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Summer 2025 - General Discussion

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  • #2462
    .Donegal.
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    Some sunny spells this morning. 10mm of rain overnight at Finner.



  • #2463
    Snowcast
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    Anyone else think the evenings this past week have had an Autumnal feeling?

    I was walking home the other evening and it felt kind of Halloween like. I know we're in August but I didn't expect the evenings to have that Autumn/Halloween feeling about them.



  • #2464
    acequion
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123708716#Comment_123708716

    Agree. But you dare be critical here or you get jumped on! Here in Tralee the past week has been autumnal and not just the evenings. Yesterday was nice but that's all.Today a cloud fest and some rain. I'm glad they've been enjoying a reasonable summer elsewhere in Ireland but here, while it's not been a terrible summer, it's been very underwhelming overall. Only 9th August so still a bit to go, so let's see. And we may get a better September which is often the case and would be very welcome.



  • #2465
    sryanbruen
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123708716#Comment_123708716

    It's felt nothing unusual to me as far as August goes but maybe after such a long period of warm temperatures that it feels more notable. Though to be fair, this autumnal feel in August I often think of happening later in the month rather than this early.

    At least we've a warmer period coming up.

    Photography site - https://sryanbruenphoto.com/



  • #2466
    Cluedo Monopoly
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123708716#Comment_123708716

    It did feel Autumnal at times this week and I think that's mainly down to the relatively cooler temps and breeze. June and July were 4th and 9th warmest on record respectively so any dip in temps was noticeable in comparison. I always feel that summer is nearly over when Galway Race week ends. It's after race week that you start thinking about return-to-school and you start to see signs of Autumn (blackberries/apples/hazelnuts ripening and leaves turning colour e.g. horse chestnut, silver beech). My favourite time of year are the 6 weeks either side of the summer solstice. We picked our first crop of blackberries this morning and I cannot recall picking them before mid-August before. They are sweet too - most of them. I think the early blackberry crop is down to the exceptional Spring that we had. The Halloween feeling might be down to the beautiful moons this week which looked a lot like harvest moons.

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth house?



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  • #2467
    KanyeSouthEast
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123708716#Comment_123708716

    careful or someone will be on to tell you to emigrate.



  • #2468
    OldRio
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    And now I'm humming Neil Young songs



  • #2469
    Calibos
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    Nobody is claiming the Poor Summer folks are lying when we post about how its been a decent to good Spring/Summer in our neck of the woods. The fact remains however that half the population (and assuming thats reflected in the forum user base too) live on the Eastern and Southern Coastal regions where its been a very decent Spring and Summer. It wouldn't be reflective of the actual situation on the ground so to speak if 50% have to keep our mouths shut about our decent Summer for fear of offending the other 50% who have had a mediocre Summer even if that other 50% represents 80% of the geographical area of the country. If we did keep our mouths shut, anyone who couldn't read old charts in the future looking back at this Summer 2025 thread would be left with the impression that Summer 2025 was the worst the country has ever experienced!

    Yes, maybe a mediocre Summer as far as 80% of the geographical area of the country is concerned but a good Summer as far as 50% of the population is concerned. I think this geographical population distribution is why each side thinks the other is overstating things.

    Post edited by Calibos on


  • #2470
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    Another lovely day in Cork, clouded over the last while but still a very pleasant 21c.

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  • #2471
    Oíche Na Gaoithe Móire
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123709482#Comment_123709482

    Yes one of those year's when the BMWs aren't doing as well. And the M is even a more northerly one.



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  • #2472
    Oíche Na Gaoithe Móire
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    Cracking day in South East Laois 21c and a nice warm breeze.



  • #2473
    pauldry
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    15c and gales in Sligo. Strange line of cloud west to east over ireland from Sligo to Down. Wtf is that.

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  • #2474
    pauldry
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    The wtf is that is even more pronounced on infrared

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  • #2475
    Hippodrome Song Owl
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    It's just too windy to enjoy today, but the blue skies for most of the day were welcome. As someone who doesn't care about warmth so how many days reached 20C does nothing for me, I feel it has been a mediocre summer in the East, poor if not for the lovely week or so in early-mid July. I want bright, calm, dry. It has been incredibly dull, very windy, and quite wet. Not great at all outside that gorgeous July spell, just a handful of nice days.



  • #2476
    Oscar Bravo
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123709751#Comment_123709751

    I was at Sligo airport today and max gust was about 20 knots, have you anything that shows gales. Would be shocked. Thanks in advance



  • #2477
    Rougies
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    After a mostly cloudy start it again turned into lovely warm sunny afternoon and evening in Co. Wexford with temps in the low 20s. There was a valiant attempt at a rain shower around lunchtime that lasted almost a full minute. Shortly afterwards the sun was out with the rooks in a feeding frenzy in the freshly harvested field next to the house. This evening I sat in the garden watching a beautiful red (probably Canadian wildfire smoke enhanced) sunset over the straw bales as the barn swallows swooped and danced and chattered around me. Simply beautiful.



  • #2478
    tom1ie
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    Absolutely cracking night sky here in SCD

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    looks like the sand on a beach after the ripples of water.
    Fantastic day today.



  • #2479
    DellyBelly
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123708716#Comment_123708716

    Not at home but in France at the moment and in the middle of a heatwave but because we have a pool it's no problem...but I seem to be in a minority but always claim August is autumn so not surprised you say that. Overall think it was not a bad summer..particularly the lovely spell in May despite not fantastically warm temps...June okay and we had a very warm spell in July almost similar to France for a few days. For me it was a 6 out of 10 summer



  • #2480
    tom1ie
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123710135#Comment_123710135

    I’m actually gonna put this as an 8/10 summer- maybe because I was away in lanzarote last week of May first week of June, so I got wall to wall sunshine for a long time.

    Post edited by tom1ie on


  • #2481
    Goldengirl
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    Absolute stunner of a day here in NCD .

    21 ° and a southwesterly strong breeze , but much warmer than previous days . Blue skies with the odd fluffy cloud.

    Feels cool tonight though . Lovely moon again

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  • #2482
    acequion
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123709482#Comment_123709482

    An interesting post, thank you. Pretty much sums up the east/west weather divide in Ireland. But I don't think it's a question of anyone lying or overstating. You'll get the crowd who hate any criticism or negativity and you'll get the sceptics, but I think most people just post their own perceptions on any given day. Some want to vent /rant and yep some envy there too. And lots of interesting sciency stuff as this is a science forum

    Tonight actually feels more like a summer night in Tralee, just been out watering the flowers and it's nice. But "mediocre" is possibly the best word to describe our Kerry summer. But not bad either because temps have mostly been respectable compared to other summers.



  • #2483
    sryanbruen
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123710160#Comment_123710160

    Another beaut of a moonrise indeed. Got it over Dún Laoghaire Lighthouse this time with a focal length of 750mm thus why the moon is this massive.

    2025-08-09 Dun Laoghaire Lighthouse moonrise.jpg

    Photography site - https://sryanbruenphoto.com/



  • #2484
    Robwindstorm
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    Quick, check out the stunning cloud formations around the full moon. I hope Sryan has his camera.



  • #2485
    appledrop
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    Beautiful sunshine today in NCD, so it was finally another barbecue although the breeze was headwrecking, half the dinner table kept flying away!

    This week definitely has been colder, once sun is out its warm but we have lost the warmth that was there without the sun.

    You can especially feel it as the evening draws in.



  • #2486
    Oíche Na Gaoithe Móire
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    I found it a little autumnal over the past week. A feel of the second half of September. The westerly air is fresh and the breeze adds a bit of a chill.

    I hope we get a summery month of weather, like 10 August until 15 September 1991. I want to stay in my shorts as long as possible!



  • #2487
    sryanbruen
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123710185#Comment_123710185

    Here’s a phone shot down on Bull Island just for you.

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    Photography site - https://sryanbruenphoto.com/



  • #2488
    Cluedo Monopoly
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    🌕️.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TguVKVwqrwU

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth house?



  • #2489
    juneg
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123708911#Comment_123708911

    Let there be no talk of Autumn until the Rose of Tralee is over.



  • #2490
    tom1ie
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123710239#Comment_123710239

    Hi @sryanbruen is there a name on these type of cloud formations, as I’m pretty sure that sort of what I saw directly over my house which I posted earlier.



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  • #2491
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,442 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123710265#Comment_123710265

    Altocumulus undulatus, frequently referred to as a mackerel sky given the shapes of the clouds.

    Photography site - https://sryanbruenphoto.com/



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