whats the weather like in your area?

ABlur

Dickie10 wrote: »

any mature farmers remember bitter weather like this into first week of may?

A man told me yesterday he remembers snow in May 1978!

Reggie.

WheatenBriar wrote: »

Charmed life down here in SE Wicklow,mostly sunny with one or two fast passing showers so far

To answer the question a few posts up,I can remember a few inches of snow at sea level in East Wicklow when I was a chap
The cows were out and we were sent to round them up and in when it showed no signs of stopping
Yes in May

Today it's been up to 13c , here anyway when the suns been out,so it could be an awful lot worse

Same here very windy and sunny. Plenty of heavy showers about but just keep missing us

Willfarman

I remember a shower of hailstones as big as marbles when I working on a golf course in the early 00s in early May. In the minutes after the shower the ground was completely white and I took the opportunity to draw a large penis in the middle of the green in honour of my esteemed colleague who watched me in bemusement as I wrote his name as well. Unfortunately the mixture of temperatures scorched the grass and my artistry could be seen as in the green for several weeks after..

Kovu

Willfarman wrote: »

I remember a shower of hailstones as big as marbles when I working on a golf course in the early 00s in early May. In the minutes after the shower the ground was completely white and I took the opportunity to draw a large penis in the middle of the green in honour of my esteemed colleague who watched me in bemusement as I wrote his name as well. Unfortunately the mixture of temperatures scorched the grass and my artistry could be seen as in the green for several weeks after..

I think I've just fallen in love with you a little bit

sandydan

no frost here this morning, day fine, but north and east cork not so lucky or so im told

High bike

Willfarman wrote: »

I remember a shower of hailstones as big as marbles when I working on a golf course in the early 00s in early May. In the minutes after the shower the ground was completely white and I took the opportunity to draw a large penis in the middle of the green in honour of my esteemed colleague who watched me in bemusement as I wrote his name as well. Unfortunately the mixture of temperatures scorched the grass and my artistry could be seen as in the green for several weeks after..

might have put the ladies off their putting stroke:P

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High bike wrote: »

might have put the ladies off their putting stroke:P

Or any stroke for that matter

High bike

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Or any stroke for that matter

many's the different stroke I've seen on the golf course:rolleyes:

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High bike wrote: »

many's the different stroke I've seen on the golf course:rolleyes:

Plenty of two strokes

Reggie.

High bike wrote: »

many's the different stroke I've seen on the golf course:rolleyes:

The good auld sand bunkers

whelan2

FROSTY

sandydan

dull and damp

farmersfriend

Cold and showery, have woolly hat on

Reggie.

Very sunny and breezy here

Base price

Overcast, breezy and cool here. Bolousing yearlings today and you need a hat and coat on. I am doing the easy bit, administering the bolouses, OH on the other hand has worked up a good sweat holding heads

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Overcast in Galway City having a pint

Connemara Farmer

Windy & showery, who let Winter back in the country?

whelan2

Base price wrote: »

Overcast, breezy and cool here. Bolousing yearlings today and you need a hat and coat on. I am doing the easy bit, administering the bolouses, OH on the other hand has worked up a good sweat holding heads

What are the boluses for?

50HX

windy, rain ....wind..........housed for the night

Connemara Farmer

Wild, wet, cold.

_Brian

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Wild, wet, cold.

Yes, yes and damn yes.

Base price

whelan2 wrote: »

What are the boluses for?

Mins & vits - Agrimin Alltrace. Did them with the smaller Smalltrace bolus last year, follow up now with the larger ones.

whelan2

Lashing now, ground was dry at 4am and was lashing at half 5:mad:

Dawggone

We've had 66mm since yesterday morning with more to come today/tomorrow. Predicted total 130mm.

Every drop is really welcome now!
:)

naughto

Wet and cold. Young lad mad to go out side since he got shoes can't see that happening today.

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Rain between the showers

whelan2

hope football is cancelled this morning

naughto

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Rain between the showers

That would be dry rain

Connemara Farmer

naughto wrote: »

That would be dry rain

Sure it only wets ya on the outside.

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naughto wrote: »

That would be dry rain

Like dry white wine that type of wet

sandydan

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Sure it only wets ya on the outside.

thst's the only type we get here abouts, must move upcountry soon as sucklers become profitable

frazzledhome

Lovely drop of rain, badly needed will drive on grass

WheatenBriar

Just shy of an inch so far in East Wicklow and coming down in buckets

Models have this until 4am in East with even heavier pulses later tonight

dzer2

frazzledhome wrote: »

Lovely drop of rain, badly needed will drive on grass

You seem to be getting a good bit more than us

Midfield9

Had 17.5mm this morning and raining since. I only recorded 25mm for the whole of april. Welcome enough

Base price

Brought the calves in this morning as they looked miserable. Cold and windy here with heavy showers.

Charliebull

Bone dry all day, a small drop this am at 6 and that's it, I gave slurry that needs a drop of rain
Cold bastard of a day for May mind

High bike

****e day here,rain all day not heavy but persistent and a promise of more tomorrow

Miname

Absolutely brutal here. Cows and calves lining up against ditches with humps on there backs like it was the middle of December. I rehoused a dozen of the cows and calves today out of pure sympathy for them( plus I reckon with the cold my grass wedge might go a bit lob sided.)

Connemara Farmer

Not as wet as predicted but a miserable day for May.

Miname

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Not as wet as predicted but a miserable day for May.

You must be having it handy. It's now 14 hrs straight rain here.

Connemara Farmer

Miname wrote: »

You must be having it handy. It's now 14 hrs straight rain here.

Not handy, last night was cold, wet, and windy. Today just wasn't as bad as forecast, the road was dry a lot of the day. We get our share of rain in the year.

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Still pissing

High bike

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Still pissing

hope ur in the jacks:)

Deepsouthwest

Mega washout here today, and still going, like the gift that keeps on giving!

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High bike wrote: »

hope ur in the jacks:)

Or leaning again the wall

Muckit

Pissing out of the heavens

whelan2

Miname wrote: »

You must be having it handy. It's now 14 hrs straight rain here.

still raining here , make that 25 hours

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whelan2 wrote: »

still raining here , make that 25 hours

Stopped here for a while

Username John

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Stopped here for a while

Same here - but there was some amount of rain fell yesterday and last night... Heavy rain too...