Hot Spell - Saturday 16th July onwards

I'm from the coast too, never know if I should go further inland or not. It never feels that warm here especially as where I am we have a micro climate where it always seems to be freezing no matter what the temp is. I always feel sorry for the people who come out on the dart expecting a scorcher and it's just hazy and windy. God's way of cursing Ireland, give it a nice coastline but with shite weather along it even in Heat waves.

That's interesting. But why have you chosen the Phoenix Park?

Anyway, here's how the entire country has fared in terms of warming.

Since the year 2000, only one year has been below normal, 2010 with 9.96°C (0.47°C below its LTA). The year 2007 remains Ireland's warmest. Not 1887.

Can't think of why you randomly chose Phoenix Park out of nowhere...

I chose Phoenix Park because it's in an area that should do well heatwise on Monday and it has by far the longest temperature record available.

June 1887 daily maxima. On the 26th, when Kilkenny hit 33.3, Phoenix Park hit 24.3. Most likely a strong sea breeze.

I think we're being too demanding of Met Eireann here as this furnace approacheth.

They've issued a weather warming. Which will be followed rapidly by a weather cooling.

Unless you're in Sligo, in which case its simply a wetter warming and then back to the baseline:- wetter cooling. Which is sort of fierce exotic in its own (Sligo) way. Edit : ears burning @Pauldry

Its downright disrespectful to those who perished in the furnace of Red '87.🥵🔥🔥

Another glorious start to the day, has been a brilliant warm week so far.

This month as been pretty good here with 21C recorded 12 out of the first 15 days and almost certainly again today.

Just two days of rain with 2.4mm recorded. Grass around here is yellowing, a thundery breakdown to this warm spell would top things off nicely!

14⁰ Meath. No air. Twas breezy yesterday morning. Off for a run. Should be fun as temps climb. Need the garden hose when I get back :)

Weather app has for mainly cloud today. I wonder.

Driving West on Monday in the forecasted furnace. Probably some kind of breakdown in forecast on my week off. Will I get a decent thundersorm on Tuesday in the West. 😶

20 degree isotherm clearing through most the country on Monday.

Just emerged from watching the rugby to the most gloriously calm and sunny morning outside. It really is a beautiful day on the Kildare/Wicklow border.