Summer 2024 - General Discussion

There was a definite chill when I surfaced this morning in Dublin, and it was still dark but starting to get bright. But its sunny! and calm! This is the summer I have been waiting for 😁

Already nearly doubled in temperature in two hours. 15c, perfectly clear skies. I have a feeling t will feel very warm come mid afternoon.

Yep, dare we say it's actually "sunny" in Dublin (not partly cloudy with sunny spells) and equally importantly it's also calm. Very few, if any, times this year we've been able to report that

It's looking increasingly likely that Dublin Airport will have a sunnier than average August 😱

That will break the six-month long streak of cloudier than average months. I'm not surprised, I expected July or August to do it as even an average July/August is very dull (especially July), so marginally above average doesn't really mean much.

Unbroken sun in Dublin. Very pleasant! The first (almost) cloudless day since May I think. August has been generally grand but June and July were so rubbish that the bar was low. This nice weather lifts ones spirits!

Today was the 2nd best day of the year here in carrick as Thursday also delivered sun yes sun 🌞 the heat may not have arrived during the leaving cert but maybe with kids going back to school we may finally have a nice settled few days , I just want the sun at this stage rather than heat , this summer so far has totally effected my mental health , fingers crossed 🤞 we get a few settled days in September

Unfortunately MT is the only one now to show a dry settled week. The UK Met office now going with Met eireann for spells of thundery rain. The high pressure just keeps getting pushed back.