Temperatures could hit 32 degrees in places today.
More hot weather's on the cards, with a status yellow high temperature warning in place.
The hottest temperature in the country was in the Phoenix Park in Dublin yesterday at 29.3 degrees.
Mist and fog will clear most areas to leave a hot, dry and mostly sunny day ☀️
🌡️Highs of 26 to 32°C generally, cooler near coasts especially where sea fog persisting along some Atlantic coasts in mostly moderate southerly breezes.
More detail ⬇️https://t.co/9gKN6SVok4 pic.twitter.com/ECD0vQ500j
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) July 18, 2022
The capital is also expected to experience the highest temperatures again today, though temperatures will be cooler near the coast.
Europe Copes With Extreme Temperatures
Meanwhile 15 parts of France have been escalated to their highest alert level for extreme temperatures.
Wildfires have been causing total devastation in the country over the weekend, and continue to rage in the South West.
Exceptional, if not unprecedented temperatures have been and will continue to affect western Europe in the coming days
The heat in Iberia should ease a little, but it will become hotter across much of central Europe and the UK pic.twitter.com/RiZQrGGSuI
— Met Office (@metoffice) July 16, 2022
Over 16,000 people have been evacuated from the Gironde region as nine firefighting aircraft battle the blaze there.
Thousands have been forced to flee flames in Greece and Portugal too.
