IT’S A GREY day across much of Ireland today after an all-too-brief spell of sunny weather.

Fingers crossed that that wasn’t the only good weather Ireland is going to get over the next few months, but it raises an important question: is it actually summer yet?

Many of us were taught in school that summer begins on 1 May, but meteorologists say that it doesn’t start until the first day of June.

What about you, though. When do you think summer starts?

Poll Results:

1st May (3900)

1st June (3612)

Who cares, I'm just happy if it's sunny (1828)

Some time between those dates (592)

Another date altogether (345)

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