Severe-weather warnings: El Hierro zone
Today: no warnings. Tomorrow: no warnings. Today's warnings in El Hierro, with hours and thresholds
In 2025, El Hierro had 59 warning days from AEMET: 50 yellow and 9 orange. Mostly wind and heat. Spain's median was 64 days.
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Yellow | Orange | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 69 | 63 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 59 | 50 | 9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 61 | 56 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | 72 | 65 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 59 | 47 | 11 | 1 |
| 2021 | 57 | 50 | 6 | 1 |
| 2020 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018* | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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
- Wind: 278 days
- Heat: 119 days
- Rain: 84 days
- Dust: 49 days
- Storms: 29 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 2021 heatwave: heat in Andalucía, Castilla - La Mancha and elsewhere, 11–17 August 2021 · here: red warning, 3 days at orange or red
- 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
- Storm Filomena: cold and snow across much of Spain, 6–15 January 2021 · here: orange warning, 3 days at orange or red
- August 2023 heatwave: heat across much of Spain, 6–13 August 2023 · here: orange warning, 3 days at orange or red
Questions about warnings in El Hierro
How many days a year does the El Hierro zone have a weather warning?
On average, 52 days a year with an AEMET warning from 2019 to 2025, 6.3 of them orange or red. Spain's median zone has 54.
Is the El Hierro zone one of the places in Spain with the most warnings?
It sits mid-table. It ranks 100th 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 El Hierro zone?
Wind: 33 days a year on average (2019–2025). Then heat (15) and rain (10).
Which month has the most warnings in the El Hierro zone?
July, with 8.3 warning days on average (2019–2025). The calmest month is June, with 1.3.
Has the El Hierro zone ever had a red warning?
Yes: 3 red-warning days since 18 June 2018. The last was on 15 December 2024, for wind.
Which towns get the warnings of the El Hierro zone?
3 towns in El Hierro, including Valverde. AEMET warns by zone: they all get the same warnings.
Towns in this zone
Bad-weather guides
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- Spain in November: where the bad weather is, and where it isn't
See on the map All towns in El Hierro
A warning is not damage; a zone is not a building. Data © AEMET.
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