Severe-weather warnings: Norte de Gran Canaria zone
Today: no warnings. Tomorrow: no warnings. Today's warnings in Gran Canaria, with hours and thresholds
In 2025, Norte de Gran Canaria had 25 warning days from AEMET: 19 yellow and 6 orange. Mostly heat and rain. Spain's median was 64 days.
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Yellow | Orange | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 31 | 28 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018* | 9 | 9 | 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
- Heat: 73 days
- Wind: 68 days
- Dust: 60 days
- Rain: 54 days
- Storms: 19 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, 3 days at orange or red
- August 2021 heatwave: heat in Andalucía, Castilla - La Mancha and elsewhere, 11–17 August 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
- Storm Filomena: cold and snow across much of Spain, 6–15 January 2021 · here: orange warning, 2 days at orange or red
- Heat and rain in Canarias, Cataluña and elsewhere, 26–29 August 2020 · here: orange warning, 2 days at orange or red
Questions about warnings in Norte de Gran Canaria
How many days a year does the Norte de Gran Canaria zone have a weather warning?
On average, 26 days a year with an AEMET warning from 2019 to 2025, 2.9 of them orange or red. Spain's median zone has 54.
Is the Norte de Gran Canaria zone one of the places in Spain with the most warnings?
No: it is among the calmest. It ranks 175th 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 Norte de Gran Canaria zone?
Heat: 9.4 days a year on average (2019–2025). Then wind (7.7) and dust (6.6).
Which month has the most warnings in the Norte de Gran Canaria zone?
August, with 4.0 warning days on average (2019–2025). The calmest month is May, with 0.1.
Has the Norte de Gran Canaria zone ever had a red warning?
No. Since 18 June 2018, not a single red-warning day; the highest level has been orange, on 23 days.
Which towns get the warnings of the Norte de Gran Canaria zone?
10 towns in Gran Canaria, including Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arucas and Gáldar. AEMET warns by zone: they all get the same warnings.
Towns in this zone
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Arucas
- Gáldar
- Santa Brígida
- Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria
- Teror
- Moya
- Firgas
- Agaete
- Valleseco
Bad-weather guides
- Bad weather in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: 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 Gran Canaria
A warning is not damage; a zone is not a building. Data © AEMET.
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