High Wind, Aguadilla
- When
- February 4, 4:00 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aguadilla forecast zone
- Property damage
- $8,000
High Wind in Puerto Rico, February 4, 1998
An approaching cold front produced strong winds across most of Puerto Rico. Commonwealth Civil Defense indicated downed trees over power lines in Carolina, Bayamon, and Barranquitas and homes damaged in Mayaguez and Utuado.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $56,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 approaching cold front produced strong winds across most of Puerto Rico. Commonwealth Civil Defense indicated downed trees over power lines in Carolina, Bayamon, and Barranquitas and homes damaged in Mayaguez and Utuado. Around 22000 residents were without electrical power.
Event by event
7 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Arecibo
- When
- February 4, 4:00 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Arecibo forecast zone
- Property damage
- $8,000
High Wind, Guayama
- When
- February 4, 4:00 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Guayama forecast zone
- Property damage
- $8,000
High Wind, Humacao
- When
- February 4, 4:00 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Humacao forecast zone
- Property damage
- $8,000
High Wind, Mayaguez
- When
- February 4, 4:00 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Mayaguez forecast zone
- Property damage
- $8,000
High Wind, Ponce
- When
- February 4, 4:00 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Ponce forecast zone
- Property damage
- $8,000
High Wind, San Juan
- When
- February 4, 4:00 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- San Juan forecast zone
- Property damage
- $8,000
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Coastal Flood in Virginia, February 4 to 6, 1998
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in New Jersey, February 4 to 9, 1998
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in Delaware, February 4 to 9, 1998
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Virginia, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Coastal Flood in Maryland, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Coastal Flood in Maryland, February 4 to 6, 1998
- Flooding in Georgia, February 4 to 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Storm Surge in Ohio, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, February 4 to 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Winter Storm in Alabama, February 4, 1998
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, February 1998
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: 5631845, 5631846, 5631847, 5631848, 5631849, 5631850, 5631851.