Severe-weather warnings: Rioja alavesa zone
Today: no warnings. Tomorrow: no warnings. Today's warnings in Araba/Álava, with hours and thresholds
In 2025, Rioja alavesa had 50 warning days from AEMET: 37 yellow and 13 orange. Mostly storms and rain. Spain's median was 64 days.
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Yellow | Orange | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 55 | 44 | 11 | 0 |
| 2025 | 50 | 37 | 13 | 0 |
| 2024 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 50 | 41 | 9 | 0 |
| 2022 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 37 | 29 | 8 | 0 |
| 2018* | 24 | 22 | 2 | 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: 174 days
- Rain: 130 days
- Heat: 108 days
- Wind: 63 days
- Snow: 18 days
- Fog: 9 days
- Cold: 1 day
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, 4 days at orange or red
- Heat across much of Spain, 20–24 June 2026 · here: orange warning, 4 days at orange or red
- Heat and storms across much of Spain, 6–15 August 2026 · here: orange warning, 3 days at orange or red
- June 2019 heatwave: heat across much of Spain, 27–30 June 2019 · here: orange warning, 3 days at orange or red
Questions about warnings in Rioja alavesa
How many days a year does the Rioja alavesa zone have a weather warning?
On average, 40 days a year with an AEMET warning from 2019 to 2025, 7.0 of them orange or red. Spain's median zone has 54.
Is the Rioja alavesa zone one of the places in Spain with the most warnings?
No: it is among the calmest. It ranks 145th 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 Rioja alavesa zone?
Storms: 18 days a year on average (2019–2025). Then rain (14) and heat (11).
Which month has the most warnings in the Rioja alavesa zone?
June, with 8.4 warning days on average (2019–2025). The calmest month is February, with 0.7.
Has the Rioja alavesa zone ever had a red warning?
No. Since 18 June 2018, not a single red-warning day; the highest level has been orange, on 62 days.
Which towns get the warnings of the Rioja alavesa zone?
17 towns in Araba/Álava, including Laguardia. AEMET warns by zone: they all get the same warnings.
Towns in this zone
Bad-weather guides
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A warning is not damage; a zone is not a building. Data © AEMET.
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