Best summer in memory

2018

2018

2013

2006

2021

2014

Is how I rank the top 5 best summers of my lifetime so far (which ain't much).

May to July 2018 will be difficult to beat, a golden period with the best summer month I've seen - June 2018; 4mm of rain, more than 260 hrs of sun and mean temperatures at least 1-2C above average with a heatwave to finish. August was very disappointing however, as it normally is.

Brilliant July in 2013 with 2 weeks of very fine weather followed by some decent storms and convection by Ireland standards. June had a lovely period early on too whilst August wasn't amazing but passable.

Fantastic June and especially July in 2006 with the last instance of a 30C in Dublin. Another disappointing August.

A good June in 2021 and a contrasting July with quite a poor first 2 weeks but an exceptional heatwave with bags of sunshine day after day (of which we are still currently in when writing this post).

June and July 2014 were both fine months, July at times quite warm. August was exceptionally wet and became cool later on. I could interchange 2014 and 2021 depending on how August 2021 fares - August 2014 was very bad.

1976

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/heatwave-nostalgia-ireland-s-sizzling-summer-of-1976-1.3556756

This.

1995 was an actual summer season of constant hot weather from June to August, I was around 8 years old and remember it so fondly still. I remember we went to Portugal for 2.5 weeks and the weather was better back home while we were there.

1995 is the classic, 2013 was brilliant though.

Without a doubt, 1976.

Was alive for '76 but was only 2yo so can't remember it. Was a Barman in a Bray Seafront Pub for '95 and I couldn't wait to see the end of the good weather because it was relentless hard work for several months without a break. Running around like a Blue Arsed Fly from opening at 10:30am onwards. Normally you'd only need to serve a few oul fellas while prepping the place for the Lunch/dinnertime trade 12-3pm. Summer 95' Mon-Sun both front and back beer gardens would be nearly full by 11am. Mad busy for food 12-3pm. Normally you'd then have a quiet few hours to clean up after the Lunch trade and prep for the evening meal trade 5-7pm. Summer '95, Mad busy in that gap. Then mad busy for evening meal trade. Then mad busy for the night time drinks trade.........even Monday and Tuesday Nights when in a normal Summer those nights would be quiet. Just relentless. Couldn't wait to see the back of that Summer.

The incredible irony was that Bray Summer Fest had been rained out of it in its 2 weeks in July every year for the previous 5 so the Festival committee decided to move it to early September when the weather was always good when the kids went back to school. The year they decided to make this change was '95. The normal festival weeks were glorious. The rescheduled festival week at the beginning of September was when the Summer of '95 finally broke down with a week or two of rain. :D :D

I'd agree with those. Spent the summer of 95 working in London during the summer holidays. Stifling from mid June all the way through to early September.

June in 2013 was awful but right at the end of the month it improved markedly and July was glorious. The following year was quite similar too.

For some reason I can't really remember 2006 but I do remember one weekend in August when the humidity was like nothing I'd ever experienced in Ireland before.

it's only been good this week, has been dire up til then.

1995 or 2018.

2018 was the best year for weather. I wish every year was like 2018.

1995 gets my vote. My parents had a mobile home in east cork we’d be there every weekend and it’s not much fun stuck in a mobile home when it’s pissing rain but 1995 was glorious.

For me 1990, great weather that summer and Ireland were in Italia 90.

1995 for me.

While im not a huge fan of hot summers the best summer would have to be 95. It seemed to be more of a dry heat then the more humid kind. Honourable mentions for 83,84 and 89 .Too young to remember much about 76

I found the warm spells of summer 06 too humid. July 06 was pure torture.