*Harry Fitzpatrick and Anthony enjoying the sunshine. Photograph: Joe Buckley
CO CLARE has recorded its warmest temperature of the year today (Saturday).
Met Éireann’s weather station at Shannon Airport recorded temperatures of 30°C on Saturday afternoon making it the warmest day of the year so far in 2025 in Co Clare.
It surpasses the 25°C recorded at Shannon at the end of April, as well as the 29.6°C logged at Mount Dillon in Roscommon on 20 June, which had been the warmest temperature of 2025 in Ireland until now.
With the sunshine and warm weather, Clare’s coastal spots have been busy since Thursday with the numbers remaining high across the weekend in parts of West and North Clare.
Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy has seen a particular bounce in visitors aided by the sunshine in Miltown Malbay.
From Sunday afternoon the hot weather is set to break with a spell of unsettled conditions lasting through next week. Prior to this, the warm conditions will run into Sunday morning but will begin to break by the afternoon, founder of weatheire.com Mark Dunphy outlined.
Cooler air will begin pushing in from the southwest by Sunday afternoon, extending eastward through the evening. Thunderstorms are likely to develop in the west from mid-afternoon, with risks of localised flooding and power outages.
Dunphy stated, “Heavy and scattered thunderstorms, along with longer spells of rain, will bring above-average rainfall nationwide throughout the coming week. Western counties could see totals of up to 70mm by week’s end, while the far south and southeast may see lower amounts between 20–30mm. This showery, Atlantic-driven pattern is expected to persist into next weekend and beyond”.
He added, “The unsettled pattern continues into next week, with scattered showers and longer spells of rain some of it thundery expected each day. Temperatures on Monday and Tuesday will dip to the mid to high teens before gradually rising again later in the week to the high teens or mid-20s. High humidity may trigger further thunderstorms later in the week”.
