Puerto Rico

Storms in Puerto Rico in 2003

245 events in 124 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Puerto Rico in 2003, 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 2003 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
245
Deaths
8
Injuries
1
Damage
$71 million
Episodes
124

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Flash Flood6841$25 million
Flood6120$41 million
Heavy Rain5900$52,000
Debris Flow2700$120,000
Volcanic Ash1300
Funnel Cloud500
High Surf310$180,000
Strong Wind300$21,000
Lightning200$303,000
Drought100
Wildfire100$3.6 million
Rip Current110
Thunderstorm Wind100

Every episode, month by month

January 2003

March 2003

April 2003

May 2003

June 2003

July 2003

August 2003

September 2003

October 2003

November 2003

December 2003

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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.