Heron with this morning's sunrise glowing in the back at Clontarf - can you spot Poolbeg Lighthouse?

Bright sunbeams over Poolbeg Lighthouse this morning from Clontarf.

The aurora borealis at Poolbeg Lighthouse last night. Didn't quite get the aurora in line with the lighthouse this time like October 2024 as the oval was turning over to North America by the time it arrived but it's nice to get hints of it again here.

10 years today, the UK & Ireland named a storm officially for the first time ever which would be Storm Abigail. This system was made to clear up confusion in public perception from tracking severe weather following the St. Jude Day storm in Oct 2013 and the stormy winter after.

Amusingly, the first 5 days of November 2025 provisionally have the same running CET as the first 5 days of November 2010 with 12.2C. Yesterday 5th Nov 2025 was the 2nd mildest Nov day on record for CET too, only 5th Nov 1938 was milder.

Malin Head set a new national October monthly low sun total record for Ireland with just 36.2 hrs in October 2025. The previous record was 39.2 hrs at Maam Valley in October 1989. Magilligan in Northern Ireland had just 31.9 hrs (uncorrected). Even for our standards, dismal.

10 years since a record-breaking mild/warm November day for both the UK & Ireland. The high temps were primarily foehn induced including 20.1C at Dooks (Co. Kerry) and 22.4C at Trawsgoed (Ceredigion). The old records were: 21.7C Prestatyn 20.0C Rathfarnham Castle 4th Nov 1946

October 2025 ended with 69.4 hrs of sun at Dublin Apt making it the cloudiest October here since 1968 and the third cloudiest since records began in 1942. It was rather mild and wet but non-exceptional in these areas.

Had just noticed Thursday was the first single figure max of the season so far (just abouts) with 9.8C. This was the earliest single digit max here (Dublin Airport data) since 2012 which occurred on October 15th.

Possibly one of the craziest charts I've seen in a little bit. Mad temperature gradient fuelling a dartboard low over Ireland on November 1st/2nd on GFS 06z. Long time away, nothing to be concerned over at this point. Just wanted to highlight it for posterity.

On this day in 2003, Dublin had severe thunderstorms including flooding, large coverings of hail and Wicklow Mountains had rare deep October snow.

This is how cloudy October 2025 has been so far. Numerous places in the north still with less than 10 hours for the month to date (atrocious 19 days in for any month of the year). Most less than 40% of their Oct average. If this sustained, it'd be a record dull Oct for the UK.

Dublin Apt has had only 23.1 hrs of sun from the 1st-14th October 2025. This is likely to have been its second cloudiest first half to October on record with more gloom today. The record being 1st-15th October 1949 with 21.0 hrs.

Mount Dillon reported the first air frost of the season in the Republic of Ireland this morning with an air temp of -0.6C. This is earlier than average but is well within the expected timeframe considering natural variability whereas 2024 was the earliest since 2010.

A successful night for my first camera club talk with Rathcoole Camera Club. Was a great experience to share my knowledge and background in weather as a means of getting every landscape shot to be perfect and of high standard conditions wise. 📸 Finamaria

Epic sunrise this morning at Laytown, Meath.

The North Bank Lighthouse under a sky of noctilucent clouds. We maybe well past NLC season but I'm still unloading and recovering from this epic June night.

Recent photos from Tuesday of the Peruvian Navy ship BAP Unión leaving Dublin.

Rather crazy how the Sep CET is tracking this much above average (1961–1990) yet it’s felt positively chilly to me. A sign of how much I’ve been acclimatised or getting too comfortable with the extraordinary persistence summer warmth.

Glad this was posted to emphasise more heavily just how much summer 2025 was elevated by the cloudy warm nights which the original summer statement did not do well in. Good communication and messaging can do a lot to public perception but many sadly you will never convince.

The summer of 1976 is often regarded as the benchmark for extreme British summers. However, the climate in which it occurred was fundamentally different from today’s. Read all the details: www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/ho...

This is not a complete map but this shows the year of the warmest summer mean temperature on record for a selection of Irish stations. 1995 is still by far the warmest summer on Irish record on a more nationwide scale compared to the Met headlines that have been spreading. 1/

Summer 2025 was provisionally the warmest summer on record since 1900 in Ireland narrowly beating the all-time king that is 1995. The difference made by a much warmer June than 1995 overall (it was only the last 10 days of June 1995 that were warm).

Also an interesting fact... if we took out the extraordinary heatwave that everybody remembers (and rightly so) from summer 1976 of 15 consecutive days of 90F in England (23 June to 7 July), the season has a CET of 16.8C. Those 15 days gave a difference of nearly a whole degree!

2025 will only be the 2nd/*3rd time that every month of meteorological summer has had a Central England Temperature of at least 17.0C. The other time was back in 1826. I put asterisk and 3rd because 1976 on the original CET managed it too before June 1976 value was decreased.

Looks like St. Catherine's Point on the Isle of Wight had tropical night conditions with a min of 20.3C between 09 UTC yesterday morning and 09 UTC this morning. This makes it the 2nd tropical night in 2025 so far in the UK, not a remarkable figure at all but will we have more?

2025 will soon join the years where the UK had a max temp of 30C or greater in all three meteorological summer months (JJA). (The further back the more the data becomes limited so may not be the actual max for that month and some pre-1961 converted from whole Fahrenheit).

Figured this would be a good time to see what the record highest meteorological summer (June-August) wind gusts are in UK & Ireland weather station data. To reduce the impact of gaps in data, a weighted blending process has been applied, hence the smoothed appearance in Ireland.

Malin Head with the max gust of 104 km/h for #StormFloris as of now in Ireland. Also a sustained wind of 76 km/h, its highest since 80 km/h during storms Ellen and Francis in August 2020. Only 9 August days here have had a stronger sustained wind since 1955.

It will also be interesting to see the minimum pressure for #StormFloris. The lowest August mean sea level pressure on record in the UK since 1960 is 972.8 hPa on 30th August 1992. Athenry (Galway) in Ireland had 966.4 hPa on 20th August 2020 during Storm Ellen.

The most significant August storms based on number of UK stations recording gusts >50 kts (58 mph) from 1961-2020, from Met Office publication of Storms Ellen and Francis from August 2020. "Fastnet Storm" of Aug 1979 being the most significant followed by Charley in 1986.

Tried digging to find a precedent to #StormFloris for August and the closest I can find is 24th August 2005 which was a good bit further north but North Rona Island (98m ASL) had a wind gust of 101 mph. Even Needles Old Battery (IOW) reported 72 mph supposedly.

40 years ago today into the next day, Ireland experienced one of its most severe thunderstorms in living memory. Broadcast via RTÉ

3 years ago today, a historic weather day in the UK. - Previous daily CET record was beaten by 2.8C - 7 stations achieved 40C - 46 stations bet the previous 38.7C record - Previous high min record was beaten by 2.9C - 60 stations had tropical night conditions

I can’t believe it, I got first place in the Coastal Landscape category of the Love Your Coast competition for my shot of Balbriggan Lighthouse.

Shannon Airport has reached its average July rainfall after an exceptionally wet few days, similar to that very wet April week in Dublin. 69.2mm from 11th-17th July represents 462% of its average. No doubt the warm sea temps adding to the precip.

A very warm July as of right now across the UK. Would be the 5th warmest on record since 1884 if the current average were to hold. A changeable outlook in store but not much in the way of cool or hot weather so not likely to change considerably?

Monthly temperature records for the whole island of Ireland including Northern Ireland.

With a slight change in wind direction, Ireland's most northerly point - Malin Head (Donegal) had a massive late temperature spike yesterday evening by 6.9 degrees in one hour! 27.6C is a new all-time record here with records since 1885 beating 27.2C in June 1950.

After today, 2025 is on 8 30C days for the UK to date and given we can safely assume there will be at least another 3 days (Friday to Sunday) bringing it to 11... this is how it compares. Not a standout just yet in terms of overall year totals but...

Exceptional Mediterranean water temperatures in June reduced nighttime air cooling along the coasts & increased humidity, worsening heat stress impacts - some coastal areas saw 10-15 tropical nights (when the temperature doesn’t drop below 20°C) last month, when they’d typically see none in June 🥵☀️🌙

Dreamy sunset scenes on Bull Island yesterday evening with the fog.

Moonrise over North Bull Lighthouse this evening from Dollymount Strand. My first shot in 11 days and a great one to get. Done many attempts at this comp and this is the first ok one!

Bit unusual to see Roches Point (Co. Cork) at the third warmest station in the UK & Ireland today beaten by only Pershore and Heathrow. It was the warmest day there since August 2022. Only 22 days have achieved 25C since its records began in 1955 showing how uncommon it is.

All the official Irish heatwaves on record. The coming warm spell looks like it may fall short of official heatwave status in Ireland for duration (5 consecutive days >25C) but wouldn't surprise me if we get one. They've become so much more common.

The noctilucent clouds display on 29th/30th June 2025 was one of the most amazing spectacles I've ever seen. Overhead and to the west. Nearly every bit as mind blowing as the October 2024 aurora. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DZi...

Don't read into it too much due to natural variability but has anyone noticed the sudden disappearance of summer -NAO in 2020s so far? There was a time when summer +NAO was at a premium (2007-12, 2014-16, 2019). Only July 2023 seems to stand out with -NAO this decade so far.

June 2025 CET equalled 2023 with 17.0C which makes it the warmest June in Central England since 1846. Also the warmest on record (since 1878) for mean min and 3rd warmest (since 1878) for mean max. Incroyable!

@simonleewx.com I find it interesting that it looks like it could be another +NAO summer (based on what's happened so far that is, of course can change). The memories of the -NAO summers seem to be a distant past now. Only July 2023 stands out for -NAO in recent times since 2019 I think.

Brilliant display of noctilucent clouds over Poolbeg Lighthouse last night.