ClimavisoRain and storms in Cataluña, 23–24 July 2025
23 July 2025 to 24 July 2025. Updated 26 October 2026.
Over 2 days, 26 of Spain's 182 warning zones had an orange or red warning for rain and storms: 35 zone-days at orange or red, 1 of them red. The day with the most zones at orange or red was 24 July, with 19 zones.
24 July was the day with the most people in zones under an orange or red warning: 9.4 million people live there (INE municipal register, 2025).
How it compares
- It is number 89 of 119 episodes since June 2018 by zone-days at orange or red.
- Among the 35 rain episodes, it is number 23.
Day by day
| Day | Red | Orange | Yellow | Orange or red warnings for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 23 July | 1 | 15 | 21 | rain, storms |
| Thu 24 July | — | 19 | 32 | rain, storms |
Zones with a warning each day, at their highest level that day.
The zones
And 36 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: 90.2 l/m² of rain in 24 h at Pego (Litoral norte de Alicante) on 24 July; a 93 km/h gust at Vilassar de Dalt (Litoral de Barcelona) on 23 July.
| Zone | Most rain in 24 h | Strongest gust |
|---|---|---|
| Litoral norte de Alicante | 90.2 l/m² Pego · 24 July | 61 km/h Jávea/ Xàbia · 24 July |
| Noroeste de Murcia | 76.4 l/m² Calasparra · 24 July | 55 km/h Calasparra · 24 July |
| Depresión central de Barcelona | 75.2 l/m² Berga · 23 July | 63 km/h Prats de Lluçanès · 23 July |
| Prepirineo de Barcelona * | 75.2 l/m² Berga · 23 July | 33 km/h Berga · 23 July |
| Prelitoral de Barcelona | 65.2 l/m² Caldes de Montbui · 23 July | 51 km/h Caldes de Montbui · 23 July |
| Prelitoral de Girona | 57.4 l/m² Les Planes D'Hostoles · 23 July | 46 km/h Girona Aeropuerto · 23 July |
| Vega del Segura | 47.0 l/m² Murcia Aeropuerto · 24 July | 57 km/h Murcia Aeropuerto · 24 July |
| Pirineo de Girona | 46.0 l/m² La Vall de Bianya · 23 July | 53 km/h Maçanet de Cabrenys · 24 July |
| Pirineo oscense | 39.2 l/m² Bielsa · 23 July | 53 km/h Bailo, Puyalto · 23 July |
| Litoral de Barcelona | 36.6 l/m² Vilassar de Dalt · 23 July | 93 km/h Vilassar de Dalt · 23 July |
| Hellín y Almansa | 33.4 l/m² Tobarra · 24 July | 54 km/h Hellín · 24 July |
| Pirineo de Lleida | 28.0 l/m² Coll de Nargó · 23 July | 64 km/h Port Ainé · 23 July |
| Altiplano de Murcia | 24.8 l/m² Jumilla · 24 July | 58 km/h Jumilla · 24 July |
| Prelitoral norte de Tarragona | 21.0 l/m² Llorac · 23 July | 37 km/h Llorac · 23 July |
| Interior norte de Castellón | 17.2 l/m² Villafranca del Cid/vilafranca · 23 July | 48 km/h La Pobla de Benifassà-Fredes · 23 July |
| Depresión central de Lleida | 11.8 l/m² Torà · 23 July | 37 km/h Lleida · 23 July |
| La Mancha conquense | 11.6 l/m² Alberca de Zancara · 24 July | 60 km/h San Clemente · 24 July |
| Ibiza y Formentera | 8.8 l/m² Sant Joan de Labritja · 24 July | 55 km/h Ibiza, Aeropuerto · 24 July |
| Litoral sur de Castellón | 6.4 l/m² Castelló - Almassora · 24 July | 44 km/h Torreblanca · 24 July |
| Litoral norte de Tarragona | 5.9 l/m² Reus Aeropuerto · 23 July | 39 km/h Reus Aeropuerto · 24 July |
And 4 more zones with an orange or red warning.
* Zone with no AEMET station: the value is from the nearest one, outside the zone.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depresión central de Barcelona | Wed 23 | Sun 20 Jul, 23:50 yellow | 11:08 | 11:00 · for the current hour |
The full timeline: 80 changes at orange or red
Mon 21 July
- Depresión central de Barcelona, Pirineo de Girona, Prepirineo de Barcelona: Raises the rain warning to orange: Wednesday 23, 12:00–24:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
- Depresión central de Barcelona, Pirineo de Girona, Prepirineo de Barcelona: Raises the storms warning to orange: Wednesday 23, 12:00–24:00. Hail possible.
Tue 22 July
- Interior norte de Castellón, Litoral norte de Castellón, Litoral sur de Tarragona, Prelitoral de Barcelona, Prelitoral de Girona, Prelitoral sur de Tarragona: Raises the rain warning to orange: Wednesday 23, 12:00–24:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
- Interior norte de Castellón, Litoral norte de Castellón, Litoral sur de Tarragona, Prelitoral de Barcelona, Prelitoral de Girona, Prelitoral sur de Tarragona: Raises the storms warning to orange: Wednesday 23, 12:00–24:00. Hail possible.
Wed 23 July
- Prelitoral norte de Tarragona: Raises the rain warning to orange: Wednesday 23, 15:00–24:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
- Prelitoral norte de Tarragona: Raises the storms warning to orange: Wednesday 23, 15:00–24:00. Hail possible.
- Depresión central de Barcelona, Pirineo de Girona, Prelitoral de Girona, Prepirineo de Barcelona: Brings the orange rain warning forward: now from 11:00 on Wednesday 23. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
- Depresión central de Barcelona, Pirineo de Girona, Prelitoral de Girona, Prepirineo de Barcelona: Brings the orange storms warning forward: now from 11:00 on Wednesday 23. Hail possible.
- La Mancha albaceteña: Raises the rain warning to orange: Thursday 24, 12:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- La Mancha albaceteña: Raises the storms warning to orange: Thursday 24, 12:00–24:00. Hail possible.
- La Mancha conquense: Issues a orange rain warning: Thursday 24, 12:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- Depresión central de Barcelona: Raises the rain warning to red: Wednesday 23, 12:00–24:00. Up to 60 mm in 1 h.
- Prelitoral norte de Tarragona: Brings the orange rain warning forward: now from 12:00 on Wednesday 23. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
- Prelitoral norte de Tarragona: Brings the orange storms warning forward: now from 12:00 on Wednesday 23. Hail possible.
- Ibiza y Formentera: Raises the rain warning to orange: Thursday 24, 12:00–24:00. Up to 50 mm in 1 h.
- Ibiza y Formentera: Raises the storms warning to orange: Thursday 24, 12:00–24:00.
- Litoral de Barcelona, Litoral norte de Tarragona: Raises the rain warning to orange: Wednesday 23, 17:00–24:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
- Litoral de Barcelona, Litoral norte de Tarragona: Raises the rain warning to orange: Thursday 24, 00:00–08:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
- Prelitoral de Barcelona: Raises the rain warning to orange: Thursday 24, 00:00–04:00. Up to 60 mm in 1 h.
- Prelitoral de Barcelona: Raises the storms warning to orange: Thursday 24, 00:00–04:00. Hail possible.
- Pirineo oscense: Raises the rain warning to orange: Wednesday 23, 13:00–15:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- Pirineo oscense: Raises the storms warning to orange: Wednesday 23, 13:00–15:00. Hail possible.
- Pirineo de Lleida: Raises the rain warning to orange: Wednesday 23, 13:00–22:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- Pirineo de Lleida: Raises the storms warning to orange: Wednesday 23, 13:00–22:00. Hail possible.
- Pirineo oscense: Extends the orange rain warning: now until 17:00 on Wednesday 23. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- Pirineo oscense: Extends the orange storms warning: now until 17:00 on Wednesday 23. Hail possible.
- Litoral sur de Castellón: Issues a orange rain warning: Wednesday 23, 18:00–24:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
- Litoral sur de Castellón: Issues a orange storms warning: Wednesday 23, 18:00–24:00. Hail possible.
- Alcaraz y Segura, Hellín y Almansa, Serranía de Cuenca: Raises the rain warning to orange: Thursday 24, 12:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- Alcaraz y Segura, Hellín y Almansa, La Mancha conquense, Serranía de Cuenca: Raises the storms warning to orange: Thursday 24, 12:00–24:00. Hail possible.
- Noroeste de Murcia: Raises the rain warning to orange: Thursday 24, 06:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- Noroeste de Murcia: Raises the storms warning to orange: Thursday 24, 06:00–24:00. Hail possible.
- Depresión central de Lleida: Raises the rain warning to orange: Wednesday 23, 21:00–22:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- Depresión central de Lleida, Pirineo de Lleida: Extends the orange rain warning: now until 24:00 on Wednesday 23. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- Pirineo de Lleida: Extends the orange storms warning: now until 24:00 on Wednesday 23. Hail possible.
- Depresión central de Barcelona: Lowers the rain warning to orange: Wednesday 23, 23:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- Depresión central de Barcelona, Depresión central de Lleida: Issues a orange rain warning: Thursday 24, 00:00–02:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- Depresión central de Barcelona, Prelitoral de Girona, Prelitoral norte de Tarragona: Issues a orange storms warning: Thursday 24, 00:00–02:00. Hail possible.
- Pirineo de Girona, Prepirineo de Barcelona: Raises the rain warning to orange: Thursday 24, 00:00–02:00. Up to 60 mm in 1 h.
- Pirineo de Girona, Prepirineo de Barcelona: Raises the storms warning to orange: Thursday 24, 00:00–02:00. Hail possible.
- Prelitoral de Girona: Issues a orange rain warning: Thursday 24, 00:00–02:00. Up to 60 mm in 1 h.
- Prelitoral norte de Tarragona: Issues a orange rain warning: Thursday 24, 00:00–02:00. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
Thu 24 July
- Prelitoral de Barcelona: Extends the orange rain warning: now until 08:00 on Thursday 24. Up to 40 mm in 1 h.
- Altiplano de Murcia: Raises the rain warning to orange: Thursday 24, 12:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- Altiplano de Murcia: Raises the storms warning to orange: Thursday 24, 12:00–24:00. Hail possible.
- Vega del Segura: Raises the rain warning to orange: Thursday 24, 12:00–24:00. Up to 30 mm in 1 h.
- Vega del Segura: Raises the storms warning to orange: Thursday 24, 12:00–24:00. Hail possible.
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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