With the rain events observed early in February across the Virgin Islands, drought conditions improved across St. Thomas.
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 episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.
With the rain events observed early in February across the Virgin Islands, drought conditions improved across St. Thomas. The Drought conditions improved from Severe to Moderate.
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
A frontal boundary and an upper level trough approached the islands early in the month. Total rainfalls from these events ranged from 4 to 5 inches. Therefore, soil and vegetation conditions improved, and the wells monitored by the USGS showed an increase in water as well.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in U.S. Virgin Islands in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, February 2024
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: 1154389.