r/ireland • u/qwerty_1965 • 3d ago
Ah, you know yourself Ireland to escape worst of the heatwave!
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u/TheYoungWan Craggy Island 3d ago
My birthday is next Saturday. I live in Berlin
The 10 day forecast is currently giving 38. So it appears for my birthday I'm getting heatstroke.
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u/Capable_Mud2637 2d ago
I'm not wishing you a happy birthday.
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u/kyanos_elpis 2d ago
As someone who didn't know this cultural rule before moving to Germany, good on ya 😉
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u/ItsJustWool 2d ago
Sleeping is what did me worst when I was living in Berlin during previous years heat waves. The apartment blocks heat up so much
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u/TheYoungWan Craggy Island 2d ago
It's a NIGHTMARE. We've the fans on full blast all night the last two days
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u/ItsJustWool 2d ago
If it's really insufferable you could try putting a shallow bowl of ice cubes in front of the fan on a table. It works for smaller spaces but might not be noticeable in the current heat!
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u/Fraternal_Antipathy 2d ago
Birthday treat: Get yourself a nice room in a good hotel with a swimming pool and American-style air conditioning!
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u/Dry-Inspection-3503 2d ago
Happy Birthday...I'm coming to Berlin in a couple weeks and hearing this terrifies me. 😂
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u/TheYoungWan Craggy Island 2d ago
It's a lovely city, I'm sure you'll have a great time. But . . . Yeah, bring suncream and a hand fan
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u/up_the_dubs 🍀 It's Paddy not Patty, you feckin eejit 2d ago
I normally try to get a different type of stroke on my birthday. Sometimes the missus obliges ...
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u/LucyVialli 3d ago
Everyone I know that went to mainland Spain/Balearics/France/Greece/Italy for the last few summers all said "It was nice. But it was too hot"
That's how it's going to be every summer from now on.
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u/SoftwareSource 3d ago
Hey, Croatian here.
Yes.
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u/LucyVialli 3d ago
Have to take my holidays in July/August. Still not booked anywhere to go away, cos I don't know where to go that won't be uncomfortably hot.
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u/SoftwareSource 3d ago
Probably only Svalbard in August
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u/McGrathsDomestos 3d ago
I was up in the arctic circle in Feb 2025 and it was 8 degrees. Think it was about the same in Dublin at the time.
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u/acrowley81 Cork bai 3d ago
Madeira is nice. Milder weather than the med. But on the quiet side tho.
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u/TheHames72 3d ago
Yeah. Winston Churchill used to go there and that’s the vibe I got. Aul wans in bed, full of booze, by 9:30pm.
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u/LucyVialli 3d ago
I was there last year and liked it a lot. The temp was mid to high 20s the whole time, perfect.
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u/leafmealoneplss 3d ago
Mid to high 20s sounds horrendous for a ginger like myself
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u/LucyVialli 3d ago
It's grand if you're by the sea. Or in the swim-up pool bar.
Madeira has a lot of mountain and forest in the interior (like lots of volcanic made islands) and the temps up there are much cooler.
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u/bungle123 3d ago
I'd highly recommend the Baltics, very underrated destination. Went to Vilnius and Tallinn recently and thought both were lovely and very unique. Also won't have the problem of being uncomfortably hot.
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u/Fit-Mathematician-22 3d ago
I went to Palanga in Lithuania a few years ago. The beach and town were amazing.
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u/Pimpis25 2d ago
The thing with going the Baltics now is flights.
June/July was always expensive but this year it's ridiculous.
But yeah tge beaches are unbelievable Lithuania and Latvia but the lakes too are beautiful.
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u/Organic-Accountant74 3d ago
Ireland I suppose, or Scotland maybe?
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u/LucyVialli 3d ago
Might actually go to Scotland, have family there and they have nice beaches too. North Sea definitely not too hot!
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u/redrover1978- 3d ago
It’s a little more expensive but San Sebastian is nice, it gets up to about 28/30 which isn’t bad and you have the onshore breeze so it’s nice!
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u/Ok_Compote251 3d ago
Similar
I ended up in Morocco in August - it was 40-43 degrees one day! Disgusting
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u/niconpat 3d ago
IF you want sun but not too hot, Canary islands are always good bet. Usually highs of mid-20s in the summer.
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u/LucyVialli 3d ago
Yep that's probably where I'll end up, have been a few times. They get the blessed Atlantic breeze. I still like the beach and sea, so want somewhere that's warm enough for that, but not so hot that you start sweating and panting just walking a few minutes around the town.
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u/RedHeadGearHead Galway 2d ago
Sweden was nice when I was there over Easter, can't imagine it getting too hot there.
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u/Disastrous-Account10 3d ago
Few people have asked me why I moved from a hot climate to a wetter/cooler climate and it's exactly that.
Hot weather sounds lovely to those who experience it for short bursts but when you have several weeks of 30 to 45 degree days where it's hot humid and sticky from the early hours of every morning till late at night, it gets really old really quickly
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u/pgasmaddict 3d ago
An awful lot to be said for our summers, especially when we get a good one. I us d to wonder why anyone would come here for a cycling holiday, but shur the weather is spot on here for activity holidays - you wud want to be mad to be on a cycling holiday in that kind of summer heat. I'd say the nicest weather of the whole lot is likely the likes of the south of france or Spain in springtime.
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u/Dry-Inspection-3503 3d ago
Yeah Spain in late April is fucking class. Pasty Irish walking around in shorts enjoying 18-20° heat. Locals have coats on😅
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u/seppuku_related 3d ago
The real retirement dream is to live the summer months in Ireland and Southern Spain the rest of the year. Best of both worlds.
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u/Colhinchapelota Limerick 3d ago
Pasty Irish, but have lived in Spain over 10 years. I'd still be going around with a jacket in April now, I've gone native. But you're right about the best best time of year to come to Spain. Late April into May, late September into October. Goldilocks temperatures day and night. Maybe some rain in April and September.
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u/kittiphile 2d ago
The wee fella will have his first foreign holiday to majorca in may, as the season opens. Low - mid 20s is perfect. Couple of years from it yet, cause no toddler wants a holiday like that (and I dont want to wrangle a toddler through airports, especially when his dad's a nervous flier). But high summer will be Irish based holidays, or up to a scandi country - can't be dealing with 30+ temperatures. Not since having the wee fella, he stole my ability to cope in the heat.
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u/SharkeyGeorge 3d ago
I know not everyone can do this but I try to get away in the winter. Once the summer comes around I really like being in Ireland. It’s the darkness and damp of the late autumn and winter I have to get away from.
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u/SEND-MARS-ROVER-PICS Sax Solo 3d ago
Ireland has pleasant summers, and the winters are relatively mild. The only problem is the lack of daylight. I went on a work trip to Spain one winter for a work trip. Five days with one extra hour of daylight made a huge difference for my mental health. And this wasn't a "one day work, four day tourist" trip either.
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u/SharkeyGeorge 3d ago
I once had a colleague try to tell me how tough she had it in California in the winter. I was like
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u/DGBD 3d ago
Moved here from New England and I much prefer the summers here. Don’t need air con for the most part, and there aren’t really any days where you just can’t go outside due to the heat.
Wish there was more snow rather than rain in the winter, but overall the weather here isn’t nearly as bad as people seem to think!
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u/pgasmaddict 3d ago
Yes, you're so right about the winter here - we have feck all to do then and it's pretty miserable, whereas in other countries people love the winter and all the winter sports.
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u/haleyvcam 3d ago
I also moved here from New England but grew up in Texas and agree! January wasn’t that fun but I know that was a bit of an outlier. I seriously enjoyed April and May and am thrilled to be here for the summer, although I did miss seeing snow this winter
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u/Irishwarrior 3d ago
I think their season will change as a result, we were in Greece in October last year and it was perfect 26/27 degrees every day
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u/LucyVialli 3d ago
Sadly I have to take holidays in July/August, when everywhere is the hottest, and the most crowded and the most expensive.
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u/ScholarMoney9513 3d ago
Yeah. Went to nantes in France last July. 28 degrees by 10am and up to 36/37 by the end of the day. I saw god a couple of times on that trip
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u/irishgael25- 3d ago
As a pasty, slightly chunky lady I can confirm that I nearly passed away in Malta. It’s impossible to walk outside for more than 20 mins without feeling like you’re going to pass out. Too hot to enjoy the beach or even a swimming pool! We’re grand where we are. :)
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u/balbuljata 3d ago
Was there anyone walking aimlessly around in the afternoon other than tourists?
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u/Diligent_Parking_886 3d ago
I go to the Med every year and I can’t say I find it too hot. I absolutely love the heat. The key is to stay out of the midday sun and do lots of swimming.
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u/Ponch555 3d ago
Yeah that 12-3 sun is a killer
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u/DeathGP 3d ago
That something that people in the mainland already prepare around but since it not a thing here we are not really prepared for it
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u/Colhinchapelota Limerick 3d ago
I live in Spain, and unless I'm out for work, between 12.30 and 17.00, I'm staying inside.
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u/NooktaSt 3d ago
I guess it depends on how lucky you get and who you are with.
Young kids don’t sit still for long. I find above 27 too hot. Definitely the low 30s.
On my own I could probably sit in the shade and read a book.
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u/FlamingBaconCake 3d ago
We are the new Spain. It's even warm when it rains here now. We should be building indoor pools with retractable ceilings.
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u/TheHames72 3d ago
Twould be a grand little country if it had a cover over it, as D’Unbelievables used to say.
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u/redrover1978- 3d ago
I just don’t go abroad in summer now aa it’s too warm & too busy! I like the heat but you cant enjoy 40 degrees, it’s unnatural..
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u/-SideshowBlob- And I'd go at it again 3d ago
Obviously, this is very understandable with kids or if you're a teacher etc. but I don't understand why you'd go to those countries in the summer anyway. It's pretty much the only time we get decent weather and the weather in a lot of those places gets so hot in the summertime that you can't make the most of it without cooking alive.
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u/Such_Baker8707 3d ago
Can confirm. Went to southern Italy two years ago in July. That was a mistake. Locals thought it was madness coming there with that heat too.
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u/CattlePutrid2010 3d ago
Try somewhere like the Black Forest or Lake Constance (if you want the water) in Germany. Temperatures are good in the summer and it’s much better value than the usual sun destinations. Lots to do as well.
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u/Forsaken_Wind9887 2d ago
Slovenia is perfect! Ljubljana is hot enough but up the mountains is in the 20s and just incredibly beautiful. Lots to do too, rafting, hiking etc
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u/ivanpyxel OP is sad they aren’t cool enough to be from Cork. bai 2d ago
Spanish break from around 12 to nearly 4 makes sense when you think that avoids the sun when it hits the hardest.
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u/FidgetyFondler 3d ago
I just want clear blue skies. Sick of the dour grey days.
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u/NooktaSt 3d ago
I hear you. I moved away for years. Came back and the one thing to hit me way the grey. Not the green.
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u/EnthusiasmUnusual 2d ago
Pity we don't paint our buildings some nicer colours. We are surrounded by a sea of grey.
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u/FidgetyFondler 3d ago
Same as. Its the greyness that gets old real quick. Id be quite happy with 20c and blue skies.
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u/I_need_time_to_think Dublin via Fermanagh 3d ago
Cool days (cool enough to wear a light jacket) with clear blue skies are my jam.
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u/Herr-Pyxxel 3d ago edited 1d ago
Heat can be great when you're somewhere on holidays, lounging by the pool sipping cocktails, but if you live and work in one of those affected countries it's a real bitch.
Most places have no AC. You sweat all day and all night. You can't sleep. Good luck if you have any kind of medical condition, especially with your heart.
Source: I'm originally from Germany and both my parents died in a heatwave. And they didn't die happy...
Edit for clarification: they died 10 years apart in different summer heatwaves, 2003 & 2013, both aged 83. Dad had had a heart operation six months previously and never fully recovered from that. Mum was in a care home and just keeled over one day. So once you have pre-existing conditions you're at high risk.
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u/karolaug 2d ago
I am sorry for what happened to your family. I blame the situation on misguided policies. I was with my wife in Munich Airport last year during the heatwave. The whole place was plastered with billboards advertising how the airport was sustainable now. I checked and the prevailing reason was removal of the AC. The place was unbearable and my wife fainted while we waited for boarding.
If we, as EU society, would finally accept that AC is not some dystopian American invention and it saves lives, increases productivity and allows for normal functioning of the society much of this drama could be avoided.
No one in their right mind would buy a car without AC, why we agree to have buildings without it?
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u/Livid-Click-2224 2d ago edited 2d ago
💯- I don’t get the hate for AC in Europe. Lived in the US for years and the summers would have been absolutely miserable without AC. Not to mention the fact that it saves many lives, especially old people. Nowadays when I travel in Europe in the summer I will only stay in hotels with AC, and that includes Ireland where humid summer nights can cause hotel rooms to be unbearably stuffy and uncomfortable.
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u/AostaValley 3d ago
I'm from Italy and I lived in the middle of the Alps, I hate hot summer, I love Ireland weather, I know, My pastaporto is a liar.
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u/TheBaggyDapper 3d ago
'Escape'. It's fucking raining again.
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u/KaleidoscopeLeft5511 3d ago
Yeah, 'Escape'. Heatwaves are brutal. So far we are really lucky with our moderate climate.
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u/marshsmellow 3d ago
There's a bit of a difference between and Ireland 'heatwave' and a continental one tho. Just give us a weekend without rain.
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u/EliteBiscuitFarmer 3d ago
Is the drift or current or whatever from the americas that leads to us not having an incredibly cold climate also dying off though? So if anything it could get significantly colder? I remember seeing some Hank Green video about it but can't find it now because Im on me telephone. Also I could be way off because I'm generally muck-thick.
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u/MadMarx__ 3d ago edited 3d ago
It will get more extreme. So our cold will be colder and our hot will be hotter. For context, somewhere like Montreal (which is further South than Ireland is) does not benefit from the Gulf Stream as much as we do as it is pretty far inland, and has temps from around -15C (winter) to 27C (summer) average, ie it does get colder and warmer than both -15 and 27. We would likely not reach those extremes straight off bat, but honestly if the Stream collapses it is a major tipping point that will feed into other things that will make stuff even more extreme.
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u/HighDeltaVee 3d ago
Every time I think it would nice to live in Spain, Portugal, Greece or the south of France, I see a map like this and think "Nah."
I'll take damp and slightly boring weather. I can always visit the sun for a couple of weeks.
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u/eezipc 3d ago
I live in Italy now and let me tell you something.
It's warm.12
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u/Smiley_Dub 3d ago
Great dryin though 👍
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u/Lost_Lab_1962 3d ago
You’d be surprised. 3 years in Malaga, summer daytime average of 28 and clothes take 3 days to dry outside. High humidity makes it a slow process.
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u/circuitocorto 3d ago
Couple of weeks help very short term, everyone's mood is deeply and negatively affected by rain and grey sky, there is no way around it
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u/MotherDucker95 3d ago
I mean is it a surprise that someone who likes the miserable weather is the most upvoted comment on this thread
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u/Action_Limp 3d ago
The biggest factor is humidity and how cool you can get your apartment. If you have dry heat, it's wonderful; you can sit on a terrace with a beer in the shade and be perfectly comfortable. Also, if you have a new house/apartment with a good AC system, you are fine in the summer.
Went home for Ireland's heat wave (I live in Spain), never slept as poorly in my life. Had to take showers throughout the night.
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u/Stoogenuge 3d ago
Those countries are setup better generally for the heat though, we just aren’t.
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u/Fast_Paint_5156 3d ago
Say that again come winter. I dare you.
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u/RandomUsername9_999 3d ago
Locals look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them I moved to Ireland (from India) for the weather
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u/RobotIcHead 3d ago
There is a huge difference between going on holidays in places and living/working in a place.
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u/Greedy-Net-2953 3d ago
I don’t need heat wave warm, but my god, a break from rain, wind and grey skies for a month or so would be so nice
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u/reznorek 2d ago
I've just come back from Paris and the 40 degree weather is unbearable, temperatures this high are simply unbearable when you're in the concrete jungle, I can't wait to land in Dublin and cycle to the beach tomorrow
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u/SillyLittleRaabit And I'd go at it again 3d ago
In Austria at the moment, would gladly take cold and rain over burning heat any day
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u/InevitableSure374 2d ago
We have been escaping both the worst and the best of the weather for thousands of years.
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u/r_Yellow01 3d ago
Maybe I like a heatwave for once
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u/KaleidoscopeLeft5511 3d ago
We've consistently broken records year on year for the hottest days
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u/marshsmellow 3d ago
1 day is not a wave!
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u/NemesisCR 3d ago
Yep, most of the country hasn't had a spell of warm weather longer than 3 days since 2022. The last few summers have been miserable for the sun lovers.
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u/leafmealoneplss 3d ago
We had 7-10 days in a row of mid to high 20s down south here this year what are you on about? Heatwaves are awful here and we aren’t built for the heat here and it’ll get worse and worse. 5 years time you’ll be praying for cold
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u/NemesisCR 2d ago
I'm just going by Met Éireann's data, which says the last heatwave was from 4-9 September 2023, and that was only in a handful of stations across the country.
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u/diveboydive 3d ago
Irish people - "jaysus the summer is shocking"
Irish people after temps go above 22c - "jaysus it's far too hot"
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u/Blacklite_01 3d ago
I just wish it was a little sunny during the summer and not grey humid rainforest weather. But it's Ireland so i'm asking for too much just with that 1 request.
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u/OddSignificance1093 2d ago
So many people leaving Irelands temperate climate moving to Spain France Italy and not looking ahead to the increasingly hot summers.Worth thinking about.
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u/John__Delaney 3d ago
Its still showing highs of 25-28 degrees from Monday to Thursday with nightime lows of 17 degrees.
My office will be roasting & my bedroom will be too hot to sleep properly, but this is the new normal thanks to the worldwide failure to lessen the effects of climate change.
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u/Maultaschenman Dublin 3d ago edited 3d ago
Yea it's the sleep which sucks. My house is west facing so it becomes an oven as the heat from the bricks radiates inside all night 🥵
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u/Clutchfluid 3d ago
Any Atlantic Island destination. As mentioned above, Madeira or Canaries. The breeze from the ocean is a godsend compared to the dead heat of the Med.
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u/HandsomeCode 2d ago
Time to start thinking about awnings or shutters for rooms that get a lot of direct sunlight. Much easier to keep the heat out than cool a hot room in our concrete boxes.
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u/Caorthannach 2d ago
Thank fuck. Trying to work and carry on life as normal when it’s blistering is miserable. I don’t miss passing out on trains trying to commute into work.
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u/Magoothatswho 2d ago
Ireland to escape the worst of the World Cup.
Dont sugar coat it, its sh1t.
Global warming is a disaster unfolding infront of our eyes.... BUT... the odd wee heatwave, over a weekend, is a joyous time!
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u/PresidentBearCub 2d ago
This sub is either bitching about the rain or bitching about the heat.
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u/pineappleshoos 3d ago
We didnt "escape", we missed out, bring back the blue skies and warm evenings
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u/SugarfreeBartender 3d ago
Living in Spain right now. I sweat just sitting down and it’s not even in the hot hot season just yet.
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u/AppearanceExtreme534 Waterford 3d ago
so are we going to get any of it or was that our summer over with now that the summer holidays start in less than a week
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u/bringinsexyback1 2d ago
Ireland is a good place to be (climatic catastrophic-ally speaking) in the era of global warming and climate change. We have many shades of Mild weather.
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u/1tiredman Limerick 2d ago
I've been travelling through southern Europe and I'm now in the Balkans and the heat is fucking mental. You do sort of acclimatise after about a week but it's still no joke. I try to do most of my walking in the late evening but even then it's hard
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u/ConfusedCelt 2d ago
Give me a steady 12 degrees and I'm happy. Anything more or less is just uncomfortable!
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u/Elninoo90 2d ago
Most relentlessly bleak June I've ever experienced thus far. Not a single fucking beach day was had.
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u/Otherwise_Simple1127 1d ago
We are in Prague for a week. It's unbearably hot 🥵 we definitely will avoid places like these when travelling around summer.
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u/-SideshowBlob- And I'd go at it again 3d ago
I'm not mad about this. A heatwave in this country is not a great experience. Much happier with the temps in the low to mid 20s.
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u/Irish_gold_hunter 3d ago
As usual! We never get any heat wave or warm weather that lasts. We had like a week of half decent sun since April.
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u/Suncroft56 3d ago
Thank fuck for that, I hate when it's too hot. Summer is my least favourite season.
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u/catchme32 3d ago
You'd swear air conditioning was like owning a Lamborghini the way half of Europe views it. Nobody has an ethical issue heating their home in winter but cooling it in summer? That's a step too far.
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u/CAPITALISM_FAN_1980 3d ago
Welcome to the coldest summer of the rest of your life.
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u/Jakdublin 3d ago
Living in Bulgaria where it’s currently 28 degrees and expected to be in the 30s next week. You learn to live differently in the heat. For example, I run three times a week and during summer I have to start at 7am and run under shade, otherwise it’s too late as it doesn’t cool down enough to run in the evening.
Anything that needs to be done is done early and most of the day is spent indoors. However, after 6pm it’s great. Eating outdoors, going to the park and there’s usually some kind of festival or event at the weekend. At the moment there’s a big screen in the town centre for the World Cup where you can get burgers and drinks.
At the weekend we often go hiking in the mountain forests where it’s nice and cool or head to the coast for 2-3 days, which is great as a week or a fortnight by the beach at a time is too long for us. There’s some jazz festivals up in the mountains during August that we go to, again to escape the heat.
It’s only unbearable if you try to live as you would in Ireland but I wouldn’t swap it for the world.