Storms in Puerto Rico in 2022
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
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flood | 120 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Flash Flood | 112 | 3 | 1 | $4.2 million |
| Debris Flow | 40 | 0 | 1 | $54,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 18 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Rip Current | 17 | 16 | 15 | |
| Drought | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Coastal Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2022
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, January 2 to 5, 2022
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, January 15, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, January 31, 2022
February 2022
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, February 1, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Puerto Rico, February 4 to 5, 2022
- Rip Currents in Puerto Rico, February 20 to 22, 2022
March 2022
- Strong Wind in Puerto Rico, March 6, 2022
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, March 8, 2022
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, March 25, 2022
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, March 30, 2022
April 2022
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, April 13, 2022
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, April 15, 2022
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, April 20, 2022
- Flood in Puerto Rico, April 30, 2022
May 2022
- Tornado and Flood in Puerto Rico, May 1, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Puerto Rico, May 3, 2022
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, May 4, 2022
- Flash Flood and Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, May 23 to 26, 2022
June 2022
- Drought in Puerto Rico, June 14 to 30, 2022
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Puerto Rico, June 15, 2022
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, June 19, 2022
- Drought in Puerto Rico, June 21 to 30, 2022
- Flood in Puerto Rico, June 30, 2022
July 2022
- Drought in Puerto Rico, July 1 to 31, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, July 2 to 6, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, July 10, 2022
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, July 25, 2022
August 2022
- Drought in Puerto Rico, August 1 to 31, 2022
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, August 3, 2022
- Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, August 7, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, August 16 to 17, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, August 21 to 23, 2022
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, August 27 to 31, 2022
September 2022
- Drought in Puerto Rico, September 1 to 6, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, September 4 to 9, 2022
- Lightning Strike in Puerto Rico, September 4, 2022
- Flooding and Lightning Strike in Puerto Rico, September 9 to 10, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Puerto Rico, September 17 to 21, 2022
October 2022
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, October 2 to 4, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, October 8 to 10, 2022
- Debris Flow and Flood in Puerto Rico, October 15 to 17, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, October 23 to 27, 2022
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, October 28, 2022
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Puerto Rico, October 30 to 31, 2022
November 2022
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, November 3 to 7, 2022
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, November 10, 2022
- Debris Flows and Flooding in Puerto Rico, November 15, 2022
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, November 18, 2022
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, November 28, 2022
December 2022
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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.