Could Hurricane Ophelia hit Ireland

There is a huuricane developing in the mid Atlantic that is headed towards Europe on Monday. Whether it retains its hurricane characteristics is open to question but certainly an interesting and potentially damaging development for Ireland.

Keep posted on the storm here...

Mild and Changeable October

After a cool September overall October promises much more in the way of mild weather. However it will be changeable with wind and rain at times. Though temperatures may touch 20c at times leading to some pleasant sunshine.

Rainfall for Ireland for the month will be slightly above average with the West and South receiving most of this.

As the month comes to a close there will be a renewed risk of frost and expect daytime highs at this stage down to 12 to 14c.

August likely to be changeable

August will see more changeable weather than July but with a few warm spells and fine days too. However nights will be getting noticeably cooler than before.

Highest temperature of the month prob 25c

Lowest probably 2c

Rainfall slightly above normal
Sunshine Normal

Average Day 18c
Average Night 8c

July Dull and Humid 2017

Well Summer 2017 has started off quite poorly apart from one good week in June when temperatures reached 28.6c in Pheonix Park.

July does not look like bringing much Summer sun but it will bring warmth with temperatures regularly in the 20s.

Rainfall will be around normal with a lot of drizzle or mist at times.

However dry spells will be common too and at the end of July there is a signal for much warmer temperatures after a cool unsettled period mid month.

Snow in Sligo March 21st 2017

Snowfall this morning at 9am.

March very mild so far

As in keeping with 2017 so far in Ireland March has turned out to be a very mild month and temperatures up to halfway through the month are running at 1.5c above normal with a National average of 7.5c. This value looks like being more or less maintained until the end of the month though there is a possibility of some snow on March 21st 2017. Temperatures for most of the rest of March will be into double figures of 10 to 13c and sometimes up to 16c bringing an average of 10c but on other occasions it will be 8c by day and only 3c by night and this will mean an average of 6c meaning that March is going to end around 8c as a national average temperature. There is a low risk that the temperature could even reach 20c by the end of March but we will watch this space.