Is there ever a whole sunny day in Ireland?

sryanbruen

Fiskar wrote: »

Sur isn't the OP lucky he is living in Dublin with more dry days than most parts of the country. If the OP lived in Cork City they would need a good pair of wellies and a boat. They don't call it "Rain City" for nothing!

The mad thing though this is that we have gotten HIGHER maximum daily falls than Cork in the past. These dates come to mind

11 June 1963
25 August 1986
11 June 1993
5/6 November 2000
20 October 2002
14 November 2002
24 October 2011

Timberrrrrrrr

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Yes but it was way back nineteen-dickety-two.We had to say dickety because the Kaiser had stolen our word twenty. I chased that rascal to get it back, but gave up after dickety-six miles. What are you cackling at, fatty? Too much pie, that's your problem! Now, I'd like to digress from my prepared remarks to discuss how I invented the terlet...

The summers of 2006, 2013 and 2014 stick out in my mind a featuring lots of brilliant sunny weather, day after day, 2006 having something like 20 days of sunshine in June if I remember correctly! 2012 was very bad I think. I have feint memories of brown grass and idyllically sunny weather, blue skies, in the summer of 1995, but I was very young and it could be an invented memory, but I remember either 1996 or 1997 being very wet and me being annoyed as a child that the summer in Ireland wasn't like the way it was on cartoons based in America

sryanbruen

Deleted User wrote: »

The summers of 2006, 2013 and 2014 stick out in my mind a featuring lots of brilliant sunny weather, day after day, 2006 having something like 20 days of sunshine in June if I remember correctly! 2012 was very bad I think. I have feint memories of brown grass and idyllically sunny weather, blue skies, in the summer of 1995, but I was very young and it could be an invented memory, but I remember either 1996 or 1997 being very wet and me being annoyed as a child that the summer in Ireland wasn't like the way it was on cartoons based in America

It was 1997 that was "very wet" but August 1996 was quite wet whilst the other two months of Summer 1996 were dry especially June which was the driest since 1975. No it's not an invented memory, it's a true fact about 1995. August 1995 was the sunniest, driest and hottest August on record in Ireland. It was also one of the sunniest, driest and hottest months on record in Ireland.

Oneiric 3

sryanbruen wrote: »

Plus those dry days were recorded in April, June, September and October!

Which just illustrates how crap the rest of the year was in the W & NW.

allthedoyles

Come to the Sunny-South-East ..........you won't be disappointed

armabelle

FalconGirl wrote: »

I think the weather has been steadily worsening the last 15-20 years. I was in southern Spain a few weeks ago and felt so energized and upbeat by the sun. Came back here and felt instant sluggishness and difficult to be motivated. Seriously considering the move to a warmer climate. Our weather is the pits.

where did you go in spain? we lived in Malaga for 2 years before moving here. Definitely agree about what you said about the sun though. Makes sense since the sun gives life to all living things

armabelle

seamus wrote: »

The funny thing is you don't realise when you're having a good run of weather until you're nearly out of it. But if it's been raining for two days, it feels like two weeks.

It really doesn't rain all that much on the east coast. I cycle to work every day so I'd be more conscious of the weather than a lot of others. There was a period early last Autumn, September to October, where it didn't really rain at all for a good 6 weeks. I never got rained on nor saw wet ground on my travels.

After that then it pissed pretty solidly for about 4 weeks and we got 4 or 5 five storms in a row. But that was quite exceptional even for Ireland.

And you probably won't believe me, but the March just gone was way drier than usual, around half the average rainfall for March.

Like I say, you don't notice it until it's already gone.

In terms of sunshine, you will see a lot more sunny days come early June. August and September are usually the best months for it.

It's not only rain or no rain though. The problem in Ireland is the low cloud cover. This stops the vital sunshine getting through and this is what brings me down personally.

looking forward to June then

armabelle

sryanbruen wrote: »

Last ones for you to look at. I hope I have answered your question fully this time!

What are the numbers on the left of the charts? Hours?

armabelle

allthedoyles wrote: »

Come to the Sunny-South-East ..........you won't be disappointed

post 68 doesn't really show much of a difference in the south east compared to the rest of the east coast... or am I seeing it wrong?

armabelle

sryanbruen wrote: »

More months for you to look at

Do you have more of these? Could I see an entire summers sunshine for a particular year or two?

sryanbruen

armabelle wrote: »

What are the numbers on the left of the charts? Hours?

Yes they are

sryanbruen

armabelle wrote: »

Do you have more of these? Could I see an entire summers sunshine for a particular year or two?

I don't have full summers but I can make one or two easily!

sryanbruen

However, the graph can only consist of one station if it's a full season because others wouldn't fit in. So what station do you want me to do?

sryanbruen

Here's my station's sunshine in Autumn 2010 and Spring 2011.

armabelle

sryanbruen wrote: »

I don't have full summers but I can make one or two easily!

it would be interesting to see how much sunshine there was in a recent spring and summer in those locations because whenever I ask people they have different answers based on their own perception which can vary quite a lot. Merely selecting certain months makes me wonder if they were simply "rarer" months in term of sunshine.

armabelle

sryanbruen wrote: »

However, the graph can only consist of one station if it's a full season because others wouldn't fit in. So what station do you want me to do?

dublin?

sryanbruen

armabelle wrote: »

dublin?

Here ya go

armabelle

sryanbruen wrote: »

Here ya go

that is great.. and it does look sunny in 95... but perhaps that was a strangely sunny summer? I guess the only way to know would be to compare it with preceding or succeeding years

sumtings

sryanbruen wrote: »

Here ya go

That was some August!

sryanbruen

sumtings wrote: »

That was some August!

Read about it here

http://www.met.ie/climate/MonthlyWeather/clim-1995-Aug.pdf

Dots1982

doolox wrote: »

On the East Coast they get about 200 rainy days a year. The west Coast gets 300 rainy days a year. A good weather pattern depends on when you get your average of 40 depressions ( rain ) and 7 highs ( dry ) in any year. You should hope to get your high pressure events in June or July or August as this will bring warm sunny weather ( Warm = about 20 deg C ). Getting these highs in winter = frost, temps below 0 degrees. In order to have a mild frost free winter you should hope to have most of the depressions happening in the winter from Nov to March.

If the opposite happens and you get a series of depressions in the Summer then you can have very wet cold and useless summer where everyone has to stay indoors, stuff is hard to dry and gets mouldy you have to dry your laundry indoors all the time and get mould everywhere and everyone is in a foul mood.....

Because of its unpredictable weather Ireland has a very high rate of suicide, alcoholism, depression and people not inclined to plan too far ahead. Outdoor activities are not as plentiful as in other better countries and tend to be very active, hurling our national team sport is among the fastest games in the world. People play fast to stay warm. Our national dance is also very fast.

Whisky in Ireland and Scotland is known as the water of life as it was considered a lifesaver in the days before decent housing and central heating. The russians with their even more appalling climate have a similar calamatous relationship with alcohol due to the need to keep warm by any means possible.

Irelands climate is similar to the US northwest coast, Washington State and Oregan, dominated by rain. Also parts of the European low countries England and Scotland have rainy, depressing weather.

That's one of the most amazing answers I've ever read on boards

sryanbruen

armabelle wrote: »

that is great.. and it does look sunny in 95... but perhaps that was a strangely sunny summer? I guess the only way to know would be to compare it with preceding or succeeding years

1995 remains in everybody's (who was alive cause I wasn't sadly) memories for being the best summer ever in Ireland (though sometimes it can battle with 1976 as that title). Since that Summer, only Summers 2006 and 2013 come close to how great that one was whilst 1996, 2000, 2003, 2010 and 2014 were pleasant (though not even close as good). Sunshine wise, here's my percentage of LTA sunshine during each Summer since 1995.

1996 - 109% (June was 131% - so that brought it up)
1997 - 91%
1998 - 89%
1999 - 97% (July was 123% - if it were even 10% higher, the whole Summer would be sunnier than normal)
2000 - 102%
2001 - 93%
2002 - 78% (exceptionally dull)
2003 - 107% (August was 126%)
2004 - 96%
2005 - 90%
2006 - 119%
2007 - 93%
2008 - 86%
2009 - 105%
2010 - 112%
2011 - 101%
2012 - 91%
2013 - 116%
2014 - 111%
2015 - 98%

You can clearly see the dullest and sunniest summers in recent times here ^.

sryanbruen

Armabelle, would you do anything to have a Summer like 2006 again? Here's why:

In Summer 2006, I went on a holiday to Donabate and I stayed there throughout the month of July. There was about 17 days of non-stop sunshine, not a cloud in the sky! Temperatures did not fail to reach 20c in July 2006 except on one day here! I reached 25c or more on about 14 days - it was my warmest July on record (2013 did not beat it). Man I would do anything to have weather like this again! It didn't feel like I was in Ireland...

jims_addiction

FalconGirl wrote: »

I think the weather has been steadily worsening the last 15-20 years. I was in southern Spain a few weeks ago and felt so energized and upbeat by the sun. Came back here and felt instant sluggishness and difficult to be motivated. Seriously considering the move to a warmer climate. Our weather is the pits.

the weather has become very significantly wetter in the past fifteen to twenty years , ask any farmer and no one knows more about weather than farmers

if this trend continues , a situation will likely arise where the entire province of connacht is good for nothing bar forestry , traditional farming is becoming a huge challenge in the west

i was born in the east but live in galway now , nothing can prepare you for how much it rains here

jims_addiction

sryanbruen wrote: »

1995 remains in everybody's (who was alive cause I wasn't sadly) memories for being the best summer ever in Ireland (though sometimes it can battle with 1976 as that title). Since that Summer, only Summers 2006 and 2013 come close to how great that one was whilst 1996, 2000, 2003, 2010 and 2014 were pleasant (though not even close as good). Sunshine wise, here's my percentage of LTA sunshine during each Summer since 1995.

1996 - 109% (June was 131% - so that brought it up)
1997 - 91%
1998 - 89%
1999 - 97% (July was 123% - if it were even 10% higher, the whole Summer would be sunnier than normal)
2000 - 102%
2001 - 93%
2002 - 78% (exceptionally dull)
2003 - 107% (August was 126%)
2004 - 96%
2005 - 90%
2006 - 119%
2007 - 93%
2008 - 86%
2009 - 105%
2010 - 112%
2011 - 101%
2012 - 91%
2013 - 116%
2014 - 111%
2015 - 98%

You can clearly see the dullest and sunniest summers in recent times here ^.

i preferred 2014 to 2013 , the good weather of 2014 lasted until the beginning of november , it was the best autumn i can ever remember , july 2013 was however the best month i can remember since 1995 , july 2006 was also amazing , oh and april 2007

catbear

I remember 07 and 08 as being just depressingly grey, not especially wet just unrelentingly dull.

02 though did my head in. I'd got the offer a lovely house in the countryside and so had great plans for getting fit and generally enjoying the country air. I tried to go jogging everyday but every fecking day it rained and it was cold rain.
I gave up and moved back to town by August!

sryanbruen

jims_addiction wrote: »

i preferred 2014 to 2013 , the good weather of 2014 lasted until the beginning of november , it was the best autumn i can ever remember , july 2013 was however the best month i can remember since 1995 , july 2006 was also amazing , oh and april 2007

I don't say 2014 was that great overall because of AUGUST. August 2014 was my second wettest August on record and it made that whole Summer wet overall! It was also my fifth wettest month on record. Over 80mm on just the second day of the month!

Autumn 2010 was the best Autumn ever for me. Reasons why

1. Sunshine - Apart from the first 3 weekends of September and the periods October 26th-29th and November 1st-4th, sunshine wasn't absent during Autumn. It was my sunniest on record. I remember each day very well!!!! September was the second sunniest on record whilst October and November were the sunniest on record. October 11th was a day I will never forget!! It was over 20c with a full day of sunshine and plenty of good things happened to me on that day.

2. The November snowfall - The end of November 2010's snowfall brought joy to me. It was the best snowfall I ever experienced in my life (due to also with the sunshine because in the following December whenever it snowed, it was cloudy). It truly was a Winter wonderland!

3. The warmth on some days in the sunshine. Though temperatures weren't particularly high, the sunshine made it feel like Summer. Days that this happened included September 1st-3rd, 14th, 25th, 26th, October 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 24th, 25th, November 7th, 8th, 10th, 14th and 15th. September 2nd and October 11th stand out to me the best.

Autumn 2011 the following one was my second favourite surprisingly (because it was very dull...). The October 24th flood was remarkable and interesting whilst the September heat at the end was something I hadn't seen such late in the year since 2003. After school on September 28th, 2011, we decided to go to the beach as temperatures hit 25c! and sunshine was blazing! It is still the only day in September to this day that I have gone to the beach.

Plus catbear, 2007 and 2008 (well 2008 kind of) weren't about the dull conditions, they were about the wet conditions. Comparing each month during these summers to my records:

2007

June - the third wettest on record
July - the second wettest on record
August - the seventh wettest on record

2008

June - the seventh wettest on record
July - the third wettest on record
August - the wettest on record

The months that stand out to me sunshine wise:

September 2015
April 2015
January 2015
July 2014
June 2014
July 2013
September 2012
March 2012
June 2011
April 2011
March 2011
January 2011
December 2010
November 2010
October 2010
September 2010
August 2010
June 2010
May 2010
April 2010
January 2010
June 2009
May 2009
October 2008
May 2008

I could go on and on and on and on! At the end of the day, I don't think Ireland is a terrible country for sunshine, we just don't get as much! Like there are a lot duller ones.

catbear

for what it's worth I spent the last few years in a desert, once it didn't rain for 5 months. I can still remember knowing the instant the first drops fell, it was glorious!

I have a different appreciation of our weather now.

armabelle

catbear wrote: »

for what it's worth I spent the last few years in a desert, once it didn't rain for 5 months. I can still remember knowing the instant the first drops fell, it was glorious!

I have a different appreciation of our weather now.

I think good weather means variation. You need the rain but you also need the sun. Too much of either is bad too little of either is also bad

jims_addiction

catbear wrote: »

I remember 07 and 08 as being just depressingly grey, not especially wet just unrelentingly dull.

02 though did my head in. I'd got the offer a lovely house in the countryside and so had great plans for getting fit and generally enjoying the country air. I tried to go jogging everyday but every fecking day it rained and it was cold rain.
I gave up and moved back to town by August!

2008 was incredibly wet in summer , it wasnt just dull , 2002 was an awful summer too but no summer was ever as bad as 2012 or at least not in galway where i now live

2013 was the worst spring ive ever experienced , we didnt have one , we skipped from winter in the third week of may to lovely summer weather by early june

2016 is the second worst spring i can remember and like 2012 - 2013 , its been raining for six months if you exclude the dry spell which lasted until good friday gone by

jims_addiction

sryanbruen wrote: »

I don't say 2014 was that great overall because of AUGUST. August 2014 was my second wettest August on record and it made that whole Summer wet overall! It was also my fifth wettest month on record. Over 80mm on just the second day of the month!

Autumn 2010 was the best Autumn ever for me. Reasons why

1. Sunshine - Apart from the first 3 weekends of September and the periods October 26th-29th and November 1st-4th, sunshine wasn't absent during Autumn. It was my sunniest on record. I remember each day very well!!!! September was the second sunniest on record whilst October and November were the sunniest on record. October 11th was a day I will never forget!! It was over 20c with a full day of sunshine and plenty of good things happened to me on that day.

2. The November snowfall - The end of November 2010's snowfall brought joy to me. It was the best snowfall I ever experienced in my life (due to also with the sunshine because in the following December whenever it snowed, it was cloudy). It truly was a Winter wonderland!

3. The warmth on some days in the sunshine. Though temperatures weren't particularly high, the sunshine made it feel like Summer. Days that this happened included September 1st-3rd, 14th, 25th, 26th, October 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 24th, 25th, November 7th, 8th, 10th, 14th and 15th. September 2nd and October 11th stand out to me the best.

Autumn 2011 the following one was my second favourite surprisingly (because it was very dull...). The October 24th flood was remarkable and interesting whilst the September heat at the end was something I hadn't seen such late in the year since 2003. After school on September 28th, 2011, we decided to go to the beach as temperatures hit 25c! and sunshine was blazing! It is still the only day in September to this day that I have gone to the beach.

Plus catbear, 2007 and 2008 (well 2008 kind of) weren't about the dull conditions, they were about the wet conditions. Comparing each month during these summers to my records:

2007

June - the third wettest on record
July - the second wettest on record
August - the seventh wettest on record

2008

June - the seventh wettest on record
July - the third wettest on record
August - the wettest on record

The months that stand out to me sunshine wise:

September 2015
April 2015
January 2015
July 2014
June 2014
July 2013
September 2012
March 2012
June 2011
April 2011
March 2011
January 2011
December 2010
November 2010
October 2010
September 2010
August 2010
June 2010
May 2010
April 2010
January 2010
June 2009
May 2009
October 2008
May 2008

I could go on and on and on and on! At the end of the day, I don't think Ireland is a terrible country for sunshine, we just don't get as much! Like there are a lot duller ones.

where i live is very very high up and appears to have its own micro climate , without question 2014 was the best ever september and october spell in my memory , the summer of 2014 was nothing too memorable here , most of my brothers and sisters live in dublin and they spoke of a great summer in 2014 , as warm as 2013 in july , i didnt experience anything close to 2013 in terms of heat in the summer of 2014

jims_addiction

catbear wrote: »

for what it's worth I spent the last few years in a desert, once it didn't rain for 5 months. I can still remember knowing the instant the first drops fell, it was glorious!

I have a different appreciation of our weather now.

when you benchmark anything against very bad examples , you will rarely ever be disapointed

jims_addiction

sryanbruen wrote: »

I don't say 2014 was that great overall because of AUGUST. August 2014 was my second wettest August on record and it made that whole Summer wet overall! It was also my fifth wettest month on record. Over 80mm on just the second day of the month!

Autumn 2010 was the best Autumn ever for me. Reasons why

1. Sunshine - Apart from the first 3 weekends of September and the periods October 26th-29th and November 1st-4th, sunshine wasn't absent during Autumn. It was my sunniest on record. I remember each day very well!!!! September was the second sunniest on record whilst October and November were the sunniest on record. October 11th was a day I will never forget!! It was over 20c with a full day of sunshine and plenty of good things happened to me on that day.

2. The November snowfall - The end of November 2010's snowfall brought joy to me. It was the best snowfall I ever experienced in my life (due to also with the sunshine because in the following December whenever it snowed, it was cloudy). It truly was a Winter wonderland!

3. The warmth on some days in the sunshine. Though temperatures weren't particularly high, the sunshine made it feel like Summer. Days that this happened included September 1st-3rd, 14th, 25th, 26th, October 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 24th, 25th, November 7th, 8th, 10th, 14th and 15th. September 2nd and October 11th stand out to me the best.

Autumn 2011 the following one was my second favourite surprisingly (because it was very dull...). The October 24th flood was remarkable and interesting whilst the September heat at the end was something I hadn't seen such late in the year since 2003. After school on September 28th, 2011, we decided to go to the beach as temperatures hit 25c! and sunshine was blazing! It is still the only day in September to this day that I have gone to the beach.

Plus catbear, 2007 and 2008 (well 2008 kind of) weren't about the dull conditions, they were about the wet conditions. Comparing each month during these summers to my records:

2007

June - the third wettest on record
July - the second wettest on record
August - the seventh wettest on record

2008

June - the seventh wettest on record
July - the third wettest on record
August - the wettest on record

The months that stand out to me sunshine wise:

September 2015
April 2015
January 2015
July 2014
June 2014
July 2013
September 2012
March 2012
June 2011
April 2011
March 2011
January 2011
December 2010
November 2010
October 2010
September 2010
August 2010
June 2010
May 2010
April 2010
January 2010
June 2009
May 2009
October 2008
May 2008

I could go on and on and on and on! At the end of the day, I don't think Ireland is a terrible country for sunshine, we just don't get as much! Like there are a lot duller ones.

ireland is not one climate , dublin has a good climate by irish standards , waterford an even better one

connacht ( along wiith donegal and west kerry ) has a shockingly dull , wet and windy climate

sryanbruen

jims_addiction wrote: »

ireland is not one climate , dublin has a good climate by irish standards , waterford an even better one

connacht ( along wiith donegal and west kerry ) has a shockingly dull , wet and windy climate

I feel like Knock Airport has its own climate because of how astonishingly dull it was in 2014 and 2015 - its two dullest years on record.

sryanbruen

jims_addiction wrote: »

where i live is very very high up and appears to have its own micro climate , without question 2014 was the best ever september and october spell in my memory , the summer of 2014 was nothing too memorable here , most of my brothers and sisters live in dublin and they spoke of a great summer in 2014 , as warm as 2013 in july , i didnt experience anything close to 2013 in terms of heat in the summer of 2014

I don't know where you're getting that October 2014 was great :pac::pac:. October 2014 was largely wet and warm but dull (except in Dublin). The only thing I can really remember great about that month was the warmest Halloween on record.

jims_addiction

sryanbruen wrote: »

I don't know where you're getting that October 2014 was great :pac::pac:. October 2014 was largely wet and warm but dull (except in Dublin). The only thing I can really remember great about that month was the warmest Halloween on record.

i own a small sheep farm in galway , autumn of 2014 was incredible for growing grass , maybe im reminiscing about the warmth , this spring is chronically bad in terms of growth , you couldnt feed a goat outside

Discodog

joujoujou wrote: »

In the West.

My own station stats just for last 2 years:

2015 - 307 wet days.
2014 - 319 wet days. That does not mean there was no rain at all the other days and/or you're well prepared to do your job even when it's wet.

365-10=355. So still 55 days of dry weather left until 300 day figure.

I used to work outdoors in the UK & people warned me about moving to Galway. I work 5 days per week unless the rain is all day which is unusual. Wet days could mean a spot of drizzle or a downpour. I really don't find the weather to be any worse than it was in the UK.

A lot of the wet days ,ie 24 hours, will involve rain during the night. Also, as the sunshine map shows, there is a big difference between the coastal strip, from Oranmore to the West & the higher land.

jims_addiction

sryanbruen wrote: »

I feel like Knock Airport has its own climate because of how astonishingly dull it was in 2014 and 2015 - its two dullest years on record.

2015 where i live wasnt near as bad as 2012 but i doubt it was much warmer , growth was awful for summer yet in the east of the country farmers grew bumper crops

jims_addiction

Discodog wrote: »

I used to work outdoors in the UK & people warned me about moving to Galway. I work 5 days per week unless the rain is all day which is unusual. Wet days could mean a spot of drizzle or a downpour. I really don't find the weather to be any worse than it was in the UK.

A lot of the wet days ,ie 24 hours, will involve rain during the night. Also, as the sunshine map shows, there is a big difference between the coastal strip, from Oranmore to the West & the higher land.

a neighbour of mine is from the north of england , he would always say that while the north of england is a good bit wetter than london for example , its dubai compared to galway , unless your from north west scotland , i really dont know how anyone could think galway is no wetter

sryanbruen

jims_addiction wrote: »

i own a small sheep farm in galway , autumn of 2014 was incredible for growing grass , maybe im reminiscing about the warmth , this spring is chronically bad in terms of growth , you couldnt feed a goat outside

Here's Autumn 2014 at my area (quite similar in your area except drier) to confirm was it the warmth you're reminiscing about.

trixychic

This thread is hilarious. I'm not being mean but i originally thought it was a troll. After reading through and realising its not I'm in bits. Irish always talk about 1 thing.... the weather. Because it never stops changing.

Yesterday my 2 boys started the day off on shorts outside playing then ended up in looking at torrential hailstones. Ha. Maddness!!!

Last summer we had 2 wks of beautiful weather after the schools for out... for which my boys were in with chicken pox. Then it rained an awful lot.

I also remember summer of 2007. I did me leaving cert. Goregeous weather everyday til my last exam... then poured for the rest of it. The beginning of September is generally lovely too.

You never know what your gonna get in Ireland. Welcome!!!!

sryanbruen

trixychic wrote: »

This thread is hilarious. I'm not being mean but i originally thought it was a troll. After reading through and realising its not I'm in bits. Irish always talk about 1 thing.... the weather. Because it never stops changing.

Yesterday my 2 boys started the day off on shorts outside playing then ended up in looking at torrential hailstones. Ha. Maddness!!!

Last summer we had 2 wks of beautiful weather after the schools for out... for which my boys were in with chicken pox. Then it rained an awful lot.

I also remember summer of 2007. I did me leaving cert. Goregeous weather everyday til my last exam... then poured for the rest of it. The beginning of September is generally lovely too.

You never know what your gonna get in Ireland. Welcome!!!!

Well the start of June 2007 was a mix.

The 1st - 3rd: Very unsettled period. Some places recorded up to 60mm on the 2nd and 3rd. Parts of the southwest had 40mm on the 2nd whilst the east like Dublin had over 30mm on the 3rd.

The 4th - 11th: A much more settled period with relentless sunshine from time to time (though not everywhere) and warmth. However, it was the only such spell of that awful Summer. This is the "gorgeous" weather you're talking 'bout.

As then from June 11th - July 29th, it rained somewhere in the country on each day! You can check June 2007 in the attachment below to jog your memory back!

trixychic

Oh and can I just add. If the weather starts to go above 28deg C alot of us will complain. I can't personally take that kind of heat. I love 20-26 deg C. But that's it.

jims_addiction

trixychic wrote: »

Oh and can I just add. If the weather starts to go above 28deg C alot of us will complain. I can't personally take that kind of heat. I love 20-26 deg C. But that's it.

just as well that only happens once per decade then

im ok with tempretures in the high teens , i just wish it would stop raining so much and it is raining much more nowadays

Discodog

From the Met Eireann Website.

The general impression is that it rains quite a lot of the time in Ireland but in fact two out of three hourly observations will not report any measurable rainfall. The average number of wet days (days with more than 1mm of rain) ranges from about 150 days a year along the east and south-east coasts, to about 225 days a year in parts of the west.

Unlike the rain in many other countries, especially in the tropics, average hourly rainfall amounts in Ireland are quite low, ranging from 1 to 2mm. Short-term rates can of course be much higher: for example, an hourly total of 10mm is not uncommon and totals of 15 to 20mm in an hour may be expected to occur once in 5 years. Hourly totals exceeding 25mm are rare in this country and when they do occur they are usually associated with heavy thunderstorms.

People are obsessed by the weather & it depends on your personality. I am a positive person so I see a bright day with a few showers as a nice day others might say that it's another wet day. Outdoor workers here are hopelessly dressed for wet weather. Typically you see the lad in the rain soaked hoody.

I live 20 mins from one of the best cites in the World & I can walk along the coast for miles & see no one. That is very special & these day very rare. Even today, by looking at the rainfall radar, I was able to walk for over an hour & stay totally dry.

trixychic

Read through some more there. (It has me in stitches!!!!) St Patrick's day this yr was a miracle!!!! Gorgeous weather all round....

But I now realise what you mean when you say "a whole sunny day" is a day in which when you wake in the morning till you go to sleep in the night that there is not a cloud in the sky, no overcast bits.... I am living here since birth im 1990.... I remember very very very few of these days. In total. No guarantee you'll get more than one of these a yr... if your lucky.

sryanbruen

trixychic wrote: »

Read through some more there. (It has me in stitches!!!!) St Patrick's day this yr was a miracle!!!! Gorgeous weather all round....

But I now realise what you mean when you say "a whole sunny day" is a day in which when you wake in the morning till you go to sleep in the night that there is not a cloud in the sky, no overcast bits.... I am living here since birth im 1990.... I remember very very very few of these days. In total. No guarantee you'll get more than one of these a yr... if your lucky.

I can remember plenty :P. I haven't a clue what people are talking 'bout.

jims_addiction

Discodog wrote: »

From the Met Eireann Website.

The general impression is that it rains quite a lot of the time in Ireland but in fact two out of three hourly observations will not report any measurable rainfall. The average number of wet days (days with more than 1mm of rain) ranges from about 150 days a year along the east and south-east coasts, to about 225 days a year in parts of the west.

Unlike the rain in many other countries, especially in the tropics, average hourly rainfall amounts in Ireland are quite low, ranging from 1 to 2mm. Short-term rates can of course be much higher: for example, an hourly total of 10mm is not uncommon and totals of 15 to 20mm in an hour may be expected to occur once in 5 years. Hourly totals exceeding 25mm are rare in this country and when they do occur they are usually associated with heavy thunderstorms.

People are obsessed by the weather & it depends on your personality. I am a positive person so I see a bright day with a few showers as a nice day others might say that it's another wet day. Outdoor workers here are hopelessly dressed for wet weather. Typically you see the lad in the rain soaked hoody.

I live 20 mins from one of the best cites in the World & I can walk along the coast for miles & see no one. That is very special & these day very rare. Even today, by looking at the rainfall radar, I was able to walk for over an hour & stay totally dry.

no offense but anyone who refers to galway as one of the best cities in the world is not going to be too hard to please when it comes to weather or anything else

weather reports will work off averages in a small country like ireland , in reality there is a very large difference between the climate of west waterford and west galway

sumtings

Discodog wrote: »

From the Met Eireann Website.

The general impression is that it rains quite a lot of the time in Ireland but in fact two out of three hourly observations will not report any measurable rainfall. The average number of wet days (days with more than 1mm of rain) ranges from about 150 days a year along the east and south-east coasts, to about 225 days a year in parts of the west.

Unlike the rain in many other countries, especially in the tropics, average hourly rainfall amounts in Ireland are quite low, ranging from 1 to 2mm. Short-term rates can of course be much higher: for example, an hourly total of 10mm is not uncommon and totals of 15 to 20mm in an hour may be expected to occur once in 5 years. Hourly totals exceeding 25mm are rare in this country and when they do occur they are usually associated with heavy thunderstorms.

People are obsessed by the weather & it depends on your personality. I am a positive person so I see a bright day with a few showers as a nice day others might say that it's another wet day. Outdoor workers here are hopelessly dressed for wet weather. Typically you see the lad in the rain soaked hoody.

I live 20 mins from one of the best cites in the World & I can walk along the coast for miles & see no one. That is very special & these day very rare. Even today, by looking at the rainfall radar, I was able to walk for over an hour & stay totally dry.

The rainfall radar is a must, it has transformed my outdoor experience; that and the cloud cover satellite images, along with the short range forecasts mean that if you're lucky enough not to have to be somewhere at a particular time, you can really make the best of what Ireland has to offer. Days like today and Desmond do make it difficult, and living on the east coast is definitely a plus, but some of us here in the West aren't making it up when we say we can enjoy what's thrown at us. That said I'm not stupid, more sun would be lovely.

armabelle

Steve F wrote: »

Fact of life in Ireland is you will get one decent summer about once a decade
so average life you will get 7 or eight good summers unless you holiday abroad
The rain is a little warmer here in the summer if that helps tho?

this is the pinnacle of depressing news for me, going to have to get permit to work remotely or resign pretty soon sad because I do like Ireland otherwise