After the country basked in sunshine over the long weekend, the question on everyone's lips is: will it last?
The outlook is good, unless you are about the sit down to a couple of weeks of exams. The sun will remain until the weekend with light-to-moderate easterly winds forecast. It will get progressively cooler, however, with a risk of some showers on Saturday.
Today and tomorrow are forecast to be sunny and dry. Temperatures will reach the high teens or low twenties on Thursday with the highest temperatures predicted in mid-western and south-western areas and cooler temperatures forecast in northern and eastern areas.
Friday will see temperatures dropping a few degrees lower generally peaking in the high teens with the chance of 20 degrees in some western areas but around the mid teens in northern and north-eastern areas.
June has got off to a great start after an unsettled May during which rain made a frequent appearance. It was heaviest in western and northern areas and was often accompanied by unusually strong winds for the time of year.
Rainfall totals were above normal at all stations except in parts of the east and south-east. The heaviest falls were recorded between the 14th and 23rd, when thunderstorms featured on several days. There was a total of between 15 and 21 wet days during the month (days with 1mm or more rainfall), compared with the average range for May of between 12 and 16 wet days.
Temperatures rose fairly steadily during the month, reaching their highest values during the last week. Mean air temperatures for the month overall were above normal everywhere, by close to one degree generally. A number of stations recorded their highest May temperatures for between six and 11 years between the 28th and 31st.