Summer 2021 General Discussion

It's overcast here, spitting rain with a stiff 13 knot breeze and temp is 17c, and it isn't in the least bit cold or even cool out. It feels warm out to the point of being uncomfortable. If you feel cold in this sort of weather, than I don't know how you cope when it actually does get cold in winter.

If you feel uncomfortably warm in this sort of weather, then I don't know how you cope when it actually does get warm in summer. 😅

PS, it's gone up a few degrees since my earlier post in "Current Weather Conditions" so I would now describe it as mild(ish) and blustery. A light hoodie will do now, compared to the heavy one I wore this morning.

Are you a terrapin or something? Huddle up, it's getting chilly out there! 😏

It's all relevant to the individual. About 17° this evening at my location, strong winds and cloudy and it feels cool to me. I went out for a walk with the dog just before 6 and put a light hoodie on. Got to the front gate and turned back for a heavier hoodie.

My house is generally always warm, currently at about 24°. It was generally between 26° and 28° during the recent warm spell. So when I go outside to temperatures a good bit cooler, combined with a decent wind chill, it feels cool to me so I put on an extra layer and all is good in the world.

I doubt Met Eireann would have described the temperatures in Ireland today as being warm, never mind uncomfortably warm. Mild at best.

Oneiric 3Aug 12, 2021

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I can't understand how anyone can be cold at this time of year. Today was breezy, the odd shower and some broken nice sunshine, but at no stage did it ever feel remotely cool even. Like any August, or any summer month, there is that constant dull warmth in the air that rain or shine, polar or tropical, wind or calm just cannot shake off.

Same as this one. Only an Irish man! We have some of the worst (or should I say uninspiring) weather in the ENTIRE northern hemisphere during summer. All the other countries pity us for the miserable climate we are stuck with.

Oh no, another reptile! Marine, I think we will need a bigger house in Bali. 🤣

We are still fresh out of a prolonged and crippling heatwave, and yes, I still say it is warm. I agree that we have the most boring, soul annihilating climate on planet earth, but cold in summer, and especially in this part of it, it never is.

total deluge today it seems, esp for the southern half

well look at VENTUSKY 😐️

Where are you located? Rain is showing clearly at the radars I've looked at and I can confirm it's raining here. Met Eireann is me de facto but the others I use are pretty accurate for my location at the moment.

Yeah, I'm a bit perplexed too. When you mentioned about it being cold, you clearly said that you were referring about last week, or have I got something wrong?

And yes, some days last week were very cool and depending on your temperature preferences, one or two days could have been subjectively described as being cold for the time of year. I got down to single digits during a very heavy shower and that was during the day. So much so that I lit a fire in one of the stoves. The house was not cold but it had a nip with the temperature in one of the rooms down to 21°. Was mentioned before, my house is generally warm and 21° in the summer months is rather chilly.

I have to admit that the feeling of the radiant heat from the stove gave me that nice feeling of being all comfy in the house on a cold windy winters night with rain lashing against the window. In fairness, at the time the weather was pretty much that, the only difference being it was daytime and it was high summer.

Apologies for the sideways photo.

Looking back at the radar, it looks like the rain band passed over you overnight and it was rather weak at the time. After it passed your area it increased somewhat in intensity. It's in no way a major area of rain though, in any case, more nuisance value.