Is there ever a whole sunny day in Ireland?

armabelle · 13-05-2016 8:18pm

Stephen15 wrote: »

Well we got two summer in row that the we're good in 13' and 14' last summer was a bit meh not very everyday mostly dull and overcast with a few good days here and there

If it continues like this, might stay in Ireland for more than a year

Wanderer78 · 13-05-2016 8:20pm

armabelle wrote: »

I know...but i feel so sad for people who had to work.

doesnt look too bad over the weekend, so hopefully they get out and about over the weekend

sryanbruen · 13-05-2016 8:20pm

armabelle wrote: »

not sure...was it? My memory is not great. I just know there was one day before today a few weeks back. I remember that because I loved it

http://www.met.ie/climate/MonthlyWeather/sum1.pdf

You can see the sunshine graph of April 2016 in this document in the link above and look at the 20th. Was it that day? Plus temperatures were widely between 14-18c basking in the sunshine that day across the country.

sryanbruen · 13-05-2016 8:22pm

Wanderer78 wrote: »

doesnt look too bad over the weekend, so hopefully they get out and about over the weekend

Yep... only two differences

*More cloud - though not much
*Cooler days and nights

However, the positive thing about cooler days at this time of year is the fact that the sun is very strong and it will not feel quite cool in the sun!

sryanbruen · 13-05-2016 8:25pm

Stephen15 wrote: »

Well we got two summer in row that the we're good in 13' and 14' last summer was a bit meh not very everyday mostly dull and overcast with a few good days here and there

Yep Summer 2015's good days here at Grange

June 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 18th, 23rd, 30th
July 3rd
August 12th, 13th, 18th

^ Hardly much!

The mad fact is that there was no whole sunny day in Ireland last Summer.

regi3457 · 19-05-2016 5:22pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

Yep Summer 2015's good days here at Grange

June 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 18th, 23rd, 30th
July 3rd
August 12th, 13th, 18th

^ Hardly much!

The mad fact is that there was no whole sunny day in Ireland last Summer.

Oh gosh... does anybody know if any fruits even grow here in Ireland besides berries?

Speedsie · 19-05-2016 5:26pm

regi3457 wrote: »

Oh gosh... does anybody know if any fruits even grow here in Ireland besides berries?

I have apples, pears, plums, greengages, various currants and figs growing and fruiting in the garden.

Citrus fruits will not grow out of doors here, but some people have had success with them in conservatories.

I know someone who has grapes and kiwis growing outdoors.

Plenty of fruits other than berries grow here.

trixychic · 19-05-2016 6:31pm

Speedsie wrote: »

I have apples, pears, plums, greengages, various currants and figs growing and fruiting in the garden.

Citrus fruits will not grow out of doors here, but some people have had success with them in conservatories.

I know someone who has grapes and kiwis growing outdoors.

Plenty of fruits other than berries grow here.

We would have had alot of these too. Apple's, pears, cherries, gooseberries, and lots of currants.

armabelle · 31-05-2016 1:55pm

no rain this week....sun is so nice!

MJohnston · 31-05-2016 2:20pm

armabelle wrote: »

no rain this week....sun is so nice!

I don't know about normal, but we usually get at least one run of great weather like this per year. The question is how long it lasts.

sryanbruen · 31-05-2016 3:15pm

armabelle wrote: »

Ok well that is what I am hoping for in summer. Actually am hoping for more than one day of sunshine a week

I did believe that Ireland was a country with generally wet weather but I didn't expect to have 2 days of whole sunshine in nearly 3 and a half months. Wikipedia shows rainfall and general temperatures and doesn't really tell you what my experiences have been thus far. Also, very wet weather for me is weather where you only get one or two days of sunshine a week. 1 or two days of whole sunshine in 3 - 4 months is a whole other level.

Out of interest, in which other important world cities is the weather this bad, or worse?

Yeah how'd you feel about staying in Ireland now? :rolleyes:;):D

Cantona's Collars · 31-05-2016 3:46pm

Wanderer78 · 31-05-2016 7:40pm

armabelle wrote: »

no rain this week....sun is so nice!

it does actually happen from time to time here so soak it up and enjoy it. looks like it ll start to break down early next week so make the best of it

JCX BXC · 31-05-2016 7:49pm

Wanderer78 wrote: »

it does actually happen from time to time here so soak it up and enjoy it. looks like it ll start to break down early next week so make the best of it

So that gives another 6-8 days of this!

Wanderer78 · 31-05-2016 7:59pm

Carnacalla wrote: »

So that gives another 6-8 days of this!

hopefully, but sure who knows

armabelle · 03-06-2016 6:25pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

Yeah how'd you feel about staying in Ireland now? :rolleyes:;):D

This sun is really getting a bit much now... seriously we need some rain people!:D

just kidding, loving this weather

I was hoping that this is rather normal for this time of year and that we can expect much more weeks of sunshine such as this one over the summer. I was hoping.....

sryanbruen · 03-06-2016 6:28pm

armabelle wrote: »

This sun is really getting a bit much now... seriously we need some rain people!:D

just kidding, loving this weather

I was hoping that this is rather normal for this time of year and that we can expect much more weeks of sunshine such as this one over the summer. I was hoping.....

No this is not even near "normal". This is a very rare event and even more rare considering the fact that England is very cool and wet whilst we're warm and sunny. So consider yourself lucky! However, many people (including myself and MT Cranium) are predicting this to be a good Summer.

I've got some bad news for you, the weather looks like breaking down next week with some showers at times. However, all the while, it will be warm!

esposito · 03-06-2016 8:19pm

sryanbruen wrote: »

I've got some bad news for you, the weather looks like breaking down next week with some showers at times. However, all the while, it will be warm!

A few showers or thunderstorms I can deal with. Yes, the main thing is it will remain warm

snubbleste · 03-06-2016 8:48pm

Jpmarn · 04-06-2016 8:10am

It is not to often that we have been treated to several days of almost wall to wall sunshine in the Limerick area.

trixychic · 04-06-2016 7:35pm

This weather is defo a rareity. It's gorgeous though.

uck51js9zml2yt · 04-06-2016 7:52pm

Sat outside having lunch with the family in laragh today. Was glad of the big umbrella's.:)

Can we have a summer of this please MT?;)

sryanbruen · 04-06-2016 11:35pm

Yaretzi Massive Beachcomber wrote: »

Sat outside having lunch with the family in laragh today. Was glad of the big umbrella's.:)

Can we have a summer of this please MT?;)

We're all expecting a better than normal Summer Yaretzi Massive Beachcomber (including me - I made the predictions back in December and I haven't changed them).

trixychic · 17-06-2016 1:04am

Well that run of weather was amazing. Back to the typical Irish summer now. I'm delighted cause i actually have tan lines. Who'd have figured!!

Feeling good.

armabelle · 17-06-2016 8:38am

trixychic wrote: »

Well that run of weather was amazing. Back to the typical Irish summer now. I'm delighted cause i actually have tan lines. Who'd have figured!!

Feeling good.

you can't be serious... is this really typical summer weather in Ireland?

Captain Chaos · 17-06-2016 8:42am

armabelle wrote: »

you can't be serious... is this really typical summer weather in Ireland?

Yep, for the past 10 or so years. The last long good summers were 2006 and 2007, then before that 1995. Generally summer now last 2 weeks sometime between April and July and you might get a good week in September or October. That's about it.

The weather has got worse since I can remember growing up. It's more cloudier and far more rain than ever year on year.

Winters have got milder though.

sryanbruen · 17-06-2016 8:43am

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Yep, for the past 10 or so years. The last long good summers were 2006 and 2007, then before that 1995.

The weather has got worse since I can remember growing up. It's more cloudier and far more rain than ever year on year.

Winters have got milder though.

2007? Bro what the hell :pac::pac::pac::pac:. 2007 was godawful. Plus have you forgotten about 2013.

sryanbruen · 17-06-2016 8:43am

armabelle wrote: »

you can't be serious... is this really typical summer weather in Ireland?

Yes but it's still 10x better than the weather we recorded in July and second half of August last year. If you were here in Summer 2015, you would leave straight away LOL.

armabelle · 17-06-2016 8:44am

trixychic wrote: »

Well that run of weather was amazing. Back to the typical Irish summer now. I'm delighted cause i actually have tan lines. Who'd have figured!!

Feeling good.

well I have heard mixed things... some people say what you say then others say that it does rain a lot but you do get nice weather too. I am giving it a test run this year. If it really is like this then as much as we like Ireland, it just isn't possible to live here. Sunshine is everything to us and it keeps us healthy and smiling so we can't live without it.

Captain Chaos · 17-06-2016 8:48am

sryanbruen wrote: »

2007? Bro what the hell :pac::pac::pac::pac:. 2007 was godawful. Plus have you forgotten about 2013.

I my experience anyway 2007 was good. The summer of 2013 I worked constant 12 hour night shifts with maybe one day off a week so I saw none of it.

Captain Chaos · 17-06-2016 8:49am

armabelle wrote: »

well I have heard mixed things... some people say what you say then others say that it does rain a lot but you do get nice weather too. I am giving it a test run this year. If it really is like this then as much as we like Ireland, it just isn't possible to live here. Sunshine is everything to us and it keeps us healthy and smiling so we can't live without it.

Ireland is the last country on earth to go to for sunshine. That's why we drink so much to get over the depression.:D

That's why we are all pasty white and turn into lobsters when we go to another country, our skin is not used to any form of sunshine.

sryanbruen · 17-06-2016 8:51am

Captain Chaos wrote: »

I my experience anyway 2007 was good. The summer of 2013 I worked constant 12 hour night shifts with maybe one day off a week so I saw none of it.

I don't see where you're getting 2007 was good from haha. It was the worst of the summers from 2007-12 in Dublin to say the least. It is still to this day, Casement Aerodrome's wettest Summer on record.

armabelle · 17-06-2016 12:03pm

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Ireland is the last country on earth to go to for sunshine. That's why we drink so much to get over the depression.:D

That's why we are all pasty white and turn into lobsters when we go to another country, our skin is not used to any form of sunshine.

Yes but your genetics have come to accept their situation... mine have not and I need more sunshine than an Irish person does. Similarly, I will need more exposure to sunlight to maintain my levels before a couple of generations down the line my great grandchildren become pasty too

InTheTrees · 17-06-2016 12:19pm

doolox wrote: »

Irelands climate is similar to the US northwest coast, Washington State and Oregan, dominated by rain.

Maybe a tiny bit similar. I'm in Seattle in Western Washington. Its similar in terms of winter temperatures but the summers are far far more reliable, warmer and dry.

Yearly rainfall is about 36 inches. During July, August and September there's usually about 3-4 days of rain.

Humidity overall is far lower than Ireland too.

sryanbruen · 17-06-2016 12:23pm

Yeah there were a lot of days like this last year (May-September I'm talking about, not just the Summer):

sryanbruen · 17-06-2016 12:27pm

InTheTrees wrote: »

Maybe a tiny bit similar. I'm in Seattle in Western Washington. Its similar in terms of winter temperatures but the summers are far far more reliable, warmer and dry.

Yearly rainfall is about 36 inches. During July, August and September there's usually about 3-4 days of rain.

Humidity overall is far lower than Ireland too.

Yes like in July they average a monthly sunshine total of over 300 hours of sunshine. Ireland's highest all-time sunshine total was 308 hours in July 1955 for crying out loud. It takes like a couple of decades to get a month like July 1955 whilst in the Washington state, they have AVERAGE July sunshine totals of over 300 hours of sunshine!!

InTheTrees · 17-06-2016 12:57pm

armabelle wrote: »

If it really is like this then as much as we like Ireland, it just isn't possible to live here. Sunshine is everything to us and it keeps us healthy and smiling so we can't live without it.

You moved to a small island in the north Atlantic and didnt do any research on the weather???

You can easily google weather stats. Where did you move from?

sryanbruen · 17-06-2016 1:01pm

The Faroe Islands is even worse for sunshine.

armabelle · 18-06-2016 9:53am

InTheTrees wrote: »

You moved to a small island in the north Atlantic and didnt do any research on the weather???

You can easily google weather stats. Where did you move from?

We did do research on the weather. We have friends that have come and gone because of the weather.

We moved from Spain but we are not from Spain. We were just living there. We new it was going to be rainy but we didn't know how rainy/cloudy so decided to give it a go as the other incentives to come over were really good. If we leave in a year because of the weather, no harm done. Still can say I enjoyed the experience so no regret. It would be a pity because we like Ireland otherwise you know?

armabelle · 18-06-2016 9:55am

OSI wrote: »

Ha, did you do much research before you arrived? Vitamin D deficiency is a common issue among the Irish due to the lack of sun.

Yes we did... you don't have to do much research about the weather in Ireland. Ask anyone and they will be able tell you that it rains a lot in Ireland no matter where they are from. It is common knowledge.

I didn't know about the VitD deficiency until living here as I read some stuff about it and was concerned about my kids.

Sgt Pepper 64 · 18-06-2016 11:07am

its not called the Emerald Isle for nothing! Did you notice all those green fields below you as you were flying in?
The fact that the Irish are known to be red haired and fair of skin?

Still, you always have options if you don't like it here and despite your "incentives", you only have one life, so go be happy!!!

MJohnston · 18-06-2016 11:15am

You can attribute the Irish character in large part to the climate here, I would guess.

JCX BXC · 18-06-2016 12:15pm

By the way, no this is not "Typical Irish Summer", that remark is alot to do with the humorous pessimism common in Irish culture. The sunshine this week is far below normal, don't think this is normal.

armabelle · 18-06-2016 1:46pm

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

its not called the Emerald Isle for nothing! Did you notice all those green fields below you as you were flying in?
The fact that the Irish are known to be red haired and fair of skin?

Still, you always have options if you don't like it here and despite your "incentives", you only have one life, so go be happy!!!

thank you! I was in doubt but after reading this I am now free!

armabelle · 18-06-2016 1:46pm

MJohnston wrote: »

You can attribute the Irish character in large part to the climate here, I would guess.

what is that character? grey and unstable?

MJohnston · 18-06-2016 3:16pm

armabelle wrote: »

what is that character? grey and unstable?

Irish people are largely one of the more sociable and friendly societies on Earth. We generally also enjoy the pub. What's that got to do with the weather? Here's my chain of thought.

Cold and wet weather is common in most months but the summer months.
Strong need to keep a warm house.
Why waste your money heating just yourself?
Invite lots of neighbours around and share the burden of heating.
Build pubs so that people can congregate together (indoors of course) with communal heating.

Simplistic reasoning, but I suspect our social and friendly character has a lot to do with our weather. Scots, Nordics, Icelanders, Canadians, they're all much the same.

Of course, this doesn't really explain English people, but I suppose there always has to be an exception to every rule

armabelle · 18-06-2016 7:49pm

MJohnston wrote: »

Irish people are largely one of the more sociable and friendly societies on Earth. We generally also enjoy the pub. What's that got to do with the weather? Here's my chain of thought.

Cold and wet weather is common in most months but the summer months.
Strong need to keep a warm house.
Why waste your money heating just yourself?
Invite lots of neighbours around and share the burden of heating.
Build pubs so that people can congregate together (indoors of course) with communal heating.

Simplistic reasoning, but I suspect our social and friendly character has a lot to do with our weather. Scots, Nordics, Icelanders, Canadians, they're all much the same.

Of course, this doesn't really explain English people, but I suppose there always has to be an exception to every rule

So you go to the pub to save on heating?

MJohnston · 18-06-2016 7:52pm

armabelle wrote: »

So you go to the pub to save on heating?

Maybe some do, I'm calling this a historical thing though

Matt Markinson · 18-06-2016 7:58pm

doolox wrote: »

Whisky in Ireland and Scotland is known as the water of life as it was considered a lifesaver in the days before decent housing and central heating. The russians with their even more appalling climate have a similar calamatous relationship with alcohol due to the need to keep warm by any means possible.

Alcohol lowers the body temperature.
For whatever reason a culture turns to alcohol, it's not to keep warm.

armabelle · 18-06-2016 7:59pm

Carnacalla wrote: »

By the way, no this is not "Typical Irish Summer", that remark is alot to do with the humorous pessimism common in Irish culture. The sunshine this week is far below normal, don't think this is normal.

I still have faith!:D

Is there ever a whole sunny day in Ireland?

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