Summer 2023 - General Discussion

Sligo town at 93.3mm now for July but the infrared seems to hint that the continously mist and rain is becoming more showery. Prob breaking the 100 tomorrow.

48hour total from Thursday 7pm to Saturday 7pm 54mm

Had 78mm in a June 2 day period around 2008 or 2009 and some of the bad Winter storms since got 60mm but can't remember 2 days in July so grotesque. Mostly our crap July days are misty with 10 to 15mm of rain.

A dark evening, heavy drizzle and I had to put extra weights on the trampoline legs to stop it flying away.

Lovely summers evening, irish style.

Absolutely 💯 and before that a dry June fingers crossed for a warm/hot spell in August I haven't given up hope for the entire summer although this week is testing me

I walked to the shop in 20 minutes came back drenched and was nearly blown off the road by a gale -time 140 pm yesterday cork city suburbs care to contradict :

Quick get out there it's dry.

Is is nice out? No, dark and chilly.

Would you think its summer? No

But dry is best we can do after two days of non stop rain.

The temperature is only about 2 or 3 degrees more that what we usually get in winter...why even bother calling it summer and this is normal its like this every year...where every last bit of cold from up north comes down over ireland all summer...and then mild air from the south west arrives in november /december...exactly the opposite of what should happen every year🙃

Ffs, it's lashing again!!!!!!!!!!!!

That spell in mid July ‘95 (when most of the rain that fell that summer in Dublin was on a Sunday afternoon) was only a blip, there was no major pattern change, by the 19th ….

July 1976 wasn’t that bad, the high was too far west for high temperatures but it was certainly no unsettled wash out! Again no major pattern change after the sunny June.

It’s not all about the exact weather on July 15th, I’m talking about the general pattern that prevails in mid July, it doesn’t hold true every summer but more often than not it’s a good indication what the second half of the summer will be like.

Today and tomorrow might not be so bad in some areas due to the hit and miss nature of the showers. Widespread rain again on Monday night.

Some tropical downpours in D24 today. Sun comes back out once they stop.

Yep, heavy showers that would drench you in seconds but at least the sun is in and out.

The last few days in particular have been horrendous. As bad as it gets really.

Relying on August to save our summer but I don’t think it will. Can it get a bit warmer at least?

The weather since the heatwave ended was disappointing. I know there's a few dry patches here and there but it's so hard to plan for a day. You don't know what to wear - if it's shorts or a dress or pants or sun cream or a jacket. It's so hard to get clothes dry on the line too. The winter was long enough, I was hoping for some drying on the line but lately it's a battle. All in all it's fairly disappointing weather although it's not a surprise. I don't usually feel the cold. I'm usually a warm person but I am feeling the cold.

Is there any let up to this wet and cold crap?