<div style="text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">People in Bilbao in northwestern Spain normally spend April dodging the showers but yesterday many hit the beach as temperatures were up to 10°C above normal.</span><br></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Portuguese were also hitting the beach near Lisbon as temperatures rose to as high as 29°C.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Many people swapped umbrellas for ice creams as temperatures reached 21°C in Bilbao and were expected to hit 27°C elsewhere today, Aemet, the state weather forecasting agency said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Temperatures, both on today and tomorrow, will be between 5°C and 10°C higher than normal in much of the country, and between 10°C and 15°C (higher) in the northern third of the peninsula and the Canary Islands,” Aemet said in a post on the social media site X.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Temperatures more often experienced in summer months were being recorded in April, Aemet said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Portugal, temperatures were also higher than usual for this time of the year, according to weather agency Ipma yesterday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the central region of Santarem, temperatures are expected to reach 31°C, reports Reuters&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, by next week temperatures in much of Spain will dip again, particularly in northern Spain, Aemet said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/fas</div>