Clare records Ireland’s warmest day of 2025
The warmest day of 2025 to date has been recorded at Shannon Airport in County Clare.
The mercury level rose to 19.1 C on Thursday afternoon as all of Ireland enjoyed long spells of sunshine.
Shannon beat the previous high of the year by just 0.1 C.
Mount Dillon in County Roscommon recorded 19 C on Monday.
Elsewhere on Thursday, Valentia in County Kerry recorded 18.4 C and Mace Head in Galway saw a temperature of 17.6 C.
A band of rain on Thursday night will be followed by sunshine again on Friday as the current settled spell looks set to continue until mid-April.
Temperatures will rise on Thursday to 19 or 20°C away from the south and east coasts, where it will be a few degrees cooler due to a moderate easterly breeze.
