Spring 2026 - General Discussion

Yip @compsys in my post yesterday, I referred to Thursdays forecast not on 'my radar' 🥲 for the commute lol.

Currently overcast, dull, rolling threatening clouds 15⁰ Meath.

raining in Galway, but nothing on the Met radar

Yeah Met Eireann had 26c for Sligo next week yesterday, today its 19c

Watered down but ill be optimistic and say wel get 22c or 23c. Plenty of cloud mist and rain here each day though as theres only been about 12 days without rain in 2026 in Sligo so over 90% chance there will be mist n cloud in NW.

Rain for May 2026 so far 74mm .

Mild and wet. Rain has turned heavy

I grew up about 1km from the east. During high pressure settled weather in late Spring till mid summer, it would often start calm but the icy sea breeze would kick in from about mid-morning and it would be very cool and breezy until the evening, with temperatures quite often 10° cooler than inland, if not even more than that.

I lived about 40km from the east coast from 2009 to 2021 and in the same weather setup, the sea breeze would usually arrive around noon or shortly before lunchtime. It would not be nearly as cold or strong as when I lived 1km from the coast but there would be a noticeable uptick in the breeze and the coolness would be felt however it would usually begin to fade during the mid afternoon and the highest temperature of the day would often be between 17:00 and 18:00.

My current (hopefully forever) home is now smack bang in the midlands, with the nearest coastline about 100km away in a few different directions. Now when there is high pressure settled weather at any time during the summer months, it's often flat calm all day, with just the odd little light breeze due to local effects but even then the breeze feels warm. It often feels like being away in more southern parts of Europe during those weather setups. I'm a heat lover so this sort of weather is perfection for me. I'll never miss the sea breeze.

True. But the East, especially around Dublin, is one of the driest and sunniest locations in the country. Swings and roundabouts I guess.

Today is a good example.

The rain has largely held off in Dublin and it's a mild 18/19º while a lot of the rest of the country is under a deluge. Was similar yesterday.

19c here today in Tipp but quite breezy.

Got to 18.4c in Sligo but rained and windy of course. Love how the weather on radio says mainly dry with patchy mist and drizzle. Is patchy mist and drizzle dry?