Dust Storm, Fajardo Rio Grande
- When
- May 25, 9:00 AM AST to May 26, 8:30 AM AST
- Where
- Fajardo Rio Grande County, East Southeast Pr
Dust Storm in Puerto Rico, May 25 to 26, 1996
S. Virgin Islands.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.
An outbreak of Saharan Dust combined with strong high pressure produced very hazy skies and restricted visibilities across the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Event by event
1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Dust Storm
- Blowing dust that reduced visibility to a quarter mile or less.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Texas, May 25, 1996
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, May 25, 1996
- Hail in Mississippi, May 25, 1996
- Hail in Texas, May 25, 1996
- Tornado in Illinois, May 25, 1996
- Hail in New Mexico, May 25, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 25, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, May 25, 1996
- Hail in Texas, May 25, 1996
- Tornado in Oklahoma, May 25, 1996
- Hail in Texas, May 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 25, 1996
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, May 1996
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5573573.