Severe-weather warnings in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Today: no warnings. Tomorrow: no warnings. Today's warnings in Tenerife, with hours and thresholds
In 2025, Santa Cruz de Tenerife had 40 warning days from AEMET: 31 yellow, 8 orange and 1 red. Mostly heat and rain. Spain's median was 64 days.
Bad weather in Santa Cruz de Tenerife: warnings by month
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Yellow | Orange | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 51 | 46 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 40 | 31 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 37 | 35 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 46 | 40 | 4 | 2 |
| 2022 | 54 | 43 | 11 | 0 |
| 2021 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018* | 8 | 8 | 0 | 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: 134 days
- Heat: 108 days
- Rain: 78 days
- Dust: 51 days
- Storms: 33 days
Episodes that hit the Área metropolitana de Tenerife zone
- August 2025 heatwave: heat across much of Spain, 3–18 August 2025 · here: red warning, 3 days at orange or red
- August 2023 heatwave: heat across much of Spain, 6–13 August 2023 · here: red 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 Tenerife
How many days a year does Santa Cruz de Tenerife have a weather warning?
On average, 37 days a year with an AEMET warning from 2019 to 2025, 5.7 of them orange or red. Spain's median zone has 54.
Is Santa Cruz de Tenerife one of the places in Spain with the most warnings?
No: it is among the calmest. Its warning zone, Área metropolitana de Tenerife, ranks 154th 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 Tenerife?
Wind: 16 days a year on average (2019–2025). Then heat (13) and rain (9.1).
Which month has the most warnings in Santa Cruz de Tenerife?
July, with 6.1 warning days on average (2019–2025). The calmest month is May, with 1.4.
Has Santa Cruz de Tenerife ever had a red warning?
Yes: 4 red-warning days since 18 June 2018. The last was on 24 March 2026, for rain.
Why does Santa Cruz de Tenerife get the same warnings as San Cristóbal de La Laguna?
Because AEMET doesn't warn by town but by zone. Santa Cruz de Tenerife, San Cristóbal de La Laguna and 6 other towns are in the Área metropolitana de Tenerife zone (Tenerife) and get exactly the same warnings.
Other towns in the Área metropolitana de Tenerife zone
Warnings are issued by zone: these towns share the same warnings.
Nearby, in other zones
- La Matanza de Acentejo · 32 days in 2025
- La Victoria de Acentejo · 32 days in 2025
- Güímar · 56 days in 2025
- Santa Úrsula · 32 days in 2025
- La Orotava · 32 days in 2025
- Puerto de la Cruz · 32 days in 2025
- Los Realejos · 32 days in 2025
- Icod de los Vinos · 32 days in 2025
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A warning is not damage; a zone is not a building. Data © AEMET.
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