Spring 2025 - General Discussion

Glorious weather. I'd take an April like this every single year despite the 3rd week of wet weather. 2 weeks of blue skies and bone dry conditions to start. 1 week of warm dry sunny weather to finish. The growth is indeed explosive now. The Emerald Isle indeed!

23.3c in Sligo n some cloud blocking sun so if that wasn't there 25c very possible now.

Already in the top 5 warm April days of all time.

May will be a bit cooler for the first 10 days. A lot of NW and N winds but not much rain. Probably 10 to 15c so not too bad. At 6pm in Sligo the W NW wind sets in and temperature starts to fall. 24.2c now though.

I think perhaps some people having higher expectations for higher temperatures nowadays is the fact that our climate is warming and therefore people are becoming used to these higher temperatures. Last summer for example while far from great, temperatures I think we're around average by the 1960 - 1990 average but below average for the 1990 - 2020 average. How many days in recent yrs have been above the 1960 - 1990 average I would presume the majority. (Though obviously of course the 1990 -2020 average is higher for that reason)

Some people like to think their view is always the correct one, I guess, and just have to be right.😏

Enjoy the beautiful weather! 😀

What an absolute belter of a day. Wish it was Friday straight to beer garden after work.

The April record is very much at risk of being broken today so as peak heat tends to be in the 4 or/and 5pm reports. Also 25° at my location on the longford side of Mount Dillon work mid Level convection building now.

My closest station reading 25c , it's hazy sunshine here in carrick, some showers and thunderstorms will break out I'd say from 5pm onwards , hopefully I hear a few rumbles of thunder ⛈️

From Met Eireann

Provisionally, this is now only the second time in Irish climate records that shaded air temperatures have gone above 25 degrees during the month of April, and consequently the 2nd earliest climatological Summer Day.☀️

See the updated station records here⬇️

Newport, Co Mayo: 25.2 °C (prev. 23.4 °C, Apr '11)
Athenry, Co Galway: 25.0 °C (prev. 21.8 °C, Apr '11)
Valentia, Co Kerry: 24.6 °C (prev. 24.0 °C, Apr '84) – records since 1850
Mount Dillon, Co Roscommon: 24.1 °C (prev. 22.3 °C, yesterday)
Casement, Co Dublin: 24.0 °C (prev. 22.7 °C, Apr '03)
Claremorris, Co Mayo: 23.3 °C (prev. 22.5 °C, Apr '03)
Mullingar, Co Meath: 23.2 °C (prev. 22.6 °C, Apr '75)
Gurteen, Co Tipperary: 23.1 °C (prev. 21.0 °C, Apr '19)
Finner, Co Donegal: 23.0 °C (matched Apr '19)
Ballyhaise, Co Cavan: 22.6 °C (prev. 21.8 °C, Apr '03)

Newport close now

Big temperature contrast across the country tomorrow. Possibly only 12c for some northern parts, possibly double that in places in Leinster and Munster.

The northern half of the country will start out cloudy with some patchy drizzle in the far north but sunnier conditions will spread from the northwest for the afternoon. Feeling cool with highs of 12 to 17 degrees in northerly breezes. Elsewhere across Leinster and Munster it will be mostly sunny to begin. Cloud will build further for the afternoon, with some scattered showers breaking out, which will possibly be heavy and thundery, especially across southern counties. Highs here of 18 to 23 or 24 degrees in light northerly winds.