{"id":560218,"date":"2026-07-21T05:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T05:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/560218\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T05:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T05:25:14","slug":"ireland-weather-another-hot-day-looms-but-met-eireann-raises-prospect-of-rain-this-week-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/560218\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland weather: Another hot day looms, but Met \u00c9ireann raises prospect of rain this week \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Temperatures up to 24 degrees are forecast on Tuesday with sunny spells gradually increasing in the afternoon after a cloudy start to the day. But forecasters have raised the prospect of rain at the weekend. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">As the good weather continues, Met \u00c9ireann said it will be warmest further south on Tuesday with highest temperatures in a range between 19 and 24 degrees. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">However, it will be \u201ca bit cooler\u201d near northwestern and northern coasts, with highest temperatures between 15 and 18 degrees. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Tuesday night will be dry for most with clear spells but \u201ccloudier further north with a little light rain or drizzle possible\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Met \u00c9ireann said the week ahead will see high pressure bringing \u201cdry and warm conditions for most with some decent sunshine too.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">But current forecasts are for conditions to become more mixed over the weekend with \u201csome rain and showers expected\u201d but also some sunny spells, especially in the south and east.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Dublin weather on Tuesday is forecast to start off cloudy before \u201cgood sunshine\u201d develops through the afternoon, with peak temperatures in a range between 20 and 23 degrees. A light to moderate northerly breeze is also forecast. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Similarly, it will start off cloudy over much of Leinster with the best of the early sunshine in the southeast. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cSunny spells will become more widespread through the afternoon,\u201d Met \u00c9ireann said of the outlook for Leinster. Highest temperatures will be between 20 to 24 degrees, warmest in the south of the province with a light to moderate northerly breeze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Cloud is forecast over the north Munster region early on Tuesday, with sunshine further south becoming more widespread through the afternoon. Peak temperatures are forecast in a range between 19 to 24 degrees, with a light to moderate northerly breeze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Connacht and Ulster are also forecast to start off \u201cgenerally cloudy\u201d before some good sunshine develops for most through the afternoon in Connacht with some good sunshine developing away from northwest Ulster through the afternoon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The highest temperatures in Connacht will be between 18 to 21 degrees, but Met \u00c9ireann said it will be a little cooler near north-facing coasts with a light to moderate northerly breeze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Highest temperatures in Ulster are forecast to range from 15 degrees in the north of the province to 20 degrees in the south, with a light, occasionally moderate, northerly breeze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Temperatures up to 24 degrees are forecast on Tuesday with sunny spells gradually increasing in the afternoon after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1355,61,60,1191,43,18335],"class_list":["post-560218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-heat","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-met-eireann","tag-news","tag-weather-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560218","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=560218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}