Summer 2024 - General Discussion

Fairly heavy rain and grey grey skies.
Feels quite cold.
Very poor start to summer imo.

Only got to 14c yesterday here despite the sun. 11c today. 16c still the max and 6c the min. IMT 5c less than last year currently.

Next 10 or so days not much better and even after that. July or August might redeem it but most of June a write off just a slight possibility it gets warmer at the end but still unsettled.

I can't remember it being so cold in June. I never remember having to wear layers in June especially on days when the sun shines.

Even wet June's of the past didn't feel as cold.

lashing all day in the north east currently 12 degrees 🥶

That was May. Do keep up

Whilst strictly true it was mostly due to abnormally higher night time temperatures driving up the averages.

Overall it was actually duller than average. From a "weather" point of view "warmest" means nothing unless you look at the details.

Btw, I'm not making an argument about climate which is totally different and I fully accept that climate is changing but very few of us were rushing to the beaches and applying huge amounts of sun block in May regardless of the "statistically correct" warmest May on record.

can anyone give me a run down of what I should be expecting from the weather for the week ahead in the Longford area (dare I ask 🤦‍♂️)

Weather for the week Monday to Wednesday a lot of dry weather some passing showers. Max 12 to 17c

Thursday to Saturday more general rain or showers 14c to 18c

Spent the morning in Limerick and the afternoon in Galway today. Misty, cold start in Limerick and then showery in Galway in the evening. And cold, so very cold. Pretty bleak start to June.

This time last year we were in a spell of beautiful weather if I remember correctly? But I do remember in 2021 just before my little girl was born walking the dog at this time of year in a heavy jacket and we had a roaster of a summer in the end so fingers crossed!

Chilly morning, but bright. 7c. Forecast does not look particularly encouraging for later in the week. Le'ts see what backend of June brings

Actually reading back no one was posting from here yesterday. Ot got cooler in the late afternoon but it was shorts and t-shirt weather yesterday til then. The cold front seemed to fizzle out before it got to us on the south coast

it depends what your shorts and T-shirt threshold is though.

My comment on sunblock was a flippant throwaway comment made to make the point that despite it being the warmest May on record the lived experience of it was far from that. I.E. It may confuse people when they hear that reported as when it is the warmest on record that it is not exactly "the warmest/hottest" they have experienced. People associate that with long period of sunshine and blue skies. There have been countless Mays that have been "better weather" in peoples minds. People who are frustrated with mediocre weather are not going to have their minds changed by data saying it was the warmest on record when the actual weather was "meh".

Once again I'm not doubting the science, I'm just stating the disconnect between a scientific measure and what people perceive as warm weather.