Get started
The Weather Watch Pathway
Participating schools, follow the steps below to get started on your Weather Watch journey and transform your classroom into a hub of discovery.
Set up your FREE school Weather Station and download the Weather Cloud app
Discover the curriculum-linked lessons and activities
Share your weather station data across the Weather Watch schools network
Participating schools can take part in the Weather Watch challenge to be in with a chance to win fantastic prizes. Stay tuned
Take your learnings home to see how you can make a difference
What inspired Weather Watch?
ESB Networks believes that everyone has a role to play in building a clean electric future. Weather Watch was designed to equip students with the knowledge and tools to get involved in making that change, empowering them to help drive our journey toward a net-zero future.
Building on ESB Networks’ ‘Is This A Good Time?’ initiative, Weather Watch highlights the connection between weather patterns and energy generation, inspiring students to take control of their electricity consumption both at home and at school.
180 schools
have signed up for ESB Networks' Weather Watch with at least one school from every county in Ireland
Created in collaboration with
10 teachers
to align with the Geography curriculum
Hands-on activities
in every lesson to bring learnings to life
A range of
fantastic prizes
up for grabs with our creative Weather Watch challenge
Noticeboard and announcements
Is your school on the map?
08/04/2025
Check out the latest schools added to the weather station map. Participating schools can add their school to the map…
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Weather Watch challenge: submissions closed
10/04/2025
The Weather Watch challenge has officially ended. Thank you for all the incredible submission. Stay tuned, as the winners will…
Read more about Weather Watch challenge: submissions closed
Your feedback matters
08/04/2025
Tell us what you think in the latest survey sent to participating teachers via email.
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ESB Networks' Weather watch is a very engaging and well-resourced programme”
“The programme links students skills of measuring local weather conditions with their knowledge of sustainable energy generation. It facilitates lessons that encourages students to think more sustainably and more responsibly about energy usage and origins”
Geography Teacher, Patrician Secondary School Newbridge