Severe-weather warnings: Prelitoral de Barcelona zone
Today: no warnings. Tomorrow: no warnings. Today's warnings in Barcelona, with hours and thresholds
In 2025, Prelitoral de Barcelona had 64 warning days from AEMET: 50 yellow, 13 orange and 1 red. Mostly rain and storms. Spain's median was 64 days.
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Yellow | Orange | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 83 | 66 | 17 | 0 |
| 2025 | 64 | 50 | 13 | 1 |
| 2024 | 56 | 44 | 12 | 0 |
| 2023 | 75 | 66 | 9 | 0 |
| 2022 | 47 | 37 | 10 | 0 |
| 2021 | 51 | 44 | 7 | 0 |
| 2020 | 54 | 45 | 9 | 0 |
| 2019 | 47 | 35 | 12 | 0 |
| 2018* | 48 | 37 | 11 | 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
- Rain: 295 days
- Storms: 217 days
- Heat: 123 days
- Wind: 86 days
- Snow: 11 days
- Cold: 6 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.
- Storms and rain in Cataluña, Aragón and elsewhere, 11–12 July 2025 · here: red warning, 1 day at orange or red
- Valencia DANA: rain in Comunitat Valenciana, Andalucía and elsewhere, 26 October – 4 November 2024 · here: orange warning, 3 days at orange or red
- August 2025 heatwave: heat across much of Spain, 3–18 August 2025 · 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
- August 2023 heatwave: heat across much of Spain, 20–27 August 2023 · here: orange warning, 2 days at orange or red
Questions about warnings in Prelitoral de Barcelona
How many days a year does the Prelitoral de Barcelona zone have a weather warning?
On average, 56 days a year with an AEMET warning from 2019 to 2025, 10 of them orange or red. Spain's median zone has 54.
Is the Prelitoral de Barcelona zone one of the places in Spain with the most warnings?
It sits mid-table. It ranks 83rd 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 Prelitoral de Barcelona zone?
Rain: 33 days a year on average (2019–2025). Then storms (24) and heat (11).
Which month has the most warnings in the Prelitoral de Barcelona zone?
August, with 8.0 warning days on average (2019–2025). The calmest month is February, with 1.6.
Has the Prelitoral de Barcelona zone ever had a red warning?
Yes: one day, 12 July 2025, for rain.
Which towns get the warnings of the Prelitoral de Barcelona zone?
113 towns in Barcelona, including Terrassa, Sabadell and Sant Cugat del Vallès. AEMET warns by zone: they all get the same warnings.
Towns in this zone
- Terrassa
- Sabadell
- Sant Cugat del Vallès
- Rubí
- Granollers
- Cerdanyola del Vallès
- Mollet del Vallès
- Vilafranca del Penedès
- Igualada
- Ripollet
- Montcada i Reixac
- Barberà del Vallès
- Martorell
- Sant Andreu de la Barca
- Santa Perpètua de Mogoda
- Castellar del Vallès
- Olesa de Montserrat
- Esparreguera
- Sant Quirze del Vallès
- Cardedeu
- Sant Celoni
- Parets del Vallès
- Caldes de Montbui
- Canovelles
- la Garriga
- Montornès del Vallès
- Lliçà d'Amunt
- Palau-solità i Plegamans
- la Llagosta
- Abrera
- Castellbisbal
- Badia del Vallès
- Vilanova del Camí
- Sant Sadurní d'Anoia
- la Roca del Vallès
- Bigues
- Corró d'Avall
Bad-weather guides
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- Spain in November: where the bad weather is, and where it isn't
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A warning is not damage; a zone is not a building. Data © AEMET.
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