29 degrees possible May 28th.

Oneiric 3 · 28-05-2020 1:19pm

24.4c in my back yard at mo.

amadangomor · 28-05-2020 1:23pm

Garden is a real sun trap. Too hot to sit out in it at the moment here in the midlands. Need a parasol.

Feck it, think will get a few cold ones for the evening and enjoy it.

pauldry · 28-05-2020 1:31pm

Only 23c in Sligo....rubbish day

Danno · 28-05-2020 1:40pm

pauldry wrote: »

Only 23c in Sligo....rubbish day

Remember after the heat abated in Early July 2018 and was thinking the same. Pffft, 24°c! A big cool down from the 31.3°c recorded a few days before!

Gaoth Laidir · 28-05-2020 2:14pm

2 pm:

25 degrees at Athenry, Claremorris and Mount Dillon.
24 at Belmullet, Custome Barracks, Donegal Airport, Finner, Gurteen, Mullingar, Newport, Shannon

pauldry · 28-05-2020 2:34pm

Gwon Newport

Gaoth Laidir · 28-05-2020 2:39pm

Custume Barracks in Athlone now 25 too at 13:30. Broken cirrus at 23,000 ft, so maybe shaving a degree or so off what it could have been.

METAR EIAC 281330Z AUTO 17008KT 120V210 9999 BKN230/// 25/14 Q1029=

Oneiric 3 · 28-05-2020 2:51pm

Temps seems to have stabilised here in last hour with no real rise observed.

pauldry · 28-05-2020 3:07pm

26.8c in my back garden in Sligo.

Will that count?

John mac · 28-05-2020 3:18pm

pauldry wrote: »

26.8c in my back garden in Sligo.

Will that count?

see your 26.8 and raise you to 41° in my polytunnel

(both doors are open )
pity im still in work.

pauldry · 28-05-2020 3:20pm

Actual 26c Newport and Mt Dillon

SouthWesterly · 28-05-2020 3:22pm

It's just under 23 in my garden.
Bit of a breeze.

JCX BXC · 28-05-2020 3:39pm

25.0°c in West Clare, high cloud spoiling what the temperatures could have been

Oneiric 3 · 28-05-2020 3:48pm

Hovering around 25c here too the last while. No real change. Cumulus actually trying to convect further at the moment but failing. If only there was a bit more instability in the atmosphere - would have made for an interesting evening.

Gaoth Laidir · 28-05-2020 4:13pm

4pm:

26 C - Mount Dillon, Sligo Airport.
25 C - Athenry, Belmullet, Casement, Claremorris, Custume Barracks, Finner, Newport.

Donegal took a nosedive between 15:30 and 16:00, from 25 to 22 C, coinciding with a windshift from a southeasterly quadrant to a westerly one (sea breeze).

METAR EIDL 281430Z 15009KT 120V190 CAVOK 25/14 Q1028=
METAR EIDL 281500Z 28005KT 170V340 CAVOK 22/16 Q1028=

Gonzo · 28-05-2020 4:21pm

not sure we'll make it to 27C today, a few of the stations have gone down by a degree or so in the past hour with sea breezes. Currently 24C here in Meath, our warmest day of the year so far!

Blaze420 · 28-05-2020 4:23pm

Gonzo wrote: »

not sure we'll make it to 27C today, a few of the stations have gone down by a degree or so in the past hour with sea breezes. Currently 24C here in Meath, our warmest day of the year so far!

We definitely didn’t hit t in Limerick today, topped out about 24/25 max but nowhere near 28. Hopefully tomorrow gets one up on it

ninebeanrows · 28-05-2020 4:32pm

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

4pm:

26 C - Mount Dillon, Sligo Airport.
25 C - Athenry, Belmullet, Casement, Claremorris, Custume Barracks, Finner, Newport.

Donegal took a nosedive between 15:30 and 16:00, from 25 to 22 C, coinciding with a windshift from a southeasterly quadrant to a westerly one (sea breeze).

METAR EIDL 281430Z 15009KT 120V190 CAVOK 25/14 Q1028=
METAR EIDL 281500Z 28005KT 170V340 CAVOK 22/16 Q1028=

26,6 at Mt Dillion likely maxed out now

pauldry · 28-05-2020 4:33pm

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

4pm:

26 C - Mount Dillon, Sligo Airport.
25 C - Athenry, Belmullet, Casement, Claremorris, Custume Barracks, Finner, Newport.

Donegal took a nosedive between 15:30 and 16:00, from 25 to 22 C, coinciding with a windshift from a southeasterly quadrant to a westerly one (sea breeze).

METAR EIDL 281430Z 15009KT 120V190 CAVOK 25/14 Q1028=
METAR EIDL 281500Z 28005KT 170V340 CAVOK 22/16 Q1028=

The 26.8c max in my back yard not too inaccurate for a cheapo weather station

esposito · 28-05-2020 4:58pm

Gonzo wrote: »

not sure we'll make it to 27C today, a few of the stations have gone down by a degree or so in the past hour with sea breezes. Currently 24C here in Meath, our warmest day of the year so far!

I’m loving the fact that we are warmer than London today. London only 21 C. Dublin is 23 C and much warmer as we know further west.

Gaoth Laidir · 28-05-2020 5:18pm

Finner now top at 5 pm:

26 °C - Finner
25 °C - Belmullet, Casement, Custume Barracks, Claremorris, Derry Airport, Mount Dillon, Newport, Sligo Airport

Danno · 28-05-2020 5:19pm

Finner 26c at 5pm.

Breeze has stopped the AWS rising further than 24.3°c recorded earlier here in south Laois. Will check the manual thermometers later.

pauldry · 28-05-2020 6:04pm

My back yard went back to 26.6c but not 26.8c again but now 24.7c

Have thermometer about 3 metres up and it gets all the wind and is covered by the yoke that stops sun making it 40c

Dickie10 · 28-05-2020 6:11pm

going to be one of those beautiful evenings where you get in your car at 10:30 tonight and its 20 on the temp gaauage, very few times a year that happens

Gaoth Laidir · 28-05-2020 6:12pm

6 pm

25 °C - Finner, Mount Dillon, Donegal Airport, Sligo Airport
24 °C - Belmullet, Casement, Claremorris, Custume Barracks, Derry Airport, Mullingar, Newport.

Donegal Airport now back up to 25 °C as the wind swings back to 170 ° (the beach is to its west).

ETAR EIDL 281700Z AUTO 17011KT CAVOK 25/14 Q1027=

Gaoth Laidir · 28-05-2020 7:12pm

7 pm

Sligo Airport still 25 degrees, Donegal Airport 24, Newport, Mount Dillon, etc. 23 and below.

METAR EISG 281700Z AUTO 15008KT 110V200 CAVOK 25/13 Q1026=
METAR EIDL 281800Z AUTO 16011KT CAVOK 24/15 Q1026=

sryanbruen · 28-05-2020 7:41pm

Provisionally 25.7C at Casement is a new May record for the station beating previous of 24.9C on 23 May 2010.

Gaoth Laidir · 28-05-2020 8:06pm

Max exact temperatures at the synop stations today:

25.9 - Finner
25.7 - Casement, Mullingar
25.6 - Belmullet
26.3 - Claremorris
25.0 - Gurteen
24.5 - Oak Park
25.0 - Magilligan No. 2
24.6 - Castlederg
24.3 - Knock
24.2 - Shannon, Thomastown
24.1 - Belfast Aldergrove
24.0 - Mace Head
23.6 - Portglenone
23.3 - Ballyhaise
23.0 - Valentia
21.9 - Glennane
22.4 - Lough Fea
21.0 - Ballypatrick Forest
20.7 - Dublin Airport
20.0 - Johnstown Castle
19.9 - Cork Airport
18.5 - Sherkin Island
18.3 - Malin Head
17.8 - Roches Point

pauldry · 28-05-2020 8:13pm

Still nearly 25c in Sligo at 810pm

ongarboy · 28-05-2020 8:19pm

Jean Byrne mentioned max reached of 27c on Six One weather on RTE. I don't know which weather station though.

Meteorite58 · 28-05-2020 8:25pm

Very warm here around Tralee late afternoon getting up to 24.4C and still grand at 18.8C if somewhat windy out here near the coast, steady brisk breeze all day.

Gonzo · 28-05-2020 8:29pm

amazing evening at Dunshaughlin, still 21c as the sun is going down, it's going to be a warm night!

Next few days should get to 24C in most places. Sea breezes could be a bit more an issue next few days but still low 20's for the majority of the country between now and Monday. A peach of a weekend for the whole country, enjoy it while we have it!

Gaoth Laidir · 28-05-2020 8:37pm

ongarboy wrote: »

Jean Byrne mentioned max reached of 27c on Six One weather on RTE. I don't know which weather station though.

It was Siobhán and she just said Roscommon (so Mount Dillon).

A degree or two lower tomorrow in a bit more high cloud, with a frontal band pushing close to the west coast. Malin Head could be the warmest tomorrow as winds turn more southerly.

Oneiric 3 · 28-05-2020 9:25pm

Of no value to anyone but checked half hourly data from my own station (for today since 5am up to 8pm) and compared it the Met Eireann 'WOW' station just outside the other side of town, and I am impressed with the reasonable accuracy of my own, particularly during this warm day. My max of 25.6c was reached just after 2.40pm.

Orange = my station
Blue equals = Wow station.

PS, the chart is a mess and all over the place as generated in a rush, ignore markers and times on bottom of chart.

Gaoth Laidir · 28-05-2020 9:59pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Of no value to anyone but checked half hourly data from my own station (for today since 5am up to 8pm) and compared it the Met Eireann 'WOW' station just outside the other side of town, and I am impressed with the reasonable accuracy of my own, particularly during this warm day. My max of 25.6c was reached just after 2.40pm.

Orange = my station
Blue equals = Wow station.

PS, the chart is a mess and all over the place as generated in a rush, ignore markers and times on bottom of chart.

Nice graph. Is the other station a private garden or what's its siting like? It was notably cooler than yours overnight.

sryanbruen · 28-05-2020 11:25pm

Another two May records possibly with a notable quirk for Mullingar having observed both a new May min and May max in the same month.

https://twitter.com/kilkennyweather/status/1266131878949654528?s=20

Neddyusa · 29-05-2020 12:35am

pauldry wrote: »

The 26.8c max in my back yard not too inaccurate for a cheapo weather station

26.8 peak here in Roscommon as well

Mortelaro · 29-05-2020 7:05am

A beautiful 19.4c peak in Arklow with the refreshing sea breeze
I couldn't work too well on the farm in a dead heat 26c or 27c to be honest
Expecting a similar temperature profile here on the east coast today
Low of 8.6c here last night

Calibos · 29-05-2020 7:43am

Mortelaro wrote: »

A beautiful 19.4c peak in Arklow with the refreshing sea breeze
I couldn't work too well on the farm in a dead heat 26c or 27c to be honest
Expecting a similar temperature profile here on the east coast today
Low of 8.6c here last night

Even sitting out in it. On the one hand I often feel jealous for some reason when I hear about the potential for 28-30º in the midlands or out west during heatwaves because the east coast is always cooler with the Irish Sea maritime influence in those scenarios....yet in 2018 for example when it was 26ºc and not outrageous humidity either here in Bray, I sat out in the Sun and lasted literally 1 minute before I said 'F this heat!!' and went back inside where it was cooler.

So why exactly is my first instinct to be jealous of 28-30ºc ??? LOL

Oneiric 3 · 29-05-2020 7:58am

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Nice graph. Is the other station a private garden or what's its siting like? It was notably cooler than yours overnight.

I have never seen it but have a rough idea where it is located and it is located in what seems to be reclaimed bog land near some sort of waterworks place. Very prone to those rising evening mists and overnight fogs. I might take a cycle out there over the weekend and see if I can take a couple of shorts of it. My own station in not ideally located (middle of housing estate!) and stands at 14ft high in order to grab as much of the 'ambient' air flow as possible, so temps at night esp not going to correspond with the Met station all that well. Not that I check that WOW site all that much anyway as it is so buggy to load and crashes half the time when trying too.

Gaoth Laidir · 29-05-2020 8:00am

For the record

https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/1266109606721437696?s=19

Oneiric 3 · 29-05-2020 8:07am

Calibos wrote: »

Even sitting out in it. On the one hand I often feel jealous for some reason when I hear about the potential for 28-30º in the midlands or out west during heatwaves because the east coast is always cooler with the Irish Sea maritime influence in those scenarios....yet in 2018 for example when it was 26ºc and not outrageous humidity either here in Bray, I sat out in the Sun and lasted literally 1 minute before I said 'F this heat!!' and went back inside where it was cooler. So why exactly is my first instinct to be jealous of 28-30ºc ??? LOL

It is nice to get some warmth now and again, but more often than not, I end up being jealous of those who live near the coast in summer because it is nearly always cooler there. Temperatures of 25c plus are over-rated in my opinion.

Mortelaro · 29-05-2020 8:31am

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

I have never seen it but have a rough idea where it is located and it is located in what seems to be reclaimed bog land near some sort of waterworks place. Very prone to those rising evening mists and overnight fogs. I might take a cycle out there over the weekend and see if I can take a couple of shorts of it. My own station in not ideally located (middle of housing estate!) and stands at 14ft high in order to grab as much of the 'ambient' air flow as possible, so temps at night esp not going to correspond with the Met station all that well. Not that I check that WOW site all that much anyway as it is so buggy to load and crashes half the time when trying too.

Is it a met station or a private station?
Most of the wow sites are private stations
I'm rural so do dip at night moreso than the town near me but close enough to the sea to get a full on uninterrupted sea breeze which can get up to 30 or 40kmph at its strongest
Its always enough when going to bring in a marine layer which settles despite the sunshine
The location here also means a southerly is a sea breeze as well as E, NE and SE, so we really only see high temps if there's a sw, w or nw
However unlike well inland, there has to be moving air to advect and moving air is mixed air, so while it would warm here considerably, it would still be more moderate heat than still inland heat
Highest temp I've had here was 27.4c
On that occasion, there was no breeze at all or just a very light land breeze
It was insufferable as we were putting tyres on a silage pit at the time in summer 18
Luckily it was one day only

Oneiric 3 · 29-05-2020 10:44am

Mortelaro wrote: »

Is it a met station or a private station?
Most of the wow sites are private stations

Nearest WOW station to me is a Met Eireann station:

https://wow.metoffice.gov.uk/observations/details/20200529mcr9qqpbtce6in5tyyb96smudo

Very Arklowesque type weather here at the moment, bright, dry and surprisingly breezey. Feels far more bearable than yesterday (so far anyway)

Danno · 29-05-2020 8:58pm

Danno wrote: »

Finner 26c at 5pm.

Breeze has stopped the AWS rising further than 24.3°c recorded earlier here in south Laois. Will check the manual thermometers later.

Stevenson's screen thermometers recorded 24.6°c yesterday.

Comhrá · 30-05-2020 7:47am

29 degrees possible May 28th.

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