Puerto Rico

Storms in Puerto Rico in 2004

295 events in 223 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Puerto Rico in 2004, 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 2004 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
295
Deaths
12
Injuries
3
Damage
$187 million
Episodes
223

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
Heavy Rain10000$181,000
Debris Flow6500$53,000
Flood4322$2.0 million
Flash Flood4330$320,000
Tropical Storm1341$170 million
High Surf1130$20,000
Volcanic Ash700
Thunderstorm Wind600$15 million
Funnel Cloud300
Strong Wind200$1,000
Lightning100
Tornado100

Every episode, month by month

January 2004

March 2004

April 2004

May 2004

June 2004

July 2004

August 2004

September 2004

October 2004

November 2004

December 2004

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.