Sryan Bruen
@sryanbruen
Mad into weather and tech capturing any interesting sky phenomena.
Away from the north, August is continuing where July left off with exceptional sunny conditions for the south of the UK. Shoeburyness on 91 hrs of sunshine for the month to date with Odiham not far behind. Would be a record sunny August if it continued like this.
Interesting the Met quoted 2 days of 37C in 2026 in the UK. So are we including the discounted Yeovilton figure now? Because if not then it was just one day no?
This is pretty crazy. The final KZ sun total for Bournemouth/Hurn was 381.1 hrs in July 2026. That's without any correction applied for CS equivalent. Reminder the national UK monthly sun record was with CS at Eastbourne in July 1911 with 383.9 hrs.
Cork Airport is guaranteed to beat Valentia's standing record of 308.2 hrs of sunshine in July 1955 today with 306.2 hrs as of yesterday July 30th for July 2026.
Spectacular Buck Moon rising behind Our Lady Star of the Sea from Clontarf seafront this evening.
Hurn/Bournemouth KZ sun total for July 2026 now on 360.9 hrs as of the 29th. Applying correction gives an estimate around 397 hrs to CS equivalent comfortably beating the all-time UK record monthly sun of 383.9 hrs at Eastbourne from July 1911.
Wow, Cork Airport now sitting on 294.3 hrs of sun for July 2026 beating its sunniest month on record in May 2025 (second year in a row). It only needs 14.0 hrs today and tomorrow to beat the Irish monthly sun total record from July 1955 of 308.2 hrs. Good bit of sun expected...
Remember when we thought July 2022 was very dry with 22.6mm in England & Wales. Yeah that was the driest since 1911, more than a century. Well get this... July 2026 is sitting at 𝟓.𝟔𝐦𝐦 to the 27th... The driest July on record was 1825 with 8.2mm.
The gap is closing. 1995 now only has 3 more 30C days than 2026 in the UK. Technically, there is still August, September and even October if records break for more potential 30C days.
What more do I say about July 2026 than what I've already said. Incredible month.
Oof, this was my best one. From 7th-8th July which had NLCs lasting throughout the night.
Somehow Dublin Airport managed to snag 20.0C within the hour during the afternoon today. This continues its record-breaking streak of 24 consecutive days of 20C or greater. The previous record I'm aware of was 21 days back in July 1989. This is some run for here.
5 years ago, I was writing a provisional report on the exceptional nature of the July 2021 heatwave in Ireland. Little did I know that was only the beginning with every year except 2024 since featuring some kind of exceptional warmth or warm spell/heatwave.
2026 has now had more 30C days in the UK than 2018. Only 1995 remains with more 30C days in a single year.
On track to be England's sunniest (and driest) July on record with current average hrs per day. The same with the UK overall but this coming week will be cloudier in the north and west so not sure that will stick.
Hurn K/Z sun total has officially reached 300 hrs for July 2026 as of yesterday 24th July or roughly 333 hrs in CS equivalent. National average estimated at 215.3 hrs is currently the 12th sunniest July since 1910.
Corkians, this must be your best summer month ever? Cork Airport looks to have had a flawless month to date with only the first day nearly completely dull and the only day to fail to reach 20C. No rain at all so far and 256.4 hrs of sun to 22nd.
Sunset at the Cliffs of Moher. Nothing spectacular but a nice conclusion to my first time here!
I finally managed to see puffins for the first time and captured one of them, at Lambay Island with Dublin Bay Sea Safaris. I’m instantly hooked like everybody else into them now. Look forward to getting them next year. For now I’m glad to at last gotten to see them. Very cute and picturesque.
Sun halo over Kish Lighthouse with Dublin Bay Sea Safaris. What a conclusion to an awesome trip.
A +6°C anomaly 15 days into the month 😓 The highest CET mean max on record is 25.6C in July 2006. 2026 is currently sitting 1.1C above that..
As of yesterday July 14th, 2026 has now overtaken 1976 in the total number of 30C days in the UK with 25. Only 1995 and 2018 remain ahead as the most on record.
As of July 11th, the UK is now sitting on 11 tropical nights for 2026 so far. The record for any year is 12 set in 1995 and 1947.
July CET is standing at 19.9C to the 9th. There has been two non-calendar months that have achieved a mean temp of 20C before in Central England in 1976 and 1995 but a calendar month has yet to do so. July 2006 is the current record with 19.8C. Can this month beat it?
The UK has had 20 days with 30C or greater in 2026 so far as of yesterday July 9th. This is now the 5th most of any single year since 1945 with 2006 next in line to go then the three "daddies" 1976, 2018 and 1995.