The Best\Longest Summers in Memory Discussion

ch750536 · 16-09-2014 8:42am #1

I was only 4 in 76 so don't recall it. Even the grey, cool August wasn't wet, other than that it has been shorts & T-shirt since June. Summer is approaching 4 months long!

ongarboy · 16-09-2014 6:13pm

ch750536 wrote: »

I was only 4 in 76 so don't recall it. Even the grey, cool August wasn't wet, other than that it has been shorts & T-shirt since June. Summer is approaching 4 months long!

If August had been nicer, I'd have put this summer up as one if the best but as it was particularly cool and autumnal for much of August, I can't rate the overall summer highly. 1995 wins hands down for me followed by 1990 and 2003. Too young to remember 76!

Reckless Abandonment · 16-09-2014 7:45pm

95. Nothing else comes close to it..well in my 40 years

axe2grind · 16-09-2014 8:09pm

August was Autumn for whole month!!

Yes the Summer of June, July and September has been great. Shame about the break for a month

Billcarson · 16-09-2014 8:14pm

Summer 1995 was the best summer i can remember,i was only 2 during 76 so i dont remember that. Summer 1989 was another very good one.

Gonzo · 16-09-2014 8:27pm

The summer's of 89 and 95 were amazing. I can't remember 76 either as I was only 2 years old. This year would have been in with a shout only for the crap, cool and often very wet August to interfere with what was an excellent June and July and now very decent September.

acequion · 16-09-2014 9:08pm

1995 for me. No other summer in about 40 years comes even close.

Here in Tralee,this September has been even nicer than July. July was very pleasant and balmy but we didn't see a whole lot of sun in the south west. And I was away for the best two weeks in June so missed that heatwave.

Calibos · 16-09-2014 11:30pm

August wasn't bad as far as I'm concerned. Mild and Dry for the most part in Bray, just not as much Sun as June, July and September. I work in the small family business with the doors open about 6ft away, so while technically indoors I may as well be outdoors. Worked in a T-Shirt since mid May and have not felt the need for another layer on top since May even in August. Granted its been close near closing time between 9 and 10 PM

Seems to be a lot of 40 year olds posting in this thread. ie. 2yo for the Summer of '76 and hittin' our prime for '95

pauldry · 17-09-2014 12:31am

here in sligo june and july were decent with long dry spells but not wall to wall sun rain was only about 50mm each month with no exceptionally wet day

August was actually very sunny here with showers also and 2 fully wet days but very cold. Rain gauge was well under the monthly average of 100mm that was norm for the 2007-2012 period

September so far has been quite unbelieveable. More sunny days than any month since July 2013 probably Rainfall has been only 0.5mm so far in 17 days:cool:

sunbeam · 17-09-2014 12:38am

September here is actually better than July-far sunnier anyway.

I turned four in '76 and can only vaguely remember the grown ups saying how hot it was. I don't remember '89 at all for some reason, so '95 was by far the best summer for me.

Jpmarn · 17-09-2014 9:51am

axe2grind wrote: »

August was Autumn for whole month!!

Yes the Summer of June, July and September has been great. Shame about the break for a month

A lot of trees have turned brown due to the persistent northelies over August. It looks like seasonally August and September has been reversed like I said in a another post on the weather forum.

Aiel · 17-09-2014 11:55am

1995 was also the best for me,i was just finished first year in Secondary school and so it was my first 3 month Summer holiday. Long carefree warm sunny days by the river, ahh those were the days:-). This summer has been very good but not as good as '95.
As I recall though the following summer in 1996 was pure muck, an endless conveyor belt of misty grey weather all summer, but maybe next year will be different:).

tomcosgrave · 17-09-2014 3:33pm

1995 was the benchmark for me, but I think 2013 might have been better. July 2013 was just amazing.

John mac · 17-09-2014 8:11pm

76 :cool: {showing my age here }

weisses · 17-09-2014 11:08pm

Summer of 69 .... Sorry ..had to do it

tomcosgrave · 17-09-2014 11:11pm

weisses wrote: »

Summer of 69 .... Sorry ..had to do it

Right. Out! :rolleyes:

fleet_admiral · 17-09-2014 11:12pm

1995. I was 14. It was great to be a teenager that summer

Tigger · 17-09-2014 11:32pm

fleet_admiral wrote: »

1995. I was 14. It was great to be a teenager that summer

It was better being 20 in a union job with 4 weeks off that year

MidMan25 · 18-09-2014 12:24am

There's stuff falling from the sky here in Cork :O

red_bairn · 18-09-2014 9:14am

I remember being outside with my younger brother and there were loads of flying ants all over the the drains and in the air. You couldn't stay outside for more than an hour.

red_bairn · 18-09-2014 9:16am

red_bairn wrote:

I remember being outside with my younger brother and there were loads of flying ants all over the the drains and in the air. You couldn't stay outside for more than an hour.

'95 That is.

(Not sure how to edit on the new Boards app for Android)

Calibos · 18-09-2014 6:46pm

Was working in a Bray Seafront bar in the 90's. Beer gardens packed all day everyday even during weekdays that Summer of '95. After a string of Summerfest washouts the organising committee decided in '94 to move the Summerfest to September the following year as an experiment to take advantage of the annual Indian Summer. So Summerfest '95 ended up not being held in the middle of the best Summer ever but the week in September when the Summer of '95 ended with monsoonal rains. They just couldn't win

Harry Palmr · 18-09-2014 11:48pm

1973 I recall vaguely as being fine, 76, 83, 84, 95, 13 and 14 hasn't been a bad one at all. Three weeks in August were utterly mediocre but we've sort of made up for it.

djmc · 19-09-2014 3:29pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

1973 I recall vaguely as being fine, 76, 83, 84, 95, 13 and 14 hasn't been a bad one at all. Three weeks in August were utterly mediocre but we've sort of made up for it.

I would agree with all but 13 as it was the worst spring on record grass didn't grow until June
I had to buy hay from France UK and Canada at 10 times the normal price to keep cattle alive
It was a good second half year but not as dry or hot as this year

ch750536 · 19-09-2014 4:41pm

Added a poll to get the lurkers.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 19-09-2014 8:11pm

Summer 95, Summer 84 (July/August/sept) and this year with the exception of the sh*t August. Last year was good too but this year was better.

I remember 76 being very hot and sunny although I was only 6. I couldn't have told you what year it was but I do remember a very hot sunny summer from around that time so guessing it was it. We lived beside a beach and spent the entire summer on it that year.

piuswal · 20-09-2014 12:58am

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Summer 95, Summer 84 (July/August/sept) and this year with the exception of the sh*t August. Last year was good too but this year was better.

I remember 76 being very hot and sunny although I was only 6. I couldn't have told you what year it was but I do remember a very hot sunny summer from around that time so guessing it was it. We lived beside a beach and spent the entire summer on it that year.

I seem to recall 76 having a number of days with temperatures in excess of 30 Celsius! Can anyone confirm that?

200motels · 25-09-2014 10:21pm

1976 to was by far and away the best.

pebbles21 · 26-09-2014 11:08pm

Vaguely remember 76 but 95 ..wow! Not a cloud in the sky for six weeks..

I remember the Daily Star put a satellite pic of Ireland on the front page..Not one cloud on the whole of Ireland to be seen

porsche959 · 26-09-2014 11:13pm

1990 is my choice, surprised by the lack of love for it actually.

ch750536 · 27-09-2014 7:35pm

If next weeks forecast is to be believed, better get my mankini back.

Cienciano · 27-09-2014 7:38pm

95 for me too. Unfortunately my leaving cert year

kindredspirit · 27-09-2014 9:30pm

1976. Nothing since came near.

MidMan25 · 27-09-2014 9:47pm

No 2006 or 2013?

ch750536 · 27-09-2014 10:08pm

MidMan25 wrote: »

No 2006 or 2013?

2006? Were you in Ireland?

2013 was a slow starter and certainly not as good as 2014. Everyone here is saying best summer in years so have to discount 2013.

Victor Meldrew · 28-09-2014 8:59pm

porsche959 wrote: »

1990 is my choice, surprised by the lack of love for it actually.

Ditto. Not because the weather was great (it was) but for the memories of having great weather and a good bit of independence and a bit of romantic interest which was supported by good weather...

Happy times...

JCX BXC · 26-12-2014 6:45pm

2013 has 3 weeks of clear skies and daytime temperatures of high 20's each day, it even hit 30c one day. 2014 is nothing compared to 2013.

smokie72 · 26-12-2014 10:27pm

I can just about remember the summer of 1976. It was 3 months of hot sunny weather. First summer I can remember and I wish every summer was like that. 83 and 84 were decent summers too. 89 was a great summer, great memories from that year too. 1990 was a dry warm summer too and the world cup that year made it a memorable summer to be in Ireland.

1995 was a classic summer and I would put it up there with 1976. I think the best thing about 1995 was the amount of clear sunny days and low humidity which made it easy to sleep at night. 76 and 95 were both years the grass turned brown by August. 2003 and 2006 were hot summers as well although we had to wait until 2013 to have a good summer to remember after all those wet or average summers of 07-12. 2014 was a good summer overall except for August. Although I fear 2015 by the law of averages in this country will be average or bad summer. I hope I'm wrong.

CrazyRabbit · 27-12-2014 8:27pm

For those of you too young to remember, trust me when I say it was 1976. I doubt we'll have another like it for a long time.

Timmyboy · 28-12-2014 12:42am

I can hardly barely remember 1976 but yes, it does stand out as the best summer in my lifetime of memories.
It was so hot on some days that I could not handle to walk on the concrete path in front of the house.
So very hot.
Short pants was the way to go (though admittedly not as stylish as the bell bottom trousers that were rocking the 70's!).

Clonmel1000 · 28-12-2014 9:20am

Too young to remember 76 but was 20 in 95 so remember it vividly. For those who remember both would the 76 summer be better?

mrsdewinter · 28-12-2014 12:06pm

I'm too young to remember the summer of 1976 but I grew up hearing about how awesome it was. The summer of 1989 was pretty good for a while too - it must have been as there was a short lived fashion for bermuda shorts among my friends. But 1995 stands out as a long hot summer when you could reliably plan stuff. 2003 was kinda like that, and 2013. 2014 wasn't bad either, I suppose.

smokie72 · 30-12-2014 5:59pm

Here's some info about 1976 "the ladybird summer"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_United_Kingdom_heat_wave

Clonmel1000 · 30-12-2014 7:45pm

What were the summers of 97 & 01 like here in Ireland. Don't remember that they were anything special. Thanks for the link though very interesting.

Bitten & Hisses · 30-12-2014 11:25pm

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

What were the summers of 97 & 01 like here in Ireland. Don't remember that they were anything special. Thanks for the link though very interesting.

2001 was a great summer, a great year in fact with spells of nice weather all the way from May to a superb September, much like September 2014.
I graduated from college on September 19th 2001 and it was like a beautiful sunny summers day.

maquiladora · 30-12-2014 11:54pm

This summer and autumn had the longest periods of dry/warm weather that I can remember even if it wasn't the hottest.

Gael23 · 30-12-2014 11:56pm

2003 was lovely.
My vote would go to last year which isn't on the list

JCX BXC · 31-12-2014 2:34am

ryanf1 wrote: »

2003 was lovely.
My vote would go to last year which isn't on the list

Exact same.
Judging by the response here, 2013 would be at the top of the survey.

Calibos · 31-12-2014 3:25am

maquiladora wrote: »

This summer and autumn had the longest periods of dry/warm weather that I can remember even if it wasn't the hottest.

Geography made 2014 even better than 2013 for us in Bray IMHO. Day in day out I'd look at the SAT images and marvel at the wafer thin cloud free coastal strip between Sth Dublin/Bray down past Arklow to Wexford and feel pity on the midlands as convection got going in the afternoon and clouded out a large proportion of the country. Twas the Summer of Costa Del Bray and Playa Del Arklow

Heroditas · 01-01-2015 11:05am

1995 for me - hands down.
I remember since glorious summers in the 80s but I can't remember which exact years.
2003 was a fine summer.
2006 was similar. I remember the first or second week in August and it was the most humid weather I've experienced in this country. Not a breath of wine and your be lathered in sweat doing anything more than a gentle stroll.
Last year and this year were nice (bar a very disappointing August this year) but they all cine a distant second to '95 for me.

Gael23 · 01-01-2015 11:34am

I can't remember 1995 but everyone says it was lovely

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