Severe-weather warnings in Lorca
Today: no warnings. Tomorrow: no warnings. Today's warnings in Murcia, with hours and thresholds
In 2025, Lorca had 47 warning days from AEMET: 30 yellow, 16 orange and 1 red. Mostly rain and storms. Spain's median was 64 days.
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Yellow | Orange | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 63 | 47 | 15 | 1 |
| 2025 | 47 | 30 | 16 | 1 |
| 2024 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 0 |
| 2023 | 52 | 39 | 12 | 1 |
| 2022 | 44 | 40 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 42 | 33 | 8 | 1 |
| 2020 | 33 | 28 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 35 | 26 | 7 | 2 |
| 2018* | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
A day with several warnings counts once, at its highest level. 2018: from 18 Jun 2018. 2026: up to 26 Oct 2026.
Which warnings, since 2018
- Rain: 160 days
- Storms: 137 days
- Heat: 119 days
- Wind: 74 days
- Snow: 7 days
Episodes that hit the Valle del Guadalentín, Lorca y Águilas zone
- Heat across much of Spain, 20–24 July 2026 · here: red warning, 5 days at orange or red
- August 2021 heatwave: heat in Andalucía, Castilla - La Mancha and elsewhere, 11–17 August 2021 · here: red warning, 3 days at orange or red
- September 2019 DANA: rain and storms across much of Spain, 9–14 September 2019 · here: red warning, 3 days at orange or red
Questions about warnings in Lorca
How many days a year does Lorca have a weather warning?
On average, 42 days a year with an AEMET warning from 2019 to 2025, 9.4 of them orange or red. Spain's median zone has 54.
Is Lorca one of the places in Spain with the most warnings?
It sits mid-table. Its warning zone, Valle del Guadalentín, Lorca y Águilas, ranks 137th of Spain's 180 warning zones by warning days a year (2019–2025; 1st has the most). Each zone has its own thresholds: this measures how often AEMET warns, not the climate or the risk to a home.
Which kind of bad weather brings the most warnings to Lorca?
Rain: 18 days a year on average (2019–2025). Then storms (15) and heat (14).
Which month has the most warnings in Lorca?
August, with 7.7 warning days on average (2019–2025). The calmest month is February, with 0.9.
Has Lorca ever had a red warning?
Yes: 6 red-warning days since 18 June 2018. The last was on 23 July 2026, for heat.
Why does Lorca get the same warnings as Águilas?
Because AEMET doesn't warn by town but by zone. Lorca, Águilas and 4 other towns are in the Valle del Guadalentín, Lorca y Águilas zone (Murcia) and get exactly the same warnings.
Other towns in the Valle del Guadalentín, Lorca y Águilas zone
Warnings are issued by zone: these towns share the same warnings.
Nearby, in other zones
- Vélez-Rubio · 48 days in 2025
- Mazarrón · 38 days in 2025
- Huércal-Overa · 48 days in 2025
- Bullas · 58 days in 2025
- Mula · 61 days in 2025
- Fuente Álamo · 38 days in 2025
- Cehegín · 58 days in 2025
- Vera · 36 days in 2025
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Bad-weather guides
The nearest guide is Murcia's, 61 km away. It is in a different warning zone, so its warnings are not the same.
- Bad weather in Murcia: warnings by month
- Alicante vs Murcia
- Spain in October: where the bad weather is, and where it isn't
- Spain in November: where the bad weather is, and where it isn't
See on the map All towns in Murcia
A warning is not damage; a zone is not a building. Data © AEMET.
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