Jan 2025 - Snow & Freezing Conditions - Discussion PART II

Woke up to a light dusting of snow. Dublin 15

Rte News reporting -5 in Donegal, also buzz word of the news "Except Donegal"

-3 in North longford. Fog patches here and there as I drove to Arva and back. Clear here at home and a nice bright but feeling cold morning.

More light snow here on top of the frozen crunch nearly went over in it this morning - ground is still an ice rink underneath

South Sligo 90asl

An ice day. I presume the fog kept temp relatively steady.

Fog has finally lifted

-3.4C N Tipp

Seems you can't get a break. Be careful out there.

Did it really get that cold in West Limerick last night? Amazingly none of my pipes froze outside. The pipes freeze here at least once a year so I was expecting the worst last night.

Bring on the thaw! Sick of this snow.

I've been to Canada 6 times and many of those times were in Winter. They cope and they cope really well. But not in rural Ireland.

And having to shake ourselves at 8:50 in the classroom to get the blood back into our fingers. Remember it well.

Ah the old days. We had to walk a mile and a half, carry our bags, and when we got in, bring in turf our parents had stacked outside and light the fires for the teachers. For us that was after some chores at home on the farm as well

It wasn't considered a hardship, we just got on with it. We loved sliding on the never treated roads, the snowball fights if there was snow. We were freezing but never cared as that was it, get on with it.

But also, one parent working in the home, roads safe to walk because of a lower population and less car dependency, less car dependency in getting to the school etc. Lots of context around the "old days" missing from such bs.

fwiw I remember an extended Christmas trip home in North Longford when we couldn't get back to Dublin for the ferry, and the local national school was definitely shut because of snow and ice (late 80's I'd guess), as I spent that time playing in the snow with my pals.