Summer 2018 - General Discussion

9th consecutive day that the temperature has reached 20c in West Clare. Just reached 20c now despite no sun, which in itself is extremely rare.

Raining here now, hate to see it

Looking at some stats for Shannon and for the period May 23rd (the date when this hell started) to June 1st, the mean temperature at the station this year stands at 17.10c, making it the highest mean for the period since its records began in 1945.


Other notable high mean temps at the station for the same time period: (long term mean = 12.8c for the period in question)

2012: 17.0c
1992: 16.5c
1997: 15.3c
2001: 15.3c
1991: 15.1c

In terms of mean maxima for the period, it currently stands at 22.9c (LTA = 17.0c), which is also the highest for the period on record, but surprisingly, mean minima this year, of which is standing at 11.3c (LTA = 8.6c), is seconded by the 12.4c back in 2012, which mercifully, is a memory that my mind seems to have shut away forever.


Data from Met Eireann.

JCX BXC wrote: »

Warm and cloudy here in West Clare, I see very dark skies to my southwest, looking like a heavy shower on the radar. One or two breaks showing up in the cloud now, but not even a second of sun here yet.

Remarkably warm despite the cloud, 20.2c now with nothing but thick cloud all day. Really unusual weather for here.

I remember the 15th July last year, it was just cloudy nearly all day with no sunshine at all yet the maximum temperature reached 24.2c at Dublin Airport and was its warmest day of July 2017. I hate those kinds of days where it's warm but cloudy, what a waste. 21st June 2017 was also a cloudy day here following a beautiful previous 4 days then with lots of sunshine yet it reached 28c at Phoenix Park.

'Nother Blue Sky Day in the Costa Del Bray again!


...well since 1:30pm anyway.

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Raining here now, hate to see it

Thankfully only rained for about 10mins, sun is out now, lovely evening

taking a sudden interest in weather in the Algarve as i am going there in a week, a quick check on the weather for next week and 22C is the highest they have for the weak ahead, London has a higher temperature for next week, is the Med having below average weather?

silverharp wrote: »

taking a sudden interest in weather in the Algarve as i am going there in a week, a quick check on the weather for next week and 22C is the highest they have for the weak ahead, London has a higher temperature for next week, is the Med having below average weather?

When there is high pressure over Scandinavia or the east drawing in an easterly flow to our shores, there's usually an area of low pressure over the Mediterranean somewhere which tends to bring cool and wet conditions. It's a balancing act with nature, when we don't get the cool and wet weather, somewhere else has to and in this case, it was the Mediterranean. Many of our best Summers tend to be poor weather wise down there because what they need to have the warm and dry conditions is low pressure over Ireland or to the northwest drawing in southwesterly winds. To the south, high pressure sits over southern Europe with this kind of pattern which gives Iberia the warm and dry conditions in a normal Summer. However, 2018 so far and for the first week of June anyway is not normal!

I hope nobody is throwing their toys out of the pram after my post in the FI charts thread.

It's midnight and it's 16.1c with 97% humidity and flat calm.

Bitchin'!

Sunny morning at Grange but a large heap of cloud close by.

Every single time we get a decent spell people are wishing it away within days
We live in Ireland IT WILL RAIN AGAIN. It won’t stop for the rest of the year. There will be no drought.
For Christ’s sake try and enjoy it . The winter will be long eno Thanks when it starts next month. Just like it did last year after a week of nice weather that had people moaning too
Rant over

km79 wrote: »

Every single time we get a decent spell people are wishing it away within days
We live in Ireland IT WILL RAIN AGAIN. It won’t stop for the rest of the year. There will be no drought.
For Christ’s sake try and enjoy it . The winter will be long eno Thanks when it starts next month. Just like it did last year after a week of nice weather that had people moaning too
Rant over

True, but the problem is that in my parts almost all the rain falls outside the growing season. Even an average summer can be dry and convectional rainfall is non existent. I think the last thunderstorm I remember might have been July 2013? Anything since has been the odd very distant rumble.
I WANT RAIN!

19.5c and cloudy.

km79 wrote: »

For Christ’s sake try and enjoy it
Rant over

If you have to 'try', then it isn't worth the effort.

JCX BXC wrote: »

10th day in a row with a Max above 20c.

Lovin' it

So two days ago, now on the 12th consecutive day here. Last time I checked it was 21.3c.

Just look at that nice relatively cool Irish sea air coming in over Leinster for a brief while overnight tonight.



Looks heavenly.

sryanbruen wrote: »

It is .

Besides the annoying pesky cloud at times today especially the early afternoon, it's been a grand day. This evening is beautiful with plenty of blue skies and perfect feel in the air. My kind of weather!

We need a good stiff breeze to churn the air around a bit. I'll take nothing less than something like this:

Fabulous day in north meath, clear sky, warm and sunny, keep it coming

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

Clear sky and good visibility this evening after a long spell of hazy weather, I'll be looking north later for a bit of nockie watching!

Nookie watching....!