Long range weather forecast for Ireland (29 January - 13 February 2025)

The weather outlook for Ireland for the next 12 to 16 days is mixed, but overall rainfall totals will be lower than average.

High pressure will be located close to Ireland for the duration of the outlook period and will inhibit Atlantic lows from impacting our weather to the same extent as has been experienced in the past week.

Parts of the northwest and north will experience moderate to strong winds at times, however, as high pressure edges a little further south and east. Rainfall totals will be highest in these areas while the lower totals will be towards the southeast of Ireland. 

Temperatures will be around average or slightly above average for the time of year. Overnight temperatures will dip into low single figures away from the north and west. 

Sunny conditions can be expected in all locations at times, particularly those located away from the west and northwest.

The precipitation charts indicate rainfall will affect Ireland tomorrow (Thursday) night, Saturday night into Sunday morning and Monday night into Tuesday morning. Further rainfall is expected by the end of next week as high pressure weakens allowing Atlantic systems to push in. Totals are expected to remain low overall, however. 

The below ECMWF ensembles forecast features the output of 50 perturbations (members). Each perturbation produces a separate forecast to address underlying uncertainties in the input data. The midlands region of Ireland has been selected in the below output from the overnight run of the weather model. The forecast of relatively low rainfall totals is confirmed here.

Reliability in forecasts diminishes increasingly after 3-5 days. This forecast has been produced utiklising the latest available data.