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UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER is sweeping across Ireland, with long hours of sunshine and above-average temperatures continuing into next week.
Last month’s record high of 25.8°C in Athenry, Co Galway marked one of the warmest Aprils on record, and forecasters say the settled conditions are likely to stay for a little longer.
According to met Éireann, today will be dry with plenty of sunshine and just light easterly or variable breezes.
Highest temperatures of 17 to 26 degrees are forecast, warmest across the midlands, west and southwest.
To top off the weekend, Sunday will be another dry day, with lots of sunshine and more high temperatures of 20 to 24 degrees.
For now, the start of next week is looking like it will remain mostly dry, with long sunny spells but the chance of some showers pushing through on Monday.
Current indications from Met Eireann suggest that it will continue to be settled, warm and sunny for the early days of next week too, with temperatures in the high teens or low twenties.
Tuesday through Thursday will bring mostly dry conditions, with plenty of sunshine. While the odd shower can’t be ruled out, temperatures are expected to range from the mid-teens to the low twenties.
Later in the week however, Met Éireann warn that Atlantic westerlies look set to eventually return, bringing a greater chance of spells of rain or showers.
Last month ranked among the hottest Aprils on record globally, raising fresh concerns over the ongoing effects of climate change.
The global average surface air temperature reached 14.96°C – just shy of the record set in April 2024.
In Europe, the average temperature stood at 9.38°C, which is 1.01°C above the April norm for 1991-2020, making it the continent’s sixth-warmest April on record.
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Polar vortex heading our way. Most of Europe will be in the minus teens next week. Ireland minus 2 and 3. Hopefully this is the last blast of Winter
@saoirse janneau: what a time to have an airlock in my radiators. Oil must have been nicked from my tank.. it seems it went from half full to empty in 4 weeks and I’m out Mon to Fri 9 to 5. Now I have oil and no radiators working :(
@Peter Cavey: easily enough to fix. Just google the name of the boiler and it usually involves loosening a screw until the oil comes out
@phil: Water comes out, oil doesn’t go into the radiators.
@Peter: Sometimes you need to bleed the boiler. If all of his rads are cold it’s his boiler that’s the problem.
-2° in Leitrim now, this has been a long chilly winter here!
@Dorothy Giselsson: at least it’s lovely though ;)
Next week could see significant snowfall in places. One of the Models took a step back this morning however. It will be bitterly cold with temps struggling to get above freezing during the day. If it snows it will be proper powdery not the wet shite we get from the Atlantic.
@phil: That’a a relief. Can’t be doing with that wet shore. Proper snow is what we deserve.
@phil: yeah cant have another episode of “the wrong type of snow fell” again
@phil: The year of the big snow in 1947 which I often heard the old people talking about, the snow didn’t hit till the end of February. Hopefully we’ll just have a light dusting.
A lot of comments moaning about Met Eireann issuing lots of warnings. I for one appreciate the forcasts and understand they can’t be 100% of the time.
I can’t wait for the yellow warnings when we hit temperatures with double numbers. Break out the sun screen!
God help the homeless! Hopefully all who can will be sheltered.
The beast from the east. However most people don’t believe it. Can’t blame them. Lows of – 10 and heavy snow is predicted. Met office UK gave a 30 forecast other day which was laughable at best considering most reputable weather monitoring stations give ten day forecast.
@James O’Brien: The UK met office always air on the side if caution regarding long range forecast.
@James O’Brien: they couldn’t get clarity 30 days especially after a ssw took place .peoole in east irl uk should prepare it’s going to get very messy this isn’t just 2 days this could last weeks last time we saw ssw was 2013 2010
It’s the Beast from the East!! Where’s Dwayne Johnson when you need him?? I think I’ll hedge my bets and wait and see what happens…. no panic buying on the tins of beans just yet.
I’d rather the porn vortex
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I don’t get why February is considered spring in Ireland. To me it’s considered winter as in the rest of Europe. I don’t expect somewhat warmer conditions until March tbh.
Next 2 weeks of frozen hell?
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