Record temperatures linked to human-caused climate change

Warm nights experienced this summer now 40 times more likely due to human-caused climate change

Warm summer nights this year contributed to Ireland’s hottest summer on record.

This summer’s hot nights 40 times more likely because of climate crisis

Maynooth University and Met Éireann did a rapid analysis of summer 2025 conditions, which links record hot temperatures and the climate crisis.

Record temperatures linked to human-caused climate change

New research by climate scientists at Maynooth University in conjunction with Met Éireann has found Ireland's record summer night time temperatures this year were made 40 times more likely by human-caused climate change.