Summer 2020 - General Discussion

Rain all night in west cork, this morning and the entire drive up to the city.

Very very wet in south mayo

Absolutely bucketing down in S Wexford now

pad199207 wrote: »

Absolutely bucketing down in S Wexford now

Looks to be serious rain coming in off the coast looking at the radar alright

so muggy and no breeze to help

dry so far - kids in tennis camp - hopefully rain will hold off until after one

My phone which is "never?" wrong says it will be dry from 3pm onwards...at least in Sligo

lawred2 wrote: »

so muggy and no breeze to help

dry so far - kids in tennis camp - hopefully rain will hold off until after one

and it's raining

and looking at that rainfall radar - it isn't going to stop any time soon either

sryanbruen wrote: »

After the dullest June since 1993 at Dublin Apt, July with 102.5 hrs was the third dullest July on record and dullest since 1986. August would need at least 139.0 hrs of sun to save it from being the dullest summer on record.

February this year, despite all the rain and shorter daylight, had slightly more sun than July with 103.3 hrs.

From the figures I have available, Cork seemed to fare best with 161.8 hrs provisionally which is close to average, though Johnstown Castle might have had more.

Monthly summary be available around Tuesday or Wednesday in anyway to confirm.

Confirmed that Cork fared best but with 163.8 hrs so practically average July for sunshine here whilst Gurteen and Belmullet had worst with 93 and 97 hrs respectively. Other low totals include D.A. shown above although summary states 104.2 hrs which does not add up to the daily totals and Malin Head's 106 hrs. It was the dullest July since 1986, 1998 or 2010 - depending on which station you take.

As for rain, Valentia had its wettest July since 2009 and one of its wettest on record with 214.0mm. Driest place was Roches Point with 73.2mm - a high minimum total for July. It was the wettest July generally since 2009 or 2010.

Temperatures were not exceptional despite the month being largely cooler than average with cooler Julys seen in 2011 and 2015 for example. Interesting stat despite its short station history, was 2.2C min on 20th at Mt Dillon, a July low record for the station.

Mean wind speeds were the highest for July since 1998 although many had no gale force gusts through the month. Cork Airport had its windiest July since 1980.

https://cli.fusio.net/cli/bulletin/data/2020/07/sum_072020.pdf

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

On this day in 1986 a total of 206.5 mm of rain fell at Glenvickee Co Kerry. This is the highest daily rainfall total recorded in August in Ireland from 1942 to date.

Hand drawn weather analysis map from the UK Met Office for that day. I reckon much of that rain fell during the evening as this is around the time the frontal zones really closed in on the SW:

Well that was easily one of the wetter days this summer, heavy rain for several hours earlier.
Still dark and overcast but looking at Sat24 it should be a nice evening yet.
Lots of fields with lying water in them.
18c out so mild compared to other wet days this summer.

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Hand drawn weather analysis map from the UK Met Office for that day. I reckon much of that rain fell during the evening as this is around the time the frontal zones really closed in on the SW:

Are you saying over 8" of rain fell in 24hrs?

We have been lucky in Dublin today in comparison to forecast.


It did rain for few hours but turned nice in afternoon + in fairness not cold again today.


That's one positive change for us so far in August that even if not sunny it is warmer.


I know not everywhere as lucky + has been miserable weather in some parts of country for last two days.


Looks to me like very strong winds/gusts yesterday if you look at stats.


Now I'd wouldn't be as familiar with wind warnings maybe Sryanbruen could have a look at data but should Met Eireann have given more warning for wind yesterday or was it the SW direction that made it feel at times like gale force?

Lovely afternoon and evening in Cork. At the beach from 4pm and a stunning sunset. Temps low 20s at peak though, nothing special