Winter 2025/26 - General Discussion

OldRio · 14-01-2026 09:22AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124145793#Comment_124145793

I'm near Fenagh. I'm not too far from Carrigallen. It was very showery. Cold last night. 0C.

Cluedo Monopoly · 14-01-2026 10:51AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124144934#Comment_124144934

This does feel like the first proper winter in a while even if most people didn't get snow. Plenty of cold temperatures, frosty mornings and clear night skies. I like the seasons to be this distinct.

Billcarson · 14-01-2026 11:01AM

Today we are at the halfway point already of meteorological winter.

ClimateObserver · 14-01-2026 11:18AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124146055#Comment_124146055

Was just thinking this last night - since mid-December at least, it has been much more seasonal with cool days (yes there has been an odd mild day) and cool to cold nights with lots of frost. For this part of the country anyways!

The mild spell (December 5th to 14th) probably scuppered the month's chance of being below average - it ended up ~1c above. January so far is quite below average and if the cold returns, it could make January a notable cold month overall.

Thankfully, there has been no major wind events and we dodged a bullet with the one that hit Cornwall and NW France.

appledrop · 14-01-2026 11:44AM

Very frosty this morning, on my commute on back roads seen most amazing clouds, only way I can describe them was like big pink flufffy marsmallows across the sky! Could't take a picture as driving and few munutes later back to normal clouds but delighted I seen them!

Robwindstorm · 14-01-2026 01:54PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124146202#Comment_124146202

As Sryan was saying , there are great skyscapes to be seen after a clear early morning sky meets an incoming 'weather front' ( i sound like Mark Bowe ). You just get that golden 2 minutes to enjoy before it collapses. The timing always coincides with morning school fever so it's hard to capture. Maybe Sryan was out !

highdef · 14-01-2026 02:06PM

Some seriously heavy rain in parts of the mid-west at the moment. Was rain of such intensity forecast?

sryanbruen · 14-01-2026 02:24PM

Was there any doubt that Sryan was out? 🤣

Shots from Portmarnock this morning, lenticulars galore. A beautiful crescent moon rising as well before all these clouds came, it was a very clear night.

2026-01-14 Portmarnock lenticulars trawler sunrise.jpg

2026-01-14 Portmarnock sunrise lenticulars.jpg

2026-01-14 Portmarnock kiosk lenticular sunrise.jpg

2026-01-14 Portmarnock kiosk crescent moonrise dawn.jpg

OldRio · 14-01-2026 02:38PM

Great photos as always from Syranbruen.

Heavy rain from about 10.30 this morning. It's still pouring.

Leitrim

appledrop · 14-01-2026 02:40PM

Fab Sryanbruen, my ones were even more pinky ah I'm raging didn't get a picture(Not that they would look as good as your ones🤣)

Gonzo · 14-01-2026 04:10PM

looked like some intense rainfall on the way here in Meath but it's passed through, looked very heavy on the radar but barely a drop of rain fell out of the sky.

Robwindstorm · 14-01-2026 06:31PM

Just looking back at the start of 2013 and it's amazing how cold it was. After a mild first week of January it was bitter cold until the second week of April. Lots of strong E,SE and NE winds, hard frosts, snowfall, floods, stormy winds and freezing fog. It had everything. Snowfall amounts were not major except the extreme blizzard on the eastern side of Northern Ireland.

adocholiday · 14-01-2026 06:49PM

The one thing that's really stood out to me since Autumn is how calm it's been. Sure we've had a couple of storms and some yellow wind warnings but for most of us it has been a very benign season. I can deal with any weather but I detest the wind. I don't want to speak too soon because the cold spilling into the US can really ramp up the jet on us and send a few storms our way, and it's a distinct possibility in the next few weeks but hopefully we get into February without any significant wind event. I've quite enjoyed this winter so far.

Robwindstorm · 15-01-2026 10:15AM

Frosty morning in Meath

Windscreen wallpaper

Silage cover wallpaper

tradfan1 · 15-01-2026 12:35PM

Beautiful morning in Arklow, sunny, still, and actually quite warm!

ClimateObserver · 15-01-2026 01:24PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124147585#Comment_124147585

Totally agree! Decent amount of sunny days too.

giveitholly · 15-01-2026 04:50PM

Lovely bright sunny winters day,high of 9c here,and reports locally of a good bit of black ice this morning

OldRio · 15-01-2026 05:50PM

Yes we had black ice this morning as well. 3C at the moment. A fair amount of Sun today but feeling very cold.

Leitrim

Gonzo · 15-01-2026 06:21PM

I didn't think today felt cold at all, not here in Meath, it was a lovely day unbroken sunshine all day and didn't need a jacket.

Comhrá · 15-01-2026 07:21PM

Same in Limerick. The calm conditions, blue skies and sunshine gave a slight feel of spring. I went to the local recycling centre and just wore a jumper without feeling cold. A lovely day.

beggars_bush · 15-01-2026 09:30PM

Was bright until 5:10pm

Lovely day

midlander12 · 15-01-2026 10:42PM

There were 3 beautiful days this week so far, yesterday being the exception. Looks like a bit of frost tonight.

Sammy2012 · 15-01-2026 11:27PM

Very heavy rain falling now in North Wexford. Hopefully it wont freeze after it.

Cluedo Monopoly · 16-01-2026 12:15AM

Beautiful starry night. They have been a feature of the past number of weeks. I'd expect another frost and tricky roads tomorrow.

sryanbruen · 16-01-2026 09:54AM

No slow down in the January sunshine here in Dublin, even after the very clear northerly winds had passed. The month is on 51.6 hrs after only the first 15 days.The whole Jan 1991-2020 monthly average is only 59.9 hrs so have already seen 86% of the average.

This continues a run of sunny Januaries that's been ongoing since 2022.

2022 - 6th sunniest on record

2023 - 3rd sunniest on record

2024 - 9th sunniest on record

2025 - 4th sunniest on record

*Dublin Airport records since 1942

Will the rest of January 2026 continue in a sunny vein? If easterly winds do occur, it will likely have a dramatic slowdown here similar to December. December had a very sunny first 16 days with over 40 hours (very good for that month) then only an extra 19 hours in the rest so it was only a little sunnier than average overall.

OldRio · 16-01-2026 10:37AM

Another frosty and cold morning. 0C. Sun beginning to shine. Black ice about again.

Leitrim

ClimateObserver · 16-01-2026 10:56AM

A light southerly breeze this morning, and it's one of the the damn coldest southerly I've ever encountered in Ireland.

Hippodrome Song Owl · 16-01-2026 11:00AM

Absolutely lethal in Celbridge with black ice on footpaths - took me 25 mins to do what's usually a 10 min walk. Roads seemed fine. No ice at all around Liffey Valley, which is usually frozen when everywhere else is fine. Lovely sunshine.

OldRio · 17-01-2026 10:21AM

1C. No frost last night. Nice to see the temperatures nudging up a little. Leitrim.

Rugbyf565 · 17-01-2026 12:19PM

appalling weather in Dublin

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