WEATHER forecasters are predicting more summer sunshine across the country for the rest of the week as record Scottish temperatures for the year were recorded in Glasgow.
Scotland's most populated city basked in Florida temperatures yesterday with a high of 27.6˚C – the hottest of 2013 so far.
It beats the 26˚C recorded in Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, on Saturday, the previous highest temperature recorded in 2013.
And the Met Office says it could even be surpassed tomorrow as they predict a high of 28˚C in Glasgow.
Weather forecasters are predicting a slight cooling down of around 3˚C over the next four days across Scotland but with with plenty of sunshine but temperatures still well above 20˚C.
Scotland is joining in a Europe-wide heatwave that will last until Friday at least, and may continue through to the start of next week.
A Met Office spokesman said: "As we go towards the weekend it will be a few degrees cooller but there are still plenty of sunny spells."
The only blip is that eastern parts of Scotland may get some light rain on Wednesday.
But, with the heat, has come warnings about a very high pollen count across Scotland which is catching out thousands of hayfever sufferers. Experts have said due to a wet, later spring this year, the warm weather now hitting the UK has resulted in a surge in plant growth.
Through this week and continuing to next week, forecasters predict the pollen counts to be very high across the majority of the country and only the very north of Scotland likely to see any relief.
Lindsey McManus, deputy chief executive of Allergy UK said: "A lot of people may be suffering because they have not been taking preventative medicine, as they might usually.
"Some may have thought that they had got away with it for this year with the bad spring weather."
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