From left: Japanese fashion enthusiasts Jennifer Hopkins (24), Culloden Robertson (27) and Laura Cranston (30) enjoyed the sun at Glasgow Botanic Gardens
SCOTLAND has enjoyed its warmest Easter Monday on record.
A top temperature of 24.2C was recorded at Kinlochewe in Wester Ross at 4.10pm.
It marked a new temperature record for an Easter Monday in Scotland – and it was our warmest day of the year so far, the Met Office confirmed.
It meant Scotland was hotter than cities such as Madrid, Rome and Athens yesterday.
The high beat Scotland’s previous Easter Monday record of 21.4C at Culzean Castle on the Ayrshire coast in 2014.
The mercury hit 23.7C at Achnagart in the north-west Highlands, and 23.5C in Kinloss, Moray.
Forecasters predict more wind as we approach the weekend, and fresher weather in the east today.
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