Great forecast through Christmas and St Stephen’s Day
Weather for today – plenty of cloud and drizzle before change from tomorrow
We’re about to see a big change in the weather, just in time for Christmas and just about what we would hope for as families across Cork get ready to celebrate the big day.
After a period of very wet and unsettled weather, Christmas Eve through to St Stephen’s Day should be the opposite, with fine, dry and very settled conditions and plenty of sunshine during the day. Those are idea conditions for trying out a new bike from Santa – or getting out for a walk before the turkey and trifle.
However, it will be chilly, with daytime highs of just 6C in some parts of Cork on Christmas Day and then the prospect of it getting even colder as we head towards New Year’s Eve.
Met Éireann has talked of the wintry showers and very cold conditions to come – and some weather models are showing the possibility of snow across southern parts of Ireland around New Year’s Day.
Some very cold weather is expected across much of Central and Northern Europe as we enter 2026 with an artic blast set to bring snow and ice to many countries.
The full forecast for Munster this morning looks like:
TODAY – Monday 22nd December
Cloudy today with patchy rain and drizzle moving westwards. Overnight mist and fog will be slow to clear, lingering for much of the day in places. It’ll become drier through the late afternoon, with a few bright or sunny spells developing. Highest temperatures of 6 to 10 degrees in mostly light easterly or variable breezes, moderate at times along southern coasts.
TONIGHT
Staying generally cloudy tonight with limited clear spells developing along with scattered patches of light rain and drizzle. Some showers will feed in from the south also. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees with patches of mist and fog forming in mostly light easterly breezes.
TOMORROW – Tuesday 23rd December
A mostly cloudy day tomorrow, Tuesday, and largely dry with just some patchy light rain and drizzle at times. Overnight mist and fog will be slow to clear in the morning with limited bright spells developing through the day. Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in light northeasterly breezes.
National Outlook
Overview: High pressure is building bringing drier and more settled weather.
Tuesday night: Mostly cloudy and dry with just isolated patches of light rain or drizzle. Lowest temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees in light, occasionally moderate, northeasterly breezes with isolated patches of mist and fog possibly forming.
Christmas Eve (Wednesday): Cloudy and dry for most with a few light showers or spots of drizzle, and just limited bright spells developing. Highest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees with light to moderate easterly winds, fresh at times near exposed coasts.
Christmas Eve (Wednesday) night: Largely dry with a mix of cloud and clear spells. Lowest temperatures of -1 to +4 degrees in light, occasionally moderate, easterly breezes with frost likely to form.
Christmas Day (Thursday): Dry for most with sunny spells and just a few spots of light rain and drizzle possible. Highest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees with light to moderate easterly breezes, fresher at times near eastern and southern coasts.
St. Stephen’s Day (Friday): Another largely dry day with variable amounts of cloud and sunny spells. Highest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees with light, occasionally moderate, northeasterly breezes.
Further outlook: High pressure will continue to dominate for the weekend with mostly dry conditions and highest daytime temperatures generally ranging between 4 and 8 degrees.
