Summer ends as it started

Yes an unsettled end to August with rain most days for Ireland so not too many more evenings like this one..

A Cold Wet Miserable August

This August will start as it means to go on with cold wet and miserable weather for Ireland. Although not as wet as the Summers of 2007 - 2012, 2015 has been noted as the "cold" Summer. Parts of the Northern half of Ireland have not seen the temperature pass 22c at all which is highly unusual. 

Furthermore some parts of Ulster and Connaught have had only 4 or 5 days all season that the temperature has passed 20c. Normally there are at least 16 to 18. This week in line with the way that Summer 2015 has gone so far there has been a lot of evenings where it was like it was Autumn and only 9 or 10c whereas in 2013 it was 20c at the same time on the same date.

So what does August have in store. Cool and Showery with breezy conditions. Well it still looks more likely to snow than there be a heatwave in Ireland this Summer. It certainly would seem that the temperature of 14c will be the modal value of the Summer. Here in Sligo weathergossip has collated the temperature data for May, June and July in what Met Eireann calls our Summer and there are some astoundingly cold figures. 

For example a temperature of 5.5c has been recorded in Co Sligo this July on nights that are normally 12 or 13c. The maximum July temperature of 22.4c on 3rd July is the highest of the entire year in Sligo. Normally we see 24 or 25 at least 2 or 3 occasions so we are fast running out of time.

Sligo Summer Weather Data 2015

May - Days over 20c - 0
           Days over 15c - 7
           Days over 10c - 21
           Days below 10c - 2

June - Days over 20c - 3
           Days over 15c - 14
           Days over 10c - 12
           Days below 10c - 1

July - Days over 20c - 3
           Days over 15c - 10
           Days over 10c - 18

           Days below 10c - 0

Heres a more Summer like image to end the article and maybe bring better weather

What a blue sky looks like

A Cool Summer

The 2nd half of Irish Summer is going to be cool with occasional rainfall. A North or Northwesterly wind is going to dominate but there will be some dry or bright spells too.

Nights will be quite cold with the possibility of seeing temperatures close to freezing in August.

June 2015 to bring Warmer spells

After a quite nightmarish May of cold wind and rain it looks like June will bring an improving situation for Ireland. The temperature for May was 9.9c Mean which is over a degree below what we would normally expect. June averages about 12.6c in Sligo and after day 1 we are on 8.8c!! But dont despair this figure will creep up as the month goes on and there is certainly strong signals of temperatures exceeding 20c in the next 7 to 10 days.

Weather Forecast for Summer 2015

May 

Mostly dry and warm at first but becoming more unsettled with showers or longer spells of rain and temperatures of 13 to 18c

June 

Warm and thundery with some quite heavy showers but a few warmer and sunnier days especially in the East and the South. 17 to 22c

July 

Warm and even hot at times but quite a number of wet days too due to the Atlantic Southwesterlies.
17 to 25c

August 

Warm and mild at first but wet and windy later in the month with heavy rain
14 to 18c

Hazlewood Co Sligo