why is west wicklow/ carlow so cold

cameramonkey

i have noticed on this weather forum that carlow/ west wicklow seem to be the coldest parts of ireland.why is this?

foxinsox

Carlow is currently -7.2

I can vouch that it is freezing...
and that's reporting from my sofa with heating on full blast...


I don't know the official answer but I'm sure one of the experts in here will tell you soon enough.

Rented Mule

Complaints about the weather from the sunny southeast ?? lol

Pangea

It really depends on the current weather situation , Donegal was the coldest county a few nights ago, and then the east was the coldest last night.

Birdnuts

Like the Yellowstone freezer in the US these areas are:

1)Well inland

2)Surrounded by hills/mountains

3) Lowlying compared to surrounding relief which means they are major repositories of cold air draining from surrounding areas

sarsfield06

I see Blessington is down to -9C now, also the Arklow reading from the NRA site is about -6C is this also the same effect as the Arklow one surprises me being coastal.

Mothman

Arklow NRA has been reading 2-3C too low for weeks.
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thetonynator

cameramonkey wrote: »

i have noticed on this weather forum that carlow/ west wicklow seem to be the coldest parts of ireland.why is this?

Blessington and tullow are both frost hollow locations, which on calm clear nights drop to extremely low temperature. But stop trying to steal my thunder, they're not the coldest part of ireland, thomastown in south kilkenny is. -16.3 last january and -16.4 last night, both the coldest met eireann recognised temps for both cold spells. For some reason, met eireann wont recognise villains tullow temp which was below -17 last january . . .:cool:

Danno

Villain probably went lower on that famous January night. For example, here on Friday night the Davis read -12.3c, whilst the thermometer read -12.7c.

A screen tends to be that tiny bit more accurate despite my Davis being calibrated and all.

may2001

cameramonkey wrote: »

i have noticed on this weather forum that carlow/ west wicklow seem to be the coldest parts of ireland.why is this?

An old school teacher once told me that this was due to granite rock underlying these areas rather than limestone. I'm not sure whether there is any truth in this or not.

odyboody

NRA road weather had Baltinglass air temp -15.1 and road temp -10.1 at 09:10 this morning.:eek:

fryup

Birdnuts wrote: »

1)Well inland

2)Surrounded by hills/mountains

3) Lowlying compared to surrounding relief which means they are major repositories of cold air draining from surrounding areas

now explain why the people are so cold

laugh

Along the inland side of the wicklow mountains I suppose.

Baltinglass and that NRA road weather station are in a valley.

foxinsox

fryup wrote: »

now explain why the people are so cold

well I'm freezing anyway

-9.7 in Carlow at the moment

Slogger Jogger

Driving from Aughrim before 8 this morning the temp dipped to -14. I don't think I've ever driven as tentatively.

byhookorbycrook

Snowing here in Co. Carlow again. I have enough now,thanks, turn it off.