Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Aguadilla
- When
- January 16, 6:00 AM AST to January 20, 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aguadilla forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Extreme Cold in Puerto Rico, January 16 to 20, 2000
A strong cold front moved across Puerto Rico on the evening of Saturday 15 January, 2000 through early Sunday morning. A very cool and dry airmass, unusual for these latitudes, established itself behind the front and persisted for about five days.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
A strong cold front moved across Puerto Rico on the evening of Saturday 15 January, 2000 through early Sunday morning. A very cool and dry airmass, unusual for these latitudes, established itself behind the front and persisted for about five days. The coolest temperatures were observed during the period of January 16 to January 20. Coastal temperatures were only in the mid 70s during the day and around 60 at night and early morning. Inland sectors reported temperatures in the low 70s and mid 60s during the day and in the mid 40s and low 50s at night and early morning. This represents about 5 to 10 degrees cooler than normal for this time of the year.
Event by event
7 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Arecibo
- When
- January 16, 6:00 AM AST to January 20, 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Arecibo forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Guayama
- When
- January 16, 6:00 AM AST to January 20, 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Guayama forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Humacao
- When
- January 16, 6:00 AM AST to January 20, 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Humacao forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Mayaguez
- When
- January 16, 6:00 AM AST to January 20, 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Mayaguez forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Ponce
- When
- January 16, 6:00 AM AST to January 20, 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Ponce forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, San Juan
- When
- January 16, 6:00 AM AST to January 20, 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- San Juan forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
What these are
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
- Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Washington, January 16, 2000
- Rip Current in Guam, January 16, 2000
- Avalanche in Washington, January 16, 2000
- Tornado in Washington, January 16, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Washington, January 16, 2000
- High Wind in Maryland, January 16, 2000
- Winter Weather in New York, January 16, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 16, 2000
- High Wind in West Virginia, January 16, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, January 16, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 16, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Montana, January 16, 2000
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, January 2000
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5131779, 5131780, 5131781, 5131782, 5131783, 5131784, 5131785.