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Winter 20/21 - General Discussion

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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,254 ✭✭✭Nqp15hhu


    Lots of negativity over the last ten days over a cold spell. It’s hovered around 6c here today, not exactly warm for March.


  • Registered Users Posts: 843 ✭✭✭KanyeSouthEast


    Gonzo wrote: »
    Summer 2020 was probably the worst summer since the early 1980's here in South Meath/Dublin in terms of low temperatures, lack of any warmth, endless days of cloud and dank skies. July 2020 was actually worse than June 2019. Every spell of warmth and sunshine avoided the area after the Spring spell broke on June the 3rd. We got a slight recovery first week of September but summer was over by then. This summer should hopefully be a bit more sunnier, it can't be much worse than last summer.
    I had a read back through the summer thread from 2020. It seems there’s a few comical Ali’s here who constantly talked up the summer when in reality it was how you described.


  • Registered Users Posts: 16,551 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    Good riddance winter 20/21. You were but an endless teaser. As for Summer 2020, some places in the south did get a lot of dry and bright weather at times, but in my location it was overcast alot of the time and rather cool.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,254 ✭✭✭Nqp15hhu


    Danno wrote: »
    Winter 2020-21 in South Laois stats:

    Rainfall: 321.2mm (Average 260mm)
    December: 115.6mm (Average: 95mm)
    January: 92.3mm (Average: 95mm)
    February: 113.3mm (Average 70mm)
    Wettest Day: 16.6mm (January 29th)
    Driest Spell: 5 Days (Feb 7th to 11th)

    Snowfall:
    Observed: December 27th, 30th, 31st, January 7th, 8th, 23rd, February 8th, 9th, 10th, 13th, 18th. (Total: 11)
    Lying Snowfall: December 31st, January 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 24th, February 13th. (Total: 7)
    Max depth 2cm.

    Temperature:
    December: 4.6c (0.5c below average)
    January: 3.2c (1.6c below average)
    February: 5.9c (0.9c above average)
    Winter: 4.6c (0.4c below average)
    Maximum Temperature: 13.1c on February 14th (Only "teen" recorded)
    Minimum Temperature: -9.2c on January 9th (Coldest since March 1st 2018)
    Grass Minimum: -12.1c on January 9th
    Days above 10c: 34
    Air frosts: December 10, January 18, February 6, Total: 34
    Grass frosts: December 18, January 19, February 10, Total: 47

    Wind:
    Gale gusts: December 2, January 1, February 9, Total: 12
    Top gust: 49mph on February 12th from direction: ESE
    Average wind speeds: December 7.2mph, January 5.6mph, February 10.6mph.
    Average wind directions: December NNW, January WSW, February SE.

    I don’t have all the stats that you have for max temps, rainfall etc as I only recently uploaded my station online.

    But we had around 20 days of falling snowfall this winter so far, and 9 days of snow cover.

    This will increase substantially with altitude. Probably in excess of 30 days, maybe 40 at 300 metres.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,677 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    Winter here was nothing more than a tease either. At least it did feel like winter some of the time compared to the previous two winters which were winter failed to arrive at all. Coldest day of the winter was from inversion right at the start of winter. Sunday 6th of December had a daytime high of -1C at Dunsany with freezing frost and fog. It become very mild after this and didn't cool down till Christmas Day and then average/slightly below average temperatures for the rest of December. It snowed twice in January but it was very light generally, roughly 1 to 2cm at the very most. The snow lay on the ground for 3 days at the very end of the first cold spell in January when temperatures became low enough. After this we went back to a cool period and then the easterly in early February which resulted in some light hail/graupel showers and some temporary dustings of ice. The mild broke through 2nd week of February and remained very mild for the rest of the winter. A true teaser winter which promised so much but delivered very little in terms of lying snow away from high ground/Mayo.

    Hopefully we have better luck next winter in terms of lowland areas getting a decent snow covering. What happens up in the mountains doesn't really bother me as nobody lives there and you can't drive there either during lockdowns.


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