Storms in Puerto Rico in 2002

79 events in 55 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Puerto Rico in 2002, 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 2002 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: 79
Deaths: 2
Injuries: 1
Damage: $1.7 million
Episodes: 55

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 event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Flood	25	0	0	$235,000
Flash Flood	13	0	0	$1.4 million
Thunderstorm Wind	9	0	0	$25,000
Volcanic Ash	9	0	0
Funnel Cloud	8	0	0
Heavy Rain	7	0	0	$50,000
Lightning	5	0	0	$30,000
High Surf	2	2	1
Tornado	1	0	0	$5,000

Every episode, month by month

March 2002

April 2002

May 2002

June 2002

July 2002

August 2002

September 2002

October 2002

November 2002

Every year in Puerto Rico Every state in 2002 Tornadoes in Puerto Rico in 2002 Warnings in Puerto Rico in 2002 2001 2003

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.