Severe-weather warnings in Mérida
Today: no warnings. Tomorrow: no warnings. Today's warnings in Badajoz, with hours and thresholds
In 2025, Mérida had 79 warning days from AEMET: 46 yellow, 30 orange and 3 red. Mostly heat and rain. Spain's median was 64 days.
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Yellow | Orange | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 73 | 53 | 20 | 0 |
| 2025 | 79 | 46 | 30 | 3 |
| 2024 | 66 | 52 | 13 | 1 |
| 2023 | 64 | 44 | 20 | 0 |
| 2022 | 57 | 28 | 25 | 4 |
| 2021 | 41 | 29 | 11 | 1 |
| 2020 | 65 | 46 | 19 | 0 |
| 2019 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018* | 33 | 27 | 3 | 3 |
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
- Heat: 324 days
- Rain: 85 days
- Storms: 71 days
- Fog: 56 days
- Wind: 30 days
- Cold: 8 days
Episodes that hit the Vegas del Guadiana zone
- August 2025 heatwave: heat across much of Spain, 3–18 August 2025 · here: red warning, 15 days at orange or red
- July 2022 heatwave: heat across much of Spain, 9–18 July 2022 · here: red warning, 9 days at orange or red
- August 2018 heatwave: heat across much of Spain, 1–9 August 2018 · here: red warning, 6 days at orange or red
Questions about warnings in Mérida
How many days a year does Mérida have a weather warning?
On average, 57 days a year with an AEMET warning from 2019 to 2025, 19 of them orange or red. Spain's median zone has 54.
Is Mérida one of the places in Spain with the most warnings?
It sits mid-table. Its warning zone, Vegas del Guadiana, ranks 76th 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 Mérida?
Heat: 36 days a year on average (2019–2025). Then rain (10) and storms (7.4).
Which month has the most warnings in Mérida?
July, with 15 warning days on average (2019–2025). The calmest month is February, with 0.7.
Has Mérida ever had a red warning?
Yes: 12 red-warning days since 18 June 2018. The last was on 17 August 2025, for heat.
Why does Mérida get the same warnings as Badajoz?
Because AEMET doesn't warn by town but by zone. Mérida, Badajoz and 54 other towns are in the Vegas del Guadiana zone (Badajoz) and get exactly the same warnings.
Other towns in the Vegas del Guadiana zone
Warnings are issued by zone: these towns share the same warnings.
Nearby, in other zones
- Almendralejo · 63 days in 2025
- Villafranca de los Barros · 63 days in 2025
- Miajadas · 72 days in 2025
- Los Santos de Maimona · 63 days in 2025
- Zafra · 63 days in 2025
- Cáceres · 57 days in 2025
- Trujillo · 57 days in 2025
- Castuera · 63 days in 2025
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Bad-weather guides
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