Tuesday temperatures expected to reach high of 19 degrees in Mayo

Temperatures in Mayo are expected to get close to 20 degrees Celsius tomorrow afternoon with the unseasonably dry weather expected to last for the rest of the week.

The west of Ireland has experienced Mediterranean temperatures over the last few days with the mercury reaching a high of 18.9 degrees Celsius in Claremorris on Sunday afternoon.

The good news is the warm weather is forecasted to continue over the next few days with Met Éireann forecasting that the mercury could reach a high of 19 degrees Celsius on Tuesday afternoon.

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Mayo was one of the warmest parts of the country over the weekend with temperatures hitting a high of 18.9 degrees Celsius in Claremorris on Sunday. The Met Éireann weather station in Belmullet reached 18.7 degrees Celsius on Sunday while the Newport Furnace station hit a high of 18.6 degrees with Knock Airport slightly cooler with a high of 17.2 degrees.

The dry weather is expected to continue into the week with the temperatures expected to remain in the mid teens before cooling further at the end of the week with light rain expected on Saturday.

April has started off an unseasonably very dry, mild and sunny month with Met Éireann revealing that the mean temperatures in the four weather stations in Mayo are above their Long-Term Average (LTA) for the time of year.

Belmullet is currently the warmest part of Mayo with a mean temperature of 12.7 degrees Celsius so far in April which is above the LTA of 9.2 degrees and above last year's mean of 9.6 degrees.

The dry and warm weather conditions are a consequence of a moderate to fresh easterly wind which is bringing Mediterranean style temperatures to the west of Ireland.

No rainfall

So far no rainfall has been recorded in any of the weather stations in Mayo in April while the amount of rainfall in the month of March was also well below the LTA.

Belmullet recorded as the driest place in March with 41.5mm falling compared to 91.8mm for the same month last year.

Elsewhere, just 41.7mm of rain fell in Claremorris in March compared to 124.3mm in 2024 while Knock Airport recorded 49.6mm of rain and the Newport Furnace weather station was the wettest with 59.3mm recorded in March.