Sryan Bruen

Proud to say that one of my aurora pictures from the 20th of January has made it to the front cover of March's issue of 'Weather' by @rmets.org.

Poolbeg Chimneys with a snowy Wicklow Mountains backdrop this morning.

Good snowfall in Togher Wicklow Mountains

The spectacular full worm moon rising aligned with the Skryne tower around 3km away from the Hill of Tara using a 600mm lens. This couldn’t have gone better and if you enjoy this, like and follow for more in the future 🌝

Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary

A perfect full moonrise aligned with Skryne tower from the Hill of Tara this evening. What an end to a cracker of an early March day!

Spectacular moonset over Dublin City this morning.

Here in the UK, February has been mild, wet and very dull. Overall the winter has been very wet except in West Scotland and mild except for a cold period at the start of January. Here is a #dataviz summary of the weather and climate for the past 12 months. #climatechange #globalwarming

Mean min is the equal highest on record since 1878 for the month of February with 2024. The mean max whilst well above average is not as exceptional and there have been at least 15 Februaries since 1878 with a higher mean max.

February 2026 CET is now 7.1C to the 27th.

There have been only 11 Februaries back to 1659 in the CET record that have had a mean of 7C+. 2026 will be the 12th one to do so. 4 of these 12 have been since 2019 inclusive alone!

Still only on 27.9 hrs of sunshine for Dublin Airport as of the 26th. It will beat February 1947 after some sunshine tomorrow but it will safely be the second cloudiest since records began in 1942.

2nd cloudiest and wettest Feb. What a terrible month.

Provisionally it's been the 5th cloudiest winter on record for Scotland since 1910 and most places have had a cloudier than average winter. I'm sure that will come as no surprise, mostly due to February though. December and January were not remarkable.

Another 1.4mm so far this morning. January was 137.7mm which was the wettest month since July 2023. Two consecutive 130+mm months here is rare. The last time was October/November 2002. The only other examples before that were May/June 1993 and September/October 1976.

It's officially the wettest February on record at Dublin Airport after yesterday evening's downpours which tipped the month over the previous record set in 2020.

132.2mm to 25th for 2026 vs 130.4mm in 2020

Widely still hovering around the 20-30 hrs of sun mark which is atrocious this far into the month.

Cloudiest on record for the nation was 1940 with 36.4 hrs

1993 was 42.2 hrs, the last sub 50 h Feb.

CET mean min for February 2026 to the 22nd is comfortably the equal 5th mildest on record since 1878.

February 2024 had a mean min that was 0.9C higher!

All the cloud helping to hold up the night temps this month. Probably the cloudiest since 1993 at least.

The UK has achieved 19C+ in the month of February in the following years:

2019, 1998, 1990, 1891.

Will 2026 join this exclusive club on Wednesday or will it fall short? Probably fall short but very mild nonetheless.

The perfect canvas for Baily Lighthouse sunrise 🎨

Portrane towers with the snowy Wicklow Mountains backdrop from Rush yesterday.

Ardgillan Castle with snow capped Mournes in the background.

Balbriggan Lighthouse with the snow capped Mourne Mountains in the background at sunrise.

Not the best foreground but it was not possible to get any other angle than this one for the shot I wanted so have to make do with it.

To the people asking where I was standing to capture this and yesterday's post, I was just past the bottom of Burdett Avenue in Sandycove looking towards Dún Laoghaire town.

Stormy Scotman's Bay. Not the biggest waves I captured yesterday but I always love to get birds in my shots to add to the stormy atmosphere.

This video sums up my day in Dún Laoghaire. Unreal

Just you wait until what I’ve captured today!

Can’t quite fathom what I was able to capture at Dún Laoghaire today. Biblical waves!

Only a phone shot for now as I have to go straight to work.

More shots from Tuesday at Balbriggan. No doubt there will be at least a few photographers here today to grab a few shots, there will be lots of waves.

Fleeting sunset light at St Doulagh’s Church, Balgriffin this evening.

That award goes to 2021 for me. 2021 didn't start off with a lovely period like early 2026 did and late Jan to mid-Feb was as awful as this one is.

The deer were moving fast, the light was dim so to get them sharp was a challenge and I'm not sure I did them justice especially in the first shot but at the same time, I think their lack of sharpness visualises their movement well.