Scotland’s sunniest city experienced a freak hailstorm this week after ominous clouds moved over Dundee.

Thunder, lightning, heavy rainfall and hailstones hit Dundee on Thursday afternoon.

The city played host to winter weather in the middle of June, days after the summer solstice.

The Lochee area in the west of the city was among the worst hit by the storm, which occurred at around 4.15pm and lasted for 45 minutes.

Tayside Fire and Rescue did not receive any reports of flash flooding during the storm.

Dundee resident Connor Beaton caught the freak weather on video on Thursday.

STV weater presenter Sean Batty said: "While hailstones surprise many during the summer months, in actual fact this is when they are most likely, with more warmth around which in turn develops large thunder clouds and these heavy showers.

"Hailstones don't just happen in cold weather, they are developed by these huge clouds which bubble up high into the atmosphere where it is very cold and these hailstones form before they fall.

"Over the past few days conditions have been perfect in parts of the country for the development of these slow-moving deeply convective shower which produce huge amounts of energy meaning these torrential downpours can happen."