People have been asked to conserve water where they can as high temperatures are set to continue over the coming weeks.

A status yellow high temperature warning is in place for counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Galway, and Mayo from Monday afternoon until Wednesday morning.

Met Éireann said this would see maximum temperatures of over 27C, with overnight minimum temperatures of at least 15C, and warned that this will lead to heat stress, water safety issues, forest fires and uncomfortable sleeping conditions.

Meteorologist Rebecca Cantwell told RTÉ that “the end is not near, as of yet” and that the “good weather keeps on coming”, adding that areas of high pressure could continue into next week.

She said there could also be further warnings issued later in the week.

Apart from some light rain and the possibility of a few thunderstorms, this week will remain dry and largely sunny.

Uisce Éireann’s regional operations senior manager Stephen Burke said it was initially primarily concerned with supplies in the greater Dublin area, meaning Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow and parts of Meath.

He said they were “increasingly concerned” now about parts of Wexford, south Tipperary, east Limerick, west Cork, west Kerry, north Donegal, mid Galway, and south Mayo due to record high demand for drinking water.

Burke advised people to conserve water where they can, through activities such as avoiding watering the garden and taking shorter showers.

He said this would avoid the introduction of a hosepipe ban, aka a water conservation order, though he admitted it was “increasingly likely” this would be introduced.

The HSE has advised people to be aware of the increased risk of dehydration, heat exhaustion, heatstroke and sunburn.

A temperature of 30 degrees was recorded at the Met Éireann weather station on Valentia, Co Kerry, on Sunday.

The temperature reading requires verification but was described as a provisional station record by the forecaster in a post on X.

Here are the maximum air temperatures across our synoptic weather stations today🌡️⬇️

A provisional station record has been broken today at Valentia, Co Kerry with 30°C recorded. The previous record for Valentia was 29.8°C recorded in Aug 1955. pic.twitter.com/zYKDcLP6cC

— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) July 12, 2026

Alan O’Reilly from Carlow Weather said the sunshine looks set to continue into the weekend, and possibly into next week too.

O’Reilly said: “At the moment, the models pretty much agree that it [the warm weather] is going to continue into the weekend. We might see temperatures easing off a little bit for a few days, but you’re talking about easing off into 24 or 25 degrees, rather than 28 or 29 [degrees].

“But at the moment weekend is looking pretty good. Some of the weather models actually reload the high pressure and the heat back over us again for the following weeks, so to be honest there is no real end in sight at the moment.”

Laura Manoel and Tatiele Macedo at Seapoint in Dublin. Photo: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

A weather advistory from Met Éireann reads: “A prolonged spell of very warm or hot weather will continue this weekend lasting into next week. Daytime maxima will widely exceed 25 degrees with values reaching the high 20s, and possibly 30 degrees, in places. The UV Index is expected to be high to very high. Warm and humid nights will occur with minima of 15 degrees or higher. There is the chance of thunderstorms developing on Wednesday and Thursday.”

The national forecaster said potential impacts include:

• Water safety issues due to increased use of waterways, lakes and beaches.
• Uncomfortable sleeping conditions.
• Heat stress and dehydration, especially for the vulnerable and elderly.
• Potential disruption to public transport.
• Animal welfare issues.
• Potential drought concerns.
• Potential wildfires and forest fires.