It looks like we could be in for a final piece of summer weather as temperatures are set to climb this weekend.
Friday will be warm and dry with long spells of sunshine developing in most areas.
It will be cloudy at times in the south with the chance of some showers developing there later and highest temperatures of 20 to 25C.
Tonight will be mostly dry with long, clear spells though cloudier at times in the south with a chance of a few heavy showers.
It'll be humid with temperatures not falling below 11 to 15C.
People enjoying sunny weather at the Iveagh Gardens, Dublin in May 2022. Image: noel bennett / AlamySaturday's weather will be largely dry with a mix of cloud and sunny spells, the best of which will be in the west and north.
There will likely be a few showers, mainly for parts of Munster and Leinster, with highest temperatures of 19 to 24C.
Sunday will be mostly dull and cloudy with some patchy rain and drizzle and highest temperatures of 15 to 19C.
There is also a chance of heavier and more persistent rain in the southeast.
Monday's weather will see a mixture of sunshine and showers as temperatures drop back to 14 to 19C.
Warmest August
It comes as new data shows August was was the joint-warmest August globally along with August 2023.
The EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service said last month had an average surface air temperature of 16.82C - 0.71C above the 1991-2020 average for August.
August was 1.51C above the pre-industrial level and is the 13th month in a 14-month period for which the global-average surface air temperature exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.
European temperatures were most above average over southern and eastern Europe but below average over northwestern parts of Ireland, the UK, Iceland, the west coast of Portugal and southern Norway.
Surface air temperatures in August. Image: Copernicus Climate Change ServiceOutside Europe, temperatures were most above average over eastern Antarctica, Texas, Mexico, Canada, northeast Africa, Iran, China, Japan and Australia.
Temperatures were below average over far-eastern Russia and Alaska, the eastern United States, parts of southern South America, Pakistan and the Sahel.
The global-average temperature for the past year is the highest on record for any 12-month period, at 0.76C above the 1991–2020 average and 1.64C above the pre-industrial average.
