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Galway now, then the useful bit: how warm it gets, how the wind changes and when rain might actually begin.

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The useful bit.

How warm, how windy and when rain might begin. The atmosphere and source machinery are still here when you want them.

Met Éireann · Galway 2 active Galway warnings High Temperature warning for Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Galway, Mayo, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly Current Official feed checked; 2 unexpired Galway-relevant entries.
Galway · right now Model estimate · updated 04:21
16°

Mostly clear

Feels like 16°

Warming to 27° around 17:00. N breeze, gusting 23 km/h now. Dry through 23:00.

Temperature
27° high around 17:00
+11° from now
Wind
12 km/h from N
40 km/h peak gust near 15:00
Rain
Dry to 23:00
0% peak · 0.0 mm
Evening
21:59 sunset
Useful light, not another atmospheric variable.
16° feels 16° 0% rain 12 / 23 km/h
17° feels 17° 0% rain 12 / 24 km/h
20° feels 20° 0% rain 13 / 27 km/h
23° feels 23° 0% rain 14 / 30 km/h
25° feels 26° 0% rain 17 / 36 km/h
26° feels 27° 0% rain 18 / 40 km/h
27° feels 27° 0% rain 17 / 37 km/h
AtmosphereThe nerd layer Air good · humidity 88% · visibility 21.8 km
Dew point
13.9°
Humidity
88%
Visibility
21.8 km
Cloud cover
30%
Pressure
1025 hPa
Wind now
12 km/h N
Air quality estimate CAMS model
19Good

European AQI band: 0–20.

PM2.5
7.4 μg/m³
PM10
9.8 μg/m³
Ozone
47.0 μg/m³

Forecast values are model output for the configured Galway coordinates, not a garden sensor. Snapshot fetched 35d 17h ago.

Next 72 hours

The shape of the week.

Temperature Rain chance Wind Pressure
Temperature, rain probability, wind speed and pressure over 72 hours Seventy-two-hour model timeline from 2026-07-12 04:00 local time.

Hourly model values · local time · scroll horizontally on smaller screens

View hourly values 72 rows
72 hourly model rows from 2026-07-12 04:00 through 2026-07-15 03:00, Galway local time.
Local date and time Temperature (°C) Rain chance (%) Wind (km/h) Pressure (hPa)
16.0 0 11.5 1025.0
15.9 0 11.5 1025.0
16.0 0 10.4 1025.5
17.0 0 11.9 1025.4
18.6 0 11.9 1025.4
20.0 0 13.3 1025.3
21.2 0 14.0 1025.5
22.8 0 14.4 1025.4
24.3 0 15.8 1025.4
25.4 0 17.3 1025.4
26.1 0 17.6 1025.2
26.4 0 18.4 1024.7
26.7 0 17.6 1024.5
26.8 0 17.3 1024.3
26.5 0 18.7 1024.2
25.8 0 17.3 1024.3
24.9 0 16.6 1024.5
23.4 0 15.8 1024.7
22.0 0 15.5 1025.3
21.0 0 14.4 1025.4
20.4 0 15.5 1025.4
19.7 0 14.8 1025.3
19.0 0 11.9 1025.1
18.3 0 10.8 1024.7
17.7 0 9.0 1024.8
17.3 0 10.4 1025.2
16.9 0 11.9 1025.4
17.0 0 11.5 1025.6
17.7 0 13.3 1025.7
19.2 0 11.5 1025.7
20.6 0 12.2 1025.4
22.4 0 14.4 1025.0
23.6 0 15.8 1024.9
24.3 0 16.9 1024.6
25.0 0 18.4 1024.1
25.2 0 17.6 1023.8
25.2 0 16.6 1023.7
24.9 0 15.8 1023.6
24.3 0 16.2 1023.2
23.5 0 17.3 1022.9
22.5 0 16.6 1023.1
21.2 0 15.5 1023.5
19.8 0 12.2 1023.9
18.6 0 11.2 1024.1
17.8 0 10.1 1024.0
17.3 0 9.7 1023.9
16.3 0 11.7 1023.7
15.5 0 12.1 1023.4
14.8 0 12.2 1023.3
14.6 0 14.0 1023.4
14.9 0 14.0 1023.7
15.2 0 14.0 1024.0
16.3 0 16.9 1023.4
17.7 0 18.4 1023.4
19.0 0 19.8 1023.3
20.4 0 20.9 1023.1
21.7 0 21.6 1022.9
22.9 0 22.0 1022.7
23.8 1 22.0 1022.4
24.4 1 22.0 1022.1
24.7 2 21.6 1021.9
24.5 2 20.9 1021.8
23.9 2 19.4 1021.8
23.1 2 18.4 1021.9
22.0 3 17.3 1022.0
20.6 5 16.6 1022.2
19.5 6 15.5 1022.3
18.8 7 14.4 1022.3
18.4 8 13.3 1022.3
18.0 10 12.2 1022.3
17.7 13 11.2 1022.2
17.5 16 10.4 1022.2

Met Éireann

Met Éireann says.

Official forecaster text for Connacht and public warnings limited to entries whose official region list includes County Galway.

Met Éireann · Connacht Official feed current

Connacht

Official forecast

Today

Dry and sunny in most areas this evening, just a bit of cloud on the north coast.

Tonight

Dry tonight with mostly clear skies. Lowest temperatures of 13 to 16 degrees in light, occasionally moderate, north to northeast breezes.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow, Sunday, will be a dry and mostly sunny day. It'll be very warm with highest temperatures of 24 to 27 degrees in mostly moderate easterly winds.

Galway · EI10 Official feed current

Warnings & advisories

2 active Galway entries

Official page ↗
Warning Yellow Moderate Likely

High Temperature warning for Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Galway, Mayo, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly

Maximum temperatures in excess of 27°C combined with overnight temperature minimums in excess of 15°C. Potential Impacts: • Water safety issues due to increased use of lakes/beaches • Uncomfortable sleeping conditions • Heat stress • Forest fires a possibility

Valid from
Expires
Issued
Updated
Official area codes

EI03, EI04, EI11, EI16, EI26, EI10, EI20, EI13, EI15, EI23

Advisory Yellow Moderate Possible

Weather Advisory for Ireland

A prolonged spell of very warm or hot weather will continue this weekend lasting into next week. Daytime maxima will widely exceed 25 degrees with values reaching the high 20s, and possibly 30 degrees, in places. The UV Index is expected to be high to very high. Warm and humid nights will occur with minima of 15 degrees or higher. There is the chance of thunderstorms developing on Wednesday and Thursday. Please check met.ie website and app for updates to forecasts and warnings, as well as www.watersafety.ie and www.gov.ie/en/department-of-agriculture-food-and-the-marine Potential impacts • Water safety issues due to increased use of waterways, lakes and beaches • Uncomfortable sleeping conditions • Heat stress and dehydration, especially for the vulnerable and elderly • Potential disruption to public transport • Animal welfare issues • Potential drought concerns • Potential wildfires and forest fires

Valid from
Expires
Issued
Updated
Official area codes

EI01, EI29, EI15, EI12, EI13, EI07, EI23, EI30, EI21, EI31, EI18, EI19, EI22, EI02, EI06, EI16, EI03, EI04, EI11, EI27, EI26, EI14, EI10, EI20, EI25, EI24

Copyright Met Éireann · Source met.ie · Published under the Met Éireann Custom Open Data Licence. Met Éireann does not accept any liability whatsoever for any error or omission in the data, their availability, or for any loss or damage arising from their use. Warning and forecast wording is unmodified; warning selection is filtered to official Galway region code EI10.

Forecast

10-day forecast

Forecast confidence falls with time. Use the later days as a broad guide.

Today

Overcast

27° 16°
Rain
0%
Total
0.0 mm
Wind
19 km/h

Mon

Mostly clear

25° 17°
Rain
0%
Total
0.0 mm
Wind
18 km/h

Tue

Overcast

25° 15°
Rain
7%
Total
0.0 mm
Wind
22 km/h

Wed

Drizzle

25° 17°
Rain
63%
Total
3.9 mm
Wind
21 km/h

Thu

Rain

24° 17°
Rain
62%
Total
11.4 mm
Wind
14 km/h

Fri

Drizzle

22° 18°
Rain
34%
Total
6.9 mm
Wind
15 km/h

Sat

Overcast

21° 15°
Rain
19%
Total
0.0 mm
Wind
20 km/h

Sun

Partly cloudy

19° 13°
Rain
12%
Total
0.0 mm
Wind
17 km/h

Mon

Overcast

19° 14°
Rain
6%
Total
0.0 mm
Wind
19 km/h

Tue

Drizzle

21° 16°
Rain
8%
Total
0.6 mm
Wind
16 km/h
Sources Data sources What each feed is—and what it is not.
model ok

Open-Meteo Forecast

Blended numerical forecast model for the configured coordinates.

Fetched 35d 17h ago
model ok

Open-Meteo Air Quality

CAMS model estimate; not a street-level sensor.

Fetched 35d 17h ago
observation unavailable

Athenry observation

A primary latest-observations dataset is documented, but its live response shape has not yet been safely validated here.

No successful fetch recorded
warning ok

Met Éireann warnings

Official feed checked; 2 unexpired Galway-relevant entries.

Fetched 35d 17h ago
human forecast ok

Met Éireann Connacht Forecast

Human-written Connacht forecast from Met Éireann, reproduced without altering its wording.

Fetched 35d 17h ago

Forecast and air-quality values are model output for the configured Galway coordinates, not a garden sensor. Weather data by Open-Meteo, adapted under CC BY 4.0. Human forecast and warning data is independently supplied by Met Éireann. Athenry is the nearest suitable official observation candidate and remains unavailable until its primary response is validated safely.