Severe-weather warnings in Purchena
Today: no warnings. Tomorrow: no warnings. Today's warnings in Almería, with hours and thresholds
In 2025, Purchena had 48 warning days from AEMET: 39 yellow, 7 orange and 2 red. Mostly rain and storms. Spain's median was 64 days.
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Yellow | Orange | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 91 | 63 | 26 | 2 |
| 2025 | 48 | 39 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 52 | 41 | 10 | 1 |
| 2023 | 69 | 56 | 12 | 1 |
| 2022 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| 2021 | 59 | 43 | 16 | 0 |
| 2020 | 47 | 34 | 13 | 0 |
| 2019 | 58 | 45 | 11 | 2 |
| 2018* | 37 | 33 | 4 | 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
- Wind: 193 days
- Storms: 161 days
- Rain: 134 days
- Heat: 93 days
- Snow: 21 days
- Cold: 9 days
Episodes that hit the Valle del Almanzora y Los Vélez zone
- Heat across much of Spain, 20–24 July 2026 · here: red warning, 4 days at orange or red
- Valencia DANA: rain in Comunitat Valenciana, Andalucía and elsewhere, 26 October – 4 November 2024 · 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 Purchena
How many days a year does Purchena have a weather warning?
On average, 53 days a year with an AEMET warning from 2019 to 2025, 12 of them orange or red. Spain's median zone has 54.
Is Purchena one of the places in Spain with the most warnings?
It sits mid-table. Its warning zone, Valle del Almanzora y Los Vélez, ranks 96th 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 Purchena?
Wind: 22 days a year on average (2019–2025). Then storms (16) and rain (13).
Which month has the most warnings in Purchena?
August, with 6.6 warning days on average (2019–2025). The calmest month is April, with 2.4.
Has Purchena ever had a red warning?
Yes: 8 red-warning days since 18 June 2018. The last was on 24 July 2026, for heat.
Why does Purchena get the same warnings as Huércal-Overa?
Because AEMET doesn't warn by town but by zone. Purchena, Huércal-Overa and 33 other towns are in the Valle del Almanzora y Los Vélez zone (Almería) and get exactly the same warnings.
Other towns in the Valle del Almanzora y Los Vélez zone
Warnings are issued by zone: these towns share the same warnings.
Nearby, in other zones
- Baza · 64 days in 2025
- Vera · 36 days in 2025
- Garrucha · 36 days in 2025
- Huéscar · 64 days in 2025
- Puerto Lumbreras · 47 days in 2025
- Almería · 53 days in 2025
- Aguadulce · 53 days in 2025
- Campillo del Moro · 53 days in 2025
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Bad-weather guides
The nearest guide is Almería's, 58 km away. It is in a different warning zone, so its warnings are not the same.
- Bad weather in Almería: warnings by month
- Málaga vs Almería
- 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 Almería
A warning is not damage; a zone is not a building. Data © AEMET.
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