure many people appreciate the warnings but if they are this regular then I don't see the need for them. If those conditions are this regular then I don't see the point of the warnings - they should be used to handling those conditions.
JCX BXC wrote: » Again, they are not for use for you and me. They affect very light sea vessels that should not be sailed in windy conditions, or should have alot of care taken in such. Also, not the place for discussing the merit of weather warnings.
Cork Boy 53 wrote: » In my memory Easter 1984 was one of the sunniest ever in south Munster anyway. I seem to recall the whole weekend (Sat-Mon)as days of unbroken sunshine.
sryanbruen wrote: » Hey it's perfectly fine. Don't be afraid to ask questions people! A ridge of high pressure first centred to the west of Scotland and later drifting over the North Sea dominated our weather from the 22nd to the end of the month. As a result, an easterly airflow developed during this fine spell which was unusually warm for April. Glenties, Co. Donegal recorded a mean daily maximum temperature of 20.4c from the 21st-30th! Many other places recorded mean daily maximum temperatures between 17-19c during the same period, one of the warmest periods on record for April. Thursday, April 26th 1984 currently holds the April maximum temperature record for Ireland of 25.8c at Glenties. Easter Sunday itself was just the start of the very warm spell so temperatures weren't remarkably high but it was still a very warm Easter with maximum temperatures between 16-21c. Sunshine was very abundant with many, many places recording between 10-13 hours of sunshine. It was what I like to call the Perfect Easter.Information gathered from Met Éireann.
sryanbruen wrote: » Somebody asked me about the late April period of 1984 before in the Irish Weather Statistics thread, here's the post below I replied to him.
Cork Boy 53 wrote: » OK thanks for that. I didn`t realize the warm sunny spell lasted for ten days or so. Also if I recall mid and late April 1982 was also mainly dry and sunny followed by a cold wintry start to May that year. Would that be correct?
