Forecast issued at: Saturday 15th November 2025 11:00
Rain
The past week has been much wetter than average, with rainfall amounts between 1.5 and 4 times the average for the time of year. The wettest station was Gurteen, Co. Tipperary, where 85 mm of rainfall was recorded (399% of its average). Dublin Airport, Co. Dublin, had the lowest rainfall total, with 43.9 mm recorded there (256% of average). The coming 7 days will start see a change to our overall weather regime with drier to near normal amounts of rainfall. It will be driest in the far south of Munster while wettest across the far north of Ulster. Rainfall amounts will vary significantly across the country. Parts of the south will see less than half of average but across the far north will see more than 1.5 times average.
Temperatures
Air temperatures were between 0.2 and 2.7 degrees milder than average over the past week. Mean values ranged between 7.4 degrees Celsius at Ireland West Airport, Knock, Co. Mayo and 11.4 degrees Celsius at Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford. Soil temperatures were also higher than normal, ranging between 9.8 and 11.5 degrees Celsius, which is around 1.5 to 3.7 degrees Celsius above average. Looking ahead, temperatures will gradually fall with mean air temperatures dropping below average for the time of year, ranging from 5 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 16.9 hours (115% of average).
Drying Conditions
Drying conditions will remain moderate or poor generally for today. An improvement is likely to develop from Sunday but unsettled weather does return early next week further hampering drying conditions. Temperatures forecast to drop below 10 degrees Celsius generally, so 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, while well drained soils are saturated. There'll be a slight improvement in field conditions generally over the coming days but soil moisture levels across all soils are set to remain quite high.
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