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Spring 2021 General Discussion
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Gaoth Laidir wrote: »Grass minima this morning were as low as -7 aT Oak Park and -6 at Casement and Mullingar. Technically they're figures for May, so I wonder what the record is.
https://meteologix.com/ie/observations/ireland/soil-temperature-min/20210501-0600z.html
Impressive but I don't thinik all that unusual. Casement at least recorded similar grass mins values in mid May just last year.
A 'Yesterday's Weather' report from Met Eireann for May 14th 2020:
Just looking at there historical data archive. The lowest May grass min recorded (at 9am) at that station was -7.2c back in May 1982.
Edit: lowest Casement Gm value should read -7.4c (on May 8th 1982) and not the -7.2c I stated above.New Moon
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Heard that the UK, or at least, the central England region, recorded it's coolest April since 1986. Here in Ireland, not quite so dramatic and looking at stats going back to the mid-70s, April 2021 only goes down as being the 13th coolest in this series.
But that does not tell the whole story. The bulk of April's coolness came from abnormally cool nights rather than low maxima, resulting in a national mean minima of just 3.4c, which is the 4th lowest since 1974. 1986, as would be expected, holds the lowest April mean minima value of just 1.9c.
Data: Met Eireann.New Moon
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And thought I'd try and capture the Mayo mountains from this great distance. Pretty rubbish shot but I think this may be the same range that Goldfinch often captures in his/her far more beautiful shots:
I am humbled by your very kind words Oneiric. I am also most interested to see the Mayo mountains from a different perspective than I normally would see them, so thank you for sharing that picture.
It has been interesting reading the reports from posters around the country over the past week or two and comparing them to the weather that we have experienced near Castlebar during that period. I think that we have had more than decent weather during the past 10 days or so.
Last weekend was fantastic weather wise in these parts and even though it has become noticeably cooler this week, we still have had plenty of blue skies and sunshine. We have had a number of clear, crisp mornings that were then followed by some beautiful Spring evenings with golden sunshine to round off the day.
Over the last couple of days as showers bubbled up around the country, we ended up missing the majority of them as they tended to develop not far from here and then drift off to the south or further inland.
Today was another dry and largely bright day in this area and I have found it a great period to get outside work done.
I suppose on the flip side, we have had a fair amount of night time frosts that have been quite hard on some seedlings and tender plants if not protected. Grass growth is noticeably down this week and I am sure it is a concern to farmers. The ground is very hard and I have noticed a good few local streams and rivers starting to run at quite low levels.
For me though, the evening light has been quite some thing at times this week and even though the temperature fairly drops as the sun dips towards the western horizon, some of the sunsets and late evening skies will leave some nice memories.
The last sunset of April 2021
Nice post sunset colours as seen from the banks of the River Moy this week.
The last golden rays of the setting sun illuminates some tree tops as a faint rainbow seemed to disappear into a gap in the clouds.0 -
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