Yellow
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
Grey and flat. Like a Monday in the weather.
Clouds, high of 12°C, low of 3°C. 0 mm of rain, 0% chance. Wind up to 8 km/h.
Monday 19/10/2026
Cloud, cloud, and a wee bit more cloud.
Clouds, high of 11°C, low of 3°C. 0 mm of rain, 1% chance. Wind up to 15 km/h.
Yellow warning: the sky’s in a mood. Not a crisis, but the washing can stay in.
Yellow
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.
A mild day. Don’t waste it indoors.
In 3-hour steps.
Loughrea is in County Galway, in the west, where weather arrives straight off the Atlantic. Expect changeable days, more rain and wind than the east, and bright spells between the showers.
Loughrea is in County Galway, at about 53.20°N, 8.57°W. The closest places we cover are Athenry (16 km), Gort (22 km), Kinvara (25 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.