Despite the slim chance of a White Christmas, Ireland is bracing for a record-breaking warm Christmas with temperatures reaching double figures and potentially surpassing the current warmest Christmas ever recorded.
Hopes of a White Christmas in Ireland this year are looking slim as the big day approaches, but the country may experience an extreme at the other end of the weather spectrum. Temperatures in the middle of next week are predicted to reach double figures and could even threaten the record for the warmest ever Christmas recorded in Ireland , which is understood to be the 13.7C recorded at Dublin’s Phoenix Park in 1974.
Weather expert Alan O’Reilly of Carlow Weather has predicted that Christmas Eve and Christmas Day could be like a “hot flush” due to the mild weather forecast. Weather maps, which are notoriously subject to change beyond the short-term, show parts of the country hovering close to 13 degrees on Christmas Day. Eight days out, Met Éireann is yet to confirm its forecast for Christmas Day, but its extended range forecast does follow the trend for milder weather, stating that “mean air temperatures are forecast to trend slightly above the monthly norm” in the week from 23-29 December. While a White Christmas appears incredibly unlikely, there is the possibility of snow falling before then, with “wintry showers” forecast for Atlantic coastal counties on Wednesday night and Thursday, as well as the possibility of hail and sleet in Ulster on Sunday. Those wintry showers aside, we’re in for “changeable and often unsettled” conditions in the coming days, with plenty of wind and rain between now and the weekend. Thursday and Sunday look set to be particularly “cold and blustery” with temperatures dropping to as low as 2 degrees, with northern counties set to feel the chilliest blasts as the mildest conditions prevail in Munster counties
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