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Guayanilla Municipio, Puerto Rico

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Guayanilla Municipio, Puerto Rico severe weather history spans 12 recorded events between 2011 and 2024. The dominant hazard is flash flood, accounting for 41.7% of all recorded events. It ranks #3,175 nationally and #66 in Puerto Rico.

12

Recorded events

2

Direct deaths

0

Direct injuries

$506K

Property damage

The record

What the Guayanilla Municipio, Puerto Rico severe weather history record shows

Across the archive, Guayanilla Municipio, Puerto Rico severe weather history averages 0.9 recorded events a year. The busiest stretch on record is the 2010s, with 10 events logged in that decade alone.

The deadliest hazard in the Guayanilla Municipio, Puerto Rico record is flash flood, responsible for 2 direct deaths. The costliest is flash flood, with $505K in reported property damage. In total, 3 distinct hazard types appear in this county archive, each listed with its own dated record below.

Guayanilla Municipio, Puerto Rico severe weather history: recorded events per decade since 1950
Guayanilla Municipio, Puerto Rico severe weather history: recorded events per decade since 1950

By hazard type

Every hazard type recorded in Guayanilla Municipio

HazardEventsDeathsDamageMaxSpan
Flash Flood52$505K02011–2024
Flood50$1K02012–2024
Heavy Rain20$002012–2013
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC · preliminary data may revise

Decade by decade

Guayanilla Municipio, Puerto Rico severe weather history by decade

102010s
22020s

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

Significant events

Deadliest events on record in Guayanilla Municipio

DateTypeLocationDeathsInjuriesDamage
Sep 15, 2012Flash FloodGUAYANILLA20$0
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC

Context

Risk, population and federal disasters

Insufficient Data

FEMA NRI risk rating

17,141

Population (ACS)

$87K

Median home value

28

Federal declarations

DeclaredIncidentTitleType
Aug 13, 2024Severe StormTROPICAL STORM ERNESTOEM
Sep 21, 2022HurricaneHURRICANE FIONADR
Sep 18, 2022HurricaneTROPICAL STORM FIONAEM
Aug 22, 2020HurricaneTROPICAL STORM LAURAEM
Jul 29, 2020HurricanePOTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE NINEEM
Mar 27, 2020BiologicalCOVID-19 PANDEMICDR
Source: FEMA OpenFEMA disaster declarations · most recent first

Quick answers

Frequently asked

How many severe weather events have been recorded in Guayanilla Municipio, Puerto Rico?

12 events are on record between 2011 and 2024, causing 2 direct deaths and $506K in property damage.

What is the most common severe weather hazard in Guayanilla Municipio?

Flash Flood, with 5 recorded events — 41.7% of everything in the archive for this county.

How many federal disaster declarations cover Guayanilla Municipio?

28 federal disaster declarations from FEMA include Guayanilla Municipio, each tied to a specific incident period.

How risky is Guayanilla Municipio compared with the rest of the country?

FEMA's National Risk Index rates Guayanilla Municipio as insufficient data risk, placing it in the 0 percentile of its state for expected annual loss.

Where does the Guayanilla Municipio, Puerto Rico severe weather history data come from?

Every figure is drawn from United States federal public-domain records: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events for the event archive, NOAA SPC SVRGIS for mapped tornado paths, FEMA for disaster declarations and risk ratings, and the U.S. Census for population context. Dates are shown in UTC and recent entries may still be revised by NOAA.

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“Guayanilla Municipio, Puerto Rico.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/puerto-rico/guayanilla-municipio/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.


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