Forecast issued at: Friday 14th November 2025 12:00
Rain
The past week has been much wetter than average for the vast majority of the country, with rainfall amounts between one and a half and four times the average for the time of year. The wettest station was Gurteen, Co. Tipperary, where 87.1 mm of rainfall was recorded (407% of its average). Dublin Airport, Co. Dublin, had the lowest rainfall total, with 37.9 mm recorded there (221% of average). The coming 7 days will start out unsettled with further spells of rain moving up from the south on Friday and Saturday. It will be drier in the northwest and it will gradually become drier everywhere over the weekend and into early next week. Conditions will turn more mixed towards midweek next week. Rainfall amounts will vary significantly across the country. Parts of the southwest are forecast to receive significantly below average (approximately 40% of average) rainfall amounts during the next seven days. In contrast, parts of the east are forecast to receive above average rainfall amounts.
Temperatures
Air temperatures were between 0.7 and 3 degrees milder than average over the past week. Mean values ranged between 7.8 degrees Celsius (1.1 degrees above average) at Ireland West Airport, Knock, Co. Mayo and 11.5 degrees Celsius at Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford (2.7 degrees above average) and Roches Point, Co. Cork (2.1 degrees above average). Soil temperatures were also higher than normal, ranging between 9.8 and 11.7 degrees Celsius, which is around 2 to 4 degrees Celsius above average. For the week ahead, temperatures will gradually fall, starting mild but becoming colder over the weekend and into next week. Overall the week ahead will see mean air temperatures dropping below average for the time of year, ranging from 4 to 10 degrees, and up to 2 degrees below normal.
Sunshine
Sunshine amounts were varied across the country for the past week. While most areas saw close to average amounts, parts of the southeast and south saw below average amounts. It was dullest in the southeast with Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford only getting 10.9 hours (65% of average). In contrast, Shannon Airport, Co. Clare recorded the most sunshine with 18.4 hours (124% of average).
Drying Conditions
Drying conditions will remain poor generally for the next few days. An improvement is likely to develop over the weekend, especially from Sunday. However, with temperatures forecast to drop below 10 degrees Celsius generally, any drying conditions will be a best moderate.
Spraying
Spraying opportunities will be limited over the coming days. Some windows of opportunity will develop from Sunday.
Field Conditions
Soil moisture levels remain very high following the recent wet period. Moderately and poorly drained soils are waterlogged, with surface ponding evident in heavier soils, while well drained soils are saturated. While there'll be further spells of heavy rain initially, there'll be a slight improvement in field conditions by the end of the next seven days, with conditions becoming less unsettled over the weekend.
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