Rain in Comunitat Valenciana, Andalucía and elsewhere, 18–19 November 2018

18 November 2018 to 19 November 2018. Updated 26 October 2026.

It coincides with storm Carlos, named by IPMA on 14 November 2018.

Over 2 days, 25 of Spain's 182 warning zones had an orange or red warning for rain: 25 zone-days at orange or red, 3 of them red. The day with the most zones at orange or red was 18 November, with 14 zones.

19 November was the day with the most people in zones under an orange or red warning: 5.6 million people live there (INE municipal register, 2025).

RedOrangeYellowNo warningEach zone at the highest warning it had during the episode. Grey: no warning on those days.

True-colour satellite image of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands on 18 November 2018 — Spain from space on 18 November 2018, the day with the most zones at orange or red. Image: NASA Worldview.

How it compares

It is number 102 of 119 episodes since June 2018 by zone-days at orange or red.
Among the 35 rain episodes, it is number 31.

Day by day

Day	Red	Orange	Yellow	Orange or red warnings for
Sun 18 November	—	14	42	rain
Mon 19 November	3	8	17	rain

Zones with a warning each day, at their highest level that day.

The zones

Zone	Province	Highest level	Warning days
Interior sur de Valencia	València/Valencia	red	2
Litoral norte de Alicante	Alacant/Alicante	red	2
Litoral sur de Valencia	València/Valencia	red	2
Litoral norte de Castellón	Castelló/Castellón	orange	2
Litoral norte de Valencia	València/Valencia	orange	2
Litoral sur de Alicante	Alacant/Alicante	orange	2
Litoral sur de Castellón	Castelló/Castellón	orange	2
Litoral sur de Tarragona	Tarragona	orange	2
Prelitoral sur de Tarragona	Tarragona	orange	2
Andévalo y Condado	Huelva	orange	1
Aracena	Huelva	orange	1
Axarquía	Málaga	orange	1
Costa granadina	Granada	orange	1
Estrecho	Cádiz	orange	1
Grazalema	Cádiz	orange	1
Ibiza y Formentera	Ibiza y Formentera	orange	1
Levante mallorquín	Mallorca	orange	1
Litoral de Huelva	Huelva	orange	1
Menorca	Menorca	orange	1
Norte y nordeste de Mallorca	Mallorca	orange	1
Pirineo de Girona	Girona	orange	1
Ronda	Málaga	orange	1
Sierra Tramontana	Mallorca	orange	1
Sol y Guadalhorce	Málaga	orange	1
Sur de Mallorca	Mallorca	orange	1

And 39 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: 139.2 l/m² of rain in 24 h at Barx (Litoral sur de Valencia) on 19 November.

Zone	Most rain in 24 h
Litoral sur de Valencia	139.2 l/m² Barx · 19 November
Ronda	78.4 l/m² Cortes de la Frontera · 18 November
Pirineo de Girona	70.2 l/m² Maçanet de Cabrenys · 18 November
Grazalema	68.4 l/m² Jimena de la Frontera · 18 November
Axarquía	68.0 l/m² Nerja · 18 November
Litoral sur de Castellón	66.0 l/m² Torreblanca · 18 November
Ibiza y Formentera	58.2 l/m² Eivissa · 19 November
Costa granadina	57.4 l/m² Salobreña · 18 November
Sol y Guadalhorce	50.4 l/m² Torremolinos · 18 November
Litoral norte de Alicante	46.6 l/m² Pego · 19 November
Litoral de Huelva	45.7 l/m² Moguer, el Arenosillo · 18 November
Levante mallorquín	44.8 l/m² Manacor · 19 November
Sur de Mallorca	39.4 l/m² Campos, Can Sion · 19 November
Aracena	37.6 l/m² El Campillo · 18 November
Interior sur de Valencia	35.0 l/m² Bicorp · 18 November
Andévalo y Condado	30.8 l/m² Alosno, Tharsis · 18 November
Norte y nordeste de Mallorca	26.8 l/m² Artà · 19 November
Estrecho	26.6 l/m² San Roque · 18 November
Litoral norte de Valencia	25.0 l/m² Turís · 18 November
Litoral sur de Alicante	25.0 l/m² Rojales · 18 November

And 5 more zones with an orange or red warning.

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 red warning reached 3 zone-days, and AEMET always issued it ahead of time (median: 13 h). The first warning of any level for those same days had come a median 36 h earlier.

Zone	Day	First warning	Red issued	For · notice
Interior sur de Valencia	Mon 19	Sat 17 Nov, 11:31 yellow	Sun 18 Nov, 11:25	00:00 · 13 h before
Litoral norte de Alicante	Mon 19	Fri 16 Nov, 23:50 yellow	Sun 18 Nov, 11:25	00:00 · 13 h before
Litoral sur de Valencia	Mon 19	Fri 16 Nov, 23:50 yellow	Sun 18 Nov, 11:25	00:00 · 13 h before

The full timeline: 37 changes at orange or red

Sat 17 November

11:09 Litoral norte de Castellón, Litoral sur de Castellón: Raises the rain warning to orange: Sunday 18, all day. Up to 100 mm in 12 h.
11:10 Ronda: Raises the rain warning to orange: Sunday 18, 03:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
11:10 Sol y Guadalhorce: Raises the rain warning to orange: Sunday 18, 03:00–24:00. Up to 35 mm in 1 h.
11:12 Pirineo de Girona: Raises the rain warning to orange: Sunday 18, 00:00–21:00. Up to 100 mm in 12 h.
11:27 Estrecho, Grazalema: Raises the rain warning to orange: Sunday 18, 03:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
11:31 Litoral norte de Alicante, Litoral sur de Valencia: Raises the rain warning to orange: Monday 19, all day. Up to 140 mm in 12 h.
21:01 Litoral sur de Tarragona, Prelitoral sur de Tarragona: Raises the rain warning to orange: Sunday 18, all day. Up to 100 mm in 12 h.
22:15 Andévalo y Condado, Aracena, Litoral de Huelva: Raises the rain warning to orange: Sunday 18, 00:00–18:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
22:16 Axarquía: Raises the rain warning to orange: Sunday 18, 09:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.

Sun 18 November

11:25 Ibiza y Formentera, Litoral sur de Alicante, Menorca, Sur de Mallorca: Raises the rain warning to orange: Monday 19, 00:00–12:00. Up to 50 mm in 1 h.
11:25 Interior sur de Valencia: Raises the rain warning to red: Monday 19, 00:00–15:00. Up to 180 mm in 12 h.
11:25 Levante mallorquín: Raises the rain warning to orange: Monday 19, all day. Up to 50 mm in 1 h · 100 mm in 12 h.
11:25 Litoral norte de Alicante, Litoral sur de Valencia: Raises the rain warning to red: Monday 19, 00:00–15:00. Up to 180 mm in 12 h.
11:25 Litoral norte de Castellón, Litoral sur de Castellón: Lowers the rain warning to yellow: Sunday 18, 12:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
15:44 Costa granadina: Raises the rain warning to orange: Sunday 18, 16:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
21:03 Litoral norte de Valencia: Raises the rain warning to orange: Monday 19, 00:00–12:00. Up to 50 mm in 1 h.
21:03 Norte y nordeste de Mallorca, Sierra Tramontana: Raises the rain warning to orange: Monday 19, all day. Up to 100 mm in 12 h.

Mon 19 November

08:55 Ibiza y Formentera, Menorca, Sur de Mallorca: Lowers the rain warning to yellow: Monday 19, 09:00–24:00. Up to 20 mm in 1 h · 80 mm in 12 h.
08:55 Interior sur de Valencia, Litoral norte de Alicante, Litoral sur de Valencia: Shortens the red rain warning: now until 12:00 on Monday 19. Up to 180 mm in 12 h.
08:55 Litoral norte de Valencia: Lowers the rain warning to yellow: Monday 19, 09:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h · 80 mm in 12 h.
08:55 Litoral sur de Alicante: Lowers the rain warning to yellow: Monday 19, 09:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h · 80 mm in 12 h.

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.

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