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Rainfall/Drought Watch 2020

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    #512
    pauldry
    Registered Users Posts: 6,878 ✭✭✭pauldry


    This June was actually quite ok in Sligo bar 26th onwards

    Since Friday morning at 3am we have had exactly 100mm of our now total of 160mm


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    #513
    Donegal Storm
    Registered Users Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭Donegal Storm


    Same story here, bar a couple of very windy/borderline stormy days early in the month it was at least passable up until this week. I'll mainly remember this month for the incessant cold wind and lack of sunshine than the rain I think


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    #514
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users Posts: 6,235 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    Pretty much echo DS's and Pauldry's view of this June, warm and very dry for most of it, but unlike them, not much in the way of rain here at all bar one day and anything that did fall was light, despite numerous days with actual thunder. Odd month all round.

    New Moon



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    #515
    RobertKK
    Registered Users Posts: 33,727 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    Yet some parts still have not received a lot of rain.


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    #516
    giveitholly
    Registered Users Posts: 5,540 ✭✭✭giveitholly


    RobertKK wrote: »
    Yet some parts still have not received a lot of rain.

    Yeah it's hard to believe,I was working about an hour away from home today and it gave the full day raining,thick heavy drizzle that would soak you and the ground was squelching underneath me.When I came home I had only recorded .2mm


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    #517
    watlantic
    Registered Users Posts: 155 ✭✭watlantic


    A further 9 mm today near Westport, and yes it's still raining, making it three days of almost incessant rain here.


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    #518
    Tigerandahalf
    Registered Users Posts: 7,811 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    Isn't Gurteen in south Sligo?
    Less than half the rainfall compared to Markree Castle outside Sligo town.
    113mm Markree
    52mm Gurteen.


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    #519
    DumbBrunette
    Registered Users Posts: 758 ✭✭✭DumbBrunette


    It's in Tipperary
    Tigerandahalf wrote: »
    Isn't Gurteen in south Sligo?
    Less than half the rainfall compared to Markree Castle outside Sligo town.
    113mm Markree
    52mm Gurteen.


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    #520
    pauldry
    Registered Users Posts: 6,878 ✭✭✭pauldry


    Gurteen is in South Sligo

    But also tipp

    Up to 163mm for June in Sligo Town

    It stopped raining but still freezing.

    Had heavy blanket on bed first time since March.


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    #521
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users Posts: 6,235 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    Surprised to see that both Cork Apt and Roches Pt are running well below their LTA regarding rainfall totals for the first week of July this year with just 5.8mm (32%) at the Apt and 4.0mm (28%) at the Point. The National average for the same period is running at 30.6mm (186%).

    -- From Met Éireann.

    New Moon



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    #522
    SouthWesterly
    Registered Users Posts: 6,456 ✭✭✭SouthWesterly


    Had 16mm of rain today. Currently 14C.

    Turf fire is, lit since 7.


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    #523
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,116 ✭✭✭pad199207


    60mm in Kildare now for July. That’s more than April and May combined here.


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    #524
    giveitholly
    Registered Users Posts: 5,540 ✭✭✭giveitholly


    pad199207 wrote: »
    60mm in Kildare now for July

    How much had you for June? That is a serious amount of rain,ONLY 26mm so far around here in tipp


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    #525
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,116 ✭✭✭pad199207


    giveitholly wrote: »
    How much had you for June? That is a serious amount of rain,ONLY 26mm so far around here in tipp

    124mm


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    #526
    km79
    Registered Users Posts: 48,132 ✭✭✭✭km79


    Change thread title to rainfall watch 2020?


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    #527
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,708 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    I think many parts of the country could exceed their July monthly averages within the next week, some places in the east are getting close already.


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    #528
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users Posts: 6,235 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    km79 wrote: »
    Change thread title to rainfall watch 2020?

    Read the thread title again! Covers 'rainfall and drought'.

    New Moon



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    #529
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users Posts: 6,235 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    Both Dunsany and Casement Aerodrome have now exceeded their entire monthly average for July with 100.3% and 112.4% respectively, and it only the 9th. This is in stark contrast to Cork Apt's 12.5% and Roches Pt's 15.2%. If we break it down further, these two southern stations have only recorded about 50% of their average total for the first 9 days of the month, whilst the aforementioned eastern stations are well above 300% for same period.

    Datums from Met Éireann

    New Moon



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    #530
    Danno
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    June 2020 had a total of 76.5mm in south Laois. Not *that* much above the usual average of 56mm for this location considering how wet the last two weeks of the month were.

    67.3mm of this fell between June 18th and months' end.


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    #531
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,708 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    Oneiric 3 wrote: »
    Both Dunsany and Casement Aerodrome have now exceeded their entire monthly average for July with 100.3% and 112.4% respectively, and it only the 9th. This is in stark contrast to Cork Apt's 12.5% and Roches Pt's 15.2%. If we break it down further, these two southern stations have only recorded about 50% of their average total for the first 9 days of the month, whilst the aforementioned eastern stations are well above 300% for same period.

    Datums from Met Éireann

    Really goes to show how bad it's been here since the end of June, at one stage it was day after day of 12 hour rain events which is why we have exceeded our July rainfall total in just one week! Hopefully the rest of July won't be quite as wet.


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    #532
    Danno
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    From St. Patrick's Day until June 17th I recorded 49.5mm at this location in South Laois. Since June 18th I have recorded 91.4mm, almost twice the amount in three weeks versus the preceding three months!

    July currently stands at 24.1mm


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    #533
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,116 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Almost half way through July. 72mm in Kildare.


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    #534
    Densefog2008
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭Densefog2008


    The very bottom of Kildare here, bordering Carlow. 31.6 mm July to date, a fair difference. We got just 40mm in June. We'd take a lot more rain if we could get it


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    #535
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,708 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    June and July wetter than average at my local station of Dunsany. We exceeded our July monthly total within the first week of July.

    With plenty more rain to come over the next 2 weeks and the possibility of a wet August, we are well on track for finishing up with a wet summer here in Meath.

    Huge amount of moss growth on the driveway and in the garden since the beginning to July, something that is very rare here in the summer.


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    #536
    Densefog2008
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭Densefog2008


    You don't foresee a settled dry spell the rest of this month I take it Gonzo? We'd be well used to very warm and dry Julys in this neck of the woods (near oak park) but the lack of sunshine this year has been very noticeable. Funny ould year in every way


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    #537
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users Posts: 6,235 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    Highest and lowest number of totally dry days, including days with 'trace' amounts, at the reporting Met Éireann stations since June 1st:

    Tops: Sherkin Island with 22 days, or 50% of days in total
    Bottoms: both Phoenix Park and Casement with just 7 complete dry days, or 15.9% of the total number of days this Summer so far.

    .... Met Éireann.

    New Moon



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    #538
    pauldry
    Registered Users Posts: 6,878 ✭✭✭pauldry


    Even though we have had rain most days the ground still appears thirsty and if there was a hot spell it wouldnt be long going back.

    The ground isnt squelchy if you get me.


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    #539
    endainoz
    Registered Users Posts: 4,699 ✭✭✭endainoz


    pauldry wrote: »
    Even though we have had rain most days the ground still appears thirsty and if there was a hot spell it wouldnt be long going back.

    The ground isnt squelchy if you get me.

    It would need no rain for a month for it to go back. Growth wise, what's needed now for grass is a bit of sunshine for photosynthesis to occur. Conditions for growth are ideal otherwise.


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    #540
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,116 ✭✭✭pad199207


    105mm in Kildare now for July


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    #541
    Danno
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    July rainfall here now stands at: 41.7mm
    Year to date total is 451.8mm.

    Hat tip to Pad from Naas for reminding me to tot up the totals! :D


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