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Most of us were waking up in a sticky pool of our own sweat this morning – but not so in Scotland.

According to the Met Office, parts of the Scottish Highlands were actually freezing earlier today.

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Yep – it was 0°C in parts of the country.

Craig Snell, a forecaster at the Met Office, told Metro.co.uk: ‘We have just had a couple of sites in Scotland early this morning that were freezing.


‘But they were just a few sheltered spots, and temperatures are now already up in most places.

‘Now they’re about 3°C.’

There was a big contrast in temperatures this morning, around freezing in places across #Scotland but nearer 20 °C across southern #England! pic.twitter.com/TA3dStBBD7 — Met Office (@metoffice) June 20, 2017

Hard to imagine, but cold does still exist (Picture: REX/Shutterstock)

Meanwhile, the rest of the UK was almost 30°C hotter than that, with sweltering temperatures in the twenties to start the day.



And it’s only going to get hotter, with highs of around 33°C to 34°C later this week.

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‘Further south they’ve had a much different start to the day,’ Snell continued.

‘There was a huge contrast, and that kind of contrast continues somewhat today. There will be real hot temperatures across the southern parts of the UK.

‘Yesterday we got just shy of 33°C, but today will be a bit cooler, at 31°C. And tomorrow, it’ll be as hot as 33°C or 34°C again.’

Meanwhile in the rest of the country… (Picture: REX/Shutterstock)

When it finally gets cooler after Thursday, those in the southern part of the country can still expect it to be around 21°C.

And people – particularly those in Cheshire – should brace themselves for some dramatic thunderstorms amid the heatwave.

‘Tomorrow, there will be a risk of thunderstorms for Cheshire,’ Snell said. ‘There will also be a band of rain. Most of the rain will be focused across the northern and western areas of the UK this weekend.’