Buddies enjoy hottest day in 131 years
Paisley has experienced its hottest day for more than 130 years.
On Wednesday, the weather station at Paisley’s Coats Observatory recorded a temperature of 32.4 degrees Celsius. And this breaks all previous records. The observatory’s John Pressly said:“The temperature records taken here at Coats Observatory have been officially broken.
“This beats the previous record of 31.4C set on June 25, 1887.
“I guess that makes this the hottest day for 131 years and three days.”
And yesterday, the high temperatures were possibly the cause of a points failure on the rail line at Paisley’s Wallneuk junction.
The mechanical system that guides trains from track to track broke down, and meant trains from Paisley could not stop at Hillington or Cardonald.
However, trains to Glasgow from Paisley and vice versa were not affected.
A spokesman for Network Rail said:“Heat can affect points.”
The problem was sorted by 10.30am, the spokesman added.
All of this week Paisley has been sweltering in very high temperatures, and this is set to continue, although it will not be quite as hot as Wednesday.
According to the Met Office, the temperatures in the town ranged yesterday from between 21 C and 24 C during the day.
And today temperatures are set to start at a relatively low 13 C in the morning, rising to 23 C, but not until 3pm.
On Sunday, it will be 18 C by 10am and rise to 24 C by 4pm. On Monday, it will also reach 24 C by 4pm. And the outlook is sunny into the start of the week in the Strathclyde area.
“The dry and sunny conditions are set to continue,”the Met Office said.
“It will feel very warm, but slightly cooler along the coast and the Isles with a sea breeze at times.”
And even the birds were feeling the heat yesterday.
Pictured here is a seagull that took the chance to cool off in a dish of water in 17-year-old Leah Cole’s garden in Erskinefauld Road.
Leah, who took the photograph, said:“There were quite a few birds that came into the garden.”