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Rachel Endley

Scotland weather set for 'hottest summer ever' reaching sizzling 30C in June for 'taps aff' treat

Scotland has been graced with a decent amount of warm weather in 2019.

And it's about to get even better - with forecasters predicting three months of sizzling temperatures this summer.

Across the country we are set to see the mercury rise to 30C by mid-June - making way for one of the hottest summers ever.

Forecasters at the Met Office are predicting "above average temperatures" from June to August, which paves the way for "taps aff" weather in Scotland, as the Mirror reports.

Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow will be packed this summer with sunny weather predicted (Daily Record)

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Highs of 30C next month amid tropical air were forecast by ex-BBC and Met Office forecaster John Hammond of weathertrending and The Weather Outlook forecaster Brian Gaze.

The bright forecasts can only be good news for those heading to popular summer events, like TRNSMT in Glasgow Green.

The Met Office three-month forecast said: “For May-July, above-average temperatures are more likely than below-average.

“The probability the UK average temperature will fall into the warmest of our five categories is 45-50 per cent. The coldest of our five categories is five per cent.

“Long-range prediction systems show a consistent increase in the likelihood of high pressure, associated with warmer-than-average conditions.”

Forecasters are predicting "above-average temperatures" this summer (Corbis via Getty Images)

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Forecaster Mr Gaze added: “Blocking areas of high pressure suggest echoes of last year's record summer, with 30C highs likely in June.”

Scotland recorded its hottest ever day in 2018 when a temperature of 33.2C degrees was measured in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, on Thursday 28 June.

Weathertrending forecaster John Hammond added: “30C heat is quite possible from brief influxes of tropical air into June.”

Crowds gather at Edinburgh's Portobello beach during sunshine in April (Getty Images)

But before the warm weather moves in, Britain will be battered by rain and thunderstorms as the gloomy May weather continues into the end of the weekend.

Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of northeast England will bear the brunt of the wet and miserable conditions which will persist into the start of the working week.

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