Met Éireann has issued a warm weather warning for this weekend and next week with temperatures set to rise to 32°C.
The forecaster said Sunday, Monday and Tuesday will be “exceptionally warm” with daytime temperatures ranging from 25C to 30C overall and possibly up to 32C in places on Monday.
A nationwide yellow weather warning has been issued with Met Éireann warning of a risk of water-related incidents, an impact of heat stress, especially for more vulnerable people, and a high UV index.
The warning will come into effect from 6 a.m. on Sunday and will last until 9 p.m. on Tuesday.
We will also experience “tropical nights” with night temperatures of 15 to 20 degrees.
It comes as forecaster Evelyn Cusack said Monday could be the hottest day on record.
“We are going to have a hot period – we won’t call it a heat wave because it won’t last long enough – but certainly for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday we will have temperatures of at least 27C and 28C across Ireland,” she told Newstalk.
“So on Sunday it could go up to 30C and then on Monday it will be the hottest day and we could go up to 32C.
“So we are even looking to break our record but it will certainly be very hot for Ireland – although our continental friends think we’re crazy if we think 30C is hot, that’s just a normal summer day for it.” most of southern Europe.”
The highest temperature ever recorded in Ireland was the 33.3C recorded at Kilkenny Castle in 1187, while the highest temperature ever recorded in July by Met Éireann was the 32.3C recorded at Roscommon in 2006.
Meanwhile, today saw a cloudy start to the day.
A head of warm weather this weekend, today starts out rather cloudy with some patches of light rain and drizzle.
It will clear up this afternoon and evening, creating scattered sunny spells.
The highest temperatures are between 18C and 24C, warmest in the south and southeast.
On the west and north coasts it will be cooler due to a weak to moderate northwest wind.
Tonight it will remain dry with long clear spells and some high clouds.
Mist or fog will form near calm conditions, with low temperatures of 8C to 12C.
Tomorrow morning the fog will lift and we will see some hazy sunshine.
During the day it will become cloudy in some places, but it will remain mainly dry with a few showers possible.
Saturday sees temperatures soar, with maximums of 21C to 26C, warmest in the center of the country, with light to moderate southerly breezes.
It will remain dry Saturday night with a chance of isolated showers.
Long clearings with light to south to southeast winds and lowest temperatures of 13C to 16C.
For the All-Ireland Hurling Final on Sunday it will be very hot and dry with widespread hazy sunshine.
The highest temperatures are between 22C and 28C, warmest in the central parts and the east.
Winds from south to southeast are light to moderate.
A fairly warm night with temperatures staying above 14C to 17C. Dry and clear with only a light southerly wind.
According to Met Éireann, Monday could potentially be more than last Tuesday as the hottest day of the year, as temperatures soar between 26C and 29C degrees – with a chance of 30C to 32C degrees in some parts.
Dry and mostly sunny with a weak southerly wind, later in the day more cloudy in places.
This weather will continue through Tuesday but is expected to end in the early days of next week when temperatures return to normal.