Summer 2018 - General Discussion

appledrop

Cool here in Dublin this evening. For weeks windows left open in evening to try + let air in. This evening I was running around closing them all due to chill! Looking forward to nice sleep tonight without the humidity.

SleetAndSnow

Just arrived back in cork city from Tenerife. Whew feels colder haha. 15 degrees and a clear sky

Harry Palmr

First working day in weeks where I didn't feel the need to wear a big hat and sunblock as it was bright but overcast.

Graces7

appledrop wrote: »

Cool here in Dublin this evening. For weeks windows left open in evening to try + let air in. This evening I was running around closing them all due to chill! Looking forward to nice sleep tonight without the humidity.

Definitely much cooler; as soon as the cats had been fed just now two of them headed straight for my bed and under the covers.. Assessing weather via animal behaviour here! If they come in wet? Been a shower,.

West Mayo, offshore island

cherryghost

Best nights sleep I've had in a long time.

Mobhi1

appledrop wrote: »

Cool here in Dublin this evening. For weeks windows left open in evening to try + let air in. This evening I was running around closing them all due to chill! Looking forward to nice sleep tonight without the humidity.

I couldn't sleep with the windows in the bedroom closed, any night of the year, winter or summer.

sryanbruen

Valentia Observatory and Cork Airport on top for sunshine from 21 June to 14 July 2018 (24-day period) with totals of 273.3 (11.4 hours per day on average) and 270.9 hours (11.3 hours per day on average) respectively. Don't know if that's record breaking but surely it must be near record breaking because those kinds of totals would be mad in a 30 or 31-day period, never mind 24 days - not even a full month!



Here's a graph of the daily maximum temperatures for selected Irish stations from 21 June to 14 July 2018.



Data comes from Met Éireann.

Gonzo

not a nice day here, showers on and off every few minutes and feeling cool.

Mobhi1

Not seen any showers but it's very dull and overcast, and cool at only 17.7C.

Ultimate Seduction

Hard to think there was people praying for this weather last week. Depressing.

SleetAndSnow

Very light drizzle shower in cork city. Wet the cars a bit but the road is bone dry and grass is bone dry.

Gonzo

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Hard to think there was people praying for this weather last week. Depressing.

Atlantic muck gets old very quick. I am hoping we will continue to see decent warm and settled spells over the next 7 weeks before Autumn really gets going.

MJohnston

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Hard to think there was people praying for this weather last week. Depressing.

I'm happy to see it for a while. Sleeping was actually pleasant last night, for the first time in nearly a month!

Xenji

It has turned wet again in Castlebar, cool at 16.8C.

km79

Started a bit of outside work
Started raining

sryanbruen

Been alright in Dublin 13, mostly cloudy and bone dry.

Edit: shower starting now.....

Gonzo

starting to brighten up a little bit here. Showers have not been heavy but lots of drizzle and light rain, on and off. Makes it difficult to do anything outside.

Graces7

Heavy shower here and all is deliciously sodden..

West May, offshore island

km79

Absolutely LASHING in east Galway
Wipers on full on drive form Town
Can’t get out of car now

Pure ****e since Friday . And I missed all the good stuff too
Better not go down the drain like last summer when I got home but it’s got a deja vu feel about it last few days running in and out of house for cover and jobs left half done

D.Q

lads whatever happened to M.Ts daily forecasts, have they been moved elsewhere? can't seem to find them anywhere

red sean

D.Q wrote: »

lads whatever happened to M.Ts daily forecasts, have they been moved elsewhere? can't seem to find them anywhere

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=107538583#post107538583

Graces7

Wetter and wetter and now sunshine

West Mayo; offshore island

Mobhi1

I've seen no rain since the small bit on Sunday. It's just mostly cloudy with the occasional bit of sunshine peeping through here in Glasnevin. It's currently 19.1C.

Harry Palmr

A close run thing but Micks weather station in Waterford has recorded two more days in the 20s (by .3 and .4 margins!) so that's every day since June 23.

km79

km79 wrote: »

Absolutely LASHING in east Galway
Wipers on full on drive form Town
Can’t get out of car now

Pure ****e since Friday . And I missed all the good stuff too
Better not go down the drain like last summer when I got home but it’s got a deja vu feel about it last few days running in and out of house for cover and jobs left half done

JUST A ju

Just had a brief almost thundery downpour
I’ll take the positives out of it I suppose and hope to see the lawn edges green up over next few days when hopefully The Sun reappears

Mobhi1

I haven't seen any rain here in the last couple of days. The cloud is breaking up now and there's a good bit of sunshine in the last while. It's 20.1C now.

Mars Bar

bleh. My job was so much easier last week and the week before!

Lucreto

Winters blessing is Summers curse.

The house is too well insulated, it's still 25c plus in the house and it hasn't really cooled down over the last few days.

Graces7

Lucreto wrote: »

Winters blessing is Summers curse.

The house is too well insulated, it's still 25c plus in the house and it hasn't really cooled down over the last few days.

Same here.. Designed for normal Irish weather..

mg1982

The rain is back here in sligo anyway. Had one intense shower accompanied with strong winds which seemed to change direction from west to south as the shower passed over. It was strange.