Ice warning issued for entire country on Friday

Kenneth Fox

Met Éireann has issued a yellow low temperature and ice warning for the entire country.

It comes into effect at 9pm on Friday night and lasts until 10am Saturday morning.

The forecaster says temperatures will fall to as low as -3 degrees, with sharp frost and icy conditions, leading to potentially hazardous travelling conditions and disruption.

A ⚠ status yellow ⚠ low temperature/ice warning has been issued for Ireland.

Valid from 21:00 13/02 - 10:00 14/02

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— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) February 12, 2026

Thursday will bring a good deal of cloud and showers or longer spells of rain, some of that heavy, which will bring some spot flooding.

The rain will be most persistent across the northern half of the country, with the best of any drier, brighter spells further south.

It will gradually become breezy with winds increasing moderate to fresh and variable in direction, becoming mostly east to northeasterly across the northern half of the country, westerly though further south.

Colder conditions will extend from the north to most places through the day, with early afternoon temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees over the northern half of the country and 6 to 9 or 10 degrees further south.

Cold with some frost and ice in places on Friday morning, especially in the west and north. Cloud and rain in parts of Munster and south Leinster will clear through the morning with mostly dry and sunny conditions following.

There will just be a few isolated showers in the north and west. Highest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees with mainly light to moderate northerly winds, fresh for a time in the south and east, but gradually easing to light to moderate.

Met Éireann said overall it will be cold, mainly dry with frost to begin the weekend. Becoming less cold over the weekend but turning more unsettled again.

Saturday will have a frosty start with some icy patches. Dry for a time, with some spells of sunshine, the best of these further east.

It'll become increasingly cloudy from the west through the day, with rain spreading northeastwards through the afternoon and evening, turning heavy in parts, with the chance of some sleet later in the day, especially over higher ground.

It should stay mainly dry, though for much of the daylight hours in east Leinster and much of Ulster.

A cold day withthe  highest temperatures of just 3 to 7 degrees generally, though a little colder in the southwest and west. Winds will be mostly light southerly to begin, but will gradually increase fresh to strong and gusty south to southeasterly.