Heatwave 2025: Ireland basks in glorious sunshine with more to come
From the parks in our cities and towns, to our mountains and lakes and rivers - from Donegal to Dingle, we've been blessed with fine August weather.
Temperatures hit the 31.3C mark in Roscommon early last month and stayed in the high 20s for three and four days in a row in some counties, but nowhere fulfilled Met Eireann's heatwave definition of at least 25C for five consecutive days.
However, a new blast of summer heat looks set to spark a series of high temperature warnings and cautionary advisories from road safety campaigners with latest forecasts showing temperatures in excess of 25C for most of this and next week.
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Temperatures are set to hit 25C tomorrow in light southerly breezes, And while Thursday will start cloudy, the sun won't be long breaking through again.
Friday's set to be another 25C day, while it's likely continuing warm and settled into the weekend with temperatures generally in the low to mid-twenties and light easterly breezes - perfect for anyone going to the Oasis gigs or any of the fantastic festivals up and running nationwide.
Check out our photo gallery here to see how glorious summer has been so far - and is going to continue to be! For more weather stories check out our homepage.
Nathalie and Laura from Germany pictured enjoying summer 2025 at St Stephens Green Dublin (Image: © Collins Photo Agency) 1 of 7
People enjoying then weather in Sandycove, Dublin 2 of 7
Enjoying hot weather at Burrow Beech (Image: Collins Photo Agency) 3 of 7
Miya Jai, Roman Byrne and Cooper Coyle enjoying the good weather on Burrow Beach in North Dublin 4 of 7
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