Turning very warm/hot, heatwave conditions likely; Sunday 24th -->

Gaoth Laidir

Shannon just hovering below the 30.0 threshold at 2 pm, and the other 3 stations lower than yesterday too. Still, not too shabby...
Highest in the North is 29.1 at Castlederg.

joebloggs32

amandstu wrote: »

Who has the highest reading in their car? I had 37 yesterday.... (parked ,I mean)

I got 39 on Tuesady in south offaly. Parked in a Tesco carpark with no other cars nearby

RobertKK

harr wrote: »

For those of you who have home weather stations , where is the best location for the thermometer ? Granted I won’t have an ideal spot as I live in a 3 bed semi.
Currently have it attached to a trellis in middle of garden.. would like to upgrade my current set up..

A grass surface, in the most open location you can use away from man made influences, thermometer placed at 1.2 metres from the surface.

sryanbruen

Steve F wrote: »

Sorry
Steve

Nothing to be sorry about dude, just showing you the video. Perhaps I could intrigue you into researching more about Summer 1976 after seeing it.

MJohnston

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

The carpark and buildings cover the whole eastern 180 ° of the station, and a southeast flow has the longest fetch over the hot surface (almost 200 metres). The centre of the square compound is only around 10 metres from the tarmac.

Bing Maps has slightly clearer satellite imagery for that area, in case it's useful:

MJohnston

amandstu wrote: »

Who has the highest reading in their car? I had 37 yesterday.... (parked ,I mean)

54 in my campervan yesterday...does that count?

Gambas

So disappointed.

Oneiric 3

I think we should scrap Shannon's data, as clearly, going by the 'rule book', it is not located properly. I's mean, most other official stations are located in fields in the middle of nowhere, which, I am told, is standard practice, so how it that Shannon gets a 'free pass' regarding this? Can the data from this station be really fairly compared to data from the bog warrior stations?

SleetAndSnow

MidMan25 wrote: »

Your parents summer house

Aha true

Just looking forward to that bit of a sea breeze. 27 degrees according to the car in Clonakilty

Gaoth Laidir

The only image of the met station at Shannon that I can find is this one from the old met.ie site.

Comhrá

harr wrote: »

For those of you who have home weather stations , where is the best location for the thermometer ? Granted I won’t have an ideal spot as I live in a 3 bed semi.
Currently have it attached to a trellis in middle of garden.. would like to upgrade my current set up..

I'm also in a 3-bed semi with a back garden of sorts so not the ideal location for a weather station. I mounted mine in a concrete base within a flower-pot which means I can move it about a little in order to avoid direct sunlight.

sryanbruen

Was Shannon on this page? It doesn't seem to be right now.

EDIT: Then again, none of the synoptic Airport stations are (Cork and Dublin too) along with others like Casement Aerodrome.

Xenji

It just edged over the 30C mark in Castlebar for the third day straight, later though today reaching the mark.

harr

Comhra wrote: »

I'm also in a 3-bed semi with a back garden of sorts so not the ideal location for a weather station. I mounted mine in a concrete base within a flower-pot which means I can move it about a little in order to avoid direct sunlight.

Brilliant idea ,thanks for that. It’s time I invested in a better set up...

Rebelbrowser

km79 wrote: »

Come to Tenerife
It has clouded over completely today
Cool and breezy
And not even a World Cup match on to watch
Heaven for you
Hell for me

ask the barman to stick on Dundalk v Cork City for you later!

Gonzo

sea breezes really knocking several degrees of the temperatures here since about 1.30pm. Currently 24C and feeling very pleasant in the breeze.

irishfeen

Temperature after dropping now in North Cork as a breeze had taken hold ..

25.9 DegC @ 48% humidity. (Down from 30.4 DegC this time yesterday)

sryanbruen

Northern Ireland getting a hosepipe ban now starting today.

https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/1012713564686217216

Akrasia

Sorry, I thought the weather station was somewhere different.

Looks like an awful place to put it, but I've gone and checked an old photograph from the 1950s and it appears that the car park and at least some of those buildings were there back then. And if that's the case, then even if there is a heat island there, at least it's been there since the start.

testicles

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snowstreams

I always thought that the saltmarsh there could have a heat affect too.
Its quite dark soil, but it is kept damp twice a day though!

JCX BXC

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

I think we should scrap Shannon's data, as clearly, going by the 'rule book', it is not located properly. I's mean, most other official stations are located in fields in the middle of nowhere, which, I am told, is standard practice, so how it that Shannon gets a 'free pass' regarding this? Can the data from this station be really fairly compared to data from the bog warrior stations?

Someone's getting moody with the weather!

JCX BXC

testicles wrote: »

If that's the met station, it's not in the same location as the satellite images from earlier.

The car park in Shannon, where the satellite images are from, existed in 1976 too. It was formerly the car park for Shannon ATC Centre before it moved to Ballycasey

Yup, agreed. That photo is from the south/southwest of the airport.

Meanwhile, we've reached 31.1c here in West Clare. I doubt we've ever experienced such a high temperature here, and it's certainly the highest in my lifetime.

Rikand

Very bearable to sit out in today. Nice occasional fresh breeze blowing keeping everything nice and chill.

Athlone

_Dara_

Was out by the Royal Canal there. That is some sexy, sexy weather. 24 degrees at Phoenix Park, our nearest station, at 4pm and with a light breeze. Heaven.

CrowdedHouse

New record (by just 0.1) in Roscrea 30.3 at 4:12 pm

JCX BXC

sryanbruen wrote: »

Northern Ireland getting a hosepipe ban now starting today.

https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/1012713564686217216

Banned in Dublin from next Monday

Gonzo

temp here has dropped another degree, down to 23C now, after a high of 26C at 1pm.

Gaoth Laidir

Shannon 31.1 at 4 pm, 0.4 less than yesterday.. Dont think its going to beat yesterday.

Gurteen 29.5, the exact same as yesterday.

judeboy101

JCX BXC wrote: »

sryanbruen wrote: »

Northern Ireland getting a hosepipe ban now starting today.

https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/1012713564686217216

Banned in Dublin from next Monday

Better fill the pool now