A Status Orange thunderstorm warning has been extended until 10 o'clock tonight.
The alert for heavy downpours of rain and hail, now applies to Munster and counties Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Kildare, Wicklow and Dublin.
Met Éireann forecaster, Brandon Creagh, says temperatures are returning to normal now, with no further heatwave on the horizon:
"For the rest of the week, temperatures will gradually return to closer to average temperatures for August around the high teens to low 20s."
