Temperatures to reach low 20s next week
Temperatures will reach the low 20s away from the east and south coast next week, as high pressure takes charge of our weather.
Following a warm and dry first half of April, during which Newport Furnace in Mayo recorded 21.9°C, the past ten days have brought higher than average rainfall amounts.
Parts of the south of Ireland have recorded rainfall totals almost seven times more than the seasonal average during the last week. Met Éireann says the past week was wettest near the south and southeast coasts, with 92.5 mm recorded at Roches Point in Cork, which is 667% of the normal amount for the time of year.
Next week will be predominantly dry, with temperatures gradually increasing into the low 20s by mid-week. High pressure centred over or slightly north of Ireland will draw in a warm southerly airmass.
It will be warmest away from southern and eastern counties, which will see temperatures reaching the high teens in a light southeast breeze.
The warm temperatures may spark off some heavy showers later in the week.
In 1984, Glenties in County Donegal recorded the record air temperature (25.8°C) for April. It is unlikely that this record will be broken next week, however.
