Summer 2023 - General Discussion

Well for you guys craving warmth the next 2 or 3 days won't be too bad. Max temperature of 20c to 22c in many places and a few downpours but plenty of warmth in any sunny spells so at least it won't be as bad as today for ye.

It will be fairly blustery until Sunday so it probably won’t feel as warm as the forecasted temperatures suggest?Sunday and Monday with lighter variable breezes might feel pleasant enough at around 20 degrees at that stage?

NIMAN, you have to be really taking the proverbial with your "tough choice." Tough choice between this horror show summer and a real summer, albeit an excessively hot one??? Are you really serious.😱😱

I spend about half of every summer in southern Spain and yes it can indeed get unbearably hot. Add to that, crowds and the noise of what the locals call 'the silly season" and it's by no means always ideal. But it's a million times superior to this abomination!! You never forget there that you're in summer. You're always in summer clothes, the nights are wonderful, as are the beach days and the overall easy living. This crap here, 15C,deluges of rain and needing heating, not to mention the abandoning of anything resembling summer wear in favour of socks, jumpers and rain coats, is the absolute worst kind of summer weather. My 90 year old mother is crippled with arthritis here, yet in Spain, her pains all but disappear. No contest at all!! Your friends are only being nice, I'd say.

I find that people, especially irish people with the weather, get into a cycle of writing off things based on whats currently happening. It's not that long ago we had a fabulous spell (and some people saying we need rain for the poor garden might I add) and summer was going to be long and sunny. Now weve had near 10 days of this cycle and summer is over already! I get that today is absolutely woeful but tomorrow isn't too bad and it will be warm in sunshine. The models could flip back just as quick in our favour as they flipped on the negative.

It was moderate but modoki (central based).

'Summer' is the entire season, not a day or a week of 'weather'. Why do you care anyway? You hardly spend any time here in the summer anyway as you love to remind the forum regularly. I don't know why i'm wasting my time anyway, you're not interested in other people's opinions :)

Did not expect this level of wind today. A tree down in Lucan causing traffic chaos, and I'm driven daft with the whistling in the chimney.

My grass is getting out of hand- I got it half cut last weekend but had to stop due to a downpour and I don't see any dry window of opportunity on the horizon. I don't mind the cool temps but the rain is getting dreary.

Hey what's your problem? When did I ever upset you in a former life?? And what's with the personal remark of me not being interested in other people's opinions? And sorry to upset you that I "love to remind the forum", a forum about weather experiences, that I get a away a lot and experience other climates! A bit of Irish begrudgery perhaps?? Anyway you seem to have a problem with me and my lifestyle which could actually be flattering 😀 but no doubt boring for other posters, so let's leave it there shall we!

Tomorrow not looking bad at all in Dublin and many other parts in the Eastern half of the country especially. Temperatures there widely into the 20s, maybe even Fohen conditions in Dublin, north of the mountains. A strong breeze too..... Hoping to get three loads of washing dried on the line tomorrow.

The unusually warm sea surface temps and el nino are akin to the perfect storm in terms of bringing moisture to us. A strong el nino usually means crap summers for us, followed by mild and unsettled winters.

I get you. I think a lot of people who accuse us of moaning don't actually get how weather has a massive effect on mood, especially in people who have strong sensitivities to their environment. Days and weeks of this kind of weather, especially in mid summer, has a negative impact on many conditions such as depression and arthritis. My poor mother suffers enormously here with the latter but she is of a generation that would never move from her home, if I reach her age I won't be spending my last days in Ireland. Though I do love Ireland and love being at home the grey, damp climate is the decider there. Right now I'm looking up at the leaden sky and waiting on a man to come finish some urgent garden work and just praying I won't get a cancelling phone call any minute.

Well we had our usual 2 weeks of summer...temperatures around the mid 20s for a couple of weeks in june...the only thing that tells you is how bad our summers are if thats considered a record...they have heatwaves that are hotter and last a lot longer in countries up near the arctic im sure

Well its not cold today - which is something I suppose