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Summer 2019 - General Discussion

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,666 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    appledrop wrote: »
    Ah Sryanbruen we don't want a classic August! That means a crap one!
    I see what you did there :pac:, very true though. I mean, an August to remember :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,996 ✭✭✭Slashermcguirk


    I agree, since the 3rd week of June this has been an excellent summer in Dublin. It all started around the first week of Wimbledon tennis and since then I can recall very few days under 20 degrees with most days in the range of 21-24 degrees. There hasn’t been the heat of last summer in terms of max temps but we did get a day or two up around 27. Still you would take 21-24 degrees and dry any summer in this part of the world


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,255 ✭✭✭Sammy2012


    Great summer overall since we came home from hols the first week in july. Have only wore trousers once since then. Heading away again on the 12th of aug so hopefully the weather will last until then.

    Speaking of which what is the weather currently looking like for the bank holiday weekend? Planning a bbq party on the sat and would like a dry monday for tinahely show?! I know it's a bit too far away to be 100% yet but just a general idea would be great.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,398 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn II


    I agree, since the 3rd week of June this has been an excellent summer in Dublin. It all started around the first week of Wimbledon tennis and since then I can recall very few days under 20 degrees with most days in the range of 21-24 degrees. There hasn’t been the heat of last summer in terms of max temps but we did get a day or two up around 27. Still you would take 21-24 degrees and dry any summer in this part of the world

    Agree. Funny enough my weather app (I know I know) continued to show crap weather throughout this period. I suppose there was some rain many of the days but it was slight.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,960 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    Sammy2012 wrote: »
    Planning a bbq party on the sat and would like a dry monday for tinahely show?! I know it's a bit too far away to be 100% yet but just a general idea would be great.

    So far next Saturday looks ok, but Sunday has the Atlantic coming back in and setting up the scene for start of August. The unsttled run is still in FI so hopefully it will get pushed back. I'd like to see a proper plume even for 1 to 2 days this August with high temperatures nationwide and no easterly breezes to ruin things. We can still get warm to hot plumes in first half of September so alot to play for still.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,238 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    compsys wrote: »
    I know. Ireland has literally one of the coolest climates in the world in summer.

    Perhaps so, but 'coolest' still does not mean 'cool' in the literal sense. I sometimes wonder if some peoples' blood is just all out cold, in that they need a constant source of external heat to keep 'em all warm and snuggy?

    You mention your preferred temp range. I see 13c to 17c (with low humidity) as a more a comfortable range for general outdoor daytime activities and for preventing the inside of the house from getting too warm.

    New Moon



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭Birdnuts


    For me its been a well above average Summer so far especially if you discount the first 3 weeks in June which were cold. Since the 24th of June we have had at least a Max Temp of 19c in Waterford with 25 days with 21c or above. Just 18mm of rain in July. Plenty of beach days so give me that every year and i'd be happy.

    Its been good in the East since the end of June - West and NW in particular though continue to struggle to get a decent look in


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭Donegal Storm


    Oneiric 3 wrote: »
    Perhaps so, but 'coolest' still does not mean 'cool' in the literal sense. I sometimes wonder if some peoples' blood is just all out cold, in that they need a constant source of external heat to keep 'em all warm and snuggy?

    You mention your preferred temp range. I see 13c to 17c (with low humidity) as a more a comfortable range for general outdoor daytime activities and for preventing the inside of the house from getting too warm.

    Well, normal body temperature is 37C so I don't see why the average person would find 20C to be unbearably hot. Each to their own of course but for me an entire summer between around 23C and 28C would be perfection, with the odd spectacular thunderstorm thrown in of course :)


    As for this summer, its been utterly crap in Donegal so far, a marked improvement since last Monday where its generally been ~20C with a mix of cloud and sun but up until then just unrelenting cool, grey, damp weather for all 7 weeks (bar a few days in late June) so it'll take a pretty special August to save things


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Gonzo wrote: »
    coastal Cornwall gets summers similar to Ireland, one of the few parts of England that doesn't draw up heat from the continent on a regular basis in summer due to being too far west stuck out to sea.

    Most of Cornwall is coastal.


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,151 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    .....this has been an excellent summer in Dublin.

    Agreed. So far, this July is warmer and drier than last July in my part of Dublin.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭esposito


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Agreed. So far, this July is warmer and drier than last July in my part of Dublin.

    Yes, can’t complain at all for the month of July in Dublin/Leinster. More of the same for August please ( a plume affecting us for a few days bringing temps into the high 20s would be nice)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,047 ✭✭✭Clonmel1000


    It’s been dry down here and mild certainly not cold in July. June was appalling. . Not much sun and a breeze there a lot of the time this month though. In saying that it’s a lovely morning out and I’m looking forward to experiencing this famous Dublin summer later on today during the hurling.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,238 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    Well, normal body temperature is 37C so I don't see why the average person would find 20C to be unbearably hot

    As you say, each to their own I suppose, but the temperature here right now of 14.1c, with just the slightest breeze, feels near perfect for me. It isn't uncomfortably warm and the tiny little flutters of wind give an an enjoyable cool, fresh feel on the skin.

    When it comes to cold temps though, I can be just as narky. The usual westerly bringing the typical 7 or 8c during the winter feels far more nasty to me than the -5.0c, with a near gale force wind, did during 'Storm Emma' in Feb 18'.

    New Moon



  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,151 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    I’m looking forward to experiencing this famous Dublin summer later on today during the hurling.

    Ah crap! No doubt it will probably rain this afternoon in Dublin! :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,323 ✭✭✭highdef


    Mix of sun and cloud in North kildare. Mild in the sun but very cool in the shade, enhanced by a chilly North or North West breeze.... Out walking so unsure of exact direction.

    Not sunbathing weather, that's for sure.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,457 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    It’s been dry down here and mild certainly not cold in July. June was appalling. . Not much sun and a breeze there a lot of the time this month though. In saying that it’s a lovely morning out and I’m looking forward to experiencing this famous Dublin summer later on today during the hurling.

    You should be OK... It's warm and sunny with broken cloud


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,457 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    highdef wrote: »
    Mix of sun and cloud in North kildare. Mild in the sun but very cool in the shade, enhanced by a chilly North or North West breeze.... Out walking so unsure of exact direction.

    Not sunbathing weather, that's for sure.

    Funny... Right by the coast here in North Dublin and there's no breeze whatsoever


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,908 ✭✭✭acequion


    Yesterday in Tralee was very pleasant but I didn't find it particularly warm and the early morning was crap. Today is dull and drizzly, you get many such days here.

    While this summer is reasonable in the sense that temps are good and you can wear the summer clothes all the time, there are very few beach days and rain is never far away. All depends on individual perspective. Some would say it's a great summer, others would say it's at best only allright. I'd probably be in the latter group and very happy I can get away a fair bit. If it was a really good summer I wouldn't want to go anywhere. That's the difference for me, how much I feel the need to escape.

    Hopefully today might brighten up a bit as the constant cloud is depressing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,119 ✭✭✭compsys


    acequion wrote: »
    Yesterday in Tralee was very pleasant but I didn't find it particularly warm and the early morning was crap. Today is dull and drizzly, you get many such days here.

    While this summer is reasonable in the sense that temps are good and you can wear the summer clothes all the time, there are very few beach days and rain is never far away. All depends on individual perspective. Some would say it's a great summer, others would say it's at best only allright. I'd probably be in the latter group and very happy I can get away a fair bit. If it was a really good summer I wouldn't want to go anywhere. That's the difference for me, how much I feel the need to escape.

    Hopefully today might brighten up a bit as the constant cloud is depressing.

    Not just individual perspective but location too.

    The east has been far drier, warmer and sunnier than the far west, north or south west. I’m not sure anyone in these regions is claiming it to have been a very good summer there.

    July has been nice in Dublin but hasn’t been nice enough to have made up for an atrocious June imo.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,685 ✭✭✭Mobhi1


    Nice day here in Glasnevin again. It's a mix of sun and cloud and 19.8C. It's quite breezy.


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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,960 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    another mild day in Dunshaughlin, reaching 20C earlier. On my second last day in Spain, so soaking up every bit of warm sunshine I can.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,238 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    compsys wrote: »
    Not just individual perspective but location too.

    The east has been far drier, warmer and sunnier than the far west, north or south west
    If you are talking about the exposed west coast, then yes, the east has been warmer. Mean max temps further inland though only show a marginal difference to those in the east, in fact, Shannon Apt, for example, is joint warmest with Oak Park this July so far.

    Regarding rainfall, while the west may be wetter, much of that rain fell in a short space of time. Your painting picture of the weather in the west this summer so far that does not reflect my experience of it.

    New Moon



  • Registered Users Posts: 4,693 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    Wet and cloudy atm in West cork. Had a heavy shower which just passed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,238 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    acequion wrote: »

    While this summer is reasonable in the sense that temps are good and you can wear the summer clothes all the time, there are very few beach days

    Look on the bright side. Since most people go to the beach to cool down anyway, you have been spared the bother of having to go there.

    New Moon



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,908 ✭✭✭acequion


    Oneiric 3 wrote: »
    If you are talking about the exposed west coast, then yes, the east has been warmer. Mean max temps further inland though only show a marginal difference to those in the east, in fact, Shannon Apt, for example, is joint warmest with Oak Park this July so far.

    Regarding rainfall, while the west may be wetter, much of that rain fell in a short space of time. Your painting picture of the weather in the west this summer so far that does not reflect my experience of it.

    Though I wouldn't usually be usually on the same wavelength as this poster, I think he/she's right on this one.

    It sounds like the usual east /west divide, weather wise, with one key difference this year: temps in the west are quite warm. Otherwise, though I'm not in Dublin and indeed am only spending half the summer in Ireland, from what I can gather I'd say they have double the sunny /bright days and probably none of the drizzle, aka the famous Irish mist, which plagues the west.

    Today didn't improve at all in Tralee, dull and depressing all day.:(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,477 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    Oneiric 3 wrote: »
    Look on the bright side. Since most people go to the beach to cool down anyway, you have been spared the bother of having to go there.

    I never went to any beach to cool down!


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,506 ✭✭✭✭Xenji


    Oneiric 3 wrote: »
    If you are talking about the exposed west coast, then yes, the east has been warmer. Mean max temps further inland though only show a marginal difference to those in the east, in fact, Shannon Apt, for example, is joint warmest with Oak Park this July so far.

    Regarding rainfall, while the west may be wetter, much of that rain fell in a short space of time. Your painting picture of the weather in the west this summer so far that does not reflect my experience of it.

    It really depends, its has been average in Castlebar as although the mean temperature has been higher in July compared to last year there still has been very little sunshine, plus this June produced one of our lowest mean temperatures at 13C for that month.

    Rainfall in both June and July has exceeded last years recordings and coming into August we have had over 100mm of rain every year since 2008, some of those years totaled over 200mm, so in recent years August can be a wash out at times.

    You can still get out and about and do things, but the constant lack of sunshine and high humidity puts a damper on this summer so far.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,027 ✭✭✭MidMan25


    acequion wrote: »
    Oneiric 3 wrote: »
    If you are talking about the exposed west coast, then yes, the east has been warmer. Mean max temps further inland though only show a marginal difference to those in the east, in fact, Shannon Apt, for example, is joint warmest with Oak Park this July so far.

    Regarding rainfall, while the west may be wetter, much of that rain fell in a short space of time. Your painting picture of the weather in the west this summer so far that does not reflect my experience of it.

    Though I wouldn't usually be usually on the same wavelength as this poster, I think he/she's right on this one.

    It sounds like the usual east /west divide, weather wise, with one key difference this year: temps in the west are quite warm. Otherwise, though I'm not in Dublin and indeed am only spending half the summer in Ireland, from what I can gather I'd say they have double the sunny /bright days and probably none of the drizzle, aka the famous Irish mist, which plagues the west.

    Today didn't improve at all in Tralee, dull and depressing all day.:(

    We get it, you go on a lot of holidays.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,238 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    Xenji wrote: »
    It really depends, its has been average in Castlebar as although the mean temperature has been higher in July compared to last year there still has been very little sunshine, plus this June produced one of our lowest mean temperatures at 13C for that month.

    Rainfall in both June and July has exceeded last years recordings and coming into August we have had over 100mm of rain every year since 2008, some of those years totaled over 200mm, so in recent years August can be a wash out at times.

    You can still get out and about and do things, but the constant lack of sunshine and high humidity puts a damper on this summer so far.

    Yes, the humidity is a big killer this summer (and particularly this month) for me. Sunshine is not something I am that fussed about but would reckon about average amounts for this area. I remember duller Julys than this, though I've seen sunnier ones too. All in all, this has been a very bland, if sickly humid summer so far I think.

    New Moon



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,153 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    We drove from Dublin to north west Mayo today . It got noticeably cooler as we drove . Quite chilly compared to the east today


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,685 ✭✭✭Mobhi1


    It's been a nice day in Glasnevin with sun and cloud, as it has been for most of July, with a high of 21.7C. It's currently 18.7C and mostly cloudy. The high temperature's been over 20 for the last week and there's only been six days in July when it failed to reach 20. The rainfall this month has so far totalled 24mm.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,323 ✭✭✭highdef


    Oneiric 3 wrote: »
    Look on the bright side. Since most people go to the beach to cool down anyway, you have been spared the bother of having to go there.

    Usually (but not all of the time), going to the beach in Ireland during settled weather usually means having to put up a windbreaker due to a cold sea breeze. It could be a pleasant 25c a couple of dozen km inland with a light mild breeze but at the same time on the beach it can often be in the mid to high teens with a keen and cold wind...... No thank you.

    I lived most of my life less than 1km from the east coast in Dublin and I can tell you, despite the sunnier weather than inland, the wind would often cut you in two, especially in May, June and often July as well.

    I'm now living 40km inland and the summer weather is so much better than when I lived near the coast. Yes, there may not be as much sunshine but the lack of sea breeze on most warm and settled days is a blessing. In the past couple of years, I've been gradually building a new back garden and I've been planting everything in such a way so as to create a micro climate, often 2c or 3c warmer than the garden on the other side of the wall. I spend as much time as I can in the new garden.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,908 ✭✭✭acequion


    highdef wrote: »
    Usually (but not all of the time), going to the beach in Ireland during settled weather usually means having to put up a windbreaker due to a cold sea breeze. It could be a pleasant 25c a couple of dozen km inland with a light mild breeze but at the same time on the beach it can often be in the mid to high teens with a keen and cold wind...... No thank you.

    I lived most of my life less than 1km from the east coast in Dublin and I can tell you, despite the sunnier weather than inland, the wind would often cut you in two, especially in May, June and often July as well.

    I'm now living 40km inland and the summer weather is so much better than when I lived near the coast. Yes, there may not be as much sunshine but the lack of sea breeze on most warm and settled days is a blessing. In the past couple of years, I've been gradually building a new back garden and I've been planting everything in such a way so as to create a micro climate, often 2c or 3c warmer than the garden on the other side of the wall. I spend as much time as I can in the new garden.

    If I had your garden I wouldn't need to go away as much. :pac::pac:

    It does sound lovely, by the way, so well done!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,323 ✭✭✭highdef


    acequion wrote: »
    If I had your garden I wouldn't need to go away as much. :pac::pac:

    It does sound lovely, by the way, so well done!

    Why thank you - it does have the advantage that on a breezy but sunny day, nearly half the new garden will be completely calm and receiving buckets of direct sunlight.

    And you're right, it gives me enough of a heat fix to lessen my urge to visit a warmer country all the time.

    The flip side is that in winter, it's still very sheltered and the fact that the sun is a lot lower in the sky means that this new garden is actually colder then the main back garden.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭Artane2002


    ZX7R wrote: »
    I've the opposite feeling, I think a very mild winter and Chasing even a bit of a frosty weather.

    Surely it can't get worse than last winter!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭SeaBreezes


    From the south coast perspective I think we had a slightly better summer than the rest of Ireland (for once) we seem to have missed the major rain and caught any warmth (albeit cloudy warmth) still, not bad for a summer and enough beach days to brace a swim in the sea :-)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,027 ✭✭✭MidMan25


    SeaBreezes wrote: »
    From the south coast perspective I think we had a slightly better summer than the rest of Ireland (for once) we seem to have missed the major rain and caught any warmth (albeit cloudy warmth) still, not bad for a summer and enough beach days to brace a swim in the sea :-)

    Seems like we’ve had the most consistently good weather but we missed out on the extremes. One properly hot day is all I can recall but by and large it has been pleasant and mostly dry since mid June.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭Cork Boy 53


    Was in Waterford for the weekend visiting friends. Cloudy and dry yesterday Sunny start this morning, before clouding over, brightened up into a warm sunny afternoon but on my way home this evening, as soon as I reached Midleton, it turned misty with patchy rain.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,987 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Fed up with drizzly rain today up here in North Donegal.

    I got up at 8am, and bar one hour, it has rained all day. All day.

    As if Sundays aren't depressing enough.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,666 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    Artane2002 wrote: »
    Surely it can't get worse than last winter!
    You'd be surprised, could be a 2013-14. At least second half of January was more seasonable (whilst not close to amazing by any means). However, I don't want to see a spell like late Dec-early Jan for a long time... cloudy and dry day after day with no sunshine, I feel sorry for Corkians especially suffering with that very long period of consecutive dull days - I forget the exact number though.

    Meanwhile, was an alright day in Dublin. Mainly cloudy but the odd brightness and usable weather.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Mortelaro


    Lots of altocumulus visible looking south from Arklow this evening, hopefully a sign of heavy rain or thunder in the East/southeast in the next 36 to 48hrs fingers crossed?


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭Donegal Storm


    Cool, dark and drizzly in Donegal all day, yet another day with zero sunshine.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,457 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Fed up with drizzly rain today up here in North Donegal.

    I got up at 8am, and bar one hour, it has rained all day. All day.

    As if Sundays aren't depressing enough.

    That's crazy.. it's been warm and sunny all day here.

    I feel for you really. Grey misty crap is soul destroying.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭esposito


    Cool, dark and drizzly in Donegal all day, yet another day with zero sunshine.

    If I was offered a dirt cheap house in Donegal I would not live there because of the awful weather it gets. I’ve only been to Donegal once and i know it’s a lovely county with the scenery but sorry I just could never live there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,908 ✭✭✭acequion


    esposito wrote: »
    If I was offered a dirt cheap house in Donegal I would not live there because of the awful weather it gets. I’ve only been to Donegal once and i know it’s a lovely county with the scenery but sorry I just could never live there.

    You'd probably say the same about Kerry. :( But despite the weather I'd still live here any day over Dublin. And I mean no offense because I do like Dublin.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,685 ✭✭✭Mobhi1


    esposito wrote: »
    If I was offered a dirt cheap house in Donegal I would not live there because of the awful weather it gets. I’ve only been to Donegal once and i know it’s a lovely county with the scenery but sorry I just could never live there.

    One of the last times I remember staying in Donegal it was the August bank holiday weekend and halfway through the weekend it cleared to gloriously warm and sunny weather. I remember being in the sea thinking it was as good as any Mediterranean beach, with hardly anyone on it apart from us. Most times I've been there it unfortunately hasn't been as good. The main downside is that if Donegal regularly got that sort of weather it would be full of tourists and wouldn't be as pleasant.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,685 ✭✭✭Mobhi1


    It's a nice mostly clear night here. It's quite pleasant out with very little breeze. It's currently 15.6C.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭Donegal Storm


    esposito wrote: »
    If I was offered a dirt cheap house in Donegal I would not live there because of the awful weather it gets. I’ve only been to Donegal once and i know it’s a lovely county with the scenery but sorry I just could never live there.

    Its not usually that bad to be fair, this summer has been unusually grey. Plus we typically get more snow, stronger storms and a lot more thundery hail squalls than the east coast in the winter months ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,119 ✭✭✭compsys


    acequion wrote: »
    Though I wouldn't usually be usually on the same wavelength as this poster, I think he/she's right on this one.

    .:(

    What wavelength is that?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,666 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    I am planning an overnight trip to Donegal this August for photography and I'm hoping for some sunny spells at the very least whilst I'm there but I won't hold my breath!


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