Summer 2024 - General Discussion

Similar forecast for tomorrow in Dublin. Christ, "summer" really is the worst of all the seasons in Ireland, that's if we even have seasons.

I'd argue that August has a poor track record because in recent years our best 'summer' weather has been in May and June/early July. So by the time August comes round the weather has broken - as let's face it - even in the BEST of summers we don't get endless weeks of good weather. It's a few weeks max. That's always been the case.

I'm a believer that the weather evens out over the medium term. We've had 6 weeks of fairly cool weather with another one or two on the way. And below average sun for months on end. You'd kind of think/hope(!) by the time August comes round the pattern will have changed a bit. So maybe this August might be different.

South Dublin area here- I was up for the gym at 6am and it had been lashing for a couple of hours at that stage with everything soaked.

I am now about to leave the house to collect the young lad from crèche whilst wearing a rain jacket with a jumper and T-shirt underneath.
I’ll possibly bring an umbrella if the wind isn’t too bad.

It’s Tuesday 9th July in Ireland and it hasn’t stopped raining here all day.

You'll enjoy the hot weather even moreso Gonzo when you get away. That smell of heat (if there is a such a thing) when you get off your flight will be a thing to shed a tear for

A miserable day for much of the country. Dublin Airport at 5.30pm reporting a soggy scene with just 800 metres visibility in light drizzle.

EIDW 091630Z 01011KT 0800 R10R/1900D R28L/2000 R10L/2000 -DZ FG SCT001 OVC002 13/13 Q1005 TEMPO BKN001

However parts the north west,west and south west have led a charmed life today

Donegal Airport currently reporting just a few clouds and 16 degrees

EIDL 091630Z 04014KT 9999 FEW034 16/11 Q1010

Heavy rain the last 3 hours or so. Muck.

Well think of it like this. All weather systems around the globe are like a team working together. Low pressure systems help inflate ridges of high pressure elsewhere via processes like warm air advection. Positioning and jet stream behaviour are key to driving or forcing changes in these on a local scale. So if you get changes in one system, you are likely to effect the rest of the weather systems. One person makes a change in the project that wasn't agreed or conciliated with a team, the whole project goes into shatters. The project is the models. The models are projections based upon the data available at one time from weather stations worldwide that go into them and complex equations. One change in said data makes all the difference.

If we have a situation whereby Ireland is projected to have high pressure build from the Azores, a couple of events need to occur for this to typically happen but can vary from situation to situation. Let's just for the sake of it give one example. So we have a deep area of low pressure coming from Newfoundland, Canada. This low gets caught in the North Atlantic jet stream and starts to funnelling towards Ireland. However, at the same time, the low pressure is drawing up a lot of warm air which may or may not help inflate high pressure as the air descends. The jet stream may go far north enough to allow this high to build into Ireland or the jet may just be too strong and overpowers the chance of high pressure. Given the geography and physics, we are more likely to see the latter but on occasion the former can happen and July 2024 may have been one of them provided other forces would co-operate. That's the same with any weather.

Ah congrats Robwindstorm,you got a lovely day to celebrate! Imagine if it was booked for today😱

I got married in August and surprise surprise it rained in the day.

Honestly, I don't like to vent so much negatively because it's not nice to read but 2024 truly is a shocker of a year. 7 months in and none of them have been memorably good in my opinion - January was ok and to some extent June also but often too cool whilst May I personally enjoyed but it was very poor in the sunshine department. There's even very few individual days that I can say I will remember positively for years to come - one of these is of course the aurora on May 10th which was also a lovely warm and sunny day and the snow event on March 1st.

It's making a good achievement in being my least favourite weather year I've experienced. I've read posts from old threads talking about how bad 2011 was with the mostly mild winters and cool summer with also a wet, very mild and cloudy autumn. At least that had a wonderful spring. 2024 most certainly didn't.

I don't see this changing as autumn will be autumn, a lovely pleasant autumn from start to finish is rare then a seasonable December to go along with it. I'll have a better chance at the EuroMillions.

The last time we had period of really good weather what seemed for weeks was summer 2018 for me.

So many glorious days.

Greenhouse lowest in 30 years in Ireland ?

What were the measuring tools in 1994 vs now? And how do they know how often in 2024 that I start that really smokey massey of mine ?

a stunning day in South Kerry, we were blessed! I spent the day hiking the Kerry Way near Sneem and Parknisilla, mostly blue skies, very warm, no wind. I got a swim in Whitestrand near O Carrolls Cove about 5pm and it was warm and balmy. I am home now near Farranfore and looking at a golden sunset over the Dingle peninsula.

I have friends and family in Dublin and Limerick and they were washed out of it today so I know how lucky we were . Looking good for the rest of the week. Everywhere !

Seriously thinking about begging, borrowing and stealing to get a last minute week away in August. We were in Lanzarote for 10 days in April, if feels like a lifetime ago. Just a bit of heat would be lovely

The September 2023 spell was one of my favourite times in weather. I can certainly understand it being too much for some, it was notably humid compared to other heatwaves we've had and I've noted this using Casement's average dew points. There was lots for me to like. If I didn't have as much free time as I did then probably not being able to get up at the crack of dawn to see the veils of mist dancing across the local parks to see the graceful presence of that ball of fire showing itself over the horizon and not letting go until the end of the day to be repeated again the next morning.

But my view of 2023 as a year is very biased and distorted because for me it was unusually good for personal reasons which may be making 2024 seem even worse in comparison. Then again… it has been disgraceful for anyone who remotely likes the idea of seasons. Those two single days or moments I mentioned are the only thing saving it from me throwing the year permanently into the dumpster fire but let's wait out the next 5 months before doing that.

Last glimmers of daylight.

I lit the stove last night, which was nice.

Exact same as yesterday. N Kildare