What's the weather like in your area 2

148multi · 10-06-2022 9:09pm

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No real growth here in roscommon either, very blustery today, just started raining now. Lads wanting to get ground back into the grazing platform. Sort of hit and run silage season.

straight · 10-06-2022 10:48pm

It's only silage lads. Got caught myself this year. Was waiting for the contractor all week and wasn't going to be the asshole shouting at him. Went in wet. Plenty effluent. No one died. Plenty bulk and massive recovery for aftergrass.

Wildsurfer · 11-06-2022 11:06am

I don't understand how this year is being compared to 2012, the weather must be vastly different up the West and North? Bit cooler than we'd like for June and it's luck of the draw whether you get silage in dry or get a few heavy showers, but ground is like Iron. If anything, we need more rain down South as its drying off as fast as it falls.

straight · 11-06-2022 11:18am

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Best year ever so far...

11-06-2022 12:15pm

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Iirc 2012 rained here, heading to the merchants the last day I noted the local river is so low as to see sand so it's pretty low. One thing I will say, it's cold for the time of year, consistently.

dzer2 · 12-06-2022 12:33pm

Ground has never got badly wet here since 18. We always had a lough in one of the fields never actually went dry until 18. Hasn't filled up since after heavy rain even in the winter it drains within a day. Did notice that although we are in the middle of June we haven't had a trip to the beach and haven't taken the jumper off.

Base price · 18-06-2022 10:39pm

Lit the fire tonight. There is a cool North West blustery wind blowing and it's just started to drizzle. Not great weather considering it's the Summer Solstice on Tuesday.

whelan2 · 20-06-2022 5:52pm

Super day today

DBK1 · 20-06-2022 7:30pm

Best day of the year so far here in the midlands. Just off the tractor from a whole day baling hay and it was all in super order.

have2flushtwice · 21-06-2022 9:35am

What does everyone use here for weather? I've been rained off twice in the past two months and have lost the day due to rain. Last Friday was a prime example. Checked met.ie on weds and all was good for a few days, on the Friday it rained from 8 to 1pm and it was heavy at that.

Western Pomise · 24-06-2022 4:31pm

Use YR weather and Met Eireann and if it’s an important week for weather watch BBC farming forecast on Sunday.

Very heavy rain all day in Mayo.Ground had dried out a fair bit especially with dry days early in the week but this will wet them again!

Growth rate well improved for last 10 days though.

Sugarbowl · 24-06-2022 9:18pm

Very heavy rain forecast here tomorrow. Are young calves ok out in that rain? Like 3/4 weeks. It’s been dry here practically since they were born.

Lime Tree Farm · 24-06-2022 11:03pm

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I would bring them in, the cold rain is too much of a shock to their system after a such a warm spell.

Easten · 24-06-2022 11:09pm

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Leave them out, a warm shed with wet cattle is a hotbed for every virus going. Calves once they have a full belly of milk can withstand a blizzard nevermind a drop of Summer rain

Lime Tree Farm · 24-06-2022 11:11pm

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You could be right this time.

I says · 25-06-2022 12:12am

Lashing down here. Middle of the country.

peckypiper · 25-06-2022 12:24am

Lots of thunder and lightning with heavy rain in cavan

25-06-2022 2:53pm

Raining, windy, no such luck to have something as interesting as thunder & lightning

whelan2 · 25-06-2022 4:59pm

Very windy, not much rain

patsy_mccabe · 26-06-2022 10:21am

It was wintery cold here yesterday. Today not much better. I was looking at Windy.com yesterday and the wind we are getting is from the Artic. It blows down by north Norway, over Iceland and then straight down, turns east and in over the country. I don't think I've ever heard of wind blowing like that before. Crazy for this time of year.

Hard Knocks · 26-06-2022 1:12pm

Brightening up nicely here now

Mooooo · 28-06-2022 8:40am

A few heavy showers after dark but yard drying out again with the wind. Yellow warning a bit much maybe. No sign of damage in fields from cows huddling anyway but it was well dry before that