Summer 2023 - General Discussion

So it looks like a bust today in terms of thunderstorms for most places. Great drying and a pleasant feel with the breeze. It's a pity we could not have more days like this between now and the weekend. I would happily take this kind of weather for the rest of the Summer!

26c in Sligo today. 9c improvement on yesterday.

Mad that Dundalk got that hot. Saw it over 27c in the very North of Scotland.

As my mother said to my Dad "sure the climate change is everywhere" my Dad replied "hah!"

Grace was banned permanently a while back

It's crazy because mayo had the coldest temperature yesterday of 19c

Personal opinion only: No judgement, but there are some very weird people on this forum.

"I love heat and humidity" - goes on to describe how awful and sticky Dubai was. How he felt unwell from it, and had to cut short his day of sightseeing because he was wiped, but he loves it all the same...

"The Atlantic can go to sleep forever for all I care" OK, so you like continental European summer heatwaves where old people and poor people die, and winters where anyone without heating systems die?

We are at the same latitude as Irkutsk in Siberia where it's -20 in January, the Atlantic spares us from that but you still want that to stop?

Personally I like heat as much as anyone, provided I don't have to work in it, - it's one thing to go on holidays and "loooove" the 40° whilst chaffing your Stella and jumping into the pool every so often, but it's a whole other thing to live in it, particularly if you work outdoors or in a suit and tie.

I get that this is a weather forum and that extremes of weather (as far as that goes in Ireland, which isn't really extreme at all) turns some of you on, but seriously, - get a grip!

We live in one of the best environments on the planet by any metric.

"I love heat and humidity" - goes on to describe how awful and sticky Dubai was. How he felt unwell from it, and had to cut short his day of sightseeing because he was wiped, but he loves it all the same...

I think if you read my post correctly, I stated (in the context of the conversation going on about heat and humidity) that I liked heat and humidity up to a certain level.... That was the point of the post.

The references I made to Dubai where that I became used to the heat and humidity at the hotel and city and missed it when we came home. But that the dry extreme heat of the desert was too much for me (as it is for most people). So was pointing out that there is a limit to what I enjoy. And I clearly said my sweet spot for temperature is 30 to 32c.

Nothing weird in that lol!

And climate wise, yes Ireland has one of the best climates in the world IF you enjoy temperate and non-descript weather. i.e. A lack of proper heat, proper snow, proper storms. But this is a weather forum for weather enthusiasts. Some of us prefer continental style climates where more interesting weather occurs.

I was talking to someone working in a garden centre and she said many people are reporting that plants they have grown for years never blossomed this year and were dead. She said most of the plants that died were "foreign" plants and put it completely down to the very cold spell we had in December. That cold spell stood out for me because of the persistent frost we got for over a week. It was a wet frost too which made it look like it has snowed because there was so much 'rime' frost. By foreign plants she said the names suggested that they had originated in other countries e.g. Australian grasses/bushes. I remember that also happened after 2009/2010.

Looks like some development in west Dublin/Kildare as well as Wales looking at the satellite images. Not expecting anything here by the coast in south Dublin where its about 21C sunny with a light breeze ..aka summer perfection for this freckly Irishman.

Today is close to perfection for a summer's day. Currently 24c and significantly less breeze than yesterday. Crystal clear skies :)

Nice spread of warm temperatures today, Finner, Mullingar, Oak Park and Shannon all at 26°c at 3pm

Based off previous experience it's rare that we get several days of thunder activity in a row in the same places. We have had three good days this week. I expect tomorrow there will be more widspread showery rain about as the low moves closer. However for an unsettled week we have not done too badly. I think next week could well turn out similar to this one with some places getting a soaking while other areas may escape with not much rain at all