Welcome to ESB Networks' Weather Watch

ESB Networks’ Weather Watch is an innovative, hands-on educational programme for Junior Cycle Geography and Transition Year students. Created in collaboration with teachers, Weather Watch provides resources that supplement the curriculum, bringing to life the relationship between weather and renewable energy generation.

Welcome to ESB Networks' Weather Watch

ESB Networks’ Weather Watch is an innovative, hands-on educational programme for Junior Cycle Geography and Transition Year students. Created in collaboration with teachers, Weather Watch provides resources that supplement the curriculum, bringing to life the relationship between weather and renewable energy generation.

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ESB Networks’ Weather Watch aims to empower young people with the knowledge and skills to be part of the change needed to support the electricity network.
With their own school weather stations, students can gather real-time data, analyse local and national weather, and learn when it’s a good time to use electricity, helping contribute to a clean electric future.

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

Weather Watch Schools programme

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

180 schools

have signed up for ESB Networks' Weather Watch with at least one school from every county in Ireland

10 teachers

Created in collaboration with

10 teachers

to align with the Geography curriculum

Hands-on activities

Hands-on activities

in every lesson to bring learnings to life

fantastic prizes

A range of

fantastic prizes

up for grabs with our creative Weather Watch challenge

Noticeboard and announcements

Is your school on the map?

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

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…

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Your feedback matters

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