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Small Craft warning from Belfast Lough to Wicklow Head to Roche's Point
From 19/10/2026 07:00 until 19/10/2026 23:59
Northeasterly or cyclonic variable winds, veering southeasterly will reach force 6 at times.
Sunday 18/10/2026
A mild day. Don’t waste it indoors.
Clouds, high of 11°C, low of 3°C. 0 mm of rain, 0% chance. Wind up to 11 km/h.
Monday 19/10/2026
It could be worse. It could be Tuesday. Wait.
Rain, high of 12°C, low of 7°C. 2.5 mm of rain, 100% chance. Wind up to 19 km/h.
Yellow warning: the sky’s in a mood. Not a crisis, but the washing can stay in.
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From 19/10/2026 07:00 until 19/10/2026 23:59
Northeasterly or cyclonic variable winds, veering southeasterly will reach force 6 at times.
Weather warnings: Met Éireann. Shown as issued. met.ie/warnings Northern Ireland: Met Office, metoffice.gov.uk.
Only in Ireland can ya need sunglasses and a raincoat in the one hour.
In 3-hour steps.
A cone-shaped hill that is an easy climb from Kilmacanogue. It is in County Wicklow. Weather on a mountain can be very different from the weather in the valley: it is colder, windier and the cloud can sit on top all day. Always check the forecast and tell someone where you are going.
Great Sugar Loaf is in County Wicklow, at about 53.14°N, 6.16°W. The closest places we cover are Newtownmountkennedy (6 km), Enniskerry (6 km), Greystones (7 km).
Across Ireland, spring is cool and bright with showers, summer highs are typically in the high teens with long evenings, autumn is the wettest and windiest stretch as the Atlantic fronts return, and winter is mild for the latitude with frost on clear nights. Rain can arrive in any month.