With a high of 33.1C at Malaga Airport Easter Sunday, they recorded their hottest April day on record. The previous April record stood at 33.0C set on 25th April, 2002.
Credit: Meteoceil
| Climate data for Málaga Airport (AGP), Churriana (1981–2010), Extremes (1942-present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 26.8 (80.2) |
30.0 (86.0) |
31.4 (88.5) |
33.0 (91.4) |
35.0 (95.0) |
41.0 (105.8) |
44.2 (111.6) |
44.0 (111.2) |
40.0 (104.0) |
36.3 (97.3) |
30.4 (86.7) |
24.6 (76.3) |
44.2 (111.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 16.8 (62.2) |
17.7 (63.9) |
19.6 (67.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
24.3 (75.7) |
28.1 (82.6) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.8 (87.4) |
28.2 (82.8) |
24.1 (75.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
17.5 (63.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.1 (53.8) |
12.9 (55.2) |
14.7 (58.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
25.5 (77.9) |
26.0 (78.8) |
23.5 (74.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
15.7 (60.3) |
13.2 (55.8) |
18.5 (65.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) |
8.2 (46.8) |
9.8 (49.6) |
11.1 (52.0) |
14.2 (57.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
20.5 (68.9) |
21.1 (70.0) |
18.8 (65.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
11.3 (52.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
13.7 (56.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.6 (27.3) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
2.8 (37.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
14.0 (57.2) |
15.2 (59.4) |
10.2 (50.4) |
5.6 (42.1) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 69 (2.7) |
60 (2.4) |
52 (2.0) |
44 (1.7) |
20 (0.8) |
6 (0.2) |
0 (0) |
6 (0.2) |
20 (0.8) |
57 (2.2) |
101 (4.0) |
100 (3.9) |
534 (21.0) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 42 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 69 | 68 | 67 | 63 | 59 | 58 | 58 | 61 | 65 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 65 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 181 | 180 | 222 | 244 | 292 | 329 | 347 | 316 | 255 | 215 | 172 | 160 | 2,905 |
| Source: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología[56][51][57]
While very warm to hot weather affects much of central and southern Iberia now, a big change hits fast and by Wednesday, wind, rain, mountain snow and unseasonably cool temps shall effect many areas currently enjoying the early taste of summer. 12z Easter Sunday 500mb height anom  Credit: Tropical Tidbits temp anom  Credit: Tropical Tidbits 12z Wed 500mb height anom  Credit: Tropical Tidbits 2m temp anom  Credit: Tropical Tidbits  Credit: wxcharts.com  Credit: wxcharts.com  Credit: wxcharts.com 12z temps Wed according to GFS  Credit: wxcharts.com Gale or severe gale force winds develop on the southern flank of the low between Africa and Spain.  Credit: wxcharts.com The heat is brief with cool dominating the spring season so far in SW Europe. temp anomaly 1 March through 13 April.
GFS shows cool standing firm through rest of the month.  Credit: Tropical Tidbits  Credit: Tropical Tidbits |
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