Sizzling Scotland hotter than IBIZA at almost 25C – but weather experts predict an abrupt end is on the way in days
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SCOTLAND basked in glorious Spring sunshine today as April ended with the country's hottest day of the year so far.
The mercury reached higher than the 21C recorded in the party island of Ibiza in Spain and the cooler 19C in the Greek capital, Athens.
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Scotland has recorded its hottest day of the year so far today
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Scots got outdoors to enjoy the balmy temperatures
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At Luss by the shores of Loch Lomond day trippers jumped in the water
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But the toasty conditions are not expected to last
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Weather watchers recorded 23.5C in Aviemore, Highlands and Leuchars in Fife, while it was a slightly warmer 23.6C in Edinburgh.
But the temperature peaked at 24.4C in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire this afternoon.
The village on the banks of the River Dee previously recorded Scotland's warmest day of the year so far when it reached 22.8C on April 10.
Many Scots took the opportunity to get outdoors and enjoy the summer-like weather.
At Luss on the banks of Loch Lomond, day trippers jumped off the pier into the cool waters.
Meanwhile, on the east coast, people flocked to beaches in St Andrews, Fife and Portobello in Edinburgh to sunbathe and take a dip in the sea.
Aberdeen mum Ailsa took her two-year-old daughter, Nina, to the city's sun-drenched Victoria Park.
She said: "I did not expect it to be quite so hot.'
BBC Scotland weather presenter Judith Ralston said we have benefitted from warm air wafting up from south-east France.
She added: 'We're on our way to today being the warmest day of the year so far, ending April on a warm and sunny note.
Scotland to Enjoy Three Weeks of Sunshine with 25°C Heatwave
'It feels more like summer than mid-spring.'
The Met Office say last month will go down as one of the sunniest Aprils on record.
But the welcome mini-heatwave won't last for long as milder temperatures will soon return.
Temperatures are expected to drop by 10C north of the border tomorrow.
Met Office forecaster Aiden McGivern said: 'Some changes are taking place as we go into the evening. A cold front starts to move into the north and north west of Scotland.
'That is going to bring some showery rain with it and some thickening cloud layers. And as that arrives, it is going to keep temperatures elevated through the night across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.'
Mr McGivern added that tomorrow will be a 'significantly cooling-off day' with temperatures expected to be in the low to mid teens and rain moving south across the country.
It won't be confirmed until tomorrow if Scotland recorded the sunniest April in history.
The record stands at 214.5 hours from 2021.
By Tuesday of this week, the country's running total for the month was 196.8 hours.
Last April served up just 119 sunshine hours.
An extreme warning for wildfires is now in place for the north-east, central and southern parts, lasting until Saturday.
It comes after a spate of wild blazes earlier this month, including one which damaged a decade's worth of conservation work on the Isle of Arran.
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