Could it be a sizzling summer in Kildare?
Bookies slash the odds on it being the warmest summer on record
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Kildarecould be sizzling in the sun this summer.
Bookies have just slashed odds on Ireland enjoying the hottest summer on record - as temperatures are set to hit 20C over next week.
Ladbrokes have already cut the odds from 5/2 to just 2/1 on this month going down as the hottest on record.
However, Met Éireann has pointed out that it is somewhat unclear just how the weather will pan out over the coming days.
An Atlantic weather is coming the Azores high pressure area to the south tries to build, meaning western areas are most likely to see any cloud or rain with eastern areas expecting drier and brighter weather.