A new thread for Summer general discussion.
Cloudy start in Greystones. 11.7c atm.
Very autumnal in Cork this evening. On dull evenings like today you can really see the evenings closing in.
That ties in with the fact that Dublin is technically drier than the likes of Lisbon and Rome when purely looking at millimetre totals! As you say it rarely tells the full story when so much of our normal rain is windy drizzle that barely registers in the rain gauges whereas in continental climates they can get a seasons worth of rain in a couple of thunderstorms.
I think number of days, or even number of hours with rain recorded would give a better picture of how wet or dry it's been. In fact out of boredom I just quickly counted up the number of dry days recorded this summer vs last summer at Dublin airport
The complete washout of a summer in 2023 - 29 dry days
This 'very dry' summer - 35 days
Really not that different, which confirms my own impression that while totals have been low this summer there's been loads of days with drizzle blowing in the wind and no real dry spell of any note. It's obviously been nowhere near as bad a summer as last year but windy, grey and drizzly is how I'll remember this one
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The past week has been wetter than normal in Connacht, west Ulster and the far southwest with rainfall accumulations between 130% and 220% of average. It was wettest in the northwest with 52.9mm recorded at Knock Airport, Co. Mayo. It was considerably drier across the rest of the country with rainfall accumulations between 30% and 90% of average. The driest conditions were in the east with just 6mm recorded at Dublin Airport. The week ahead will be unsettled with spells of heavy rain and showers possible. Rainfall amounts will be above normal nationwide as a result, with accumulations between 120% and 285% of average.
Soil moisture deficits (SMDs) are generally between 40 and 75mm in the east and south with some restriction to growth. However, soils are saturated in the west and northwest, with some moderately and poorly drained soils in the northwest waterlogged. With unsettled weather forecast next week, soil conditions will deteriorate further across the west, northwest, and parts of the far southwest with saturated or waterlogged conditions expected. SMDs will remain highest in the east and southeast but will decrease to between 10 and 65mm.
We need to book you a one way ticket out of here fom June Gonzo if that's how your weather luck rolls.
Anyway, outside at the moment is something November would be proud of. Very blustery, grey and wet.
Galway City Council close Salthill car parks due to strong SW and very high tides due 19:15
I think in general the North West is more of an outlier compared to most of the rest of the country this August. It certainly sounds a lot better in the East, and certainly rainfall totals seem to be a lot less.
With both Belmullet and Newport and possibly Markree and Finner set to get 200mm of rain this August it's right up there with the worst Summers for everything here in the NW but for number of cold days and nights in June here in Sligo I haven't really seen one the compares. The West did better than us but hopefully it'sjust a one off Arctic Summer for Sligo. Arctic coz Svalbard in the Arctic had a max of 20.6c this Summer and in Sligo wer only at tad more at 23c.
I've had that feeling since mid June that the first week of September could produce our warmest and most settled spell of the year. This seems to be an almost annual thing at this stage, glorious summer weather as soon as all the schools reopen and the fact that I'm flying away for 2 weeks to Spain from the 28th of August. Most years I go to Spain I miss out on great weather in Ireland this happened in 2013 when the very decent heatwave that summer clashed perfectly started the day before I left and ended the day before I flew home. Still a bit to go with this one but it's gaining more and more support in the models.
THE HIGH PRESSURE AND WARMTH IS BANG on schedule from the start of september, as usual, just when iv booked to fly away, this has been a concsistent signal for some time now on the gfs, warm settled weather in some form at the start of next month.
That's a fair point Cleudo. I haven't spent as much time outdoors as usual this summer regardless of the weather, although the lack of sunshine may have been a mitigating factor on my willingness to do so.
Fish is another great shout! Might pick up a couple of cod fillets for dinner now you mention it. Poach in some milk, salt and pepper, some creamy mash with parsley and a nice white sauce. Jobs a good'un
You can still get sufficient Vit D on cloudy days without direct sunlight. It's UV light that produces Vit D. You may need to spend more time outdoors to get what you need. Fish is also great for it hence the fish rich diets in northern areas.
No Indian summer this September?
I'm a heat merchant HippoD. The heat has been on a number of times the last few days.
Another wet day here in Leitrim. 12C but feels colder in the wind.
Bought Oil and coal today. Deary me.
Cool, cloudy, and windy in Celbridge and Maynooth this morning. Very light rain almost continuously - the ground isn't getting wet, but the windows and my hair are. I had to sleep in socks last night, but I would feel crazy putting on the heat this soon.
So it appears there'll be rain everyday for the foreseeable future? Great!
It was 9c yesterday when I got up for work, and 10c this morning. Quite cold when getting out of the shower, so it looks like the heating will soon be on in the mornings.
OH had it on for an hour last night. Think this was 1st time it was on over the summer months.
Yip, summer is gone by the looks of it.
Might be a bit squally early tomorrow morning as that front passes through but have seen worse.
Thursday night/Friday morning also looks wet in the south especially
Yep, stats, depending on how you look at them can be as useful or as useless as you want.
You could have the wettest summer of all time….but when did the rain fall. It could rain from midnight until 6am every night, but who cares? Everyone is asleep.
It's been mentioned before regarding some warmest months on record and people are dubiuos to the claims. But a lot of them months it was because of the high minimums, and not the high max temp . As i said, stats
Anyway, i don't want to digress too much
Completely agree on the sunshine element. Don't care about temperatures within reason but if it's cloudy it doesn't make a difference if it's 10 degrees or 30 it isn't really pleasant. That has been the staple of this summer for me the complete lack of decent spells of sunshine and I've found it quite depressing as a result, especially now facing into autumn.
Also total rainfall tells very little of the story. If you could have 1mm of rain every day, or 30mm fall during a couple of days of thunderstorms but 28 days of sunshine preceding it then, that's two very different months weather wise but statistically the same in terms of rainfall.
I care diddly squat for total rainfall totals. Only stats that count for me during the summer months is total hours of sunshine. It could stay dry for the whole of the summer, but it is totally irrelevant to me if there is a blanket of cloud and/or a fresh/strong breeze/wind the majority of the time.
On a relative enough point to our weather, i had my annual GP check up fairly recent, did the full shebang with blood tests, all great results with the exception was my Vit D was slightly low…………
Anyway, i'm not one for nagativity in general, it s what it is.
It hasn't been a bad August if you have a very low bar, we've had a few decent days here and there, but no sustained periods of really nice weather. Last year we had a sustained period of lovely weather in late May/June although this was primarily in the West and midlands, this year we have had no sustained periods of really good weather. So a pretty average Summer at best, but if you're basing our Summer on the fact that it's been relatively dry, then it hasn't been too bad at all. So depends really on what floats your boat weather wise, we're all different.
Chilly morning. All round pretty crap summer nearing its end. 14c N Kildare
There was no dry spell in Sligo this Summer. The longest dry spell was about 24 hours. This is the first time this has ever happened in my life. So for consecutive dry and sunny days this is the worst Summer EVER.
Agree. As a keen gardener I always find middle of August is the start of a change.(but I love the autumn colours so not complaining) Especially as most of our August's tend to be poor .
V cold wind on the bike this morning in Central Dublin. Summer we hardly knew you.
I would say we are officially in Autumn now, even if the sun and blue skies return the season has changed, the leaves, the colour of sun, height of sun, feeling in the air, length of days etc. Summer 2024 is over.
Lights on at 9am on an August morning, Grey, bleak, lashing rain and howling winds... Never seen a summer like it.
What sort of sausage ..pork or haggis ?!😂
I will try it anyhow .
A very autumnal day here in Meath, cool, breezy and have had several very heavy showers.
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