Summer 2024 - General Discussion

Beautiful morning in Dublin...

Yeah I noticed that too. Any reason why?

For example Sunday was forecast to be quite wet in Dublin but it was dry and sunny.

Same happened a number of times in Galway. I usually find the Met app accurate for rain but it has been wrong a lot in July.

This is actually the first morning of summer in Dublin. Warm, humid and no wind.

Gorgeous drive this morning to the airport from Galway

Feels like the first proper summery morning in Dublin. I really hope it sticks around! Fantastic pictures @sryanbruen!

Likewise here in Dublin, my cycle in this morning was actually a pleasure, beautiful blue sky, and some heat. However any notions I had of a rare sunny day have quicky been dashed, as it's starting to cloud over quite rapidly out there unfortunately.

Dare I say it, but this summer is not too bad so far. The problem in June was it was chilly but dry. July so far is pleasantly warm despite not yet reaching 25C, but there's no constant deluges like last year.

The summer is more regionalised, with the weather showing variations each day from east to West or north to south. What's probably missing this year meteorologicaly speaking, is the anticyclone sitting over Ireland giving 7 to 10 days of clear blue skies and high temperatures. We might get it yet?

sorry Rob but I can’t agree with the summer being described as not to bad so far! Update from here sun is gone clouds are back and hoodie back on again. It lasted all of about 2 hours this morning.

Dare I disagree, but in my humble opinion this so called Summer has been a s**t show, unless of course the bar is set so low with some people when it comes to the definition of a Summer, that they will accept literally anything. I don't have any great expectations for Irish Summers, but a few weeks of glorious sunshine is surely not asking for too much. We are rapidly approaching August which is generally not good in Ireland or it certainly hasn't been for years anyway, so unless August surprises us all, we are looking at another disaster of a Summer.

**** Summer. The cloud cover is killing us this July. With a mix of wind and rain also thrown in. Must be one of the worst summers in the last 15 years.

Anyway, as predicted, cloud is rolling in, warm though. 19c No Kildare

I'm morphing into Gonzo here with my last few nagative posts 😅

Absolute dog muck this morning, gloomy grey, drizzle and stuck at 15 degrees, next 7 days another write off across the west,transitioning from cool and dry to mild and wet with heavy deluges.

I think it’s been quite location dependent. Think the west and north are faring comparatively better than east and south.

It has been very dry since May and that brings so much more opportunities than cloudy + wet. For example, golfing in rain is no fun. I have really enjoyed the last 3 months and the 'cold' never bothered me. More sun would be nice but the key is to maximise the outdoor time when it is sunny. I have approx 25 summers left going by average lifespan so I certainly am not going to waste them looking out the window waiting for the 🌞 to come out.

38C and sunny in Athens at the moment. Stuff of nightmares for me.

Sorry for rattling anyone's cage, I was nearly ate without salt there 🤭.

The weather is very localised this year so far. I've been lucky in my location of north meath near kells.

Monday 8th July was glorious blue skies with 22C

Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th wet and cool 15C

Thursday 11th dry sunny breaks 16C

Friday 12th and Saturday 13th dry and sunny with warm sunshine 19 to 21C

Sunday 14th dry and warm with sunshine 21C

Monday 15th dry sunny spells 19C.

Today, as I type, is dry with warm hazy sunshine .

I'm a small beef farmer and grass growth has been curtailed due to low temperatures and low rainfall in places during June. The ground is rock hard and dust dry with me at the moment. This time last year we were all experiencing a monsoon.

A very mild morning with the sun in and out N Kildare 19c