National Forecast

Issued at: 27 February 2026 21:00

TONIGHT

Cold and mostly clear tonight with frost and ice setting in. Lowest temperatures of -2 to +2 degrees in near calm.

TOMORROW - Saturday 28th February

Saturday will start off dry with sunshine and with frost and any ice clearing. Showery outbreaks of rain will move into western parts through the morning and slowly extend eastwards through the afternoon, last to reach the Northeast. Highest temperatures of 6 to 10 degrees, with winds increasing moderate to fresh southerly.

National Outlook

Overview: Turning wet and windy at first. Our weather will turn more mixed as we move into next week with temperatures around average or slightly above for the start of meteorological spring.

Saturday night: Mostly cloudy with further outbreaks of rain and drizzle spreading from the southwest early on in the night becoming widespread. Lowest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees in moderate to fresh southeasterly winds, stronger along Atlantic coasts.

Sunday: A wet and rather windy start to meteorological spring with outbreaks of rain, turning heavy at times, especially in the southwest and west, with some spot flooding possible. Highest temperatures of 10 to 12 degrees in fresh to strong southerly winds, reaching near gale to gale force in coastal parts of the west and south.

Sunday night: The rain will clear eastwards on Sunday night and the winds will ease light to moderate. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees.

Monday: Monday will bring some bright or sunny spells and a good lot of dry weather in many areas for a time, apart from scattered showers in the west and northwest. Becoming cloudier from the northwest through the day as a band of showery rain moves southeastwards. Highest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees in moderate to fresh southwest winds, starting to veer northwesterly later and easing light to moderate.

Monday night: Becoming mostly dry and clear on Monday night as the cloud and rain clears to the southeast. Lowest temperatures of -1 to +3 degrees with some frost and icy patches.

Tuesday: A dry and sunny day with highest temperatures of 9 to 11 degrees in light to moderate southerly winds.