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0.6 mm · 24 km/hFresh today with a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers, some heavy. Highest temperatures of 14 to 19 degrees, coolest in the northwest and mildest in the southeast, with a moderate to fresh west to northwest wind. Tonight will be mostly dry with clear spells, as showers become less frequent. Lowest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees with a light to moderate westerly wind. Tomorrow morning there will be isolated showers and a mix of cloud and sunny spells. Cloud will thicken during the afternoon, bringing patches of drizzle. Becoming wet and breezy in Atlantic counties in the evening, as rain and fresh southwesterly winds move in from the west. Highest temperatures of 14 to 18 degrees with mostly light to moderate west to southwest winds, freshening in the west and northwest later. Overview: Breezy most days with scattered showers. Wetter in places on Friday. \n\nWednesday night: Wet and rather breezy weather across Atlantic counties will push eastwards early on. Clear spells and well-scattered showers will follow for the rest of the night. Lowest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees, in moderate to fresh southwesterly winds.\n\nThursday: A fresh and breezy day with sunny spells and scattered showers. Showers will be most frequent across the west and northwest with parts of the southeast staying dry. Highest temperatures of 14 to 17 degrees, in a rather brisk westerly breeze. \n\nFriday: Rather wet and breezy during the morning with cloudy outbreaks of rain occurring widely. The rain will ease into the afternoon, but it will remain fairly cloudy with patchy rain or drizzle for the rest of the day. Highest temperatures of 15 to 19 degrees, in a moderate, occasionally fresh, southwesterly wind. \n\nThis weekend: Breezy on Saturday with sunny spells and passing showers, mainly across the northern half of the country. Sunday will be drier, though thickening cloud will feed in patchy outbreaks of drizzle during the evening. \n\n
Updated 15 Sep 2026 11:52Overview: Breezy most days with scattered showers. Wetter in places on Friday. \n\nWednesday night: Wet and rather breezy weather across Atlantic counties will push eastwards early on. Clear spells and well-scattered showers will follow for the rest of the night. Lowest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees, in moderate to fresh southwesterly winds.\n\nThursday: A fresh and breezy day with sunny spells and scattered showers. Showers will be most frequent across the west and northwest with parts of the southeast staying dry. Highest temperatures of 14 to 17 degrees, in a rather brisk westerly breeze. \n\nFriday: Rather wet and breezy during the morning with cloudy outbreaks of rain occurring widely. The rain will ease into the afternoon, but it will remain fairly cloudy with patchy rain or drizzle for the rest of the day. Highest temperatures of 15 to 19 degrees, in a moderate, occasionally fresh, southwesterly wind. \n\nThis weekend: Breezy on Saturday with sunny spells and passing showers, mainly across the northern half of the country. Sunday will be drier, though thickening cloud will feed in patchy outbreaks of drizzle during the evening. \n\n
Updated 15 Sep 2026 11:52A bit fresher today with a mix of sunny spells and isolated passing showers. Highs of 17 or 18 degrees with moderate to fresh northwesterly winds. It will be mostly dry tonight with a mix of cloud, clear spells and a few isolated showers. Lows of 11 or 12 degrees with moderate westerly winds. It…
It will be a bit fresher today with a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers. Highs of 14 to 17 degrees with moderate to fresh northwesterly winds. Showers will become more isolated tonight with longer dry and clear spells developing. Lows of 10 to 12 degrees with moderate westerly winds. It will be mostly…
A bit fresher today with a mix of sunny spells and scattered passing showers. Highs of 16 to 18 degrees with moderate to fresh northwesterly winds. Showers will become more isolated with longer dry and clear spells developing. Lows of 9 to 12 degrees with moderate westerly winds. It will be mostly dry tomorrow with…
A bit fresher today with a mix of sunny spells and scattered passing showers. Highs of 14 to 17 degrees with moderate to fresh northwesterly winds. Showers will become more isolated tonight with longer dry and clear spells developing. Lows of 9 to 12 degrees with moderate westerly winds. It will be mostly dry tomorrow…
A bit fresher today with a mix of sunny spells and scattered passing showers. Highs of 14 to 17 degrees with moderate to fresh northwesterly winds. Showers will become more isolated tonight with longer dry and clear spells developing. Lows of 9 to 11 degrees with moderate westerly winds. It will be mostly dry tomorrow…
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Capital / East · Updated 15 Sep 2026 11:52 · Source: Met Éireann point forecast
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| Station | Condition | Temp | Wind | Humidity | Rain | Pressure | Reported |
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| Dublin Airport | Cloudy | 15°C | 48 km/h W | 78% | 0.0 mm | 1015 hPa | 11:00 |
| Cork | Fair | 16°C | 41 km/h W | 69% | 0.0 mm | 1019 hPa | 11:00 |
| Shannon | Fair | 16°C | 41 km/h W | 69% | 0.0 mm | 1018 hPa | 11:00 |
| Knock | N/A | 15°C | 44 km/h W | 73% | 0.0 mm | 1016 hPa | 11:00 |
| Belmullet | Fair | 16°C | 44 km/h W | 73% | 0.0 mm | 1017 hPa | 11:00 |
| Claremorris | N/A | 16°C | 35 km/h W | 76% | 0.0 mm | 1017 hPa | 11:00 |
| Mace Head | Rain showers | 15°C | 65 km/h W | 90% | 0.5 mm | 1017 hPa | 11:00 |
| Finner | Rain showers | 13°C | 65 km/h W | 94% | 1.2 mm | 1015 hPa | 11:00 |
| Malin Head | Rain showers | 15°C | 76 km/h W | 91% | 0.1 mm | 1013 hPa | 11:00 |
| Mullingar | Cloudy | 17°C | 31 km/h W | 78% | 0.0 mm | 1016 hPa | 11:00 |
| Roche's Point | Cloudy | 16°C | 44 km/h W | 74% | 0.0 mm | 1019 hPa | 11:00 |
| Valentia | Fair | 16°C | 44 km/h W | 82% | 0.0 mm | 1020 hPa | 11:00 |
| Johnstown Castle | Fair | 17°C | 28 km/h W | 71% | 0.0 mm | 1017 hPa | 11:00 |
| Ballyhaise | Cloudy | 15°C | 20 km/h W | 89% | 0.0 mm | 1015 hPa | 11:00 |
| Gurteen | Fair | 17°C | 44 km/h W | 76% | 0.0 mm | 1017 hPa | 11:00 |
| Oak Park | Cloudy | 17°C | 41 km/h W | 74% | 0.0 mm | 1017 hPa | 11:00 |
| Casement | Cloudy | 15°C | 44 km/h W | 82% | 0.0 mm | 1015 hPa | 11:00 |
| Sherkin Island | Fog / Mist | 15°C | 48 km/h W | 88% | 0.0 mm | 1020 hPa | 11:00 |
| Dunsany | N/A | 16°C | 44 km/h W | 77% | 0.0 mm | 1015 hPa | 11:00 |
SEA CROSSINGS FORECAST Dublin - Holyhead Slight to moderate. Rosslare - South Wales Cork - South Wales Rosslare - France Moderate to rough. Cork - France Rosslare - Spain
SEA AREA FORECAST Meteorological Situation at 0900 Ireland lies in a fresh to strong and unstable westerly airflow, between an anticyclone of 1037hPa north of the Azores and a depression of 1000hPa northeast of Scotland. Forecast for Roches Point to Valentia to Erris Head West to northwest force 4 to 6 and gusty. Later decreasing northwest force 4 or 5. Backing southwest at the end of the period. Fair with scattered showers, heavy at times today. Mostly good. Decreasing moderate or poor in showers. Forecast for Erris Head to Strangford Lough to Roches Point and for the Irish Sea West to northwest force 4 to 6 and gusty. Later decreasing west force 3 to 5. Outlook for a further 24 hours until Moderate to fresh southwest to west winds, increasing fresh to near gale force. Weather: Cloudy or fair with scattered light showers. Rain developing in the west on Wednesday evening, moving eastwards on Wednesday night. Fair with scattered showers on Thursday.
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Report period 7 Sep–13 Sep 2026| Station | Air temp | Vs normal | Rain | % normal | Soil temp | Wind | Sun |
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| Ballyhaise | 14.1°C | 0.6°C | 15.8 mm | 84.0% | 15.0°C | 5.5 kt | — |
| Belmullet | 14.3°C | 0.5°C | 20.9 mm | 88.0% | 15.9°C | 12.9 kt | 22.1 h |
| Gurteen | 14.6°C | 1.0°C | 22.5 mm | 127.0% | 15.6°C | 7.6 kt | — |
| Casement | 15.6°C | 2.0°C | 16.4 mm | 113.0% | 15.5°C | 10.5 kt | 31.7 h |
| Claremorris | 13.8°C | 0.6°C | 33.5 mm | 147.0% | 15.8°C | 7.2 kt | — |
| Cork Airport | 15.1°C | 1.5°C | 23.6 mm | 107.0% | 15.7°C | 8.6 kt | 21.8 h |
| Dublin Airport | 15.7°C | 2.0°C | 13.6 mm | 95.0% | 15.4°C | 9.3 kt | 28.5 h |
| Johnstown Castle | 15.3°C | 1.2°C | 16.4 mm | 81.0% | 16.3°C | 7.6 kt | 25.9 h |
| Knock Airport | 13.2°C | 0.8°C | 27.2 mm | 106.0% | 14.6°C | 9.7 kt | — |
| Malin Head | 14.2°C | 0.4°C | 13.6 mm | 58.0% | 14.6°C | 15.6 kt | 27.1 h |
| Mullingar | 14.2°C | 1.0°C | 17.3 mm | 94.0% | 15.9°C | 5.9 kt | — |
| Oak park | 15.6°C | 1.5°C | 11.6 mm | 71.0% | 16.6°C | 7.2 kt | — |
| Roches Point | 15.6°C | 1.3°C | 14.9 mm | 76.0% | 16.0°C | 11.6 kt | — |
| Shannon Airport | 15.9°C | 1.4°C | 17.8 mm | 100.0% | 17.0°C | 9.2 kt | 27.1 h |
| Valentia | 15.9°C | 1.6°C | 40.2 mm | 140.0% | 16.6°C | 8.9 kt | 15.6 h |
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Rainfall amounts varied across the country over the past seven days. In the west and southwest, rainfall amounts were generally close to or above average while much of the north, east and south recorded close to or below average rainfall amounts. Valentia Observatory, Co. Kerry, recorded the most rainfall with 40.2mm (140% of its average), and Oak Park, Co. Carlow, recorded the least rainfall with 11.6mm (71% of its average). The weather over the coming days will be changeable with spells of rain or showers as well as some dry periods. The rain will be heavy at times and mainly over western and northern parts with generally above average or close to average amounts of rainfall expected in those areas over the coming week. Elsewhere, rainfall amounts are forecast to be below average. Air temperatures over the past week were above average nationwide, ranging from 13.2 degrees at Knock/Ireland West Airport, Co. Mayo, and 15.9 degrees at both Shannon Airport, Co. Clare, and Valentia Observatory, Co. Kerry. This equates to between 0.4 and 2 degrees above average. Mean soil temperatures were also above average, ranging from 14.6 to 17 degrees which is between 1.7 and 3.1 degrees above average. While it will be warm and humid today, Monday, it will become cooler and fresher tomorrow. As the changeable conditions are forecast to continue for the coming week, mean air temperatures are not expected to change much, ranging from 13 to 16 degrees which is close to average or up to one degree above average. Mean soil temperatures are expected to stay above average. Sunshine amounts were close to average for much of the country, with exception of coastal parts of the west and south which saw below average amounts. Valentia Observatory, Co. Kerry, saw the dullest conditions with just 15.6 hours of sunshine (56% of its average) while Casement Aerodrome, Co. Dublin, recorded the most sunshine with 31.7 hours (107% of its average). With changeable weather over the coming week, sunshine amounts are likely to be close to average generally. Drying conditions will often be moderate or poor this week due to spells of rain or showers and with lighter winds during drier periods. The best opportunities will be on Wednesday away from any light showers and drizzle. There will be limited opportunities for spraying this week as there will be spells of rain, showers and breezy conditions at times. The best opportunities will be on Wednesday. Soil moisture deficits (SMDs) currently range from 2mm to -9mm in the west and northwest with saturated or waterlogged soil conditions. Most soils are trafficable elsewhere with some restriction to growth in soils in the east as SMDs there are between 30mm and 39mm. With above average rainfall in the west and north over the coming week, SMDs will decrease further with soils in the northwest, southwest and parts of the midlands becoming saturated or waterlogged. SMDs will see little change in the east with restrictions to growth continuing. Weather conditions conducive to the spread of potato blight will occur until Tuesday afternoon (15th September).
Source: Met Éireann · updated 15 Sep 2026 11:52