Summer 2023 - General Discussion

appledrop · 22-07-2023 11:11am

Well I'm off to the hairdressers, a good way to spend a rainy Saturday.

When I was booked in originally I was like ' Oh no spending a Saturday in mid July in hairdressers not great could be a heatwave'

I need not have worried not a chance😄

Gonzo · 22-07-2023 11:16am

Spent all last weekend in the house stuck indoors looking out at the rain, going to the high stool today for a change of scenery, the model watching can wait I'm sure very little has changed it's been a month now staring at unsettled charts.

sryanbruen · 22-07-2023 11:17am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120881389#Comment_120881389

It will not be even close to one of the coldest. It will be in the middle. Rain and sun on the other hand, strong contender to be among the wettest and cloudiest. Don't know if 2009 will be beaten but it will certainly be the wettest nationally since then.

NIMAN · 22-07-2023 11:23am

Jez, the rain in incessant.

Last night it rained constantly from about 5pm until I went to bed at 00:30, and woke up this morning to same.

Gonzo · 22-07-2023 11:28am

Looks like this Tuesday could be the only dryish day over the coming week. staying mostly wet till Monday, a bit of a respite on Tuesday, may only last half a day and then a very wet mid week period on Wednesday and Thursday before another washout weekend commences on Friday evening.

To me now this seems wetter than we see most winters at least here in Meath, IF we end up getting 4 washout weekends in a row that has to be rare.

Looking at the ME stations most of them are now well past 100mm with what seems like mostly coastal stations under the 100mm mark, however this is only up to 20th of July so we're missing 2 days worth of rainfall.

pauldry · 22-07-2023 11:46am

Wev 11mm from the washout so far. Not even excitement of heavy rain to look at just 0.3mm to 1mm increases in the gauge to look at every hour. Markree just had 4.6mm yesterday but it was raining and misty all day.Thank God we had 20 nice days in June. In Sligo wev actually had nice days in July too but all weekdays and about 18c. Our sunshine isn't as low as other years. Our rain isn't as high as 2009 yet. I think that was the year I had 154mm so it is likely to be beaten. I'm at 126mm now.

pad199207 · 22-07-2023 12:04pm

To be fair it could be worse here this morning

highdef · 22-07-2023 12:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120882460#Comment_120882460

Thoroughly miserable in neighbouring Meath. A constant drizzle, the type that has you completely drenched in a couple of minutes. Horrid, horrific and hostile weather.

snowgal · 22-07-2023 12:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120882352#Comment_120882352

Cheers Gonzo, sorry still going on about the event we have 27th, you reckon wed and thurs will be heavy rain? Our event is at 6pm Thursday so we might get even a dry eve for that part, but looking like picnic at 6 won’t work?! Thanks, I know it’s a pain when ppl ask this stuff but I’ve a €1400 order to process , or not, for outdoor stuff 😂

sryanbruen · 22-07-2023 12:18pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120882352#Comment_120882352

Updated to 21st. Mount Dillon now on twice its July average.

pauldry · 22-07-2023 12:20pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120882460#Comment_120882460

To be fair it could be fair

pauldry · 22-07-2023 12:22pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120882524#Comment_120882524

Mullingar wetter than Newport !!!

.Donegal. · 22-07-2023 12:28pm

More on the non heatwave

The current heatwave gripping Greece is set to become the longest in the country's recorded history

"According to the data, we will probably go through 16-17 days of a heatwave, which has never happened before in our country," Kostas Lagouvardos, the director of research at the National Observatory, told ERT television.

Greece defines a heatwave as a period when temperature reaches or exceeds 39C.

The previous heatwave record in Greece was set in 1987, when the scorching temperature lasted 11 days.

giveitholly · 22-07-2023 12:32pm

Today not as bad as first feared. Wet early this morning but has cleared up now and the sun is out,temperature up to almost 20c

alentejo · 22-07-2023 1:23pm

At least it is warm today

highdef · 22-07-2023 1:25pm

Mild in Trim, Meath. Wind is light and no rain right now plus humidity in the low 90s keeping it from getting cool.

SleetAndSnow · 22-07-2023 1:31pm

We really are paying for the June aren't we? :( Drizzle and about 17 degrees in west cork with a chilly breeze, wouldn't be out of place in October or November. Absolutely depressing

sryanbruen · 22-07-2023 1:34pm

Just seen the agricultural stats for 14th-20th July and damn, they are bad. Dublin Airport had 431% of its average weekly rainfall with 47% of its average sunshine and nearly a degree below average. Rarely have I seen such a bad summer week as that statistically here.

adocholiday · 22-07-2023 2:34pm

Been a nice morning in Wicklow, no rain here and relatively bright despite the cloud. Rain on the way though by the looks of things, but got a few outside jobs done early.

Gonzo · 22-07-2023 2:53pm

Today is nowhere nearly as bad as I was expecting, it's fairly warm and mostly cloudy with drizzle at times and the sun has popped out a few times, Nothing like the horror show of last Saturday, although looking at the radar the rain is beginning to move in from the west and should be across the country later this evening.

Sammy2012 · 22-07-2023 2:57pm

Not sure whats happening here. Drove from Gorey to Wicklow earlier and was dry when we left and bar a shower around Arklow have seen no more rain all day. It's dry and warm this afternoon. Looking at my lawn which I only cut on Wed and it could so with being cut again.

nacho libre · 22-07-2023 3:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120882560#Comment_120882560

I have not seen the sun since Thursday evening. Gonzo was lucky he got the grass cut yesterday before the rain came.

nacho libre · 22-07-2023 3:42pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120882945#Comment_120882945

Some people don't like going out in bad weather and it affects their mood and certain forms of socialising are curtailed. For me I have no problem walking on a beach in wet weather or walking in general during bad weather, but some people do. Then you have depressed people , so it isn't as easy as telling them to snap out of it, that it's just a first world problem. Their mood is really effected by the bad weather. What I would say to those people is on the next dry day, go to a beach if you can,you will appreciate it all the more.

Chris_5339762 · 22-07-2023 3:55pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120882945#Comment_120882945

What annoys me is the weekend cycle of it. I'm in an office with no windows to the outside. When the weather is passable during the week, I'm stuck in there. When the weather is rubbish at the weekends I'm at home looking at it, not able to do what I want to do. Its miserable.

.Donegal. · 22-07-2023 4:01pm

Raining all day and humid. Wet all day yesterday, illies in N Donegal had the most rainfall yesterday from what I see 20mm+ .

Mantis Toboggan · 22-07-2023 4:03pm

Nice day in Naas, very humid, muggy weather. Shot of rain due later.

Gonzo · 22-07-2023 4:11pm

Not what I was expecting but spent the past hour sitting in the garden enjoying a coffee and lunch with the sun popping through quite a few times. I almost forgot what warm weather feels like and lovely warmth in the sun today as we got to 21c earlier. Getting alot darker now and rain can't be far away but today has actually been one of the best days of the past 10 days which wouldn't be difficult.

Looking at the radar the rainbelt is now across the centre of the country, doesn't look too heavy and could actually begin to break up as it approaches eastern coastal counties, fingers crossed. There is also a chance this rain could intensify as it moves across Leinster with quite a deal of warmth today. Certainly looking nowhere near as wet as last Saturday. Everywhere should get a few hours of rain over the next few hours, mostly light to moderate but there are some heavy bursts mixed in.

firemansam4 · 22-07-2023 4:39pm

Dismal yesterday and today in Donegal. But cant complain, as had 1 or 2 half decent days earlier in the week.

Looking like tomorrow should start pretty bad but maybe a clearing late afternoon here, so will make the best of that if it happens.

glitterIsland · 22-07-2023 4:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120882749#Comment_120882749

We didn't even have a long spell of sun. It was only really about 2 weeks and it's been overcast and dull and wet since then.

I'm making homemade soup today and it feels like Halloween. Fiercely depressing weather.

Dazler97 · 22-07-2023 4:48pm

Very warm and sticky out here in carrick, I found last night very hard to sleep 😴 9pm yesterday was 14c then 3am was 15.6c , this has got to be the worst continous spell since 2012 and that summer wasn't even summer , I have to say it's effecting my depression big time and no wonder my anxiety and panic attacks are more frequent lately, I know we still have August but to make up it would want to be above 20c into mid September at this rate , I'm defo gonna book a week perhaps even 10 days away in September as this is just killing me , sorry to sound so negative guys 😞

Summer 2023 - General Discussion

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