The recent spell of dry weather is set to continue into the first week of November, as the new month gets off to a sunny start.

October ended with mild temperatures and settled conditions, making for a calm – weather-wise – Halloween night.

The first day of November was bright and crisp, feeling slightly cooler than recent days.

These conditions are expected to continue overnight, leading into a dry and sunny Monday with only ‘light winds’ and temperatures in the low teens.

For Monday night, Met Éireann said: ‘ Largely dry and clear through the evening and night with just some cloud over eastern counties for a time. Winds will be light with cloud becoming more widespread overnight. Lows of 3C to 7C.’

Tuesday will be slightly cloudier in places, though sunshine is expected to break through during the afternoon.

It will then be a cloudy but mostly dry night, with some mist or drizzle anticipated across northern counties for a brief period of time.

For Wednesday, Met Éireann continued: ‘Becoming cloudier overall with patchy light rain or drizzle across eastern counties for a time. Light easterly breezes and highs of 10C to 13C.’

The forecaster added: ‘Looking ahead for the remainder of the week its likely high pressure will stay in charge with mostly dry and settled weather and light winds.’

Many people in Ireland are already keeping an eye on winter weather, with this year’s Super El Niño shaped up to be one of the biggest on record and is forecasted to peak around December.

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said the event is ‘firmly established and strengthening rapidly’ with a 100% likelihood of it lasting until February 2027.

Forecasters have stressed that there is no chance of significant cold or snow in the near future, and as for a White Christmas, it remains too far away to say for sure.