ClimavisoRain in Canarias, Illes Balears and elsewhere, 24–26 September 2022
24 September 2022 to 26 September 2022. Updated 26 October 2026.
Over 3 days, 33 of Spain's 182 warning zones had an orange or red warning for rain: 50 zone-days at orange or red, 6 of them red. The day with the most zones at orange or red was 25 September, with 25 zones.
24 September was the day with the most people in zones under an orange or red warning: 7.1 million people live there (INE municipal register, 2025).
How it compares
- It is number 66 of 119 episodes since June 2018 by zone-days at orange or red.
- Among the 35 rain episodes, it is number 15.
- There hadn't been a rain episode this widespread since September 2021.
Day by day
| Day | Red | Orange | Yellow | Orange or red warnings for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 24 September | — | 11 | 30 | rain, storms |
| Sun 25 September | 5 | 20 | 15 | rain, storms |
| Mon 26 September | 1 | 13 | 20 | rain, storms |
Zones with a warning each day, at their highest level that day.
The zones
And 26 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: 193.0 l/m² of rain in 24 h at Barx (Litoral sur de Valencia) on 25 September.
| Zone | Most rain in 24 h |
|---|---|
| Litoral sur de Valencia | 193.0 l/m² Barx · 25 September |
| Este de La Palma | 165.0 l/m² San Andrés y Sauces · 24 September |
| Litoral norte de Alicante | 146.6 l/m² Pego · 25 September |
| El Hierro | 145.6 l/m² El Pinar, Depósito · 25 September |
| Este, sur y oeste de Gran Canaria | 127.8 l/m² San Bartolome Tirajana, las Tirajanas · 25 September |
| Levante mallorquín | 122.5 l/m² Santanyí · 25 September |
| Norte de Tenerife | 121.4 l/m² La Orotava, Cañadas Teide · 24 September |
| Área metropolitana de Tenerife | 120.0 l/m² Candelaria · 25 September |
| Campo de Cartagena y Mazarrón | 118.4 l/m² Cartagena/salinas Cabo Palos · 25 September |
| Sur de Mallorca | 116.6 l/m² Campos, Salines Llevant · 25 September |
| Este, sur y oeste de Tenerife | 113.8 l/m² Güímar · 25 September |
| Ibiza y Formentera | 108.8 l/m² Sant Joan de Labritja · 25 September |
| Norte de Gran Canaria | 108.0 l/m² Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Tafira · 25 September |
| Cumbres de Gran Canaria | 106.4 l/m² Vega de San Mateo · 25 September |
| Menorca | 91.8 l/m² Ciutadella, Cala Galdana · 24 September |
| Vega del Segura | 84.6 l/m² Murcia · 25 September |
| Oeste de La Palma | 66.2 l/m² Fuencaliente · 25 September |
| Cumbres de La Palma | 56.0 l/m² El Paso · 25 September |
| La Gomera | 45.6 l/m² Vallehermoso, Alto Igualero · 24 September |
| La Mancha albaceteña | 40.2 l/m² Albacete Base Aérea · 25 September |
And 13 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 9 zone-days. AEMET issued it ahead of time in 7 of them (median: 25 h) and for the current hour in the other 2: warnings are also raised as things unfold. The first warning of any level for those same days had come a median 28 h earlier.
| Zone | Day | First warning | Red issued | For · notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Hierro | Sun 25 | Fri 23 Sep, 08:16 yellow | Sat 24 Sep, 12:17 | 13:00 · 25 h before |
| Este de La Palma | Sun 25 | Fri 23 Sep, 08:16 yellow | Sat 24 Sep, 12:17 | 13:00 · 25 h before |
| Este, sur y oeste de Gran Canaria | Sun 25 | Fri 23 Sep, 08:16 yellow | Sat 24 Sep, 12:17 | 13:00 · 25 h before |
| Litoral norte de Alicante | Sun 25 | Fri 23 Sep, 23:02 yellow | 16:42 | 16:00 · for the current hour |
| Campo de Cartagena y Mazarrón | Sun 25 | Sat 24 Sep, 11:26 yellow | 17:41 | 17:00 · for the current hour |
| El Hierro | Mon 26 | Fri 23 Sep, 08:16 yellow | Sat 24 Sep, 12:17 | 00:00 · 36 h before |
| Este de La Palma | Mon 26 | Fri 23 Sep, 08:16 yellow | Sat 24 Sep, 12:17 | 00:00 · 36 h before |
| Este, sur y oeste de Gran Canaria | Mon 26 | Fri 23 Sep, 11:47 orange | Sat 24 Sep, 12:17 | 00:00 · 36 h before |
| Litoral norte de Alicante | Mon 26 | Sat 24 Sep, 11:47 orange | Sun 25 Sep, 16:42 | 00:00 · 7 h before |
The full timeline: 93 changes at orange or red
Thu 22 September
- Litoral de Barcelona, Prelitoral de Barcelona: Raises the rain warning to orange: Saturday 24, 00:00–06:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
Fri 23 September
- Ampurdán, Depresión central de Barcelona, Litoral sur de Girona, Pirineo de Girona, Prelitoral de Girona, Prepirineo de Barcelona: Raises the rain warning to orange: Saturday 24, 00:00–06:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
- Menorca, Norte y nordeste de Mallorca, Sierra Tramontana: Raises the rain warning to orange: Saturday 24, 18:00–24:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
- Menorca, Norte y nordeste de Mallorca, Sierra Tramontana: Raises the storms warning to orange: Saturday 24, 18:00–24:00.
- Cumbres de Gran Canaria, Cumbres de La Palma, El Hierro, Este de La Palma, Este, sur y oeste de Gran Canaria, Este, sur y oeste de Tenerife, La Gomera, Norte de Gran Canaria, Norte de Tenerife, Oeste de La Palma, Área metropolitana de Tenerife: Raises the rain warning to orange: Sunday 25, 01:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- Cumbres de Gran Canaria, Este, sur y oeste de Gran Canaria, Norte de Gran Canaria, Oeste de La Palma: Issues a orange rain warning: Monday 26, 00:00–01:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- Cumbres de La Palma, El Hierro, Este de La Palma, Este, sur y oeste de Tenerife, La Gomera, Norte de Tenerife, Área metropolitana de Tenerife: Raises the rain warning to orange: Monday 26, 00:00–01:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- Ibiza y Formentera, Interior de Mallorca, Levante mallorquín, Menorca, Norte y nordeste de Mallorca, Sierra Tramontana, Sur de Mallorca: Issues a orange rain warning: Sunday 25, all day. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
- Ibiza y Formentera, Interior de Mallorca, Levante mallorquín, Menorca, Norte y nordeste de Mallorca, Sierra Tramontana, Sur de Mallorca: Issues a orange storms warning: Sunday 25, all day.
- Ibiza y Formentera, Levante mallorquín, Sur de Mallorca: Issues a orange rain warning: Monday 26, 00:00–06:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
- Ibiza y Formentera, Levante mallorquín, Sur de Mallorca: Issues a orange storms warning: Monday 26, 00:00–06:00.
Sat 24 September
- Litoral norte de Alicante, Litoral sur de Valencia: Raises the rain warning to orange: Sunday 25, 20:00–24:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
- Ibiza y Formentera, Levante mallorquín, Sur de Mallorca: Extends the orange rain warning: now until 08:00 on Monday 26. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
- Ibiza y Formentera, Levante mallorquín, Sur de Mallorca: Extends the orange storms warning: now until 08:00 on Monday 26.
- Litoral norte de Alicante, Litoral sur de Valencia: Issues a orange rain warning: Monday 26, 00:00–06:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
- Norte y nordeste de Mallorca: Raises the rain warning to orange: Monday 26, 00:00–08:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
- Norte y nordeste de Mallorca: Raises the storms warning to orange: Monday 26, 00:00–08:00.
- El Hierro, Este de La Palma: Raises the rain warning to red: Sunday 25, 13:00–24:00. Up to 180 mm in 12 h.
- El Hierro, Este de La Palma: Raises the rain warning to red: Monday 26, 00:00–01:00. Up to 180 mm in 12 h.
- Este, sur y oeste de Gran Canaria: Raises the rain warning to red: Sunday 25, 13:00–24:00. Up to 120 mm in 12 h.
- Este, sur y oeste de Gran Canaria: Raises the rain warning to red: Monday 26, 00:00–01:00. Up to 120 mm in 12 h.
- Cumbres de La Palma, Oeste de La Palma, Área metropolitana de Tenerife: Extends the orange rain warning: now until 13:00 on Monday 26. Up to 30 mm in 1 h · 100 mm in 12 h.
Sun 25 September
- Levante almeriense: Raises the rain warning to orange: Sunday 25, 12:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- Levante almeriense: Raises the storms warning to orange: Sunday 25, 12:00–24:00.
- Campo de Cartagena y Mazarrón, Valle del Guadalentín, Lorca y Águilas: Raises the rain warning to orange: Sunday 25, 12:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- Campo de Cartagena y Mazarrón, Valle del Guadalentín, Lorca y Águilas: Raises the storms warning to orange: Sunday 25, 12:00–24:00.
- Este, sur y oeste de Tenerife: Extends the orange rain warning: now until 13:00 on Monday 26. Up to 150 mm in 12 h.
- Litoral norte de Alicante: Brings the orange rain warning forward: now from 12:00 on Sunday 25. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
- Vega del Segura: Raises the rain warning to orange: Sunday 25, 16:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- Litoral norte de Alicante: Raises the rain warning to red: Sunday 25, 17:00–24:00. Up to 180 mm in 12 h.
- Litoral norte de Alicante: Raises the rain warning to red: Monday 26, 00:00–06:00. Up to 180 mm in 12 h.
- Campo de Cartagena y Mazarrón: Raises the rain warning to red: Sunday 25, 18:00–24:00. Up to 60 mm in 1 h.
- La Mancha albaceteña: Issues a orange rain warning: Sunday 25, 20:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- Litoral norte de Alicante: Lowers the rain warning to orange: Sunday 25, 23:00–24:00. Up to 120 mm in 12 h.
- Litoral norte de Alicante: Lowers the rain warning to orange: Monday 26, 00:00–06:00. Up to 120 mm in 12 h.
Mon 26 September
- Vega del Segura: Raises the rain warning to orange: Monday 26, 20:00–21:00. Up to 30 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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