ClimavisoWind in Castilla y León, Galicia and elsewhere, 9 October 2024
9 October 2024. Updated 26 October 2026.
In a single day, 48 of Spain's 182 warning zones had an orange or red warning for wind: 48 zone-days at orange or red, 1 of them red. The day with the most zones at orange or red was 9 October, with 48 zones.
9 October was the day with the most people in zones under an orange or red warning: 7.8 million people live there (INE municipal register, 2025).
How it compares
- It is number 70 of 119 episodes since June 2018 by zone-days at orange or red.
- Among the 26 wind episodes, it is number 11.
- There hadn't been a wind episode this widespread since November 2023.
Day by day
| Day | Red | Orange | Yellow | Orange or red warnings for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 9 October | 1 | 47 | 59 | wind, rain |
Zones with a warning each day, at their highest level that day.
The zones
And 59 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 205 km/h gust at Mirador del Cable, Parque Nacional Picos de Europa (Liébana) on 9 October.
| Zone | Strongest gust |
|---|---|
| Liébana | 205 km/h Mirador del Cable, Parque Nacional Picos de Europa · 9 October |
| Ibérica riojana | 180 km/h Valdezcaray · 9 October |
| Cordillera y Picos de Europa | 158 km/h Cabrales · 9 October |
| Centro y valle de Villaverde | 156 km/h San Roque de Riomiera · 9 October |
| Cordillera Cantábrica de Palencia | 143 km/h Velilla del Río Carrión, Camporredondo de Alba · 9 October |
| Bizkaia litoral | 136 km/h Matxitxako · 9 October |
| Cantabria del Ebro | 135 km/h Reinosa · 9 October |
| Gipuzkoa litoral | 124 km/h Donostia / San Sebastián, Igeldo · 9 October |
| Montaña de Ourense | 123 km/h Chandrexa de Queixa · 9 October |
| Oeste de A Coruña | 120 km/h Fisterra · 9 October |
| Llanada alavesa | 115 km/h Foronda-Txokiza · 9 October |
| Norte de Burgos | 114 km/h Briviesca · 9 October |
| Suroccidental asturiana | 114 km/h Ibias, San Antolin · 9 October |
| Pirineo navarro | 113 km/h Oroz-Betelu/orotz-Betelu · 9 October |
| Rias Baixas | 113 km/h Vigo Aeropuerto · 9 October |
| Cuenca del Nervión | 111 km/h Amurrio · 9 October |
| Noroeste de A Coruña | 111 km/h Estaca de Bares · 9 October |
| Meseta de Salamanca | 108 km/h Pedraza de Alba · 9 October |
| Meseta de Zamora | 107 km/h Villardeciervos · 9 October |
| Meseta de Burgos | 103 km/h Villadiego · 9 October |
And 28 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 1 zone-days, and AEMET always issued it for the current hour: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordillera y Picos de Europa | Wed 9 | Sun 6 Oct, 23:50 orange | 09:33 | 09:00 · for the current hour |
The full timeline: 74 changes at orange or red
Sun 6 October
- A Mariña, Centro de Lugo, Cordillera Cantábrica de Burgos, Cordillera Cantábrica de León, Cordillera Cantábrica de Palencia, Miño de Ourense, Montaña de Lugo, Montaña de Ourense, Noroeste de Ourense, Norte de Burgos, Sanabria, Sur de Lugo, Sur de Ourense, Valdeorras: Issues a orange wind warning: Wednesday 9, 08:00–17:00. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Cantabria del Ebro, Centro y valle de Villaverde, Liébana: Issues a orange wind warning: Wednesday 9, 08:00–17:00. Gusts up to 110 km/h.
- Central y Valles Mineros, Cordillera y Picos de Europa, Litoral occidental asturiano, Litoral oriental asturiano, Suroccidental asturiana: Issues a orange wind warning: Wednesday 9, 08:00–17:00. Gusts up to 120 km/h.
- Cuenca del Nervión: Issues a orange wind warning: Wednesday 9, 08:00–20:00. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Interior de A Coruña, Interior de Pontevedra, Miño de Pontevedra, Noroeste de A Coruña, Oeste de A Coruña, Rias Baixas, Suroeste de A Coruña: Issues a orange wind warning: Wednesday 9, 08:00–14:00. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Pirineo navarro, Vertiente cantábrica de Navarra: Issues a orange wind warning: Wednesday 9, 11:00–20:00. Gusts up to 110 km/h.
Mon 7 October
- Bizkaia interior: Raises the wind warning to orange: Wednesday 9, 08:00–20:00. Gusts up to 110 km/h.
- Meseta de Burgos, Meseta de Segovia, Meseta de Valladolid: Raises the wind warning to orange: Wednesday 9, 08:00–20:00. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Meseta de León: Raises the wind warning to orange: Wednesday 9, 06:00–17:00. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Meseta de Palencia: Raises the wind warning to orange: Wednesday 9, 08:00–20:00. Gusts up to 90 km/h.
- Cantabria del Ebro, Centro y valle de Villaverde: Extends the orange wind warning: now until 20:00 on Wednesday 9. Gusts up to 110 km/h.
- Central y Valles Mineros, Litoral occidental asturiano, Litoral oriental asturiano: Lowers the wind warning to yellow: Wednesday 9, 00:00–17:00. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Meseta de Ávila: Raises the wind warning to orange: Wednesday 9, 12:00–20:00. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Norte de Burgos: Extends the orange wind warning: now until 20:00 on Wednesday 9. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Vertiente cantábrica de Navarra: Brings the orange wind warning forward: now from 08:00 on Wednesday 9. Gusts up to 110 km/h.
Tue 8 October
- Meseta de Zamora: Raises the wind warning to orange: Wednesday 9, 06:00–17:00. Gusts up to 90 km/h.
- Interior de A Coruña, Miño de Pontevedra, Noroeste de Ourense: Raises the rain warning to orange: Wednesday 9, 00:00–16:00. Up to 80 mm in 12 h.
- Interior de Pontevedra: Raises the rain warning to orange: Wednesday 9, 00:00–16:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- Miño de Ourense: Issues a orange rain warning: Wednesday 9, 00:00–16:00. Up to 80 mm in 12 h.
- Litoral occidental asturiano: Raises the wind warning to orange: Wednesday 9, 08:00–17:00. Gusts up to 110 km/h.
- Llanada alavesa: Raises the wind warning to orange: Wednesday 9, 08:00–20:00. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Miño de Ourense, Noroeste de Ourense: Extends the orange rain warning: now until 18:00 on Wednesday 9. Up to 100 mm in 12 h.
- Noroeste de A Coruña, Oeste de A Coruña, Rias Baixas: Raises the rain warning to orange: Wednesday 9, 00:00–16:00. Up to 100 mm in 12 h.
- Cordillera Cantábrica de Burgos: Extends the orange wind warning: now until 20:00 on Wednesday 9. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Ibérica de Burgos, Ibérica de Soria: Raises the wind warning to orange: Wednesday 9, 03:00–20:00. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Meseta de Salamanca: Raises the wind warning to orange: Wednesday 9, 06:00–17:00. Gusts up to 90 km/h.
- Ibérica riojana: Raises the wind warning to orange: Wednesday 9, 03:00–20:00. Gusts up to 120 km/h.
- Noroeste de A Coruña: Lowers the rain warning to yellow: Wednesday 9, 00:00–16:00. Up to 40 mm in 12 h.
- Suroeste de A Coruña: Raises the rain warning to orange: Wednesday 9, 00:00–16:00. Up to 100 mm in 12 h.
Wed 9 October
- Ibérica de Soria: Extends the orange wind warning: now until 22:00 on Wednesday 9. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Cordillera y Picos de Europa: Raises the wind warning to red: Wednesday 9, 10:00–17:00. Gusts up to 140 km/h.
- Condado de Treviño: Raises the wind warning to orange: Wednesday 9, 11:00–20:00. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Bizkaia litoral, Gipuzkoa litoral: Raises the wind warning to orange: Wednesday 9, 15:00–20:00. Gusts up to 110 km/h.
- Ibérica de Burgos, Norte de Burgos: Extends the orange wind warning: now until 21:00 on Wednesday 9. Gusts up to 110 km/h.
- Ibérica riojana: Extends the orange wind warning: now until 21:00 on Wednesday 9. Gusts up to 120 km/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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