Ireland weather forecast: Cold snap on the way with sub-zero temperatures expected

Thermometers could dip as low as -3 on Friday and into the weekend

Friday threatens to get slightly colder again with night-time temperatures reaching as low as -3. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
Friday threatens to get slightly colder again with night-time temperatures reaching as low as -3. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Ireland is in line for another cold snap with forecasters predicting sub-zero night-time temperatures later this week.

According to Met Éireann, thermometers could dip as low as -3 on Friday but with similar lows due from Thursday and into the weekend.

In the wake of Storm Éowyn and the destruction it brought to the country, this week’s weather is unlikely to attract too much attention but it will be cold.

While dry for the rest of the week, it is set to become more frigid and bringing frost.

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Wednesday night will be clear and cold with temperatures bottoming out at -2 degrees.

Similarly on Thursday, daytime conditions will be stable at an expected February 7 to 10 degrees during the day and with some fresh southeasterly winds, but the temperatures are again likely to dip below zero.

Friday threatens to get slightly colder again with night-time temperatures reaching as low as -3.

Daytime temperatures over the weekend will also lower, according to Met Éireann, to between 4 and 8 degrees and, again at night, to about -2.

Mark Hilliard

Mark Hilliard

Mark Hilliard is a reporter with The Irish Times