# The highest daily temperature EVER recorded in Ireland is 91.9 Fahrenheit **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419 "2009-08-23T20:51:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419/21 "2009-08-24T20:46:51Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Ireland has palm trees. (Seriously.) It surprises me how much that surprises some people. šŸ™‚ Thereā€™s one in my garden. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419/22 "2009-08-24T20:53:21Z")
Thatā€™s warmer than Scotlandā€™s ever been 32.9C (91.22F). We get a fair bit colder -27.2C (-16.96F). Weā€™ve got palm trees too. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419/23 "2009-08-24T20:53:57Z")
I noticed the darkness more in Scotland in winter than here, when I was above in Aberdeen. Here, Iā€™m used to it. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419/24 "2009-08-24T21:02:36Z")
That extra four degrees latitude makes a lot of difference. Winter can be quite grim here if itā€™s grey and overcast (and it usually is), although clear and crisp is not so bad. Summer nights are nice though. ---
**Author:** ![hazel-rah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hazel-rah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hazel-rah)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419/25 "2009-08-24T21:43:08Z")
Highest ever recorded temperature is 91F? I really need to follow up on that job application for Harcourt Dublin. 91 of the last 100 days here in Austin have had highs above 100F. And 15 of those 91 days were at or above 105F! ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419/26 "2009-08-24T21:45:35Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > It surprises me how much that surprises some people. šŸ™‚ > Thereā€™s one in my garden. When I vacationed in Ireland I was surprised to see palm trees. After I thought about it, it didnā€™t seem so odd, but I just tend not to think of palm trees as Irish. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419/27 "2009-08-25T00:50:51Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Ireland has palm trees. (Seriously.) Remember when _Fawlty Towerā€™s_ Basil says to the guests at his hotel who are from California, ā€œWe have palm trees in Torquay Do you have palm trees in California?ā€ šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![supergoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@supergoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergoose)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419/28 "2009-08-25T05:22:48Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Ireland has palm trees. (Seriously.) :eek: Iā€™ve seriously never been more shocked to learn something on the dope. Well, at least since the pineapples-donā€™t-grow-on-trees revelation. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419/29 "2009-08-25T05:33:53Z")
100 F in Atlanta is heart-stopping murder 100 F in Vegas is fairly comfortable. Itā€™s all about the humidity, people! (yes, Iā€™ve visited both multiple times) ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419/30 "2009-08-25T06:36:20Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Where in the US has similar weather to Ireland? Well, I moved here from San Francisco, and I find the summers to be very similar (although thereā€™s not as much rain in SF and it gets darker earlier, obviously). The winters there are shorter and milder. But overall itā€™s not a huge difference, in terms of the lack of extremes. Personally I hated the weather in SF because it was too cold - what was I thinking moving here? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419/31 "2009-08-25T06:39:14Z")
> [@astro](#): > > I had no idea the island of Ireland [was so temperate.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland) > > Irishmen that moved to the American west in days of yore must have been suffering! Well at least itā€™s a _dry_ heat, as they say. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419/32 "2009-08-25T06:54:00Z")
Fuck your dry heats! Iā€™ve unthinkingly touched metal parts sitting on my dashboard and given myself decent burns. When itā€™s 119 degrees and Iā€™m stuck in traffic and my eyelids are starting to melt even though my AC is on full blast Iā€™m thinking ā€œTHIS DRY HEAT SHIT IS AWESOME!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419/33 "2009-08-25T11:50:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Ah the winters in Dublin arenā€™t that cold. I love Irish weather. I dunno if Iā€™ll ever be able to move to Ohio. Where in the US has similar weather to Ireland? When we were driving around Ireland, I was thinking that even a relatively mild New England-style snowfall would _paralyze_ the island, the way it does in a Southern US city. I simply couldnā€™t see them trying to plow those roads of theirs. Just as well. Even Scotland doesnā€™t get so bad in the winter, based on my very limited experience. I was in Arbroath on the shortest day of the year ā€“ it got dark by 3, but it wasnā€™t incredibly cold, and not windy. Guys were playing soccer/football in shorts, and there was the barest dusting of snow. But Iā€™m glad I thought to bring a scraper to clear my windshield. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419/34 "2009-08-25T14:22:11Z")
I suppose the Pacific Northwest would be closest to Irelandā€™s weather. Oregon and Washington are cool and rainy but I donā€™t think they get a lot of snow (WA might?). I canā€™t stand humid hot weather at allā€“I donā€™t know how East/South people do it. As long as itā€™s dry, 100 isnā€™t too bad, even for wimpy me. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419/35 "2009-08-25T14:28:33Z")
After some googling, I was startled to find the record low here in NY is -47. The claimed high in NY is 108, but I know Iā€™ve personally seen higher temperatures back when I had a weather station. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419/36 "2009-08-25T15:07:16Z")
I just looked up the record high and low temperatures for Wisconsin: 114Ā° F (46Ā° C) on July 13, 1936 at Wisconsin Dells and -55Ā° F (-48Ā° C) on February 2 and 4, 1996 at Couderay. Take that, Ireland! Really, Iā€™m crying on the inside. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419/37 "2009-08-25T15:30:17Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Irishmen that moved to the American west in days of yore must have been suffering! No kidding. It was 106 here over the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419/38 "2009-08-25T16:46:35Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > I just looked up the record high and low temperatures for Wisconsin: 114Ā° F (46Ā° C) on July 13, 1936 at Wisconsin Dells and -55Ā° F (-48Ā° C) on February 2 and 4, 1996 at Couderay. Take that, Ireland! > > Really, Iā€™m crying on the inside. Hee. For Vermont itā€™s -50 and 105. [http://ggweather.com/climate/extremes\_us.htm](http://ggweather.com/climate/extremes_us.htm) ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419/39 "2009-08-25T17:00:26Z")
Iā€™m amazed that somewhere in Nevada reached -50. Must be in the mountains. Itā€™s never dropped below 30 since I moved here, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419/40 "2009-08-25T17:58:13Z")
Alaska wins! -80/100. ow. How the hell could they measure -80? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highest-daily-temperature-ever-recorded-in-ireland-is-91-9-fahrenheit/507419.md?page=3)