Storms in Puerto Rico in 2016
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Puerto Rico in 2016, 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 2016 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
The year
- Events
- 184
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $1.0 million
- Episodes
- 58
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 | 78 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Flash Flood | 47 | 0 | 0 | $21,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 8 | 0 | 1 | $3,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 6 | 5 | 0 | |
| Hail | 6 | 0 | 0 | $11,000 |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Surf | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 1 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2016
- Coastal Flood in Puerto Rico, January 11 to 13, 2016
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, January 14, 2016
- Flood in Puerto Rico, January 24, 2016
February 2016
March 2016
April 2016
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, April 22 to 23, 2016
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, April 23, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Puerto Rico, April 25 to 27, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Puerto Rico, April 28 to 29, 2016
May 2016
- Flood in Puerto Rico, May 1, 2016
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Puerto Rico, May 8, 2016
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, May 13, 2016
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, May 30, 2016
June 2016
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, June 2, 2016
- Hail in Puerto Rico, June 15, 2016
- Lightning Strike in Puerto Rico, June 20, 2016
- Hail in Puerto Rico, June 25, 2016
July 2016
- Flood in Puerto Rico, July 2, 2016
- Flood in Puerto Rico, July 10, 2016
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, July 13, 2016
- Funnel Cloud in Puerto Rico, July 17, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, July 27, 2016
- Hail in Puerto Rico, July 28, 2016
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, July 30, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Puerto Rico, July 31, 2016
August 2016
- Flood in Puerto Rico, August 1, 2016
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, August 5, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Puerto Rico, August 26, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, August 27, 2016
September 2016
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, September 8, 2016
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, September 13, 2016
- Flood in Puerto Rico, September 14, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Puerto Rico, September 20, 2016
- Coastal Flood and High Surf in Puerto Rico, September 29 to 30, 2016
October 2016
- Coastal Flood in Puerto Rico, October 4 to 5, 2016
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, October 10, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Puerto Rico, October 18, 2016
- Lightning Strike in Puerto Rico, October 22, 2016
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, October 25, 2016
- Flood in Puerto Rico, October 25, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Puerto Rico, October 29, 2016
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, October 30, 2016
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Puerto Rico, October 31, 2016
November 2016
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, November 4, 2016
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, November 7, 2016
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, November 8, 2016
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, November 12, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Puerto Rico, November 13, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Puerto Rico, November 14, 2016
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 17, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 18, 2016
- Tornado in Puerto Rico, November 18, 2016
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 19 to 20, 2016
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Puerto Rico, November 20, 2016
- Flood in Puerto Rico, November 21, 2016
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, November 22, 2016
December 2016
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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.