This week saw Stirling record its hottest July day since 2009 as Britain was gripped by a heatwave.
The city saw temperatures soar to 30.9C on Monday, making it the warmest day in July since local records began in 2009.
The scorching heat saw sun worshippers flock to Kings Park to enjoy the balmy conditions.
Stirling Weather, an amateur weather station located in Kings Park, is run by Observer weather columnist Scott McLean.
Since the Stirling Weather station was first introduced, the city’s top temperature ever recorded was 32.3C back in June 2018.
In a month that is so far 3C hotter on average than last July and with one inch of rainfall less, July 2022 is set to break records in the UK and with the latest heatwave plume from western Europe set to peak today (Tuesday).
Scott said: “After Tuesday’s high, the daytime temperature is set to drop around 10C on Wednesday to 20C and drop slightly further as the week progresses.
“It’s set to stay mostly cloudy for the rest of the week with cloud increasing further over the weekend with showers possible at times. Wind is set to be light throughout the week."
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By 3pm on Tuesday, the mercury had reached 30.8C.
An amber weather warning for “extreme heat” was issued for Stirling and Clackmannanshire by the Met Office as soaring temperatures could lead to adverse health effects.
The heatwave has seen weather warnings issued across the UK and experts have advised that adverse health effects were likely to be experienced by those vulnerable to extreme heat.
A Met Office forecaster said: “After a very warm night, hot weather, already underway across other parts of England and Wales, is expected to develop more widely across Wales, southwest and northern England, plus parts of southern and south eastern Scotland.
“Some exceptionally high temperatures are possible, both by day and by night, for Monday and Tuesday. This following a warm weekend, will likely bring widespread impacts to people and infrastructure.”
