Warm but Changeable July

Though July is likely to be another warm month, it does look like there will be rain or drizzle at times too (what other word in the English language has 2 zs oh yeah dizzy)

There has been a warm theme all year so we may well see temperatures of 27c again this Summer but 30c like last year may not be reached. weathergossip thinks there is evidence that the Northern Hemisphere is going to have a warm cycle though there may be a few cooler snaps now and again.

Therefore the rest of Summer 2014 will be warm and sometimes sunny with an average temperature for the whole season of 1.5c OVER the general mean.

So far the temperature has broken 20c on nearly half of the days since the start of June.

Most of July will continue this trend but it will be wetter than June as is usually the case especially in the Northern Half of Ireland.

August looks a bit cooler but still dry and sunny at times with some rain.

Warmer end to May

The Month of May has been characterised by thundery rainfall and showers so far. As we head towards the last few days of the month the trend is for drier weather. By the start of June things will be drier and warmer with temperatures of up to 21c. There will still be some showers though a lot of the guidance has the shower activity to the South and East. Depending on the circulation around the Low these showers can happen anywhere but Lows to the South and Highs to the North seem to be the prevailing pattern in the outlook. In any case this would suggest that winds will not be from a West or Northwest direction much.

Weather gets cooler as we head into May

The warm weather of the past few days has made April very pleasant. Temperatures topped 18 degrees in Ireland over the Easter weekend and there was plenty of sunshine to boot. The weather is breaking down somewhat and it will be breezy and cooler over this coming weekend with some rain or showers.
In the next couple of weeks as we head into May Low pressure stays close by bringing a lot of showery weather and temperatures no higher than 12 to 15c.
However as we saw in 1995 and 2013, a cool May brings Summer heat.
Heres hoping....

Weather to settle down somewhat

So March is now upon us.

The mad storms and rain drops of Winter have not left us just yet with some heavy showers but we have all noticed quite a lot more in the way of sunshine than we had been used to and thats a good thing. Sunshine figures are actually going to increase as the month progresses and there is the potential for some very mild days before St Patricks Day.

Temperatures so far this year have been in single figures most of the time for Ireland but it does look like they will climb into double figures quite a lot of the time in March and they may even get to 15 or 16c.

As always St Patricks Day looks a bit dodgy with cooler air for a time and temperatures of 7 to 10c but after this it gets mild again and the temperature will be 13c.

Rainfall for March 2014 will continue the trend of recent years and be quite low though perhaps not quite as low as the cold March of 2013. 

March to get drier after Winter of discontent

A drier March is on the cards after Ireland was battered by gales and rain for most of the Winter. In fact there were only 6 days that it did not rain in parts of the West and in 2014 just 2!! So far parts of Cork have had nearly 40% of their annual rainfall in just 2 months.

SO are we owed some dry weather. The answer is YES YES YES. There are a lot of signals that March and April will bring a good deal of dry weather to balance the books so to speak. March looks like improving after a poor start with temperatures of up to 14 or 15c possible in the South and East. Follow more on twitter @weathergossipco

Stormy Winter to persist

In what can only described as one of the wettest Windiest winters with 10 storms and severe coastal damage it makes it look like a normal wet day ain't too bad.
Dry days are few and far between and everyone goes outside feeling really happy,
So far there are 37 days gone in 2014 and Sligo has recorded rainfall on 35 of them.
Next 2 storms Saturday south of Ireland and Tuesday everywhere with a sleety mix.
After this or at least after February 15 things get calmer but still showery.
Temperatures will be 6c