Severe-weather warnings in Palma
Today: no warnings. Tomorrow: no warnings. Today's warnings in Mallorca, with hours and thresholds
In 2025, Palma had 79 warning days from AEMET: 64 yellow and 15 orange. Mostly rain and storms. Spain's median was 64 days.
Bad weather in Palma: warnings by month
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Yellow | Orange | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 77 | 61 | 16 | 0 |
| 2025 | 79 | 64 | 15 | 0 |
| 2024 | 76 | 54 | 22 | 0 |
| 2023 | 87 | 70 | 17 | 0 |
| 2022 | 93 | 78 | 15 | 0 |
| 2021 | 70 | 58 | 12 | 0 |
| 2020 | 68 | 55 | 13 | 0 |
| 2019 | 71 | 60 | 10 | 1 |
| 2018* | 41 | 29 | 12 | 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: 258 days
- Heat: 189 days
- Storms: 180 days
- Wind: 154 days
- Cold: 48 days
- Fog: 33 days
- Snow: 1 day
Episodes that hit the Sur de Mallorca zone
- September 2019 DANA: rain and storms across much of Spain, 9–14 September 2019 · here: red warning, 3 days at orange or red
- August 2024 heatwave: heat across much of Spain, 8–15 August 2024 · here: orange warning, 4 days at orange or red
- Valencia DANA: rain in Comunitat Valenciana, Andalucía and elsewhere, 26 October – 4 November 2024 · here: orange warning, 4 days at orange or red
Questions about warnings in Palma
How many days a year does Palma have a weather warning?
On average, 78 days a year with an AEMET warning from 2019 to 2025, 15 of them orange or red. Spain's median zone has 54.
Is Palma one of the places in Spain with the most warnings?
Yes. Its warning zone, Sur de Mallorca, ranks 23rd 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 Palma?
Rain: 30 days a year on average (2019–2025). Then storms (21) and heat (20).
Which month has the most warnings in Palma?
July, with 11 warning days on average (2019–2025). The calmest month is May, with 2.3.
Has Palma ever had a red warning?
Yes: one day, 13 September 2019, for storms.
Why does Palma get the same warnings as Llucmajor?
Because AEMET doesn't warn by town but by zone. Palma, Llucmajor and 7 other towns are in the Sur de Mallorca zone (Mallorca) and get exactly the same warnings.
Other towns in the Sur de Mallorca zone
Warnings are issued by zone: these towns share the same warnings.
Nearby, in other zones
- Sóller · 77 days in 2025
- Inca · 80 days in 2025
- Sineu · 80 days in 2025
- Sa Pobla · 70 days in 2025
- Felanitx · 57 days in 2025
- Manacor · 57 days in 2025
- Ca'n Picafort · 70 days in 2025
- Ciutadella de Menorca · 54 days in 2025
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A warning is not damage; a zone is not a building. Data © AEMET.