Scotland has enjoyed its warmest Easter Monday on record.

A top temperature of 24.2C was recorded at Kinlochewe in Wester Ross at 4.10pm.

It marked a new temperature record for an Easter Monday in Scotland - and it was also Scotland's warmest day of the year so far, the Met Office confirmed.

It meant Scotland was hotter than cities such as Madrid, Rome and Athens, on Monday.

The high beat Scotland's previous Easter Monday record of 21.4C at Culzean Castle on the Ayrshire coast in 2014.

Other high temperatures were recorded around Scotland on Monday, with the mercury hitting 23.7C at Achnagart in the north west Highlands, and 23.5C in Kinloss, Moray.

The central belt, too, enjoyed similarly warm temperatures, with 23C recorded in Glasgow and 22.1C in Edinburgh, the Met Office confirmed.

STV Weather presenter Laura Piper said the high temperatures were expected to continue tomorrow.

She said: "The warm weather is likely to continue into Tuesday as well, though we will start to see a change in conditions as that high pressure drifts away later in the week.

"I'm afraid we are likely to have a turn to more unsettled conditions by Friday so do get out there and enjoy some ice-cream in the sunshine while you can."