Puerto Rico hail

Every recorded hail report since 1955 · 29 counties with a record

NOAA's Storm Events Database records 81 hail reports in Puerto Rico from 1955 through June 30, 2026, about 3.9 a year since 2000. The costliest was the May 11, 2017 hail ($602,000 in 2025 dollars). Puerto Rico ranks 49th of 52 states and territories by count and 42nd of 51 per square mile.

Hail in Puerto Rico, 1955 to 2026

Hail records per year (NOAA Storm Events); 2026 to June 30, 2026. NOAA recorded every event type only from 1996.

recorded, no damage figure
under $1 million
$1 million or more
$10 million or more
$100 million or more, or 10 deaths
$1 billion or more, or 100 deaths
a year's colour: its recorded damage or deaths
a year with a death
1996: all 48 event types recorded from 1996

Records: 811955 to June 30, 2026
A year since 2000: 3.9average
Deaths: 01 injuries
Damage, 2025 dollars: $653Kas filed
Busiest year: 20137 records

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026; deaths and damage as filed, damage in 2025 dollars. Search the record at NCEI.

Are hail reports common in Puerto Rico?

Puerto Rico averages about 3.9 hail reports a year since 2000, 49th of 52 states and territories by count. The busiest year on record was 2013 (7). Per 10,000 square miles of land, Puerto Rico records 237 hail reports since 1955, 42nd of 51 states and territories by that measure.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1955, per 10,000 square miles of land area (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer; places under 1,000 square miles not ranked). Damage colours: Storm Events damage, 2025 dollars.

Which counties in Puerto Rico have the most hail reports?

Per square mile, Utuado Municipio leads Puerto Rico: 4 days with a hail report since 1955, 35.2 per 1,000 square miles of land. By raw count, Utuado Municipio has the most hail records (4 since 1955); large counties collect more records simply by covering more ground, so the ranking counts days with a record per unit of area (a storm filed for several forecast zones adds several records but one day).

Utuado Municipio 35.2 (4)
Arecibo Municipio 15.9 (3)

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, days with a record in the county since 1955 per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer); in brackets, the count of records.

When is hail season in Puerto Rico?

41% of its hail reports since 1955 fell in September and October. The busiest month is October (19 records).

The values, month by month

Jan 0 · Feb 2 · Mar 0 · Apr 4 · May 9 · Jun 10 · Jul 8 · Aug 10 · Sep 14 · Oct 19 · Nov 2 · Dec 3 (records).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began, since 1955.

The costliest hail reports in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: the most damaging storms since 1993, 2025 dollars
Date	Record	Character	Injured	Damage
2017-05-11	HailJuana Diaz, Juana Díaz Municipio	0.25 in hail	0	$602K
2025-10-18	HailGuaynabo Municipio	0.25 in hail	0	$250
2015-06-22	HailLares Municipio	0.50 in hail	1	$125
2025-04-19	HailBarranquitas Municipio	0.25 in hail	0	$100
2026-04-15	HailArecibo Municipio	0.25 in hail	0	$10

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: property and crop damage as estimated by the National Weather Service, in 2025 dollars.

Are hail reports becoming more frequent in Puerto Rico?

Puerto Rico's count per decade against the whole country's, and its share. NOAA recorded every event type only from 1996, so earlier decades are not comparable; the share of the national total is the fairer comparison across decades.

Hail: Puerto Rico and the United States by decade (2020s to June 30, 2026)
Decade	Puerto Rico	United States	Puerto Rico's share
1955-59	0	2,477	0
1960s	0	7,651	0
1970s	0	11,007	0
1980s	0	26,555	0
1990s	18	75,581	0.02%
2000s	7	137,396	0.01%
2010s	38	107,281	0.04%
2020-26	18	56,491	0.03%

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

The most recent hail reports in Puerto Rico

The 6 most recent records, to June 30, 2026
Date	Record	Character	Injured	Damage
2026-04-15	HailArecibo Municipio	0.25 in hail	0	$10
2025-10-18	HailGuaynabo Municipio	0.25 in hail	0	$250
2025-04-19	HailBarranquitas Municipio	0.25 in hail	0	$100
2017-05-11	HailJuana Diaz, Juana Díaz Municipio	0.25 in hail	0	$602K
2015-06-22	HailLares Municipio	0.50 in hail	1	$125
1997-05-29	HailOrocovis, Ciales Municipio	2.00 in hail	0	–

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026; the newest months are revised by NCEI as reports arrive. Search the record at NCEI.

Federal disaster declarations for hail reports in Puerto Rico

FEMA files hail and wind disasters under the incident type Severe Storm: 11 declarations in Puerto Rico, 9 of them major disasters; the latest on August 13, 2024.

The 12 most recent
Declared	Number	Title	Areas named
2024-08-13	EM-3610	Tropical Storm Ernesto	78
2019-08-27	EM-3417	Tropical Storm Dorian	78
2011-07-14	DR-4004	Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides	13
2010-10-26	DR-1946	Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides Assoc W Ts Otto	21
2010-06-24	DR-1919	Severe Storms and Flooding	10
2008-10-01	DR-1798	Severe Storms and Flooding	26
2005-11-10	DR-1613	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides	17
2004-09-17	DR-1552	Tropical Storm Jeanne and Resulting Landslides and Mudslides	78
2003-11-21	DR-1501	Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides	31
2001-11-28	DR-1396	Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides and Landslides	13
2001-05-16	DR-1372	Severe Storms, Flooding and Mudslides	15

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), through October 2, 2026. OpenFEMA dataset page.