As mentioned during the week Met Eireann where likely to issues a heat advisory for Ireland from Sunday and over the early days of next week as a hot plume of air works its way out of North Africa this week moving up over Europe and into western Europe.

Met Eireann this afternoon has just issued a high temperatures advisory for the whole country From Sunday into the early days of next week.

High Temperature Advisory for Ireland

Ireland will experience a hot spell Sunday and into early next week. Day time temperatures will widely reach the high twenties, possibly exceeding 30 degrees in some locations. Remaining uncomfortably warm overnight too. Updates to follow.

Valid: 15:00 Wednesday 13/07/2022 to 00:00 Wednesday 20/07/2022

Issued: 15:00 Wednesday 13/07/2022

Updated: 16:00 Wednesday 13/07/2022

Closer to Sunday and early next week this may be followed by high temperature warnings for much of Ireland with temperatures at night time possible staying above 20C giving some areas a tropical night which are rare in Ireland.

A tropical night is when temperatures fall no lower than 20C.

This is rare for Ireland and has only been recorded seven times before in the Republic, with records going back 80 years.

The last one recorded was back in 2021 during July when Ireland also enjoyed a got spells of weather.

Some temperatures records are expected to be broken at some of the weather stations across Ireland but the overall temperatures may not been which was 33.3C recorded in Kilkenny in June 1887.

The highest temperature recorded in Donegal by a official weather station was 31C.

Only last year Northern Ireland broke its high temperatures on record with 31.3C recorded in Castlederg Tyrone in July.