Summer 2024 - General Discussion

August is usually terrible and May usually reliable so the poster is largely correct, May was dry but on the cool side this year

Horrendous weather in inishowen. 12C heavy rain with strong gusts.

Except it wasn’t, it was the warmest May on record. And whilst the nights accounted more for that than the days, the days were by no means cool relative to the 30-year average.

It was the sun that was disappointing about it. It was the cloudiest May in places for a decade since 2014. That was what made it feel cooler in most people’s minds.

Apparently next Wednesdays weather is unknown. Must put my wetsuit on and wellingtons and go for a walk, such a beautiful mid summer evening,i hope i dont get blown into the sea.

Absolute relentless deluge of rain in Galway all day long. Normal service has resumed. The garden and all surrounding land are a squelchy swamp. It's so dull, damp, dark and windy. It's showing 12C but the real feel is -19C. This summer is a complete write-off. The leaves are already falling from the trees and the unsettled swallows have left for Africa. We had basically 23 minutes of good weather over the past 6 months and the models are showing nothing but misery and windy deluges for the next 9 months. I have the central heating on and the stove lighting almost 24/7 and I still need to wear all my winter clothes on at the same time to try and keep warm. I went back to bed for 5 hours with 3 hot water bottles after a massive bowl of porridge and drizzle (no sugar or milk) just to retain some heat. The models are also showing that Winter will be a complete write-off. No snow, just mild dank cold muck with uber deluges of rain. In fact the next 3 summers look like a repeat of normal service. I haven't left the house since August 2018. Black hole sun won't you come and wash away the rain? Black hole sun won't you come won't you come…

Not a bad day in Sligo.....

A horrendous one.

Wait... its gone up to 13c in Sligo!!!

You have to love the Irish climate 😂

I arrived in Dublin today, June 27th 2024, in 13C, blustery, showery conditions

I arrived in Dublin on April 19th 2024, with the weather being 12C and broken clouds

I arrived in Dublin on December 23rd 2023, with the weather being 13C, blustery, and broken clouds.

I arrived in Dublin on July 14th 2023, with the weather being 14C, very dark, very wet, and very windy - in fairness though, this was arguably one of the worst summer days this century, so it doesn't say all that much by itself.

Most of June has indeed been cool but May wasn't… again referring statistically relative to average, not feel which can be completely different.

If we take your only Galway synoptic station, besides Mace Head as its temperatures are not all that representative given how exposed it is right at the coast, that is Athenry. Have a look at its daily temps through the month of May 2024. Its May average is around only 14-15C by day and an average min of around 7C.

26 out of the 31 days had a daily max temp above 15.0C so more than 80% of the month had above average temperatures by day. "Only" 6 of those reached over 20C which is actually more than you'd expect in a typical May though not exceptional. From the 21st-31st May, the highest max was 18.8C and none of these days were under 15C so each of them were above the monthly average even though nobody in their right mind would consider 15-17C "warm", it is above average - note May is a warming month so the monthly average may not be reflective throughout where the start would be a bit cooler and the end would be a bit warmer than the 30 year average. It's the persistence that led it to being exceptional overall rather than any outstanding days - this has been a common theme of late, especially with May.

The Athenry synoptic station only goes back to 2010. The May 2024 average max was the 4th highest in that period behind 2023, 2017 and 2020. It was even slightly above 2018 which I'm sure many would consider warmer in terms of feel.

Our sunshine recording network is sparse and Galway doesn't have a station of such. Closest are Shannon Airport (143 hours) and Belmullet (145 hours), Belmullet had a cloudier May in 2022 whilst Shannon hasn't had as cloudy of a May since 2014. These are very poor totals for what is meant to be the sunniest month of the year in Ireland.

George Lee and RTE will really struggle to build a story around climate change or is it global warning that they prefer?

80kph gusts now in Finner. How delightful but quite normal in any Irish Summer. What is a bit unusual in Sligo at least has been

A The number of colder than normal days in June. About 22 so far. Probably nearly as many as 2023 in total

B The number of nights with single digit temperatures probably as many as January If not more.

feel sorry for the poor lads stuck at green day in the wintery cold in Marley Park last night

On this day back in 1986, 111.0mm of rain fell at Aughnasheelin, Co. Leitrim Making it the wettest day in June on record .

Non descript morning in N Kildare

What the heck is going on this Summer? Distinct lack of Summer heat in a lot of the Northern Hemisphere while record temperatures are still occurring in Africa, Asia and parts of America.