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Storm Boelo brought the wettest weather during October, Armagh observatory has said (Andrew McCarroll/Pacemaker Press)

October 2026 1.6C warmer than historic average says Armagh Observatory

However, full restoration of all properties remains 6pm on Tuesday.

Storm Boelo: Thousands without power and flights and ferries cancelled in NI

A warning for high winds is in place this weekend as Storm Boelo lands

Dublin Marathon participants face windy run - weather warning extended

A fallen tree brought down during Storm Éowyn blocks the road in January 2025 in Holywood, near Belfast, Northern Ireland.

New wind warning issued as ‘damaging gusts’ to continue into next week

Waves hit Whitehead during Storm Agnes in 2023. Photo: Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

Storm Boelo to batter Northern Ireland with winds of up to 75mph

Waves break against the sea wall in Carnlough on the north east coast of Northern Ireland early in the morning of January 24, 2025, as storm Eowyn brings winds of 100 mph to the UK and Ireland.

Where and when amber wind warning will be in force in Northern Ireland

The UK is braced for "damaging" winds and heavy downpours with two named storms expected to wreak disruption on Friday and over the weekend

UK faces ‘winter of greater flooding’, Burnham warns amid severe weather

New weather warnings have been announced for parts of Ireland, as the island deals with two named storms in quick succession

New weather warnings issued for parts of Ireland

Met Office update weather warning issued for Storm Boelo

A wet start: The Met Office is forecasting heavy rain from Storm Austen across Northern Ireland at 6am on Friday.

Storm Austen to hit NI with heavy rain - but province to dodge worst of weather

Met Eireann said Storm Austen will bring heavy rain spreading eastwards across the country.

Flooding and ‘intense rain’ expected in Ireland for Storm Austen

Mist and fog are forecast before a temperature drop brings overnight frost in a change to more autumnal weather for the UK.

Temperatures to drop with overnight frost in change to more autumnal weather

Motorists contend with heavy flooding near Belfast International Airport on 27 January 2026 in Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Rain warning issued for Northern Ireland as travel disruption possible

Large wildfires raged in the Mourne Mountains.

Stormont minister reaffirms climate action following record hot summer

People pictured at Seamark in Co. Down enjoying the good weather on July 16 this year

Northern Ireland breaks its mean temperature record for the summer season

The Met Office of the 2026/2 storm names list

Names for winter storms 2026/2027 revealed by Met Office
Austen, Boelo and Chloe will be the first named storms of this winter, meteorologists revealed, after more than 40,000 suggestions were submitted by the public.
By Rebecca Speare-Cole

The Met Office has issued a thunderstorm warning for Northern Ireland.

Time thunderstorm warning will be in force for Northern Ireland until

A Met Office thunderstorm will be in place for Northern Ireland on Wednesday 19 August.

When Met Office Northern Ireland thunderstorm warning will be in place

Showers and thunderstorms may bring some disruption to travel and infrastructure. (File image)

Weather: Met Office issues yellow weather warning for Northern Ireland

Academics Ben Caddell, Harry Greatorex, Glen Chambers, and, front, Aisling O'Hare ready for the eclipse at Queen's University. Photo: Iain Gray/News Letter

Eclipse 2026: Excitement and disappointment as clouds mean event only glimpsed

Eclipse watchers will need to don special glasses to view it safely. Getty Images.

Eclipse 2026: Where are NI's best spots to catch spectacular event?

Such a high percentage solar eclipse will not be seen again in this part of the world until 2090.

Eclipse 2026: Queen's University to host public viewing event in Belfast

People pictured at Seapark in Co Down enjoying the good weather on July 16

Driest July in at least 190 years for Northern Irish weather observatory

People pictured at Seamark in Co. Down enjoying the good weather on July 16 this year

Provisional figures by Met Office show NI had eighth driest July on record

Dry grass in the fields surrounding Ashton Court Estate near Bristol earlier this month, amid extreme heat and a lack of rain across the UK as a whole (Ben Birchall/PA Wire) - new figures show that just 8% of July's typical rainfall has happened so far this month in Northern Ireland

'I have never known a dry spell like it' says veteran Ulster farmer

People enjoy the last of the sunshine at Crawfordsburn beach at 9.30pm on Thursday July 16 2026, a day which saw temperatures in parts of Northern Ireland reach 29 Celsius. The beach, on Belfast Lough, had been packed with people earlier, as was the nearby beach at Helen's Bay. Pic Ben Lowry

Ben Lowry: Northern Ireland at its most beautiful in this perfect July weather

A £1.2m solar panel system on top of Causeway Hospital. Photo: Northern Health Trust

Scorcher of a saving! How sun sees hospital cut over £140k from electricity bill
This week’s warm spell has seen scores of people across Northern Ireland making the most of the summer sun – but for a hospital near the north coast, that’s true in a very different way.
Iain Gray

Crowds gather at lunch time at Belfast City Hall Gardens to enjoy the fine weather on Thursday 16 July 2026. Picture By: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press.

Heat ‘locked in’ for NI and rest of UK for next 7-10 days

Families enjoying the sunshine at Sea Park near Holywood yesterday 15 July 2026. Picture By: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press.

Dairy farmers are ‘feeling the heat’ warns UUP

Isla, Rory and Jack Delaney pictured with Ollie Lucas and Elijah Lucas at Sea Park Bay Beach, Holywood

Warm weather helps members of the public make a splash at local waterpark

Sunbathers amid the hot weather on the beach near Carnfunnock in Co Antrim today (Mark Marlow/PA Wire)

NI breaches 27C-mark today - and news looks good as we approach the Twelfth

Brighton beach during June's heatwave. Photo: Eddie Mitchell

Fire chiefs warn of wildfires as UK bakes in third heatwave of summer

The UK will enter its third heatwave in as many months this week - although temperatures are not expected to soar into record-breaking territory

Northern Ireland set for fine weather this week as temperatures set to rise

People enjoying the good weather at Belfast City Hall on June 23; it turns out that June 2026 was among the warmest on record

NI just had one of its hottest and wettest Junes since records began

People relax in the sun on the lawn of Belfast City Hall. Temperatures in Belfast are expected to rise to 22C again this weekend.

NI to push through thunderstorm warning back to warmer weather

A Met Office thunderstorm warning will be in place for parts of Northern Ireland on 30 June 2026.

When thunderstorm warning will be in force for Northern Ireland

It was 27 Celsius at 5pm at the US consul's residence in Shaw's Bridge on Thursday when the outgoing consul James Applegate spoke to mark the US 250th anniversary. Later the temperature in Belfast actually rose a bit in the evening to 28C. Pictured on the right is the band of Campbell College, which had played the national anthem. Pic Ben Lowry

Ben Lowry: The warm night-time temperatures in NI this week were almost a record

A shirtless cyclist at Hampstead Heath, London, with the city's skyline in the background beneath clear blue skies today (Ben Whitley/PA Wire)

Heatwave: Some places in NI never got below 19C last night

Even the statues of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in Antrim Castle Gardens needed cooling down during the fine weather today

Joint warmest June day ever for Northern Ireland - here are the hottest spots

Matthew Scratch pictured showing off some skateboarding tricks and enjoying the sunny weather at People's Park in Ballymena today (Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press)

First heatwave of the year officially confirmed for Northern Ireland

Mum Morgan Cooke with six-month-old Roman Overend pictured with mum Hannah Flanagan and six-months-old Sadie Long at Stormont enjoying the sunshine today

Temperatures in Northern Ireland breach 28C - and are set to do so again

Crowds enjoying the good weather at Ballycastle during a previous summer. Parts of NI could officially experience a heatwave this week, according to the Met Office.

Parts of NI may experience heatwave this week, says Met Office

People on Tynemouth Beach in the North East of England today (Sunday). Heatwave conditions are forecast for parts of the UK this weekend as temperatures rise, with some areas set to be hotter than Barbados. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Northern Ireland will be hot this week but England will still be far hotter

This picture was taken at 1055pm close to the longest day of year, after sunset at 1004pm but just before the end of civil twilight at 11.00pm, on the coast of north Down, looking across Belfast Lough to Co Antrim in Northern Ireland. Pic on Friday June 19 2026 by Ben Lowry

Ben Lowry: A sense of joy at the longest day of the year, and melancholy too

People enjoying the sun at Helen's Bay beach in County Down in 2021. While extreme heat warnings have been issued for parts of England, Northern Ireland is set for more pleasant weekend and start to next week.

Extreme heat warnings for GB - but NI to stay pleasant

Crowds enjoying the good weather at Ballycastle Beach in County Antrim in a previous summer sunny spell.

Northern Ireland 'more pleasant' as UK braces for heat wave 'hotter than Barbado...

People enjoying the good weather and sunshine at Helen’s Bay in Co Down on May 24 (picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye)

NI just had its sixth-warmest spring on record reveals the Met Office

Sun-worshippers flocked to Helen's Bay beach as temperatures soared on Bank Holiday Monday, reaching 26 Celsius in parts of Northern Ireland. Photo: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press.

Ben Lowry: Northern Ireland in perfect weather is better than Spain the same

People enjoying Bank Holiday Monday's hot weather and sunshine at Seapark near Holywood, Co Down. Photo: Jonathan Porter/PressEye

After the heat: Ulster's farewell to blazing sun as rain and thunder roll in

Sun-worshippers take to Belfast City Hall during their lunch break today - the first time they've been able to get in during the current hear, as the grounds have been shut for much of the week. Photo: Iain Gray/News Letter

Summer starts with weather shock: Thundery showers and hail forecast for Monday

People relax in the sun in Belfast's Arthur Square today. Photo: Iain Gray/News Letter

Ulster bakes in the sun - though showers loom ahead of wet weekend

People in warm weather near St. Paul's Cathedral in London, as the UK recorded its all-time hottest May temperature. Photo: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Northern Ireland temperatures drop as UK and Republic both set new records

A crowded Brighton Beach on Tuesday. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Sun brings health and open-water swimming warnings

Sun-worshippers flocked to Helen's Bay beach as temperatures soared on Bank Holiday Monday. Photo: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press.

Today to be another scorcher - but will Ulster's blazing sunshine last?

People enjoying the good weather and sunshine at Helen’s Bay in Co Down on Sunday (Jonathan Porter/PressEye)

Temperatures set to hit 26C in Northern Ireland today

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