Spring 2024 - General Discussion

It feels cold today alright in the wind.

But the average max temperature in Ireland for April is only around 11º or 12º. The May max is only around 15º.

The past few days have been around 15º/16º in the East at least. So temps more akin to May in fact.

April has been OK temp wise. Maybe that's why some people are happy? The rain is another thing of course…

But I'm always amazed how every single year Irish people seem to expect mad warm temperatures this early in the year. Do people not realise how cool our climate is, even in the midst of global warming?

It rarely gets warm in April unless we have a mad heatwave - and even then the East usually remains cool.

cold and lashing rain in the north east

Seems to be the norm now

Meanwhile France and Spain in the high 20s

They key is making hay during the good weather. We have so much technology now that tells you what the weather will be like almost to the hour. It's important to maximise the plentiful dry windows. Temperature doesn't bother me too much as long as it's dry. In fact I get very lethargic in any temp above 21C.

I find there's a huge difference between 9° and sunny and 9° wet.

One can be pleasant, the latter intolerable.

Christ it's windy tonight and windier tomorrow. Yellow wind warning likely for the North and West. Torrential rain in parts of the North currently. Sligo missing the worst of rain so far just 1.3mm so far here but not the wind.

We just had 2 minutes of the heaviest rain in carrick on shannon I've seen in a while, very blustery outside as well ,I thought there would have been thunder too as we had hail also

I don't want or expect 'mad temperatures' in spring. I just want, you know, spring type weather. And this is not it.

Icy cold strong wind in Dublin. Still numb from cycle to work. Monday morning and all I can think about is emigrating somewhere without this horrible climate.

went for a run at 6:30am this morning it was “challenging” to say the least and I’m not just talking about my fitness levels.

It’s absolutely Baltic a wind there now that would cut you in half.

I see the tabloids have started their relentless nonsense about heatwaves and warm plumes heading our way. What could possibly go wrong!!

I can’t remember ever such a long spell of depressing weather if it’s not lashing it’s blowing a Gael if it’s not windy it’s Baltic . Seems to be like Groundhog Day for the past 7/8 months

Sure enough you’ll have people point to things like it’s the warmest April on record but by god it doesn’t feel it

On that I was just looking at Irish monthly temperature records and there is no recent ones at all

Very out of date, whatever source you used.

Unusual that there's no warning for wind like NI has, it was hard to stand at times with the wind here in Coastal Donegal

Northeast: wind and hail woke us up during the night. Very blustery and loud here today and a couple of nasty hail showers earlier.

Another day of no gardening possible - all plants still in the green house and indoors. Dog is really fed up as she won’t go out in weather like this.

You can feel the warmth in the sun during the very brief interludes in the strong cold wind. One day things will settle down.

Tornado 🌪 reported In England