Aberdeen had 21 days of sunshine for the first time since Met Office records began in 1957.
Residents of Granite City in the Northeast Scotland I saw the sun on Thursday afternoon with the last recorded sunshine on January 21st.
According to the Meteorological Department, 30 minutes till 4 pm was officially recorded in Dyce area.
It was 2026 with weeks of non-stop rain in the region and across the UK.
More than 277mm of rain fell in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, in January, more than four times the monthly average, while the first 10 days of the year saw heavy snow in the north-east of Scotland.
In the first three days of the month, south-east England received almost a third of its average February rainfall.
The wintry weather is expected to continue until 12pm on Friday with a yellow warning for snow and ice across much of Scotland and northern England.
An air mass known as arctic maritime air lowers temperatures.
He said: “The snow and ice warnings we’ve issued at the moment cover most of Scotland and the north of England. A little further south there could be some snow showers.
“We’re not expecting particularly effective snow and conditions will be very brief before we get another system coming in from the Atlantic over the weekend, but it’s going to be a little bit different over the next few days as we get colder air.”
Judith Ralston, weather presenter for BBC Scotland, said: “With the change in weather patterns, we will finally lose the entrenched pattern of clouds, rain and cold winds.
“It will finally break, allowing a northeasterly air mass to set in, very dry, bright conditions, with sunshine on the way Friday and Saturday and some wintry showers on Friday.”
