Armagh records record temperature for NI

Northern Ireland has broken another high temperature record.

County Armagh peaked at 31.4 Celsius today, at 3.20pm this afternoon. That beats the 31.3C experienced at Castlederg in Tyrone yesterday.

The overall hottest temperature recorded on the island of Ireland was 33.3C in Kilkenny in 1887.

Locally, the weather station in Ballyhaise recorded a temperature of 28.9C yesterday - a temperature it's expected to match today.