Alerts

These alerts are generated automatically from the data: a region entering severe or extreme drought, and heatwaves. They do not replace official bulletins from the national meteorological service.

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Current situation

Alert history (12 months)

1. Heatwave in 2 regionsongoing 14 October 2026 → 17 October 2026

   4 days. Regions: Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 4.8 °C in Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab (Tmax 35.6 °C).

2. Heatwave in 8 regions 28 September 2026 → 6 October 2026

   9 days. Regions: Beni Mellal-Khenifra, Fez-Meknes, Guelmim-Oued Noun, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra, Marrakesh-Safi, Oriental, Souss-Massa, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 9.1 °C in Souss-Massa (Tmax 39.6 °C).

3. Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima: entering severe drought September 2026

   SPEI-3 = -1.59.

4. Oriental: entering severe drought September 2026

   SPEI-3 = -1.71.

5. Fez-Meknes: entering extreme drought September 2026

   SPEI-3 = -3.12.

6. Guelmim-Oued Noun: entering extreme drought September 2026

   SPEI-3 = -2.24.

7. Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra: entering extreme drought September 2026

   SPEI-3 = -2.33.

8. Heatwave in 5 regions 20 September 2026 → 26 September 2026

   7 days. Regions: Fez-Meknes, Guelmim-Oued Noun, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra, Marrakesh-Safi, Souss-Massa. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 10.4 °C in Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra (Tmax 42.3 °C).

9. Heatwave in 8 regions 11 September 2026 → 16 September 2026

   6 days. Regions: Beni Mellal-Khenifra, Casablanca-Settat, Fez-Meknes, Guelmim-Oued Noun, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra, Marrakesh-Safi, Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, Souss-Massa. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 12.0 °C in Souss-Massa (Tmax 42.9 °C).

10. Heatwave in 11 regions 31 August 2026 → 9 September 2026

    10 days. Regions: Beni Mellal-Khenifra, Casablanca-Settat, Draa-Tafilalet, Fez-Meknes, Guelmim-Oued Noun, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra, Marrakesh-Safi, Oriental, Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, Souss-Massa, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 12.7 °C in Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra (Tmax 44.6 °C).

11. Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab: entering extreme drought August 2026

    SPEI-3 = -3.05.

12. Heatwave in 1 region 22 August 2026 → 26 August 2026

    5 days. Regions: Draa-Tafilalet. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 0.8 °C in Draa-Tafilalet (Tmax 39.9 °C).

13. Heatwave in 2 regions 12 August 2026 → 14 August 2026

    3 days. Regions: Fez-Meknes, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 3.9 °C in Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (Tmax 36.4 °C).

14. Heatwave in 9 regions 26 July 2026 → 5 August 2026

    11 days. Regions: Beni Mellal-Khenifra, Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab, Draa-Tafilalet, Fez-Meknes, Guelmim-Oued Noun, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra, Marrakesh-Safi, Oriental, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 9.4 °C in Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab (Tmax 39.5 °C).

15. Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima: entering extreme drought July 2026

    SPEI-3 = -2.85.

16. Oriental: entering severe drought July 2026

    SPEI-3 = -1.75.

17. Fez-Meknes: entering severe drought July 2026

    SPEI-3 = -1.80.

18. Beni Mellal-Khenifra: entering extreme drought July 2026

    SPEI-3 = -2.12.

19. Heatwave in 3 regions 14 July 2026 → 24 July 2026

    11 days. Regions: Draa-Tafilalet, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra, Oriental. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 7.1 °C in Oriental (Tmax 45.3 °C).

20. Heatwave in 10 regions 16 June 2026 → 9 July 2026

    24 days. Regions: Casablanca-Settat, Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab, Draa-Tafilalet, Fez-Meknes, Guelmim-Oued Noun, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra, Marrakesh-Safi, Oriental, Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 13.2 °C in Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab (Tmax 41.8 °C).

21. Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab: entering extreme drought June 2026

    SPEI-3 = -2.72.

22. Heatwave in 10 regions 20 May 2026 → 1 June 2026

    13 days. Regions: Beni Mellal-Khenifra, Casablanca-Settat, Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab, Fez-Meknes, Guelmim-Oued Noun, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra, Marrakesh-Safi, Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, Souss-Massa, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 13.9 °C in Souss-Massa (Tmax 42.9 °C).

23. Heatwave in 1 region 3 May 2026 → 5 May 2026

    3 days. Regions: Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 5.9 °C in Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab (Tmax 31.9 °C).

24. Heatwave in 7 regions 15 April 2026 → 21 April 2026

    7 days. Regions: Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab, Fez-Meknes, Guelmim-Oued Noun, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra, Marrakesh-Safi, Souss-Massa, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 12.3 °C in Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab (Tmax 38.2 °C).

25. Heatwave in 1 region 31 March 2026 → 5 April 2026

    6 days. Regions: Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 9.0 °C in Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab (Tmax 36.7 °C).

26. Heatwave in 12 regions 16 February 2026 → 27 February 2026

    12 days. Regions: Beni Mellal-Khenifra, Casablanca-Settat, Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab, Draa-Tafilalet, Fez-Meknes, Guelmim-Oued Noun, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra, Marrakesh-Safi, Oriental, Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, Souss-Massa, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 8.4 °C in Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab (Tmax 35.8 °C).

27. Heatwave in 1 region 9 February 2026 → 13 February 2026

    5 days. Regions: Draa-Tafilalet. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 6.8 °C in Draa-Tafilalet (Tmax 27.9 °C).

28. Heatwave in 1 region 28 January 2026 → 31 January 2026

    4 days. Regions: Draa-Tafilalet. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 5.6 °C in Draa-Tafilalet (Tmax 24.1 °C).

29. Heatwave in 3 regions 4 December 2025 → 9 December 2025

    6 days. Regions: Guelmim-Oued Noun, Marrakesh-Safi, Oriental. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 1.8 °C in Oriental (Tmax 21.5 °C).

30. Heatwave in 3 regions 10 November 2025 → 13 November 2025

    4 days. Regions: Beni Mellal-Khenifra, Marrakesh-Safi, Oriental. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 5.4 °C in Oriental (Tmax 29.5 °C).

31. Heatwave in 8 regions 1 November 2025 → 5 November 2025

    5 days. Regions: Beni Mellal-Khenifra, Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab, Draa-Tafilalet, Guelmim-Oued Noun, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra, Marrakesh-Safi, Oriental, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 9.7 °C in Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab (Tmax 38.9 °C).

32. Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima: entering severe drought October 2025

    SPEI-3 = -1.97.

33. Oriental: entering extreme drought October 2025

    SPEI-3 = -2.48.

34. Marrakesh-Safi: entering extreme drought October 2025

    SPEI-3 = -2.16.

35. Heatwave in 1 region 23 October 2025 → 25 October 2025

    3 days. Regions: Oriental. Largest excess over the 90th percentile: 6.1 °C in Oriental (Tmax 36.5 °C).

Definitions: severe drought when SPEI-3 falls below −1.5, extreme below −2. Heatwave: at least three consecutive days with maximum temperature above the 90th percentile for the same month in 1991–2020, at the region's representative point. Simultaneous heatwaves in several regions are grouped into one episode. Source: Open-Meteo (ERA5), Observatory calculations.