Storms in Puerto Rico in 2021
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Puerto Rico in 2021, 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 2021 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
- 199
- Deaths
- 27
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $67,000
- Episodes
- 50
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 | 60 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Flash Flood | 46 | 0 | 0 | $54,000 |
| Debris Flow | 34 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Rip Current | 25 | 27 | 3 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 5 | 0 | 0 | $6,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2021
February 2021
March 2021
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, March 2, 2021
- Rip Currents in Puerto Rico, March 3, 2021
- Flood in Puerto Rico, March 11, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Puerto Rico, March 20 to 21, 2021
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Puerto Rico, March 24, 2021
- Rip Currents in Puerto Rico, March 28, 2021
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, March 31, 2021
April 2021
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Puerto Rico, April 6 to 7, 2021
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, April 16, 2021
May 2021
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, May 21 to 23, 2021
- Debris Flow and Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, May 28, 2021
June 2021
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, June 1, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, June 8 to 10, 2021
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, June 19, 2021
- Flood in Puerto Rico, June 25, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, June 27, 2021
July 2021
- Coastal Flood and Damaging Winds in Puerto Rico, July 3 to 4, 2021
- Flood in Puerto Rico, July 18, 2021
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, July 24, 2021
- Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, July 28, 2021
August 2021
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 2, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Puerto Rico, August 2 to 4, 2021
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, August 3, 2021
- Tropical Storm in Puerto Rico, August 10 to 11, 2021
- Tropical Storm in Puerto Rico, August 15 to 16, 2021
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, August 24, 2021
September 2021
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Puerto Rico, September 3, 2021
- Flood and Lightning Strike in Puerto Rico, September 8, 2021
- Hail in Puerto Rico, September 9, 2021
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, September 11, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Puerto Rico, September 14, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, September 21 to 22, 2021
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, September 26, 2021
- Debris Flows and Flooding in Puerto Rico, September 28 to 29, 2021
October 2021
- Debris Flows and Flooding in Puerto Rico, October 1, 2021
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, October 2, 2021
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, October 9, 2021
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, October 12, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, October 13 to 16, 2021
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Puerto Rico, October 18 to 19, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, October 20 to 21, 2021
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, October 30, 2021
November 2021
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, November 2, 2021
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, November 9, 2021
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, November 13, 2021
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, November 16, 2021
- Flood in Puerto Rico, November 25, 2021
December 2021
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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.