June 2022 heatwave: heat across much of Spain, 12–18 June 2022

12 June 2022 to 18 June 2022. Updated 26 October 2026.

AEMET records a heatwave from 12 June to 18 June 2022.

Over 7 days, 77 of Spain's 182 warning zones had an orange or red warning for heat: 234 zone-days at orange or red, 3 of them red. The day with the most zones at orange or red was 17 June, with 49 zones.

15 June was the day with the most people in zones under an orange or red warning: 17.4 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 17 June 2022 — Spain from space on 17 June 2022, the day with the most zones at orange or red. Image: NASA Worldview.

How it compares

It is number 12 of 119 episodes since June 2018 by zone-days at orange or red.
Among the 37 heat episodes, it is number 10.
There hadn't been a heat episode this widespread since August 2021.

Day by day

Day	Red	Orange	Yellow	Orange or red warnings for
Sun 12 June	—	19	51	heat
Mon 13 June	—	28	51	heat
Tue 14 June	—	37	75	heat
Wed 15 June	—	47	67	heat
Thu 16 June	—	27	81	heat
Fri 17 June	—	49	87	heat
Sat 18 June	3	24	68	heat

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

The zones

Zone	Province	Highest level	Warning days
Ribera del Ebro de Zaragoza	Zaragoza	red	7
Ribera del Ebro de La Rioja	La Rioja	red	6
Ribera del Ebro de Navarra	Navarra	red	6
Morena y Condado	Jaén	orange	7
Sur, Vegas y Oeste	Madrid	orange	7
Valle del Guadalquivir de Jaén	Jaén	orange	7
Campiña cordobesa	Córdoba	orange	7
Metropolitana y Henares	Madrid	orange	7
Valle del Tajo	Toledo	orange	7
La Siberia extremeña	Badajoz	orange	6
Vegas del Guadiana	Badajoz	orange	6
Cazorla y Segura	Jaén	orange	7
Cuenca del Genil	Granada	orange	7
Depresión central de Lleida	Lleida	orange	7
Valle del Guadiana	Ciudad Real	orange	7
Sierra de San Vicente	Toledo	orange	6
Villuercas y Montánchez	Cáceres	orange	6
Bajo Aragón de Teruel	Teruel	orange	7
Centro de Huesca	Huesca	orange	7
Cinco Villas de Zaragoza	Zaragoza	orange	7
Ibérica zaragozana	Zaragoza	orange	7
La Mancha conquense	Cuenca	orange	7
La Mancha de Ciudad Real	Ciudad Real	orange	7
La Mancha toledana	Toledo	orange	7
Pirineo de Lleida	Lleida	orange	7
Pirineo oscense	Huesca	orange	7
Serranía de Cuenca	Cuenca	orange	7
Sur de Huesca	Huesca	orange	7
Barros y Serena	Badajoz	orange	6
Campiña sevillana	Sevilla	orange	6
Meseta cacereña	Cáceres	orange	6
Montes de Toledo	Toledo	orange	6
Montes del norte y Anchuras	Ciudad Real	orange	6
Norte de Cáceres	Cáceres	orange	6
Tajo y Alagón	Cáceres	orange	6
Sur de Badajoz	Badajoz	orange	4
Capital y Montes de Jaén	Jaén	orange	7
Depresión central de Barcelona	Barcelona	orange	7
La Mancha albaceteña	Albacete	orange	7
Subbética cordobesa	Córdoba	orange	7
Sierra y Pedroches	Córdoba	orange	6
Campiña gaditana	Cádiz	orange	4
Alcarria de Guadalajara	Guadalajara	orange	7
Alcaraz y Segura	Albacete	orange	6
Centro de Navarra	Navarra	orange	6
Hellín y Almansa	Albacete	orange	6
Sur de Salamanca	Salamanca	orange	6
Sur de Ávila	Ávila	orange	6
Bizkaia interior	Bizkaia	orange	5
Depresión central de Tarragona	Tarragona	orange	5
Gipuzkoa interior	Gipuzkoa	orange	5
Rioja alavesa	Araba/Álava	orange	5
Alcarria conquense	Cuenca	orange	7
Meseta de Valladolid	Valladolid	orange	7
Meseta de Zamora	Zamora	orange	7
Sierra de Madrid	Madrid	orange	7
Interior de Mallorca	Mallorca	orange	6
Meseta de Salamanca	Salamanca	orange	6
Norte de Burgos	Burgos	orange	6
Serranía de Guadalajara	Guadalajara	orange	6
Sierras de Alcudia y Madrona	Ciudad Real	orange	6
Vega del Segura	Murcia	orange	6
Condado de Treviño	Burgos	orange	5
Cuenca del Nervión	Araba/Álava	orange	5
Llanada alavesa	Araba/Álava	orange	5
Pirineo navarro	Navarra	orange	5
Prelitoral de Girona	Girona	orange	5
Andévalo y Condado	Huelva	orange	4
Aracena	Huelva	orange	4
Centro y valle de Villaverde	Cantabria	orange	4
Liébana	Cantabria	orange	4
Poniente y Almería Capital	Almería	orange	4
Vertiente cantábrica de Navarra	Navarra	orange	4
Altiplano de Murcia	Murcia	orange	3
Ampurdán	Girona	orange	3
Bizkaia litoral	Bizkaia	orange	2
Gipuzkoa litoral	Gipuzkoa	orange	2

And 74 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 44.5 °C at Andújar (Morena y Condado) on 17 June.

Zone	Highest temperature
Morena y Condado	44.5 °C Andújar · 17 June
Gipuzkoa litoral	43.9 °C Donostia / San Sebastián Aeropuerto · 18 June
Sierras de Alcudia y Madrona	43.2 °C Almadén · 12 June
Valle del Tajo	43.1 °C Talavera de la Reina · 16 June
Campiña cordobesa	42.9 °C Montoro · 13 June
La Mancha albaceteña	42.9 °C Villarrobledo · 14 June
Vegas del Guadiana	42.9 °C Don Benito · 12 June
Campiña sevillana	42.7 °C Morón de la Frontera · 12 June
Ibérica zaragozana	42.6 °C La Almunia de Doña Godina · 18 June
Ribera del Ebro de Zaragoza	42.6 °C Quinto · 18 June
La Mancha de Ciudad Real	42.5 °C Villanueva de los Infantes · 17 June
Pirineo de Lleida	42.4 °C Llimiana · 16 June
La Siberia extremeña	42.3 °C Navalvillar de Pela · 12 June
Bajo Aragón de Teruel	42.2 °C Hijar · 15 June
Tajo y Alagón	42.2 °C Navalmoral de la Mata · 15 June
Vertiente cantábrica de Navarra	42.2 °C Bera · 18 June
Bizkaia litoral	42.1 °C Forua · 18 June
Cuenca del Genil	42.1 °C Granada Aeropuerto · 14 June
Depresión central de Lleida	42.1 °C Torà · 16 June
Valle del Guadiana	42.1 °C Puertollano · 17 June

And 57 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: 27 h). The first warning of any level for those same days had come a median 35 h earlier.

Zone	Day	First warning	Red issued	For · notice
Ribera del Ebro de Navarra	Sat 18	Wed 15 Jun, 23:50 orange	Fri 17 Jun, 10:48	14:00 · 27 h before
Ribera del Ebro de Zaragoza	Sat 18	Wed 15 Jun, 23:50 orange	Fri 17 Jun, 10:57	14:00 · 27 h before
Ribera del Ebro de La Rioja	Sat 18	Wed 15 Jun, 23:50 orange	Fri 17 Jun, 11:06	14:00 · 27 h before

The full timeline: 325 changes at orange or red

Only the changes involving red are listed: there were 325 in all.

Fri 17 June

10:48 Ribera del Ebro de Navarra: Raises the heat warning to red: Saturday 18, 14:00–21:00. Highs of 42 °C.
10:57 Ribera del Ebro de Zaragoza: Raises the heat warning to red: Saturday 18, 14:00–21:00. Highs of 42 °C.
11:06 Ribera del Ebro de La Rioja: Raises the heat warning to red: Saturday 18, 14:00–21:00. Highs of 42 °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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