Severe-weather warnings: Cordillera Cantábrica de Burgos zone
Today: no warnings. Tomorrow: no warnings. Today's warnings in Burgos, with hours and thresholds
In 2025, Cordillera Cantábrica de Burgos had 72 warning days from AEMET: 61 yellow and 11 orange. Mostly storms and rain. Spain's median was 64 days.
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Yellow | Orange | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 60 | 54 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 72 | 61 | 11 | 0 |
| 2024 | 60 | 50 | 10 | 0 |
| 2023 | 68 | 59 | 9 | 0 |
| 2022 | 63 | 60 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 75 | 66 | 9 | 0 |
| 2020 | 59 | 54 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 75 | 67 | 8 | 0 |
| 2018* | 27 | 27 | 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
- Storms: 187 days
- Rain: 156 days
- Wind: 154 days
- Snow: 126 days
- Heat: 73 days
- Cold: 42 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.
- August 2025 heatwave: heat across much of Spain, 3–18 August 2025 · here: orange warning, 4 days at orange or red
- July 2022 heatwave: heat across much of Spain, 9–18 July 2022 · here: orange warning, 2 days at orange or red
- Heat across much of Spain, 1–16 July 2026 · 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, 2 days at orange or red
- August 2024 heatwave: heat across much of Spain, 8–15 August 2024 · here: orange warning, 2 days at orange or red
Questions about warnings in Cordillera Cantábrica de Burgos
How many days a year does the Cordillera Cantábrica de Burgos zone have a weather warning?
On average, 67 days a year with an AEMET warning from 2019 to 2025, 7.9 of them orange or red. Spain's median zone has 54.
Is the Cordillera Cantábrica de Burgos zone one of the places in Spain with the most warnings?
It sits mid-table. It ranks 49th 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 Cordillera Cantábrica de Burgos zone?
Storms: 20 days a year on average (2019–2025). Then wind (20) and rain (17).
Which month has the most warnings in the Cordillera Cantábrica de Burgos zone?
January, with 11 warning days on average (2019–2025). The calmest month is April, with 3.0.
Has the Cordillera Cantábrica de Burgos zone ever had a red warning?
No. Since 18 June 2018, not a single red-warning day; the highest level has been orange, on 61 days.
Which towns get the warnings of the Cordillera Cantábrica de Burgos zone?
17 towns in Burgos, including Arija, Barrio de Bricia and Basconcillos del Tozo. AEMET warns by zone: they all get the same warnings.
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A warning is not damage; a zone is not a building. Data © AEMET.