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Summer 2023 - General Discussion

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    #1202
    appledrop
    Registered Users Posts: 5,901 ✭✭✭appledrop


    A brilliant day spent at Emerald Park😁

    Best day of the week by a long shot weather wise.

    It is very windy but its a warm breeze so it great.

    I could actually feel the difference in temperature the minute I stepped out of house this morning.



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    #1203
    acequion
    Registered Users Posts: 3,874 ✭✭✭acequion


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120819549#Comment_120819549

    I could write a book about that.😏 Every year I buy loads of flowers and every year it's a labour of love trying to mind them from crappy weather. When it's really rainy and windy, as it is now, they have to be brought in. Worth the trouble with how beautiful they are when weather isn't crap and how uplifting to look out at the blooms and the colours. But they take work!

    Another rotten evening here in Kerry. The day wasn't too bad, warmer but gusty and showery. Got some of the garden work done but all up in the air if it will get finished tomorrow! Like everything outdoor, it's weather dependent. A big ask when you live by the Atlantic coast and the Atlantic is firmly back in charge!



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    #1204
    Dazler97
    Registered Users Posts: 2,484 ✭✭✭Dazler97


    Looks quite gusty for a time tomorrow morning especially in the south ,and west



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    #1205
    acequion
    Registered Users Posts: 3,874 ✭✭✭acequion


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120817557#Comment_120817557

    Well I was in Manchester from Mon to Wed this week and saw no difference at all. And is Manchester not a stone throw from Leeds? Monday there was much wetter than here, but Tuesday much drier, Manchester escaped the Tuesday deluge of Ireland. But it was grey and miserable and rain constantly threatening. We're splitting hairs comparing!



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    #1206
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,177 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Still a warm 19°c here in Kildare tonight

    Close to 20°c now 😮

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    #1207
    KanyeSouthEast
    Registered Users Posts: 967 ✭✭✭KanyeSouthEast


    I’ve seen named storms less windy than tonight. Horrible.



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    #1208
    highdef
    Registered Users Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭highdef


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120820694#Comment_120820694

    I see an unofficial weather station in Naas went above 20° just a short while ago!



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    #1209
    spookwoman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,929 ✭✭✭spookwoman


    Reading 17 in Waterford and still windy. Humidity on the rise and it feels like it, not a night for sleep.



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    #1210
    compsys
    Registered Users Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭compsys


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120817756#Comment_120817756

    It's Gonzo. What do you expect. Pessimistic hyperbole as usual unfortunately.

    June was one of the warmest and sunniest on record. Parts of the West had around six weeks of amazing weather. It didn't rain in Dublin for around 27 days in a row.

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    #1211
    compsys
    Registered Users Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭compsys


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120817837#Comment_120817837

    It was still warm until 27th and even for the final 3 days of June temps were still slightly above average in most places.

    Some places got a good 6 weeks of weather.



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    #1212
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,376 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Ooh, it's like a storm again, I like it!



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    #1213
    Banarol
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭Banarol


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120820978#Comment_120820978

    Yeah the west got the best of it alright. Here in Mid Tipp the final week of June the rot set in and it has ended up as it is now. What I found most remarkable about June was 8 days in a row of thunderstorms



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    #1214
    Banarol
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭Banarol


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120820976#Comment_120820976

    While Dublin and eastern counties were dry, by and large the weather was nowhere near as warm as the west apart from around 2 weeks. He is right to be pessimistic about July because it’s set to be one of the poorest in years. The set up for the next few weeks is autumnal



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    #1215
    appledrop
    Registered Users Posts: 5,901 ✭✭✭appledrop


    I don't mind a storm in winter but what's this crap for July!



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    #1216
    Elmer Blooker
    Registered Users Posts: 6,112 ✭✭✭Elmer Blooker


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120820976#Comment_120820976

    Gonzo said the other day that once stuck in a unsettled 07-12 pattern it’s very difficult to get out of, what’s pessimistic about that?

    charts from July in those awful summers, 07 to 12 top to bottom

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    …… and now

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    remarkably similar



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    #1217
    OldRio
    Registered Users Posts: 6,037 ✭✭✭OldRio


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120820976#Comment_120820976

    6 months? Amazing weather?

    Pray tell where this paradise is located.



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    #1218
    mcburns07
    Registered Users Posts: 2,042 ✭✭✭mcburns07


    Pleasant day now in Cork, feeling warm in the sun and the wind has eased off a lot.



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    #1219
    giveitholly
    Registered Users Posts: 5,621 ✭✭✭giveitholly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120821493#Comment_120821493

    Presume it was a typo and he meant 6 weeks



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    #1220
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,859 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    I don't know why some people think I'm being pessimistic about July when we are stuck right in the middle of a weather pattern that can stick around for a prolonged period of time which has in the past ruined entire summers. I can only say what the weather models show, look at any weather model today and it's grim stuff from start to finish. I'm not a weather expert, there are posters far more knowledgeable than me on this forum but I still like to say what I think might happen based on the weather models.

    I'm not making stuff up for the fun of it, I dislike the current weather pattern as I do not enjoy unsettled Atlantic driven weather at all as it ruins our winters almost every year and can make a mess of our summers some years. I would wish for nothing more than endless days of gin blue skies and temperatures above 25c uninterrupted between now and mid September but unfortunately Ireland is not in the Mediterranean, we are exposed to the most north-western part of Europe and the first landmass that the majority of low pressures move into.

    As for the first week of June this year it was mostly 14c and grey skies for a large potion of the country/population with only the odd sunny and warmer day, nothing like the sun or warmth that western coastal counties enjoyed for weeks on end. Weeks 2 and 3 of June have so far being the only nationwide spell of summer weather and even at that there was 1 or 2 rubbish days mixed in between those 2 weeks. What happened in May is nothing to do with summer as that time period is still Spring.



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    #1221
    acequion
    Registered Users Posts: 3,874 ✭✭✭acequion


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120821657#Comment_120821657

    Not some people, it appears to be only one person and other posters were quick to defend you, Gonzo. I always appreciate your no frills weather accounts. I also adore beautiful weather, who doesn't, but am content with passable weather. However there is no way you can talk up really awful weather which is the weather we're experiencing at the moment and which is so common in Ireland unfortunately. Some people are philosophical about it and shrug it off, more are bothered by it, we all react differently.



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    #1222
    Storm 10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,915 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    South of UK has some thunderstorms



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    #1223
    giveitholly
    Registered Users Posts: 5,621 ✭✭✭giveitholly


    Lovely warm day with nice sunshine but a bit breezy



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    #1224
    .Donegal.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭.Donegal.


    Reading over the month of June stats. Casement Dublin only had 1 dull day for the entire month. Belmullet had the most with 6. Just shows how remarkable it was.

    And yes the weather hasn’t been great this July but I’ve seen a lot worse. Regional differences apply as always but over this past week Casement had above average sunshine with 108% of average so it’s been far from awful everywhere. Johnstown castle had 50% of average rainfall. Temperature have been a little below average outside of the SW.

    After that June any good weather is bonus now as I don’t have high expectations. I wouldn’t join the summer is over camp but certainly the medium term isn’t promising if you’re after settled and hot conditions.



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    #1225
    Cluedo Monopoly
    Registered Users Posts: 9,193 ✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    Started off gloomy in Galway but it's very pleasant now. Breezy but warm and bright.

    Hopefully nice waves for my swim later

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



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    #1226
    Cluedo Monopoly
    Registered Users Posts: 9,193 ✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120821727#Comment_120821727

    I have a very simple view of weather. Dry is good, wet is bad. Most of June was bone dry. It was gloriously predictable.

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



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    #1227
    Cluedo Monopoly
    Registered Users Posts: 9,193 ✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    The June temps were actually exceptional too.

    Mace Head Mean Temp was 17C (previous 4 years and LTA were 13C)

    Valentia Mean Temp was 16.4C (previous 4 years and LTA were 13C)

    Shannon Airport Mean Temp was 17.5C (previous 4 years and LTA were 14C)

    Even the East was warmer - Phoenix Park was 15.9C (LTA = 13.5C)

    Gonzo was wearing jumpers and had the heat on but we all know he lives in a micro-climate known in meteorological circles as "Utter Utter Misery" 😂

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



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    #1228
    Meteorite58
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,949 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Lovely day in Cork, had to put my jacket back in the car, feeling warm around the city, now for an expresso.

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    #1229
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users Posts: 13,589 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120821817#Comment_120821817

    Literally every station (23 out of the 25) had its warmest June on record except Phoenix Park and Dublin Airport which had their warmest since 1976.

    Photography site - https://www.sryanbruenphoto.com/

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    #1230
    .Donegal.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭.Donegal.


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120821826#Comment_120821826

    Was it their 2nd warmest on record overall?



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    #1231
    pauldry
    Registered Users Posts: 7,024 ✭✭✭pauldry


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120819305#Comment_120819305

    That was the 45mm the Norwegian Met Office had for us. Pattern very mobile and unsettled for rest of July bar gaps between lows that may bring one or two pleasant days at times.

    New weather station had its top gust so far, its only 3 weeks old of 58kph. Will be interesting how high it goes once the storms of Winter hit.

    Still windy and light showers here. Branches all over the place.



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