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A couple shelter from the sun under a parasol in Prestwick, AyrshireCredit: Gerard Ferry\/Alamy 4<\/p>\n Troon beach on the Ayrshire coast was packed with sunseekersCredit: Findlay\/Alamy 4<\/p>\n Families soaked up the sun at nearby Prestwick beachCredit: Gerard Ferry\/Alamy 4<\/p>\n Sunbathers worked on their tans as temperatures in Scotland outstripped Hawaii<\/p>\n Families<\/a> headed for parks<\/a>, beaches<\/a> and lochs, while around 50,000 revellers partied it up at a sweltering TRNSMT<\/a> festival at Glasgow<\/a> Green.<\/p>\n Met Office<\/a> weatherman Aiden McGivern said: “Despite the clear skies, it\u2019s going to be an exceptionally warm night in many spots, particularly towards the west.<\/p>\n \u201cExpect 18\u00b0C or 19\u00b0C and north-west Scotland<\/a> could see temperatures holding up at 20\u00b0C or even 21\u00b0C.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s getting close to Scotland\u2019s warmest night on record<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Experts say today was the warmest since July 2022 when temperatures reached an all-time high of 34.8C at Charterhall in the Scottish Borders<\/a><\/p>\n Aviemore in the Highlands was the hottest place in the country.<\/p>\n Four other areas, Achnagart\u00a0 and Kinlochewe in Ross-shire, Dundreggan, in Inverness-shire, and Aboyne, in Aberdeenshire<\/a>, all recorded over 30\u00b0C.<\/p>\n A few miles out of Aviemore, hundreds of day-trippers got up early to pack the beach<\/a> at 10am at Loch Morlich, sitting beneath the Cairngorms and its last remaining patch of winter<\/a> snow.<\/p>\n Visitors Beata and Igor Gazdzik were having fun paddleboarding in the water<\/a>.<\/p>\n Beata said: “Luckily we got here early as the car<\/a> park<\/a> was full by 9.45am.<\/p>\n Six items every UK driver should remove from cars this weekend<\/p>\n \u201cThe weather<\/a> is glorious and being out on the loch<\/a> is a great way of keeping cool.\u201d<\/p>\n Igor added: “I am keeping my hat on all day as it\u2019s so hot my head would burn.\u201d<\/p>\n Mitch Jachacy, from Aviemore, was having fun jumping off his board into the loch to try and keep cool.<\/p>\n Tiffany Irvin, 41, runs the award-winning The Fish Works chip shop and the Beachcomber ice cream parlour and said it was \u2018just like the old days\u2019 as the Clyde Coast<\/a> resort was thronged by visitors.<\/p>\n She said: “Because it\u2019s so hot, everyone is going for the ice cream so far. <\/p>\n “The promenade is packed to capacity and families have even been putting up tents and gazebos on the grass.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just like the old days. <\/p>\n “We haven\u2019t seen anything like this in decades.\u201d<\/p>\n Sunseekers also dashed to Luss where they threw themselves into the water at Loch Lomond and children<\/a> played in the sand. <\/p>\n In Glasgow<\/a>, TRNSMT’s second day saw security<\/a> guards turn hoses on the crowd to keep revellers cool.<\/p>\n Read more on the Scottish Sun<\/p>\n Temperatures tomorrow are expected to reach the high 20s.<\/p>\n But low pressure is expected to move in by Monday meaning a wet and much cooler start of the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCOTLAND was hotter than Hawaii today as temperatures reached a sizzling 32.2\u00b0C. 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