Spring 2026 - General Discussion

Did you miss the bit about no satellites and very few recording stations in the 19th century when our highest ever temp recorded was and since has not been broken?

Show me the same prolific records from back then versus now and you can stake your claim as to this warming never happening in a time with much less Co2 because logic tells me that it could have been happening

We had floods thunderstorms and heatwaves galore,just no proliferation of weather stations,satellite or internet to record it

Mind you we havent prolific Co2 recording from the 19th century either

The above points do not mean of course that we should be pumping all sorts of crap into our atmosphere

Of course we shouldn’t

Looks like a lot of thunder and lightning in and around the portlaoise area according to the windy app

Can anyone confirm?

I reallly enjoyed this weather as apple drop said unreal , heat dome id call it anyway would be hotter if it was July but today was nice in Dublin with the breeze those inland I’d say you where roasted , mam gone to Vancouver but flight was overbooked so she’s in London for the night in 35c I certainly wouldn’t like that even though it may happen here some day

Clouds of the day :

is it giving much rain for kerry on Thursday lads ??

Still reading an astonishing 27 ⁰C at 21.00 at Shannon.

So astonishing, I'd be surprised if its correct, though some other stations are at 22 and 23.

But if it is correct, the nighttime Min record could go, not just for May, but for all time. It stands at a paltry 20.9 ⁰C, late July 1989.

The weather station is now surrounded on all sides by tarmac car parks. It's an awful place for a weather station. Met E have said they plan to move it. The reading is probably correct but the temperature even just a hundred metres away could be several degrees lower.

Because of its location, Shannon has always recorded high temps well into the evening during hot spells as the heat of the day causes the tarmac to heat up. But by around 11pm or midnight, when the tarmac has cooled down, it settles to a more normal temperature that's more representative of the wider area.

For example Shannon cooled down to under 10º last night. While tonight will be much warmer I'd imagine, I think the minimum night-time temp record is safe for now.

Regardless of whether Shannon Airport is not an ideal location for temperature tracking, the reality is there were likely higher temperatures recorded around Ireland today that were not even picked up as we don't have enough official stations. It looks like 32 degrees was recorded in parts of Kilkenny and Tipperary for example but those are not counted. While 33.4 degrees is the highest ever temp recorded in Ireland, there have probably been higher temps than that but we just don't have enough weather stations in the traditional hot spots around the country to track them. Going back to Shannon Airport, there are very similar questions asked about London Heathrow which is quite frequently the location for the record temperatures, again surrounded by tarmac and urban heat effect. Still 31 degrees in May is very impressive for Ireland! In Dublin where I was today it was around 23 degrees but the clear blue skies were just perfection. looks like temperatures between 20 - 23 degrees in Dublin for the rest of the week so not going to complain with that.

This spell of weather is so far ahead of the season. When you think of all the summers that never broke 28C, let alone a Spring day 30.5C.

It reminds me of late November 2010, an autumnal spell of weather that was more like a severe January spell.

That record went in September 2023 I'm pretty sure. I remember seeing the Valentia 3am reading a crazy 25C with a land breeze.