Severe-weather warnings: Axarquía zone
Today: no warnings. Tomorrow: no warnings. Today's warnings in Málaga, with hours and thresholds
In 2025, Axarquía had 30 warning days from AEMET: 25 yellow and 5 orange. Mostly rain and storms. Spain's median was 64 days.
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Yellow | Orange | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 35 | 34 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 |
| 2023 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018* | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
A day with several warnings counts once, at its highest level. 2018: from 18 Jun 2018. 2026: up to 27 Oct 2026.
Which warnings, since 2018
- Rain: 115 days
- Storms: 76 days
- Heat: 65 days
- Wind: 52 days
Episodes that hit this zone
The spells of orange and red warnings since 2018 that hit this zone hardest: first those that reached red here, then those with the most days at orange or red.
- Rain in Andalucía and Comunitat Valenciana, 13–14 November 2024 · here: red warning, 2 days at orange or red
- Rain and storms in Cataluña and Illes Balears, 9–10 October 2018 · here: red warning, 2 days at orange or red
- Rain in Comunitat Valenciana, Andalucía and elsewhere, 18–21 October 2018 · here: orange warning, 2 days at orange or red
- Storms Daniel and Fabien: wind across much of Spain, 16–22 December 2019 · here: orange warning, 1 day at orange or red
- July 2020 heatwave: heat across much of Spain, 26 July – 2 August 2020 · here: orange warning, 1 day at orange or red
Questions about warnings in Axarquía
How many days a year does the Axarquía zone have a weather warning?
On average, 26 days a year with an AEMET warning from 2019 to 2025, 4.6 of them orange or red. Spain's median zone has 54.
Is the Axarquía zone one of the places in Spain with the most warnings?
No: it is among the calmest. It ranks 177th 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 the Axarquía zone?
Rain: 14 days a year on average (2019–2025). Then storms (8.3) and heat (6.7).
Which month has the most warnings in the Axarquía zone?
March, with 3.7 warning days on average (2019–2025). The calmest month is April, with 0.7.
Has the Axarquía zone ever had a red warning?
Yes: 3 red-warning days since 18 June 2018. The last was on 14 November 2024, for rain.
Which towns get the warnings of the Axarquía zone?
33 towns in Málaga, including Vélez-Málaga, Rincón de la Victoria and Nerja. AEMET warns by zone: they all get the same warnings.
Towns in this zone
Bad-weather guides
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A warning is not damage; a zone is not a building. Data © AEMET.