Best summer in memory

Gael23 · 21-07-2021 2:55pm #1

Up until now for me it was 2006, which was.fairly similar to now.

Any others people remember

crisco10 · 21-07-2021 2:57pm

2018

DarkJager21 · 21-07-2021 2:58pm

2010, 2018? (the year the grass turned yellow from the heat, water restrictions etc), this one and a few in the 90's

sryanbruen · 21-07-2021 3:05pm

2018

2013

2006

2021

2014

Is how I rank the top 5 best summers of my lifetime so far (which ain't much).

May to July 2018 will be difficult to beat, a golden period with the best summer month I've seen - June 2018; 4mm of rain, more than 260 hrs of sun and mean temperatures at least 1-2C above average with a heatwave to finish. August was very disappointing however, as it normally is.

Brilliant July in 2013 with 2 weeks of very fine weather followed by some decent storms and convection by Ireland standards. June had a lovely period early on too whilst August wasn't amazing but passable.

Fantastic June and especially July in 2006 with the last instance of a 30C in Dublin. Another disappointing August.

A good June in 2021 and a contrasting July with quite a poor first 2 weeks but an exceptional heatwave with bags of sunshine day after day (of which we are still currently in when writing this post).

June and July 2014 were both fine months, July at times quite warm. August was exceptionally wet and became cool later on. I could interchange 2014 and 2021 depending on how August 2021 fares - August 2014 was very bad.

The Nal · 21-07-2021 3:09pm

1995 was a banger.

Chiparus · 21-07-2021 3:13pm

1976

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/heatwave-nostalgia-ireland-s-sizzling-summer-of-1976-1.3556756

B.A._Baracus · 21-07-2021 3:13pm

1995, 2006 and 2013 are three I remember. Especially 2006 it was just so warm and dry at night.

rob316 · 21-07-2021 3:16pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117642255#Comment_117642255

This.

1995 was an actual summer season of constant hot weather from June to August, I was around 8 years old and remember it so fondly still. I remember we went to Portugal for 2.5 weeks and the weather was better back home while we were there.

Panrich · 21-07-2021 3:24pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117642276#Comment_117642276

I remember that summer so well. Every day better than the last and it lasted for ages as well.

Zzippy · 21-07-2021 4:46pm

1995, 1983, 1976

ArnoldJRimmer · 21-07-2021 4:57pm

Another vote for 1995, it was glorious for the entire summer

atilladehun · 21-07-2021 5:04pm

1995 is the classic, 2013 was brilliant though.

Wishbone Ash · 21-07-2021 5:06pm

1976 - everyone seemed to be sunburned that summer.

kindredspirit · 21-07-2021 5:14pm

Without a doubt, 1976.

Gael23 · 21-07-2021 6:25pm

I was a child in 1995 and I can’t remember that one. 2006 is the last time I recall temperatures above 30C

Calibos · 21-07-2021 6:35pm

Was alive for '76 but was only 2yo so can't remember it. Was a Barman in a Bray Seafront Pub for '95 and I couldn't wait to see the end of the good weather because it was relentless hard work for several months without a break. Running around like a Blue Arsed Fly from opening at 10:30am onwards. Normally you'd only need to serve a few oul fellas while prepping the place for the Lunch/dinnertime trade 12-3pm. Summer 95' Mon-Sun both front and back beer gardens would be nearly full by 11am. Mad busy for food 12-3pm. Normally you'd then have a quiet few hours to clean up after the Lunch trade and prep for the evening meal trade 5-7pm. Summer '95, Mad busy in that gap. Then mad busy for evening meal trade. Then mad busy for the night time drinks trade.........even Monday and Tuesday Nights when in a normal Summer those nights would be quiet. Just relentless. Couldn't wait to see the back of that Summer.

The incredible irony was that Bray Summer Fest had been rained out of it in its 2 weeks in July every year for the previous 5 so the Festival committee decided to move it to early September when the weather was always good when the kids went back to school. The year they decided to make this change was '95. The normal festival weeks were glorious. The rescheduled festival week at the beginning of September was when the Summer of '95 finally broke down with a week or two of rain. :D :D

Donegal Storm · 21-07-2021 6:44pm

Another vote for 95, I remember finishing up at school for the summer holidays on a scorching hot day then spending the whole summer on the beach.

2018 would have to be second, especially if you include May over August. Cloudless skies day after day for weeks at a time and no rain or any note for about 6 weeks

Heroditas · 21-07-2021 6:50pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117643273#Comment_117643273

I'd agree with those. Spent the summer of 95 working in London during the summer holidays. Stifling from mid June all the way through to early September.

June in 2013 was awful but right at the end of the month it improved markedly and July was glorious. The following year was quite similar too.

For some reason I can't really remember 2006 but I do remember one weekend in August when the humidity was like nothing I'd ever experienced in Ireland before.

Fr Tod Umptious · 21-07-2021 6:51pm

1983 and 1984 were very good.

1995 was another.

2013 and 2018 were years with about three weeks of very hot weather but that was really it.

If I recall the really hot weather in 2018 was in early to mid June

Isambard · 21-07-2021 6:53pm

it's only been good this week, has been dire up til then.

Man Vs ManUre · 21-07-2021 6:57pm

It was the summer of ‘69. Oh yeah. Me and some guys from school

OneEightSeven · 21-07-2021 6:58pm

1995 or 2018.

2018 was the best year for weather. I wish every year was like 2018.

Seve OB · 21-07-2021 7:02pm

it had to 1995 cause I did my leaving then and we all knows the sun shines when the leaving is on!

although I believe 76 was better. I missed that but do feel sorry for my boo poor ma who carried me around that summer till I stick my head out a the end of it all :)

Itssoeasy · 21-07-2021 7:05pm

1995 gets my vote. My parents had a mobile home in east cork we’d be there every weekend and it’s not much fun stuck in a mobile home when it’s pissing rain but 1995 was glorious.

RobAMerc · 21-07-2021 7:20pm

1995 - I had a new girlfriend and therefore new friends - was going to 2 raves a week. It was properly hot by day and by night for what seems like months on end

went to Australia a few years later and an Aussie dude asked me "Hey, you guys still talking about the summer of 95 over there ?"

Atlantic Dawn · 21-07-2021 7:20pm

For me 1990, great weather that summer and Ireland were in Italia 90.

Nigel Fairservice · 21-07-2021 7:23pm

I remember 1995 and 2006 very well. Going to say 1995 was best, was 11 years old and could be outside all day. Was on my college work placement in Dublin in 2006. Spent a lot of time in the Dicey's beer garden that summer!

Xenji · 21-07-2021 7:38pm

1995 for me.

smokie72 · 21-07-2021 8:45pm

1975 decent summer(dry but not as warm as the following summer) over shadowed by 1976 which was a classic

1983 especially July and we had some thundery weather as well

1984 was a good summer. Remember been in Fitzgerald's Stadium on 1st July for the Munster Football Final and had to sit under the scoreboard cause I wasnt able for the heat

1989 and 1990 were pretty memorable summers for the fine weather

1995 was the best summer then since 76

2003 had a very warm August

2006 was a very warm summer especially July. August was a disappointment

2013 was the best summer after several poor summers (2010 was ok though)

2018 went from a cold April to a warm/hot Summer. Spring was very short that year

2021 aint too bad so far

Billcarson · 21-07-2021 8:50pm

While im not a huge fan of hot summers the best summer would have to be 95. It seemed to be more of a dry heat then the more humid kind. Honourable mentions for 83,84 and 89 .Too young to remember much about 76

I found the warm spells of summer 06 too humid. July 06 was pure torture.

the_pen_turner · 21-07-2021 8:52pm

2020 was a great summer . this year has been terrible so far

Danno · 22-07-2021 12:42am

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117643841#Comment_117643841

Second this. Summer 95 wasn't overly humid. Even caught an early June frost such was the dryness of the air.

2ndcoming · 22-07-2021 12:47am

95

I spent two months in north Donegal and I'm pretty sure it barely rained in that entire time.

I spent all my childhood summers there. I can confirm that one was unique.

2ndcoming · 22-07-2021 12:52am

Also I was born in July 83 in the middle of a heatwave and now my son was born in one on Saturday and my daughter was born in a mini one in May '17. Maybe we should move to somewhere warmer.

People saying 2006, the only summer I remember from that era was the one where it rained for 2 months straight... 2007/8? Rihanna Umbrella was fittingly number one for all of it.

Modjcjac · 22-07-2021 12:58am

Summer 1988, I had the time of my life in the womb.

So many stories, I'll tell ya anther time

highdef · 22-07-2021 8:35am

https://boards.ie/discussion/2058199933/best-summer-in-memory

1995

Comhrá · 22-07-2021 9:41am

I'm old enough to remember saving hay with my father back in 1976. The heat was exceptional. We abandoned the meadow for a few hours in the afternoon as it became unbearable.

I also recall 1995 clearly. That summer the heat went on an on relentlessly into September.

farmchoice · 22-07-2021 10:13am

1995 was the best year of my life time, although i'm too young to remember 1976 as i was only 1 at the time. in 95 i was working in a business where i spoke with a lot of farmers and of the course the weather was the only topic of discussion. to a man each said it was by far and away the best summer they had seen and some of these lads were in their 70/80's. this was in north mayo and i think in fairness in 1976 this part of the country did not do as well as others so its possible 76 was better elsewhere but 95 was by far and away the best in north connaught anyway, we would need at least 3 more weeks of this weather to come close to 95

fits · 22-07-2021 10:15am

1995 was incredible.

2006 unfortunately I was going through a rough patch so couldnt enjoy it.

FlubberJones · 22-07-2021 10:19am

95 I remember well, super time and long long spells of lovely warm air.

76 I also remember, I was 7 at the time and remember it was hot for months on end and almost living on the beach with my family.

Ger Roe · 22-07-2021 10:22am

I remember 1976 well... the sunny days seemed endless and the TV pictures of a dry and cracked Roundwood reservoir looked like a scene from Africa.

fryup · 22-07-2021 11:55am

this is on par with 2018

bullpost · 22-07-2021 12:01pm

https://acerecords.co.uk/bob-stanley-presents-76-in-the-shade-1

1976 - Its even got its own soundtrack.

stooge · 22-07-2021 1:33pm

not sure 2021 can be on any list just yet. One week of good weather and a good few of dull and cloudy is not exactly great. If august conitues like this them it has potential be be in a recent top 5.

1995 and 2006 are ones that are memorable for me. early 2018 wasnt too bad either

Newbie20 · 22-07-2021 1:46pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117644749#Comment_117644749

Yeah it was 2007

I remember working outside for the summer and for about 40 days straight it rained every day. Even when it looked like a grand day it would start raining. And that bloody song was on all the time…

2006 was exceptionally hot. I remember being on a building site and dripping sweat. Funnily enough my memory must be going because 2013 and 2018 aren’t standing out for me at all. The one that I always remember from my childhood and being outside in the sunshine constantly is 1995

22-07-2021 1:52pm

I associate the 2014 world cup with great weather, and that tournament took place from 12th June to 13th July. My memory of it could be patchy though. I remember at the time thinking it was brilliant how we had gotten two great summers in a row, because by 2012 it seemed as though the weather was working in tandem with the economy, with 2012 being both the pits of the recession and the worst year for weather I can remember (not to mention the dismal performance of the Irish football team at euro 2012). 2008 was also a year that I associate with grey, rainy weather but I can't remember how truthful that is and would need to research it a bit.

The heat in the summer of 2013 I remember as being humid and sweaty, making it difficult to sleep at night, and that of 2018 being of a more burning variety.

The period from April to June in 2018 I remember as being devoid of rain and June was amazing.

Late June and early July 2019 had really good weather here but it was nothing compared to the heat in the UK at the time which hit the high 30 degrees at time over June and July.

For me 2018 is the best in my memory, although I was a small child in 1995 have the vaguest recollections of the grass all turned brown by the end of the summer.

Fr Tod Umptious · 22-07-2021 2:29pm

Thing about a lot of these years is that the subsequent years tend to be really bad.

After 1983 and 1984, 1985 and 1986 were really bad.

1985 was so bad that a lot of the drama around the moving statues that year was seen by some as some devine intervention to solve the bad weather.

1996 was so bad that it prompted me to leave Ireland.

I remember on TV a certain swimmer coming back to Dublin airport after the Olympics in the wind and rain in early August, the previous year the country is baked in sun the same day.

The less said about 2007 the better. It was a really nice spring but a terrible summer.

Outkast_IRE · 22-07-2021 2:45pm

1995 i was just a young fella and we had a mobile home near 2 great beaches, felt like we spent the whole summer at the beach.

snowstorm445 · 22-07-2021 2:56pm

2018 for sure, great year of weather in general with Storm Emma back in February, and a long warm summer that went on for ages. I was in my last year of college then so I might have a rosier view of it than most. But everything started to look a lot browner, I remember seeing Lambay Island or Ireland's Eye from the train one of the days and it looked like an island in the Mediterranean.

Hazier memories of 2006 but again I remember the heat and how brown everything got by the end.

Technically lived through the 1995 summer but I was in the womb at the time 😁

snowstorm445 · 22-07-2021 3:01pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117646889#Comment_117646889

Same with winters really. After all the wintry episodes in 2018 and the BFTE, 2019 was mild all the way through. One day of snow in March I think and that was it. And then of course after 2010 and 2011 we had a run of very mild and mostly snowless winters

The Irish climate really does seem to balance out the extremes one way or another.

CrowdedHouse · 22-07-2021 3:06pm

I remember 1995 particularly because earlier in the year a bought a used (1990) Honda Accord. It had a lot of 'toys' fitted. I remember the salesman saying 'it even has air conditioning' which would have been fairly rare in an Irish car at the time. It didn't really mean much to me at the time but by the end of the Summer it became a must have feature! 😃

Best summer in memory

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