40 shades of everything during mixed Easter weekend

On an Easter Bank Holiday Weekend that saw Roches Point in Cork record more than 70mm of rainfall, there was some bright spells at times.

Easter Monday was the highlight, with sunny spells across most areas, except Ulster, which remained under low-lying cloud for much of the day.

Good Friday was among the year’s wettest days, with parts of the south seeing over 40mm of rain.

Temperatures ranged from 12 to 15c over the weekend.

Casement in Dublin, Mullingar in Westmeath, Oak Park in Carlow, and Roches Point in Cork recorded a maximum temperature of 14.8 °C on Monday.

A mix of sunny spells and showers with longer spells of rain at times will dominate Ireland’s weather for the coming week.

Atlantic systems will become squeezed between two areas of high pressure to the north and south of Ireland bringing widespread rain through Thursday night into Friday morning.

High pressure looks set to become more dominant during next week, however, as drier conditions return following an unsettled second half to April.

Tuesday’s rainfall will taper off overnight to leave a largely dry day on Wednesday with some scattered showers.