Phoenix Park in Dublin recorded a monthly high temperature of 13.8C on Wednesday.
The previous high of 13.2c was recorded at Valentia Observatory in County Kerry on Valentine's Day.
Phoenix Park holds the all-time record Highest Shaded Air temperature for February.
A positively balmy 18.1°C was recorded there on February 23rd, 1891.
The Met Éireann Phoenix Park AWS is 48 metres above mean sea level and is situated within the grounds of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland.
Mean temperatures across Ireland for the month are close to the Long Term Average (LTA) following a cold start to the month.
Temperatures will be above average for the rest of the month.
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