Ireland records warmest ever spring, with temperatures more than 2C above average

Bees pollinating a Cherry tree in Athy, Co Kildare (Niall Carson/PA)

Spring 2025 was Ireland’s warmest and sunniest on record, according to Met Éireann — marking the hottest spring in 126 years of recorded data.

It was also the first spring in which average temperatures exceeded the 20th-century norm by more than 2°C.