{"id":252871,"date":"2025-07-10T07:21:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T07:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/252871\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T07:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T07:21:15","slug":"heatwave-temperatures-set-to-rise-across-northern-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/252871\/","title":{"rendered":"Heatwave: Temperatures set to rise across Northern Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crowds of people on the beach with windbreakers, tents and towels on the sand. The sky is blue with white fluffy clouds and the sea can be seen in the background as waves crash against the shore.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4e56b370-5cbb-11f0-8be8-0332ffa2eeb4.jpg\"  width=\"2560\" height=\"1440.1058901389808\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, BBC WEATHER WATCHER HELEN MImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Portrush is a popular location for people to enjoy the sun<\/p>\n<p>Cecilia Daly<\/p>\n<p>BBC News NI weather presenter<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Northern Ireland is expecting a second heatwave, less than three weeks <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c77v4711ezjo#:~:text=Northern%20Ireland%20has%20recorded%20its,the%20thermometer%20reach%2025.3C.\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">since the heatwave criteria was met for the first time this year<\/b><\/a><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Temperatures will continue to rise with increased humidity, strong sunshine (high UV levels) and high pollen levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The criteria for a heatwave in Northern Ireland are for somewhere to reach a temperature of 25C or more for three consecutive days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The latest data from the Met Office forecasts temperatures to reach 25C or 26C by Friday and to rise further over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A weather graphic showing a map of the United Kingdom. There are a list of different temperatures matched against shades of pink and red. Northern Ireland and most of the rest of the UK are shaded light pink - which corresponds to 25C. Parts of the south east of England are shaded in dark red which corresponds to temperatures of 28C. The background of the graphic is a blue sky with fluffy clouds.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fb8b0280-5cb6-11f0-ae37-a7df7603ca40.jpg\"  width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, MET OFFICEImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Temperatures are expected to 25C or 26C by Friday and rise further over the weekend<\/p>\n<p>Weather forecast for 12 July parades<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The peak of the heat may be on Saturday when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cy9x5qznj0wo\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">many people will be taking part in and watching the Twelfth of July parades<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The warmest Twelfth on record was in Belfast in 1983 when the thermometer hit 30.8C. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This was Northern Ireland&#8217;s highest ever temperature recorded &#8211; tied with 1976 &#8211; before it was broken in July 2021 at 31.3C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The second hottest Twelfth of July was at Thomastown, County Fermanagh, in 2013 with a top temperature of 29.1C.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A long-haired tan and brown German Shepherd type dog is standing in the sea with its pink tongue hanging out as it cools down. The beach has pebbles and stones on it and there are mountains in the background. \" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3f382810-5cbb-11f0-8be8-0332ffa2eeb4.jpg\"  width=\"2560\" height=\"1439.6131260794473\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, BBC WEATHER WATCHER IANImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This dog was enjoying a cold water dip at Cultra in North Down during the last heatwave<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Temperatures over the weekend are expected to reach 27C or 28C which would certainly challenge the number three spot. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The third warmest Twelfth of July was at Movanagher fish farm near Kilrea, County Londonderry, when the mercury hit 24.7C in 1999.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Many of the beaches will enjoy some very warm sunshine over the weekend though there is the risk of some sea mist patches especially in coastal areas of Down and Antrim, which should hopefully burn off quickly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Next week, temperatures are expected to gradually drop as fresher air moves in from the Atlantic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image source, BBC WEATHER WATCHER HELEN MImage caption, Portrush is a popular location for people to enjoy the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[1144,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-252871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-northern-ireland","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114827735018784961","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}