A new thread for Spring general discussion.
Wet start in Greystones with definitely no snow. 4.9c atm.
22c and sunny here in Asturias. Goatie says hello.
21.0c atm in Greystones. Sunny and breezy.
Wicklow mountain fohn in effect in Dublin southside, feeling very warm.
Horrible drizzly morning here in Galway City.
Cool video of a small waterspout yesterday in Dun Laoghaire harbour :
Non-descript morning. 14c, The weekend looks nice.
Plan was to cut the grass but on hold as we have a blackbird nesting in the shed with 4 unhatched eggs.
grey start to the morning in south Dublin.
Rain on and off all day yesterday
That day turned out much better than predicted yesterday
No rain
Very pleasent and feeling quite warm in the sun. 15c although feels a bit warmer than that, although this time of the year with the positioning of the sun it is bound to feel warmer
14c to 15c today in Sligo. Weekend looks dry but cold still here but I don't care coz I won't be here. A lot of Dubs will though so bring your jumpers for the Northwesterly.
Regarding Summer on average June July and August are much warmer than May so it would seem wrong to call May Summer.
Maybe Joanna went by the school circular instead of Met Eireanns one.
Bear in mind that the figures shown on that map are forecasted temperatures as per a computer model with no human input, not the actual reported temperatures at official Met Eireann sites. For example, I am currently in Tallaght and the forecasted temperature for 14:00 is between 13° and 15°:
The actual reported temperatures (note that most readings below are not official Met Eireann sites) are a few degrees higher here and it's not even 14:00 yet, when it will likely be a degree or so warmer due to the prolonged sunshine here:
Currently 15⁰ in Wicklow and feeling warm in the sunshine.
It is cold!
Anyone else getting Data Not Available for all locations on the BBC weather website?
Cloudy in Trim, Meath. Had been a lovely late spring morning up until recently though.
Nice bright morning. 10c N Kildare
35c at the moment in Singapore with 92% humidity,some cracking cb's rolling in now for the daily thunder and lightning and do ya know what you'd be looking forward to it for the cooling effect alone,never mind the excitement of it,zoom in to see the fantastic bubbling up behind and to the right of the clock tower
Well in the end we got some ferocious downpours here for rest of afternoon in NCD and some thunder and lighting.
Hopefully a drier day in store tomorrow.
This is what charts looked like this time 4 years ago , I remember it well summer 2020 was so nice and just as well considering we were only 2 months into lockdown
Ah here, we've had that argument several times and have we not agreed that a lot of weather and seasons perception is in the head as we all perceive it differently. The whole concept of "real feel" is in the head.
While I don't personally agree with that poster about May, Irish summers, especially, can't be confined to stats and dates. For me, for example, summer is really mid June to mid September and May is the build up.
Whatever, our differing views on the dates of summer, let's hope we get a proper one in 2024! 😍
Miserable here in carrick , very chilly , rain keeps forming to the south west going by radar play back , temperatures to drop down to 3c before sunrise tomorrow morning
It's not about opinions, statistically June July August are the warmest months of the year. August is on average 4 degrees warmer than May ! There's more of an argument for September to be a summer month than May….
The summer threads will be created later this week in time for Saturday 1st June. The good news for now is that next weekend is looking very good but of course things could change between now and next weekend.
I think we will see some very warm spells this summer but also some cool interludes. A mixed summer seems to be what most people are predicting, and hopefully nowhere near as a washout as last summer.
So did anyone watch Gavs weather vids summer predictions today? Seemed like there are quite a few bad and good years in the analogues but I think we’ve an outside chance of a good July/August myself based on nothing only a hunch and law of averages re rain and wind. It’s been raining and windy for about 18 months. May has been better but not good enough surely to count as ‘settled summer weather’. Are there any summer 2024 threads for weather predictions like for winter?
How are we supposed to keep records for statistical purposes if we have to have various versions depending on what certain groups decide what given month is in what season.
It's ludicrous to demand that a month belongs to a different season, just for your own personal opinion, rather than for the purpose of accurate record keeping. When you look up weather and climate statistics and records, they are all based on the seasons as per the Met Office so you're only confusing yourself by mixing things up in your head.
June, July & August is summer.
Any other suggestion is just numptyness 🙄😃
Does it really matter at the end of the day..people have different opinions I suppose
I'd take May 1st to be the first day of summer also, May, June, July & August.
And Met Eireann seems to disagree with Joanna. Below is taken from the Met Eireann website.
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