ClimavisoSpain's weather warnings in 2019
Full year, 1 January to 31 December 2019.
In 2019, Spain's 182 warning zones added up to 8,970 zone-days with a warning: 7,379 yellow, 1,480 orange and 111 red. Somewhere in Spain had a warning on 302 of the year's 365 days.
Highlights
- 2019 had the most zone-days with a wind warning of any year from 2019 to 2025: 3,485. Next was 2020, with 2,728.
- 2019 had the fewest zone-days with a warning of any year from 2019 to 2025: 8,970. The median was 10,023.
- 2019 had the fewest zone-days with a rain warning of any year from 2019 to 2025: 2,603. The median was 3,240.
- 2019 had the fewest zone-days with a storm warning of any year from 2019 to 2025: 2,067. The median was 2,705.
By warning type, year by year
All warnings
8,970
Red warnings
111
Rain
2,603
Storms
2,067
Windhigh
3,485
Heat
1,892
Cold
668
Snow
624
Fog
96
Dust
0
Each bar is a full year. The dark bar is 2019.
Month by month
Zone-days with a warning each month. The tick marks the 2020–2025 median for that month.
The red warnings of 2019
24 days with a red warning somewhere; 111 zone-days in all.
- 22 December red for wind A Mariña, Noroeste de A Coruña
- 21 December red for wind A Mariña, Noroeste de A Coruña, Suroccidental asturiana
- 15 November red for snow Cordillera y Picos de Europa, Suroccidental asturiana
- 14 November red for snow Cordillera Cantábrica de León, Cordillera y Picos de Europa, Suroccidental asturiana
- 23 October red for rain Ampurdán, Depresión central de Lleida, Litoral norte de Tarragona, Litoral sur de Tarragona, Pirineo de Girona, Prelitoral de Girona, Prelitoral norte de Tarragona, Prelitoral sur de Tarragona
- 22 October red for rain Ampurdán, Depresión central de Lleida, Litoral norte de Tarragona, Litoral sur de Tarragona, Pirineo de Girona, Prelitoral de Girona, Prelitoral norte de Tarragona, Prelitoral sur de Tarragona
- 14 September red for rain Sol y Guadalhorce
- 13 September red for rain Altiplano de Murcia, Campo de Cartagena y Mazarrón, Interior de Alicante, Interior norte de Valencia, Interior sur de Valencia, Levante almeriense, Litoral norte de Alicante, Litoral norte de Valencia, Litoral sur de Alicante, Litoral sur de Valencia, Noroeste de Murcia, Valle del Almanzora y Los Vélez, Valle del Guadalentín, Lorca y Águilas, Vega del Segura · red for storms Altiplano de Murcia, Campo de Cartagena y Mazarrón, Interior de Mallorca, Levante almeriense, Litoral sur de Alicante, Noroeste de Murcia, Norte y nordeste de Mallorca, Sierra Tramontana, Sur de Mallorca, Valle del Almanzora y Los Vélez, Valle del Guadalentín, Lorca y Águilas, Vega del Segura
- 12 September red for rain Altiplano de Murcia, Campo de Cartagena y Mazarrón, Interior de Alicante, Interior sur de Valencia, Levante almeriense, Litoral norte de Alicante, Litoral sur de Alicante, Litoral sur de Valencia, Nacimiento y Campo de Tabernas, Noroeste de Murcia, Valle del Almanzora y Los Vélez, Valle del Guadalentín, Lorca y Águilas, Vega del Segura · red for storms Altiplano de Murcia, Campo de Cartagena y Mazarrón, Interior de Alicante, Levante almeriense, Litoral norte de Alicante, Litoral sur de Alicante, Litoral sur de Valencia, Noroeste de Murcia, Valle del Almanzora y Los Vélez, Valle del Guadalentín, Lorca y Águilas, Vega del Segura
- 11 September red for rain Norte y nordeste de Mallorca, Sierra Tramontana
- 10 September red for rain Litoral de Barcelona, Litoral sur de Girona, Norte y nordeste de Mallorca, Sierra Tramontana
- 9 September red for rain Litoral de Barcelona, Litoral sur de Girona
- 27 August red for rain Levante mallorquín
- 9 August red for heat Litoral norte de Valencia, Litoral sur de Valencia
- 23 July red for heat Bizkaia interior, Bizkaia litoral, Ribera del Ebro de Zaragoza
- 30 June red for heat Bajo Aragón de Teruel, Cinco Villas de Zaragoza, Ribera del Ebro de Zaragoza
- 29 June red for heat Bajo Aragón de Teruel, Centro de Navarra, Cinco Villas de Zaragoza, Depresión central de Lleida, Depresión central de Tarragona, Pirineo de Lleida, Prelitoral norte de Tarragona, Prelitoral sur de Tarragona, Ribera del Ebro de La Rioja, Ribera del Ebro de Navarra, Ribera del Ebro de Zaragoza, Sur de Huesca
- 28 June red for heat Ampurdán, Bajo Aragón de Teruel, Centro de Navarra, Cinco Villas de Zaragoza, Depresión central de Barcelona, Depresión central de Lleida, Depresión central de Tarragona, Pirineo de Girona, Pirineo de Lleida, Prelitoral de Girona, Ribera del Ebro de La Rioja, Ribera del Ebro de Navarra, Ribera del Ebro de Zaragoza, Sur de Huesca
- 27 June red for heat Bizkaia interior, Gipuzkoa interior
- 22 April red for rain Litoral norte de Alicante, Litoral sur de Valencia
- 21 April red for rain Litoral norte de Alicante, Litoral sur de Valencia
- 24 January red for snow Pirineo navarro
- 23 January red for snow Pirineo navarro, Valle de Arán
- 22 January red for snow Pirineo navarro
The zones with the most warning days
| Zone | Province | Warning days | Orange | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pirineo de Lleida | Lleida | 122 | 23 | 2 |
| Pirineo oscense | Huesca | 121 | 24 | 0 |
| Prelitoral sur de Tarragona | Tarragona | 97 | 14 | 3 |
| Valle de Arán | Lleida | 92 | 18 | 1 |
| Pirineo de Girona | Girona | 89 | 13 | 3 |
| Interior norte de Castellón | Castelló/Castellón | 89 | 18 | 0 |
| Ribera del Ebro de Zaragoza | Zaragoza | 86 | 13 | 4 |
| Pirineo navarro | Navarra | 84 | 12 | 3 |
| Alcaraz y Segura | Albacete | 84 | 11 | 0 |
| Gúdar y Maestrazgo | Teruel | 84 | 8 | 0 |
By region
| Region | Zones | Warning days per zone | Earlier years | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aragón | 9 | 82 | 89 | -8% |
| Comunidad de Madrid | 3 | 73 | 71 | +3% |
| Comunidad Foral de Navarra | 4 | 72 | 68 | +7% |
| La Rioja | 2 | 70 | 68 | +4% |
| Cataluña | 16 | 68 | 76 | -10% |
| Illes Balears | 7 | 66 | 70 | -6% |
| Cantabria | 4 | 60 | 51 | +16% |
| Castilla y León | 24 | 56 | 65 | -13% |
| Comunitat Valenciana | 11 | 56 | 62 | -10% |
| Castilla - La Mancha | 17 | 56 | 61 | -10% |
| Principado de Asturias | 5 | 46 | 37 | +27% |
| País Vasco | 7 | 46 | 43 | +7% |
| Región de Murcia | 5 | 41 | 45 | -10% |
| Galicia | 16 | 37 | 42 | -13% |
| Andalucía | 29 | 34 | 46 | -25% |
| Ciudad de Melilla | 1 | 29 | 16 | +83% |
| Extremadura | 8 | 27 | 53 | -50% |
| Canarias | 13 | 22 | 47 | -52% |
| Ciudad de Ceuta | 1 | 10 | 20 | -49% |
Average warning days per zone. “Earlier years” is the average of the other full years since 2019.
How to read these numbers
A zone-day is one warning zone with a warning on one day. Spain has 182 zones: ten zones warned on the same day make ten zone-days. A day with several warnings in one zone counts once, at its highest level; each warning type counts once per type.
A warning is a forecast, not a measurement: it says a threshold is expected to be exceeded in a zone. Each zone has its own thresholds (a yellow heat warning doesn't start at the same temperature in Asturias as in Córdoba), so these numbers count how often a warning was issued, not how hot or wet it was. For measured temperature and rain, see AEMET's climate summaries.
Thresholds have barely changed: according to Maldita, maximum-temperature thresholds have changed in only 10 of the 182 zones since 2006, always upwards. More heat warnings are not explained by lower thresholds.
The archive starts on 18 June 2018, so comparisons start in 2019. More on levels, thresholds and zones in how warnings work.
To cite: “Climaviso, from AEMET warnings”.
Other years
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Sources
- Warnings: AEMET's warning archive (CAP format, AEMET OpenData), collected by Climaviso since June 2018.
- Warning levels and issue times: AEMET, how to read warnings (Spanish).
- Threshold changes: Maldita, 5 September 2024 (Spanish).