Winter 2025/26 - General Discussion

Meath would also be generally very lacking of snow since 2019 with only dustings here and there. The March 2024 event which brought snow to much of Dublin was nothing but cold rain here. The snow event across the midlands and south-west last January fell as mostly rain here in Meath as well but it did manage to turn to snow just before it cleared in the final hour after 29 hours of cold rain.

Louth and Meath have probably the worst snow record since 2019, perhaps after that maybe Waterford or Wexford. Dublin can't be far behind either altho parts of coastal Dublin can get lucky with northerly snow showers skimming the coastline but doens't make much progress inland. The BFTE/Storm Emma was the last snow event in Meath/Louth etc coming up to its 8th year anniversary.

Poor auld Autumn getting bypassed again this year 😀.

Got two great dumps of snow here near Tralee last winter,even if it caused damage to the gutters and was a great nuisance for some people. On a meteorological viewpoint it was exciting times watching the models days before and seeing the predictions coming to fruition. Had a very icy week that altered my work greatly, a lot of hardship on high ground in Kerry and Limerick, met people who couldn't get home for the week.

If I was in control of the weather machine it would be 30 to 35C from mid May to mid September and then -5 to +5 most of winter with regular easterlies from mid November to late February. Spring would be a very swift warming season with 20C+ from April. Atlantic shut out of commission for 9 months of the year.

If we had 30 to 35 for 3 months every summer things here would be different, we would all have Air Conditioners and gardens would be sprayed with water keeping them green. I'm just back from Spain where it reached close to 30C every single day and 22C by night, very easy to sleep in due to air conditioning, room was more comfortable to sleep in at night than my own room here at home. Problem in Ireland with warm weather is none of us have air conditioning. Aside from Bus Eireann couches and some supermarkets I don't see air conditioning anywhere else.

Clothing is also slightly different in warmer countries like t-Shirts they are finer than the ones we get here in Ireland, same with suits and huddies. The colours in buildings are generally all white, cream or yellow, not much in the way of dark or black colours. Tarmac on the roads don't melt like here in Ireland, the list goes on everything changes to adapt to proper heat in the summer. Everything here in Ireland is built or produced for our chilly damp climate.