Flash Flood in Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico

Flash Flood in Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico: 48 recorded events between 1998 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #639 nationally and #12 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for flash flood in Ponce Municipio is the 2020s, when 20 of the county's 48 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 Ponce Municipio archive, flash flood makes up 34.0% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #639 for this hazard and #12 within Puerto Rico, putting it in the 78.8 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Oct is the peak month for flash flood in Ponce Municipio with 15 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.

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

How many flash flood events are on record in Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico?

48 flash flood events are recorded in Ponce Municipio between 1998 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest flash flood recorded in Ponce Municipio?

The strongest flash flood on record in Ponce Municipio measured 0.

Where does the flash flood data for Ponce 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.