Severe-weather warnings in Santa Cruz de La Palma
Today: no warnings. Tomorrow: no warnings. Today's warnings in La Palma, with hours and thresholds
In 2025, Santa Cruz de La Palma had 35 warning days from AEMET: 22 yellow, 12 orange and 1 red. Mostly rain and wind. Spain's median was 64 days.
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Yellow | Orange | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 44 | 34 | 10 | 0 |
| 2025 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 43 | 37 | 5 | 1 |
| 2021 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 0 |
| 2020 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018* | 6 | 4 | 2 | 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: 137 days
- Rain: 110 days
- Dust: 45 days
- Storms: 38 days
- Heat: 37 days
Episodes that hit the Este de La Palma zone
- Rain in Canarias, Illes Balears and elsewhere, 24–26 September 2022 · here: red warning, 2 days at orange or red
- August 2025 heatwave: heat across much of Spain, 3–18 August 2025 · here: orange warning, 3 days at orange or red
- August 2021 heatwave: heat in Andalucía, Castilla - La Mancha and elsewhere, 11–17 August 2021 · here: orange warning, 3 days at orange or red
Questions about warnings in Santa Cruz de La Palma
How many days a year does Santa Cruz de La Palma have a weather warning?
On average, 32 days a year with an AEMET warning from 2019 to 2025, 4.9 of them orange or red. Spain's median zone has 54.
Is Santa Cruz de La Palma one of the places in Spain with the most warnings?
No: it is among the calmest. Its warning zone, Este de La Palma, ranks 167th 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 Santa Cruz de La Palma?
Wind: 15 days a year on average (2019–2025). Then rain (14) and heat (4.9).
Which month has the most warnings in Santa Cruz de La Palma?
November, with 4.7 warning days on average (2019–2025). The calmest month is June, with 0.7.
Has Santa Cruz de La Palma ever had a red warning?
Yes: 2 red-warning days since 18 June 2018. The last was on 3 April 2025, for wind.
Nearby, in other zones
- Los Llanos de Aridane · 52 days in 2025
- San Sebastián de la Gomera · 62 days in 2025
- Buenavista del Norte · 32 days in 2025
- Valverde · 59 days in 2025
- Icod de los Vinos · 32 days in 2025
- Guía de Isora · 56 days in 2025
- Adeje · 56 days in 2025
- Los Realejos · 32 days in 2025
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Bad-weather guides
The nearest guide is Santa Cruz de Tenerife's, 150 km away. It is in a different warning zone, so its warnings are not the same.
- Bad weather in Santa Cruz de Tenerife: warnings by month
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria vs Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- 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 La Palma
A warning is not damage; a zone is not a building. Data © AEMET.
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