Forecast issued at: Tuesday 11th February 2025 14:00
Rain
The past week has been drier than average for most of the country with rainfall amounts generally below 80% of normal. However, it was wetter than normal in eastern coastal regions with rainfall amounts of 100 to 135% of average. It was driest in the northwest and north midlands with 0.8mm recorded at Knock/Ireland West Airport (3% of average). In contrast, 17.1mm of rainfall was recorded at Casement Aerodrome, Dublin (134% of average). There will be further spells of rain in the coming week. The rain will be heavy at times in the south and southwest with higher than normal rainfall amounts. It will be drier than average elsewhere with the driest conditions in the north and northeast.
Temperatures
It has been slightly cooler than average over the past week with mean air temperatures ranging between 3.6 degrees in the north midlands and 6.4 degrees in the southwest, which is between 0.5 and 1.2 degrees below normal. Mean soil temperatures ranged between 4.4 degrees in the east to 6.5 degrees in the southwest which is between 0.2 degrees below normal and 1.2 degrees above normal. While the coming week will start off quite cool, conditions will turn milder towards the weekend. Mean air temperatures will be near normal in the north and east but will be approximately 1 or 2 degrees above average in the south and southwest. Mean soil temperatures will decrease slightly.
Sunshine
The past week has been sunnier than average across the country. It was brightest in the west with 35.5 hours of sunshine recorded at Belmullet, Co. Mayo (241% of average). Slightly cloudier conditions in the east with 20.1 hours of sunshine recorded at Casement Aerodrome, Co. Dublin (124% of average). It will be cloudier in the coming week with below average sunshine expected.
Drying Conditions
Drying will generally be moderate or poor this week with mostly cool and cloudy conditions.
Spraying
Spraying conditions will be limited this week due to spells of rain and often breezy conditions.
Field Conditions
All well and moderately drained soils are currently close to saturation. Poorly drained soils are saturated with these soils waterlogged in the east. Spells of rain over the coming week will lead to a slight deterioration of soil conditions. All well and moderately drained soils will become saturated while poorly drained soils will become waterlogged in most areas.
Forecast maps and meteograms can be found on Blight Forecast.
