Exact Date Snow will fall in Ireland

 The current exact date snow forecast for Ireland is

November 24th 2021

Coldest Weather of Winter on way

Ireland is about to suffer an intense spell of bitterly cold weather unlike anything we have seen in February and March since 1963.

Daytime temperatures will struggle to reach 0c from next week with widespread snow for many days.

This is all due to the Sudden Stratospheric Warming event that is now happening. Most guidance has temperatures 6c below the February average of 5 to 8c

Snow will be mainly on the East and North but could fall absolutely anywhere.

Snow hits Ireland

Snow has hit most Ireland on January 12th 2017 with the West North and midlands seeing most of the snow.

The temperature only reached 4c and the wind was very strong also up to gale force 8. Met Eireann is predicting a milder weekend and slightly cooler next week. But what is going to happen after that?

Thats where weathergossip comes in. The long range weather sees a lot more Northern blocking so we will see a lot more dry weather but there is a huge risk that siberian air may start to incur in the East late next week. In any case it looks like High Pressure is set to dominate once again.

Actually rainfall this Winter has been only 60 to 80% of normal so far compared to over 200% of normal last Winter. As far as the rest of Winter is concerned a milder theme is favored and this could result in it again being among the mildest Winters of the past century.

Snow still a risk

Cold weather continues for Ireland and the long term forecasting models are predicting a lot of cold though also a lot of uncertainty. There is a large pool of cold air to the North and East of Ireland and Britain and this is trying to make its presence felt over ourselves but we are being protected by the mild Atlantic. The average snow level is between 300m and 500m so low lying areas of Ireland are not seeing any snowfall. However this cold pool of air is gathering strength and already has found its way to Scotland and Eastern England though snowfall here has been moderate.

Over the next week or so a transitional period takes place with the cold air becoming firmly established over most of Britain but the situation for ourselves will continue pretty much as it is, however wintry precipitation and a storm with some sleet and possibly snow cannot be ruled out on Sunday. The chances of this are about 30% as it seems to be heading more towards France than us. What is likely though is that it will bring some very cold air behind it resulting in some heavy wintry showers and maybe a blanket of snow during night hours.

The best thing to do if you want to make sure of the forecast for the next few weeks is to keep your eyes peeled to the forecast as it is constantly changing since the battleground seems to be where Ireland is located and all forecasting services are struggling with this one coming out with different scenarios. One thing is for certain the mild weather that we saw early in January will not be repeated until some time in February and probably late in that month.

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Snow on way?

The weather models are showing there is a probable drop in temperatures for the end of November and into the beginning of December. This will result in some very low temperatures. As we know in Ireland because of our Atlantic maritime position this does not always mean there will be snow but the winds will be from a Northern source so snow chances increase.

If these winds were to switch to a colder Northeaster from the Continent the chance of snow increases further and there appears to be one or two days at the end of November that this is going to indeed happen. After that of course the forecast looks a bit blurry but December looks likely to start very frosty over Ireland with any snowfall limited to Scotland and the Eastern coastline of England at this stage.