April temperature record broken in Athenry on hottest day of the year so far, Met Éireann says – The Irish Times

The record temperature for April in Ireland was recorded on Wednesday, according to provisional Met Éireann data. A very warm day across the State saw the previous April record of 25.8 degrees broken in Athenry, Co Galway, where a temperature of 25.9 was recorded in the provisional data. The previous record was set in Glenties, … Read more

Wet and breezy spell ahead with rain warning for Cork and Kerry – The Irish Times

Temperatures were forecast to fall to freezing on Wednesday night, while a status yellow rain warning is in place for Cork and Kerry on Thursday night. Met Éireann said there would be spells of heavy rain in those regions from 11pm on Thursday until 12pm on Friday. Met Éireann said Thursday will start cold, bright … Read more

Met Éireann forecasts freezing temperatures to follow heavy rain – The Irish Times

A status yellow rain warning will remain in effect for five counties in Northern Ireland until Wednesday night, with a similar alert for five counties in Leinster having now expired. As the recent run of mostly dry and sunny weather came to an end, Met Éireann forecast heavy and persistent rain and a chance of … Read more