Issued at: 27 May 2026 12:00
Dry and sunny. Top temperatures of 21 to 25 degrees, though a little lower for some eastern coasts due to a mostly moderate easterly breeze.
Mainly dry with clear spells, but there is the potential for scattered showers overnight tonight. Mild with temperatures not falling below 11 to 16 degrees in light to moderate east or southeast breezes.
Moderate Wednesday and Thursday.
High Wednesday. Moderate to high Thursday.
Mainly dry with sunny spells. Cloud will develop in the west during the afternoon and spread eastwards during the evening bringing light rain or drizzle. Highest temperatures of 19 to 25 degrees. Moderate southeasterly winds will veer southwesterly in the afternoon and evening, freshening for western coasts.
Overview: Largely dry on Friday. Turning cooler and more unsettled for the long weekend.
Thursday night: A good deal of cloud in the north and west with patchy light rain and drizzle. Dry and with long clear spells elsewhere. Temperatures will not fall below 9 to 14 degrees with moderate, occasionally fresh southwest to west winds, easing light from the south later.
Friday: Any lingering patchy rain and drizzle in the north and west will clear away in the morning to leave a largely dry with plenty of sunshine and just isolated light showers. Highest temperatures of 17 to 22 or 23 degrees, warmest for Leinster, in light to moderate southwesterly winds, fresh at times in the north in the morning.
Friday night: Mostly dry at first with long clear spells. Cloud will build from the west later in the night with outbreaks of rain in the west and southwest by morning. Temperatures not falling below 9 to 13 degrees in mostly light southerly breezes with mist and fog patches developing.
Saturday: After a largely dry start with sunny spells, rain will spread eastwards over the country through the morning and afternoon, turning heavy at times, especially in the north later with the chance of isolated thunderstorms. A clearance to sunny spells and scattered showers will follow for the western half of the country through the evening. Highest temperatures ranging from 15 degrees in the west to 22 degrees in the east in moderate south or southwest winds.
Sunday: A mix of cloud, sunny spells and scattered showers, becoming more isolated later in the afternoon and evening. Highest temperatures of 15 to 19 degrees generally but reaching 20 or 21 degrees in parts of the east, all in light to moderate westerly winds.
Bank Holiday Monday: A cloudy and west start with showery outbreaks of rain, turning heavy at times. Sunny spells and scattered showers will follow from the west later. Highest temperatures of 16 to 21 degrees in moderate south or southwest winds.
Further Outlook: Unsettled with spells of rain and showers. Temperatures falling to mid-teens generally.

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.