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Boston.... by far. Both places too cold to grow palm trees, but Boston has much. much better summers and infinitely superior sunshine. And a crapload more storms aswell I'd expect.
I've never been to Ireland, but I've been close enough to have an idea of what their summer weather is like. Changeable, with spells of unsettled weather (i.e. light rain/breezy) being a bit more common than in Britain with some decent spells between fronts, though those sunny spells wouldn't generally last more than a few days. It's a question of if you're going to get a decent warm, sunny spell in summer, not when. Here's one of the warmest months in Dublin's history:
and then July the following year, which was much worse with only one day reaching 70F: History : Weather Underground
17 days with highs over 70F isn't bad considering the avg summer temps. Not one day over 80F though.
I'm not sure if I'm interpreting the good month correctly, but 20 out of 31 days of no sun is really bad. That would be very roughly something like 35% possible sun. I think that would shatter all records here for the month of July. But then again, it is really very lush green there all summer I would think. In winter it was very green. I would probably crave sun after a while though.
17 days with highs over 70F isn't bad considering the avg summer temps. Not one day over 80F though.
I'm not sure if I'm interpreting the good month correctly, but 20 out of 31 days of no sun is really bad. That would be very roughly something like 35% possible sun. I think that would shatter all records here for the month of July. But then again, it is really very lush green there all summer I would think. In winter it was very green. I would probably crave sun after a while though.
I don't think not having a sun symbol necessarily means there was no sun at all. Ironically I looked up the review of that month on the Irish Met Office website and it was a very sunny month, with 52% above average at Casement Aero (though annoyingly the site doesn't give actual figures). Looking at the review of July 2007, interestingly between the showers which gave Dublin something like three times its normal rainfall there was enough sunshine to make up an above-average final total, despite only four days out of 31 getting above ten hours.
I've noticed before than when the south or even the north of England is getting warm, settled continental air in summer the dividing line seems to be somewhere over the Irish Sea and Dublin might be at 19C and overcast/showery while London might be at 30 and Manchester 26 or so and both sunny.
I've never been to Ireland, but I've been close enough to have an idea of what their summer weather is like. Changeable, with spells of unsettled weather (i.e. light rain/breezy) being a bit more common than in Britain with some decent spells between fronts, though those sunny spells wouldn't generally last more than a few days. It's a question of if you're going to get a decent warm, sunny spell in summer, not when. Here's one of the warmest months in Dublin's history:
Complaining about what exactly? Too hot? Too cold? Too wet? Too dry? If they didn't like that average weather that sort of flies in the face of what these same people say is supposedly "perfect weather" (upper 70's and low 80's F is what I believe they indicated). It's the same problem that afflicts the people in the media - they glorify heat and sunshine and generally promote it, and then when they actually get it in the summer, they say it's miserable - the only problem is that when they don't get it, they say it's bad because there "isn't any summer". I'm not one to judge what they personally like (their insufferably biased coverage is a different issue), but what they promote contradicts itself and I think it's bizarre. Of course I have no problem (ex-biased coverage) with those who actually like heat and actually consistently want days in summer ("perfect weather") to be warmer than what they complain about, which is the only thing that makes sense. That sensible group includes people like Flight Simmer.
They were complaining it was cooler than they wanted their summer to be and more so, too wet. Rain kept interfering with plans, in that person's case being able to bike home from work and have weekend barbeques at his house.
I actually didn't mind summer 2009, wasn't my ideal, but it was still summer. Besides a day or two, I couldn't remember anytime indoors where I got a feeling my house was hot.
Complaining about what exactly? Too hot? Too cold? Too wet? Too dry? If they didn't like that average weather that sort of flies in the face of what these same people say is supposedly "perfect weather" (upper 70's and low 80's F is what I believe they indicated). It's the same problem that afflicts the people in the media - they glorify heat and sunshine and generally promote it, and then when they actually get it in the summer, they say it's miserable - the only problem is that when they don't get it, they say it's bad because there "isn't any summer". I'm not one to judge what they personally like (their insufferably biased coverage is a different issue), but what they promote contradicts itself and I think it's bizarre. Of course I have no problem (ex-biased coverage) with those who actually like heat and actually consistently want days in summer ("perfect weather") to be warmer than what they complain about, which is the only thing that makes sense. That sensible group includes people like Flight Simmer.
Well, these low averages run the risk of weeks of cloud and cold 60's and 70's BS to balance out the hot days.
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They were complaining it was cooler than they wanted their summer to be and more so, too wet. Rain kept interfering with plans, in that person's case being able to bike home from work and have weekend barbeques at his house.
I actually didn't mind summer 2009, wasn't my ideal, but it was still summer. Besides a day or two, I couldn't remember anytime indoors where I got a feeling my house was hot.
true... rain and cold is always a threat here, even in summer.... and it never fails make its unwelcome presence felt.
Only 3 days failed to reach above 75°F, even though the average high was 78°F. Those cloud and rain icons are wrong, and a lot of the rain was from an hour or two thunderstorm leaving the rest of the day mostly sunny, though it was cloudier than usual, it wasn't as bad as that link shows.
So I looked at Boston stats and it isnt as bad as i thought, i thought it was way colder in the winter. Summers seem to be much more pleasant than were i live, and i actually like those summer figures. Sunshine hours are ideal. But the best of Boston might be the midseasons? May, for example, haves the exact same temp as BA´s May (my favourite month here) :10/19c, sunny. Just lovely.
Dublin, on the other hand, is kinda crappy.
So my vote goes to Boston.
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