{"id":591953,"date":"2026-08-13T11:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/591953\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T11:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:20:09","slug":"heat-warning-ireland-set-for-31c-scorcher-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/591953\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat Warning: Ireland Set For 31C Scorcher On Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ireland set for another sweltering day<\/p>\n

Temperatures could reach 31C today as a Status Yellow heat warning remains in place for 13 counties, with Met \u00c9ireann saying Thursday may prove the warmest day of a scorching week. <\/p>\n

The warning covers all of Leinster plus Tipperary and stays in force until 6am on Friday.<\/p>\n

Highs of 30C have already been recorded at Oak Park in Carlow and Casement Aerodrome in Dublin this week, with the Phoenix Park also believed to have hit 30 degrees, The Journal reports<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The best of the heat will again be in eastern counties such as Wexford, Dublin and Wicklow, while coastal parts of the west and southwest will sit closer to 20 degrees with some mist and fog.<\/p>\n

A Met \u00c9ireann forecaster said, as reported by the Irish Mirror<\/a>: \u201cToday will be another humid and a generally very warm or hot day with variable cloud and some sunny spells, the best of these across the midlands and east.\u201d Scattered thunderstorms are possible in parts of Connacht, Ulster and west Munster.<\/p>\n

What the heat warning means<\/p>\n

Met \u00c9ireann has flagged possible water safety issues due to increased use of beaches and waterways, uncomfortable sleeping conditions, heat stress and animal welfare concerns. <\/p>\n

Meteorologist Liz Walsh told RT\u00c9 Radio One that while a yellow warning will not affect most people, \u201cthey might affect more vulnerable members of society, such as the elderly, very young, and others with underlying health conditions\u201d.<\/p>\n

Cloud and showery rain will start to push eastwards this evening, and while heatwave conditions have not quite been met, it is a dramatic turn from Met \u00c9ireann’s August forecast<\/a>, which had suggested a more unsettled month. The warning lifts at 6am on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ireland set for another sweltering day Temperatures could reach 31C today as a Status Yellow heat warning remains…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[250264,61,60,250265,1191,43],"class_list":["post-591953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-heat-warning","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-ireland-weather","tag-met-eireann","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591953","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=591953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}