Sleet and snow overnight and morning south Ulster and Leinster

There's been a clear move in position since Evelyn left. On several occasions during the Winter they left it to the UK Met to name storms eventhough they were impacting Ireland also. Also we've had less warnings and issued slower. As I said earlier Evelyn was a bit of ramper, but overall did an excellent job. The new head in my amateur opinion needs to find a better balance because they have gone the other extreme and hence getting caught out

Still snow cover on Sandymount Strand.

Yeah and it's about 3-4 degrees. I feel if we could lose a couple of degrees we'd get a decent dump of snow.

Just rain here some sleety stuff. Too windy so ocean moderation kicking in this time.

No lying snow in this area last year unfortunately! Part of it might depend on locality - snow can be very localised as seen yesterday. The last snow fall here was a very short lived hour long event in December 2022 that didn't stick. Definitely March 3rd 2019 for the last lying snow here.

Well I feel they're rarer here in Lucan. I can only compare my own experiences of living in the same place over the years, obviously. I wouldn't have any idea of how common snow was in other parts of the county over the decades.

I think I'm in the same boat in Swords. A few flakes and maybe a light short lived dusting since 2018 but nothing worth getting even remotely excited about.

As the crow flies my own home and my childhood aren't too far apart. As is the case for all of Dublin realistically.

I don't notice any difference in the frequency of snow though between both locales. But as a weather enthusiast who watches the weather etc I also don't notice a drop off in snow chances fpr Dublin over the years.

But your back garden is a different story and not what I meant with my original comment. Dublin CC has had lying snow two marches in a row now.

30 year averages there has been a steady decrease in sleet/snow falling at Dublin airport and a decrease in snow lying at 9am.

1961-1990

Days with sleet/snow 21.6

Days with snow lying 9am 4.5

1971-2000

Days with sleet/snow 18.7

Days with snow lying 9am 3.5

1981-2010

Days with sleet/snow 16.6

Days with snow lying 9am 3.4

1991-2020

Days with sleet/snow 12.5

Days with snow lying 2.2

So from 1961-1990 to the current average there has been over 50% reduction in days with lying snow at 9am and over 43% in days with sleet/snow falling. Each updated 30 year average shows a decrease in snow falling and lying and even 2009/2010 wasn’t enough to buck the trend.

Yes,each of those sets of stats contain a 10 year barren period dulling the average

It doesn't take from the notable easterly periods in the 80's which like 2010 and 2018 really were exceptions that raise expectations

Certainly living near UCD in the 80's,there were a few days of lying snow every winter

Lad those are averages over 30 years 🤣

There were many years within each where for example even Dublin airport would have had more than 2.2 days of lying snow,notwithstanding the fact that its prone to the Isle of man shadow meaning in Irish sea snow train days areas north of it or south of it do better

Apologies wasn't trying to condescend. But you were literally talking about your road and you clearly stated you had no knowledge or inclination for other parts of Dublin.

I was always referring to Dublin as a whole in my OP which is what I had initially referred to when I replied to you saying we had lying snow this time last year in Dublin as well. I meant Dublin CC. You meant your back garden. Which I obviously wouldn't have any reports of.

I wouldn’t say it dulls the average and in the same sense I wouldn’t say a good year inflates the average. It’s just the average over a 30 year period there will be good and bad years but the average doesn’t lie. Sadly though since the 1961-1990 period to present day average days with lying snow have decreased by over 50% at Dublin airport.

If the decade in between is particularly barren vs a 20 year average of course it dulls it

What seems to becoming a constant lately if you delve into the last 60 years is extremes come in blocks,whether that be heat,rain or cold and within those blocks we are getting new records at times

The extremes aren't frequent

Someone posted a quote in one of the other threads here from a weather almanac in the 15th century ,I think it was,wrote by a visitor stating it doesn't snow very often in Ireland

That's nearly 700 years ago

I think you're reading things into my posts which weren't there. At no point was I literally talking about my road or garden - no idea where you got that from. I mentioned other parts of Dublin as in I'd not know much about every short lived snow fall in coastal towns, or perhaps North County Dublin. At no stage did I mean my back garden. That was all your own interpretation.

Interesting to see what the stats show anyway and how we will have different experiences in a relatively small area.

I read the above as simply as its written. You were only speaking of your area or colloquially known as your backyard.

I was speaking of Dublin, not my area when I said "Dublin had lying snow last March". You even replied saying "I didn't have any".

So not sure what you're taking issue with.

On this third rock from the sun a decent while now and 2017-18 was probably the snowiest winter I have lived through and I remember the 80s which were generous with snowfall too. My personal hunch is that we go through barren periods lasting a few years and then we get a decent winter or two - but this is based on where I live rather than the country as a whole.

I think where you are in dublin makes a big difference. I grew up in South Dublin towards sandyford and it got a lot more snow than where I am now in North Dublin the last 12 years.

That being said while the last few winters had not produced much snow, here in coastal north Dublin we got a couple of great snow days with lying snow just a few years ago when other parts of Dublin got none.

My close friend lives in London over 10 years now and said snow is even rarer there. He said lying snow very rarely happens over there