Summer Washout

Summer 2011 looks like it will be the coolest on record at some stations in Ireland.

The sun has also been rare with 80% of the normal sunshine that we would expect at the time of year.

Temperatures have of course been very poor too everywhere and the highest temperature of the Summer of 25.5c at Oak Park in June is one of the lowest in the last 50 years.

So what is going to happen for the rest of Summer 2011 which lasts up to the end of August?

Well it does look as if there is no real improvement in prospect for Ireland with rain or showers until the end of the month.

Some of the more long range forecasters are even predicting a similar pattern of weather for September too. Can we really face up to that?

Well lets not look that far ahead maybe the High pressure will win the day in September as it sometimes does and bring Ireland an Indian Summer.

Thought not.

Summer 2011 Weather Stats so far

Here are the Summer 2011 stats for the Northwest of Ireland so far this Summer.

So using weather data from Belmullet Station off www.met.ie I wondered which days of Summer 2011 are the sunniest wettest and warmest and these are the results.

In descending order the sunniest days are dom dom DOM!

Here are the Sunshine Results

Sunniest day of the week in Summer 2011 has been Thursday...by far with a total of 47.6 hours of sun for 5 Thursdays so far whilst the dullest by a long shot has been (surprise surprise) Sunday with a paltry 19.3 hours.

Here is the Sunshine list with data from June 1st 2011 until July 2nd 2011

1.THURSDAY--------------------------47.6 Hours


2. Saturday------------------------------33.8 Hours


3. Friday--------------------------------32.9 Hours


4. Monday------------------------------32 Hours (over equivalent 5 weeks)


5. Wednesday--------------------------31.7 Hours


6. Tuesday-----------------------------27 Hours (over equivalent 5 weeks)


7. SUNDAY --------------------------19.3 Hours (over equivalent 5 weeks)
                                     

Summer continues cool

Summer of 2011 in Ireland will not go down as a steaming hot one, certainly if current trends continue.

Its been nearly 2 degrees below normal for most of the time and the overall average has only been punctuated a couple of times by some warm days of which there has been 5 in June.

July will probably see a similar amount with very little prolonged spells of heat at all.

August is the month of the Summer when nights get longer and cooler but will they get any cooler than at present. It is hard to imagine so.

Summer 2011 Outlook Cool and Unsettled/Warm at Times

This Summer is looking to be cool and unsettled as Atlantic Weatherbands continue to cross Ireland bringing very changeable conditions. From time to time High Pressure will build from the South before being pushed out of the way once more by cooler weather. It looks like overall the temperatures will be around average but rainfall will be above normal with sunshine slightly lower than we would expect.

Warm Summer 2011

Summer 2011  looks quite favorable for Ireland this year. It does look as though May will turn out to be one of the worse months of the season. We are looking at 3 weeks of essentially very warm and sunny weather. It is quite hard to pinpoint as yet when this is likely but June into July would seem to be the most likely time.


This is the early forecast for Summer 2011 and it is likely to change as we get near. However as we know a lot of people consider Summer to be May, June and July so just a heads up. More detailed weather can be found here


Temperatures will be above normal for a lot of 2011 as and this is going to continue throughout most of the Summer. There is a slight possibility that parts of Europe may experience extreme heat later in the season but Ireland will have more bearable type values.