Record-breaking hottest June day since 1957 at Malin Head weather station

Inishowen recorded its warmest June day in almost seventy years, the latest data from Met Eireann has revealed.

A scorching temperature of 25.5 degrees Celsius was recorded at Malin Head weather station on Friday, June 20, which was the highest June maximum for 68 years, dating back to 1957.

Overall, last month however, it was a tale of record temperatures and lots of rain, rain, rain, amid further evidence that our climate is getting warmer and wetter due to global warming.

The average temperature of 14.2 degrees was 1.5 degrees warmer than the 12.7-degree long-term monthly average for Inishowen, while remarkably, the 20-degree mark was surpassed on SIX different days during June.

To put that into context, temperatures of 20 degrees or more were recorded at Malin Head on just eleven days during all of 2024.

Unfortunately, the warm temperatures were often recorded during dull days last month though – there were six different days without any sunshine whatsoever, while rain totals were well up.

The rainfall tally of 111.9 millimetres [4.4 inches] for Malin Head in June was almost 52 per cent higher than the expected average for the month of 73.8 millimetres.

In fact, June [111.9 mms] was the wettest month of 2025 by far in Inishowen, a grim distance ahead of January [74.4 mms] and February [63.2 mms].

The wettest day of last month was also the last day, Monday, June 30, which recorded a dismal 28.6 mms of rain during an incessant day of downpours.

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Malin Head recorded one of its sunniest Mays ever this year, with 287 hours of sunshine, but there was a reckoning in June, which had just 133 hours of sunshine, less than half of May’s total.

We can only hope for a change of fortunes – and a much-needed burst of sunshine in July [which already isn’t off to a very promising start!].