ClimavisoStorm Herminia: wind and rain in Galicia, Castilla y León and elsewhere, 26–27 January 2025
26 January 2025 to 27 January 2025. Updated 26 October 2026.
AEMET named this storm Herminia on 24 January 2025. It coincides with storm Ivo, named by IPMA on 27 January 2025.
Over 2 days, 37 of Spain's 182 warning zones had an orange or red warning for wind and rain: 38 zone-days at orange or red, 0 of them red. The day with the most zones at orange or red was 26 January, with 23 zones.
26 January was the day with the most people in zones under an orange or red warning: 2.6 million people live there (INE municipal register, 2025).
How it compares
- It is number 83 of 119 episodes since June 2018 by zone-days at orange or red.
- Among the 26 wind episodes, it is number 15.
Day by day
| Day | Red | Orange | Yellow | Orange or red warnings for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 26 January | — | 23 | 50 | wind, rain |
| Mon 27 January | — | 15 | 99 | wind, rain |
Zones with a warning each day, at their highest level that day.
The zones
And 93 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: 161.4 l/m² of rain in 24 h at Beariz (Noroeste de Ourense) on 26 January; a 172 km/h gust at Mirador del Cable, Parque Nacional Picos de Europa (Liébana) on 26 January.
| Zone | Most rain in 24 h | Strongest gust |
|---|---|---|
| Noroeste de Ourense | 161.4 l/m² Beariz · 26 January | 58 km/h O Carballiño · 26 January |
| Interior de Pontevedra | 146.0 l/m² A Estrada · 26 January | 91 km/h A Lama · 26 January |
| Suroeste de A Coruña | 124.6 l/m² Rois, Casas Do Porto · 26 January | 96 km/h Noia · 26 January |
| Norte de Cáceres | 104.6 l/m² Tornavacas · 26 January | 73 km/h Piornal · 27 January |
| Interior de A Coruña | 101.3 l/m² Santiago de Compostela · 26 January | 98 km/h Santiago de Compostela Aeropuerto · 26 January |
| Miño de Pontevedra | 82.4 l/m² Ponteareas, Canedo · 26 January | no reading |
| Rias Baixas | 71.1 l/m² Vigo Aeropuerto · 26 January | 98 km/h Vigo Aeropuerto · 26 January |
| Suroccidental asturiana | 69.4 l/m² Degaña · 26 January | 133 km/h Taramundi, Ouria · 26 January |
| Sur de Ourense | 65.6 l/m² Muiños · 26 January | 71 km/h Xinzo de Limia · 26 January |
| Cordillera Cantábrica de Palencia | 62.0 l/m² Cervera de Pisuerga · 26 January | 147 km/h Velilla del Río Carrión, Camporredondo de Alba · 26 January |
| Sanabria | 61.6 l/m² Sanabria, Robleda-Cervantes · 26 January | 63 km/h Sanabria, Robleda-Cervantes · 26 January |
| Montaña de Ourense | 55.2 l/m² A Gudiña · 26 January | 117 km/h Chandrexa de Queixa · 26 January |
| Oeste de A Coruña | 50.6 l/m² Vimianzo · 26 January | 122 km/h Fisterra · 26 January |
| Sur de Ávila | 49.6 l/m² Candeleda · 26 January | 59 km/h Candeleda · 27 January |
| Centro y valle de Villaverde | 45.3 l/m² Alto Campoo · 26 January | 152 km/h Ramales de la Victoria · 26 January |
| Noroeste de A Coruña | 42.6 l/m² Carballo, Depuradora · 26 January | 154 km/h Estaca de Bares · 26 January |
| A Mariña | 40.0 l/m² Mondoñedo · 26 January | 108 km/h Ribadeo · 26 January |
| Cordillera y Picos de Europa | 36.3 l/m² Pajares-Valgrande · 26 January | 156 km/h Sotres, Parque Nacional Picos de Europa · 26 January |
| Ibérica riojana | 35.0 l/m² Anguiano, Valvanera · 26 January | 165 km/h Valdezcaray · 26 January |
| Albarracín y Jiloca | 23.2 l/m² Jabaloyas · 27 January | 83 km/h Jabaloyas · 27 January |
And 17 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 38 zone-days. AEMET issued it ahead of time in 32 of them (median: 19 h) and for the current hour in the other 6: warnings are also raised as things unfold. The first warning of any level for those same days had come a median 35 h earlier.
| Zone | Day | First warning | Orange issued | For · notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Mariña | Sun 26 | Thu 23 Jan, 23:50 orange | Thu 23 Jan, 23:50 | 09:00 · 57 h before |
| Centro y valle de Villaverde | Sun 26 | Thu 23 Jan, 23:50 orange | Thu 23 Jan, 23:50 | 15:00 · 63 h before |
| Cordillera y Picos de Europa | Sun 26 | Thu 23 Jan, 23:50 orange | Thu 23 Jan, 23:50 | 16:00 · 64 h before |
| Liébana | Sun 26 | Thu 23 Jan, 23:50 orange | Thu 23 Jan, 23:50 | 15:00 · 63 h before |
| Cordillera Cantábrica de Burgos | Sun 26 | Thu 23 Jan, 23:50 yellow | Fri 24 Jan, 11:30 | 16:00 · 52 h before |
| Norte de Burgos | Sun 26 | Thu 23 Jan, 23:50 yellow | Fri 24 Jan, 11:30 | 16:00 · 52 h before |
| Vertiente cantábrica de Navarra | Sun 26 | Thu 23 Jan, 23:50 yellow | Fri 24 Jan, 11:30 | 16:00 · 52 h before |
| Interior de A Coruña | Sun 26 | Thu 23 Jan, 23:50 yellow | Sat 25 Jan, 11:00 | 06:00 · 19 h before |
| Interior de Pontevedra | Sun 26 | Thu 23 Jan, 23:50 yellow | Sat 25 Jan, 11:00 | 06:00 · 19 h before |
| Miño de Pontevedra | Sun 26 | Thu 23 Jan, 23:50 yellow | Sat 25 Jan, 11:00 | 06:00 · 19 h before |
| Noroeste de A Coruña | Sun 26 | Thu 23 Jan, 23:50 yellow | Sat 25 Jan, 11:00 | 03:00 · 16 h before |
| Noroeste de Ourense | Sun 26 | Thu 23 Jan, 23:50 yellow | Sat 25 Jan, 11:00 | 06:00 · 19 h before |
| Sur de Ourense | Sun 26 | Fri 24 Jan, 11:30 yellow | Sat 25 Jan, 11:00 | 06:00 · 19 h before |
| Suroccidental asturiana | Sun 26 | Thu 23 Jan, 23:50 yellow | Sat 25 Jan, 11:00 | 06:00 · 19 h before |
| Ibérica riojana | Sun 26 | Fri 24 Jan, 11:30 yellow | Sat 25 Jan, 18:51 | 16:00 · 21 h before |
And 23 more zone-days.
The full timeline: 56 changes at orange or red
Thu 23 January
- A Mariña: Issues a orange wind warning: Sunday 26, 09:00–24:00. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Centro y valle de Villaverde: Issues a orange wind warning: Sunday 26, 15:00–24:00. Gusts up to 110 km/h.
- Cordillera y Picos de Europa: Issues a orange wind warning: Sunday 26, 16:00–24:00. Gusts up to 110 km/h.
- Liébana: Issues a orange wind warning: Sunday 26, 15:00–24:00. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
Fri 24 January
- A Mariña: Brings the orange wind warning forward: now from 08:00 on Sunday 26. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Centro y valle de Villaverde: Pushes the orange wind warning back: now from 16:00 on Sunday 26. Gusts up to 110 km/h.
- Cordillera Cantábrica de Burgos, Vertiente cantábrica de Navarra: Raises the wind warning to orange: Sunday 26, 16:00–24:00. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Liébana: Pushes the orange wind warning back: now from 16:00 on Sunday 26. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Norte de Burgos: Raises the wind warning to orange: Sunday 26, 16:00–24:00. Gusts up to 90 km/h.
- Alcaraz y Segura: Issues a orange wind warning: Monday 27, 06:00–15:00. Gusts up to 90 km/h.
Sat 25 January
- Interior de A Coruña, Interior de Pontevedra, Miño de Pontevedra, Noroeste de Ourense, Sur de Ourense: Raises the rain warning to orange: Sunday 26, 06:00–24:00. Up to 80 mm in 12 h.
- Noroeste de A Coruña: Raises the wind warning to orange: Sunday 26, 03:00–24:00. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Suroccidental asturiana: Raises the wind warning to orange: Sunday 26, 06:00–24:00. Gusts up to 110 km/h.
- Alcaraz y Segura: Brings the orange wind warning forward: now from 03:00 on Monday 27. Gusts up to 90 km/h.
- Levante almeriense, Poniente y Almería Capital, Valle del Almanzora y Los Vélez: Raises the wind warning to orange: Monday 27, 09:00–24:00. Gusts up to 90 km/h.
- Interior de A Coruña, Interior de Pontevedra, Miño de Pontevedra, Noroeste de Ourense, Sur de Ourense: Lowers the rain warning to yellow: Sunday 26, 06:00–24:00. Up to 20 mm in 1 h.
- Ibérica riojana: Raises the wind warning to orange: Sunday 26, 16:00–24:00. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Alcaraz y Segura: Extends the orange wind warning: now until 18:00 on Monday 27. Gusts up to 90 km/h.
- La Mancha albaceteña: Raises the wind warning to orange: Monday 27, 06:00–18:00. Gusts up to 90 km/h.
- Centro y valle de Villaverde, Cordillera y Picos de Europa, Suroccidental asturiana: Brings the orange wind warning forward: now from 03:00 on Sunday 26. Gusts up to 110 km/h.
- Liébana: Brings the orange wind warning forward: now from 03:00 on Sunday 26. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Vertiente cantábrica de Navarra: Brings the orange wind warning forward: now from 09:00 on Sunday 26. Gusts up to 90 km/h.
Sun 26 January
- Oeste de A Coruña: Raises the wind warning to orange: Sunday 26, 09:00–24:00. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Sanabria: Raises the rain warning to orange: Sunday 26, 12:00–24:00. Up to 80 mm in 12 h.
- Interior norte de Valencia, Interior sur de Castellón: Raises the wind warning to orange: Monday 27, 10:00–18:00. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Albarracín y Jiloca, Gúdar y Maestrazgo: Raises the wind warning to orange: Monday 27, 00:00–18:00. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Norte de Cáceres: Raises the rain warning to orange: Monday 27, 00:00–06:00. Up to 80 mm in 12 h.
- Sur de Ávila: Raises the rain warning to orange: Monday 27, 00:00–06:00. Up to 80 mm in 12 h.
- Cantabria del Ebro: Raises the wind warning to orange: Sunday 26, 12:00–24:00. Gusts up to 110 km/h.
- Interior de A Coruña: Raises the wind warning to orange: Sunday 26, 12:00–18:00. Gusts up to 90 km/h.
- Montaña de Ourense, Rias Baixas, Suroeste de A Coruña: Raises the rain warning to orange: Sunday 26, 12:00–24:00. Up to 80 mm in 12 h.
- Montaña de Ourense: Raises the rain warning to orange: Monday 27, 00:00–06:00. Up to 80 mm in 12 h.
- Cuenca del Nervión: Raises the wind warning to orange: Sunday 26, 13:00–24:00. Gusts up to 90 km/h.
- Cordillera Cantábrica de Palencia: Raises the wind warning to orange: Sunday 26, 15:00–24:00. Gusts up to 100 km/h.
- Interior sur de Valencia: Raises the wind warning to orange: Monday 27, 10:00–24:00. Gusts up to 90 km/h.
- Norte de Cáceres: Lowers the rain warning to yellow: Monday 27, 00:00–10:00. Up to 15 mm in 1 h · 40 mm in 12 h.
- Sur de Ávila: Lowers the rain warning to yellow: Monday 27, 00:00–10:00. Up to 15 mm in 1 h.
Mon 27 January
- Noroeste de Murcia, Valle del Guadalentín, Lorca y Águilas: Raises the wind warning to orange: Monday 27, 09:00–24:00. Gusts up to 90 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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