Puerto Rico

Storms in Puerto Rico in 2012

136 events in 38 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Puerto Rico in 2012, 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 2012 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
136
Deaths
7
Injuries
1
Damage
$1.6 million
Episodes
38

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 Flood5940$1.4 million
Flood2600$8,000
Heavy Rain1100$6,000
Thunderstorm Wind800$120,000
Tropical Storm700$3,000
Debris Flow500
Coastal Flood500
Wildfire400$9,000
Hail400$26,000
High Surf220
Funnel Cloud200
Lightning101
Tornado100$30,000
Rip Current110

Every episode, month by month

January 2012

February 2012

March 2012

April 2012

May 2012

June 2012

July 2012

August 2012

September 2012

October 2012

November 2012

December 2012

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.