Winter 2025/26 - General Discussion

DellyBelly · 13-02-2026 01:10PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124232270#Comment_124232270

Can you imagine the country if this rain had fallen as snow over the last few weeks…we'd have been completly cut off

ascophyllum · 13-02-2026 01:15PM

Was expecting a bad windchill today but had to take off my jacket working outside when the sun came out in West Mayo.

Mywifetoldme · 13-02-2026 01:19PM

Kerry recorded the most rainy, dull and very wet days in Ireland last month.

That’s according to Met Éireann’s climate statement for January.

The report shows Valentia Observatory recorded 30 days of rain during the first month of 2026

27 wet days were logged - a wet day is classified as a day with 1mm or more of rainfall.

Nine very wet days were recorded – this is when 10 or more millimetres of rain falls in a day.

The rainfall registered in Kerry was 15% above its long-term average (LTA) for January.

Cluedo Monopoly · 13-02-2026 01:21PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124232478#Comment_124232478

Huh? Athenry had 5mm of rainfall since 4pm yesterday. Not even comparable to what people are enduring in the east. What did you expect ME to tell us?

cnocbui · 13-02-2026 01:23PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124232456#Comment_124232456

No, that's this one:

Higher and in Tipp with horns.

Cluedo Monopoly · 13-02-2026 01:25PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124232508#Comment_124232508

Yes Valentia got 215mm in January. LTA is 187.

Valentia currently leading a charmed life nearly half way through Feb. 30mm with an LTA of 137mm. It got 192mm last February.

Cluedo Monopoly · 13-02-2026 01:29PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124232519#Comment_124232519

Oh yes. It might be Moylussa so?

Storm 10 · 13-02-2026 01:34PM

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I was talking about Dublin last nights radar ,driving around Galway last night it was bucketing down with flooding on the roads in fact the radar at that time over Galway was bright orange .

.Donegal. · 13-02-2026 01:34PM

National text forecast mentions possible sleet or wet snow for tomorrow especially for Connacht and later Ulster while the regional text forecast for both of them mentions disruption likely or some disruption likely. A little bit contradictory.

Just noticed a warning issued.

Status Yellow - Rain / Snow warning for Cavan, Donegal, Connacht, Longford

Met Éireann Weather Warning

Rain which will be heavy at times and turning to sleet or snow together with strengthening winds will lead to the following.

• Difficult travel conditions
• Poor visibility

Valid: 12:00 Saturday 14/02/2026 to 00:00 Sunday 15/02/2026

.Donegal. · 13-02-2026 01:35PM

Local government sources say rain warning came too late

Dublin City Council has said a full review is under way into flooding in the capital overnight which will look at the timing of weather forecasts.

It comes after a number of flooding incidents across north Dublin were caused by exceptionally heavy rainfall.

Areas in Fingal County Council were among the worst impacted around Swords and Dublin Airport, while Clongriffin in Dublin City Council's area was also severely affected.

Sources in local government have told RTÉ News that the yellow rainfall warning issued at 2.30am this morning came too late.

They added that previous warnings were insufficient to prepare for the amount of rain that fell overnight.

Both local authorities deployed crews overnight to respond to the heavy rainfall and they are working now to pump water away from roads and areas that have been impacted by flooding

pureza · 13-02-2026 01:35PM

A lot of icy blobs in the rain here 2kms west of Arklow now

Air temp is 3.8c

Dewpoint is 2.9c

Likely to be snowing on nearby hills above 300 metres

Wind is NE gusting 57kmh

Baltic

cnocbui · 13-02-2026 01:44PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124232537#Comment_124232537

That's likely it.

Rugbyf565 · 13-02-2026 01:45PM

weather system owes us a good March now, bit of drought for the lads

NIMAN · 13-02-2026 01:49PM

Its a glorious day here in Donegal, but VERY chilly. Just thankful the rain has abated for a while.

Slashermcguirk · 13-02-2026 01:50PM

This has to be the worst January / February in living memory. I usually try to find the positive side of things but from a Dublin perspective, this feels like nothing I have ever seen before in these parts. To have such sustained rainfall and grim weather day after day for what feels like 6 weeks now. It's weird because I look back at pics from over Christmas and New Year and the weather was actually very nice for the time of year. It feels like the moment schools reopened in the New Year, it all went pear shaped and it has been utterly relentless rain ever since. I just cannot wait to get away for some sunshine but a fair old wait for even that to happen.

Gonzo · 13-02-2026 01:55PM

I just took a walk around my local area and the waterlogging around neighbours houses and lakes in the surrounding fields is up there with the worst I have seen since the 1980s, possibly around Hurrican Charley time, not as bad as that obviously but worse than anything I've seen over the past few decades.

It goes without saying we need a proper dry spell, a few dry days followed by more deluges isn't going to do any good, we need several weeks with little or no rain.

pureza · 13-02-2026 02:21PM

No met Éireann person available for RTÉ news at one? To explain what sort of outfit they’re running in there?

You cannot be serious

billyhead · 13-02-2026 02:32PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124232244#Comment_124232244

I cycled that road this morning around 7.30am. It was very badly flooded. Had to rake my time getting through it. Some cars driving through created a little tidal wave and I got soaked:(

alentejo · 13-02-2026 02:43PM

I wonder did the fault with Dublin Airport rain radar add to ME's woes!

SuperBowserWorld · 13-02-2026 02:45PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124232596#Comment_124232596

Wow, can we pull some of that blue sky stuff over here ?

iancairns · 13-02-2026 02:46PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124231009#Comment_124231009

In Jan had 2 days no rain, 12th and 15th. And had no rain on 2nd Feb. Other than that it's rained every day. This is Harolds Cross

Cluedo Monopoly · 13-02-2026 02:47PM

Went for a run in the sun. I suffered over the first mile in a bitingly cold northerly breeze but the return leg was bliss.

Hurrache · 13-02-2026 02:48PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124232683#Comment_124232683

If only they rang everyone before they all went to bed we wouldn't have had the rain or flooding....

appledrop · 13-02-2026 02:51PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124232683#Comment_124232683

Too busy all week linking in with media about - 3 degrees in winter shock horror, while the real weather warning was right under their nose.

zell12 · 13-02-2026 03:02PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124232683#Comment_124232683

It is lunchtime in the public service y'understand

Goldengirl · 13-02-2026 03:03PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124231377#Comment_124231377

This.

They were caught out with the amount of rain that fell over Dublin last night especially North Dublin.

Posters here have been talking for a few days about the inaccurate radar / rainfall over the Dublin area.

We woke last night to hammering down rain on skylights and literal rivers pouring from the roofs and flowing down our estate road.

One of our sons who sleeps downstairs ,was worried about the level of water in our garden front and back ...we are on a hill and never have issues with flooding but our garden has been saturated as everyone else's recently .

It has stopped in the last hour now and looks a lot brighter .

Sun coming out as I write .

Larbre34 · 13-02-2026 03:10PM

The Dublin radar is offline. You're getting data from Shannon which is a weaker return over the distance and no rain beyond the Dublin mountains is being picked up at all.

Nevertheless, last night was a significant ball-drop by Met Éireann. Very poor work indeed.

mumo3 · 13-02-2026 03:15PM

you can be guaranteed this “big freeze” won’t be half as bad as Met Eireann have made out, they were so hyped up about it all week they didn’t even bother to look out the window and all the rain falling

.Donegal. · 13-02-2026 03:27PM

M.E will be praying for a pattern change more than anyone

'Situation was quite complex and evolving' - Met Éireann meteorologist

Met Éireann's Mark Bowe has said meteorologists issued the Status Yellow rain alert last night after they "came to the realisation" that rain was "actually heavier than had been indicated".

"The situation was quite complex and evolving," he said.

He said meteorologists were monitoring the situation overnight when they realised the rain had reached a level when a Status Yellow alert should be issued to advise people of the conditions they would wake up to this morning.

"There was an area of low pressure that brought a front to the eastern parts of the country," he said.

"That rain was heavier than previously indicated," he added.

Mr Bowe said meteorologists "work a 24/7 shift" and are "constantly monitoring the situation".

"The models are always getting better and there will always be improvements being made," he said.

Mr Bowe said there have been lots of impacts over the eastern part of the country in the past couple of days and this rainfall compounded matters.

Looking ahead to tonight, he said temperatures will drop to "-2 and -3C".

DellyBelly · 13-02-2026 03:30PM

I'm seeing blue sky in Dublin now…sun is out as well…what relief

Winter 2025/26 - General Discussion

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Status Yellow - Rain / Snow warning for Cavan, Donegal, Connacht, Longford