Puerto Rico, 2023Drought in Puerto Rico, July 25 to 31, 2023
July 25 to 31, 2023 · NWS SJU · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
As the month progresses, heavy rain did not occur across the extreme northwest of Puerto Rico, where the Guajataca Basin is located. The basin stayed in observational levels.
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
As the month progresses, heavy rain did not occur across the extreme northwest of Puerto Rico, where the Guajataca Basin is located. The basin stayed in observational levels. Additionally, rivers were well below normal, soils were dry and the rainfall deficit was increasing as well.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS San Juan, PR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 24, 10:05 PM AST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 10:05 PM AST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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</html>Drought, North Central
- When
- July 25, 12:00 AM AST to July 31, 12:00 AM AST
- Where
- North Central forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
The lack of significant rains created water deficit for the Guajataca Basin, and the basin was at observational levels. Soils were drier than normal due to the increasing rainfall deficit.
Drought, Northwest
- When
- July 25, 12:00 AM AST to July 31, 12:00 AM AST
- Where
- Northwest forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
The lack of significant rains created water deficit for the Guajataca Basin, and the basin was at observational levels. Soils were drier than normal due to the increasing rainfall deficit.
Drought, Western Interior
- When
- July 25, 12:00 AM AST to July 31, 12:00 AM AST
- Where
- Western Interior forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
The lack of significant rains created water deficit for the Guajataca Basin, and the basin was at observational levels. Soils were drier than normal due to the increasing rainfall deficit.
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 25, 2023$5.3 million · EF0 · 23 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 25, 2023$280,000 · 1 in hail · 16 events
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 25 to 30, 202384 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 25, 2023$32,000 · 1 in hail · 19 events
- Flash Flood in Ohio, July 25, 2023$75,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 25, 2023$50,000 · 56 kt wind · 4 events
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 25 to 26, 2023$50,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 25, 2023$41,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events
- Excessive Heat in South Dakota, July 25 to 28, 202324 events
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 25, 2023$25,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 25, 2023$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 20 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, July 25, 202317 events
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1107422, 1107423, 1107424.