Storms in Puerto Rico in 2020
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Puerto Rico in 2020, 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 2020 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
- 174
- Deaths
- 18
- Injuries
- 4
- Damage
- $13 million
- Episodes
- 46
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | 75 | 1 | 1 | |
| Flood | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 16 | 1 | 1 | $13 million |
| Rip Current | 14 | 16 | 2 | |
| Coastal Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2020
- Coastal Flood in Puerto Rico, January 19, 2020
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, January 24, 2020
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, January 24, 2020
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, January 28, 2020
February 2020
- Funnel Cloud in Puerto Rico, February 3, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Puerto Rico, February 24, 2020
March 2020
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, March 9 to 11, 2020
- Rip Currents in Puerto Rico, March 16, 2020
April 2020
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, April 5 to 6, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Puerto Rico, April 7 to 8, 2020
May 2020
- Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, May 4, 2020
- Flood in Puerto Rico, May 26, 2020
- Flood in Puerto Rico, May 27, 2020
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, May 31, 2020
June 2020
- Debris Flow and Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, June 12, 2020
- Flood in Puerto Rico, June 25, 2020
- Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, June 28, 2020
July 2020
August 2020
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 16, 2020
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, August 22 to 23, 2020
September 2020
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, September 1, 2020
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, September 7, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Puerto Rico, September 9, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, September 13, 2020
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, September 16, 2020
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, September 18, 2020
- Flood in Puerto Rico, September 21, 2020
- Coastal Flood in Puerto Rico, September 23 to 25, 2020
- Flood in Puerto Rico, September 23, 2020
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, September 26, 2020
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Puerto Rico, September 28, 2020
- Rip Currents in Puerto Rico, September 29, 2020
- Funnel Cloud in Puerto Rico, September 30, 2020
October 2020
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, October 1, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, October 8, 2020
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, October 13, 2020
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, October 14, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, October 16 to 17, 2020
- Flash Flood and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, October 18, 2020
- Coastal Flood in Puerto Rico, October 21 to 22, 2020
November 2020
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, November 7 to 12, 2020
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, November 8, 2020
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, November 13, 2020
- Flood in Puerto Rico, November 23, 2020
- Funnel Cloud in Puerto Rico, November 27, 2020
December 2020
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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.