{"id":625250,"date":"2026-08-07T11:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/625250\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T11:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:27:14","slug":"temperatures-to-reach-25-degrees-as-rain-forecast-for-weekend-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/625250\/","title":{"rendered":"Temperatures to reach 25 degrees as rain forecast for weekend \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph free b-it-article-body__text--left\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/weather-ireland\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/weather-ireland\">weather in Ireland<\/a> will be dry for the most part with some cloud and outbreaks of rain as temperatures reach highs of 25 degrees in parts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free b-it-article-body__text--left\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/met-eireann\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/met-eireann\">Met \u00c9ireann<\/a>, Friday will be a mainly dry day with a mix of cloud and sunny spells. The odd shower of light rain is possible. Highest temperatures of 16 to 24 degrees, coolest in the northwest and warmest in Leinster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Friday night will also be mainly dry with clear spells, mainly over Munster and Leinster. It will become cloudier in Connacht and Ulster with patchy rain developing in parts of the west and northwest. Lowest temperatures of 8 to 13 degrees. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">It will be mostly cloudy in west Munster, Connacht and Ulster on Saturday, with outbreaks of rain, extending into Leinster towards evening. Much of Leinster and Munster will be dry with bright or sunny intervals. Highest temperatures of 16 to 20 degrees in Connacht and Ulster and 20 to 25 degrees in Leinster and Munster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">The national forecaster says Saturday night will be mild and cloudy with scattered outbreaks of rain mainly in Ulster. The south will experience \u201cdecent dry intervals\u201d. Temperatures will not fall below 11 to 16 degrees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Sunday will be mostly cloudy as outbreaks of rain move slowly south-eastwards, becoming lighter and patchier before eventually clearing. Highest temperatures will range from 16 degrees in the northwest to 24 degrees in the southeast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Sunday night will be mainly dry with clear spells. It will be quite cool with lowest temperatures of nine to 14 degrees.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"People caught in a sudden rain shower in Dublin city centre. Photograph: Sam Boal\/Collins Photos&#10;\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WUCEXBDXRWV3PVJO32ERF6RTMU.JPG\"   width=\"800\" height=\"613\"\/>People caught in a sudden rain shower in Dublin city centre. Photograph: Sam Boal\/Collins Photos<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Into next week, Monday will be mainly dry with a mix of cloud and sunny spells. However, there will be a few showers. Highest temperatures of 17 to 22 degrees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/world\/europe\/2026\/08\/04\/qa-how-is-the-weather-affecting-europes-main-holiday-destinations\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How are European destinations popular with Irish tourists affected by extreme weather?Opens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The weather in Ireland will be dry for the most part with some cloud and outbreaks of rain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,1877,52,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5602,5,7,8,5767],"class_list":["post-625250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-cork","tag-dublin","tag-eire","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-headlines","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-met-eireann","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-weather-ireland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117053990736386305","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}