Winter 2025/26 - General Discussion

Gonzo · 27-02-2026 11:56AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124269012#Comment_124269012

and sadly that's the last time we had a decent easterly/snowy spell in Leinster, seems like almost a decade ago now.

Cluedo Monopoly · 27-02-2026 12:33PM

Today really feels like a Spring morning. Birds singing, daffodils/crocuses out, crisp air and sun shining.

sryanbruen · 27-02-2026 12:34PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124269118#Comment_124269118

The tide will turn on our luck sometime, it has to. All these fails and flops don't make it more likely but by the laws of averages and natural variability, it will happen.

Of course we are no stranger to "snow droughts" though I feel this is the worst one yet as previously we got dustings or polar maritime giving dinner plate flakes when the flow was strong or direct enough. We haven't even gotten that of late in this part of the country. It's not like we've not had chances either but so often the marine layer rules the roost.

Somebody shared these graphs with me from the Netherlands. First one is for Leeuwarden in the north of the country and second one is for Maastricht in the far south near the Belgium border. A big difference in daily temperature anomalies during January and early February owing to the north having more northeasterly influence whereas the south had a primarily southeasterly flow like Ireland. That's the story of this winter.

Gonzo · 27-02-2026 02:11PM

Definitely a feeling of Spring in the air today, bright, no wind and feeling extremely mild, almost mild enough to sit out in the garden with a t-shirt but not quiet that warm yet. A massive improvement over everything for the past 3 months.

.Donegal. · 27-02-2026 02:58PM

Mild and sunny at times. Bit of strength to the sun again. Frost tonight.

Ros4Sam24 · 27-02-2026 03:31PM

Great day here today lots of sunshine. Looks like it’ll be back to reality this weekend ☔️ .
I think we’re getting all the bad weather out of the way before a hot June for my LC… 😒

DellyBelly · 27-02-2026 03:31PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124269526#Comment_124269526

Beautiful Spring day is right. There's a lovely bit of warmth in the sun. Hopefully March and April continue like this

Wine Goddess · 27-02-2026 04:40PM

Gutted about MT.

tom1ie · 27-02-2026 05:53PM

Heavy shower with bits of hail just now in the Rathfarnham area.
Feeling cold now compared to earlier.

cnocbui · 27-02-2026 11:06PM

What a change in the weather today was. Actually dry and not a drop. I even got to see the Moon this evening for the first time this month:

The star underneath is Kappa Geminorum, apparently.

.Donegal. · 27-02-2026 11:21PM

Nice and fresh out for a walk tonight. Much better than murky drizzly crap all week. Athenry currently the cold spot of met stations. 1c.

Oscar Bravo · 28-02-2026 12:15AM

Beautiful night , just out looking at the Moon and star that Cnocbui identified.

Bishop of hope · 28-02-2026 09:25AM

Beautiful bright, white, frosty morning out. North Longford.

appledrop · 28-02-2026 09:29AM

Beautiful sunrise this morning, chilly though.

OldRio · 28-02-2026 09:46AM

Misty morning. Minus 1 C. Leitrim.

Cluedo Monopoly · 28-02-2026 09:49AM

Beautiful crisp sunny morning. Perfect for parkrun.

Oscar Bravo · 28-02-2026 09:56AM

Blue skies and sunrise to the east. Cloudy to the west with rain not far off. Tuesday looks a good day for all ....

pauldry · 28-02-2026 10:02AM

Temperature down to nearly minus 3 last night. At least the last day of Winter will have a minus in its min temperature.

Summary of this Winter in Sligo

Piercing cold wind

One bad storm

More frosts than recent years

Oceans of rain but not as much as more Eastern n Southern areas or Katesbridge Co Down or Valentia

Temperatures lower than other years

One dusting of snow morning a few days with snow on mountain peaks in January.

Sunshine meh. Dullish.

sryanbruen · 28-02-2026 12:02PM

As well as being the wettest on record, it was the cloudiest February in the capital since 1947. Only 30.0 hrs of sun as of the 27th. 1947 had 28.2 hrs. The second cloudiest was 1994 with 42.2 hrs and that won't be beaten today as it's physically impossible. Only December 2002 and December 2018 have been cloudier months in my short lifetime to date.

Ozvaldo · 28-02-2026 12:18PM

Cork City pish

Gonzo · 28-02-2026 12:24PM

What a winter that was

December: mostly mild wet and rubbish, 1 frost around the 6th of December. Final week of December was dry but cloudy with easterly winds and was relatively mild but no sun.

January: cold, sunny and frost for opening week of the month, second week more in the way of cloud and the rain started to come back.

Mid January up to yesterday: the most horrible spell of winter weather I can ever remember in my not so short lifetime! it's basically rained every single day and there is still some waterlogging around and everywhere still completely saturated. Only 1 or 2 slight frosts since that northerly ended.

I never want to experience a winter like this one ever again in terms of constant rain, dark skies and lack of sunlight.

Thunder87 · 28-02-2026 01:46PM

Really was a truly depressing couple of months in Dublin, I've been in semi-hibernation mode for the past while as the constant miserable weather just killed any motivation to do anything beyond the daily grind of going to work etc. I don't think the rainfall figures even capture just how bad it was as so much of the rain was that awful horizontal drizzle that barely amounts to anything. Looks like we're (hopefully) finally over the hump with the improvement over the past few days so I'm badly craving some warmth now and just being able to sit outdoors again.

Also as an aside just echoing everyone else's comments on MT, very saddened to read that news this morning, I've been reading this forum under one guise or another for the best part of 20 years and he's been an ever present part of the furniture on here for pretty much that whole time, a huge loss to the community.

Gonzo · 28-02-2026 02:23PM

The loss of M.T is really noticeable today, today is the day he would first issue his daily forecast and start the March contest and tomorrow would begin scoring the February contest. Boards.ie Weather will never be the same again without him.

Meteorite58 · 28-02-2026 03:33PM

At least the first half of the day wasn't too bad with partial cloud giving spells of sunshine and showers, totally overcast now as more organized rain moves inland here on the Kerry coast. Had to pull the car over early afternoon to get the shot of the rainbow.

sryanbruen · 28-02-2026 03:42PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124272344#Comment_124272344

Looks like you got a supernumerary rainbow as well.

pauldry · 28-02-2026 03:50PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124272149#Comment_124272149

Yeah was wondering what will happen to the contest now. He had all these ways of adding it so fairly and squarely. Do any of the rest of us have the patience or capability. Should it continue in the future it certainly needs to be named after the great man.

Boards is so MT without him. We really miss our king.

road_high · 28-02-2026 04:10PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124270989#Comment_124270989

my father always goes on about the changes in the moon usually bringing charge in the weather - the older generations used to be very tuned into these cycles

Meteorite58 · 28-02-2026 04:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124272379#Comment_124272379

Yeah there was an incredible array of colour bands inside the main rainbow, more visible to the naked eye.

tom1ie · 28-02-2026 04:23PM

Cracking day here today. (Dublin South)
Hopefully it’s a clear night tonight so we can see this planet alignment.

https://news.sky.com/story/planetary-parade-how-and-when-to-spot-six-planets-in-uk-skies-in-rare-alignment-13316815

cnocbui · 28-02-2026 04:55PM

One day's respite from the rain, and now it's back in Tipp.

Winter 2025/26 - General Discussion

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