Summer 2023 - General Discussion

We are in Tayto Park, the weather forecast was mental for this weekend, forecast kept changing every few hours, myself and my husband spent an hour on Thurs evening checking all charts and trying to pick best day this weekend.

Think we picked well, windy but some nice sunshine aswell. We have had 3 extremely heavy showers that would soak you but have only lasted about 10 mins and we have been lucky each time near shelter.

Sitting here in sun now after a big shower.

The raptor show is amazing, I wasn't expecting it to be as good as it was.

Fair sunny and windy in Sligo and Leitrim. Atrociously Autumnal showers at times though. Summer has long left. This windy crap is Septemberry or Augusty at best.

21 June was a lovely warm day. I felt we got great weather in Galway until the end of June. We got 5 weeks of bone dry weather. We badly needed rain by end of June. It was gorgeous when it is was dry and bright. You have to make the most of it.

Looking out towards Bray from the Wicklow Mtns today. Lovely warm breeze and mostly sunny.

It looked nice for the airshow

Such a shame. Beautiful moon out there tonight

Few belter of showers between 2-330pm and very windy at times.

On the road tomorrow. Boo.

We seen these mad clouds at Tayto Park today, picture doesn't do them justice better in real life.

Apart from showers it was very pleasant today, it was about 18/ 19 degrees and lovely sunshine in late afternoon.

July has been more typical of our summers but as someone mentioned few post up we have had 5 weeks of fab weather end may into June in Galway.

even through July it’s been warm and humid.

Grant it I’ve been on the roads around the country a lot in July but there’s been opportunity most days to enjoy some fab sunshine somewhere en route.

ive found it unbearable to have more than shorts and t shirts on.

the duvet in the the back bag, the bed is down to just a bed sheet

P1ssing out of the heavens Cork City as usual

Couldn't agree more. Won't derail the thread as plenty about the matches over on GAA. But you generally had a better chance of decent dry match conditions in September as well as it being a much more enjoyable time of year just before the onset of real autumn and winter for school kids, college goers and pretty much everyone. Here's hoping the weather today doesn't negatively impact the experience, or god forbid, have a bearing on the result!

If you've been paying attention to my posts, you'd know the answer to that. Phoenix Park is seeing its wettest since 1936. Wettest on record at Mount Dillon, Dunsany and Athenry. Other places have still seen wetter in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2020 this century so far.

I was honestly thinking I was going mad reading this forum. The last few posts have restored my sense to be honest. Couldn’t agree more it’s diabolical and no amount of pretending 18 degrees and showers is some way acceptable makes it so. It’s another diabolical day here again wet overcast and 15 f-ing degrees.

Shannon Apt just made its wettest July on record too after yesterday actually. Records there go back to the 1940s.