Dyce has a high chance of recording Scotland’s warmest ever November night tonight, with temperatures likely to top the record of 14.5C.
Aberdeen already holds the record for having the most balmy autumn evening in the country, which was recorded on November 1 2007.
According to the Met Office, the temperature at Aberdeen Airport is likely to reach highs of 15C today between 10pm and 11pm.
Tomorrow, temperatures are expected to be 16C between 12pm and 3pm at the airport.
However, this is some way off the daytime November Scottish record of 20.6C , which was recorded at two sites in Edinburgh in 1946.
Average high in November is 9.2C
In November last year, Dyce reached a daytime temperature of 16.3C, way above the average high of 9.2C for this time of the year.
Despite the warm temperatures, Scotland is expected to be hit by high winds, with ferries being cancelled and trains delayed across the north-west of the country today due to the adverse weather conditions.
The warm weather has seen 13ft high sunflowers shoot up and bloom in the Highlands, much to the shock of keen gardener Mike Stoner, 73.
He said: “I planted them late in June because we had such a cold and wet spring. They shot up and have hung around in the warm weather. They are normally gone by September.
“This is the latest by far they have hung around. Maybe it is a sign of what’s to come – sunflowers at Christmas. I love sunflowers because they are also good in attracting bees.”
What will the weather be where you are?
Elsewhere across the north and north-east, there will be warm weather across the region tomorrow with the following highs.
- Aberdeen – 16C
- Banchory – 15C
- Elgin – 16C
- Fort William – 16C
- Inverness – 14C
- Laurencekirk – 15C
- Peterhead – 15C
- Wick – 15C
Chances of breaking record ‘certainly possible’
A spokeswoman from the Met Office said: “Thursday night is expected to be very mild almost everywhere in the UK, although it will be cooler in north-west Scotland.
“Some exceptionally mild minima is expected across Northern Ireland and south-east Scotland with widespread minima 12-14C, isolated 15C, making for a very mild start to Friday morning.
“This would challenge the November high minimum temperature records of Northern Ireland (13.9C) and Scotland (14.5C). As it is possible it’ll be cooler on both Thursday and Saturday morning, at 9am, the likelihood of records being broken is quite marginal at this stage, but certainly possible.”
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