Forecast issued at: Wednesday 12th February 2025 12:00
Rain
The past week has been drier than average for most of the country. It was driest across the western half of the country and in the midlands with 0.9mm recorded at Gurteen Co. Tipperary (5% of average). In contrast, 12.7mm of rainfall was recorded at Casement Aerodrome, Dublin (100% 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 over parts of the north and north midlands.
Temperatures
It has been slightly cooler than average over the past week with mean air temperatures ranging between 3 degrees in the northwest and 6 degrees in the southwest. In general, mean air temperatures ranged between 0.8 and 1.5 degrees below normal. Mean soil temperatures ranged between 3.8 degrees in the northwest to 6.2 degrees in the southwest which corresponds to average and 0.2 degrees below average. Temperatures will gradually increase over the next 7 days. Mean air temperatures are forecast to be a degree above average in the north and east but will be approximately 2 or 3 degrees above average in the south and southwest.
Sunshine
The past week has been sunnier than average across the western half of the country. It was brightest in the west with 36.6 hours of sunshine recorded at Belmullet, Co. Mayo (244% of average). Slightly cloudier conditions prevailed in the east and southeast with 15.7 hours of sunshine recorded at Johnstown Castle in Co. Wexford (98% 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.
