Forecast issued at: Wednesday 24th December 2025 09:00
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 47.9mm was recorded at Cork Airport, which is 160% of the average for this location. The driest location was Dublin Airport with an accumulation of 9.5mm (or 59% of average). With high pressure dominating our weather pattern, 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 6.5 to 8.8 degrees, which ranges between 0.4 and 2.7 degrees above average. Soil temperatures are generally above normal currently, ranging between 6.3 and 7.9 degrees. It is going to become colder this week, with frost and ice forecast from tonight 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. Valentia Observatory recorded the highest amount with 15 hours of sunshine (163% of average), whereas Shannon Airport recorded the least with only 3.7 hours (36% of average). While high pressure is expected to remain over the next 7 days, we will see a mix of both cloudy conditions and sunny breaks, so sunshine amounts are likely to be normal or just slightly
above.
Drying Conditions
Drying conditions will be moderate or poor this week as it will be cold with light winds.
Spraying
Plenty of opportunity for spraying over the next week with mainly dry and light winds forecast.
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 towards the end of the week.
Forecast maps and meteograms can be found on Blight Forecast.
