Storms in Puerto Rico in 1996
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Puerto Rico in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.
Puerto Rico in 1996 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 111
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $85,000
- Episodes
- 111
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Rain | 43 | 0 | 0 | $17,000 |
| Waterspout | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 13 | 1 | 0 | $26,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 9 | 2 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 7 | 0 | 0 | $12,000 |
| Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1996
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, January 10, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, January 14, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, January 29, 1996
February 1996
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, February 8, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, February 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, February 22, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, February 23, 1996
- Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, February 23, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, February 25, 1996
March 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, March 14, 1996
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, March 15, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, March 30, 1996
April 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, April 3, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, April 3, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, April 4, 1996
May 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, May 13, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, May 20, 1996
- Dust Storm in Puerto Rico, May 25 to 26, 1996
- Flood in Puerto Rico, May 26, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Puerto Rico, May 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, May 26, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, May 30, 1996
June 1996
- Flood in Puerto Rico, June 15, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, June 15, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, June 15, 1996
- Flood in Puerto Rico, June 18, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, June 18, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, June 18, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, June 18, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, June 24, 1996
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, June 27, 1996
July 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, July 14, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, July 14 to 15, 1996
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, July 15, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, July 17, 1996
- Flood in Puerto Rico, July 25, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, July 28, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, July 28, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, July 29, 1996
August 1996
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, August 1, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 1, 1996
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, August 1, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 2, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, August 6, 1996
- Funnel Cloud in Puerto Rico, August 11, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 12, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 14, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 15 to 16, 1996
- Funnel Cloud in Puerto Rico, August 16, 1996
- Hail in Puerto Rico, August 20, 1996
September 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, September 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, September 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, September 3, 1996
- Flood in Puerto Rico, September 3, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, September 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, September 4, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, September 4, 1996
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, September 5, 1996
- Funnel Cloud in Puerto Rico, September 13, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, September 15, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, September 24, 1996
- Hail in Puerto Rico, September 24, 1996
- Hail in Puerto Rico, September 27, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, September 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, September 30, 1996
October 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, October 3, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, October 4, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, October 4, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, October 5, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, October 17, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, October 21, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, October 21, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, October 21, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Puerto Rico, October 23, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Puerto Rico, October 24, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, October 28, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, October 28, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, October 29, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, October 29, 1996
- Hail in Puerto Rico, October 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, October 30, 1996
November 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, November 1, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 7, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, November 10, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 12, 1996
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, November 12, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 12, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 12, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 12, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 12, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 12, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 15, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 16, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 16, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 16, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Puerto Rico, November 17, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Puerto Rico, November 18, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Puerto Rico, November 18, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Puerto Rico, November 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, November 21, 1996
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, November 22, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 23 to 24, 1996
- Flood in Puerto Rico, November 24, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 24, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 24, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Puerto Rico, November 30, 1996
December 1996
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.