Summer 2023 - General Discussion

Sun made an appearance after 5 today. Tomorrow sounds alright, 15c high in July is a bit weak though for NW&N . 20c possible further south.

Tomorrow will bring a mix of cloud and bright spells. There will be well scattered showers with plenty of dry intervals. Highest temperatures of 15 to 20 degrees, coolest in the north and northwest, with light to moderate northwest breezes.

Blue skies in Galway. Finally! Need to make the most of it. I can't get over the growth over the past 10 days.

Yep same here in NCD but at least it's dry at the moment.

We only got max temperature of 15 degrees yesterday in D.A no surprise there. Rainfall of 5mm which is very deceptive because it never stopped raining from morning until 8pm, I suppose it was more drizzly rain a lot of time, would still soak you though!

Sat had 0.1 hours of sunshine & Sun had 0.0 shocking for height of summer.

Blue skies this morning in west cork also, seems to be a pattern of bad weekends sunny workweek :D

Chilly breeze however, though I am next to the coast

Lovely day in Cork, on annual leave so actually get to make the most of it 😎

They have gotten wetter, it's not just a hunch but a fact. July has the highest increase out of any month followed by February and November. June and August haven't had significant changes however. See the Irish Weather Statistics thread and Met Éireann's latest issue on the 1991-2020 averages.

The monthly data is only for a flashback at recent years. It's not very useful outside of that.

Here's the link to the issue I was talking about. https://www.met.ie/cms/assets/uploads/2023/07/Irelands-Climate-Averages-1991-2020.pdf

I discussed this here: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2057714322/irish-weather-statistics/p37

If you want specific data, I am here to assist in any way I can.

There is what is called the European Monsoon or "return of the westerlies" which refers to pressure lowering and temperatures rising over the continent usually happening through July or sometimes late June. The heat contrasts with the ocean leading to a return of the westerlies after a period of easterlies through mid/late spring to early summer. Monsoon technically refers to a change in seasonal wind direction and ushering in a wet phase though. Ireland's mean wind direction is primarily westerly all year round with easterlies or northerlies tending to be brief in nature.

July has simply gotten wetter because low pressure has tended to influence the month more compared to older decades and warmer sea temperatures increase the likelihood of atmospheric river setups. This is evident in the reanalysis below. Most of Europe has seen an increase in positive heights (higher pressure) but Ireland, of course, has had more trough or low pressure influence indicated by the blue/purple colours.

Here's hoping next month will be warm until end of September, I wish we could reset back to mid June

Am I imagining the weekends are way wetter than the weekdays this July

Sligo rain so far 154.5mm

Weekend Fri Sat Sun 142mm

Weekdays Mon thru Thurs 12.5mm

A resounding no is the answer.

Was in Dublin today. Stupidity thought today would at least stay fine. Big mistake.

Uncommon to see Valentia record the least amount of rain.

Rain

Rainfall amounts were well above normal over the past seven days with total accumulations ranging from 120 to 380% of average for this time of year. The wettest conditions arose in the north and east of the country with a maximum of 52 mm recorded at Malin Head, Co. Donegal. Valentia, Co. Kerry, was the driest station with a weekly total of 28 mm. Throughout the coming week, there will be little change with further spells of rain or showers expected. Most parts of the country are forecast to receive two to three times their average weekly rainfall with a minimum of 21 mm in parts of the south and east and a maximum of 74 mm near the west coast.

I'm thankful it stayed dry today. There were brief pleasant spells where the sun appeared, but it was overall cool and overcast. It was threatening to rain as I was on my way home from work, but mercifully it passed over and I got my grass cut. Not a great day for the height of summer really, but it's been so bad.

My understanding was that tomorrow is to be the brighter day. Fingers crossed!

I was delighted to get a dry day today as I needed to attack the garden, having been away. Now it was dry and relatively pleasant late morning to early afternoon, but no way related to a proper summer's day here in Tralee. Got quite chilly as the afternoon wore on.

I've had the lawn cut while away, but I have a lot of shrubbery and what I couldn't get over was the over growth of weeds. Spent the entire day weeding and filled several black bags with them. Clearly all the rain has set growth into overdrive. A lot of flowers destroyed but the damage was not as bad as I had feared. I think the east coast has been faring worse than us this summer. But awful to think today and tomorrow are just a brief respite. 😒