Spring 2021 General Discussion

Today was dry and bright here. It was cold though you wouldn’t go out without a jacket. And standing still for any period of time you’d be cut by the wind. But al least it was peeing rain.

This weather is disgusting - there is simply no other way to describe it. It looks and literally feels like the worst mid-January can throw at us, but at least you sort of expect it then.

Horrible, just horrible in Meath, no cycling today

Midday reports, miserable :

Casement 7 degrees
Dublin airport 7 degrees
Johnstown castle 7 degrees
Phoenix park 7 degrees

We complain alot, but this is absolutely shocking for May even by our low standards.

Up until Thursday, it hasn't been that bad on the Dublin coast near Howth besides the temperatures which one must concede have been very poor. Sunny spells vast majority of days and avoiding most of the showers. Nothing to write home about but with the pattern of high latitude blocking and a southerly tracking jet stream, it could be worse.

However, Thursday, Friday and today are rubbish in every way. Constant spitting rain, windy or breezy and zero sunshine. The absolute worst to me, nothing interesting from a weather enthusiast's point of view nor pleasant weather to be out in.

We've had a very good run of Mays since and including 2016 (with the exception of 2019) so a poor one was inevitable sometime, especially after the extraordinary May of 2020.

Just want some warmth at this point please, this run of below average temperatures has been so long.

The constant grey skies, rain and cold. Absolutely miserable. A duvet day at the end of May

its just that its so cold

mojesius wrote: »

The constant grey skies, rain and cold. Absolutely miserable. A duvet day at the end of May

Or a shopping day if your female!

Huge hail shower in south mayo
Bitter out

sporina wrote: »

female here and HATE shopping :mad:

Ah each to there own. It was 95% females in shops today.

Raining again here.

Gonzo wrote: »

after the heavy rain of last night and this morning, plenty of heavy icey cold rain and hail showers during the afternoon. Today wouldn't be out of place in the middle of December or January. Temperatures here in the 6 to 9C range all day.

wow where is that? mixed bag here in Cork but mostly dry and some sun.. temp's only 10-11ºC though

Was in Mitchelstown this afternoon drove to Cashel then and the rain was intense. Temp on car was showing 7.5 degrees to 9 degrees along the road. It was horrible. Went out for a run at 9.30am this morning deluges of rain absolutely ridiculous

Another early morning run another early morning soaking. The only difference between this mornings cold rain and say Jan/Feb is its bright now. It’s stopped now thankfully and it’s brightening up a bit.

It was this day last year that high pressure rose from the south and would bring us a fine, warm end to May with lots of hazy sunshine up to the start of June.

Grass here was all yellow and even some brown patches. A very dull and wet summer followed...

(I'm sure Oneiric has a better fax chart)



Fast forward a year on, we're stuck under various lows with high pressure a long way to our southwest and blocking to the north too. Grass is as green as ever courtesy of the rainfalls this May in spite of a very dry April.

I gather we're promised better temperatures from mid week ??

We just hailstones here in North Kildare. Wtf!

Zipppy wrote: »

BBC weather forecast summary ...

I'm emigrating...

Summary
Often unsettled and cooler than normal.
An unseasonably stormy end to May is heralding a cool start to meteorological summer, with an often unsettled and cool pattern persisting through June.
This pattern will occasionally be broken up be high pressure systems that build in from the southwest, but these will tend to be short-lived settled spells.
Rain will most frequently take the form of heavy or thundery afternoon showers, but there is a chance of more unseasonably stormy days around mid-June.
Although there is a growing chance for warmer weather later, it looks like June will stay cooler than normal and more springlike.

This will be a big improvement on autumnlike :pac:

I'd take that forecast with a pinch of salt, accuracy beyond 5 days is very low.

Graphs of last 12 months of temperature data at a few selected stations. It's been a pretty cool period of late.

Malin Head
Claremorris
Mullingar
Casement
Gurteen
Valentia
Johnstown Castle

Shocker again. Cool and windy with heavy downpours thrown in. Awful altogether.

Flogging rain,8c and the stove lit