Heat in Andalucía, Extremadura and elsewhere, 6–7 July 2020

6 July 2020 to 7 July 2020. Updated 26 October 2026.

Over 2 days, 31 of Spain's 182 warning zones had an orange or red warning for heat: 51 zone-days at orange or red, 0 of them red. The day with the most zones at orange or red was 7 July, with 31 zones.

7 July was the day with the most people in zones under an orange or red warning: 13.4 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 7 July 2020 — Spain from space on 7 July 2020, the day with the most zones at orange or red. Image: NASA Worldview.

How it compares

It is number 64 of 119 episodes since June 2018 by zone-days at orange or red.
Among the 37 heat episodes, it is number 33.
There hadn't been a heat episode this widespread since July 2019.

Day by day

Day	Red	Orange	Yellow	Orange or red warnings for
Mon 6 July	—	20	43	heat
Tue 7 July	—	31	42	heat

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

The zones

Zone	Province	Highest level	Warning days
Andévalo y Condado	Huelva	orange	2
Aracena	Huelva	orange	2
Barros y Serena	Badajoz	orange	2
Campiña cordobesa	Córdoba	orange	2
Campiña sevillana	Sevilla	orange	2
Cumbres de Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria	orange	2
Este, sur y oeste de Gran Canaria	Gran Canaria	orange	2
La Siberia extremeña	Badajoz	orange	2
Meseta cacereña	Cáceres	orange	2
Metropolitana y Henares	Madrid	orange	2
Norte de Cáceres	Cáceres	orange	2
Sierra norte de Sevilla	Sevilla	orange	2
Sierra y Pedroches	Córdoba	orange	2
Sur de Badajoz	Badajoz	orange	2
Sur, Vegas y Oeste	Madrid	orange	2
Tajo y Alagón	Cáceres	orange	2
Valle del Guadalquivir de Jaén	Jaén	orange	2
Valle del Tajo	Toledo	orange	2
Vegas del Guadiana	Badajoz	orange	2
Villuercas y Montánchez	Cáceres	orange	2
Campiña gaditana	Cádiz	orange	2
Fuerteventura	Fuerteventura	orange	2
La Mancha de Ciudad Real	Ciudad Real	orange	2
Morena y Condado	Jaén	orange	2
Sierra de San Vicente	Toledo	orange	2
Sierra sur de Sevilla	Sevilla	orange	2
Subbética cordobesa	Córdoba	orange	2
Sur de Salamanca	Salamanca	orange	2
Sur de Ávila	Ávila	orange	2
Valle del Guadiana	Ciudad Real	orange	2
Área metropolitana de Tenerife	Tenerife	orange	2

And 47 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: a high of 43.8 °C at Montoro (Campiña cordobesa) on 7 July.

Zone	Highest temperature
Campiña cordobesa	43.8 °C Montoro · 7 July
Campiña sevillana	43.2 °C Écija · 7 July
Vegas del Guadiana	42.6 °C Olivenza · 6 July
Campiña gaditana	42.3 °C Jerez de la Frontera Aeropuerto · 7 July
Morena y Condado	42.3 °C Andújar · 6 July
Sierra sur de Sevilla	42.3 °C La Roda de Andalucía · 7 July
Sur de Badajoz	42.1 °C Jerez de los Caballeros · 6 July
Tajo y Alagón	42.0 °C Zarza la Mayor · 6 July
Andévalo y Condado	41.9 °C Villarrasa · 7 July
Barros y Serena	41.8 °C Barcarrota · 6 July
Sierra norte de Sevilla	41.8 °C La Puebla de los Infantes · 7 July
Aracena	41.7 °C Aroche · 7 July
Sierra y Pedroches	41.7 °C Espiel · 7 July
Valle del Tajo	41.5 °C Talavera de la Reina · 7 July
La Siberia extremeña	41.4 °C Navalvillar de Pela · 6 July
Subbética cordobesa	41.4 °C Aguilar de la Frontera · 7 July
Meseta cacereña	41.0 °C Aliseda · 6 July
Sur de Ávila	41.0 °C Candeleda · 6 July
Valle del Guadiana	40.6 °C Puertollano · 7 July
Este, sur y oeste de Gran Canaria	40.5 °C San Bartolome Tirajana, las Tirajanas · 7 July

And 11 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 51 zone-days, and AEMET always issued it ahead of time (median: 2 days). 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
Campiña cordobesa	Mon 6	Fri 3 Jul, 23:50 orange	Fri 3 Jul, 23:50	12:00 · 60 h before
Campiña sevillana	Mon 6	Fri 3 Jul, 23:50 orange	Fri 3 Jul, 23:50	12:00 · 60 h before
Valle del Guadalquivir de Jaén	Mon 6	Fri 3 Jul, 23:50 orange	Fri 3 Jul, 23:50	12:00 · 60 h before
Vegas del Guadiana	Mon 6	Fri 3 Jul, 23:50 orange	Fri 3 Jul, 23:50	14:00 · 62 h before
Barros y Serena	Mon 6	Fri 3 Jul, 23:50 yellow	Sat 4 Jul, 11:30	14:00 · 50 h before
Este, sur y oeste de Gran Canaria	Mon 6	Fri 3 Jul, 23:50 yellow	Sat 4 Jul, 11:30	12:00 · 48 h before
La Siberia extremeña	Mon 6	Fri 3 Jul, 23:50 yellow	Sat 4 Jul, 11:30	14:00 · 50 h before
Meseta cacereña	Mon 6	Fri 3 Jul, 23:50 yellow	Sat 4 Jul, 11:30	14:00 · 50 h before
Norte de Cáceres	Mon 6	Fri 3 Jul, 23:50 yellow	Sat 4 Jul, 11:30	14:00 · 50 h before
Sur de Badajoz	Mon 6	Fri 3 Jul, 23:50 yellow	Sat 4 Jul, 11:30	14:00 · 50 h before
Tajo y Alagón	Mon 6	Fri 3 Jul, 23:50 yellow	Sat 4 Jul, 11:30	14:00 · 50 h before
Villuercas y Montánchez	Mon 6	Fri 3 Jul, 23:50 yellow	Sat 4 Jul, 11:30	14:00 · 50 h before
Cumbres de Gran Canaria	Mon 6	Sat 4 Jul, 11:30 yellow	Sun 5 Jul, 11:22	12:00 · 25 h before
Valle del Tajo	Mon 6	Fri 3 Jul, 23:50 yellow	Sun 5 Jul, 11:26	14:00 · 27 h before
Metropolitana y Henares	Mon 6	Fri 3 Jul, 23:50 yellow	Sun 5 Jul, 21:27	14:00 · 17 h before

And 36 more zone-days.

The full timeline: 53 changes at orange or red

Fri 3 July

23:50 Campiña cordobesa, Campiña sevillana, Valle del Guadalquivir de Jaén: Issues a orange heat warning: Monday 6, 12:00–20:00. Highs of 41 °C.
23:50 Vegas del Guadiana: Issues a orange heat warning: Monday 6, 14:00–20:00. Highs of 40 °C.

Sat 4 July

11:30 Barros y Serena, La Siberia extremeña, Meseta cacereña, Sur de Badajoz: Raises the heat warning to orange: Monday 6, 14:00–21:00. Highs of 40 °C.
11:30 Este, sur y oeste de Gran Canaria: Raises the heat warning to orange: Monday 6, 12:00–20:00. Highs of 37 °C.
11:30 Norte de Cáceres, Villuercas y Montánchez: Raises the heat warning to orange: Monday 6, 14:00–21:00. Highs of 39 °C.
11:30 Tajo y Alagón: Raises the heat warning to orange: Monday 6, 14:00–21:00. Highs of 41 °C.
11:30 Vegas del Guadiana: Extends the orange heat warning: now until 21:00 on Monday 6. Highs of 42 °C.
23:50 Barros y Serena, La Siberia extremeña, Meseta cacereña, Sur de Badajoz, Tajo y Alagón: Issues a orange heat warning: Tuesday 7, 14:00–21:00. Highs of 40 °C.
23:50 Campiña cordobesa, Campiña sevillana, Valle del Guadalquivir de Jaén: Issues a orange heat warning: Tuesday 7, 12:00–20:00. Highs of 40 °C.
23:50 Vegas del Guadiana: Issues a orange heat warning: Tuesday 7, 14:00–21:00. Highs of 41 °C.
23:50 Villuercas y Montánchez: Issues a orange heat warning: Tuesday 7, 14:00–21:00. Highs of 39 °C.

Sun 5 July

11:22 Cumbres de Gran Canaria: Raises the heat warning to orange: Monday 6, 12:00–20:00. Highs of 37 °C.
11:26 Valle del Tajo: Raises the heat warning to orange: Monday 6, 14:00–21:00. Highs of 40 °C.
11:31 Cumbres de Gran Canaria: Issues a orange heat warning: Tuesday 7, 12:00–20:00. Highs of 37 °C.
11:31 Este, sur y oeste de Gran Canaria: Issues a orange heat warning: Tuesday 7, 12:00–20:00. Highs of 39 °C.
11:31 Morena y Condado, Subbética cordobesa: Raises the heat warning to orange: Tuesday 7, 12:00–20:00. Highs of 40 °C.
21:27 Metropolitana y Henares, Sur, Vegas y Oeste: Raises the heat warning to orange: Monday 6, 14:00–21:00. Highs of 39 °C.
22:32 Andévalo y Condado, Aracena, Sierra norte de Sevilla, Sierra y Pedroches: Raises the heat warning to orange: Monday 6, 12:00–20:00. Highs of 40 °C.
23:01 Andévalo y Condado, Aracena, Campiña gaditana, Sierra norte de Sevilla, Sierra sur de Sevilla, Sierra y Pedroches: Raises the heat warning to orange: Tuesday 7, 12:00–20:00. Highs of 40 °C.
23:01 La Mancha de Ciudad Real, Valle del Guadiana: Raises the heat warning to orange: Tuesday 7, 14:00–21:00. Highs of 40 °C.
23:01 Metropolitana y Henares, Norte de Cáceres, Sur de Salamanca, Sur de Ávila, Sur, Vegas y Oeste: Raises the heat warning to orange: Tuesday 7, 14:00–21:00. Highs of 39 °C.
23:01 Valle del Tajo: Raises the heat warning to orange: Tuesday 7, 14:00–21:00. Highs of 41 °C.

Mon 6 July

10:38 Sierra de San Vicente: Raises the heat warning to orange: Tuesday 7, 14:00–21:00. Highs of 39 °C.
11:20 Fuerteventura: Raises the heat warning to orange: Tuesday 7, 12:00–20:00. Highs of 37 °C.
22:23 Fuerteventura: Lowers the heat warning to yellow: Tuesday 7, 12:00–20:00. Highs of 36 °C.
22:23 Área metropolitana de Tenerife: Raises the heat warning to orange: Tuesday 7, 12:00–20:00. Highs of 37 °C.

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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