Inland Andalucia is set to bake in record-breaking April heat with highs of 35C — but what about the coast?

SOUTHERN Spain is bracing for an early summer blast as inland areas prepare to bake in record-breaking 35C heat.

Spain’s national weather agency AEMET has issued a stark warning for what could be one of the most intense April heat events on record.

Experts forecast that average national temperatures between April 18 and 24 could break all-time records for this time of year.

The freak conditions are being driven by a cold low-pressure system forming over the Atlantic this weekend, which is dragging hot, dry air up from North Africa.

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This weather front will lock a punishing high-pressure ridge over the Iberian Peninsula for at least a week.

The Guadalquivir valley will take the brunt of the extreme heat, with Sevilla, Cordoba, Granada and Jaen all forecast to hit between 30C and 32C by Tuesday.

By Wednesday, these inland hotspots are expected to peak at a sweltering 34C to 36C, sitting up to six degrees above the normal April average.

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Other regions including Murcia, Madrid, Zaragoza and inland Catalunya will face the same punishing conditions.

AEMET meteorologists have described the impending heatwave as one of the most powerful thermal anomalies in the entire northern hemisphere.

However, it is a completely different story for those hoping to hit the beach on the coast.

While inland Andalucia swelters in conditions more typical of late June, AEMET’s seven-day forecast for the Malaga coast is a little cooler.

Expats on the coast will see plenty of sunshine but nothing approaching the inland extremes.

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Malaga will climb from 23C today to 25C by Saturday, reaching 27C on Tuesday and Wednesday before easing back.

Westwards in Cadiz and the Costa del la Luz, the temperature will hold between 24C and 25C most of the week with a brief spike to 27C on Tuesday.

Almeria catches the tail end of the inland heat, peaking at 29C on Wednesday and 32C by Thursday.

All three remain dry throughout, with sunny to partly cloudy skies and rain probabilities barely registering until late in the week.

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