The blistering temperatures had, quite literally, been the hot topic of conversation in Yerevan over the last four days.
And yet there was something apt about the fog that descended on Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium late in Saturday's game.
With about 15 minutes to go in the Nations League opener, temperatures finally dipped a fraction under 30 degrees.
But as the brilliant sunshine made way for evening twilight, the mist rolled down from the hills and eerily hovered over the ground.
Out on the pitch, Ireland were already lost in a fog of their own after going behind to a stunning strike from distance.
Panic was setting in at the realisation that another of those haunting Irish football nights was unfolding before our eyes.
Zambia and Haiti are both ranked ahead of Armenia, who sit 92nd in FIFA’s world rankings. Old foes Luxembourg lurk just two places behind them in 94th.
Yet in the last 15 months, Armenia and Luxembourg have exposed the soft underbelly of an Irish side that desperately wants to flourish, but can’t work out how to.
Losing at home to Luxembourg still trumps what unfolded on Saturday, but the latter is now a top of the pops contender for the worst of the worst in green.
When we speak of Cyprus, San Marino, Macedonia, Lichtenstein and Luxembourg, we’ll speak of Armenia too.
If the last two years were about the new manager experimenting through trial and error, these next two are about driving on.
The honeymoon period is well and truly over and the goodwill that Kenny banked after the second-half of last year is just there to be chipped away at.
In securing his new contract, Kenny had addressed some of the key issues holding his team back in the early days, chief among them scoring goals.
Ireland put it up to Portugal and Belgium too, but have made a dog’s dinner of dealing with lower ranked opposition.
This is supposed to be the year where Kenny lays the foundations for the Euro 2024 assault next year which will determine his longevity in the role.
But embarrassing results like Saturday make it hard to believe that Ireland will be anything more than a one step forward, two steps back operation.
Joaquín Caparrós received a standing ovation from the Armenian journalists when he arrived at the managers press conference in the stadium on Saturday evening.
He could hardly contain his joy, and little wonder considering Armenia were thumped 9-0 by Norway in their last game.
“Football is only about the result, nothing more. We don’t have to argue about anything else,” said the former Sevilla boss, striking a chord with many Ireland fans too.
Yerevan is such a vast city that the 450 or so travelling supporters were well spread around in smaller pockets during their stay, rather than one large giddy party.
By the time they strolled the 20-minutes back into town after the game, through never ending corridors of souvenir stalls, enthusiasm for forensic analysis had waned.
They were already weary after a day standing in the blazing sun and, anyway, a dire performance is just that and does what it says on the tin.
Even in the airport in the early hours of yesterday morning, there was little appetite for discussion.
Jaded fans who pulled all-nighters were racing for flights home, via all sorts of places like Istanbul, Doha, Paris, Frankfurt and Warsaw.
Ireland are a better team than they showed on Saturday, but not by a street and therein lies the rub.
Watching Kenny in his own post-match press conference, you could tell he was fuming inside but he and his players said all the right things about responding.
Against Ukraine on Wednesday, we’ll see if they have the bottle.
