Summer 2024 - General Discussion

Winter could turn out to be warmer at this stage

I bought a kids steel frame pool over last winter and it's still in the box.

I also bought a pergola bracket/base kit to build a pergola, also still in the box.

At this stage they can stay there till next summer 🤷🏻‍♂️😒

I know we joke and use some over the top analogies etc to describe the current weather, but i have noticed people generally look pi**ed off lately. You know when the sun is out, there is a nice humm, energy, call it what you like.

There is a lot to be said the benefits Sunshine has both on mental & physical health.

I know these questions aren't the most popular but anyway. I plan on taking the kids to emerald Park this Sat. Met Eireann is showing as not too bad, but i find some of the regular posters here more accurate.

So any advise is most welcome , thanks.

August never delivers

Shocking summer .

That north wind won't fck off!

I didn't see that, normally I would religously check MT Cranium, but I've been so depressed with what he's been predicting of late, that I gave up. Honestly the thought of no Summer whatsoever is truly depressing, Winters in this country while relatively mild tend to last for about eight months since we don't get defined seasons. Honestly the way things are going in this country, soon our climate will be similar to that of the Faroe Islands. https://www.climatestotravel.com/climate/faroe-islands

I’m the very same. Bought one on sale at the end of summer 2022 to use the following summer 2023. Never got opened last year. Unlikely it’ll be opened this year.

The jet stream forecast right out to +384 hours has it stubbornly sticking to our south or right over us. As long as that continues we're going to be blocked from any heat ridging up from the South and be tapping into the cold air from the north. It truly has been an abysmal summer; even though I don't really care about the temperatures it's the lack of sunshine and cool winds that have become very annoying now. I have no holiday booked abroad yet but at this point I think I'm going to need a trip to the sun for my sanity.

LIttle moments of blue between the clouds this afternoon after two and half days of the sky on the ground. Good drying so the washing machine was on. Like Gonzo might wait until tomorrow to mow the lawn.

Saw photos of a local GAA match yesterday evening. Spectator folk wearing two layers fleece and coats, even wolly hats back out on a few.

17⁰ cool. Meath

step forward Sryan what was 1978 like?

1971 driest, 2023 wettest

2023 was the wettest year on record in Ireland (records going back to 1941).

The provisional analysis carried out at the end of 2023, using mostly near real-time rainfall observations, had indicated that 2023 was in the top three wettest years on record*.  As is Met Éireann’s procedure every year, the collection and inclusion of thousands of manually recorded rainfall observations allows for a more complete analysis and ranking of last year’s rainfall totals.

With all station rainfall observations now included and quality-controlled, 2023 finished narrowly wetter than 2009 and 2015, the two previous wettest years on record.

To provide a timely estimate of how a month or a year ranks in Ireland’s climate record, a ‘provisional’ statement is developed. Largely, observations from Met Éireann’s 25 primary weather stations along with other near real-time weather observations are used in this analysis. It provides a quick look and helps to put our recent weather into a climatological context.

For a more complete analysis, manual rainfall observations from hundreds of Met Éireann manual stations are collected and quality- controlled, a process that takes several months. When this additional data is included in the analysis, it provides a more complete picture of rainfall throughout the year and allows for a more definitive analysis and ranking.