Drought in Puerto Rico, April 1 to 30, 1997

Name: Drought in Puerto Rico, April 1 to 30, 1997
Start: 1997-04-01T00:00
End: 1997-04-30T00:00
Location: Puerto Rico

April 1 to 30, 1997 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 drought, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, San Sebastian/Lares/Las Marias/Maricao/Adjuntas/Jayuya/Ciales/Morovis/Corozal/Barranquitas/Comerio/Aguas Buenas/Cidra/Caguas/Gurabo/San Lorenzo/Juncos/Las Piedras/Villalba/Coamo/Albonita/Cayey/Naranji

When: April 1, 12:00 AM AST to April 30, 12:00 AM AST
Where: San Sebastian/Lares/Las Marias/Maricao/Adjuntas/Jayuya/Ciales/Morovis/Corozal/Barranquitas/Comerio/Aguas Buenas/Cidra/Caguas/Gurabo/San Lorenzo/Juncos/Las Piedras/Villalba/Coamo/Albonita/Cayey/Naranji forecast zone

April 1997 was the driest April ever in San Juan...and the second driest month. Many towns went through the entire month without any rain. During this dry spell which started on March 15, 1997 the north coast and north slopes only recorded 14-15 percent of the normal rain. Islanwide only 19 percent of the normal rain was registered during this period. Only 0.08 inches of rain were registered at the Luis Munoz Marin International airport, shattering the previous record of 0.28 inches in April 1984.

What these are

Drought: A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Puerto Rico, April 1997

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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5603080.