Met Eireann's exact forecast on how warm each county in Ireland will be on hottest days of the year so far

Ireland will be blessed by 29C heat as the hottest two days of the year arrive.

Met Eireann are forecasting 27C on Wednesday and 29C on Thursday - although some areas will be hotter than others.

Weather chiefs expect the west of the country to get the very best of the weather but all areas should see plenty of sun and mid-20s temperatures.

Here's how warm Met Eireann expect your home county to be in the next two days;

County by county forecast - Wednesday

Dublin - 20C

Kildare - 20C

Cork - 20C

Cavan - 21C

Meath - 20C

Louth - 19C

Wicklow - 15C

Westmeath - 21C

Limerick - 24C

Mayo - 22C

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Tipperary - 20C

Monaghan - 20C

Donegal - 17C

Offaly - 22C

Galway - 24C

Clare - 25C

Kerry - 22C

Roscommon - 23C

Kilkenny - 22C

Longford - 23C

Laois - 21C

Wexford - 16C

Waterford - 20C

Carlow - 22C

Sligo - 22C

Leitrim - 23C

County by county forecast - Thursday

Dublin - 22C

Kildare - 23C

Cork - 20C

Cavan - 24C

Meath - 22C

Louth - 22C

Wicklow - 18C

Westmeath - 23C

Limerick - 26C

Mayo - 26C

Tipperary - 22C

Monaghan - 24C

Donegal - 25C

Offaly - 25C

Galway - 27C

Clare - 26C

Kerry - 27C

Roscommon - 26C

Kilkenny - 22C

Longford - 26C

Laois - 23C

Wexford - 19C

Waterford - 20C

Carlow - 22C

Sligo - 27C

Leitrim - 26C

Met Eireann forecast

Wednesday

Rather cloudy this morning with a little patchy drizzle affecting northern coasts to start the day. There'll be fog in patches around the coast of the south and west.

Cloud will thin out with sunshine developing, the best in the south and spreading northwards steadily.

Highest temperatures ranging between 20 and 24 degrees widely, between 17 and 20 degrees in the cloudier north and at the coasts and as high as 27 degrees possible in isolated spots where the longest spells of sunshine develop. Winds will be light and variable in direction.

Thursday

Tomorrow, Thursday will be a warm day and locally it will feel hot. It will be dry and sunny widely and winds will be light to moderate from a southeast direction, locally fresh.

Temperatures will be 25 degrees in the afternoon widely across the country, typically reaching 20 degrees at the coasts and as high as 29 degrees is possible in the west.