The week has begun with a cut-off low (DANA) that has formed over the western Iberian Peninsula and will bring locally heavy rain to the Mediterranean coast and the Balearic Islands until Wednesday, according to the forecast by Rubén del Campo, spokesperson for the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET). Cloudy and overcast skies are expected on Tuesday, with some locally heavy showers in the western part of the archipelago starting in the morning. These showers could be locally heavy in the Pitiusas Islands (Ibiza and Formentera). Temperatures will remain fairly stable. Winds will be light from the south, shifting to an easterly component in the morning. Parts of the islands were under a yellow weather warning for accumulated rainfall of 20 mm in one hour this Monday. Specifically, the alert was activated in the north and northeast of Mallorca and in Menorca.

The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) will activate a yellow alert this Friday for wind gusts reaching 70 kilometers per hour (km/h) and coastal phenomena with waves up to three meters high across the Balearic Islands. The yellow alert for coastal phenomena will be in effect from midnight throughout the day in southern Mallorca, where winds could reach up to 60 km/h and waves up to three meters high. This alert will extend from 6:00 PM to the Serra de Tramuntana mountain range and the north and northeast of the island. As for the wind alert, it will be activated at noon in the Serra de Tramuntana, where gusts of up to 100 km/h could be recorded at the peaks and summits, and from 6:00 PM onwards, it will also be in effect in the north and northeast.

Emergency services (112) have activated a yellow alert in the Balearic Islands and an orange alert in the Tramuntana mountain range and northern Mallorca due to rain and storms this Saturday. This was announced by the head of the Emergency Department, Aurelio Soto, in statements to the media following the meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Balearic Islands Meteorological Plan (Plan Meteobal) regarding the activation of the adverse weather alerts.

October 2025 was warmer than average in the Balearic Islands, according to the Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMET). In Mallorca, the average temperature was 19.4 °C, almost a degree above normal, and up to 11 tropical nights were recorded in Capdepera, more than usual. Despite the persistent heat, the month was normal in terms of rainfall, with an average of 71 liters per square meter, 10% less than expected. The strongest storms arrived with the DANA (isolated high-altitude depression) Alice and Storm Benjamin, which brought torrential rain to the north of the island and wind gusts of over 100 km/h in the Sierra de Alfabia mountain range.

The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) will activate a yellow alert (risk) in the Balearic Islands due to the forecast of heavy rain this Thursday. For Wednesday, the sky will be cloudy and occasional showers are possible, which could be accompanied by mud. Meanwhile, the temperature will rise from Wednesday onwards and will remain slightly above average for the rest of the week.

The Ministry of Education has advised families that they can pick up their children from school between 12:00 and 1:00 p.m. this Monday, due to the expected bad weather in Ibiza and Formentera. The orange warning for rain and storms issued by the Aemet (Spanish Association of Schools of Education), activated from 2:00 p.m., prompted this decision by the Technical Advisory Committee and the Ministry of Education, which seeks to ensure the safety of students. The Ministry of Education has already communicated this measure to schools and families through the Gesto-IB (IB-Gesture), with the aim of facilitating a staggered return before the arrival of extreme weather. Despite this advance, Educació reminds students that schools are safe spaces. In the event of heavy rain or difficulties in getting around, it is recommended to remain cautious and wait for conditions to improve before picking up children. In cases where families are unable to attend in time for work-life balance reasons, it has been guaranteed that the children will remain in the care of the teaching staff and will be cared for normally until their guardians arrive.

Storm Alice severely affected Ibiza and Formentera, as well as parts of Mallorca, this Saturday. This led the Government's General Directorate of Emergencies to send out mass ES-Alert messages. Furthermore, the Meteobal Plan has also been activated on all the islands, but in different operational situations: Operational Situation 2 (SO-2) in Ibiza and Formentera, SO-1 in Mallorca, and SO-0 in Menorca. Likewise, the Meteobal Plan remains on orange alert (IG-1) for all the Balearic Islands.

Ibiza and Formentera returned to normal this Friday after overcoming the intense period of rain and storms of the last few hours without serious consequences. Therefore, classes resumed this Friday in all schools on both islands. This decision was made at the meeting of the Meteobal Plan Technical Advisory Committee on Thursday afternoon, after discussing it with the Education officials who were present.

The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has issued an orange warning for Ibiza and Formentera this Thursday for rain and storms that will affect the peninsular third and the Balearic Islands. These rains will give rise to Dana Alice, the first major storm of the season.

"Flood zones have a bad habit of flooding." Alfredo Barón, former head of the Government's Water Resources Studies and Planning Service and an authority on the subject, has been saying this for years. His judgment was directed at the public authorities, who for decades allowed construction in areas considered prone to flooding, even long after the studies and initial regulations began to come into effect. Last week, the force of nature struck Ibiza again, and luckily, only material damage was reported. The most significant lesson from this episode can be learned by superimposing the flooded area with the flood zone maps (see main photographs): they are a carbon copy.

The latest natural disaster to hit the Balearic Islands was the historic flood that hit Ibiza this week, when In just a few hours, nearly 300 liters per square meter fell.The rain, both intense and efficient, caused widespread flooding, road closures, damage to homes and businesses, and forced the Ibizan Council to request that Madrid declare it a disaster zone. This episode adds to a blacklist of natural disasters that, over the past few decades, have left a strong mark on the entire archipelago.

The Military Emergency Unit (UME) intervened overnight Tuesday, carrying out cleanup work near the airport and removing water from roads and homes in Ibiza. The UME reported this in a message on the social network X, in which they detailed that they carried out missions such as cleaning a highway near Ibiza airport and removing water accumulated due to heavy rain from homes, garages, and streets.

Autumn begins this Monday, September 22nd, at 8:19 p.m. It does so after saying goodbye to the last days of summer, which have brought calm weather and warmth. Thus, on the first day of the new season, a notable change in weather will arrive, with a temperature drop of about six degrees and a high probability of rain and storms.

The summer of 2025 will be remembered in the Balearic Islands as one of the harshest in recent decades. According to the latest Aemet report, it was the third warmest since 1961, surpassed only by the summers of 2003 and 2022. This was explained by the delegate for the Islands, María José Guerrero. The average temperature was 25.9°C, with an anomaly of 1.9°C compared to normal. These figures confirm the forecasts that the agency made at the beginning of the season, when he predicted an increase in tropical nights and prolonged episodes of temperatures above the historical average.

The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) forecasts that autumn in the Balearic Islands will be warmer than expected and with average rainfall. This was explained by the Aemet representative for the islands, María José Guerrero, at a press conference on Thursday, where she reviewed a warmer-than-usual summer and gave an overview of the forecast for the coming months.

The General Directorate of Emergencies and the Interior has activated the orange alert of the Special Plan for Adverse Meteorological Phenomena (Meteobal) due to the forecast of rain and storms that will affect the entire Archipelago starting this morning and, therefore, has recommended extreme caution.

The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) will activate an orange warning for storms and heavy rainfall in Mallorca and Menorca this Thursday, which could result in up to 40 liters per square meter in one hour in some areas.

The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) will activate an orange heat warning this Monday afternoon for inland and northern Mallorca, as well as Ibiza and Formentera, while the warning level will be yellow in Menorca and the rest of Mallorca. According to Europa Press, the orange warning will be activated at 12 noon and the temperature could reach 39 degrees. In the rest of Mallorca and Menorca, maximum temperatures could be between 36 and 38 degrees. The warnings will be in effect until 7 p.m.

The Balearic Islands continue with a yellow heat warning this Wednesday (temperatures expected to range between 20 and 34 degrees Celsius) on the eleventh day of a heat wave affecting the entire state since August 3rd, which will likely last until next Monday. The sky will be partly cloudy to clear with periods of high clouds during the afternoon.