Spring 2026 - General Discussion

mykrodot · 15-05-2026 07:05PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124470294#Comment_124470294

so from late next week (22 May) we get 20 deg, 18deg,18deg,17deg,19deg……………with mixed cloud cover. I suppose its slightly warmer weather…………..but a heat wave…really???

mrsnrub2.0 · 15-05-2026 07:35PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124471317#Comment_124471317

You do know we live in Ireland.

The last 3/4 weeks has had wind chill of 5/6 degrees. So yes I'd call that a mini heatwave even if it's for a few days.

mykrodot · 15-05-2026 07:46PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124471391#Comment_124471391

we'll agree to differ so…………yes its been very cold for the last few weeks………..but a few days of 18 and 19 degrees is just weather getting warmer surely, maybe normal temperatures for the 2nd half of May?……………..but hardly a heatwave.

Everything has to be named these days. "Arctic Blasts, Beast from the East, Heatwave with temperatures higher than the Canaries"………..its a form of sensationalism which often leads to disappointment. We we were young it was just called weather.

Oscar Bravo · 15-05-2026 08:55PM

This evening was grand. Fair bit of cloud but no wind! Makes all the difference

sryanbruen · 15-05-2026 10:18PM

There is no heatwave on the way and that is that. May has only ever had one official heatwave on record on this island and that was in 2012 at one Donegal station. Many Mays go without a single day of 25C somewhere in the country (even the superb 2025 last year did so), never mind 5 consecutive days above it.

All it is significantly warmer than it has been so far in 2026 to date minus a few days in April around the 24th. There is the hopes that high pressure will attempt to build properly to allow more unbroken sunshine and temperatures to respond from compression of the air beneath the anticyclone into the 20s. The forecast above is probably rather conservative because it does not see the strong enough ridging to draw in a proper continental flow, rather it is air sourced from the mid-Atlantic which will always be cloudier and humid type. 17-19C is nothing special for late May.

Let's stay grounded without gross exaggerations of what will happen.

pauldry · 15-05-2026 10:37PM

Sligo hasnt had a month with less than 100mm rain since June last year. Surely were due one. May at 50mm so far and plenty of rain Saturday and Sunday might bring it to 75mm so it could be a whole year of over 100mm months and rainfall 1.5times the normal for the past 12 months. This has never happened since I started measuring rain at my location in 2006.

goingmadted · 15-05-2026 11:00PM

8 months of autumn, 4 of summer. This might change to 9 and 3 depending on what june or september brings. Yay.

pauldry · 16-05-2026 07:33AM

53mm of rain now in Sligo this month with the prevailing N NW wind all month. For comparison Finner and Markree 35mm Newport 20mm Dublin 5mm!

Bishop of hope · 16-05-2026 08:22AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124472086#Comment_124472086

Spoilsport.

Cloudy damp and dreary in north Longford and brrrrrr.

chalkitdown1 · 16-05-2026 09:41AM

Absolutely shít-sick of the weather this month, at least in Cork city. I bought an ebike over the winter to try replace my once-a-week driving commute to work when the weather improved, but have yet to use it. lol

It's more to do with the bloody endless wind, rather than the rain, tbh.

Oscar Bravo · 16-05-2026 10:19AM

A damp wet morning here in Castlebar , drier brighter however, has already moved in from the west.

OldRio · 16-05-2026 11:42AM

Wet. Rain has established itself at the moment. Thank goodness that wind has decreased. See what next week brings.

Leitrim

Thunder87 · 16-05-2026 12:00PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124472192#Comment_124472192

I think you're being very generous with 4 months of summer🙃 In a normal year I'd say it's more ~10 months of autumn, a week or two of winter, a sprinkling of "spring-like" days and if we're lucky maybe 6 weeks of summer

I'd still say it's been a nice enough spring in Dublin this year though, this week has been really poor but overall I'm not complaining so far apart from the lack of heat.

igCorcaigh · 16-05-2026 12:30PM

The cold, windy weather continues down here. 😓

KanyeSouthEast · 16-05-2026 12:46PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124472921#Comment_124472921

anytime I’ve been in Dublin this spring which is regular it’s been cold and windy also. I wouldn’t be getting to carried away that the weather has been all that different between both cities.

Kutebride · 16-05-2026 01:11PM

Managed parkrun before the precipitation. Certainly no blue skies. Overcast and dark.

Raining on and off since parkrun and lashing last 25 mins (miserable for the first communion gatherings in town and all the bouncy castles booked today)

12⁰ raining Meath.

Bishop of hope · 16-05-2026 01:12PM

I was just talking to my brother in London. He says its giving temperatures to get up to 29c next week there. Maybe thats where the story of heatwaves has come from, contacts there back to people here who assume it might get hot here?

Gonzo · 16-05-2026 01:26PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124473002#Comment_124473002

It will be warmer next weekend here too but not 29C, more like 17 to 21C range. It's uncertain if it will be dry next weekend or unsettled and it looks like the Atlantic comes back soon after next weekend as the models are wobbling slightly on things become warm and dry for a decent amount of time.

goingmadted · 16-05-2026 01:33PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124472862#Comment_124472862

Any day i dont have to put the heating on is summer for me!

Oscar Bravo · 16-05-2026 02:03PM

Its much brighter behind the front but a strong gusty westerly wind with it. Not bad overall.

Goldengirl · 16-05-2026 03:33PM

I'll take 19 / 20 degrees next week without the biting strong northerly and hopefully not raining too much , thanks and be quite happy with that, even .

Pity all those with Holy Communions and bouncy castles today .

Been there with kids bouncing on a squelchy wet bouncy castle and muddy towels everywhere 🤗

pauldry · 16-05-2026 05:54PM

Dryish here now 11.1c and 4c tonight. About what youd get in late February. Tomorrow 15mm of rain. I think our Summers are getting colder n rest of year warmer. Does anyone else notice this? Certainly in NW they are. Only climate change here is less frost n maybe more cloud n wind.

zell12 · 16-05-2026 06:11PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124473002#Comment_124473002

Is he talking about the political temperature? 😛

Robwindstorm · 16-05-2026 07:17PM

Odd bright spell but mostly cloudy with outbreaks of rain. The cool air maintains its grip this evening.

Clouds of the day :

compsys · 16-05-2026 07:31PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124473668#Comment_124473668

Our winters and springs are getting warmer quicker than our summers.

But our summers are getting (slightly) warmer too.

Sryan will have all the stats I'm sure. However last summer, temps were well above normal and several stations had their warmest summer on record.

But it's not even summer yet. There's plenty of time for the weather to warm up.

babyducklings1 · 16-05-2026 09:55PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124472192#Comment_124472192

Definitely and maybe even less. September can often turn out to be quite good. Fire on here tonight and as for summer clothes here have given up. Warm jumpers in light colours that’s it for me. Resigned to weather at this stage , summer weather seems to be just a dream at this stage! Hoping to be wrong of course and to be fair May is still early.

waterfaerie · 16-05-2026 10:06PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124473899#Comment_124473899

It is summer if you follow the astronomical calendar / Irish seasons. Summer starts on Bealtaine at the beginning of May. Traditionally, this would have been the case not only in Ireland but in all the Celtic countries, but it persisted here. The astronomical seasons are calculated so that the solstices and equinoxes are in the centre of the season.

Met Éireann have adopted the other system, probably to stay in sync with the rest of the world but the traditional Celtic / astronomical calendar is still technically the official calendar and personally, I think it's a bit silly for Met Éireann to not stick with that. It is confusing using two systems and over time people will completely adopt the international way of naming the seasons and end up forgetting our heritage.

It's so sad that our traditional festivals have been forgotten by so many people. We celebrate them here and I always find it very jarring reading about it being still spring when we had a big feast to celebrate the summer starting on Bealtaine!

Now, I know you wouldn't think it's summer based on the current weather but that's a different story! It's not always the case on any given year. The weather can vary year to year but the traditional seasons aren't calculated based on temperatures but the amount of daylight, which makes more sense in a lot of ways and at least it's consistent.

I know this is the weather forum so it makes sense to follow Met Éireann and I don't want to offend anyone. I'm just trying to keep a bit of our culture alive. ; ) And yes, hopefully there is still plenty of time for the weather to warm up, or at least get sunny. I don't care for the really high temperatures myself but I am craving and end to the grey weather!

zell12 · 16-05-2026 10:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124474616#Comment_124474616

Caller, it is kept alive through speaking - Lúnasa, Meán Fómhair, etc.

celebration - Oíche Shamhna, the next day marks start of geimhreidh.. Lá Sheáin on 24th the solstice

song "Anois teacht an Earraigh, beidh an lá dúl chun shíneadh, Is tar eis na féil Bríde, ardóigh mé mo sheol..."

.Donegal. · 16-05-2026 10:31PM

Some heavy showers this evening. Doesn’t feel as cool as earlier in the week.

The HorsesMouth · 16-05-2026 11:50PM

Quick look at the GFS charts there showing very warm and dry for next weekend for any communion families. Still 6-7 days out...time will tell.

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