Summer 2024 - General Discussion

Technically still summer, but no doubt about it, very autumnal this evening!

it’s simply down to persistently strong Atlantic jet steam which is responsible for LP after LP and can easily push any HP ridges quickly off to the east. Same for temporary warmer air advections. They get pushed east into the continent very quickly.

Weather conditions in the US invigorate the jet steam in the North Atlantic, and I can see this continuing.

I’m sure their on their American boards equivalent saying that their away on holidays having a great time but have time to boast about not having to suffer 35 degrees heat and possible hurricanes or historic floods. By the way I’m in Ireland and happy out. If you don’t want to complain about my weather don’t book a return ticket, easy. I say about 80 percent of people are on the weather forum to say they are abroad, or just going or back and shocked it’s bad when just landed, sad.

We have a lot of Indians working for us too and I can tell you that most of them can't wait to make their money and return to their climate. They say it sucks here. But remember, I'm up in Ulster - not down in the SE. And there can be a notable difference between what Belfast gets on an average decent summer's day and what Dublin gets.

But of course, like every other culture you will get variations of opinion. Just like we do here.

I agree that the SE of Ireland probably gets the best climate overall on the island. Certainly the most sunshine hours overall.

As for American tourists, we don't get to hear them complaining because the vast majority of their summer is warm / hot and sunny. They don't depend on good weather conditions on their holiday in the way we do, where it literally makes or breaks a holiday when we go abroad. They also are quite aware of our 'climate' before they come here. In the same way nobody here expects amazing weather if we decide to go to Iceland for a holiday (which I wouldn't).

It's dry, sunny and 17º in Dublin. I'm sure the Americans are fine.

No one. And I mean absolutely nobody comes to Ireland for the weather. This notion that we should feel sorry for the tourists, or aghast and embarrassed about the weather for them etc is ridiculous.

Tourists come for the drink, the craic, the castles, and the scenery - the latter of which is actually enhanced by our climate.

Iceland and western Norway have climates as poor as ours. And tourists flock there every year.

No research ever suggests the weather is a reason why tourists choose to come here (or not here).

It's possible to say irish climate is generally crap and this summer is particularly crap without being labelled sad.

Another 2 weeks in France before returning, ouch