Met Éireann reveal the coldest parts of Ireland ahead of another ‘extremely cold’ night

As we're all aware, it's been freezing out lately.

Ireland is in the middle of a country-wide, five-day snow-ice weather warning - with it set to remain in place until midday on Saturday. And ahead of another "extremely cold" evening, Met Éireann have revealed just how cold it got overnight last night - sharing a list of the temperatures taken at their weather stations as of 6am on Thursday. The 'warmest' (and we're using that term very lightly) temperature recording was -2.7C  at Shannon Airport and Gurteen, Tipperary. As for the coldest? That was at Dublin Airport, where it was -5.8C, followed by -4.8C recorded in Mullingar. The full list reads:

• Dublin Airport: - 5.8C
• Mullingar: -4.8C
• Mount Dillon: -4.0C
• Oak Park: -3.7C
• Ballyhaise: -3.4C
• Grange: -3.1C
• Gurteen: -2.7C
• Shannon Airport: -2.7C
• Moore Park: -3.4C
• Phoenix Park: -3.9C
• Casement: -3.0C

Forecasters have said that it will be "extremely cold this evening and overnight", with more wintry falls mainly in the south and east - where there will be "some snow accumulations" on lower levels. They added:

"Frost and icy conditions too, all resulting in treacherous conditions. Lowest temperatures of 0 to -6 degrees Celsius, coldest across Ulster and west Connacht."