Ireland weather: Temperatures set to soar up to 28 degrees
Temperatures
are set to soar
across Ireland this week reaching up to 28 degrees,
Met Éireann
says.
After a misty start on Thursday, 'long spells of summer sunshine' will develop in the afternoon. The forecaster said there will be temperatures of up to 26 degrees, with light to moderate southeast breezes.
The weather will be very mild and close on Thursday night, with temperatures to remain above 13 degrees. While most areas will remain dry, localised heavy showers may also occur.
Friday promises to be hot and humid, with top temperatures of 21 to 28 degrees. It will be hottest in the north of the country and overall dry, although showers may break out locally.
READ MORE
There will be mostly moderate southeast breezes.
UV levels will be high (6-7) in the coming days. Met Éireann advises a UV index of 3 or above calls for additional protection due to the potential for skin damage. Seeking shade during midday hours and using SFF are both strongly encouraged
Plan your day to limit time in the sun when UV is strongest, typically between 11am and 3pm.
High night-time temperatures in summer can be more impactful than high daytime temperatures, especially on the vulnerable, the forecaster warns.
Saturday will see a continuation of the warm sunshine with a scattering of showers, some heavy and possibly thundery. Temperatures are expected to reach up to 25 degrees and it will be warmest across the eastern half of the country, with light to moderate southwesterly winds.
Sunday looks fresher and breezier with highest temperatures of 15 to 20 degrees, according to Met Éireann. There will be some showery rain alongside the sunny spells, with brisk westerly winds.
Looking ahead into the start of next week, similar conditions are likely to prevail with fresh westerly winds steering in a scattering of passing showers and sunshine at times in between.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Irish Times
2 hours ago
- Irish Times
Ireland weather: Sunny spells and scattered showers this week
As much of Europe bakes in extreme heat, Ireland will have to make do with sunny spells and scattered showers , according to Met Éireann . Following a high of 25.1 degrees recorded in Phoenix Park in Dublin on Sunday, temperatures look set to decline slightly this week. Despite Monday morning's sunny conditions, particularly in the east, the day is set to be mostly cloudy overall, with outbreaks of rain extending eastward which will be heaviest and most persistent in the west and north. Highs of 19 to 23 degrees are expected with conditions turning drier and brighter on Monday evening. READ MORE Similar conditions are expected on Tuesday with a mix of cloud and sunny spells as well as scattered showers in the afternoon, some of which may turn heavy, particularly in the south, according to the forecaster. A fall to highs of 15 to 19 degrees is anticipated. Wednesday and Thursday will see further sunny spells and scattered showers with more frequent showers expected to move into Atlantic coasts through Wednesday night. Some showers will turn heavy on Thursday, particularly in the north, but will become more isolated in the evening. Highs of 20 degrees are expected in some areas on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday is set to be mostly cloudy, turning breezy with outbreaks of rain from the west while highest temperatures of 15 to 19 degrees are expected. Further outbreaks of rain are expected during the weekend, possibly turning drier later on Sunday, Met Éireann said. Elsewhere, parts of England, including London, are entering a fourth day of a heatwave, with highs of 34 degrees expected on Monday, which is expected to be one of the hottest June days on record. In Europe, authorities in several countries have issued health warnings with temperatures reaching 46 degrees in El Granado, a small town in the south near the border of Portugal. Aemet, Spain's state meteorological agency, warned of 'very high and persistent temperatures' over the coming days. Several other countries – including Italy, Portugal and Greece – have been on alert as temperatures climbed beyond 40 degrees during the weekend. In France, wildfires broke out on Sunday in the southwest as temperatures breached 40 degrees. The majority of the country remains under a heatwave alert from Monday until midweek. Similar fires have occurred in Greece and Turkey. Amid very high UV levels in Ireland during periods of clear skies and extreme UV levels in popular holiday destinations abroad, extra protection is required. Alongside the essentials – including SPF, hats, and clothing to cover the skin – the HSE recommends seeking shade or avoiding being outside entirely over midday hours during UV levels of eight and above.
Irish Times
6 hours ago
- Irish Times
I enjoy Ireland's weather, take pleasure in rain and whinge on hot days
As I write, it's been raining for hours. I write and sleep in the attic, under big rooflights, almost in the weather , the soundscape of rain and wind exaggerated by glass. All immigrants to Ireland are asked, ruefully or gleefully, how we like the weather, and I have the feeling that I'm often doubted when I say that it's just the same where I grew up in Scotland and northern England. I grew up in an outdoor family, hiking in all seasons, cycling everywhere. You're not made of sugar, my Yorkshire grandfather used to say, meaning you won't melt in the rain. No such thing as bad weather, my parents said, setting out up the hills (only bad children, I muttered to myself). At the time I was resentful and incomprehending: why would anyone climb a mountain in the rain when they could stay inside with a book? Why did grown-ups, who could do anything they wanted, choose to be uncomfortable, and choose to make me uncomfortable? These days, I get it. I was interested but not surprised by a recent report that young Irish people are more likely to avoid rain than their parents and grandparents . There's a temptation to disparage the youth of today: when I were a lass we had to break the ice on the weekly bathwater and thought ourselves lucky to have taps , etc. (No, of course not; my immigrant father was horrified by 1970s British sanitary arrangements. We had daily hot showers, though the Victorian house was cold enough for woolly jumpers and sometimes hats as indoor wear. I still consider this perfectly reasonable – why would the Lord have given us knitting if we were meant to have the heating roaring expensively day and night?) More likely, I think, rain is a pleasure of maturity, the appreciation of weather won by experience. You maybe have to have come in from the rain a good few times to understand. READ MORE The weather is among the things I enjoy about living in Ireland. I wilt and whinge in on hot days, get up absurdly early to run and cook and anything else requiring a cool heart and hands and then stay indoors, plotting to move back to Iceland, where I also appreciated the climate, though even while I lived there signs of the climate emergency appeared. The first apples in a thousand years of human habitation ripened outside. A sinister sign, for sure, and also fresh fruit is nice. [ Q&A: What should we do about multiple climate risks threatening Ireland? Opens in new window ] I like the variety of a temperate climate, the way the weather is always interesting and the light and sky always changing. I like the intense colours of everything after rain, the way the air smells newly washed. I like the way Dublin Bay comes and goes, depending on the height and thickness of the clouds; sometimes the Forty Foot looks almost within swimming distance of Howth (don't try this at home, obviously), other times there's only faith that it's there. It would be great if the roads drained better, but I like the reflections in puddles and the patterns of raindrops and the way I find myself hopping, skipping and jumping where I usually walk or run. Rain breaks our rhythms, and as any poet will tell you, that's when things get interesting. I found a vocabulary for the joys of rain in Japan. The first time I travelled there, I joined a small group of hikers, mostly Australian and from the southern US. After some dry days, rain came. They were surprised, believers in whole seasons of sun and rain, in some cases from places where it hadn't rained for years. (I couldn't fathom it – how could anything live?) I had rain gear, they didn't; I felt sorry for them. Don't be, one said, it's a treat for us, cool water falling from the sky, we didn't expect it but it's delightful. [ Young people more likely to stay in if it's raining, but it's not a problem for those in their sixties Opens in new window ] Later, back in Kyoto, I wandered Buddhist temples and discovered 'rain gardens', designed to play with that falling water. There were small soundscapes of bamboo pipes and channels that sang together in the rain, trees arranged to bestow drops on ponds in pleasing patterns, tiny shelters from which to admire these effects. Like many Europeans, I fell in love with such Japanese aesthetics, came home wondering why, with a similar climate, we don't celebrate it in similar ways; why we continue to think of cool water falling from the sky as bad news.
Irish Times
a day ago
- Irish Times
Europe on alert as first major heatwave of 2025 pushes temperatures to 42 degrees
Authorities across Europe are on alert as the first heatwave of the summer pushes temperatures up to 42 degrees, as the fastest-warming continent continues to suffer the effects of the climate emergency . Spain's state meteorological office, Aemet, issued a special heat warning on Friday, saying temperatures could reach 42 degrees in some southern areas of the country over the coming days. 'Very high and persistent temperatures are expected, both during the day and at night, which could pose a risk to exposed and/or vulnerable people,' Aemet said. Madrid's health ministry also warned people to take extra care in the heat, reminding them to stay out of the sun, keep hydrated and pay close attention to those who are older, pregnant or who have chronic health conditions. READ MORE Two-thirds of Portugal will be on high alert on Sunday for extreme heat and forest fires as temperatures of up to 42 degrees are expected in Lisbon. As temperatures in Marseilles approach 40, authorities in France's second-largest city have ordered public swimming pools to be made free of charge to help residents beat the Mediterranean heat. With peaks of 39 expected in Naples and Palermo, Sicily has ordered a ban on outdoor work in the hottest hours of the day, as has the Liguria region in northern Italy. The country's trade unions are campaigning to extend the measure to other regions. A man talks on his phone as he stands next to a burnt house following a wildfire in Thymari, southeast of Athens. Photograph: ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images In Venice – which has played host to the lavish three-day wedding celebrations of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, Lauren Sánchez – guests, visitors and protesters are feeling the heat. As temperatures in Greece approached 40 degrees, a large wildfire broke out south of Athens on Thursday, leading authorities to issue evacuation orders and shut down parts of the coastal road linking the Greek capital to Sounion, location of the ancient Temple of Poseidon, a major tourist attraction. The heatwave follows a series of broken extreme-heat records, including Europe's hottest March ever, according to the EU's Copernicus climate monitor. As a result of the planet's warming, extreme weather events, including hurricanes, droughts, floods and heatwaves, have become more frequent and intense, scientists warn. Last year was the hottest in recorded history so far and led to worldwide disasters, costing more than $300 billion (€255 billion). A Lancet Public Health study published last year found that heat deaths in Europe could triple by the end of the century, with the numbers rising disproportionately in southern countries such as Italy, Greece and Spain. Deaths from warm weather could kill 129,000 people a year if temperatures rise to 3 degrees above preindustrial levels. Today, heat-related deaths in Europe stand at 44,000. But the yearly death toll from cold and heat in Europe may rise from 407,000 people today to 450,000 in 2100, even if world leaders meet their global heating target of 1.5 degrees, the study found. – Guardian, Agence France-Presse, Associated Press
