Summer 2022 - General Discussion

quite a warm morning in Dublin, cloudy but pleasant and 20 degrees

8am - woke up to lashing rain

9-11is - eased off

constantly raining since after 11 albeit light and drizzly

car read 13 degrees going to shops

near Mohill, Co.Leitrim

Will he even come on the radio and acknowledge that he was talking utter nonsense!?

All over the UK news about heatwaves all over Europe! Looking outside, I'm not seeing it. Confused!

We're an island off an island on the northern edge of Europe.

It's currently 18 degrees here in Dublin, according to my trusty phone.... doesn't feel like it if I'm honest - but I'll take it over 35 degrees in Spain any day!

It has been a very dry June in Galway so far. The rain this morning was needed.

The total mm of rain thus far for Athenry and Mace Head are 14.9 and 14.8 respectively. The long term average for both stations are 79.6 and 82.4 and it looks like we will get significantly less rain than the previous 3 years.

No he won't, i might text to ask where's the scorcher we were to get.

I see a few farmers have hay down now, no doubt due to hearing all the radio talk of heatwaves and scorchers.

34mm in Sligo averages 2mm a day. There has been that but the first week was nearly completely dry.

This rain is useless so far. Rivers quite low but I won't wish for rain though it does look like a lot of small amounts in the coming days so East and South could face a shortage soon

Thats statement should be framed and put on your wall :)

I agree with the sentiment that it's difficult not to be disappointed with June 2022. First week locally was very sunny (apart from the horrendous 5th), 1st and 6th were great. But temperatures were on the cool side then the wind picked up big time and it's been mostly cloudy, dry since.

First half of June 2019 was undoubtedly worse than this June. Ideal Leaving Cert weather for me though. The "heatwave" in the second half was also disappointing here on the east coast but least the second half provided much more usable weather and closer to average conditions than that sad excuse for a first half. June 2020 was rubbish really with the odd fine or spectacular day. The days that come to mind as spectacular are Bank Holiday Monday the 1st, 8th and the 15th which I know you really liked. The 24th and 25th were also mostly fine but 24th had a cloudy start and 25th cloudy end with a thunderstorm overnight. The altocumulus floccus that provided a great sunset on 24th June 2020, one of the best I've seen, were clearly nature's way of saying a storm was on the way! Shame there was only a couple of rumbles/flashes here as Wicklow took most of the hit from what I recall then we don't get into what happened thereafter (J### 2020) 😂.

I await your flaming July prediction in the July forecast contest when the time comes Danno 😉

Don't I know it, he has reminded me enough today🤣.

Pauldry we better not let our spouses enter the monthly weather contest, they might do better than us🤣