Summer 2024 - General Discussion

Had a quick look at the sunshine totals for Dublin, by my count there's been only 1 actual 'sunny' record (at 6am!) and 21 partly cloudy records in the 3 hourly reports this month and 50% of those were at either 6am or 9pm. Almost all our core daytime sunshine came in a few days between the 3rd and 8th, I do remember a few nice days then but we still had that cold wind so it still felt more like spring that mid summer. Ever since then it's just been near permanent darkness

Anyone find the forecasting for today woefully bad? I thought mist and drizzle were supposed to arrive later in the morning. It’s been raining on and off in Galway since I woke. None of the forecasting models can seem to agree on the weekends weather never mind next week.

Gone very blustery out now, still grey as far as the eye can see. Unpleasent conditions for a "summers" day. Weekend might be ok

The weather is absolutely crap all summer. It was cold and wet with only some short spells of sun. It's impossible to plan anything. Like you wouldn't be able to hand clothes out on the line and go away for the day because they will be guaranteed to be soakinglwet when you arrive home again. Planning an outfit to wear is hard too. I don't know if I need a cardigan or a jacket and a hat and sunglasses half of the time. I never wore the suncream I bought this summer. There was no real heatwave or prolonged sun and dry spell.

F*cking crap weather. I hope August improves.

When the westerly wind returns? That f**king westerly wind hasn't dissapeared for about a year

Someone above also mentioned about hanging their washing out, only had a handful of opportunities to get the bed sheets out all summer. This house husband lark is hardwork i'm telling ye

It's either been wet,too humid, or so damp you'd be quicker drying them indoors. My location, a shower has never seemed more than half an hour away. Too much a gamble to take Cluedo.

Can't be having that smell of rain ruining that lovely smell of comfort strawberry and lily i have on the bedsheets

It’s generally true but not so much this year, last year was the perfect example of ‘European monsoon’ , a dry and sunny spring and into late June and we know the rest.
I’ve seen far too many good ‘summers’ (April, May, June) and poor Julys and Augusts over the years to tell me that this ‘European monsoon’ is a very valid theory.

Ireland is hiding

Can't speak for the west but at least in Dublin's case I think the 'drier than average' summer is another case of stats not telling the full story. While there might not have been much rain in mm terms, there's been loads of days with light rain and drizzle (today for example) and other days where there's spits of rain that don't amount to anything but still just make it feel damp and unpleasant.

Also in a normal summer we'd get the odd day here and there with a heavy shower or thunderstorm that drops a week's worth of light rain in 30 minutes but there's just been zero convective weather this summer

West Waterford. There was a mountain there a few hours ago.

So the drizzle stopped in Meath around noon. Grey skies never moved. Around 6pm the grey skies weren't as low. No actual proper daylight all day though. Mild evening.

It seems Rescue 115 had to suspend a search for a young boy at Cliffs of Moher due to poor visibility at around that time 6pm. 😪

I see tonight is one of those one or two evenings per year (always around late July / early August) when we stay up near 20c close to midnight under cloud 😁

Do I see a glimmer of hope from midweek next week? Would be lovely to get a nice August bank holiday weekend, they don't happen often in my living memory

Well glad to see that this joke of a Summer has been good for something!!