May
May will be a cool month though and thought will immediately turn to all the wet Summers we have had.The temperatures for May will be around 10 to 15c only getting higher toward the end of the month. There will be a lot of breezy and wet days with the wind coming down from the Northwest. Rainfall for this month will be above normal overall and sunshine and temperatures will be below normal.!
June
June however is looking a lot drier and warmer.Sunshine will break out more readily as the month goes on especially for parts of the East and the South of the country. Temperatures will be up to the low twenties at times too creating a very pleasant month. Sunshine and temperatures for this month will be above normal and the rainfall below normal especially in Leinster.July
Also July could be quite hot too. Temperatures of the mid twenties are possible at times but because of the heat there will be a tendency toward more thundery weather and this will cause rainfall figures for this month to be well above normal in some places while in other locations there will be just about normal rainfalls. Overall the Summer will be a warmer one than is relative.
August
It cools down again in August but there will be some pleasant days at times also. There will be temperatures in the midteens most of the time as the wind comes from a cooler Northerly direction after being in a Southerly direction for most of the season. Rain and wind could break out at the end of the month more widely and of course the nights will get cooler into single figures at times.
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How accurate is weathergossip for Long Range Weather Forecasts? Well most long range models tend to aspire to a 50/50 success rate. In fact we are slightly above this overall for the past 12 months with a 52% correct rate of predictions for temperatures, wind, rainfall and sunshine. In the past 3 months out success rate has been nearer 60% so are we getting more accurate. Well as the depth of weather knowledge and information increase on the Web all forecasters are learning more for the future even if the main weather companies like Met Eireann and the UK Met Office place little faith in Long Range Forecasts.
