National Forecast
Issued at: 02 October 2026 19:30
TONIGHT
Becoming mostly dry and clear tonight with remaining rain in the southeast continuing to clear eastwards. Isolated showers, mainly across Ulster, will die out for a time before returning towards morning. Patches of mist and fog will form overnight, especially near southern coastal fringes. Cooler under those clear skies with lowest temperatures of 3 to 8 degrees in light southerly or variable breezes.
TOMORROW - Saturday 3rd October
Saturday will be a bright, fresh day with sunny spells developing for many. While it will be a mainly dry day for most, a few showers will affect Ulster through the morning and afternoon. Cloud will thicken from the Atlantic towards evening. Highest temperatures of 14 to 17 degrees in light southerly breezes, moderate to fresh near Atlantic coasts.
National Outlook
Overview: High pressure dominates at first with plenty of cloudy but dry weather. Daytime temperatures in the mid to high teens. Turning more mixed next week.
Saturday Night: A mainly dry night with clear spells, though cloudier in the west and northwest with the odd spot of light rain or drizzle there. Patchy mist and fog will form in the south overnight with lowest temperatures of 7 to 12 degrees in light to moderate southwest winds.
Sunday: A cloudier day on Sunday with some patchy rain and drizzle over the western half of the country. Mainly dry elsewhere with the best of the sunny spells in the southeast. Moderate southwesterly winds and highest temperatures of 16 to 19 degrees.
Sunday Night: Cloudy with some patchy rain and drizzle, mainly affecting western counties. Lowest temperatures of 11 to 13 degrees in light to moderate southwesterly breezes with areas of mist and fog forming mainly in the south.
Monday: Mostly cloudy with patchy rain and drizzle. Some sunny spells will develop also while a band of more persistent rain moves in across the north later. Southwesterly breezes will be moderate with highest temperatures of 16 to 19 degrees.
Tuesday: Current indications are for outbreaks of rain to sink southeastwards over the country but it will be followed by drier, brighter conditions later in the evening. Highest temperatures of 14 to 18 degrees in light, occasionally moderate northerly breezes.
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.