Record temperatures broken at Athenry and five other weather stations in June

ATHENRY weather station was one of six weather stations nationwide to break their all-time maximum temperature record on Thursday, June 25.

The mercury at the weather station in Athenry reached 32.2C on June 25, the highest recorded temperature in the country for the month of June. The weather station’s previous highest temperature was 30.2C from June of 2018.

According to the latest report by Met Éireann, a total of thirteen stations across Ireland broke their maximum temperature records for June, while six of those stations along the Western seaboard also broke their all-time maximum temperature records.

Aside from Athenry, the other stations that broke their record maximum temperature on June 25 were Mace Head in Carna, Galway (30.5 °C), Claremorris in Mayo (31.3C), Knock Airport in Mayo (30.3C), Markree in Sligo (30.2C) and Finner in Donegal (30C).

Met Éireann have said that the exceptionally high temperatures were the result of a heat dome that had developed over Western Europe and was pushed towards Ireland in the last week of June.

The average temperature throughout June was 15.3C. The hours of sunshine recorded across the country was above average, with an average of 6.83 hours of sunshine a day in the East and of 4.07 hours of sunshine a day in the West.

The high temperatures of June were also accompanied by an above average rainfall total, making it the 11th wettest June on record nationwide. A total of 125.7mm of rain was measured at the Athenry weather station in June, a reduction from the June 2025 figure of 165mm.