Leinster

Issued at: 12 December 2025 12:30

TODAY - Friday 12th December

Mainly dry and bright today, with crisp sunny spells. Some isolated showers will feed in from the west in the afternoon. Highs of 7 to 10 degrees in light to moderate southwest winds.

TONIGHT

Staying mainly dry tonight with long clear spells and just the chance of a stray light shower spreading from the west. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 5 degrees in moderate to fresh southwesterly winds.

TOMORROW - Saturday 13th December

Tomorrow will start out dry and breezy. Through the afternoon outbreaks of rain and drizzle will spread from the northwest. The rain will become lighter and patchier through the evening. Afternoon highs of 9 to 11 degrees in fresh to strong and gusty south to southwest winds.

National Outlook

Overview: A mobile Atlantic regime will dominate for the rest of the week and into next week too, bringing a continuation of unsettled weather.

Saturday night: A rather wet and blustery night with widespread spells of rain, heaviest in Atlantic coastal counties. Lowest temperatures of 10 to 12 degrees in fresh to strong and gusty southwesterly winds.

Sunday: A wet and blustery start to the day with widespread outbreaks of rain. The rain will clear the west and northwest later in the afternoon with drier and clearer weather following for the evening. Rain will be heaviest and most persistent in Munster and south Leinster with spot flooding possible. Highest temperatures of 11 to 13 degrees in fresh to strong southwesterly winds.

Sunday night: The rain will continue to clear southeastwards Sunday night with scattered showers following in behind and clearer spells developing. The rain may linger over parts of the southeast. Lowest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees in moderating southwesterly winds.

Monday: Some uncertainty to the detail but indications currently suggest rain may linger over the southeast with drier and brighter conditions elsewhere with sunny spells and scattered showers that will become isolated through the day. Highest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees in light westerly winds.

Monday night: Long clear spells developing overnight. Largely dry apart from some light showers along Atlantic coastal counties. Lowest temperatures of 0 to 4 degrees in light westerly winds.

Tuesday: A largely dry and bright day Tuesday, with isolated showers in the parts of the west. Highest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees in a light southwesterly wind.