Met Eireann released a list of Ireland’s coldest areas on Saturday night as freezing conditions are expected to continue for the rest of the week.
The Irish Meteorological Service said it was “very cold” on the night of December 10, with low air temperatures well below negative levels.
Areas such as Markree Castle in Sligo and Mount Dillon in Roscommon had temperatures of -6.6°C and -7.4°C respectively, but the coldest temperature on record in Ireland was recorded at Athenry in Galway.
A freezing point of -8.1°C was measured in this area between 9:00 p.m. on Saturday and 9:00 a.m. on Sunday.
Other low temperatures were recorded at airports such as Shannon in Clare at -4.9°C, Claremorris in Mayo at -4.8°C, Ballyhaise in Cavan at -3.7°C and Casement Aerodrome in Dublin at -3.6° C measured.
Parts of Meath, Donegal, Kerry, Cork, Tipperary, Westmeath, Cork and Dublin were recorded around -2.9C and -1.1C.
Very cold night with below average minimum air temperatures
Knock Airport and Newport Furnace in Mayo recorded temperatures of -0.5°C and -0.1°C respectively, while Oak Park in Carlow recorded -0.6°C and Johnstown Castle in Wexford recorded -0.7°C.
Warmer areas on Saturday night included Malin Head in Donegal with 4.3C, Sherkin Island in Cork with 0.8C, Belmullet in Mayo with 0.6C, Mace Head in Galway with 0.5C and Roches Point in Cork at 0.3°C.
It comes as a new Status Orange Freezing Fog alert has been put in place for parts of the country including Connacht, Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Clare, Limerick and Tipperary.
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