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Friday
10°C
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Tomorrow
Saturday
10°C
Partly cloudy
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2 November
Sunday
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Partly cloudy
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3 November
Monday
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Light rain
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4 November
Tuesday
14°C
Light rain showers
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Overview
Leinster
Tonight
Showers dying out and winds easing this evening. Dry, clear and cold for much of tonight with some mist and frost patches forming. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 4 degrees in light winds. Cloud increasing later in the night.
Tomorrow
Thursday will be cold starting out in just light southeast breezes. Wet and windy weather will spread from the southwest during the morning, the rain turning heavy at times through the day leading to some spot flooding in southern areas. Southeast winds will become fresh to strong and gusty with gales on coasts. Highest temperatures of 11 to 13 degrees.
National
Today
A good deal of dry weather this evening with clear spells and isolated showers. Cool with westerly winds easing light to moderate.
Tonight
Largely dry and cold with clear spells at first tonight. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 4 degrees in light winds, with some mist and isolated grass frost possible. Cloud will build from the southwest later with rain and drizzle developing in Munster towards morning, along with freshening southeast winds.
Tomorrow
Becoming wet and windy tomorrow morning with spells of heavy rain spreading from the southwest, possibly leading to localised flooding. Southeast winds will increase fresh to strong and gusty, with gales on coasts. Later in the evening, showers will move into the west and southwest. Highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees.
Outlook
OVERVIEW: Unsettled with low pressure in situ just to the northwest of Ireland. Thursday night: Rather windy with fresh to strong southerly winds and gales for western and northern coasts. A band of rain will clear northeastwards early on with clear spells and scattered heavy showers following. Lowest temperatures of 7 to 11 degrees. Friday (Halloween/Oiche Shamhna): A breezy day with wet weather affecting southern and eastern counties early on, clearing into the Irish Sea around midday. Sunny spells and scattered showers will follow during the afternoon. Generally dry for the early evening, though rain will begin to feed into southern areas. Highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees in mostly fresh southerly winds. Friday Halloween night: Some uncertainty but current indications suggest spells of wet weather will affect the country with the chance of hail and lightning. Misty in places too. Lowest temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees, in light to moderate south to southwest winds. Saturday: Breezy with some sunny spells and scattered showers, heaviest for Atlantic counties. Cool with highest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees, in fresh southwest winds. Mostly dry and clear overnight except for some showers closer to the Atlantic seaboard. Sunday: Breezy with further showers closer to the Atlantic, while starting drier and brighter elsewhere. During the afternoon, more general rain will likely extend from the west. Highest temperatures of 10 to 14 degrees, in rather brisk southwest winds.
Marine Weather Warnings
Yellow
Small Craft Warning
Southeasterly winds veering southerly will reach force 6 or higher.
Issued: 31 October 2025 14:07
Yellow
Small Craft Warning
Southwesterly winds will reach force 6 or higher.
Issued: 31 October 2025 14:07
Yellow
Gale Warning
Southerly winds will reach gale force 8 at times.
Issued: 31 October 2025 14:07
Yellow
Gale Warning
South to southwest winds will reach gale force 8 on Irish coastal waters from Strangford Lough to Wicklow Head to Roche's Point and on the Irish Sea.
Issued: 31 October 2025 14:07
Yellow
Yellow Thunderstorm Warning
Rain with heavy and thundery falls:
Potential Impacts:
• Spot Flooding.
• Difficult travelling conditions.
Issued: 31 October 2025 14:07
Coastal Reports
Malin Head Automatic
West, 8 Knots, Fair, 16 Miles, 994, Rising
Dublin Airport
West, 11 Knots, Gust 23 Knots, Fine, 26 Miles, 996, Rising slowly
Buoy M5 51° 41'N 6° 42'W
West-Northwest, 21 Knots, Wave ht: 1.7 m, 999, Rising slowly
Roches Point Automatic
West-Northwest, 12 Knots, Fair, 26 Miles, 1000, Rising slowly
Sherkin Island Automatic
West, 16 Knots, Fair, 14 Miles, 1001, Rising slowly
Valentia Automatic
West-Northwest, 10 Knots, Fair, 21 Miles, 1001, Rising slowly
Mace Head Automatic
West-Northwest, 13 Knots, Cloudy, 16 Miles, 999, Rising slowly
Belmullet Automatic
North-Northwest, 4 Knots, Gust 22 Knots, Mist, 4 Miles, 998, Rising
Buoy M2 53° 29'N, 5° 26'W
Report not available
Buoy M3 51° 13'N, 10° 33'W
West-Northwest, 15 Knots, Wave ht: 3.2 m, 1002, Rising slowly
Buoy M4 55° 0'N 10° 0'W
North-Northwest, 19 Knots, Wave ht: 3.9 m, 997, Rising
Buoy M6 53° 4'N 15° 56'W
West, 4 Knots, Wave ht: 3.4 m, 1000, Falling slowly
Sea Area Forecast
Sea Area Forecast until 1800 Thursday 30 October 2025. Issued at 1800 Wednesday 29 October 2025.
Meteorological Situation at 1500: Ireland lies in a fresh to strong westerly airflow between a depression of 989hPa centred over the North Sea and another depression of 977hPa centred in the mid-Atlantic.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Hook Head to Loop Head to Bloody Foreland
Wind: Southwesterly or variable force 2 to 4 imminent. Soon increasing southeast force 6 or 7, reaching gale force 8 between Mizen Head and Loop Head. Later increasing southerly force 7 or gale force 8, occasionally reaching strong gale force 9.
Weather: Fair with isolated showers. Soon becoming cloudy to fair. Rain later, heavy at times.
Visibility: Good, decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Bloody Foreland to Carlingford Lough to Hook Head and for the Irish Sea
Wind: West to northwest force 4 or 5 imminent, soon decreasing variable force 2 to 4. Later increasing southeast force 7 or gale force 8, occasionally reaching strong gale force 9.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with isolated showers. Rain soon, heavy at times later.
Visibility: Good, decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 1800 Friday 31 October 2025: Strong to gale force southerly winds, occasionally reaching strong gale force. Decreasing fresh to near gale force southwesterly on Friday afternoon. Weather: Rain clearing northeastwards on Thursday night, followed by scattered showers. Further rain on Friday morning and afternoon.