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Spain’s Ministry for the Ecological Transition reported on 20 October that national reservoir storage stood at 57.2% of capacity, or 32,062 cubic hectometres. Storage had fallen by 352 hm³ over the reporting period, equal to 0.6% of total reservoir capacity.

The ministry reported marked differences between basins: the Ebro stood at 44.9%, Duero at 46.5%, Segura at 48.5%, and internal Catalonia basins at 73.0%. Rainfall was concentrated on the Mediterranean side; Castellón recorded the maximum, 59.6 mm.