Storms in Puerto Rico in 1997
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Puerto Rico in 1997, 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 1997 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
- 142
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $1.6 million
- Episodes
- 104
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 | 36 | 0 | 0 | $11,000 |
| Flood | 30 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Flash Flood | 26 | 1 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Waterspout | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 7 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Hail | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Surf | 4 | 1 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 2 | 1 | 1 | $5,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1997
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, January 2 to 3, 1997
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, January 7, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, January 20 to 21, 1997
- Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, January 21, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, January 23 to 24, 1997
February 1997
March 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, March 18, 1997
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, March 24, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, March 27, 1997
April 1997
- Drought in Puerto Rico, April 1 to 30, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, April 2, 1997
- High Surf in Puerto Rico, April 3 to 4, 1997
- Coastal Flood in Puerto Rico, April 4 to 5, 1997
- High Surf in Puerto Rico, April 21, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Puerto Rico, April 21, 1997
- Coastal Flood in Puerto Rico, April 21, 1997
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, April 27, 1997
May 1997
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, May 3, 1997
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, May 3, 1997
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, May 3, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, May 7, 1997
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, May 8, 1997
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, May 18, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, May 24, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, May 24, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, May 24, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, May 24, 1997
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, May 24, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, May 24, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, May 24, 1997
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, May 26, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, May 26, 1997
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, May 26, 1997
- Hail in Puerto Rico, May 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, May 29, 1997
- Hail in Puerto Rico, May 29, 1997
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, May 31, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, May 31, 1997
June 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, June 3, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, June 18, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, June 24, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, June 24, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, June 26, 1997
- Hail in Puerto Rico, June 26, 1997
- Hail in Puerto Rico, June 26, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Puerto Rico, June 27, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, June 28, 1997
July 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, July 7, 1997
- Hail in Puerto Rico, July 8, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, July 13, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, July 15, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, July 15, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, July 16, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, July 20, 1997
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, July 20 to 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, July 22, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, July 25, 1997
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, July 30, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, July 31, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, July 31, 1997
August 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 2, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 3, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, August 8, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Puerto Rico, August 8, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, August 9, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, August 12, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 12, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 13, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, August 13, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 13, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, August 13, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, August 14, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 14, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 14, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 14, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 15, 1997
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, August 22, 1997
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, August 24, 1997
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, August 27, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 29, 1997
September 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, September 1, 1997
- Hurricane in Puerto Rico, September 7, 1997
- Hurricane in Puerto Rico, September 7, 1997
- Hurricane in Puerto Rico, September 7, 1997
- Hurricane in Puerto Rico, September 7, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, September 14, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, September 22, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, September 24, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, September 24, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Puerto Rico, September 26, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, September 26, 1997
October 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, October 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, October 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, October 11, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, October 12, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, October 12, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, October 13 to 14, 1997
November 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Puerto Rico, November 8, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, November 10, 1997
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, November 21, 1997
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, November 26, 1997
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, November 26, 1997
December 1997
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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.