Puerto Rico, 1997

Hail in Puerto Rico, June 26, 1997

June 26, 1997 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Marble size hail was reported by a resident of Las Marias.

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.

Marble size hail was reported by a resident of Las Marias.

Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Mayaguez Anasco

When
June 26, 2:00 PM AST to 3:00 PM AST
Where
Mayaguez Anasco County, Las Marias
Measured
0.75 in hail

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

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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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5622213.