Forecast issued at: Tuesday 23rd December 2025 14:00
Rain
There were varying amounts of rainfall over the past seven days. Amounts in the south and midlands were generally above normal, with totals near or below average elsewhere. The highest accumulation of 46.9mm was recorded at Cork Airport, which is 156% of the average for this location. The driest location was Dublin Airport with an accumulation of 9.5mm. With high pressure developing, little to no rainfall is forecast during the next seven days.
Temperatures
Air temperatures were near or above normal over the past week, with mean values of 5.9 to 8.3 degrees. Soil temperatures are generally above normal currently, ranging between 5.7 and 7.8 degrees. It is going to become colder this week, with frost and ice forecast from Wednesday night onwards. Averaged over the next seven days, air temperatures will be 1 to 4 degrees below normal, with the coldest conditions forecast for the southwest. Temperatures are expected to be closer to normal near the east coast, however.
Sunshine
There has been some bright and sunny weather over the past week and sunshine amounts were above normal across most parts of the country. The sunniest location was Dublin Airport, with 15.9 hours of sunshine, and the dullest location was Belmullet with just 6.7 hours. While high pressure is forecast to move in from midweek, quite cloudy conditions are expected at times, so sunshine amounts are likely to be normal.
Drying Conditions
Drying conditions will be moderate or poor this week as it will be cold with light winds.
Spraying
There will be mainly dry weather and light to moderate winds over the next week, so spraying opportunities will be plentiful.
Field Conditions
Soils are currently saturated or waterlogged. With high pressure bringing drier conditions this week, there will be improvement in soil conditions and some well-drained and moderately-drained soils will become trafficable.
Forecast maps and meteograms can be found on Blight Forecast.
