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Same in 2013-14... as per the reanalysis in Met4cast's post.

Dublin by the same index. 1995 278 1976 262 2018 249 1984 247 1989 246 1975 245 1959 244 1955 242 2006 241 1969 237 1968 237 1983 236 2013 234 1949 232 2022 230

Good definitely sums up the summer for Dublin, not quite up with the greats of 1995, 2006, 2018. June too windy and lacked the warmth here. Avoided a lot of the rain Ireland had though. Was cloudy but nothing atrocious. Disappointing after a disappointing May. July was too cloudy to be considered great. However, it brought the warmest day by far here on record, had plentiful warmth regardless and often very dry so it's to be given some points. August best in my lifetime, better than 2003. Warmest and sunniest since 1995. I don't have any memories of 2003 anyway being an itty bitty 2 year old! Second week was easily best August spell I have seen, the consistent clear skies was brilliant. I preferred 2013 and 2018 but a better than average Dublin summer for sure.

On track to be the 4th sunniest in the UK on record (beaten by 1947, 1995 and 1976). The graphic below via here takes current sun hrs per day avg and fills in remaining days to get an estimated final total so not to be taken literally but no getting away from the fact that this will be up there with the sunniest on record. Hypothetically if 203.8 hrs were the final total for August 2022, the UK as a whole will have had 579.0 hrs in Summer 2022 which puts it as the 11th sunniest since 1919. However, Northern Ireland using the estimated August total will have had a relatively cloudy summer but not exceptionally so due to a sunny August but June and especially July were notably cloudy. For England, it is looking like the first summer since 1989 where all 3 meteorological summer months have had 200 hours or greater and the 5th/6th sunniest on record since 1919. These stats are prone to error due to the August estimation.

Worst summers in Dublin using the Manchester summer index (since 1942) along with notes why index was poor 2012 157 (all months wet, high number of wet days and cloudy) 2020 157 (exceptionally cloudy and high number of wet days) 1985 161 (cool maxima and cloudy, not overly wet compared to some) 1958 162 (wettest on record) 1980 162 (very cloudy) 1986 163 (very cloudy July and cold/deluge August) 2007 166 (exceptionally wet June/July)

In Ireland, 30C has occurred on 19th July in 2006, 2013, 2016 and 2022 recently.. yet most years we don't see a single 30C. Amusing quirk. It's also known as "Thunderstorm Day" over here for how frequent we can get thundery showers or thunderstorms on it compared to others. At least 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2022 have seen such recently.

The data came in for the region in question a bit after I posted this and... Again it didn't break historic records here but would you believe it was the driest January to June period in SE England/central southern England since 1976? Apologies if this isn't the place for posting such data. EDIT: Also, why do I keep getting duplicate images whenever I paste one?

No CET or EWP yet as of writing this post. Although it didn't break records or come close to doing so historically, it's good to note that the January to June period of 2022 in England has been the driest respective period since 2010. 2022: 290.7mm 2010: 290.0mm Before that, have to go back to 1996 to find drier (288.0mm). The driest on record was back on 1929 when Jan to Jun recorded only 198.7mm. 1976 was 2nd driest with 229.8mm. I'm interested in the SE England region in particular to see how 2022 compares historically.

Some difference! 157.7 hours here in Dublin to yesterday, somewhat cloudy. Unremarkably so, much like May. March had 203.1 hours!

According to Meteociel, Magilligan in Londonderry has seen only 60.7 hours of sunshine to June 28th. Thomastown in Fermanagh not much better at all with 69.3 hours. That Magilligan total is otherworldly atrocious (Thomastown seems to be vulnerable to such dire sunshine so not a surprise there). I'm almost inclined not to believe it but reading your reports throughout the month, maybe I do!

Not quite. If June 2022 CET were to hold at 14.9C, 2022 would have a running CET of 9.466C for first 6 months. 2007, 2020, 2014, 2017, 1846 and 1822 all milder. Excluding January, then it's 10.42C which would be 3rd mildest behind 2017 (10.64C) and 1822 (10.44C).

Finally got to see something myself in Dublin, mostly eaten by the incoming cloud but it's a start.

The way I decide it is always have ISO the lowest possible and be a last resort. Only increase it if you need more light but want to get the NLCs sharp without movement (or of course if you're shooting handheld, which I don't generally recommend for NLC capturing). Aperture and shutter speed very much dependent on the brightness of the landscape and the NLCs. If it's a bright landscape with a fair amount of light pollution, I veer towards f/11 which is a standard for landscapes in general for me. Then I change the shutter speed appropriately until it gets to a necessary level of exposure but if the NLCs are moving fast, I will then bump up the ISO and keep the shutter speed under 10 seconds if possible.

It was on the 17th but yes. 27.5C at Heathrow that day.

It is the case though, very much been more high pressure than low pressure since the end of August.

Feels like 3 June 2012 déjà vu. Only a max of 10.6C in Dún Laoghaire that day with gloom all day, drizzle/light rain. We had an ok week in fairness given the pattern but today is pure rotten.

A difference of 55 hours is fairly significant for an average over 18 years but I hold the thought too as above that 1989-2006 was a highly anomalous period for summers in this country. The Augusts I have noted before with every year from 1994-2005 having a CET mean max of 20.0C which was very unusual. In Dublin, my summers have 100% become cloudier over time. July especially recently has been hit hard, April is now sunnier than it. Summer is the only season that received a negative reduction from 81-10 to 91-20, the rest all gained a positive increase. The 1971-2000 period was quite bad granted. So many exceptionally sunny springs this century, very few summers (2006 is the only one here). The 2007-2021 period has been strange. So many summers dominated by high latitude blocking, some extreme southerlies in the more recent years that kept reoccurring via a wavenumber-7 hemispheric pattern, the same months consistently poor. Pretty miserable here at the moment. 11C, gloomy, light rain. Poor enough

Some more numbers for you. First a time series of the summer sunshine data since 1919 for the "England S" region as outlined by the Met Office (which encompasses the Midlands, southwest England, East Anglia and southeast of England into the equation too), in a similar vein to the way they do them. There is another dataset for central southern England and SE England that does not consider the Midlands, SW England or East Anglia which could be more relevant to you. Regions and data can be found here. I put the running average as 18 years because of the discussion. Now the averages for those periods previously mentioned with 1919-1934 (15 years) included too for the sake of it. 2007-2021: 576.3 hours 1989-2006: 610.8 hours 1971-1988: 557.2 hours 1953-1970: 555.6 hours 1935-1952: 575.9 hours 1919-1934: 577.7 hours So 1989-2006 was by far the sunniest out of any of the periods whilst 1919-1934 was second but only narrowly beating 2007-2021 which also narrowly beats 1935-1952. 1953-1970 and 1971-1988 by far the cloudiest periods.

Definitely underrated to me to some extent. June 2009 deserves much more credit than it's given. One of the sunniest on record in Ireland, mostly dry with only a few days of downpours giving near or above average rainfall and very warm. I never hear it get any mention for how good it was. July wasn't good as others have touted but least it had a lot of interest convection wise so I'd take it over other dreadful summer months like July 2020. August was very wet in the north and west but I escaped a lot of it and came away with a forgettable, ok month. Seen far worse summers. If I was photographing, I'd have loved it solely for the noctilucent clouds and volcanic sunsets that weather-history mentions.

Top left 2007-2021, top right 1989-2006 and the bottom 3 left to right are in reverse chronological order (newest to oldest) to the periods you've named. 2007-2021 features a strong -NAO pattern with well above average pressure over Greenland and Iceland whilst conversely well below average pressure over the North Atlantic into the UK & Ireland. This goes along with the frequency of -NAO summers since 2007 which all bar 2013, 2018 and 2021 featured -NAO conditions more often than +NAO; 2017 was closer to neutral. The 1989-2006 period was completely different with deep low pressure over Greenland and above average pressure through the UK & Ireland into most of Europe. The other periods have less of a standout pattern but 1971-88 featured a lot of ridging to our west, 1953-70 had a lot of Euro troughing with slightly above average pressure near Greenland but not a strong anomaly whilst 1935-52 was rather unsettled.

25.1C at Kinlochewe on the 31st, the lowest May absolute max since 2015 (which was only 23.8C).

Final May CET came out at 13.1C, warmest since 2017 and 2018. No downward correction. Spring 2022 the 6th warmest since 1659 with 10.1C.

It last happened in the 1968 record year to my knowledge, just failed in 1989 with a 20.7C I think. Though I haven't looked at the data.

1988 is a weird case that I've always wondered myself. Clearly it was quite hot well to our south but fairly standard mid 20s in England at best. Only thing I could think of is well below average sea surface temperatures surrounding the isles leading to heavy modification of the airmass. Anyway, to make this at least partially on topic to the thread, spring has been the third consecutive nice one in a row for me. March was the best March I have experienced, by far the sunniest on record in my locale. April was pleasant but nothing exceptional, prefer the past 2. May has been mediocre, pretty warm but no standout warm days and very cloudy. Though least it's not a May 2015 disaster.

June 2000 is another, reached the tip of Cornwall. Also can't forget August 2003. Camborne saw 24.8C @ 850hPa in June 2019, over 3.4C above the previous record in Sep 1988, Jun 2000 and Aug 2003. The irony is, its actual surface max temperature was lower with 22.6C on the 27th and 19.0C on the 28th June whilst the peak of the upper level warmth occurred overnight.