Puerto Rico

Storms in Puerto Rico in 2022

340 events in 51 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Puerto Rico in 2022, 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 2022 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
340
Deaths
21
Injuries
20
Damage
$4.3 million
Episodes
51

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
Flood12000$50,000
Flash Flood11231$4.2 million
Debris Flow4001$54,000
Thunderstorm Wind1800$2,000
Rip Current171615
Drought1600
Lightning523
Coastal Flood400$2,000
Heavy Rain200
Hail200
Funnel Cloud200
Strong Wind100
Tornado100

Every episode, month by month

January 2022

February 2022

March 2022

April 2022

May 2022

June 2022

July 2022

August 2022

September 2022

October 2022

November 2022

December 2022

More

Every year in Puerto RicoEvery state in 2022Tornadoes in Puerto Rico in 2022Warnings in Puerto Rico in 202220212023

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.