Storms across much of Spain, 24–25 June 2020

24 June 2020 to 25 June 2020. Updated 26 October 2026.

Over 2 days, 23 of Spain's 182 warning zones had an orange or red warning for storms: 25 zone-days at orange or red, 0 of them red. The day with the most zones at orange or red was 25 June, with 15 zones.

25 June was the day with the most people in zones under an orange or red warning: 2.2 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 25 June 2020 — Spain from space on 25 June 2020, the day with the most zones at orange or red. Image: NASA Worldview.

How it compares

It is number 106 of 119 episodes since June 2018 by zone-days at orange or red.
Among the 10 storms episodes, it is number 9.
There hadn't been a storms episode this widespread since August 2019.

Day by day

Day	Red	Orange	Yellow	Orange or red warnings for
Wed 24 June	—	10	57	storms, heat
Thu 25 June	—	15	37	storms, rain

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

The zones

Zone	Province	Highest level	Warning days
Centro de Huesca	Huesca	orange	2
Cordillera Cantábrica de León	León	orange	2
Bierzo de León	León	orange	2
Central y Valles Mineros	Asturias	orange	2
Centro de Navarra	Navarra	orange	2
Cinco Villas de Zaragoza	Zaragoza	orange	2
Cordillera y Picos de Europa	Asturias	orange	2
Ibérica riojana	La Rioja	orange	2
Ibérica zaragozana	Zaragoza	orange	2
Meseta de León	León	orange	2
Meseta de Palencia	Palencia	orange	2
Meseta de Segovia	Segovia	orange	2
Montaña de Lugo	Lugo	orange	2
Pirineo de Lleida	Lleida	orange	2
Pirineo navarro	Navarra	orange	2
Pirineo oscense	Huesca	orange	2
Ribera del Ebro de La Rioja	La Rioja	orange	2
Suroccidental asturiana	Asturias	orange	2
Valle de Arán	Lleida	orange	2
Campiña cordobesa	Córdoba	orange	1
Depresión central de Lleida	Lleida	orange	1
Gúdar y Maestrazgo	Teruel	orange	1
Valle del Guadalquivir de Jaén	Jaén	orange	1

And 48 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: 68.7 l/m² of rain in 24 h at La Seu D'Urgell (Pirineo de Lleida) on 24 June; a 93 km/h gust at Enciso (Ibérica riojana) on 25 June.

Zone	Most rain in 24 h	Strongest gust
Pirineo de Lleida	68.7 l/m² La Seu D'Urgell · 24 June	81 km/h Coll de Nargó · 24 June
Pirineo oscense	50.0 l/m² Bielsa · 25 June	68 km/h Cerler, Cogulla · 25 June
Pirineo navarro	44.4 l/m² Roncesvalles/orreaga · 25 June	56 km/h Valcarlos/luzaide · 25 June
Cordillera Cantábrica de León	25.8 l/m² Quintana del Castillo, Villameca · 24 June	52 km/h Puerto de San Isidro · 24 June
Gúdar y Maestrazgo	21.8 l/m² Montalbán · 24 June	82 km/h Castellote · 24 June
Central y Valles Mineros	20.2 l/m² Oviedo · 24 June	35 km/h Oviedo · 24 June
Ibérica riojana	19.4 l/m² Enciso · 24 June	93 km/h Enciso · 25 June
Meseta de Segovia	17.8 l/m² Miguelañez · 25 June	58 km/h Aldeanueva de Serrezuela · 24 June
Cordillera y Picos de Europa	17.0 l/m² Piloña, Bargaéu · 25 June	58 km/h Pajares-Valgrande · 24 June
Bierzo de León	13.6 l/m² Vega de Espinareda · 24 June	34 km/h Ponferrada · 24 June
Montaña de Lugo	12.0 l/m² Cervantes · 24 June	58 km/h Cervantes · 24 June
Centro de Navarra	10.2 l/m² Irurtzun · 25 June	61 km/h Pamplona, Aeropuerto · 24 June
Ribera del Ebro de La Rioja	9.0 l/m² Logroño, Aeropuerto · 25 June	46 km/h Logroño, Aeropuerto · 24 June
Ibérica zaragozana	8.8 l/m² Valmadrid · 25 June	63 km/h La Almunia de Doña Godina · 25 June
Meseta de Palencia	8.6 l/m² Autilla del Pino · 25 June	54 km/h Palencia · 24 June
Suroccidental asturiana	8.6 l/m² Degaña · 24 June	51 km/h Ibias, San Antolin · 24 June
Meseta de León	8.0 l/m² Astorga · 24 June	52 km/h León, Virgen del Camino · 24 June
Centro de Huesca	6.8 l/m² Barbastro · 24 June	67 km/h Huesca, Aeropuerto · 24 June
Cinco Villas de Zaragoza	6.0 l/m² Ejea de los Caballeros · 25 June	43 km/h Sos del Rey Católico · 25 June
Depresión central de Lleida	4.8 l/m² Artesa de Segre · 24 June	55 km/h Os de Balaguer · 24 June

And 3 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 orange warning reached 25 zone-days. AEMET issued it ahead of time in 13 of them (median: 24 h) and for the current hour in the other 12: warnings are also raised as things unfold. The first warning of any level for those same days had come a median 33 h earlier.

Zone	Day	First warning	Orange issued	For · notice
Bierzo de León	Wed 24	Tue 23 Jun, 10:20 orange	Tue 23 Jun, 10:20	16:00 · 30 h before
Cordillera Cantábrica de León	Wed 24	Mon 22 Jun, 23:07 yellow	Tue 23 Jun, 10:20	15:00 · 29 h before
Valle del Guadalquivir de Jaén	Wed 24	Mon 22 Jun, 11:31 yellow	Tue 23 Jun, 10:22	14:00 · 28 h before
Montaña de Lugo	Wed 24	Tue 23 Jun, 10:33 orange	Tue 23 Jun, 10:33	13:00 · 26 h before
Suroccidental asturiana	Wed 24	Tue 23 Jun, 10:33 orange	Tue 23 Jun, 10:33	13:00 · 26 h before
Campiña cordobesa	Wed 24	Sun 21 Jun, 23:50 yellow	Tue 23 Jun, 11:15	14:00 · 27 h before
Gúdar y Maestrazgo	Wed 24	Mon 22 Jun, 23:07 yellow	15:23	15:00 · for the current hour
Centro de Huesca	Wed 24	Tue 23 Jun, 11:08 yellow	18:46	18:00 · for the current hour
Depresión central de Lleida	Wed 24	19:47 orange	19:47	19:00 · for the current hour
Pirineo de Lleida	Wed 24	Tue 23 Jun, 11:08 yellow	19:47	19:00 · for the current hour
Cordillera Cantábrica de León	Thu 25	Tue 23 Jun, 11:32 yellow	Wed 24 Jun, 11:05	11:00 · 24 h before
Meseta de León	Thu 25	Tue 23 Jun, 11:32 yellow	Wed 24 Jun, 11:05	11:00 · 24 h before
Centro de Huesca	Thu 25	Wed 24 Jun, 11:22 yellow	08:49	14:00 · 5 h before
Cinco Villas de Zaragoza	Thu 25	Mon 22 Jun, 23:50 yellow	08:49	14:00 · 5 h before
Pirineo oscense	Thu 25	Tue 23 Jun, 11:32 yellow	08:49	14:00 · 5 h before

And 10 more zone-days.

The full timeline: 39 changes at orange or red

Tue 23 June

10:20 Bierzo de León: Issues a orange storms warning: Wednesday 24, 16:00–21:00. Hail possible.
10:20 Cordillera Cantábrica de León: Raises the storms warning to orange: Wednesday 24, 15:00–21:00. Serán más probbles en la zona occidental.
10:22 Valle del Guadalquivir de Jaén: Raises the heat warning to orange: Wednesday 24, 14:00–20:00. Highs of 40 °C.
10:33 Montaña de Lugo, Suroccidental asturiana: Issues a orange storms warning: Wednesday 24, 13:00–22:00. Hail possible.
11:15 Campiña cordobesa: Raises the heat warning to orange: Wednesday 24, 14:00–20:00. Highs of 40 °C.

Wed 24 June

08:41 Bierzo de León, Cordillera Cantábrica de León: Brings the orange storms warning forward: now from 14:00 on Wednesday 24.
11:05 Cordillera Cantábrica de León, Meseta de León: Raises the storms warning to orange: Thursday 25, 11:00–24:00.
15:23 Gúdar y Maestrazgo: Raises the storms warning to orange: Wednesday 24, 16:00–24:00. Hail possible · strong gusts.
18:46 Centro de Huesca: Raises the storms warning to orange: Wednesday 24, 19:00–24:00. Hail possible · strong gusts.
18:46 Gúdar y Maestrazgo: Lowers the storms warning to yellow: Wednesday 24, 19:00–24:00. Hail possible · strong gusts.
19:47 Depresión central de Lleida: Issues a orange storms warning: Wednesday 24, 20:00–24:00. Hail possible · strong gusts.
19:47 Pirineo de Lleida: Raises the storms warning to orange: Wednesday 24, 20:00–24:00. Hail possible · strong gusts.

Thu 25 June

08:49 Centro de Huesca, Cinco Villas de Zaragoza, Pirineo oscense: Raises the storms warning to orange: Thursday 25, 14:00–24:00. Hail possible · strong gusts.
08:53 Centro de Huesca, Cinco Villas de Zaragoza, Pirineo oscense: Raises the rain warning to orange: Thursday 25, 14:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
08:56 Centro de Navarra, Pirineo navarro: Raises the rain warning to orange: Thursday 25, 13:00–22:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
08:56 Centro de Navarra, Pirineo navarro: Raises the storms warning to orange: Thursday 25, 13:00–22:00. Hail possible.
16:12 Meseta de Segovia: Raises the storms warning to orange: Thursday 25, 17:00–22:00. Hail possible.
16:17 Central y Valles Mineros, Cordillera y Picos de Europa: Raises the storms warning to orange: Thursday 25, 17:00–21:00. Hail possible.
17:40 Valle de Arán: Raises the storms warning to orange: Thursday 25, 18:00–20:00. Se han registrado tormentas, acompañadas de posibles chubascos muy fuertes.
18:00 Ibérica zaragozana: Raises the storms warning to orange: Thursday 25, 18:00–21:00. En el sur de la zona (Campo de Daroca, de Cariñena y de Belchite) se observan tormentas m….
18:27 Meseta de Palencia: Raises the storms warning to orange: Thursday 25, 19:00–23:00. Hail possible.
18:28 Ibérica riojana, Ribera del Ebro de La Rioja: Raises the storms warning to orange: Thursday 25, 19:00–24:00. Hail possible.
21:48 Centro de Navarra, Pirineo navarro: Extends the orange rain warning: now until 23:00 on Thursday 25. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
21:48 Centro de Navarra, Pirineo navarro: Extends the orange storms warning: now until 23:00 on Thursday 25. Hail possible.
22:12 Ibérica riojana, Ribera del Ebro de La Rioja: Lowers the storms warning to yellow: Thursday 25, 23:00–24:00. Hail possible.

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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