ClimavisoRain and storms in Cataluña, Illes Balears and elsewhere, 14–15 October 2018
14 October 2018 to 15 October 2018. Updated 26 October 2026.
Over 2 days, 44 of Spain's 182 warning zones had an orange or red warning for rain and storms: 65 zone-days at orange or red, 0 of them red. The day with the most zones at orange or red was 14 October, with 44 zones.
14 October was the day with the most people in zones under an orange or red warning: 12.5 million people live there (INE municipal register, 2025).
How it compares
- It is number 53 of 119 episodes since June 2018 by zone-days at orange or red.
- Among the 35 rain episodes, it is number 9.
- Until then, no rain episode in the archive had been this widespread.
Day by day
| Day | Red | Orange | Yellow | Orange or red warnings for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 14 October | — | 44 | 109 | rain, storms, wind |
| Mon 15 October | — | 21 | 30 | rain, storms |
Zones with a warning each day, at their highest level that day.
The zones
And 109 more zones with yellow warnings only.
What AEMET's stations measured
The most measured in the zones with an orange or red warning, on their warning days: 132.8 l/m² of rain in 24 h at Tuixent (Pirineo de Lleida) on 14 October; a 109 km/h gust at Menorca, Aeropuerto (Menorca) on 15 October.
| Zone | Most rain in 24 h | Strongest gust |
|---|---|---|
| Pirineo de Lleida | 132.8 l/m² Tuixent · 14 October | 52 km/h Coll de Nargó · 14 October |
| Prelitoral de Barcelona | 114.2 l/m² Pontons · 14 October | 62 km/h Pontons · 14 October |
| Depresión central de Barcelona | 110.0 l/m² Balsareny · 14 October | 59 km/h Moià · 14 October |
| Pirineo oscense | 101.2 l/m² Torla - Ordesa · 14 October | 65 km/h Bailo, Puyalto · 14 October |
| Pirineo de Girona | 99.8 l/m² La Molina · 14 October | 59 km/h Maçanet de Cabrenys · 15 October |
| Depresión central de Lleida | 97.6 l/m² Torà · 14 October | 53 km/h Lleida · 14 October |
| Prelitoral norte de Tarragona | 84.4 l/m² Valls · 14 October | 49 km/h Llorac · 14 October |
| Prelitoral de Girona | 81.8 l/m² Les Planes D'Hostoles · 14 October | 67 km/h Girona Aeropuerto · 15 October |
| Prelitoral sur de Tarragona | 79.0 l/m² Cabacés · 14 October | 52 km/h Estación de Tortosa (roquetes) · 15 October |
| Litoral norte de Tarragona | 77.4 l/m² Tarragona · 14 October | 54 km/h Reus Aeropuerto · 15 October |
| Litoral sur de Tarragona | 72.9 l/m² Vandellòs · 14 October | 70 km/h Vandellòs · 15 October |
| Centro de Huesca | 68.4 l/m² Huesca, Aeropuerto · 14 October | 57 km/h Huesca, Aeropuerto · 14 October |
| Pirineo navarro | 61.6 l/m² Isaba/izaba · 14 October | 86 km/h Oroz-Betelu/orotz-Betelu · 14 October |
| Prepirineo de Barcelona * | 59.6 l/m² Berga · 14 October | 26 km/h Berga · 14 October |
| Depresión central de Tarragona | 59.0 l/m² Horta de Sant Joan · 14 October | 51 km/h La Pobla de Massaluca · 14 October |
| Litoral norte de Castellón | 56.3 l/m² Vinaròs · 14 October | 46 km/h Vinaròs · 14 October |
| Ampurdán | 42.4 l/m² La Bisbal (d'Emporda 3) · 14 October | 65 km/h L'Estartit · 15 October |
| Sur de Huesca | 42.4 l/m² Sariñena · 14 October | 72 km/h Lanaja · 14 October |
| Litoral sur de Castellón | 42.0 l/m² Torreblanca · 14 October | 35 km/h Torreblanca · 14 October |
| Interior sur de Castellón | 40.8 l/m² Atzeneta del Maestrat · 14 October | 46 km/h Atzeneta del Maestrat · 14 October |
And 24 more zones with an orange or red warning.
* Zone with no AEMET station: the value is from the nearest one, outside the zone.
For each zone, the highest value its AEMET stations measured on the episode's warning days (the lowest, for the low temperature), with the station and the day. Rain from 07:00 to 07:00 UTC; gust: the day's strongest. It is what the zone's stations measured, not every town, and a measurement, like a warning, is not damage.
How AEMET's warnings unfolded
The orange warning reached 65 zone-days. AEMET issued it ahead of time in 64 of them (median: 23 h) and for the current hour in the other 1: warnings are also raised as things unfold. The first warning of any level for those same days had come a median 12 h earlier.
| Zone | Day | First warning | Orange issued | For · notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordillera Cantábrica de León | Sun 14 | Fri 12 Oct, 22:59 yellow | Sat 13 Oct, 10:36 | 00:00 · 13 h before |
| Meseta de Salamanca | Sun 14 | Fri 12 Oct, 22:59 yellow | Sat 13 Oct, 10:36 | 03:00 · 16 h before |
| Meseta de Zamora | Sun 14 | Fri 12 Oct, 22:59 yellow | Sat 13 Oct, 10:36 | 03:00 · 16 h before |
| Norte de Cáceres | Sun 14 | Sat 13 Oct, 10:36 orange | Sat 13 Oct, 10:36 | 03:00 · 16 h before |
| Sistema Central de Salamanca | Sun 14 | Sat 13 Oct, 10:36 orange | Sat 13 Oct, 10:36 | 03:00 · 16 h before |
| Sistema Central de Segovia | Sun 14 | Sat 13 Oct, 10:36 orange | Sat 13 Oct, 10:36 | 03:00 · 16 h before |
| Sistema Central de Ávila | Sun 14 | Sat 13 Oct, 10:36 orange | Sat 13 Oct, 10:36 | 03:00 · 16 h before |
| Sur de Salamanca | Sun 14 | Sat 13 Oct, 10:36 orange | Sat 13 Oct, 10:36 | 03:00 · 16 h before |
| Bajo Aragón de Teruel | Sun 14 | Fri 12 Oct, 22:59 yellow | Sat 13 Oct, 11:04 | 12:00 · 25 h before |
| Centro de Huesca | Sun 14 | Fri 12 Oct, 22:59 yellow | Sat 13 Oct, 11:04 | 12:00 · 25 h before |
| Depresión central de Lleida | Sun 14 | Sat 13 Oct, 11:04 orange | Sat 13 Oct, 11:04 | 12:00 · 25 h before |
| Depresión central de Tarragona | Sun 14 | Sat 13 Oct, 11:04 orange | Sat 13 Oct, 11:04 | 12:00 · 25 h before |
| Gúdar y Maestrazgo | Sun 14 | Sat 13 Oct, 11:04 orange | Sat 13 Oct, 11:04 | 12:00 · 25 h before |
| Litoral norte de Tarragona | Sun 14 | Sat 13 Oct, 11:04 orange | Sat 13 Oct, 11:04 | 12:00 · 25 h before |
| Litoral sur de Tarragona | Sun 14 | Sat 13 Oct, 11:04 orange | Sat 13 Oct, 11:04 | 12:00 · 25 h before |
And 50 more zone-days.
The full timeline: 187 changes at orange or red
Only the changes involving red are listed: there were 187 in all.
AEMET's issue times, in mainland Spain time (Canary Islands in island time). Notice is the time from issue to the first hour the warning covered; a warning issued “for the current hour” runs from the hour it is published.
What this says and what it doesn't
A warning is an AEMET forecast, not a measurement or a damage report: it says a threshold is expected to be exceeded in a zone. A warning is not damage; a zone is not a building.
A zone-day is one warning zone with a warning on one day. Ten zones at orange on the same day make ten zone-days. A day with several warnings in one zone counts once, at its highest level.
Each zone has its own thresholds, so an orange heat warning in Asturias doesn't mean the same temperature as in Córdoba. More in how warnings work.
To cite: “Climaviso, from AEMET warnings”.
Source: official AEMET warnings, collected by Climaviso since June 2018.