It wasn't July

AllForIt · 01-08-2020 11:11pm #1

Weather wise, this has been the most depressing July I ever experienced.

Here in the west of Ireland, of Wild Atlantic Way fame, it pissed down rain every day for the whole month of July ever single day.

I'm not talking about showers here, I'm taking about wall to wall rain all day ever day for days and days non stop.

That means no direct sunlight. None whatsoever. No sunshine. In July.

The weird thing is, this happens, and no one brings the subject up.

But Greta thinks she can change the weather.

dodderangler · 01-08-2020 11:12pm

Agreed. This month I was gonna spend on doing the back and front garden but every singke weekend its been lashing out. Miserable month

Man with broke phone · 01-08-2020 11:17pm

The last two years have spoiled ye. This is July. This is Ireland. Bring a plastic sheet with sleeves in it tucked into the pocket of your shorts everywhere you go.

It mightened look like it, but, itll rain.

Montage of Feck · 01-08-2020 11:20pm

Who's this Greta you speak of? Never heard of her.

seamusk84 · 01-08-2020 11:22pm

Looking ok next Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
August yeah, but hey that’s some good news.

Gremlinertia · 01-08-2020 11:26pm

Was on a roadtrip round connemara two weeks ago, blistering all morning and afternoon, rained like a pig that night. I might, for once have had my timing right.

Mr Meanor · 01-08-2020 11:29pm

AllForIt wrote: »

Weather wise, this has been the most depressing July I ever experienced.

Here in the west of Ireland, of Wild Atlantic Way fame, it pissed down rain every day for the whole month of July ever single day.

I'm not talking about showers here, I'm taking about wall to wall rain all day ever day for days and days non stop.

That means no direct sunlight. None whatsoever. No sunshine. In July.

The weird thing is, this happens, and no one brings the subject up.

But Greta thinks she can change the weather.

https://www.climatestotravel.com/climate/ireland

Quote from site

The island of Ireland has an oceanic climate, cool and damp, cloudy and rainy throughout the year.

Rainfall is frequent throughout the island, but especially along the west coast, where it rains on average even more than once every two days; rainfall is more abundant on the slopes of the western hills, where it exceeds 2,000 millimeters (80 inches) per year. In Galway, on the west coast, 1,150 mm (45.5 in) of rain fall per year; in Cork, on the south coast, 1,200 mm (48 in). The least rainy area is the eastern one, where Dublin is located: here the rainfall is around 760 mm (30 in) per year.

AllForIt · 01-08-2020 11:41pm

Gremlinertia wrote: »

Was on a roadtrip round connemara two weeks ago, blistering all morning and afternoon, rained like a pig that night. I might, for once have had my timing right.

I'm curious. Whats a round trip in commemaara. Like what's that.

shaveAbullock · 01-08-2020 11:42pm

I got out for some exercise everyday, probably only rained on once.

What's the problem?

Gremlinertia · 01-08-2020 11:43pm

A roadtrip out from galway by barna, coast road to clifden via ballyconneely, out to leenane, back to maam cross, oughterard, moycullen and back to galway

shaveAbullock · 01-08-2020 11:44pm

Gremlinertia wrote: »

A roadtrip out from galway by barna, coast road to clifden via ballyconneely, out to leenane, back to maam cross, oughterard, moycullen and back to galway

Sound like a nice route for a cycle.

nthclare · 01-08-2020 11:51pm

I had the best seatrout fishing since the early 2000's

The river's were well up, but I'd say well get a really mild winter and a warm autumn...

dodderangler · 02-08-2020 12:10am

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Who's this Greta you speak of? Never heard of her.

HOW DARE YOU

washman3 · 02-08-2020 12:21am

AllForIt wrote: »

No idea that what the problem is.

But everyone else seems to be complaining about their problems, so, why should I.

I think a lot of the problem is the way the month of July was forecast.
Remember the talk/headlines back in June, 'heatwave in July' along with 'there will be only 4 days with rainfall in July'.

People took this on board and are now pissed off that the experts got it so wrong yet again.
Another example, last Wednesday (29th) had been forecasted, the previous Sunday, to be a very good day, 'dry and humid with good sunshine developing in the afternoon with temps of 20-22 degrees in moderate to fresh southerly winds'
What transpired was one of the worst days of wind and rain this year, at least in the mid-west anyway.
If our forecasters get the calls this wrong, it's little wonder people become pissed off. It was only 3 days ahead after all.

nthclare · 02-08-2020 12:43am

dodderangler wrote: »

HOW DARE YOU

Gretta, Covid next Aliens will visit us...:)

Overheal · 02-08-2020 4:27am

Fcuk 2020, amirite?

the.red.baron · 02-08-2020 9:24am

AllForIt wrote: »

Weather wise, this has been the most depressing July I ever experienced.

Here in the west of Ireland, of Wild Atlantic Way fame, it pissed down rain every day for the whole month of July ever single day.

I'm not talking about showers here, I'm taking about wall to wall rain all day ever day for days and days non stop.

That means no direct sunlight. None whatsoever. No sunshine. In July.

The weird thing is, this happens, and no one brings the subject up.

But Greta thinks she can change the weather.

Bull**** if course, been an average July, scorching or raining, one causing the other, a mini florida

I'm walnut colour, all thanks to the sun of Galway

fryup · 02-08-2020 11:51am

maybe it was a blessing in disguise??

cause if the weather was fine you would have had loads of people out & about spreading covid

pgj2015 · 02-08-2020 1:25pm

fryup wrote: »

maybe it was a blessing in disguise??

cause if the weather was fine you would have had loads of people out & about spreading covid

its having people inside that spreads viruses. that is why people get the flu in winter.

02-08-2020 1:40pm

It sometimes surprises me that Irish people don't know our own weather. We get the same rainfall in June as we do in November.

Our dry months are April and May, and this year was the classic example of that.

washman3 · 02-08-2020 1:43pm

fryup wrote: »

maybe it was a blessing in disguise??

cause if the weather was fine you would have had loads of people out & about spreading covid

Well 'the experts' told you that so it must be true...:rolleyes::rolleyes:

shaveAbullock · 02-08-2020 1:48pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

It sometimes surprises me that Irish people don't know our own weather. We get the same rainfall in June as we do in November.

Also tend to overlook the advantages of living in a temperate climate and how rough most other countries have it with extreme weather changes.

juneg · 02-08-2020 1:58pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

It sometimes surprises me that Irish people don't know our own weather. We get the same rainfall in June as we do in November.

Our dry months are April and May, and this year was the classic example of that.

You beat me to it. Before having a new pump installed our septic tank always flooded in two months of the year. July and November .

Nice when the sun shines in July but its definitely a big month for rainfall. We get the Atlantic weather and the tail end of anything coming over from the Americas.

We had a caravan in the west when the kids were small and July was always the same. Nice spells of sunshine where you would get out to the playground or for a walk or an ice cream or whatever. Then lashing rain later on. It is strange to see Europe in the grip of a heatwave and we're frozen here!! We had a French student here a few years back and she would be sending back pictures of her beside the fire and her own family would be on the beach.

I hope August is better.

fleet_admiral · 02-08-2020 2:00pm

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Who's this Greta you speak of? Never heard of her.

The weather potato

monkeysnapper · 02-08-2020 2:12pm

The weather never bothers me one bit .... lifes to short.... I've never understood people who for example wont go out running or cycling because it's raining....
I always say what's first thing you do when you come in from a run or cycle..... have a shower...

Buy quality gear and do what ever you want what ever the weather unless its dangerous to do so.

The one thing I did do end of last year was buy a smart cycle trainer and subscribed to zwift .... I have become a big fan of that especially during lock down .

02-08-2020 2:13pm

juneg wrote: »

You beat me to it. Before having a new pump installed our septic tank always flooded in two months of the year. July and November .

It's something to do with warm air from the continent, isn't it? I remember learning this in school, but the details are hazy.

I don't think I have any clear memories of dry July, it's often wet or at least very muggy and humid.

Hoping for a dry August and September seems much more realistic.

Yellow_Fern · 02-08-2020 2:25pm

AllForIt wrote: »

Weather wise, this has been the most depressing July I ever experienced.

Here in the west of Ireland, of Wild Atlantic Way fame, it pissed down rain every day for the whole month of July ever single day.

I'm not talking about showers here, I'm taking about wall to wall rain all day ever day for days and days non stop.

That means no direct sunlight. None whatsoever. No sunshine. In July.

The weird thing is, this happens, and no one brings the subject up.

But Greta thinks she can change the weather.

Pretty normal weather. The reality of weather in the west of Ireland may undercut people hoping to move there to work from home.

juneg · 02-08-2020 2:25pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

It's something to do with warm air from the continent, isn't it? I remember learning this in school, but the details are hazy.

I don't think I have any clear memories of dry July, it's often wet or at least very muggy and humid.

Hoping for a dry August and September seems much more realistic.

I think its all that spring thaw draining into the Mississippi delta and being picked up and brought here on the gulf stream. Warm waters keep our coasts clear of ice in winter too. Warm waters in July brings warm rain. Lol

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! · 02-08-2020 2:39pm

AllForIt wrote: »

Weather wise, this has been the most depressing July I ever experienced.

Here in the west of Ireland, of Wild Atlantic Way fame, it pissed down rain every day for the whole month of July ever single day.

I'm not talking about showers here, I'm taking about wall to wall rain all day ever day for days and days non stop.

That means no direct sunlight. None whatsoever. No sunshine. In July.

The weird thing is, this happens, and no one brings the subject up.

But Greta thinks she can change the weather.

Don't all you whine bags think it's about time you stopped crying like little babies about the rain, and just adapt to our climate?

We've been inhabiting this Island for 1,000's of years... and some of you guys are just seemingly completely unable to acclimatize to your natural habitat!

Imagine a tiger or a gorilla getting depressed, because it was raining again today... in the feckin rainforest... where it has lived for centuries!! :pac:

I've been outdoors enjoying our beautiful country for the whole month of July... there may have been grey skies over my head, but there were none in my head!

I think most people who complain about the weather are just mentally weak... or maybe I'm just mentally far stronger than all you whiney babies! :P

NIMAN · 02-08-2020 2:43pm

Interesting fact today OP that Feb 2020 had more sunshine that July 2020 in Ireland.

Kinda sums it up.

Bobblehats · 02-08-2020 2:50pm

AllForIt wrote: »

Weather wise, this has been the most depressing July I ever experienced.

One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter

fryup · 02-08-2020 3:04pm

fryup wrote: »

maybe it was a blessing in disguise??

cause if the weather was fine you would have had loads of people out & about spreading covid

pgj2015 wrote: »

its having people inside that spreads viruses. that is why people get the flu in winter.

not necessarily, look at the U.S. the sunshine states california and florida in particular both of which cases of covid has sky rocketed ever since they lifted restrictions on outdoor gatherings at beaches

Thargor · 02-08-2020 4:09pm

AllForIt wrote: »

Weather wise, this has been the most depressing July I ever experienced.

Here in the west of Ireland, of Wild Atlantic Way fame, it pissed down rain every day for the whole month of July ever single day.

I'm not talking about showers here, I'm taking about wall to wall rain all day ever day for days and days non stop.

That means no direct sunlight. None whatsoever. No sunshine. In July.

The weird thing is, this happens, and no one brings the subject up.

But Greta thinks she can change the weather.

Does anyone get such a sketchy feeling from the amount of middle aged men coming out with this crap on this forum?

Still waters · 02-08-2020 4:18pm

Thargor wrote: »

Does anyone get such a sketchy feeling from the amount of middle aged men coming out with this crap on this forum?

I'm curious to know why you think they're middle aged men, and can you provide back up links to prove it, any time greta gets mentioned on here someone brings up the middle aged men nonsense

JasonStatham · 02-08-2020 4:19pm

Thargor wrote: »

Does anyone get such a sketchy feeling from the amount of middle aged men coming out with this crap on this forum?

Well I thought most middle aged men on the internet would agree that she's a certifiable brat.

Thargor · 02-08-2020 4:43pm

Still waters wrote: »

I'm curious to know why you think they're middle aged men, and can you provide back up links to prove it, any time greta gets mentioned on here someone brings up the middle aged men nonsense

Hmmm, hard to quantify, theres just such a stench of it off these "Hur-hur-hur-Greta..." posts that pop up all the time, boomer humour as the Americans would say. Cant be arsed looking through his previous posts to prove it but you just know when you see it, the whole thing is very strange.

Still waters · 02-08-2020 5:28pm

Thargor wrote: »

Hmmm, hard to quantify, theres just such a stench of it off these "Hur-hur-hur-Greta..." posts that pop up all the time, boomer humour as the Americans would say. Cant be arsed looking through his previous posts to prove it but you just know when you see it, the whole thing is very strange.

Ok, a thoughtful and mature reply, for a while there i thought you'd have come back with a semi literate post filled with cliches and childish name calling, good to know the caliber of poster on boards isn't in decline, you've certainly convinced me middle aged men have a grudge against poor Greta

02-08-2020 6:13pm

Still waters wrote: »

I'm curious to know why you think they're middle aged men, and can you provide back up links to prove it, any time greta gets mentioned on here someone brings up the middle aged men nonsense

It's difficult to know who fits into what demographic on boards, but almost nobody would deny that, on the likes of Twitter, the most aggressive personal abuse towards Greta Thunberg comes from middle-aged men.

Have you really not noticed that?

By no means is this all middle-aged men, but nearly all the angry critics do fit in that category.

Still waters · 02-08-2020 6:30pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

It's difficult to know who fits into what demographic on boards, but almost nobody would deny that, on the likes of Twitter, the most aggressive personal abuse towards Greta Thunberg comes from middle-aged men.

Have you really not noticed that?

By no means is this all middle-aged men, but nearly all the angry critics do fit in that category.

I'm not on twitter, thankfully.

Tell me how · 02-08-2020 6:34pm

AllForIt wrote: »

Weather wise, this has been the most depressing July I ever experienced.

Here in the west of Ireland, of Wild Atlantic Way fame, it pissed down rain every day for the whole month of July ever single day.

I'm not talking about showers here, I'm taking about wall to wall rain all day ever day for days and days non stop.

That means no direct sunlight. None whatsoever. No sunshine. In July.

The weird thing is, this happens, and no one brings the subject up.

But Greta thinks she can change the weather.

The last few months have been very demoralizing for any consideration that mankind will get its act together and make the necessary changes in order to introduce sustainable practices.

People won't even listen to the science when it comes to Covid but are still spouting BS nonsense about hoaxes, conspiracies, masks being bad for you, their f*cking 'rights' and so on that I actually, at this point, don't believe that we will get to a consensus on any sort of positive action.

Greta doesn't think she can change the weather, only an idiot would say that she does, but she, as literally hundreds of thousands of scientists think that our behaviour is negatively impacting the climate. And that's even ignoring the whole wasting of finite resources which couldn't possibly be argued is a good thing. And yet, on we go, pedal to the floor, literally.

And we saw it in Ireland with the complete abdication of FG/FF to attempt to achieve the reductions in emissions which they signed us up to achieving and yet people were happy to ignore that and point at a few Greens and blame them for everything.

Hopefully the court decision last week in calling the previous government out on their waffle will make an impact, but I am not holding my breath. Why would they when others are happy to ignore the facts and let them away with it. But, yeah, focus on undermining Greta, the girl who last month won $1M dollars for her activism efforts and immediately donated to groups trying to help endangered locations while the politicians focused on pay rises for a few of them.

Tell me how · 02-08-2020 6:40pm

AllForIt wrote: »

Weather wise, this has been the most depressing July I ever experienced.

Here in the west of Ireland, of Wild Atlantic Way fame, it pissed down rain every day for the whole month of July ever single day.

I'm not talking about showers here, I'm taking about wall to wall rain all day ever day for days and days non stop.

That means no direct sunlight. None whatsoever. No sunshine. In July.

The weird thing is, this happens, and no one brings the subject up.

But Greta thinks she can change the weather.

What about this photo from last Friday on the West Coast?

https://twitter.com/burrenvet/status/1289302802976477185

Fake news I presume. More of that nonsense.

AllForIt · 02-08-2020 11:08pm

Tell me how wrote: »

What about this photo from last Friday on the West Coast?

Fake news I presume. More of that nonsense.

Sure, I'm exaggerating. There was at most 2 days it did not rain where I live in July.

ruwithme · 02-08-2020 11:13pm

It's the west of ireland op. Hardly rained a drop all month in dublin I'd bet. Sure why would any remarks be passed about it.

October will be drier and sunnier on the plus side

pgj2015 · 03-08-2020 12:35am

ruwithme wrote: »

It's the west of ireland op. Hardly rained a drop all month in dublin I'd bet. Sure why would any remarks be passed about it.

October will be drier and sunnier on the plus side

will it? how do you know?

shaveAbullock · 03-08-2020 1:08am

It will be dry enough to partake in many enjoyable outdoor activities, isn't that enough?

1990sman · 04-08-2020 1:55am

august now. sadface.

1990sman · 04-08-2020 1:56am

AllForIt wrote: »

You are a complete and utter total weirdo to make an accusation like that.

maybe some people like it?

shaveAbullock · 04-08-2020 2:15pm

Disgusting weather again today

JasonStatham · 04-08-2020 10:32pm

I'm wondering what's going to happen in the latter half of this week....will we see a change.

shaveAbullock · 04-08-2020 10:38pm

No, it will be the same.
A nice mix of rain and sun.
I'm loving it, you really get the best of both throughout the day.

1990sman · 04-08-2020 10:40pm

grand weather in between the showers.

It wasn't July

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