Ireland snow: Met Eireann delivers dismal white Christmas verdict as more storms could be on the way
Met Eireann has issued a dismal verdict on the possibility of a white Christmas this year
Met Eireann has issued its verdict on a white Christmas. (stock image) (Image: PA)
Storm Bram has been and gone but now weather watchers are turning their eyes towards the possibility of a white Christmas.
White Christmases are rare in Ireland. The last genuine white Christmas in Ireland was 15 years in 2010 when the entire island was covered in a blanket of snow.
There’s bad news on the horizon for Christmas shoppers as the forecast for the week before the big day is for unsettled weather. Wet and windy weather is expected with Met Eireann describing the forecasted total amount of rainfall for that time of year as “well above normal across the country”.
The weather forecast for the week of Christmas is being described as “mixed” and Met Eireann has also delivered a dismal verdict on the possibility of a white Christmas this year.
Bookies are currently offering odds of 6/1 that snow will fall at Dublin Airport on Christmas Day and looking at Met Eireann’s extended range forecast, it’s easy to see why.
It will come as dismal news to many but it’s very unlikely that we will see any snowfall on or around Christmas Day 2025. While the weather is set to be unsettled and wet, temperatures look like they won’t be cold enough for snow.
“At forecast Week 2 (December 22 to 28) and towards the latter part of December, the weather over Ireland is forecast to be mixed. The very unsettled weather of the preceding week is likely to give way to more changeable conditions with dry periods interspersed with wetter spells.
“Rainfall totals during the week are forecast to be around the seasonal norm. Mean air temperatures are likely to trend near the climatological average,” said Met Eireann.
Met Eireann extended range forecast
Week 1 (Monday 15 December to Sunday 21 December)
It looks set to be an unsettled period with Low Pressure dominating Ireland’s weather bringing wet and windy weather at times. Rainfall totals are forecast to be well above normal across the country. Mean air temperatures are likely to be above the climatological average.
Week 2 (Monday 22 December to Sunday 28 December)
At forecast Week 2 and towards the latter part of December, the weather over Ireland is forecast to be mixed. The very unsettled weather of the preceding week is likely to give way to more changeable conditions with dry periods interspersed with wetter spells. Rainfall totals during the week are forecast to be around the seasonal norm. Mean air temperatures are likely to trend near the climatological average.
Week 3 (Monday 29 December to Sunday 04 January)
The end of December and early days of January are likely to see more of an influence of High Pressure than in preceding weeks. Precipitation totals are forecast to be below the seasonal average. Mean air temperatures are likely to be trend around average.
Week 4 (Monday 05 January to Sunday 11 January)
There is little trend in the forecast at Week 4 with the equal likelihood of settled and unsettled weather. There is no signal in the temperature forecast with an equal likelihood of milder or colder conditions. Similarly there is no signal for any particular trend in precipitation totals.
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