Hottest April temperature ever recorded in Roscommon today

Mount Dillon in Co Roscommon has experienced its hottest April temperature in history today.

The weather station recorded a high of 25 degrees Celsius today.

Fifteen other stations in Ireland saw their April temperature records broken today.

Cathal Nolan, from Ireland's Weather Channel, says it was very hot in the Shannonside region this afternoon:

📢 25.7 °C observed in Newport and very close now to reaching April’s highest temperature record for Ireland (🌡️sitting at 25.8 °C in 1984). More than fifteen stations have provisionally broken their own April records. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/wxpg7FAjMH

— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) April 30, 2025