Posted on 08/01/2023 8:49:01 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Provisional data from Met Éireann suggests last month was the wettest July on record in Ireland.
Paul Moore, a climatologist with Met Éireann, said four times as much rain fell in Ireland in July compared to the same month last year.
He said that more unsettled weather was on the way for August.
According to a provisional report from the forecaster, Ireland had 217% of its long-term average rainfall in July 2023.
The previous wettest July was recorded in 2009 and this was 202% of its long-term average. …
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Doesn’t rain tend to drop the air temperatures?
Why is Ireland green?
I remember rainy summers and rainy winters when I lived there as a kid. I cannot see anything unusual in this.
I’ve never been there, but have looked at lots of pictures. [The countryside is beautiful.]
It doesn’t look at all like Australia’s Outback....
In the northern hemisphere weather generally moves from west to east. What’s west of Ireland? Three thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean.
I forecast rain in Ireland tomorrow.
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