Today is officially the hottest day of the year so far (but not for Dublin).
Met Eireann says temperatures at Shannon Airport and Oak Park in Carlow reached 28.7 degrees this afternoon.
Phoenix Park in Dublin recorded a high of 24.5 degrees, while the mercury at Dublin Airport reached 23.2.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Max temps to 4pm today (°C):<br><br>28.7 Shannon Airport<br>28.7 Oak Park<br>- Highest temp so far this year<br>28.2 Athenry<br>27.8 Gurteen<br>27.5 Mullingar<br>27.3 Mace Head<br>27.1 Finner Camp<br>27.0 Claremorris<br>26.4 Moore Park<br>25.6 Knock Airport<br>25.2 Malin Head<br>24.5 Phoenix Park<br>23.2 Dublin Airport <a href="https://t.co/tJBRlN3ibi">pic.twitter.com/tJBRlN3ibi</a></p>— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) <a href="https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/1011635628457496576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
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