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Summer 2024 - General Discussion

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  • #242
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,372 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    Looks like it's not just a " BS Irish saying " but a common Scottish and English one as well ..

    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/baltic very cold:It's baltic outside. Fewer examples

    No doubt alluding to the low temperatures that are common in the Baltic at wintertime ?

    But I get your point about the temperatures in the Baltic at Summertime .



  • #243
    pauldry
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    Looked at Carlow Weather on X and he had globe and cold was all over Europe not just us. There isn't even any warmth to source into.

    I was lambasted for saying it would be cool and unsettled this Summer but apart from a few days at end of June and maybe late July I feel it will be.



  • #244
    [Deleted User]
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    Feels like winter, freezing cold in west Tipp



  • #245
    OldRio
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    I've worn base layer the last few days. I've never wore one in June before. Electric blanket on before bed. Feeling cool this month for sure.

    6C this morning. Overcast. Time for my run. Leitrim.



  • #246
    AndB456
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27 ✭AndB456


    I did feel the cold last night but otherwise I've quite liked this weather. We've been so wet in the south east it was so nice to get a bit of a break from the rain. So that is where my standards are for the summer weather this year, less rain and I will be happy. (I know we have rain coming in at the end of this week but I'm trying not to think about that)



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  • #247
    compsys
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    2° to 3° being widely reported this morning. Very cold for mid June.

    The entire month is now looking poor. If it’s any consolation it’s not just us.

    The lowlands, the UK, and even Scandinavia all fairly chilly right now.



  • #248
    compsys
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122248741#Comment_122248741

    What did you base this forcecast on?



  • #249
    compsys
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122248676#Comment_122248676

    Well the old word for Ireland (Hibernia) roughly translates as the Land of Winter. So Europe was kind of on to something until we changed the name…

    As others have said, the Baltic expression comes from their very cold winters. And is common enough. It’s not unique to Ireland really.



  • #250
    Lip Out
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    If people are complaining now just wait until tomorrow. Whilst the weather hasn't been warm, at least it has been mostly dry.



  • #251
    Oscar Bravo
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    A first time i think ive ever reported this but at 0600 this morning there was a nice layer of frost on the car roof . A few miles outside Castlebar. June 12th



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  • #252
    gilly1910
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122248863#Comment_122248863

    God it really does say it all when people are liking this weather. Is that all we have to look forward to from here on in, just happy that it's not raining. Now there's a depressing thought.



  • #253
    Supercell
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    Lit the stove last night, latest I've ever lit it, looks like i will be lighting again tomorrow night too.

    https://www.loughlinstown.ie/


  • #254
    kingshankly
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    December is much later than June surely 😜



  • #255
    kingshankly
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    10.5 degrees cure in the north east breeze has died a little from previous days though



  • #256
    Cluedo Monopoly
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    Lovely day in Galway today. Went for a very long cycle. There is a huge amount of silage and hay being cut. Great to see so early in summer. Make the most of today because tomorrow looks very wet.

    Post edited by Cluedo Monopoly on

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth house?



  • #257
    highdef
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122248863#Comment_122248863

    The rain arrives tomorrow, not the end of the week.



  • #258
    Cluedo Monopoly
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    June 12th and just like in May, the rainfall levels have been miniscule. Some samples.

    Mace Head = 3.5mm (Average for month = 82mm)

    Dublin Airport = 4.9mm (Average for month = 66mm)

    Roches Point = 0.7mm (Average for month = 63mm)

    Gurteen (Tipp) = 3.8mm (Average for month = 71mm)

    Don't make the mistake of waiting for the summer to come, that's a fool's game. Enjoy the dry bright weather any chance you get.

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth house?



  • #259
    KanyeSouthEast
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    brilliant stuff on this thread full of comical Ali types. Glorious lovely etc and the rest of the country frozen and pi**ed off with the weather.



  • #260
    Dazler97
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    Rain warning has been issued for Kerry and Cork

    Screenshot_20240612_165054_Met ireann.jpg


  • #261
    ednwireland
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    Lit the range Sunday 9th, three hours on a charity bike ride was enough, took ages to defrost.

    didn't get above 12 all day.

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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  • #262
    gilly1910
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122251194#Comment_122251194

    So true, this country is full of people who are most definitely glass half full types when it comes to the weather and will do their utmost to make out that almost every day is gorgeous, lovely, great etc., and woe betide if we get any kind of decent spell, we will have to listen to stories of how it's hotter than Spain, or it's impossible to sleep at night. Then there are the miserable gits like myself 😃, who just see Irish weather for what it is, bloody awful most of the time, and sadly getting worse with each passing year.



  • #263
    briany
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    "iF glObaL wARming is reAl, wi iz it sO c😨Ld in jUnne, lol?"



  • #264
    DOCARCH
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122251194#Comment_122251194

    IMBY/speak for yourself. Not sure how you can know the weather all over Ireland???

    Actually a very nice day in my part of Wicklow. Mostly clear and sunny all afternoon. 15c. Could do with a few more c, but, generally, a very nice day.



  • #265
    Cluedo Monopoly
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122251194#Comment_122251194

    I feel the people pissed off with a lovely day like today are the same people that will essentially do very little when we do actually get a week of sun with higher than normal temperatures. Misery loves company. In mid November I will look back at days like this and be thankful that I made the the most of it. I predict a moanfest tomorrow 🙂

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth house?



  • #266
    DOCARCH
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    From DART....no complaints!

    20240612_172711.jpg

    .…and heading to Dublin to beer garden!



  • #267
    acequion
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    Lads, if it's any consolation to ye it's horrible in Spain too.😔 Today was one of the gloomiest I've ever seen it here south of Alicante and chilly enough, though 20C is not chilly perse, but you needed a cardigan. It's lashing right now and I have to be somewhere and it's like being at home negotiating your way through bloody rain. 😕 I've no raingear with me, I refuse to ever carry rain gear to Spain, so will have to take pot luck. Hopefully this will be the end of it and tomorrow sees a big improvement. People are right here saying that poor weather is not just confined to Ireland for once. Anyway hearing this little anecdote of disgruntled sunseekers might cheer ye all up.😁



  • #268
    Cluedo Monopoly
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122251505#Comment_122251505

    Count yourself lucky. Temps in Greece are predicted to hit 43C later this week. That's inhuman.

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth house?



  • #269
    beggars_bush
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122251194#Comment_122251194

    The weather is what you make of it. Would prefer to be outside doing something than inside moaning about it



  • #270
    Kutebride
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    Well 17⁰ Meath. Wasn't expecting that. A decent evening. Sunshine included. Ironic its so nice and tomorrow's forecast impending 😲



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  • #271
    Meteorite58
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    Got up to 16.7C under clear skies here near Tralee earlier before the cloud associated with the advancing fronts moved in over us. Very decent day if somewhat on the cooler side but pleasantly warm in short sleeves about the place.

    Dry for now.

    14.8C atm

    https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?v=-12.463047729171075,52.48452616030073,-6.165893095730025,55.472394843146986&t=2024-06-12-T16%3A32%3A02Z

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    anim_ir (1).gif temp_uk (2).png


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