Summer 2024 - General Discussion

Tis appalling! What a summer. Off to Tenerife for 10 days next weekend, thank bloody jesus.

Had a lot of rain yesterday evening and overnight in Oranmore, Galway. Now a misty, muggy start to the day.

Weather has been ok the last couple of weeks, winds have died down a little and it's been warm if not a bit too humid for me. But I long for some blue skies. We had our first BBQ of the year on Saturday under warm grey skies.

so dark in Dublin

Darker still at almost midday

Just back from picking up a few bits in Aldi and was like a scene from Jackos, Thriller, video with the Glum old faces bashing their trolleys in to all and sundry

I feared that people would lose their minds here when the dry clouds starting producing rain 🙂 I did warn ye to make the most of the dry first half of July. Fair bit of rain overnight, hoping for a dry evening. This is actually a superb time for fishing too - rain after a long dry spell brings oxygen back into the water and the fish become active again. River levels and lake levels are extremely low at the moment.

Nobody said we were getting loads of rain, it actually has been dry enough compared to last July where it rained nearly every day. However for the majority of May & June bar the odd day here and there it was quite cold. July has been a lot warmer, but just generally grey and overcast most of the time. So if you define your Summer by warm sunny days, then yeah it's been pretty grim unfortunately.

Persistent light rain in Celbridge - more than I had expected. Dull, warm, horribly humid. Very unpleasant.

There's been very little rain in Trim all morning. Ground is dry. It's very breezy and cloudy but thankfully the humidity is quite high so it feels more pleasant than the suppressed temperatures would feel otherwise.

If I get out for a walk in the next few hours (unlikely), I may be able to walk with the jacket unzipped and might get extra lucky and be comfortable enough to take it off and carry it over my arm…….Good jesus, what have we become when the thoughts of being able to remove a winter whilst out for a walk in mid-July is seen as some sort of great positive!?!?!?!?!?

Just back from two weeks in central Florida and boy am I depressed with the current weather and outlook!

Already missing the 35c to 38c temperatures and 24c to 26c dew points they had over there making it feel 40c+ on most days (they are having a hot summer for sure). Still in the low thirties in the evenings. 28c at dawn. Some cracking late afternoon / early evening seabreeze thunderstorms too. Sea temperature when we went to Clearwater was 32c - felt like a bath. Such a novelty to enjoy!

Everything looked so bright and alive. Luscious plants and huge butterflies and insects flying around. Lizards running around and alligators in the small lakes around the resort we were staying at. Fab.

It's not that we need the above to enjoy these months, just something along the lines of consistent, reliable sunshine hours (4 to 8 per day) and temperatures around 21 to 23c on most days would be more than enough to keep people happy.

Everyone would just be happier overall if we could get out and enjoy outdoor things with that.

Yep, agree. But here in the north it is 18c as the average. So I meant to suggest that ideally we would all get low twenties on most days of the summer. I think most people (hot or cold lovers) would settle for low twenties as an average. It’s the ideal temperature range if you also get more consistently sunnier weather to go along with it. Scandinavia has the summer climate similar to what I mention. Would take that climate over ours any day of the week

Jammy or whatever word you want to use but its cleared up into a beautiful evening here just outside Castlebar. Clear blue skies and 21 degrees in light winds.

Ah Gonzo, it's not that bad. We've had around 6 days of them temps in July so far and tomorrow is looking good too.

Ireland is very close to having the perfect climate - just a tad warmer and more predictable and we'd all be happy I think.

July has been fairly poor though. I think everyone can agree on that (May and June were fine in the East imo but this month has been poor everywhere even by Irish standards). So we need to remember things aren't usually quite this bad.

However for me what you've described is almost as bad. Sea as warm as bathwater is too warm almost. And over 32º is heading for trouble - it's warm even for Florida and will leave the State much more prone to hurricanes. And I'm not sure if I'd fancy having to head into work each day in what fees like >40º heat.

On a side note - over grazing has left the Irish landscape looking boring compared to places like Florida etc. Not the climate. Our mild climate is conducive to all sorts of spectacular growth if we let it.