What a let down

iamwhoiam · 14-08-2019 10:29pm

Depends so much where you are this year . I enjoyed this summer and today was warm and pleasant if a bit cloudy

BlackandGreen · 14-08-2019 10:53pm

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Depends so much where you are this year . I enjoyed this summer and today was warm and pleasant if a bit cloudy

Today was strong gales with frequent showers. I was out in it for a few hours and it was painful for August weather.
South East inland, low lying.
It's been like this pretty consistently for 2 months it seems.
Strong gusts, wind, damp overcast with high humidity.
The last few mornings I've had to put the heat on in my car and wear jackets.

Great for people who are allergic to the sun and nice weather but for people like myself it makes me feel like shīt.

mean gene · 15-08-2019 1:40pm

Cork city has been a damp miserable area for the whole year besides the odd day

Seanachai · 15-08-2019 1:47pm

BlackandGreen wrote: »

Today was strong gales with frequent showers. I was out in it for a few hours and it was painful for August weather.
South East inland, low lying.
It's been like this pretty consistently for 2 months it seems.
Strong gusts, wind, damp overcast with high humidity.
The last few mornings I've had to put the heat on in my car and wear jackets.

Great for people who are allergic to the sun and nice weather but for people like myself it makes me feel like shīt.

You're where I go most weekends, last year I had glorious evenings outdoors, lovely sunsets too.

Clonmel1000 · 15-08-2019 2:11pm

BlackandGreen wrote: »

Today was strong gales with frequent showers. I was out in it for a few hours and it was painful for August weather.
South East inland, low lying.
It's been like this pretty consistently for 2 months it seems.
Strong gusts, wind, damp overcast with high humidity.
The last few mornings I've had to put the heat on in my car and wear jackets.

Great for people who are allergic to the sun and nice weather but for people like myself it makes me feel like shīt.

Nail on head for these parts.

Carol25 · 15-08-2019 9:23pm

BlackandGreen wrote: »

Yeah, honestly I'm miserable.

I thrive on late sunny evenings and warm clear nights.

I know summers tend to go like this in Ireland but I waited all winter miserable for summer to arrive so I could get out and enjoy myself.

We had a couple of weeks of niceness back around May but I'm still waiting for summer to arrive really.
So far most of my plans have gone out the window and I haven't been able to do the things I had hoped.

I'm praying that we'll get a nice late august/september.

The thoughts of facing back into 6+ months waiting for summer 2020 to arrive is just making me depressed.

I don’t find this summer terrible. A terrible summer for me was 2015, 2012 and a lot of the 00’s. I was down on Achill last Tuesday and it was such a lovely day down there. There was no wind, which is a rarity. The sea was as calm as I had seen it and the water was warm. Occasionally some mist blew in but besides that it was great. Maybe it’s just about getting out into the elements, put on a raincoat/wetsuit and get stuck in. It’s worth it.

Graces7 · 16-08-2019 5:21am

Carol25 wrote: »

I don’t find this summer terrible. A terrible summer for me was 2015, 2012 and a lot of the 00’s. I was down on Achill last Tuesday and it was such a lovely day down there. There was no wind, which is a rarity. The sea was as calm as I had seen it and the water was warm. Occasionally some mist blew in but besides that it was great. Maybe it’s just about getting out into the elements, put on a raincoat/wetsuit and get stuck in. It’s worth it.

Blessings and thanks for this reality. Ireland has a benevolent climate. My faith family in India are coping with floods... We are so lucky.

M.T. Cranium · 16-08-2019 7:13am

So things are about to go from bad to worse it seems, this coming weekend will be fairly dire for mid-August, more like a windy autumn spell, but then hints that the pattern is slowly going to improve towards the end of next week and into late August, so perhaps a better spell coming along eventually.

Weltsmertz · 16-08-2019 8:02am

I think peoples opinions are being negatively impacted by what they are being told rather that the actuality. It has been a normal pleasant enough summer but the dire weather warnings every other day have convinced us otherwise.
So many events have been cancelled because of weather warnings that were totally unnecessary.
Ride Dingle cancelled because of wind warning that was light gusts on the day, festival in England last week that affected tens of thousands again because of a wind warning to name but too.
We have become conditioned to think of normal weather as extreme weather.
So it has only been a bad summer if you take your evidence from the omnipresent weather warnings and not the evidence of your senses.

MJohnston · 16-08-2019 8:27am

As others have said, it's a real geographical split this year. From a Dublin perspective we've had a pretty lovely couple of months. Nothing spectacular in terms of temperature, but sunny and dry.

August, as ever, has marked a turn for the rainy. I suspect people are always more perceptive about the weather around their birthday, and mine is right in the middle of August, so I know I've had plenty of years of floods and washed out parties. Only to usually get reprieve in September before Autumn.

Regardless, its not worth complaining about - we've had vaguely this same climate for most of our lifetimes, and we still get the odd 2018 to warm the spirits. Sadly our weather is only likely to get more unpredictable and dreary with climate change.

But if you're wishing for Ireland to be a hot summer country, you'd have to take the increasing prevalence of destructive wildfires, stronger hurricanes, or killer droughts that those kinds of places are enduring more and more.

Thelonious Monk · 16-08-2019 10:49am

A lovely couple of months? Wasnt it one of the worst Junes in years and august has been terrible so far? Im also in dublin.

mean gene · 16-08-2019 11:06am

from a cork city perspective we have had no summer

Assetbacked · 16-08-2019 11:17am

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

A lovely couple of months? Wasnt it one of the worst Junes in years and august has been terrible so far? Im also in dublin.

June in Dublin was absolutely atrocious right up until near the end but towards the end of June the temperatures picked up and haven't gone back down. July was an excellent month in Dublin (unfortunately for those like me who don't enjoy the heat).

harr · 16-08-2019 12:46pm

Here in the midlands it has been a washout , yes it has been warm but definitely dry days are far and few between. Torrential Showers all this week which left spot flooding in my area.
It’s seems certain parts of the country faired better than others but here it has been very wet

Snow Garden · 16-08-2019 12:58pm

I thought this was a lovely summer. June and July anyway.
I don't have the data but it seemed drier than normal. I never really got wet and I never had to mow a wet lawn.
I don't really care whether its cloudy or blue skies once it's not lashing rain.

Can any of the experts comment on the rainfall in summer? Below average?

Gonzo · 16-08-2019 1:06pm

Summer so far has been a mixture of crap and lovely. First 3 weeks of June were a write-off with temperatures that wouldn't look out of place in early March and plenty of rain. For the first summer ever, we used up all our coal and log reserves (normally used end of September) as we were lighting fires up to the 3rd week of June.

Things improved after the heatwave failure and temperatures generally remained around 20C or slightly above all the way through July and into the first week of August, so about 5 weeks of generally nice conditions for much of Leinster and Dublin.

The past week has been fairly poor again, but nowhere nearly as cold as June. Looks mixed for much of the remainder of August, but we may get a few dry and settled days before the end of the month.

sideswipe · 16-08-2019 1:30pm

I live 5k from the coast in east central wicklow and feel it's been a decent summer- well last week of June until the end of the first week in August anyway. I think the Wicklow mountains protect us a lot here. Very thankful for them reading some reports from around the country on here!!

Clonmel1000 · 16-08-2019 2:36pm

Biblical rain in the midlands the last half hour.

Gonzo · 16-08-2019 2:53pm

mild and mostly sunny, temperature of 21C.

Some big showers missing us by only 2 or 3 miles.

Mobhi1 · 16-08-2019 2:53pm

This supposedly atrocious weekend dumped its rain here in the early hours of this morning. There has been cloud and sun since and the temperature has been up to 21.7C. It's currently 21.0C. So it's another not bad day in Dublin.

Mobhi1 · 16-08-2019 2:55pm

Mobhi1 wrote: »

This supposedly atrocious weekend dumped its rain here in the early hours of this morning. There has been cloud and sun since and the temperature has been up to 21.7C. It's currently 21.0C. So it's another not bad day in Dublin.

There was 3.8mm of rain recorded.

road_high · 16-08-2019 2:58pm

daedal wrote: »

So many planned days out and camping trips cancelled this year because of the ****e weather. I patiently wait through the misery of an Irish winter and spring for a decent summer (based on last years good fortune). But this year NOTHING, i could count the days of sunshine on my hands. What a ****ing let down. I think there should be a grant awarded to those who pay tax in this **** hole that if there is less than 20 days of sunshine during the summer months they will be awarded €500 to go on a holiday to make up for it.

Here in Kilkenny anyhow this was a great summer up until a few weeks ago...temps well above average for July and temps above normal. Then August hit abs back to this broken showery pattern of schlop! August seems to be jinxed these summers

Thelonious Monk · 16-08-2019 3:18pm

Was it only Dublin that had the terrible June? People keep saying it was a good summer for a couple of months.

Gonzo · 16-08-2019 3:22pm

road_high wrote: »

Here in Kilkenny anyhow this was a great summer up until a few weeks ago...temps well above average for July and temps above normal. Then August hit abs back to this broken showery pattern of schlop! August seems to be jinxed these summers

August so far is not great, but it's better than many other Augusts I've experienced We had a warm and dry start to the month and if we manage to get the final week of August warm and dry, then it would be a fairly decent month by Irish summer standards. The next week is looking fairly cool tho, starting from tomorrow.

As a whole this summer has been disappointing in terms of high temperatures or heat. Most of Europe including the UK broke temperature records over the past month. Sadly Ireland did not get the heat, so while we have had a few decent warm weeks, we haven't really had any hot weather with temperatures in most parts of the country not exceeding 24 or 25C at any stage.

Mobhi1 · 16-08-2019 4:10pm

We've had more heavy rain just now. An extra 2.8mm recorded. But now the sun's back. The temperature's fallen back to 18.5C in the rain.
I recorded 25C and 26C briefly in July. The highest so far in August has been 24C.

Gonzo · 16-08-2019 4:31pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Was it only Dublin that had the terrible June? People keep saying it was a good summer for a couple of months.

The West and the South had a better June than Dublin and much of Leinster. June was particularly cold in Dublin with plenty of rain and onshore winds keeping temperatures generally in the 11 to 15C range for much of the month. The heatwave completely failed in Dublin with mid teens, compared to north of 22C in the west and south. Once this cleared, the final few days of June warmed up in Leinster and remained good all the way till the end of first week of August.

MJohnston · 16-08-2019 5:31pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

A lovely couple of months? Wasnt it one of the worst Junes in years and august has been terrible so far? Im also in dublin.

Part of the end of June, all of July, and a little bit of the start of August. Does me grand.

InTheShadows · 16-08-2019 5:34pm

Mobhi1 wrote: »

This supposedly atrocious weekend dumped its rain here in the early hours of this morning. There has been cloud and sun since and the temperature has been up to 21.7C. It's currently 21.0C. So it's another not bad day in Dublin.

It's been an awful day here in D14

DOCARCH · 16-08-2019 7:34pm

InTheShadows wrote: »

It's been an awful day here in D14

For maybe an hour? Aside form a shower this afternoon, pretty much fine day (and warm) in D16.

Mad_maxx · 16-08-2019 10:31pm

daedal wrote: »

So many planned days out and camping trips cancelled this year because of the ****e weather. I patiently wait through the misery of an Irish winter and spring for a decent summer (based on last years good fortune). But this year NOTHING, i could count the days of sunshine on my hands. What a ****ing let down. I think there should be a grant awarded to those who pay tax in this **** hole that if there is less than 20 days of sunshine during the summer months they will be awarded €500 to go on a holiday to make up for it.

It was the gentlest winter and spring I can remember, August has been a disaster but may, the second half of June, and July were better than average in the west, overall not a bad year at all

Mad_maxx · 16-08-2019 10:35pm

compsys wrote: »

As I keep saying how people feel about this year’s summer will depend largely on where they are.

The East has been far drier, warmer and sunnier than the West. So although it still hasn’t been a great summer it’s been bearable.

Also, people talking about how sh*t Ireland is because of the weather need to remember that HOLIDAYING in places like Spain, Portugal and Greece etc is far different than LIVING there.

Life is tough enough in Spain and Greece on Spanish or Greek wages etc. The problems that exist here also largely exist there and after a while no amount of sun makes up for it.

I'm originally from the east, the west this year got drier weather for much of the year, more rain here in the past two weeks however than in the previous nine months and that's no exaggeration

OldRio · 17-08-2019 9:42am

Mad_maxx wrote: »

It was the gentlest winter and spring I can remember, August has been a disaster but may, the second half of June, and July were better than average in the west, overall not a bad year at all

June was horrid here in Leitrim. July was average at best. August, a disaster.

Zapperzy · 17-08-2019 9:22pm

August in Galway has been an absolute disaster so far, nothing but wind, rain and humidity. You put on a rainjacket only to end up boiling in it and dripping in sweat. The worst kind of weather. My garden has gone to hell, everything blown flat, flowers ruined. Had some nice weather in April and May, June wasn't too bad. Fairly forgettable summer overall.

Roll on crisp, dry and chilly October days where I can wear wooly jumpers and light the fire.

Jpmarn · 17-08-2019 9:32pm

It seems that all Augusts this decade has been a let down compared to June and July and in some years even September. But there are signals of hot air coming up from the continent late next week and over next weekend but signals are mixed on how settled the weather will be. There would be potential for heavy thunderstorms but there could be pleasant sunshine with temperatures up in the high twenties.

Mad_maxx · 17-08-2019 9:46pm

OldRio wrote: »

June was horrid here in Leitrim. July was average at best. August, a disaster.

First half of June was bad ( not terrible), July good, wettest August since 2012

Agent_47 · 17-08-2019 10:15pm

Here in Meath the wind was unreal today, tried to sweep driveway but even washing the car was a chore. Leaves and seeds blew onto the paint work. Heavy showers meant stop- start many times. Poxy and what I'd call an average summer.

Gonzo · 17-08-2019 10:47pm

Agent_47 wrote: »

Here in Meath the wind was unreal today, tried to sweep driveway but even washing the car was a chore. Leaves and seeds blew onto the paint work. Heavy showers meant stop- start many times. Poxy and what I'd call an average summer.

you must be north Meath? it would be prone to more showers from the north-west than the south would be? Bone dry day here today at Dunshaughlin, we somehow missed all the showers and enjoyed a day of sunshine despite the wind. Tomorrow looks wetter tho with rain generally everywhere at some stage.

Agent_47 · 17-08-2019 10:49pm

@Gonzo, Navan, it gets any wind and rain going.

The One Doctor · 17-08-2019 10:59pm

This is fairly normal Irish summer weather. Dunno why people complain about the Irish weather, we're geographically located in the ideal location for weather. Dangerous weather is rare, we get plenty of rain, no dangerous temperatures... our climate is ideal. Whine all you want, it's not going to change much.

If you want better weather, move to the Canary Islands.

pauldry · 17-08-2019 11:17pm

August has never been a Summer month in past 20 years bar one or two

Most times it gets windier and cooler than July with one or two days that are warm.

Its Autumn onset. The wind can be found in the name.

17-08-2019 11:56pm

ye all need to move East!! I live very close to the beaches on the North East coast where its been a tremendous Summer. I think its a bit of a microclimate here..... being so close to the coast. August hasn't been great with lots of huge clouds and sudden showers but today I was swimming, under dark clouds, but it didn't rain and its very warm. We also got above average sunshine. Like someone else said it was probably nicer than last year ........with the very high temperatures and drought everywhere . My plants have loved this Summer!

You have to make the most of it. I hate darkness and suffer in the Winter a bit from lack of daylight, then again I love my wood burning stove. Every negative has a positive. I hiked a lot this Summer in Sligo, Donegal Leitrim and Antrim and got the most amazing weather and pictures to prove it. Maybe I just got lucky , I've certainly loved this Summer.

Danno · 17-08-2019 11:58pm

Here in this part of South Laois I wouldn't rate this summer either as bad or good. It has been notably more humid, a little sunnier than normal and the rainfall distribution has been varied. Granted, I was away for last week's wash out - missing the thunder and lightning of last Thursday the 8th of August. To make up for it, I did catch the cold front in Spain which gave 3hrs of epic rain, thunder and lightning on Sunday night.

Overall this summer there has been a notable absence of what we'd class as "hot" conditions. My summer's max so far has been just 27c on June 27th.

There has been quite a frequent breeze this summer, but I put this down to a warm continent drawing in the cooler Atlantic airmass as the warm air rises there.

The highlights of this summer have been the 27c heat of June 27th followed by the vigorous thunderstorm of the morning of June 29th which gave frequent lightning and large hail - a rare combination here.

Danno · 18-08-2019 12:05am

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Biblical rain in the midlands the last half hour.

Just 2.3mm from that in under fifteen minutes. A mere 90 minutes later and it was all evaporated.

Baseball72 · 18-08-2019 12:55am

pauldry wrote: »

August has never been a Summer month in past 20 years bar one or two

Most times it gets windier and cooler than July with one or two days that are warm.

Its Autumn onset. The wind can be found in the name.

Wasn't August inserted into the calendar to commemorate Caesar Augustus - otherwise we would be straight from July into September and the onset of Autumn......

pauldry · 18-08-2019 1:05am

Baseball72 wrote: »

Wasn't August inserted into the calendar to commemorate Caesar Augustus - otherwise we would be straight from July into September and the onset of Autumn......

Youre right.

That explains it

However this Summer in Sligo has been strange

It hasnt been the worst Summer is the public outcry

The fact is weve had every weather even heat

This is what climate change will extremely bring ...not heat but extremes of everything

M.T. Cranium · 18-08-2019 6:07am

Renaming a month after Augustus didn't change the timing of the months, I think the Romans had months with number names five and six that went to Julius and then Augustus Caesar but September was always in the position it turned out to have after that.

More to the point, August is quite a wet month normally, I see from average rainfalls that August is about 20% wetter than July in Ireland. It is also somewhat cloudier than July. The only thing that makes it a better candidate for summer than May is average temperature, otherwise May is probably more "summery" in feel especially with the long days at the latitude of Ireland. May wins on sunshine and lower rainfall.

Jpmarn · 18-08-2019 9:04am

Seasons change gradually. August is a late summer month. You would have elements of autumn setting in already by the end of the month.

OldRio · 18-08-2019 9:48am

Mad_maxx wrote: »

First half of June was bad ( not terrible), July good, wettest August since 2012

In your location perhaps. I actually put a fire down in the living room in early July. Co. Leitrim.

antodeco · 18-08-2019 10:30am

I'm still going by my prediction they the best weather we will have will be in late October early November. That's the summer in waiting for!

sryanbruen · 18-08-2019 10:39am

Mad_maxx wrote: »

First half of June was bad ( not terrible), July good, wettest August since 2012

You’re right, it wasn’t terrible.... it was atrocious. Three days of 12c or under as a max is really really bad even by Irish standards.

What a let down

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