News

‘Enjoy it while it lasts’ – more sun today, but weather set to turn again

By Kilkenny Now 23rd April 2019 0

MET Éireann has some good news for us poor souls trudging back to work this morning after a beautiful, summery Easter bank holiday weekend. Today is set to be another bright, hazy day, with temperatures in Kilkenny and parts of Leinster rising to high as 21C. But an onshore breeze will result in considerably cooler […]

News

Easter Sunday sizzler – Kilkenny to bask in temperatures of up to 22C

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2019 0

MET Éireann and weather experts have some very good news to start your Easter Sunday. Yesterday’s glorious sunshine is set to continue today, with temperatures rising to up to 22C in parts of Kilkenny, Met Éireann has forecast. So get out the sun cream and enjoy the unseasonably sunny weather, which will see mercury levels […]

News

Good Friday? It’s going to be a Great Friday in Kilkenny, says Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 19th April 2019 0

KILKENNY is set to sizzle over the Easter bank holiday weekend, with temperatures rising to as high as 21C today. The miserable start to the week we endured will seem like a memory from a different season as the county basks in “long spells of hazy sunshine”, according to Met Éireann. And the national forecaster […]

News

Kilkenny’s in for a scorcher of a bank holiday weekend: Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 17th April 2019 0

IT was a pretty miserable start to the week, but we’re in for a scorching Easter Bank Holiday weekend. Met Éireann has forecast temperatures of up to 20C on what is set to be a very Good Friday – and it’s predicted to get even hotter on Saturday and Sunday. Forecaster Liz Walsh said: “As […]

News

WEATHER ALERT: Parts of Kilkenny at ‘high risk’ of flooding, warns Met Eireann

By Kilkenny Now 15th April 2019 0

PARTS of Kilkenny are on ‘high alert’ for flooding after the county was battered by torrential showers over the weekend. In its latest update, Met Éireann said Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford, Limerick, Clare, Kerry and Connacht are at a high risk of flooding. The warning has put towns and villages in South Kilkenny such as Thomastown […]

News

Kilkenny to remain dry and sunny as wind and rain batters West: forecasters

By Kilkenny Now 12th April 2019 0

KILKENNY and the rest of Leinster are expected to remain largely dry and sunny this weekend as rain and wind batters the west of the country, forecasters have predicted. Ireland basked in unseasonably high temperatures this week, with the mercury regularly rising to the mid-teens in Kilkenny. However, temperatures are set to fall back to […]

News

FOG ALERT: Kilkenny included in new Status Orange weather warning

By Kilkenny Now 9th April 2019 0

KILKENNY motorists have been urged to drive with extreme caution this morning as a thick blanket of fog hangs over the county, making conditions treacherous. Kilkenny is one of 18 counties included in a Status Orange weather warning issued by Met Éireann last night. Neighbouring Carlow, Waterford, Wexford and Tipperary have also been included in […]

News

Spring has sprung (again) as our weather takes another twist: Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 8th April 2019 0

SPRING, it appears, has sprung again! After last week’s freezing temperatures, Met Éireann has forecast a much milder week ahead, with mercury levels in Kilkenny and throughout Leinster rising to as high as 15C. Today will be mainly cloudy, with some “outbreaks of light rain and drizzle”, but overall it will be a big improvement […]

News

Check your heating oil, forecaster warns as temperatures plummet to -3C

By Kilkenny Now 5th April 2019 0

A LOCAL weather forecaster has warned Kilkenny householders to check your heating oil as temperatures plummeted to an icy -3C. Alan O’Reilly of Carlow Weather said we’re in for a very cold weekend, adding: “Rain and sleet in the midlands and North at present with showers moving onto The East coast. “A bitterly cold evening, […]

News

Spring freeze to thaw as wild weather takes another dramatic turn: Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 4th April 2019 0

TEMPERATURES plummeted to just above zero in parts of Kilkenny last night as the Spring freeze we’ve weathered in recent days tightened its icy grip on the country. And motorists have been urged to slow down this morning as frost and ice patches make driving conditions hazardous in hilly areas of the county. But good […]