Weather warnings kick in for Storm Dave from mid-day today.
Met Éireann has put a yellow warning in place for all of Ireland from 1pm Saturday. While the west of Ireland will face the worst of the weather, Dublin is still expected to face some very strong gusts.
A Status Yellow rain warning is in place until 4pm in Mayo and Donegal. It has been raining hard since the early morning hours. Met Éireann has extended the yellow warning into the early hours of Easter Sunday. However, Sunday afternoon will be much improved from the looks of the models.
The March Climate Statement was issued by Met Éireann. March 2026 was mild and sunny overall, and wet for most of the country. There was a mobile Atlantic regime that brought winds from the south and west, with rain and showers, which were heavy at times. The majority of stations recorded rainfall totals above their 1991-2020 Long-Term Average (LTA) for the month. The South and Southeast were drier than average. Periods of high pressure brought dry and sunny days. All stations recorded temperatures above their LTA, with a national mean March temperature of 7.97 °C, which is 1.51 °C above the 1961-1990 LTA and 0.84 °C above the 1991-2020 LTA. There were also lower temperatures with wintry showers in the middle of the month, along with windier conditions, particularly in the north and northwest. The month ended with a mixture of wet and dry weather.
