Summer 2021 General Discussion

Yes that's true. I always think from around the 25th of July or so that the shortening of the days start to become more noticeable certainly by the very end of July anyway.

For the past 3 nights in a row I've had a small hand towel by my side while using the computer, purely just to dab my head every 5 minutes. I've ordered a desk fan - something I should've bought at the start of the bloody week. Prime Amazon account and not making any damn use of it.

Speaking of fans, they're fair scarce!! Not surprised.

Another tropical night in Valentia, by the looks of things.

I’m absolutely wrecked now ! Need a good nights sleep soon .

Yes, several times voted the most scenic approach in the world, it must be amazing up there this morning.

METAR EIDL 231030Z 15003KT 120V190 CAVOK 27/19 Q1017=

Belmullet is also on 27 °C (26.8 to be exact).

Records of tropical nights and the term were kept by the UK Met Office starting in 2018. Ireland just happened to have little opportunity of such (despite some very mild nights in July 2019) until this heatwave so the term did not garner attention here.

If last night was indeed yet another tropical night at Valentia, July 2021 is only the second time that two tropical nights have been recorded in Ireland in one month with July 1983 being the other which was a month of a famous Irish heatwave.

The other mad thing about these tropical nights is the fact they occurred on two consecutive days so the last time Valentia fell below 20.0C was 5 a.m. on the 21st! Phenomenal for Ireland.

EDIT: Met Éireann confirmed it.

Those warm mornings and evenings have been one of the standout features for me of this current spell also.

I have made it my business to get to some of the beaches in Mayo and Sligo and have a swim over the last number of evenings and it has been glorious. I personally have loved that continental and balmy feel to the evenings that is usually quite rare in these parts.

Home again then, and time for a cold beer in the garden. Yes, the last few nights were a bit more difficult to sleep in but overall a great spell in my eyes. The past few evenings have been a stark contrast to many of those cold and raw evenings in May and a lot of the grey gloomy ones of the first part of the summer.

Some of the recent hazy high cloud and cirrus had made for some nice evening skies also. Below a few pics taken looking across Killala Bay from Enniscrone/Inishcrone, Co Sligo the evening before last.

Sun feels a lot stronger today here in Donegal, it was a bit hazy at times yesterday.

Another remarkable stat about past week. Dublin Airport had its sunniest 7-day period on record for July that I'm aware of with 99.3 hrs from 16-22 July. The overall record is held by 28 June-4 July 2018 with 107.4 hrs.

Here's a selection of the sunniest 7-day periods at the station that I could find from individual spells. July 2021 is highlighted in bold.

I wonder how others have fared in terms of their records. Might as well bank this 7-day agricultural report, all stations had at least 200% of their average sunshine for the week as well as mean temperatures 3 to almost 6C above average.

I will give an update on the daily maxima at Irish stations table probably tomorrow or early next week depending on how high the temperature gets at stations and when the heatwave will officially come to an end with no possibility of achieving 25C anywhere. I will also be comparing to the July 1983 heatwave which I think is the most comparable to this heatwave.

That cell will be right over you soon. Enjoy!

Much breezier here today in Co.Antrim. Still hitting 27c but feels warm rather than hot with the breezes. Strong sunshine.

More like a windy day in Gran Canaria than a day in Majorca lol!