Réamhaisnéis Náisiúnta

Issued at: 02 July 2025 07:24

TODAY - Wednesday 2nd July

Today will bring a mix of sunshine and scattered showers, which will spread from the west through the morning and afternoon. Some of the showers will be heavy, especially over the northern half of the country, with the chance of few scattered thunderstorms there too. A clearance to mainly dry sunny weather will extend eastwards through the afternoon and evening, with just a few lingering isolated showers. Highest temperatures of 14 degrees in the northwest to 20 degrees in the east and south in light to moderate westerly breezes.

TONIGHT

It'll be mainly dry for much of tonight with clear spells. However cloud will move into the west and north later in the night, along with some outbreaks of showery rain there. It'll stay dry though across much of the east and south with clear spells. Lowest temperatures of 6 to 11 degrees in light to moderate southwest winds.

TOMORROW - Thursday 3rd July

Tomorrow, Thursday, will be rather cloudy for a time with some outbreaks of showery rain, especially across the northern half of the country, while it'll be mainly dry further south with some bright or sunny spells. The rain will clear eastwards through the morning, with a mix of sunshine and scattered showers following, a few heavy further north, with the slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm. The showers will become isolated later. Highest temperatures of 16 to 22 degrees in mostly moderate west to southwest winds, fresher in the northwest and west.

National Outlook

Overview: Our weather will be fairly unsettled to end the week and over the weekend with spells of rain or showers and it'll be rather windy, indeed unseasonably so on Friday. While it's likely to be drier early next week with lighter winds, but there'll still be some showers around. Temperatures will generally be around average for the time of year, though a little below in parts of the west and northwest.

Thursday night: Apart from a few showers in some northern areas it'll be mainly dry for much on Thursday night with clear spells for a time. It'll become mostly cloudy from the northwest overnight, with some rain and drizzle starting to move in to coastal parts of the west and north towards morning. Lowest temperatures of 10 to 14 degrees in moderate to fresh southwest winds.

Friday: Quite windy on Friday and cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle spreading from the northwest through the day, in fresh to strong and gusty southwest winds. Highest temperatures of 14 to 19 degrees.

Friday night: Cloudy on Friday night with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle along with some hill and coastal mist and fog. Breezy for a time, but the southwesterly winds will gradually moderate. Mild and humid with lowest temperatures of 13 to 17 degrees.

Saturday: Cloudy to begin on Saturday with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle. The rain and drizzle will generally clear southeastwards though the morning and early afternoon. While a few bright spells will develop, it'll stay rather cloudy overall, with showers following. Highest temperatures of 16 to 22 degrees, warmest in the south and east in moderate to fresh and gusty west to southwest winds.

Saturday night: A few clear spells but generally cloudy on Saturday night with scattered showers in the west and north, while it'll be drier elsewhere. Later in the night showery rain will start to move into the north and west. Lowest temperatures of 10 to 12 degrees in moderate to fresh southwest to west winds.

Sunday: Cloudy in the morning with outbreaks of showery rain spreading from the northwest. It'll brighten up through the afternoon and for the evening with some sunny spells and a few scattered showers. Highest temperatures of 15 to 20 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty westerly winds, veering northwesterly.

Early next week:
Monday and Tuesday will bring some sunny spells, and while there'll be good dry spells, there'll still be some scattered showers around. Highest temperatures of 15 to 19 degrees in moderate northwest winds.
At the moment it looks like Wednesday will be mainly dry with some sunshine. Highest temperatures of 16 to 21 degrees in light to moderate west to northwest breezes.