Spring Weather 2016

kingshankly

One of the coldest days of the year for me the wind would cut ya

sryanbruen

Today is certainly a mix of all seasons.

First it is graupel. Then it's blue skies everywhere and soon a heavy shower and freezing cold in it. Then blue skies again and feeling quite warm - without adding on the wind chill.

bnt

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

26th April late spring in Ireland.....

Not just Ireland - Scotland and England are getting quite a bit of snow today, says the Daily Mail.

JCX BXC

bnt wrote: »

Not just Ireland - Scotland and England are getting quite a bit of snow today, says the Daily Mail.

A small bit, the daily mail would report on a half melted ball of graupel.

Gonzo

have seen everything today, rain, hail, graupal, flakes of snow and sleet. Horrible cold day, feel absolutely bitter in that wind.

Oneiric 3

Chart from this time last year. Every bit as cold as this time around. In fact, just looking at that stats, cold spells seem to be quite common at this time of year as we have only to go back to the end of April 2012, 2013 & 2015 to see pretty much similar temps to the present.

sryanbruen

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Chart from this time last year. Every bit as cold as this time around. In fact, just looking at that stats, cold spells seem to be quite common at this time of year as we have only to go back to the end of April 2012, 2013 & 2015 to see pretty much similar temps to the present.

That's maybe because before these Aprils, a warm end to the month was much more common and it is just Mother Nature's idea of evening things out with it.

2011 - Very warm end (as was the whole month generally)
2010 - Meh... quite average - not particularly cold
2009 - Again quite average
2008 - Mild
2007 - Mild / warm (days were variable)
2006 - Mild
2005 - Mild
2004 - Mild
2003 - Mild
2002 - Mild
2001 - Mild

^ Yep I was right

pad199207

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Chart from this time last year. Every bit as cold as this time around. In fact, just looking at that stats, cold spells seem to be quite common at this time of year as we have only to go back to the end of April 2012, 2013 & 2015 to see pretty much similar temps to the present.

Yeah sure this was Punchestown last year. Same time

Meteorite58

Very cold and widespread freezing for large parts of the country the next few nights. I've heard of farmers bringing in animals the last few nights as it is too cold for them being out.

pad199207

Very Heavy Hail today in Naas

Oneiric 3

sryanbruen wrote: »

That's maybe because before these Aprils, a warm end to the month was much more common and it is just Mother Nature's idea of evening things out with it.

^ Yep I was right

It is reasonable to expect the end of April to end on a warmish note, but just saying that cold snaps like this are not that unusual either - or at least, they weren't.

Clonmel1000

It's absolutely freezing out.

Oscar Bravo

Certainly a cold night ahead, 11pm reports- Claremorris at 1 degree and several other stations at 2 degrees. a crispy sunny morning lies ahead....

nacho libre

I spent the day in Norfolk. It felt with the windchill, from the breeze , that it was close to freezing point rather than 8 degrees. I've never experienced windchill like that before at the end of April.

sryanbruen

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Certainly a cold night ahead, 11pm reports- Claremorris at 1 degree and several other stations at 2 degrees. a crispy sunny morning lies ahead....

And it is, the sun is splitting the stones here!

highdef

Overnight low of -2.7 in north Kildare and it was -2.4 at 07:01 this morning!

Pangea

It was snowing here this morning in Donegal, some of the hills have a blanket too.

screamer

Any indications of whether it will get warmer or are we stuck with this cold crappy weather ?

Clonmel1000

screamer wrote: »

Any indications of whether it will get warmer or are we stuck with this cold crappy weather ?

Probably September just as kids go back after their 'summer' holidaysðŸ˜႒

MJohnston

While I'd agree it's very cold out, it hasn't really been all that 'crappy' to be honest. Lots of sunshine, not too much in the way of precipitation. Next couple of days with some rain AND cold, that'll be ****e. MT's forecast indicates that we are looking at the Arctic blocking breaking up in about a week, which might make it a bit rainer, but temps should increase substantially at least.

Pat Dunne

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Probably September just as kids go back after their 'summer' holidaysðŸ˜႒

No I beg to differ, the first 3 weeks of June are always guaranteed to be sunny, as the Leaving and Junior Certs exams are on

pad199207

Well structured cell earlier

JCX BXC

No rain here yesterday and today, strange that.

Too cold out though.

sryanbruen

Pat Dunne wrote: »

No I beg to differ, the first 3 weeks of June are always guaranteed to be sunny, as the Leaving and Junior Certs exams are on

ONE big exception, 2012!

sryanbruen

There has been a great contrast between the two halves of this April at Grange.

Mean temperature

1st-15th: 6.9c
16th-27th: 6.5c

Rainfall

1st-15th: 98.3mm
16th-27th: 0.8mm

Sunshine

1st-15th: 59 hours
16th-27th: 91 hours

The second half is not even done yet and it is already way sunnier than the first half.

onmebike

I got caught in a shower of what felt like half hail, half graupel on the bike on the way home this evening. It was in the Dublin 12 area and I thought I'd just miss out on it because I could see it in the distance to my north, but I got it. I wished that I still had my beard to protect my face!

snowjon

Snowing in Belfast!

Clonmel1000

Like a winters day.

arctictree

Heavy snow in Roundwood at 8am this morning. Was sticking on higher ground.

Lumi

It's definitely woolly jumper weather out there today! That NW'ly breeze is freezing. Currently 7.0C here in Galway city but it feels like 3.1C with the wind chill - the icy showers are just adding to the joy.......