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Learning to talk about the weather

You'll have to learn how to tell the weather in Ireland. You can't be satisfied with a laconic "great sunshine", or a sad "will it rain?" Are you expecting rain in Ireland? But no, there is much better. You have to arm yourself. There is a weather vocabulary on the Green Island that doesn't exist anywhere else. You don't want to believe it? Well, if you pay attention, in conversation with your Irish hosts, you'll discover that there are more than two dozen expressions to describe rain.

You know "raining cats and dogs" , the translation of the expression "it's raining cats and dogs". That would be too simple, too beautiful, and maybe a little too "English" to tell about rain in Ireland. You are prepared! Enjoying a great soft day (thank God): pure happiness, it's a "great soft day (thank God)": grey weather, just a thick mist, not too cold, it might rain later.

You will love to walk with your lover under a divine soft rain: rain that falls gently on your skin and on the grass. Sometimes so delicately warm that it becomes little soft rain. We let the romantics indulge themselves. Only spitting: only spitting. It's raining, it's clear, but it will clear up. That authorizes you to consider an exit shopping, bicycle, and if you make it with Irish, you will even go to lunch on a beach in family.

Lashing: the rain is falling hard, it's windy too. Umbrellas are not enough to protect you anymore. In fact, you will find them abandoned on the sidewalks.

The list is long, sometimes the rain misses the mark, it's a squib, a squib, a pitiful attempt at a shower. And that's without telling you about the Gaelic language, which with rain(báisteach or fearthainn), rivals the Inuits who would have 49 words to describe snow.

The green gold of Ireland

Of course, the rain stops. Often, under a clear blue sky, you'll feel warm, perhaps even too warm. On such days, you'll miss the rain, so marvellously have the Irish cultivated the art of living with it.
Without the rain, Ireland would be an island among islands, but with the rain, it's the Emerald Isle and its Forty Shades of Green.
The meadows are greener and the horses are at home here, and the figures support the legend that there are more horses in Ireland than Irish. The oceanic climate creates lush green meadows where herds can graze freely for most of the year. This unique climate supports the excellence of the " truly grass fed " dairy industry, making Ireland one of the world's great cheese-producing countries. Yes, year-round grass is Ireland's green gold.

Gale of wind

The wind, also part of the party, will have fun driving you crazy by whirling around the island. Be a good sport and wear hooded windbreakers instead. Caps fly off, umbrellas turn over.
Be careful at sea, when they announce "Gale force": it is not a small breeze that comes to refresh the air, it is a gale, a strong wind. A wind of 28 to 55 knots (50 to 102 km per hour) force 7 to 10 on the Beaufort scale. These gale warnings are issued by the weather service when winds are forecast to be 34 to 47 knots (63 to 87 km per hour).
Worried about this weather? Don't worry, you're on an island and there is enough blue in the sky to patch a sailor's trousers. Yes, be sure, there will always be "enough blue in the sky to patch a sailor's pants".
Let yourself be enchanted, under such skies, you will see the landscapes ignite, the streets waltz with shadows. The splendid gardens cultivated in the Irish style, that is to say in freedom, are real lush oases.
You don't have to be a keen photographer to want to capture all the color and light you receive.

Why is Ireland so much warmer?

As a well-informed traveller, you'll have noticed that the island's most northerly city, Derry, is at the same latitude as Novosibirsk in Siberia, Newfoundland or Poland, i.e. 55° North. So it's easy to see why Ireland benefits from a helping hand. The temperature never drops below zero, or only slightly, whereas in Newfoundland it's at least -15° during the winter. This is largely due to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), or more simply to a vast system of ocean currents. In short, Ireland is favored by the Gulf Stream: warm, shallow waters move northwards from the tropics, then are returned by a system of colder, deeper currents. The climate is consistently mild, wet, changeable and unpredictable. Sunshine replaces rain several times a day. It's not unusual for the landscape to dry quickly in the sun after a shower.

Take in the sights and you'll be back for more!

Ireland's weather is a genius at creating breathtaking landscapes. No matter what kind of traveler you are, no matter what you've come to discover, what you've come to see, what you've come to look for in Ireland, day or night, you'll have fabulous experiences. Blazing sunsets, aurora borealis, multicolored clouds, bioluminescent plankton in Kerry.
To make sure you don't miss a thing, be prepared: pack a hood and a tube of sun cream and set off to meet the Irish.
There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. As the Irish saying goes, there's no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
A welcoming tourist destination all year round, you can be sure that the climate will never overshadow the warmth of the Irish welcome. So go to Ireland, and take only one risk: you'll want to come back!