How do your winds blow?

Name of teacher: Adrienne Webb

Name of school: St. Michael’s Secondary School

Country: Dublin, Ireland

Location (latitude + longtitude, approx) 53.20 o N 6.15 o W

Synoptic weather charts from the newspaper for the five days beginning the 8th Nov 2004

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A year of Irish weather

Student: Joanne

5 th Year, age 16

Let’s face it, Irish weather is not great no matter what season it is. It is not the kind of weather you want for a bar-b-que or relaxing on a sunbed. Our weather in Ireland is quite wet and cold, but don’t get me wrong. It is sunny sometimes but for some reason, never when you want it to be. When we do get sun it’s hot, maybe not scorching as in Spain but it is hot enough to make us Irish happy. Although we receive a lot of unwanted rain in Ireland, we don’t get that many blizzards or storms or snow for that matter. Sometimes we get the odd thunder and lightning rumble and flashes, but most of the time it is dry, dull or wet days. Irish weather changes a lot from day to day which makes it hard to judge when you want to go out and it also affects the clothes we wear. But our weather, no matter how much we complain about it, is a good thing as without our weather we would not have the fertile soils we have today, which means our vegetables would not be as delicious as they are.

Student: Sarah

5 th Year, age 16

Ireland has a temperate but changeable climate. It is also a mild climate as we experience neither hot, dry summers or freezing cold winters.

Spring (February – April)

Spring can be quite wet and cold but some sunshine usually arrives mid-April. It is also usually very windy around Spring.

Summer (May – July)

Ireland’s summers are very mild and we rarely experience a hot summer. There is always the presence of rain in the summer months and with summers like those in Ireland, it is no wonder that Irish people seek holidays abroad.

Autumn (August – October)

Autumn is usually mild but still rain and wind will be present. It begins to get very cold around late October.

Winter (November – January)

Winter is usually very cold and frost can be seen around November as temperatures drop. Snow occasionally falls at this time.

One thing that can be said for Irish weather is that it keeps you guessing and you never know what it’s going to be like tomorrow!

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