Réamhaisnéis Náisiúnta

Issued at: 13 February 2026 05:00

TODAY - Friday 13th February

Today will bring a good lot of cloud and showers or longer spells of rain, some of that heavy, which will bring some spot flooding. The rain will be most persistent across the northern half of the country, with the best of any drier brighter spells further south. It'll gradually become breezy with winds increasing moderate to fresh and variable in direction, but gradually becoming mostly northeasterly through the day, westerly though across some southern parts. Colder conditions will extend from the north to most places through the day, with early afternoon temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees over the northern half of the country and 6 to 9 or 10 degrees further south.

TONIGHT

Mostly cloudy, wet and breezy for a time tonight with further outbreaks of rain or showers. However a clearance will push into Ulster, Connacht and north Leinster overnight with the moderate to fresh northeasterly winds easing in these areas too. It'll be cold with frost and some icy conditions, particularly under the clearer skies in the north and west, with lowest temperatures of -1 to +4 degrees.

TOMORROW - Saturday 14th February

Cold with some frost and ice in places tomorrow morning, especially in the west and north. Cloud and rain in parts of Munster and south Leinster will clear through the morning with mostly dry and sunny conditions following. There'll just be a few isolated showers in the north and west. Highest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees with mainly light to moderate northerly winds, fresh for a time in the south and east, but gradually easing light to moderate.

National Outlook

Overview: Cold, mainly dry with frost to begin the weekend. Becoming less cold over the weekend but turning more unsettled again.

Friday night: Friday night will be mainly dry, very cold, frosty with some icy patches. There's just the chance of a few isolated showers in northern and northwestern coastal parts early on. While it'll be mostly clear for a time, some higher cloud will start to build in from the Atlantic overnight. Lowest temperatures of -4 to +1 degrees in mostly light variable breezes.

Saturday: A frosty start with some icy patches. Dry for a time, with some spells of sunshine, the best of these further east. It'll become increasingly cloudy from the west through the day, with rain spreading northeastwards through the afternoon and evening, turning heavy in parts, with the chance of some sleet over higher ground in the north and north-west later in the day. It should stay mainly dry though for much of the daylight hours in east Leinster and much of Ulster. A cold day with highest temperatures of just 3 to 7 degrees. Wind will be mostly light southerly to begin, but will gradually increase fresh to strong and gusty southeasterly.

Saturday night: Wet and rather windy for a time, with spells of heavy rain and with some sleet and possibly a little snow for a time over higher ground in the north and east. A clearance will follow from the west overnight, but scattered showers will follow too. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 5 degrees with the fresh to strong and occasionally gusty southeasterly winds veering westerly with the clearance and moderating.

Sunday: Sunday will be a bright day with sunshine and with scattered showers too, the most widespread in the west and north, some heavy and with a chance of hail an maybe the odd isolated thunderstorm in coastal parts. Highest temperatures of 7 to 11 degrees and it'll be breezy enough with moderate to fresh and gusty westerly winds.

Sunday night: Sunday night will become windy, especially further to the west and northwest, and it'll bring a mix of clear spells and scattered showers, some heavy and of hail. There's a chance too of a little sleet over higher ground. A spell of more persistent rain is likely to move in to parts of the north and northwest, where there's the greatest chance of a few thunderstorms too. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees with west to southwest winds increasing fresh to strong and gusty, and with gales developing in coastal parts of the southwest, west and northwest.

Monday: It looks like Monday will be windy and fairly showery overall. Some of the showers will be heavy, with the chance of hail and isolated thunderstorms and a longer spell of rain is possible, especially in the north and northwest. There's the possibility too of a little sleet for a time over higher ground, mainly in the north. There'll be some sunny spells too, the best of these in the east and south and it'll gradually become a little drier later. Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in strong to near gale force and gusty westerly winds, with gales for a time in some coastal parts. The winds will gradually veer northwesterly and moderate.

Monday night: Apart from a few isolated coastal showers in the north and west, it'll be dry for a time on Monday night with clear spells and it'll be cold with frost and some icy patches. Later in the night, cloud will increase from the west, with rain moving into the southwest. Lowest temperatures of -1 to 5 degrees with winds easing mostly light and variable early in the night, before becoming southeasterly later on in the west and southwest and freshening a little.

Tuesday: Becoming very wet and windy with heavy rain spreading from the southwest, leading to some flooding. The rain will be accompanied by fresh to strong and gusty southeast to east winds. There's the chance that the rain will turn to sleet and possibly snow, especially across the northern half of the country. Highest temperatures of 3 to 11 degrees, north to south.

Wednesday: It's likely to continue wet and possibly blustery for a time on Wednesday with the continued chance of wintry precipitation further north. However, a clearance is likely to extend from the northwest through the day. Highest temperatures of 3 to 9 degrees, north to south, with moderate to fresh and occasionally strong and gusty cyclonic variable winds, becoming northerly and moderating.

Further outlook: Continuing generally unsettled with further spells of rain or showers and with rather windy conditions too at times.