ClimavisoAugust 2022 heatwave: heat across much of Spain, 12–13 August 2022
12 August 2022 to 13 August 2022. Updated 26 October 2026.
AEMET records a heatwave from 30 July to 14 August 2022.
Over 2 days, 47 of Spain's 182 warning zones had an orange or red warning for heat: 60 zone-days at orange or red, 4 of them red. The day with the most zones at orange or red was 13 August, with 34 zones.
13 August was the day with the most people in zones under an orange or red warning: 11.8 million people live there (INE municipal register, 2025).
How it compares
- It is number 56 of 119 episodes since June 2018 by zone-days at orange or red.
- Among the 37 heat episodes, it is number 32.
Day by day
| Day | Red | Orange | Yellow | Orange or red warnings for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12 August | — | 26 | 73 | heat, storms |
| Sat 13 August | 4 | 30 | 72 | heat, storms |
Zones with a warning each day, at their highest level that day.
The zones
And 73 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 45.1 °C at Xàtiva (Interior sur de Valencia) on 12 August.
| Zone | Highest temperature |
|---|---|
| Interior sur de Valencia | 45.1 °C Xàtiva · 12 August |
| Ibiza y Formentera | 44.5 °C Formentera · 13 August |
| Litoral sur de Valencia | 43.1 °C Carcaixent · 12 August |
| Interior de Mallorca | 42.9 °C Petra · 13 August |
| Litoral sur de Alicante | 42.9 °C Elx/elche · 13 August |
| Norte y nordeste de Mallorca | 42.9 °C Pollença · 13 August |
| Litoral norte de Alicante | 42.5 °C Pego · 12 August |
| Ribera del Ebro de Zaragoza | 42.4 °C Zaragoza, Valdespartera · 12 August |
| Campo de Cartagena y Mazarrón | 42.0 °C Torre-Pacheco · 13 August |
| Poniente y Almería Capital | 42.0 °C Almería Aeropuerto · 13 August |
| Cuenca del Genil | 41.9 °C Granada-Cartuja · 12 August |
| Sur de Mallorca | 41.9 °C Palma, Universitat · 13 August |
| Interior norte de Valencia | 41.7 °C Chelva · 12 August |
| Ibérica zaragozana | 41.6 °C La Almunia de Doña Godina · 12 August |
| Valle del Guadalentín, Lorca y Águilas | 41.6 °C Totana · 13 August |
| Levante mallorquín | 41.1 °C Manacor · 13 August |
| Sur de Huesca | 41.1 °C Fraga · 12 August |
| Vega del Segura | 41.1 °C Abanilla · 13 August |
| Cazorla y Segura | 41.0 °C Cazorla · 12 August |
| Prelitoral sur de Tarragona | 40.9 °C Cabacés · 12 August |
And 26 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 4 zone-days. AEMET issued it ahead of time in 3 of them (median: 18 h) and for the current hour in the other 1: warnings are also raised as things unfold. The first warning of any level for those same days had come a median 2 days earlier.
| Zone | Day | First warning | Red issued | For · notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Litoral sur de Alicante | Sat 13 | Wed 10 Aug, 23:50 yellow | Fri 12 Aug, 19:20 | 13:00 · 18 h before |
| Litoral sur de Valencia | Sat 13 | Wed 10 Aug, 23:50 orange | Fri 12 Aug, 19:20 | 13:00 · 18 h before |
| Litoral norte de Valencia | Sat 13 | Wed 10 Aug, 23:50 yellow | 08:50 | 13:00 · 4 h before |
| Ibiza y Formentera | Sat 13 | Wed 10 Aug, 23:50 yellow | 13:21 | 13:00 · for the current hour |
The full timeline: 67 changes at orange or red
Wed 10 August
- Depresión central de Lleida, Depresión central de Tarragona, Litoral sur de Valencia, Ribera del Ebro de La Rioja, Sur de Huesca: Raises the heat warning to orange: Friday 12, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 39 °C.
- Interior sur de Valencia, Ribera del Ebro de Zaragoza: Raises the heat warning to orange: Friday 12, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 40 °C.
- Campiña cordobesa, Cazorla y Segura, Cuenca del Genil, Valle del Guadalquivir de Jaén: Raises the heat warning to orange: Friday 12, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 40 °C.
- Depresión central de Lleida, Litoral sur de Valencia, Ribera del Ebro de Zaragoza: Issues a orange heat warning: Saturday 13, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 39 °C.
- Interior de Mallorca: Issues a orange heat warning: Saturday 13, 12:00–19:00. Highs of 39 °C.
- Vega del Segura: Issues a orange heat warning: Saturday 13, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 41 °C.
Thu 11 August
- Interior norte de Valencia: Raises the heat warning to orange: Friday 12, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 39 °C.
- Litoral norte de Valencia: Raises the heat warning to orange: Friday 12, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 40 °C.
- Centro de Huesca, Cinco Villas de Zaragoza, Depresión central de Barcelona, Ibérica zaragozana: Raises the heat warning to orange: Friday 12, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 39 °C.
- Pirineo de Lleida, Pirineo oscense: Raises the heat warning to orange: Friday 12, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 37 °C.
- Guadix y Baza, Morena y Condado: Raises the heat warning to orange: Friday 12, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 40 °C.
- Centro de Navarra, Ribera del Ebro de Navarra: Raises the heat warning to orange: Friday 12, 13:00–20:00. Highs of 39 °C.
- Pirineo navarro: Raises the heat warning to orange: Friday 12, 13:00–20:00. Highs of 37 °C.
- Altiplano de Murcia, Interior de Alicante, Interior sur de Valencia, Noroeste de Murcia: Raises the heat warning to orange: Saturday 13, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 40 °C.
- Depresión central de Tarragona, Litoral norte de Valencia, Prelitoral sur de Tarragona: Raises the heat warning to orange: Saturday 13, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 39 °C.
- Ibiza y Formentera, Levante mallorquín: Raises the heat warning to orange: Saturday 13, 12:00–19:00. Highs of 39 °C.
- Litoral sur de Alicante: Raises the heat warning to orange: Saturday 13, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 41 °C.
- Norte y nordeste de Mallorca: Raises the heat warning to orange: Saturday 13, 12:00–19:00. Highs of 40 °C.
- Valle del Guadalentín, Lorca y Águilas: Raises the heat warning to orange: Saturday 13, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 43 °C.
- Litoral norte de Alicante: Raises the heat warning to orange: Saturday 13, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 39 °C.
- Valle del Almanzora y Los Vélez: Raises the heat warning to orange: Saturday 13, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 40 °C.
Fri 12 August
- Cuenca del Genil, Valle del Guadalquivir de Jaén: Raises the heat warning to orange: Saturday 13, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 40 °C.
- Sur de Huesca: Raises the heat warning to orange: Saturday 13, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 39 °C.
- Prelitoral de Girona, Prelitoral sur de Tarragona: Raises the heat warning to orange: Friday 12, 16:00–21:00. Highs of 40 °C.
- Litoral sur de Alicante, Litoral sur de Valencia: Raises the heat warning to red: Saturday 13, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 43 °C.
- Pirineo de Lleida, Pirineo oscense: Raises the heat warning to orange: Saturday 13, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 37 °C.
- Prelitoral norte de Tarragona: Raises the heat warning to orange: Saturday 13, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 39 °C.
- Interior sur de Castellón: Raises the heat warning to orange: Saturday 13, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 39 °C.
- Sierra Tramontana, Sur de Mallorca: Raises the heat warning to orange: Saturday 13, 12:00–19:00. Highs of 39 °C.
- Cazorla y Segura: Raises the storms warning to orange: Friday 12, 23:00–24:00. Tormentas muy intensas se encuentran en el extremo nororiental de la comarca desplazándos….
- Valle del Guadalquivir de Jaén: Lowers the heat warning to yellow: Saturday 13, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 39 °C.
Sat 13 August
- Litoral norte de Valencia: Raises the heat warning to red: Saturday 13, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 43 °C.
- Litoral sur de Tarragona: Raises the heat warning to orange: Saturday 13, 12:00–21:00. Highs of 38 °C.
- Litoral sur de Castellón: Raises the heat warning to orange: Saturday 13, 13:00–21:00. Highs of 39 °C.
- Ibiza y Formentera: Raises the heat warning to red: Saturday 13, 14:00–19:00. Highs of 43 °C.
- Campo de Cartagena y Mazarrón: Raises the heat warning to orange: Saturday 13, 15:00–21:00. Highs of 40 °C.
- Prelitoral de Girona: Raises the storms warning to orange: Saturday 13, 16:00–18:00. Hail possible.
- Pirineo de Girona: Raises the storms warning to orange: Saturday 13, 18:00–20:00. Hail possible.
- Prelitoral de Girona: Extends the orange storms warning: now until 20:00 on Saturday 13. Hail possible.
- Poniente y Almería Capital: Raises the heat warning to orange: Saturday 13, 19:00–21:00. Highs of 40 °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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