a cool start to the first morning of summer but at least it's sunny after a very wet day yesterday.
I'd say this Summer is still a work in progress and it's been quite dry. Rainfall is below normal in all the country. Wind has died down somewhat in July and temperatures have improved but its been one of the dullest Summers in the West and North for many years. Dunno if sun shining through white cloud counts as sun when you can barely make out your shadow. There will not be the usual August washout in 2022 methinks. Maybe normal rain at worst.
Despite the peak mean temperatures being recorded in the 3rd week of July I always feel August can deliver sun and heat.
August 1995 had a mean temperature of 18.9c in Kilkenny Station. That's the warmest month recorded here isn't it?
Another cloud filled morning.
Leitrim.
lovely day in Navan today, nice to see the blue skies again....
Not a bad morning in Kildare with good sunshine
Very overcast in Dublin…
Blue skies in Sligo. Leitrim must be getting a raw deal Rio.
Finding something very annoying about the Met Éireann app on iPhone - why doesn’t it have the latest reports option on it?
Cloud breaking up over Dublin. Makes a huge difference.
Same on a normal/Android phone, not just Apples - it's annoying that I have to go to the website just for that.
It's down a bit of a rabbit hole on the phone! Bit of navigation to find it and I ended up bookmarking it.
Glorious in North donegal for most of the day so far.
As a famous man once sang, "if only it could be like this all the time".
Lovely day in Galway and heat in that sunshine.
I'd take a July like this every single year.
I can't remember seeing the sun or feeling its heat since our well publicised heat wave.
Wore a fleece in work yesterday.
Will I get a long enough dry spell next week to finish off a polytunnel?
Need 2 days and am stuck with the kids at sea swimming lessons all week. 😭
The cloud broke this afternoon and its been a glorious afternoon. Sunny intervals with cloud but I'll take it.
I actually took the jumper off this afternoon. (Shocking, I know)
grey dark misty pish cork city
A large contrast in soil moisture deficits across the country. The map below applies to moderate drainage. 6mm SMD at Malin Head and 20mm at Belmullet, meanwhile up to 80mm at Dublin Airport. Interestingly, the only time Dublin Airport has had a higher SMD since 1979 is June/July 2018.
Lovely and warm here in Leitrim (carrick) 21c sun is out, some clouds are around but hey beats the rain anyday
Spent the afternoon on the beach in Kerry. It was lovely and warm. Water very pleasant too.
Beautiful day in Sligo
Two beaches and two swims
What a beautiful day on Achill.
Lovely sunny morning and early afternoon here and got up to 20c but it slowly but surely clouded over and ended up grey and overcast like yesterday and countless other days this summer.
That soil moisture graph in summer is becoming a bit of a norm since 2016. I think of mid August 2018 especially and the contrast north west and west to south east.
Cork city cloudy as usual for most of the day. Was cold enough out walking last night too.
Beaut of a morning in Cork 🙏
It is? Very overcast here!
Another beautiful looking morning in North Donegal.
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Yet another dull grey morning in Dublin. Back to Letterkenny this evening, from reading this thread I feel like Donegal has had a sunnier second half to the month than Dublin has
Currently cloudy here as well apart from a finger of the inishowen peninsula. Rain forecast for the NW later. Welcome home 😛
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