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THE highest daily rain-fall total in the country for October was recorded at Valentia Observatory, on Friday, October 8. The station recorded 64.7mm of rainfall. According to the latest Monthly Climate Report issued by Met Éireann. The Kerry station also recorded its wettest October since 2000, with 264.9mm, 150% of its Long […]

A Status Yellow Thunderstorm warning has been issued by Met Eireann for Kerry and the rest of Munster. Thundery outbreaks of rain with possible lightning and localised flooding could occur in affected areas tonight. The warning is valid from 9pm on Saturday to 2am on Sunday. Looking at the predicted […]

A STATUS Yellow Rain warning has been issued for Kerry by Met Éireann for tomorrow. They say heavy spells of persistent rain will lead to localised flooding. The warning is valid from 1am on Wednesday to 1am on Thursday. However, looking at the predicted rainfall radar on the Met Eireann website, […]

A STATUS Yellow Rain warning has been issued for Kerry and Cork by Met Éireann. A spell of heavy rain is coming on Saturday afternoon and evening which may lead to localised flooding. The warning is valid for 12 hours, from 12 noon on Saturday to midnight on Sunday. According to […]

A STATUS Yellow Rain warning for Kerry and Cork has been issued by Met Éireann this afternoon to take effect tomorrow. There will be prolonged rain with heavier bursts at times, heaviest and most persistent later on Friday. Significant accumulations are possible in upland areas. Risk of localised flooding. The warning […]

A WEATHER Advisory has been issued for Kerry, Clare, Cork, Limerick, Donegal, Connacht for adverse conditions later this week. A band of rain is approaching from the Atlantic and is forecast to stall over the western half of the country on Thursday and Friday, leading to persistent and heavy falls […]

Met Eireann has issued a Status Yellow Rain and Thunderstorm warning for Ireland, but it looks like we’ll escape the worst in Kerry. Scattered heavy downpours and thunderstorms are expected in some areas of the country today, tonight and for a time on Thursday. Localised flooding may occur where the […]

ENJOY the dry weather today because Friday is going to be a wet one according to Met Éireann. They have just issued a Status Yellow  Rain warning for Kerry as well as Mayo and Galway. Heavy and possibly thundery falls of rain at times onThursday night and on Friday with […]

MET Éireann has issued a Status Yellow wind warning for Kerry, taking effect tomorrow morning, for just a few hours. The say it will be unseasonably windy on Thursday with south to southeast winds veering southwest reaching mean speeds of 40 to 50 km/h with gusts of up to 90 […]

VALENTIA Observatory reported two ‘tropical nights’ in July. Met Eireann released its climate statement for last month which revealed on the nights of Wednesday, July 21 and Thursday, July 22, the temperature was above 20 degrees, a very rare occurrence in Ireland. Valentia also reported its highest July maximum temperature […]

A STATUS Yellow Rain and Thunderstorm warning has been issued for all of Ireland by Met Éireann, but it looks like Kerry will stay mostly dry. The Met office says widespread showers and thunderstorms, with longer spells of rain at times will materialise with potential for localised flooding, especially in the […]

AFTER the searing heat of last week, things take a turn for the worse today. A Status Yellow Rain and Thunderstorm Warning for Ireland has been issued by Met Éireann. Thunderstorms and heavy showers will develop today over the western half of the country, moving eastwards this evening where they will […]

MET Éireann has extended its Status Yellow high temperature warning until Saturday. The warning was to end on Friday at 12 noon, but the fine weather is set to continue until after the weekend. However, there is a chance of scattered heavy rain and thunderstorms in some areas on Friday […]

Met Éireann has this morning issued a Status Yellow – High Temperature warning for Ireland. High temperatures will  continue this week with hot conditions by day and staying very warm and humid at night. Daytime maximum temperatures generally 27 to 30 degrees Celsius with overnight values not falling below 17 […]

WE’RE more used to yellow and orange rain and wind weather warnings, so this comes as a welcome, if sticky, change. Met Éireann has issued a weather advisory for high temperatures until this Friday. It will continue to be very warm until the weekend, with day time temperatures into the […]

AS if you needed telling, May was a very wet month in the county judging by the data from Valentia Observatory. Monthly rainfall totals were as much as 174.0 mm (186% of its LTA) at Valentia Observatory, Co Kerry, the highest in the country and the wettest May recorded there […]

ACCORDING to Met Éireann, Thursday will be a very wet and windy day in Kerry. They have just issued Status Yellow Wind And Rain warnings for the county and both come into effect from midnight tonight. Southerly winds, later veering westerly, will reach mean speeds of 50 to 65 km/h with […]

Did you enjoy the dry weather this weekend? Well unfortunately it comes to halt this tomorrow. A Status Yellow Wind and Rain warning has been issued for Kerry as well as Clare, Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Wexford. We can expect unseasonably wet and windy weather on […]

IT’S set to be a windy night as Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow  Wind warning for Kerry and Cork. Windy tonight, westerly winds will reach mean speeds of 50 to 65 km/h and gusts of up to 100 km/h in Kerry and west Cork.​ The warning is valid […]

THE wind warning for Kerry has been elevated to Status Orange for this evening. Met Éireann has just updated the warning to take effect from 8pm this evening until midnight. Southwest to west winds will reach mean speeds of 65 to 80km/h with damaging gusts to 120km/h for a time […]

A STATUS Yellow Wind warning will be in effect for the whole country from tomorrow afternoon. The warning was previously issued for Kerry and four other counties, but Met Éireann extended it to the 26 counties this morning. It will be valid from 12 noon on Wednesday to 7am on […]

MET Eireann has elevated their rainfall warning for Kerry to Status Orange. It had issued a Yellow warning yesterday, but now they say Cork, Kerry, Tipperary and Waterford will experience greater levels of rainfall. Very heavy rain on Monday night and Tuesday will likely cause further river flooding and surface […]

IT seems there isn’t a day that goes by without a weather warning being issued. Well today is no different, as Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow Rainfall warning for Munster, Connacht, Carlow, Kilkenny and Wexford with wet weather on the way on Tuesday. They say there will be heavy […]

A Status Yellow wind warning for Ireland has been issued this morning by Met Éireann. Southeasterly winds veering southwesterly will reach mean speeds of 50 to 65km/h with gusts of 90 to 110km/h. The warning is valid from 11am this morning until 6pm this evening. It will also be very wet […]

MET Éireann has issued Status Yellow rainfall and wind warnings for Kerry from Thursday night. Strong southerly winds will arrive on Thursday night and Friday with mean speeds of 50 to 60km/h and gusts of 80 to 100km/h. There remains a possibility of localised coastal flooding. Meanwhile, heavy rain on Thursday […]

ANOTHER day, another weather warning from Met Éireann. No sooner had the Status Yellow snow/ice warning ended this morning, another warning will come into effect later this evening to go along with a rainfall warning also given for tonight. A Status Yellow Wind warning has been issued for Kerry, Donegal, […]

WHILE current wind and snow/ice warnings are in place until Friday morning, we won’t have to wait long for the next one to arrive. Met Éireann has just issued a Status Yellow – Rainfall warning for Kerry, Cork and Waterford to take effect on Saturday. There’ll be 30 to 40 mm […]

A STATUS Yellow Wind warning has issued for Munster, Connacht and Leinster. Met Éireann had already issued a Status Yellow snow/ice warning for the three provinces and both warnings will run from Thursday morning at 8am to Friday morning at 8am. The will be strong to gale force southeast winds […]

MET Eireann has issued a Status Yellow – Snow/Ice warning for Munster, Connacht and Leinster for later this week. A band of sleet and snow spreading northeastwards during Thursday will give snow accumulations of up to 5cm in some areas (higher over the mountains), but transitioning to rain in the […]

MET Éireann has issued a Weather Advisory for Ireland in advance of low temperatures on the way early next week. However, while it looks like it will get very cold in Kerry it’s the east and north of the country that will get the worst of the weather. Met Éireann […]