Severe-weather warnings: Litoral cántabro zone
Today: no warnings. Tomorrow: no warnings. Today's warnings in Cantabria, with hours and thresholds
In 2025, Litoral cántabro had 40 warning days from AEMET: 37 yellow, 1 orange and 2 red. Mostly rain and storms. Spain's median was 64 days.
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Yellow | Orange | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 48 | 40 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 40 | 37 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 37 | 32 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 48 | 41 | 7 | 0 |
| 2018* | 27 | 25 | 2 | 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
- Rain: 184 days
- Wind: 103 days
- Storms: 89 days
- Heat: 18 days
- Cold: 5 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.
- Heat across much of Spain, 20–24 June 2026 · here: red warning, 2 days at orange or red
- August 2025 heatwave: heat across much of Spain, 3–18 August 2025 · here: red warning, 1 day at orange or red
- August 2024 heatwave: heat across much of Spain, 8–15 August 2024 · here: red warning, 1 day 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
- Storm Fien: snow and wind across much of Spain, 16–19 January 2023 · here: orange warning, 2 days at orange or red
Questions about warnings in Litoral cántabro
How many days a year does the Litoral cántabro zone have a weather warning?
On average, 33 days a year with an AEMET warning from 2019 to 2025, 3.1 of them orange or red. Spain's median zone has 54.
Is the Litoral cántabro zone one of the places in Spain with the most warnings?
No: it is among the calmest. It ranks 166th 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 Litoral cántabro zone?
Rain: 19 days a year on average (2019–2025). Then wind (12) and storms (8.7).
Which month has the most warnings in the Litoral cántabro zone?
December, with 4.7 warning days on average (2019–2025). The calmest month is April, with 0.3.
Has the Litoral cántabro zone ever had a red warning?
Yes: 4 red-warning days since 18 June 2018. The last was on 24 June 2026, for heat.
Which towns get the warnings of the Litoral cántabro zone?
9 towns in Cantabria, including Santander, Camargo and Castro-Urdiales. AEMET warns by zone: they all get the same warnings.
Towns in this zone
- Santander
- Camargo
- Castro-Urdiales
- El Astillero
- Laredo
- San Vicente de la Barquera
- Santa Cruz de Bezana
- Santoña
- Torrelavega
Bad-weather guides
- Bad weather in Santander: warnings by month
- Spain in October: where the bad weather is, and where it isn't
- Spain in November: where the bad weather is, and where it isn't
See on the map All towns in Cantabria
A warning is not damage; a zone is not a building. Data © AEMET.
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