National Forecast
Issued at: 19 December 2025 08:24
TODAY - Friday 19th December
Blustery to begin with passing heavy showers and local hail. However, winter sunshine will develop more widely this afternoon and brisk southerlies will ease, as showers become confined to west and northwest counties. Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees.
TONIGHT
Dry and clear for much of tonight. Some well scattered showers will begin to feed up from the southwest later though, along with freshening south to southeast winds. Lowest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees, coldest for Ulster.
TOMORROW - Saturday 20th December
Saturday will be rather windy to start with some scattered showers. Rain in the southwest will slowly push northeastwards during the day with scattered showers following from the west. Highest temperatures of 7 to 11 degrees. Brisk southeast winds will slowly ease off but with some mist in places later too.
National Outlook
Overview: Unsettled over the coming days with rain or showers, as well as turning cooler if not colder from Sunday. However, high pressure will bring mostly dry and fairly calm conditions from later Tuesday, lasting for much of the Christmas period.
Saturday night: A very cold and calm night with frost and ice developing under clear skies. Some freezing fog possible across Ulster and the Midlands too. Showers wil move into southeast and east areas later, locally turning wintry. Lowest temperatures of -2 to + 2 degrees.
Sunday: Cooler than recent days with showery rain moving in across the country on an easterly breeze, with the chance of the odd wintry shower. Highest daytime temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees.
Monday: Further showery rain is expected, mainly across Ulster and Leinster with more persistent spells possible across these regions. Overnight fog may linger in places. Frost and ice in places to begin too. Highest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees, in just a light easterly breeze.
Tuesday: Some further showery rain, moving further west this time, while becoming drier elsewhere. Highest temperature of 5 to 8 degrees with just light variable breezes. Mist and fog places also.
Rather cold for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day - dry and quiet with crisp winter sunshine, but with frost and ice to begin and end each day. There will be the chance of a few coastal showers up along the East Coast, in a light to moderate east to northeast breeze.
Temperature circle (°C): maximum and minimum temperature forecast for each day. Wind symbol (km/h): arrow points in the direction the wind is blowing. The weather and wind icons: for the time of maximum temperature and minimum temperature.