Summer 2024 - General Discussion

It's currently 15° with grey skies and a very cool nagging wind. Jesus wept, it's more akin to Late October than mid August. Winter jacket zipped all the way up, a cap on my head yet I'm still sniffing from the chill and tears are running down my face from the wind.

Cloudy, breezy, cool around Celbridge. It's grand for working outside, but I wouldn't sit out in the garden in it. Not too dark at least, unlike the first half of yesterday.

I gave up on this 'Summer' in mid July. It's been a complete bore. Most days the same oul same oul. Thick slate grey and a nagging wind.

I only hope Autumn and Winter deliver cool crisp days. I'm looking forward to wrapping up in layers and going for long walks. Enjoying the colours changing in both the light and countryside. Returning home to stare at a roaring fire.

If only.

We'll get another 6 month bore fest.

Was out on the golf course at 7am this morning in Dublin and it was a beautiful start to the day however clouded up soon after. Love golfing at this time of the year in Ireland. The trees are all different colours and look beautiful. The only annoying thing is all the leaves on the greens but that's only a slight annoyance. I normally don't like American terms however I think when they call this season the FALL it really sums up what is happening in nature at the moment

I don't know what trees you were seeing but every tree around me in Meath (and Longford) is green…..and there are plenty of them. If there are some yellowing leaves in the Dublin area, that would likely to be due to dryer than usual conditions so far this summer……of which there are still a couple of weeks of it left before we move into Irish meteorological Autumn.

As for the Americans calling this season Fall, Fall is over a month away in the USA, this year beginning on the 22nd of September @ 08:44 EDT.

Welcome fall! The autumnal equinox—the September equinox or the fall equinox—arrives on Sunday, September 22. Not only do temperatures drop, but plant life slows down, and so do we. Read about the first day of fall, plus some fun facts and folklore.

When Is the First Day of Fall? The Autumnal Equinox?

The fall equinox and the first day of autumn arrives on  Sunday, September 22, 2024, at 08:44 A.M. EDT in the Northern Hemisphere. The equinox occurs at the same moment worldwide.

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It's always nice to learn new things 😊

I see Ernesto could hit or even track close to us next week here is the current track , giving the forward speed at 64km/h that's 40 odd mph, we shall see anyway

For the current month you have to manually take the data (the daily mean wind speed) from the daily data page and calculate an average after you've received all the figures. For past months, you have to go to the historical database and download CSV files, use SQL or functions in Excel to calculate averages for past summers. If I remember to, I will do so when the time comes. That is no problem. That will probably be by the end of the first week of September that I will post about it.

Yes that's true , it's usually August, September and October we get the tail end of hurricanes 🌀

Dry dull and cloudy and cool today. Good day in terms of this Summer as no GALE.

August has been really nice in NCD. Today was the first day that felt a bit more autumnal and I did notice last night that it was dark by 9pm.

We did reach 25C on 24th June in Dublin (Phoenix Park even had a rounded 27C) but it was disappointingly cloudy for much of it and I will be honest it didn't feel that warm at all. Only did the cloud break up during the late evening hours. One of the coolest feeling "statistical very warm" days I've experienced. I don't blame anyone for forgetting it.

But yeah, 24-25C is about average for the modern July in London. Dublin's average July day typically ranges inbetween 19 and 20C (Dublin Apt 30 year avg is 19.5C). We are lucky to get one day of 25C maybe during the entire summer on the east coast or sometimes the entire country in the cooler summers like the current one or 2015. I'm not massively into temperatures like many - sun and wind play much more of a influence for me in rating - but without a doubt it's significantly warmer there and there's no arguing about it. As you say that's the one thing that sets the two apart. London is hardly world class for summers, in fact it's "very poor" when you compare it to others but that's the thing. You'll almost always find somewhere worse or better than other places. It's all relative and subjective. You can endlessly compare and come to no conclusion. Málaga is very poor for sunshine compared to Yuma, Arizona (the sunniest place on earth) but is still great and nobody would probably ever do such a comparison. Dublin is significantly better for sunshine compared to Torshavn in the Faroe Isles but again nobody would ever do such a comparison and most consider (rightfully so) both terrible.

Wildfires in Canada

Met E forecasting a max of 19 for next Wed, are they serious? mid 20s more likely even in cloudy conditions

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