As the sun shone over much of the country for a second day in a row, the nation's ice-cream sellers were hoping their troubles might soon melt away.
While reluctant to divulge figures, Mr Noel McEneaney, national sales manager of HB Ireland, said so far this has been one of their more disappointing years.
The scoop is that, despite our dodgy weather, as a nation we have the highest per-capita consumption of ice-cream in Europe. However, with no summer to speak of this year, sales are still being affected. "We are watching the daily forecast and the long-term forecast. We are even doing weather dances at this stage," said Mr McEneaney.
Another mostly dry day provided hope that the recent rain clouds were hiding a silver lining. According to legend if it is sunny on St Swithin's Day, which fell yesterday, we can expect another 40 days of decent weather.
The experts at Met Éireann said the next five days looked likely to be more settled, with some parts seeing temperatures in the high teens and early 20s.
Apart from some showers this morning, "there will be very little rain for the rest of the week, but we won't be getting a day as hot and sultry as Sunday", said meteorologist Mr Pat Clarke.
Some parts of the country were very overcast yesterday. This was a big disappointment for the dolphin-watching industry. "The weather is the difference between us being able to arrange three trips out to the dolphins or one," said Mr Paul Griffin, of Dolphin Discovery in Kilrush, Co Clare.
Spare a thought for the nation's potato-growers. The rain has meant up to half the crop was lost this year, while Met Éireann is warning that the humid weather of recent days favours the spread of blight.