Summer 2023 - General Discussion

Very overcast and chilly Dublin 16

Dreadful in Dublin again alright. Cloudy, breezy and 12c.

The easterly wind was absolutely fine any days the sun was out, faux heat and all that. No complaints. Even last week during the cloudy days, we had some heating in the earlier portion of the day to get us up towards 16c before the cloud came in. Yesterday and today with cloud cover very early on we got really screwed. Kind of like what parts of the UK was getting last week with 12-14c persisting the full day.

Glancing at the models, a brief slack pattern that will help us temperature wise here but questionable if it will have much sun, could be July '22 again with a lot of dull warmth about. So careful what one wishes for. All I see is some sort of easterly winds returning thereafter. These will slowly warm up as June progresses and when the winds are light, the worst of the temperatures will stay close to the coast. But if you are chasing warmth, inland and west again looks like excelling for much of the month to come.

What's the warmest June (average temp) on record for western parts? Some of the stations are absolutely smashing the LTA and there really is no let up in sight, and this is before we start getting more humid warm nights which will further boost any record chasing.

Beautiful out west again

1pm

Shannon 23 degrees

Mace head 22 degrees

Moore Park 22 degrees

Scorchio day #? in Galway. Feels like an oven, grass is gone the colour of hay

Cloudy in cork city, mild but windy. Wasn't expecting the wind, its fairly strong too with cork airport reading about 21kts.

I might not be popular with some folks ,but I am hoping for a return of the cooler nights as soon as possible. I was never a huge fan of heat and humidity but in recent years even less so as my body seems to be less intolerance of it. Maybe it's just to do with being older. I remember the days I could easily Climb Croagh Patrick with temperatures in the high 20s. I would not be able for it these days!

I’m easy either way as long as the days are warm/sunny that’s all that matters IMO. Cooler nights are better though in regard to the elderly , those with health issues during hot weather. If it’s hot during the day with little relief at night it puts more of a burden on those groups.

I got a portable air conditioning unit several years ago, from Lidl, I think. It's great yoke if you prefer a cool sleeping area. The hot air is simply vented out the window and cold air is pumped into the bedroom. Would highly recommend it if you like it cool in the bedroom at night.

Then you have the benefit of being able to sit outside in comfort until very late in the evening and still be able to go to bed in a cool bedroom. It's a win-win situation.

hazy sun,Warm and balmy with a soft blustery wind, west Mayo.

27 now being forecast for here on saturday.

About 50 drops of rain here in Beara. Cloudy all day.

That sounds like a brilliant yoke. I fully agree with that poster about sticky nights. For all my love of heat I need a cool bedroom to be able to sleep. Which is why I love Spain because there's air conditioning. One of the great things about this recent heatwave [Kerry] has been the low humidity and cool nights. I'm of to Spain on Sunday for two weeks so guaranteed my air con. But I'd be hugely interested in that unit you got from Lidl as there could be many hot nights here at home before the summer is over, hopefully anyway.