Puerto Rico

Storms in Puerto Rico in 1997

142 events in 104 episodes

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

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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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Heavy Rain3600$11,000
Flood3000$20,000
Flash Flood2610$1.5 million
Waterspout1400
Drought800
Thunderstorm Wind700$15,000
Hail500
High Surf410$5,000
Funnel Cloud400
Hurricane (Typhoon)400
Debris Flow211$5,000
Coastal Flood200

Every episode, month by month

January 1997

February 1997

March 1997

April 1997

May 1997

June 1997

July 1997

August 1997

September 1997

October 1997

November 1997

December 1997

More

Every year in Puerto RicoEvery state in 1997Tornadoes in Puerto Rico in 1997Warnings in Puerto Rico in 199719961998

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.