Wettest and coldest June on record?

Deep Easterly

I think it is interesting that after the longest run of higher than normal daily MSLP values during the opening months of 2012 since 1953, that mean pressure values for this month of June are likely to finish the lowest on record in many parts of the country. Just looking at the 'IMT' daily mean values this month up yesterday, the mean daily average in middle Ireland stands at 1009.04 hPa, This is the lowest 1st - 27th June average since the 1010.6 hPa back in '97, which coincidentally enough was also a wet month in the south and east. No real sign that mean daily pressure values will rise all that much into the start of July either.

Birdnuts

Deep Easterly wrote: »

I think it is interesting that after the longest run of higher than normal daily MSLP values during the opening months of 2012 since 1953, that mean pressure values for this month of June are likely to finish the lowest on record in many parts of the country. Just looking at the 'IMT' daily mean values this month up yesterday, the mean daily average in middle Ireland stands at 1009.04 hPa, This is the lowest 1st - 27th June average since the 1010.6 hPa back in '97, which coincidentally enough was also a wet month in the south and east. No real sign that mean daily pressure values will rise all that much into the start of July either.

The Irish climate is predictable in that mild insipid winters like 2011/12 are usually followed by "disappointing" summers as the weather gods invariably balance things out:(

ArtSmart

Birdnuts wrote: »

The Irish climate is predictable in that mild insipid winters like 2011/12 are usually followed by "disappointing" summers as the weather gods invariably balance things out:(

Great thing 'bout Irish weather is that it's always disappointing.

Even a summer like '95 is disappointing, because you know it won happen again for another 20/30 (60) years.

wazzoraybelle

Cork airport has reported 227mm so far for June!! that's more than Febuary, March, April and May combined. And the equivalent of nearly 20 tonnes of water falling on my house!!

planetX

Birdnuts wrote: »

The Irish climate is predictable in that mild insipid winters like 2011/12 are usually followed by "disappointing" summers as the weather gods invariably balance things out:(

But the exceptionally cold winter of 2010/11 was also followed by a 'disappointing' summer - how is that predictable?

gbee

wazzoraybelle wrote: »

Cork airport has reported 227mm so far for June!! that's more than Febuary, March, April and May combined. And the equivalent of nearly 20 tonnes of water falling on my house!!

My little station says 258mm ~ but I think that includes a few birds attacking it and shaking it about a bit.

mcriot29

planetX wrote: »

Birdnuts wrote: »

The Irish climate is predictable in that mild insipid winters like 2011/12 are usually followed by "disappointing" summers as the weather gods invariably balance things out:(

But the exceptionally cold winter of 2010/11 was also followed by a 'disappointing' summer - how is that predictable?

Good point a lot on here talk crap you have just pointed that out in your point

H2UMrsRobinson

TBH there's been a fair few days when we've felt some really good heat which has been noticeable by its absence in previous summers. Driving home in the evenings especially. Windows down, tunes blaring. Getting my kicks whenever I can this year. Life's not so bad !

pauldry

gbee wrote: »

My little station says 258mm ~ but I think that includes a few birds attacking it and shaking it about a bit.

yeah my wee station recorded 1541mm of rain in November but the cat was up at it. maybe one of your birds was in it.

Have since moved it to an uncatable spot

gbee

pauldry wrote: »

yeah my wee station recorded 1541mm of rain in November but the cat was up at it. maybe one of your birds was in it.

Have since moved it to an uncatable spot

Cats, not seen that on my station, worth putting a cam on it. Good tip.

I also know that RF interferes as well.

Deep Easterly

Unusually, the outer west coast was the 'driest' area of the country in June just gone, with Mace and Belmullet recording the lowest totals anywhere in the country (both under 115mm). Valentia's total a little higher at around 126mm. Fairly high totals over more central regions with around 175mm at Galway, Claremorris and Mullingar; although both Gurteen & Mt. Dillon's totals were closer to 200mm. In the northwest, Markee Castle's 185.6mm was the highest total with a more moderate figures of between 120mm and 130mm at Finner and Castlederg.

Along the east coast, Dublin Apt recorded only 147mm while Belfast did slightly better at 155.6mm, which wasn't enough though to beat Casement's impressive 178mm. In the southeast, Johnstown collected a respectable 192mm (up to the 29th, missing data from yesterday).

Data is incomplete at this stage but seems either Cork Apt or Knock Apt will come in as the wettest stations of June 2012, with both recording in and around 230mm.

Should have put all this into a table. Will do later.

CorkMetMan

Well, what an absolute disaster of a summer month! It turned out to be the second coolest June on record, but that was actually the best part of it.

My rainfall total came to a whopping 202.6 mms, an astonishing total for June, comfortably beating the 'unassailable' 2007 record of 161.1 mms.

Sunshine came to 129.7 hours, by far the lowest June total I've ever recorded.

So very cool, very wet and very dull sums it up.

pauldry

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Unusually, the outer west coast was the 'driest' area of the country in June just gone, with Mace and Belmullet recording the lowest totals anywhere in the country (both under 115mm). Valentia's total a little higher at around 126mm. Fairly high totals over more central regions with around 175mm at Galway, Claremorris and Mullingar; although both Gurteen & Mt. Dillon's totals were closer to 200mm. In the northwest, Markee Castle's 185.6mm was the highest total with a more moderate figures of between 120mm and 130mm at Finner and Castlederg.

Along the east coast, Dublin Apt recorded only 147mm while Belfast did slightly better at 155.6mm, which wasn't enough though to beat Casement's impressive 178mm. In the southeast, Johnstown collected a respectable 192mm (up to the 29th, missing data from yesterday).

Data is incomplete at this stage but seems either Cork Apt or Knock Apt will come in as the wettest stations of June 2012, with both recording in and around 230mm.

Should have put all this into a table. Will do later.

185mm in Markree and 158mm in Sligo town!

Hey DE you should write down a log of peoples reports and put it into your finished table and we would have an all round ireland result for what was a very wet month.

The first week of July is going to continue this theme

Gonzo

easily the wettest and coldest June I can ever remember and there looks to be no let up in this crap weather for the first week/2 weeks of July at least. If this continues all the way through July into August then this summer may well be the worst summer I have ever experienced making the summer of 2007 look good.

mickger844posts

Checking back through Met Eireann data for their Waterford station my total of 202.2mm easily surpasses the previous June high of 156.8mm recorded in June 2007. Without checking other months i would imagine this June is up there with some of the wettest months ever recorded.

Jesus Wept

A grand soft June it was.

Grid.

Lovely start to July!:rolleyes:

Jpmarn

My land in Co Limerick is very wet. Getting very heavy showers this morning.

mcriot29

Grid. wrote: »

Lovely start to July!:rolleyes:

What a nice summers day it is today 12c and rain

Birdnuts

According to the Beeb at lunchtime - this weather pattern will be with us for a few weeks yet:(

Rougies

Official June report from Met Eireann is out, it has certainly been the wettest June on record for many areas. Could probably safely say the wettest June on record as a whole in Ireland.

"Most stations, apart from Valentia Observatory and Belmullet, recorded double or more of their June Average. Of these, most reported it as their highest June rainfall on record, apart from Dublin Airport and Phoenix Park which reported their wettest June since 1993 (19 years) and 2007 (5 years), respectively."

http://www.met.ie/news/display.asp?ID=163

kingshankly

BBC news there wettest June on record in uk after 2 months ago where April was the wettest on record also

Min

June for me here in north east Kilkenny at 220 metres asl

Mean                              Deg   Deg         Wind                 Dom
Day Temp  High   Time   Low    Time   Days  Days  Rain  Speed High   Time    Dir
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 1  15.5  20.4   14:16  13.4   04:10   2.9   0.1   0.4   3.5  14.5   00:11     W
 2  13.6  17.2   13:03  11.2   04:58   4.5   0.0  11.8   4.4  24.1   23:18     E
 3  10.0  13.2   00:15   7.1   23:54   8.3   0.0   4.4   8.0  33.8   10:01    NE
 4  10.0  16.6   16:22   5.4   04:49   8.3   0.0   0.0   3.4  19.3   18:47    SE
 5  10.8  13.5   18:27   7.4   02:12   7.5   0.0   2.6   3.6  25.7   11:49   SSE
 6  12.7  18.6   14:44   8.6   04:42   5.6   0.0   0.2   6.8  27.4   15:25   SSW
 7  11.9  14.1   16:18  10.2   06:36   6.4   0.0  28.6   5.2  32.2   06:48     E
 8   9.9  12.2   00:28   8.8   23:56   8.4   0.0  19.8  24.7  64.4   08:52   WNW
 9  11.4  16.9   17:42   7.1   06:52   6.9   0.0   0.0  10.5  32.2   09:11     W
10  12.8  19.2   17:43   8.1   05:08   5.5   0.0   0.0   4.1  20.9   20:06   SSW
11  11.8  15.8   15:43   8.2   04:10   6.5   0.0   6.0   2.6  17.7   16:41    SW
12  11.4  14.7   13:16   9.9   03:06   6.9   0.0   1.6   1.9  14.5   15:18     W
13  11.4  16.2   13:42   8.9   05:44   6.9   0.0   0.6   3.2  16.1   16:37    NW
14  10.5  12.7   11:35   9.2   00:03   7.4   0.0  13.8   8.8  49.9   20:16   ESE
15  11.9  14.3   13:45  10.8   04:30   6.1   0.0  13.8  12.0  45.1   15:33     S
16  11.5  12.8   12:30   9.6   23:53   6.5   0.0  13.4  14.0  40.2   15:22     W
17  11.4  17.1   16:49   8.1   05:30   6.9   0.0   0.0   6.4  22.5   00:52   WNW
18  11.3  15.8   14:15   8.0   03:28   7.0   0.0   1.2   7.1  32.2   12:23   SSW
19  12.3  18.3   15:23   7.2   05:23   5.5   0.0   0.2   7.2  29.0   15:10   SSW
20  13.4  18.8   15:01   9.8   01:13   4.8   0.0   5.8   1.8  25.7   12:25     S
21  11.7  14.7   12:33  10.1   02:25   6.6   0.0  12.8   5.7  24.1   05:48   WSW
22  11.7  14.9   17:36   9.7   23:02   6.6   0.0   5.4  17.6  48.3   20:55   WNW
23  11.4  13.8   14:24   9.8   01:38   6.9   0.0   3.8  12.3  33.8   14:16    SW
24  13.8  18.5   15:55  10.3   00:00   4.5   0.0   0.0  10.3  30.6   09:02   WNW
25  14.0  20.5   15:01   9.2   04:35   4.5   0.1   0.0   5.0  24.1   15:00   SSW
26  16.4  22.0   14:50  11.7   01:53   2.6   0.6   1.4   9.3  29.0   07:24   SSW
27  16.0  19.5   15:06  13.9   21:55   2.4   0.1   4.0  11.1  37.0   16:13   SSW
28  15.2  18.7   14:15  12.4   23:35   3.1   0.0  18.2  12.4  40.2   16:54   SSW
29  13.7  17.0   15:00  11.6   04:55   4.5   0.0   8.8  13.6  38.6   01:22    SW
30  11.7  14.4   16:36   9.1   23:30   6.6   0.0   0.0  13.6  43.5   17:58     W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    12.4  22.0    26     5.4     4   177.1   0.9 178.6   8.3  64.4     8     WSW

Big Tone

Let's face it lads, the weather is broken, it's broken around the world and it's probably too late to fix it now and things have gone beyond man's control e.g. the recent discovery of the release of millions of tonnes of methane gas into the atmosphere in the artic and so on. We can expect more records to be smashed in the coming years ahead.

gbee

Big Tone wrote: »

Let's face it lads, the weather is broken, it's broken around the world and it's probably too late to fix it now .

Which brings in some of the conspiracy theories nicely aka man's deliberate attempts to control weather ~

LFCFan

Man is deluded if he thinks he can ever control weather or climate. This planet was here long before us and will be here long after us. Records are only 120ish years old and the planet is here billions of years. It has gone through more climate pattern cycles than man will ever experience. If 'man made climate change' didn't involve massive amounts of money changing hands then it might be easier to accept!!

yellowlabrador

I remember a similar summer in 1980, when I was living in Holland. I remember it vividly because I was looking after 6 children under 10. Every day, heavy rain , only cleaning up every evening a 5 pm, when I would get the children out to let off steam, then washing and drying their clothes and cleaning a dark brown carpet of mud stains. I did not get a break it was the stuff of nightmares.
If you know anyone with children who are on their own, offer a helping hand, even if it's only for a few hours. I've noticed in supermarkets that the little ones are a bit more fractious, so give the mums a break .