Connacht
Issued at: 19 December 2025 17:00
TODAY - Friday 19th December
Mostly dry and clear with just isolated showers. Light to moderate southerly winds.
TONIGHT
Tonight will be mostly dry and clear. Freshening southeast winds will feed up some cloud and isolated showers towards dawn. Lowest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees.
Solar UV Index
Low
TOMORROW - Saturday 20th December
Windy and wet to start, with outbreaks of rain developing in the morning. Rain clearing to the east with drier and clearer weather, and just isolated showers following behind through the evening. Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees. Fresh southeast winds, easing and backing southwest by evening.
National Outlook
Overview: Unsettled over the coming days with rain or showers, as well as turning cooler if not colder from Sunday. However, high pressure will bring mostly dry and fairly calm conditions from later Tuesday, lasting for much of the Christmas period.
Saturday night: A very cold and calm night with frost and ice developing under clear skies. Some freezing fog possible across Ulster and the Midlands too. Showers wil move into southeast and east areas later, locally turning wintry. Lowest temperatures of -2 to + 2 degrees.
Sunday: Cooler than recent days with showery rain moving in across the country on an easterly breeze, with the chance of the odd wintry shower. Highest daytime temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees.
Monday: Further showery rain is expected, mainly across Ulster and Leinster with more persistent spells possible across these regions. Overnight fog may linger in places. Frost and ice in places to begin too. Highest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees, in just a light easterly breeze.
Tuesday: Some further showery rain, moving further west this time, while becoming drier elsewhere. Highest temperature of 5 to 8 degrees with just light variable breezes. Mist and fog places also.
Rather cold for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day - dry and quiet with crisp winter sunshine, but with frost and ice to begin and end each day. There will be the chance of a few coastal showers up along the East Coast, in a light to moderate east to northeast breeze.
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.