Farmers will have a brief respite from the prolonged dry period.
Conditions are set to remain cooler across the midlands this weekend.
Temperatures peaked at 27 degrees over the bank holiday weekend, with the mercury dropping by 10 degrees as this week progressed.
Rhode's Cathal Nolan of Ireland's Weather Channel is predicting some brief respite for farmers:
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