Summer 2019 - General Discussion

SleetAndSnow

Blue sky this morning in cork city, about 17 degrees! Nice start to the day

Rock Lesnar

Was a horrible evening here yesterday in north meath, dark and wet for a lot of it, cloudy again this morning but dry

Emme

This has to be one of the most miserable summers I have experienced. Despite some warmth it's mostly cloudy. I'm still taking the higher dose of Vitamin D I normally reserve for the winter months. My seasonal affective disorder is hitting me hard.

lawred2

Bit overcast in Dublin but warm

Grand really

JCX BXC

Emme wrote: »

This has to be one of the most miserable summers I have experienced. Despite some warmth it's mostly cloudy. I'm still taking the higher dose of Vitamin D I normally reserve for the winter months. My seasonal affective disorder is hitting me hard.

Where are you based?

Well if you were to look at Met Eireanns Siobhan last night you’d swear we were going to wake up to wall to wall sunshine ? Blue skies and little yellow suns all over her map of Ireland ? Dull and grey here in East Meath and I’m only 2km from coast.
I hate the way Met Eireann get our expectations up , then they’re wrong !

km79

Lovely morning in east Galway

Mortelaro

Beautiful in Arklow,
19c almost already

rob316

Lovely morning in cork city, fresh and sunny after 3 day of horrible overcast humid weather. Can breathe today

Donegal Storm

Still miserable in Letterkenny, raining all morning

seanmaol

Cloudy morning here in Clare, but clouds starting to roll back and sun starting to appear. Looks like its going to be a good one.

Seanachai

JCX BXC wrote: »

Where are you based?

If I had to guess I'd say somewhere in the SE, there was even a mist on the hills at my parents house over the weekend.

Mortelaro

Seanachai wrote: »

If I had to guess I'd say somewhere in the SE, there was even a mist on the hills at my parents house over the weekend.

I'd regard Arklow borderline SE
21c atm and sunny

lawred2

definite feeling of the sun about the break the clouds here in Dublin

Jimmy Garlic

Donegal Storm wrote: »

Still miserable in Letterkenny, raining all morning

Send some down here, ground is getting very dry here in north Cork, no significant rain for weeks.

Emme

JCX BXC wrote: »

Where are you based?

South Kildare

Gonzo

sun starting to break through here in Meath, feeling warm with a temperature of 18C.

SleetAndSnow

Clouded over now in cork city, still warm enough though.

sryanbruen

Why I rate this summer so low up to this point is not because of rain or low temperatures as I said but the lack of sunshine. The lack of sunshine has been rather notable in this part of Dublin since April (after an exceptionally sunny February and rather sunny March too) and stats from Dublin Airport do show this.

From May 1st to July 8th, Dublin Apt has had 349.0 hrs of sunshine (an average of 5.1 hrs per day) which doesn't sound too terrible (by Irish standards at least) but May had only 139.0 hrs which is well below the long-term average of around 192 hrs. Second half (16th-31st) was particularly poor with only 56.3 hrs. June had a total of 159.8 hrs which isn't exceptionally dull but still duller than average. This total was clearly masked by a relatively sunnier second half (100.2 hrs) though as the first half (1st-15th) had an atrocious total of 59.6 hrs.

Compare the same period (May 1st to July 8th) in previous years:

2018; 579.7 hrs (an average of 8.4 hrs of sun per day!)
2017; 416.3 hrs
2016; 393.0 hrs
2015; 413.5 hrs
2014; 396.5 hrs
2013; 456.3 hrs
2012; 355.2 hrs
2011; 444.8 hrs
2010; 488.3 hrs

So the respective period in 2019 has been the dullest in the past decade at Dublin Apt, even just about duller than 2012 and obviously a far cry from last year's (2018) exceptional frequency of sunny days.

Data from Met Éireann.

Oscar Bravo

How is over here(eg Claremorris) doing for sunshine Sryan, compared to last year? doesn't seem to dull

Gonzo

It's certainly been dull much of the time here in Meath since May, even since I arrived home on Sunday I haven't seen more than 2 or 3 minutes of sunshine and that was half an hour ago, fully cloudy here again.

Seanachai

Mortelaro wrote: »

I'd regard Arklow borderline SE
21c atm and sunny

There seems to be a lot of micro-climate stuff going on this year, I move between Dublin and the SE and I've barely seen a full day of clear skies.

Kermit.de.frog

Looking increasingly positive for the weekend and in to next week. Potentially turning hot for some too and high pressure much more assertive.

Some evolution to go across the models before things are more cast iron certain but I likes the look of things

Graces7

the sun is breaking through out here and I can hear a wee breeze.. always sunny when I have a migraine :rolleyes:

west mayo offshore

Mobhi1

The sun is shining in Dublin 11 now and it's 20.1C .

pad199207

Very warm inland today with temperature of 23c now

francie81

3rd dull day in a row here in the North-East, thankfully though in the 2nd half of Saturday the sun shone for my sons birthday.

sryanbruen

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

How is over here(eg Claremorris) doing for sunshine Sryan, compared to last year? doesn't seem to dull

Unfortunately, Claremorris stopped recording sunshine quite a while ago (when it was the dullest synoptic station in the entire world if I remember correctly or at least one of). However, here's Belmullet and Knock Airport sunshine totals for the same period (May 1st to July 8th).

Belmullet

2019; 377.6 hrs
2018; 458.8 hrs
2017; 383.6 hrs
2016; 405.9 hrs
2015; 326.8 hrs
2014; 433.9 hrs
2013; 377.5 hrs
2012; N/A
2011; 432.5 hrs
2010; 443.5 hrs

Knock Airport

2019; 310.0 hrs
2018; 454.5 hrs
2017; 306.8 hrs
2016; 336.9 hrs
2015; 269.3 hrs
2014; 279.0 hrs
2013; 326.4 hrs
2012; 271.9 hrs
2011; 329.6 hrs
2010; 414.1 hrs

Overall, I'd say around average for you.

Data from Met Éireann.

Mortelaro

Seanachai wrote: »

There seems to be a lot of micro-climate stuff going on this year, I move between Dublin and the SE and I've barely seen a full day of clear skies.

No different to be honest to the usual,Every year in the Lee of the Wicklow mans in a westerly or SW,skies clear
Its been documented on this forum several times
That's happening today
You'll experience that driving down the M11 to Waterford when it occurs but not the M9

Mortelaro

pad199207 wrote: »

Very warm inland today with temperature of 23c now

Currently 24.1c in Tullow via carlowweather.com