Storms and rain across much of Spain, 26–27 August 2019

26 August 2019 to 27 August 2019. Updated 26 October 2026.

Over 2 days, 40 of Spain's 182 warning zones had an orange or red warning for storms and rain: 50 zone-days at orange or red, 1 of them red. The day with the most zones at orange or red was 26 August, with 27 zones.

26 August was the day with the most people in zones under an orange or red warning: 13.5 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 26 August 2019 — Spain from space on 26 August 2019, the day with the most zones at orange or red. Image: NASA Worldview.

How it compares

It is number 67 of 119 episodes since June 2018 by zone-days at orange or red.
Among the 10 storms episodes, it is number 4.
Until then, no storms episode in the archive had been this widespread.

Day by day

Day	Red	Orange	Yellow	Orange or red warnings for
Mon 26 August	—	27	85	storms, rain
Tue 27 August	1	22	33	rain, storms

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

The zones

Zone	Province	Highest level	Warning days
Levante mallorquín	Mallorca	red	1
Alcarria conquense	Cuenca	orange	2
Alcarria de Guadalajara	Guadalajara	orange	2
Cazorla y Segura	Jaén	orange	2
Ibérica zaragozana	Zaragoza	orange	2
Interior norte de Valencia	València/Valencia	orange	2
Interior sur de Valencia	València/Valencia	orange	2
La Mancha albaceteña	Albacete	orange	2
Litoral norte de Valencia	València/Valencia	orange	2
Litoral sur de Castellón	Castelló/Castellón	orange	2
Litoral sur de Valencia	València/Valencia	orange	2
Alcaraz y Segura	Albacete	orange	2
La Mancha conquense	Cuenca	orange	2
Valle del Guadalentín, Lorca y Águilas	Murcia	orange	2
Campiña cordobesa	Córdoba	orange	1
Campo de Cartagena y Mazarrón	Murcia	orange	1
Condado de Treviño	Burgos	orange	1
Ibiza y Formentera	Ibiza y Formentera	orange	1
Interior de Alicante	Alacant/Alicante	orange	1
Interior de Mallorca	Mallorca	orange	1
La Mancha de Ciudad Real	Ciudad Real	orange	1
La Mancha toledana	Toledo	orange	1
Litoral norte de Alicante	Alacant/Alicante	orange	1
Litoral sur de Alicante	Alacant/Alicante	orange	1
Llanada alavesa	Araba/Álava	orange	1
Menorca	Menorca	orange	1
Meseta de Burgos	Burgos	orange	1
Meseta de Segovia	Segovia	orange	1
Metropolitana y Henares	Madrid	orange	1
Montes de Toledo	Toledo	orange	1
Norte y nordeste de Mallorca	Mallorca	orange	1
Ribera del Ebro de La Rioja	La Rioja	orange	1
Rioja alavesa	Araba/Álava	orange	1
Sierra Tramontana	Mallorca	orange	1
Sierra sur de Sevilla	Sevilla	orange	1
Subbética cordobesa	Córdoba	orange	1
Sur de Mallorca	Mallorca	orange	1
Sur, Vegas y Oeste	Madrid	orange	1
Valle del Tajo	Toledo	orange	1
Vega del Segura	Murcia	orange	1

And 98 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: 99.0 l/m² of rain in 24 h at Santanyí (Levante mallorquín) on 27 August; a 104 km/h gust at Campos, Salines Llevant (Sur de Mallorca) on 27 August.

Zone	Most rain in 24 h	Strongest gust
Levante mallorquín	99.0 l/m² Santanyí · 27 August	95 km/h Santanyí · 27 August
Sur, Vegas y Oeste	65.4 l/m² Tielmes · 26 August	42 km/h Aranjuez · 26 August
Ibiza y Formentera	58.5 l/m² Ibiza, Aeropuerto · 27 August	63 km/h Formentera · 27 August
Sierra Tramontana	57.4 l/m² Banyalbufar · 27 August	61 km/h Banyalbufar · 27 August
Metropolitana y Henares	57.0 l/m² Arganda del Rey · 26 August	69 km/h Torrejón de Ardoz · 26 August
Sur de Mallorca	56.2 l/m² Campos, Salines Llevant · 27 August	104 km/h Campos, Salines Llevant · 27 August
Sierra sur de Sevilla	55.0 l/m² Lora de Estepa · 26 August	43 km/h La Roda de Andalucía · 26 August
La Mancha conquense	43.0 l/m² Motilla del Palancar · 26 August	69 km/h Tarancón · 26 August
Litoral norte de Valencia	42.0 l/m² Llíria · 26 August	68 km/h Llíria · 27 August
Vega del Segura	34.6 l/m² Abanilla · 27 August	54 km/h Molina de Segura · 27 August
Ibérica zaragozana	34.0 l/m² Alhama de Aragon · 26 August	55 km/h Calatayud · 26 August
Alcarria conquense *	32.4 l/m² Alcázar del Rey · 26 August	57 km/h Alcázar del Rey · 26 August
Campo de Cartagena y Mazarrón	30.0 l/m² Fuente Álamo de Murcia · 27 August	57 km/h Torre-Pacheco · 27 August
Interior norte de Valencia	27.6 l/m² Utiel · 27 August	60 km/h Utiel · 26 August
Litoral sur de Castellón	26.0 l/m² Torreblanca · 26 August	64 km/h Castelló - Almassora · 27 August
Campiña cordobesa	25.8 l/m² Fuente Palmera · 26 August	67 km/h Córdoba Aeropuerto · 26 August
Interior sur de Valencia	22.8 l/m² Zarra · 26 August	53 km/h Jalance · 27 August
Meseta de Segovia	22.4 l/m² Aldeanueva de Serrezuela · 26 August	70 km/h Cuéllar · 26 August
Alcaraz y Segura	22.0 l/m² Yeste · 26 August	no reading
La Mancha de Ciudad Real	21.0 l/m² Villanueva de los Infantes · 26 August	54 km/h Villanueva de los Infantes · 26 August

And 20 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 red warning reached 1 zone-days, and AEMET always issued it for the current hour: warnings are also raised as things unfold. The first warning of any level for those same days had come a median 40 h earlier.

Zone	Day	First warning	Red issued	For · notice
Levante mallorquín	Tue 27	Sun 25 Aug, 22:58 yellow	14:46	14:00 · for the current hour

The full timeline: 116 changes at orange or red

Mon 26 August

08:55 La Mancha albaceteña, La Mancha conquense: Raises the rain warning to orange: Monday 26, 12:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
08:55 La Mancha albaceteña, La Mancha conquense: Raises the storms warning to orange: Monday 26, 12:00–24:00. Hail possible.
09:58 Campo de Cartagena y Mazarrón, Valle del Guadalentín, Lorca y Águilas, Vega del Segura: Raises the rain warning to orange: Tuesday 27, 00:00–15:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
11:20 Ibiza y Formentera: Raises the rain warning to orange: Tuesday 27, all day. Up to 50 mm in 1 h.
11:20 Ibiza y Formentera: Raises the storms warning to orange: Tuesday 27, all day.
11:20 Interior de Alicante, Interior norte de Valencia, Interior sur de Valencia, Litoral norte de Alicante, Litoral norte de Valencia, Litoral sur de Alicante, Litoral sur de Valencia: Raises the rain warning to orange: Tuesday 27, 00:00–21:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
11:20 Interior de Alicante, Interior norte de Valencia, Interior sur de Valencia, Litoral norte de Alicante, Litoral norte de Valencia, Litoral sur de Alicante, Litoral sur de Valencia: Raises the storms warning to orange: Tuesday 27, 00:00–21:00.
11:20 Interior de Mallorca, Levante mallorquín, Norte y nordeste de Mallorca, Sierra Tramontana, Sur de Mallorca: Raises the rain warning to orange: Tuesday 27, 06:00–24:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
11:20 Interior de Mallorca, Levante mallorquín, Norte y nordeste de Mallorca, Sierra Tramontana, Sur de Mallorca: Raises the storms warning to orange: Tuesday 27, 06:00–24:00.
11:20 Interior norte de Valencia, Interior sur de Valencia: Raises the rain warning to orange: Monday 26, 18:00–24:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
11:20 Interior norte de Valencia, Interior sur de Valencia: Raises the storms warning to orange: Monday 26, 18:00–24:00.
11:20 Litoral norte de Valencia, Litoral sur de Valencia: Raises the rain warning to orange: Monday 26, 21:00–24:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
11:20 Litoral norte de Valencia, Litoral sur de Valencia: Raises the storms warning to orange: Monday 26, 21:00–24:00.
11:20 Menorca: Issues a orange rain warning: Tuesday 27, 06:00–24:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
11:20 Menorca: Issues a orange storms warning: Tuesday 27, 06:00–24:00.
18:06 Metropolitana y Henares, Sur, Vegas y Oeste: Raises the storms warning to orange: Monday 26, 19:00–20:00. Hail possible.
18:31 Alcaraz y Segura: Raises the storms warning to orange: Monday 26, 19:00–20:00. Hail possible.
18:42 Meseta de Burgos: Raises the storms warning to orange: Monday 26, 19:00–20:00. Una tormenta casi estacionaria se está desplazando de sur a norte.
18:43 Alcarria conquense, Alcarria de Guadalajara: Raises the storms warning to orange: Monday 26, 19:00–22:00. Hail possible.
19:01 Campiña cordobesa: Raises the rain warning to orange: Monday 26, 20:00–24:00. Up to 35 mm in 1 h.
19:02 La Mancha toledana, Montes de Toledo: Raises the storms warning to orange: Monday 26, 20:00–22:00. Hail possible.
19:02 Valle del Tajo: Raises the storms warning to orange: Monday 26, 20:00–22:00. Se están observando tormentas con precipitaciones intensas que se pueden repetir durante….
19:03 Campiña cordobesa: Raises the storms warning to orange: Monday 26, 20:00–24:00.
19:14 Ribera del Ebro de La Rioja: Raises the storms warning to orange: Monday 26, 20:00–21:00. Las tormentas pueden afectar el área unbana de Logroño.
19:26 Alcarria conquense, Alcarria de Guadalajara, La Mancha toledana, Montes de Toledo: Extends the orange storms warning: now until 24:00 on Monday 26. Hail possible.
19:26 Metropolitana y Henares, Sur, Vegas y Oeste: Extends the orange storms warning: now until 24:00 on Monday 26. Hail possible.
19:26 Valle del Tajo: Extends the orange storms warning: now until 24:00 on Monday 26. Se están observando tormentas con precipitaciones intensas que se pueden repetir durante….
19:29 Llanada alavesa, Rioja alavesa: Raises the storms warning to orange: Monday 26, 20:00–22:00. Hail possible.
19:35 Condado de Treviño: Raises the storms warning to orange: Monday 26, 20:00–22:00. Hail possible.
19:42 La Mancha de Ciudad Real: Raises the storms warning to orange: Monday 26, 20:00–24:00. Hail possible.
20:31 Ibérica zaragozana: Raises the rain warning to orange: Monday 26, 21:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
20:31 Ibérica zaragozana: Raises the rain warning to orange: Tuesday 27, 00:00–03:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
20:31 Ibérica zaragozana: Raises the storms warning to orange: Monday 26, 21:00–24:00.
20:31 Ibérica zaragozana: Raises the storms warning to orange: Tuesday 27, 00:00–03:00.
20:40 Sierra sur de Sevilla: Issues a orange rain warning: Monday 26, 21:00–24:00. Up to 35 mm in 1 h.
21:22 Subbética cordobesa: Raises the rain warning to orange: Monday 26, 22:00–24:00. Up to 35 mm in 1 h.
22:06 Alcarria conquense, Alcarria de Guadalajara: Raises the rain warning to orange: Monday 26, 23:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
22:06 Alcarria conquense, Alcarria de Guadalajara: Issues a orange rain warning: Tuesday 27, 00:00–03:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
22:06 Alcarria conquense, Alcarria de Guadalajara: Issues a orange storms warning: Tuesday 27, 00:00–03:00. Hail possible.
22:06 La Mancha albaceteña: Raises the rain warning to orange: Tuesday 27, 00:00–03:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
22:06 La Mancha albaceteña: Raises the storms warning to orange: Tuesday 27, 00:00–03:00. Hail possible.
22:36 Interior norte de Valencia, Interior sur de Valencia: Shortens the orange rain warning: now until 18:00 on Tuesday 27. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
22:36 Interior norte de Valencia, Interior sur de Valencia: Shortens the orange storms warning: now until 18:00 on Tuesday 27. Hail possible.
22:36 Litoral sur de Castellón: Raises the rain warning to orange: Monday 26, 23:00–24:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
22:36 Litoral sur de Castellón: Raises the rain warning to orange: Tuesday 27, 00:00–18:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
22:36 Litoral sur de Castellón: Raises the storms warning to orange: Monday 26, 23:00–24:00. Hail possible.
22:36 Litoral sur de Castellón: Raises the storms warning to orange: Tuesday 27, 00:00–18:00. Hail possible.
23:05 Cazorla y Segura: Raises the rain warning to orange: Tuesday 27, 00:00–03:00. Up to 35 mm in 1 h.

Tue 27 August

08:34 Campo de Cartagena y Mazarrón, Valle del Guadalentín, Lorca y Águilas, Vega del Segura: Extends the orange rain warning: now until 18:00 on Tuesday 27. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
08:47 Ibiza y Formentera: Shortens the orange rain warning: now until 21:00 on Tuesday 27. Up to 50 mm in 1 h.
08:47 Ibiza y Formentera: Shortens the orange storms warning: now until 21:00 on Tuesday 27. Hail possible.
08:47 Interior de Alicante, Interior norte de Valencia, Interior sur de Valencia: Lowers the rain warning to yellow: Tuesday 27, 09:00–21:00. Up to 20 mm in 1 h.
08:47 Interior de Alicante, Interior norte de Valencia, Interior sur de Valencia: Lowers the storms warning to yellow: Tuesday 27, 09:00–21:00. Hail possible.
08:47 Litoral norte de Alicante, Litoral norte de Valencia, Litoral sur de Alicante, Litoral sur de Castellón, Litoral sur de Valencia: Shortens the orange rain warning: now until 14:00 on Tuesday 27. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
08:47 Litoral norte de Alicante, Litoral norte de Valencia, Litoral sur de Alicante, Litoral sur de Castellón, Litoral sur de Valencia: Shortens the orange storms warning: now until 14:00 on Tuesday 27. Hail possible.
14:46 Levante mallorquín: Raises the rain warning to red: Tuesday 27, 15:00–16:00. Up to 90 mm in 1 h.
16:05 Litoral sur de Alicante: Raises the rain warning to orange: Tuesday 27, 17:00–21:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
16:05 Litoral sur de Alicante: Raises the storms warning to orange: Tuesday 27, 17:00–21:00. Hail possible.
17:03 Campo de Cartagena y Mazarrón, Valle del Guadalentín, Lorca y Águilas, Vega del Segura: Extends the orange rain warning: now until 20:00 on Tuesday 27. Up to 40 mm in 1 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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