Ireland's weather West/East Coast

Zelda247

Having lived on both I find a huge difference in the weather between Kerry and Dublin, are there any stats backing this up.

Gaoth Laidir

Zelda247 wrote: »

Having lived on both I find a huge difference in the weather between Kerry and Dublin, are there any stats backing this up.

There sure are...

Valentia stats
Casement Stats




All from http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/climate-of-ireland.asp

Eugene Norman

The mountain rain is a bit misleading but the west even at low levels is more than twice Dublins total.

Oneiric 3

Even within the greater western region, there can much variation in climate (relatively speaking). Having lived in Clifden for a while, it certainly is much wetter and windier than here in east Galway for example, which has climate more akin to that experienced over the midlands than the west coast.

Slashermcguirk

Believe it or not Dublin gets less rainfall annually than London. I think rainfall is greatly over exaggerated in Dublin. A friend of mine moved from cork years ago and said he couldn't believe how little it rained in Dublin compared to growing up in cork!!

I know it's brutal the past month but generally speaking I don't find Dublin particularly wet.

Riverireland

The only thing that stops me relocating to the wast of ireland from the east coast is the rain. It seems to never stop.

blind_builder

Zelda247 wrote: »

Having lived on both I find a huge difference in the weather between Kerry and Dublin, are there any stats backing this up.

kerry is one of the three wettest counties , the other two being galway and donegal

the three driest counties are dublin , kildare and louth

i live in the west of ireland but grew up in the east , it never stops raining in galway

blind_builder

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Even within the greater western region, there can much variation in climate (relatively speaking). Having lived in Clifden for a while, it certainly is much wetter and windier than here in east Galway for example, which has climate more akin to that experienced over the midlands than the west coast.

i live in east galway , it rains far more than in the midlands , once you cross into west athlone on the M6 , the weather changes almost every time

Oneiric 3

blind_builder wrote: »

i live in east galway , it rains far more than in the midlands , once you cross into west athlone on the M6 , the weather changes almost every time

Only thing I have noticed is that the clouds get heavier looking west of the Shannon.

We do get relatively more rain days than areas further east but the weather here in general has little in common with the west coast, more especially regarding wind/temp etc.

blind_builder wrote: »

it never stops raining in galway

A common myth that is just that, a myth that has no data whatsoever to back it up.

Eugene Norman

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Only thing I have noticed is that the clouds get heavier looking west of the Shannon.

We do get relatively more rain days than areas further east but the weather here in general has little in common with the west coast, more especially regarding wind/temp etc.



A common myth that is just that, a myth that has no data whatsoever to back it up.

Or he's using hyperbole.

That said I bet there are more rainy days than dry ones in Galway. And Galway is west coast.

Oneiric 3

Eugene Norman wrote: »

Or he's using hyperbole.

That said I bet there are more rainy days than dry ones in Galway. And Galway is west coast.

There is more to Galway than just the west coast. It's a big big county.

Senna

Is there statistics available for the number of days that it rained in the West vs East?

Eugene Norman

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

There is more to Galway than just the west coast. It's a big big county.

It's really not that big. In any case if you want to prove that the rain stops half way across the county there must be stats on that somewhere.

Oneiric 3

Eugene Norman wrote: »

It's really not that big. In any case if you want to prove that the rain stops half way across the county there must be stats on that somewhere.

2nd biggest in Ireland. But your missing my point - entirely.

saltsun

Eugene Norman wrote: »

It's really not that big. In any case if you want to prove that the rain stops half way across the county there must be stats on that somewhere.

In an Irish context Galway is a big county. Where I live on the west coast of the county, if I want to travel to Dublin, just getting out of Co. Galway is a greater distance than all the other counties put together on that route.

I've also noticed that the cloud does seem to thicken once West of the Shannon. There's a similar local pattern between Oughterard & Maam Cross, where weather conditions can vary quite substantially either side of a line between those two points.

It really feels like it's been raining since the middle of October or thereabouts. There has been the odd day where it hasn't been awfully wet but there's an air of cabin fever about the place.

danjo-xx

They say the tide doesn't come in.....in Galway...it comes down:D

Zelda247

Thanks for all the replies guys, it sure has been a wake up call living here, I don't think I can spend the rest of my life living with rain every day, have to find a way to get back to the East coast.

Zelda247

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

There sure are...

Valentia stats
Casement Stats




All from http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/climate-of-ireland.asp

Sorry being a bit dim here but do the Casement stats refer to the East Coast ?

Gaoth Laidir

Zelda247 wrote: »

Sorry being a bit dim here but do the Casement stats refer to the East Coast ?

Casement has the longest uninterrupted stats in the east. Dublin Airport has had two moves over its history and the Phoenix Park stats are not on that page.

MJohnston

Slashermcguirk wrote: »

Believe it or not Dublin gets less rainfall annually than London.

I don't think this is true - Dublin seems to get approximately 150-200mm more per year on average, and has more rainy days.

Oneiric 3

blind_builder wrote: »

it never stops raining in galway

Just rain some statistics from my own weather station which I have set to log data every 5 minutes. Of all the 5 minute logs since the start of 2015 up to yesterday, only 4.5% of them recorded rainfall. with 95.5% recording none! Proof that it does not rain all the time in Galway. Quite the opposite in fact.

Eugene Norman

MJohnston wrote: »

I don't think this is true - Dublin seems to get approximately 150-200mm more per year on average, and has more rainy days.

Yes. I doubted that too. It's probably less rainy than Bristol, Liverpool and other western cities (and the north east) but London also has a distinct climate, relative to the UK it's very dry.

Slashermcguirk

I have read that Dublin is drier than London in numerous sources. Also says it on Wikipedia on different city climate pages.

Zelda247

Slashermcguirk wrote: »

I have read that Dublin is drier than London in numerous sources. Also says it on Wikipedia on different city climate pages.

Yes it does rain a lot in London I lived there for 20 years,its bearable thought unlike the West coast of Ireland:)

Slashermcguirk

Zelda247 wrote: »

Yes it does rain a lot in London I lived there for 20 years,its bearable thought unlike the West coast of Ireland:)

Could be worse, could be Scotland! Nowhere rains more than Scotland. Been to Edinburgh 5 times and have yet to ever see the sun emerge!

Gaoth Laidir

Heathrow's average annual rainfall is 602 mm. The greater London and SE England region is 788 mm.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate/gcpsvg2yz

Casement's average is 754 mm and Dublin Airport's is 758 mm.

http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/30year-averages.asp

Zelda247

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Heathrow's average annual rainfall is 602 mm. The greater London and SE England region is 788 mm.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate/gcpsvg2yz

Casement ' average is 754 mm and Dublin Airport's is 758 mm.

http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/30year-averages.asp

That really is very interesting, thanks for that:)

Supercell

To put some rainfall numbers on it.

From 1981 to 2010 (most recent figures available on met.ie):-

The driest place in Ireland is around Sean O'Moore road in Ringsend Dublin 4 with 675mm average rain per year
The wettest place in Ireland is around Ballaghbeama Gap, Co Kerry with 3562mm average rain per year

Source - http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/IE_RR_8110_V1.zip

Zelda247

Now why am I not surprised that the wettest place in Ireland is Kerry!... I have only lived here for 9 months and frankly its unreal. Weather wise it must be one of the most depressing places on earth!

MJohnston

Zelda247 wrote: »

Now why am I not surprised that the wettest place in Ireland is Kerry!... I have only lived here for 9 months and frankly its unreal. Weather wise it must be one of the most depressing places on earth!

Only if you consider rain to be depressing weather

Zelda247

MJohnston wrote: »

Only if you consider rain to be depressing weather

Dont' dislike it entirely but everyday plus the winds is a bit too much:)