Storms in Puerto Rico in 2023
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Puerto Rico in 2023, 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 2023 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
- 284
- Deaths
- 22
- Injuries
- 24
- Damage
- $1.3 million
- Episodes
- 63
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 | 93 | 0 | 2 | $596,000 |
| Flood | 69 | 0 | 0 | $23,000 |
| Debris Flow | 34 | 0 | 0 | $13,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 18 | 19 | 22 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 15 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Drought | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 3 | 0 | 0 | $114,000 |
| Hail | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | $520,000 |
| High Surf | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2023
- Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, January 4, 2023
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, January 11, 2023
- Debris Flow and Flooding in Puerto Rico, January 15, 2023
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, January 18, 2023
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, January 28, 2023
February 2023
March 2023
- Rip Currents in Puerto Rico, March 2 to 3, 2023
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Puerto Rico, March 15, 2023
- Rip Currents in Puerto Rico, March 16, 2023
- Tornado in Puerto Rico, March 16, 2023
- Rip Currents in Puerto Rico, March 24, 2023
- Wildfire in Puerto Rico, March 31, 2023
April 2023
- Coastal Flood in Puerto Rico, April 4, 2023
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, April 4, 2023
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, April 5 to 8, 2023
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, April 21 to 23, 2023
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, April 28 to 29, 2023
May 2023
- Flood in Puerto Rico, May 17, 2023
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Puerto Rico, May 19, 2023
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, May 22, 2023
- Flood in Puerto Rico, May 24, 2023
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, May 27, 2023
June 2023
- Excessive Heat in Puerto Rico, June 1 to 30, 2023
- Drought in Puerto Rico, June 20 to 30, 2023
- Flash Flood and Flood in Puerto Rico, June 29, 2023
July 2023
- Drought in Puerto Rico, July 1 to 4, 2023
- Excessive Heat in Puerto Rico, July 2, 2023
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, July 4, 2023
- Flash Flood and Flood in Puerto Rico, July 8 to 9, 2023
- Tornado in Puerto Rico, July 16, 2023
- Excessive Heat in Puerto Rico, July 20 to 22, 2023
- Drought in Puerto Rico, July 25 to 31, 2023
- Excessive Heat in Puerto Rico, July 30 to 31, 2023
August 2023
- Flash Flood and Flood in Puerto Rico, August 1 to 2, 2023
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Puerto Rico, August 9, 2023
- Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, August 12, 2023
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, August 16, 2023
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Puerto Rico, August 17, 2023
- Flash Flood and Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, August 21, 2023
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, August 26, 2023
- Flood in Puerto Rico, August 31, 2023
September 2023
- Excessive Heat in Puerto Rico, September 1 to 30, 2023
- Flood in Puerto Rico, September 10 to 11, 2023
- Coastal Flood and Rip Current in Puerto Rico, September 12 to 13, 2023
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Puerto Rico, September 14 to 15, 2023
- Rip Currents in Puerto Rico, September 17 to 18, 2023
- Flood in Puerto Rico, September 20, 2023
- Funnel Cloud in Puerto Rico, September 27, 2023
October 2023
- Flash Flood and Flood in Puerto Rico, October 1 to 5, 2023
- Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, October 9, 2023
- Lightning Strike in Puerto Rico, October 17, 2023
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, October 20 to 22, 2023
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, October 25 to 29, 2023
- Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, October 31, 2023
November 2023
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, November 4 to 7, 2023
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, November 6 to 9, 2023
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, November 20, 2023
- Flood in Puerto Rico, November 24, 2023
December 2023
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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.