Autumn 2021 - General Discussion

And to think that most years the ground would be in shïte down at the Ploughing Championships

Last night was one of the coolest nights of the last few months. Got down to 8.9c here. Coldest night since June.

My complaint is my advocacy for measures to reduce the impacts on the climate from human activity.

It's peculiar that some people think sun and heat is good weather while others like myself think cooler and wetter weather is good weather, yet the heat enthusiasts don't have any ability to comprehend that it is very much a subjective experience as to what is "good" weather.

Notwithstanding the temperature today, it feels cooler particularly with the sun gone behind the clouds. Dublin 2 location today. A welcome respite!

Havent been on here in a while. Is it just me or has September felt very balmy? Again today it feels like its up near 20 degrees here in Dublin. Very dry month here in D5 so far this month. I see Phoenix Park has only recorded 8mm of rain the month of September to date. I cant recall a day yet this month where you would have needed more than a jumper, several days in the tshirt.

Dublin airport tracking at 464mm of rain for the whole year so far from January - September. Not sure how that compares to average at this stage of the year, i know Dublin usually averages about 700mm total per year.

National mean temp for the period Sept 1st to 20th (Yesterday) since the mid 70s.

In terms of warmth for this period, we are second only to 1991. For interest, the coolest temp in this series was the 10.5c in 1986.

Data from Met Eireann.

Edit. Looking back at 1991, it seems that from about here on in, it started cooling down to more seasonal temps. With the continuation of warm temperatures this year, and with nights especially warming up once again until the start of next week (low to mid teens), it is a near safe bet now that this September will finish first place in this particular ranking.

2006 and maybe 2016 the only ones there of the top few that continued relatively mild/warm through the second half of the month. 2020 fell off a cliff near the end with early air frosts being recorded, similar to 2018. Some stations even had slightly below average temps in the end. 2003 did a similar thing but still remained significantly above average.

Forecast temps for here, Galway (from the ECMWF via YR.NO) up to the 29th.

Over last weekend, this model was quite bullish about bringing in temps closer to cooler than average towards the middle of this week. This was pushed further back and even yesterday, there were showing sub 10c mins for this weekend. All changed again with warm, humid and windless nights to continue until at least Monday now.

The models, and not just the ECMWF, have performed just downright terribly over these last few weeks. Every time average or cooler weather was forecast, it is pushed further and further back with every run, but no doubt they'll be closer to the mark now that excessive warmth and humidity with the odd weak, dribbly front (if we are lucky) is on the table. There is just no end to the summer of 2021 at all, and looking at the longer range ensemble run from the ECMWF this morning, it looks as if this anomalous warmth that has plagued the NE Atlantic region since the 2nd half of the summer will not be going anywhere any soon as we run into the first part of October. No active weather at all in the offing, just the same old drab humid warmth.

I'm really getting pig sick of self righteous people on here jumping down my throat every time I post a comment on this thread. If you don't like what I say, then please put me on ignore.

This is a weather forum. If you just want to talk about 'nice' weather all the time, then talk to the regular bowsie on the street.

It's not all one way traffic, I agree with you in wanting cooler, more unsettled weather. It is a bit OTT to take it personally and jump straight to "you want to destroy livelihoods and homes" from saying that. This 6 month summer season we are experiencing becomes a pain after a while, especially when we are this far past actual summer!

I hope we get a few good storms this winter and snow and ice but that's just me

Ohh that sounds good as well here's hoping 😁

Boring it may be but that can be good too!

Yes that is true, a bit more sunshine would be nice but none of the other stuff! You can tell that I'm speaking with my farmers hat on!