Connacht

Issued at: 25 March 2026 01:00

TODAY - Wednesday 25th March

Wednesday will be cool and blustery with frequent showers. The showers may turn wintry over higher ground and with the chance of hail. Highest temperatures of 6 to 8 degrees and feeling colder with an added wind chill factor. Fresh to strong and gusty northwesterly winds will moderate later.

TONIGHT

Largely dry tonight with long clear spells and isolated showers, along with moderating westerly breezes. It will turn cloudier across western areas towards morning. Cold with lowest temperatures of 0 to 3 degrees, with frost and icy patches developing in places.

TOMORROW - Thursday 26th March

Cloudy or overcast on Thursday with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle, turning persistent into the afternoon and evening. Some hill, mist and coastal fog too. Highest temperatures of 8 to 10 degrees in a light to moderate southwest breeze.

National Outlook

Outlook: Early rain on Friday will give way to sunshine and scattered showers, generally dry on Saturday, with a wet day following on Sunday.

Thursday night: Cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Hill, mist and coastal fog will occur too. A clearance will set in across northwest counties towards morning though. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees in moderate west to southwest winds.

Friday: Generally wet to begin. However, sunny spells and well-scattered showers will extend to remaining areas into the afternoon. The odd wintry shower will affect west and northwest during the evening. Breezy with moderate to fresh west to northwest winds. Highest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees.

Friday night: Most areas will be dry and clear, outside of a few well scattered showers with isolated wintry showers. Cold with some frost and ice. Lowest temperatures of 0 to 4 degrees in a moderate north-west breeze.

Saturday: A bright and breezy with sunshine and scattered showers. The showers will fade away across west and southwest areas through the afternoon and the rest of the country in the evening. Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in a rather brisk north-west wind, making it feel quite cool.

Saturday night: Cold and clear early on with some frost and ice. Turning wet and breezy later.

Sunday: Starting out wet and rather windy. While the rain will give way to more showery conditions later, it will remain fairly blustery with strong and gusty southwest veering westerly later.