American Samoa, 2022Heavy Rain in American Samoa, January 13 to 15, 2022
January 13 to 15, 2022 · NWS ASO · 3 events in 1 county or zone
The South Pacific Convergence zone (SPCZ) moving across the territory resulted in heavy rainfall over the Islands.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
The South Pacific Convergence zone (SPCZ) moving across the territory resulted in heavy rainfall over the Islands.
Heavy Rain, Tutuila
- When
- January 13, 12:00 AM SST to January 15, 12:00 AM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, 4.87 mi NNW of Vaitogi to 4.99 mi NNW of Vaitogi
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- -14.331, -170.714
The rain gauge at the local weather office reported 3.46 inches of rain within this 36 hour period.
Heavy Rain, Tutuila
- When
- January 13, 5:44 PM SST to 6:14 PM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, 5.66 mi N of Vaitogi to 5.96 mi N of Vaitogi
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- -14.318, -170.702
NWS Meteorologist Joe Laplante recorded 1.05 inches of rain at his person rain gauge.
Heavy Rain, Tutuila
- When
- January 15, 8:29 PM SST to 8:59 PM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, 5.62 mi N of Vaitogi to 5.92 mi N of Vaitogi
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- -14.319, -170.702
NWS Employee Joe Laplnate from Coconut Point reported (tipping bucket by Davis Instruments) 1.27 inches from 8:29 to 8:59 PM.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1001517, 1001519, 1001520.