No sign of it dying down in the next few days, either.
“God, you’d almost…”
Don’t you dare say it.
“You’d almost-”
No. Don’t say it. DO NOT.
“You’dalmostmisstherain.”
Yes, the temperatures are making it difficult to sleep, and yes, anyone who works full time gets weird looks if they try to come into the office in a a three-piece-suit, but with the trousers cut into shorts.
Anyways, yesterday we reported that the highest temperatures in Ireland were measured at just below 29 degrees, but it turns out that it was even higher than that.
This was the layout of the country at 4.41pm, according to Met Eireann:
Max temps to 4pm today (°C):
28.7 Shannon Airport
28.7 Oak Park
– Highest temp so far this year
28.2 Athenry
27.8 Gurteen
27.5 Mullingar
27.3 Mace Head
27.1 Finner Camp
27.0 Claremorris
26.4 Moore Park
25.6 Knock Airport
25.2 Malin Head
24.5 Phoenix Park
23.2 Dublin Airport pic.twitter.com/tJBRlN3ibi— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) June 26, 2018
Those temperatures at Shannon Airport and Oak Park were enough to be registered as the highest temperatures of 2018 so far, but then Met Eireann went back and checked again, and at 7.42pm, they recorded an even higher temperature:
Max temperature today recorded at Shannon Airport : 29.3C
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) June 26, 2018
And as for today? Well, with a less cloudy, less hazy start to the day, that means the temperatures can begin climbing even faster, and we inch ever closer to the record high of 33.1 degrees recorded in Kilkenny back in 1887. We’ll report back this evening once all of the information has been collated.
Shallow mist & fog patches clearing soon after dawn. Dry with hazy sunshine today in light easterly breezes. Very warm or hot during the afternoon, with highs of 26 to 30 generally, but sea breezes will keep temperatures in the low 20s especially near southern & eastern coasts. pic.twitter.com/PQMSJck16g
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) June 27, 2018
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