Scots continued to flock to parks and beaches on the bank holiday weekend, as forecasters reported record-breaking temperatures for the UK.
The Met Office said that it was hottest early May Bank Holiday weekend on record, with the mercury rising to 28.7C (83.7F) in Northolt, west London.
Introduced in 1978, the early May bank holiday temperature records have never topped the 28C (82.4F), with the previous record for the weekend set at 28.6C in 1995.
Portobello beach, near Edinburgh
Scotland just missed out on breaking its own record but it still had its hottest day of the year so far with 23.1C at Charterhall in Berwickshire, while sunworshippers in the Central Belt soaked up temperatures of up to 19.1C
Days Out: Scotland's top 20 beaches
Aberdeenshire and the Highlands struggled to reach these warmer spells, only managing around 11C and 12C, though forecasters said that Aberdeen would get its fair share of the heat today, with temperature expected to reach around 20C.
However the sunny weather in Scotland is not set to last, as bands of cloud and rain will push in from the Atlantic with the weather becoming much more changeable for the rest of the week, the Met Office said.
Forecaster Greg Dewhurst said that as of today, "the west is going to stay cloudy with outbreaks of rain at times" though it would only be light and patchy.
Heatwave on its way with hottest day since records began expected
"The east will stay quite dry and bright and sunny, particular Aberdeenshire. It will be nice in the east with sunny spells, further west it will be between 12C and 15C, and through the latter part of the day the rain will push into Aberdeenshire into the evening," he said.
"The rain does become light and patchy by then so it shouldn't spoil things too much.
"Overall it will be a brighter picture in the west compared to the start of the day."
Naseby Park, Glasgow
On Wednesday, temperatures will be back to where they normally are at this time of year, between 12C and 14C, Mr Dewhurst said.
He added: "Wednesday will start quite bright with some sunny spells, but it doesn't last long unfortunately, as outbreaks of rain, clouds and strong winds move into Stornoway and spread eastwards.
"The weather will then stay typical for this time of year.
"We'll see the rain come through and the showers following on and continuing into the weekend, so it will be back to being changeable again."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here