{"id":553723,"date":"2026-07-17T02:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T02:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/553723\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T02:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T02:48:20","slug":"heatwave-continues-in-northern-ireland-with-expected-temperatures-up-to-28c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/553723\/","title":{"rendered":"Heatwave continues in Northern Ireland with expected temperatures up to 28C"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Giraffes at Belfast Zoo enjoyed being cooled down on Thursday as the heatwave continues.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures were expected to reach up to 28C in some areas of Northern Ireland as the region continues to bask in sunshine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"427\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/heatwave-continues-in-northern-ireland-with-expected-temperatures-up-to-28c.jpg\" alt=\"A zookeeper uses a hose to create a cooling spray for the giraffes at Belfast Zoo\" data-title=\"Summer weather July 16th 2026\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Liam McBurney\" data-usage-terms=\"\"\/>A zookeeper uses a hose to create a cooling spray for the giraffes at Belfast Zoo (Liam McBurney\/PA)\n<\/p>\n<p>As many families headed to the beach to cool off, the residents of Belfast Zoo were enjoying some cold treats.<\/p>\n<p>There were ice pops for the chimps and meerkats and ice blocks for the gorillas, and the giraffes basked in a sprinkling of cold water from hoses.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures are expected to drop to the low 20Cs this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Giraffes at Belfast Zoo enjoyed being cooled down on Thursday as the heatwave continues. Temperatures were expected to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-553723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}