60
Recorded events
1
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$264K
Property damage
Flood in Aguadilla Municipio, Puerto Rico: 60 recorded events between 1996 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #184 nationally and #2 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Flood in Aguadilla Municipio, Puerto Rico: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for flood in Aguadilla Municipio is the 1990s, when 22 of the county's 60 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Aguadilla Municipio archive, flood makes up 22.4% of all recorded severe weather across 11 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #184 for this hazard and #2 within Puerto Rico, putting it in the 93.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for flood in Aguadilla Municipio with 13 recorded events, while Feb is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2001 | NORTH PORTION | 0 | 1 | 0 | $5K |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2025 | AGUADILLA | 0 | $1K |
| Sep 21, 2024 | AGUADILLA | 0 | $1K |
| May 11, 2024 | AGUADILLA | 0 | $1K |
| May 11, 2024 | AGUADILLA | 0 | $1K |
| Jul 10, 2022 | AGUADILLA | 0 | $0 |
| May 26, 2020 | AGUADILLA | 0 | $0 |
| Oct 24, 2019 | AGUADILLA | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 31, 2019 | AGUADILLA | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 31, 2019 | AGUADILLA | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 22, 2019 | AGUADILLA | 0 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Aguadilla Municipio
- Flash Flood 89
- Heavy Rain 73
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Emergency managers reported two landscape workers swept away by the current in PR-2 (Jose Joaquin Yiye Avila St.), right in front of Las Cascadas Waterpark near Villa Alegria Urbanization. One of the workers had to be transported to a hospital. Their two tractors were also swept away. Flooding was also reported by the media and a NWS Employe along PR-2 (Jose Joaquin Yiye Avila St.) toward GT Tune & Lube.
At 2250 AST river flooding was still occurring along road 160, at the Almirante sector near the Indio river. At 105 AST, the USGS river gage and emergency managers indicated that River Cibuco level was below flood stage.
At 2145 AST river Cibuco was reported still out of its banks and flooding road 676 in Vega Alta. One car was reported stranded in water. Around 2345 AST the USGS river level sensor along River Cibuco in Vega Alta showed the water level falling.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many flood events are on record in Aguadilla Municipio, Puerto Rico?
60 flood events are recorded in Aguadilla Municipio between 1996 and 2025, causing 1 direct deaths.
What is the strongest flood recorded in Aguadilla Municipio?
The strongest flood on record in Aguadilla Municipio measured 0.
Where does the flood data for Aguadilla Municipio come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Flood in Aguadilla Municipio, Puerto Rico.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/puerto-rico/aguadilla-municipio/flood/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.