TEMPERATURES could soar to 28C (82F) in some parts of the UK on Thursday, making it the warmest April day in nearly 70 years.

Conditions will be mild across the board with a peak of 20C (68F) possible in Aberdeenshire, said the Met Office.

It looks set to be another warm one for Glasgow and its surrounding areas after the mercury hit 16C on Wednesday.

The summery spell comes as a result of warm air from the Azores, off the coast of Portugal, being dragged up towards the UK by the combined efforts of an area of low pressure over the Atlantic and high pressure over western Europe.

The Met Office said of Glasgow’s forecast: “It will be a cloudy morning with some patchy light rain or drizzle. It will be mainly dry in the afternoon with cloud breaking to allow bright and sunny spells. It will still feel very mild in the sunshine, with the maximum temperature at 17 °C.

“It will be dry this evening with some late sunshine and the rest of the night will remain dry with some patchy mist and fog. Minimum temperature will be 6 °C.”

The hot weather far surpasses the average maximum temperature for April, which sits at 11.4C (53F).

A high of 28C would beat the 2001 April high of 27.8C (82F), the Met Office said.

The warmest April day on record was 29.4C (85F) in 1949.

Some hayfever sufferers could be affected by high pollen counts, he added.

Meteorologist Alex Burkill said: “For anyone who suffers from tree pollen they will probably be feeling the effects, but that’s only about 20% of hayfever sufferers. Grass pollen season comes later in summer.”