Heavy Rain in Aguadilla Municipio, Puerto Rico

Heavy Rain in Aguadilla Municipio, Puerto Rico: 73 recorded events between 1996 and 2009. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #45 nationally and #2 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for heavy rain in Aguadilla Municipio is the 2000s, when 68 of the county's 73 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, heavy rain makes up 27.2% of all recorded severe weather across 11 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #45 for this hazard and #2 within Puerto Rico, putting it in the 98.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Apr is the peak month for heavy rain in Aguadilla Municipio with 31 recorded events, while Jan 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.

• Flash Flood 89
• Flood 60

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many heavy rain events are on record in Aguadilla Municipio, Puerto Rico?

73 heavy rain events are recorded in Aguadilla Municipio between 1996 and 2009, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest heavy rain recorded in Aguadilla Municipio?

The strongest heavy rain on record in Aguadilla Municipio measured 0.

Where does the heavy rain 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.