National Forecast
Issued at: 05 June 2026 05:05
TODAY - Friday 5th June
Today will bring an improvement to most places for a time, as it won't be as showery or as breezy as of late. There'll be some sunny spells too for a while, the best of these across the east and north and it'll stay dry generally in the east. However, there'll still be scattered showers, especially further west and north. Cloud will increase during the afternoon, and it'll become wet and breezy across Munster through the evening, with rain moving up from the south-west, heavy later in the south and southwest. The rain will edge into southern parts of Leinster and southern parts of Connacht too before nightfall. Cool for early summer with highest temperatures generally of 12 to 16 degrees, maybe a little higher in parts of the east, in a mostly moderate southerly wind, backing southeasterly later and increasing fresh and occasionally gusty in Munster and parts of south Leinster, stronger in some coastal parts.
TONIGHT
Rain will become widespread tonight and will become heavy in places too, particularly in the south. There'll be some mist and hill fog too. Becoming breezy with the rain, with east to southeast winds increasing moderate to fresh and occasionally gusty, strong at times in some coastal parts. Winds will decrease light to moderate cyclonic variable for a time in inlands parts of Munster, before increasing moderate to fresh and occasionally gusty west to northwesterly there later. Lowest temperatures of 8 to 12 degrees.
TOMORROW - Saturday 6th June
A cloudy and wet start to Saturday for most, with further outbreaks of rain, heavy in places for a while, before easing. A clearance to mostly dry conditions with some bright or sunny spells will move into the southwest and west early in the morning, gradually extending elsewhere, with the last of the rain clearing from the east and northeast through the afternoon and early evening. Cloud will build again in the west in the evening, with more rain and drizzle moving in. Highest temperatures of 13 to 17 degrees in mostly light to moderate cyclonic variable winds, fresh for a time in the east, with fresh to strong westerly winds for a time in the morning in Munster, becoming westerly generally as the rain clears, mostly moderate into the afternoon, later backing southwesterly and freshening along the west coast.
National Outlook
Continuing unsettled with rain or showers each day and cooler than average for the time of year.
Saturday night: Saturday night will bring a good deal of cloud overall, with rain and drizzle, mainly for the southwest, west and northwest. It'll hold mostly dry elsewhere, with some clear spells for a time. Lowest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees in mostly moderate southerly winds, fresh to strong in western coastal parts.
Sunday: Cloudy in all areas with outbreaks of rain becoming widespread from the west through the morning, some of it heavy. Brighter conditions with sunshine and showers, will move into western and northwestern parts during the afternoon, and slowly extend elsewhere. Some of the showers may turn heavy later, especially in the northwest, while it'll stay cloudy and wet well into the evening in the east and southeast. Highest temperatures of 14 to 18 degrees in moderate to fresh southwest winds.
Sunday night: Sunday night will bring a mix of clear spells and showers, with most of the showers in the west and north, some heavy. Lowest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in mostly moderate southwest to west winds.
Monday: Monday will be a brighter day with sunshine and showers, some of them heavy. Highest temperatures of 13 to 16 degrees in mostly moderate west to southwest winds, fresher in western coastal parts.
Tuesday: Tuesday will be another day of sunshine and showers, again some heavy, with a chance of thunder and possibly hail too. Similar temperatures with highs of 13 to 16 degrees in mostly moderate, occasionally fresh, westerly winds.
Wednesday: There'll probably be fewer showers on Wednesday, with a good lot of dry weather for a time and some sunny spells. However, it's likely that cloud will increase through the day with rain starting to push up from the southwest later. Highest temperatures of 14 to 17 degrees, with mostly moderate westerly winds, backing southerly and starting to freshen in western and southwestern coastal parts. The rain will become widespread then on Wednesday night, becoming heavy at times.
Thursday: Some heavy rain at first will clear eastwards, with sunshine and showers following, some heavy. Highest temperatures of 14 to 18 degrees in moderate to fresh and occasionally gusty southwest winds.
Further outlook: It'll likely stay unsettled into next weekend.
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.