Summer 2023 - General Discussion

Rain kicked off around 4pm Trim. A wedding in local hotel managed a few photos under overcast skies before the initial deluge.

Hasn't stopped since in Meath.

Cat-malogen.......is that in your thesaurus @sryanbruen 😆

an odd day, it actually felt like a summers day for a time this afternoon with the sun shining through the cirrus ….. 16mm since around 5 so my first 25mm+ in months now a certainty.

Was hoping it would clear up for the All Ireland Final. Yesterday they had much of the rain clear off down South, now that has been delayed and looks to be gone only by Monday morning

Myself and Mrs Satguy bought a nice new BBQ from Homebase 3 weeks ago,, It's still in the box.

Thank God for Ryanair ..

Home from holidays yesterday. Can’t believe it’s actually gotten so much worse since before I left weather wise, and it was bad then. Now it’s dull, dark, damp. However I’m an eternal optimist and am expecting an improvement at some point - will the schools be gone back or going back before that happens? I hope not 🤞🏻.

Ah jeez Nacho we're talking Ireland, how on earth would I be after high twenties/low thirties! All I want is dry and reasonably warm and if that's possible I'll stay in Ireland, if it's the shyt show of the last few weeks, no way. But either way I have to be back permanently by about 20th Aug.

I've been in southern Spain the past two weeks but back home tomorrow. I absolutely hate going back but I have to. I've followed this tread since I came out, with fascination about how awful it is at home, and with dread the past few days. Posters will say it's first world problems, get over it and they're entitled to their view. But to some of us weather actually is really important. Been very hot here in southern Spain, no doubt about that, but a million times better than at home. Measuring crankiness between friends here fed up of the heat and those at home fed up of rain, no contest. Irish folk seem battered by rain and unrelenting misery at this stage. 😔

Flood in raphoe

I wore a hoodie for most of today. Not worn one inside since about March.

Just think of the poor family man who bought all the camping gear and convinced his wife that this would be the best holiday in the world for the kids

I remember my father used to talk about the Summer of 1986. He said it was among the wettest he ever saw. Although a previous poster mentioned Summer 2012 being so wet he had to house castle . So that must have been just as bad.

Surprised the lack of commentary on Rhodes. Looks extremely dangerous and developing situation over there. Heat explodes there next week!

Rain getting heavier again. Raphoe 73.7mm at midnight.