Connacht
Issued at: 26 August 2026 17:30
TODAY - Wednesday 26th August
Sunny spells this evening, and largely dry, just a few showers mainly affecting southern parts of Connacht, and these may be locally heavy or thundery. Light easterly winds.
TONIGHT
Dry tonight with some areas of mist and fog. Mild and humid with temperatures not falling below 12 to 15 degrees, in light winds.
Pollen Forecast
Low today and on Thursday
Solar UV Index
Moderate today and on Thursday
TOMORROW - Thursday 27th August
Dry for much of tomorrow with sunny spells. However, there will be the potential for showery outbreaks of heavy, possibly thundery rain later in the day. Warm with highest temperatures of 20 to 24 degrees with mostly light northeast winds.
National Outlook
Overview: Unsettled with rain or showers, heavy or thundery at times.
Thursday night: Scattered outbreaks of rain will affect the country, locally heavy and thundery with the potential for some thunderstorms. However, it will likely become drier across the western half of the country. Patches of mist or fog may form in light variable mainly westerly breezes. Lowest temperatures of 13 to 16 degrees.
Friday will bring a mix of bright or sunny spells and scattered showers, some heavy and thundery, especially across Ulster during the afternoon and evening. Rather warm with highest temperatures of 18 to 23 degrees, warmest in the southeast with light to moderate northwest breezes. Dry for a time on Friday night, before wet weather arrives to the southwest and moves up much of the southern half of the country by morning.
On Saturday, low cloud and rain in the morning will quickly clear eastwards. Sunny spells and showers will follow from the west in the afternoon, with mostly dry weather following by evening with late sunshine. Highest temperatures of 16 to 21 degrees, coolest across northwest counties. Easterly breezes will become west to northwest later.
Sunday will be a dull wet day with outbreaks of rain for much of the day, heavy and persistent at times. Cooler everywhere with highest temperatures of 16 to 18 degrees and cyclonic variable mainly moderate westerly breezes.
Current indications suggest that the early days of next week will continue unsettled with rain or showers at times.
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.