Ireland Wettest July

Wettest July since 1950:

Twice the average amount of rain fell last month, with parts of the country having the wettest July in 60 years, it has been revealed.

.Meteorologists revealed that, while it was warm and mild during the month, it was also the fourth successive July in which rainfall was above normal.

However, dry and sunny weather earlier in the season prevented the flash flooding which devastated parts of the country in previous years.

Met Eireann's monthly weather report showed between 15 and 21 wet days were recorded nationwide, with residents in Claremorris suffering their wettest July since records began there in 1950. Thunderstorms were also associated with heavy rain around the middle of the month.

Elsewhere, the report revealed that wind speeds were also above normal, peaking at Belmullet on July 4 when 115kph (71.5mph) was recorded - its monthly highest since 1988.

While maximum temperatures were close to normal, sunshine totals were below normal everywhere.

Met Eireann said Valentia Observatory's sunshine total of only 85 hours was among the five lowest for July in more than a century and was also its lowest of any month so far in 2010

Tempertures for the next 5 days

You may need to click on the picture and zoom in to read it, but this is the forecast weather for the 5th Aug to 8th Aug.

Year of Records.

July Hottest on Record
03 August 2010
The Moscow Times

Last month was the hottest July in Moscow since meteorological records began 130 years ago, with the average temperature exceeding the norm by 7.8 degrees Celsius, the weather web site Meteonovosti.ru reported Monday.

The previous July record was set in 1938, when the average temperature exceeded the norm by 5.3 C. Last month also saw the all-time record for Moscow beaten on July 29, when the temperature reached 38.2 C.

Summer Splash

We been having a long hot spell with temperature shooting up over 30c so this weekend we decided to go look for a place we were told we could swim. Well as it turns out it is just outside the city close to where we live. So Saturday we went out and swam for a while and today we went back and met us with some friends and spent the morning swimming. Unfortunately as it was very hot we stayed a little too long and now a few of us are a lot redder then we would like. We are planning a few more days out here as the forcast for later in the wekk is tempertures up to 35c

Best Friends

Karina and Anna have been best friends since kindergarten. Sadly Anna and her Mum have returned to the US so Karina and Anna have had to say goodbye, for now.

Gudrun is 40

Gudrun had her 4oth birthday a few weeks back and I (with the help of some friends) mangaged to totaly suprise her with a party. Here she is (back left hand corner) with those of her/owr friends that were still in towns. Some had already left for the summer so were not able to make it.

Some photos of the snow last weekend

Snowed In Photogallery The Moscow Times