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The climate of Puerto Rico in the Köppen climate classification is predominantly tropical rainforest. Temperatures throughout the year are warm to hot, averaging near 85 °F (29 °C) in lower elevations and 70 °F (21 °C) in the mountains. Easterly trade winds pass across the island year round while the rainy season stretches from April into ...
The NEXRAD Doppler weather radar of Puerto Rico had also been literally blown away. The radome which covers the radar antenna, was destroyed in the 130-mph winds, and the 30-foot-wide radar dish was blown from the pedestal, which remained intact. The radar is located at an elevation of 2,800 feet and the anemometer at the site measured winds of ...
August 31, 1772 – Hurricane San Ramón [40] August 1, 1775 – Tropical Storm San Pedro [41] June 13, 1780 – Hurricane San Antonio [42] "caused deaths and losses" on Puerto Rico, after having also struck St. Lucia, where it killed around 4,000 to 5,000 people. It is also known as the St. Lucia Hurricane.
October 5–8 Rain began to pour across several parts of Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Otto, persisting for up to five days in some areas. The greatest amount of rainfall during the six-day period of October 3 to 8 was registered at Rio Portugues in Ponce , with 17.86 inches (454 mm) recorded. [67]
Hurricane Maria was a deadly Category 5 hurricane that devastated the northeastern Caribbean in September 2017, particularly in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which accounted for 2,975 of the 3,059 deaths. [1] [2] It is the deadliest and costliest hurricane to strike the island of Puerto Rico, and is the deadliest hurricane to strike the ...
The Great Hurricane of 1780 [2] [1] [3] was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record, as well as the deadliest tropical cyclone in the Western Hemisphere. An estimated 22,000 people died throughout the Lesser Antilles when the storm passed through the islands from October 10 to October 16. [4] Specifics on the hurricane's track and strength ...
Hurricane Sandy (unofficially referred to as Superstorm Sandy) [1] [2] was an extremely large and destructive Category 3 Atlantic hurricane which ravaged the Caribbean and the coastal Mid-Atlantic region of the United States in late October 2012. It was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record as measured by diameter, with tropical-storm-force ...
The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season was the fourth-most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 20 named storms forming, [nb 1] tied with 1933. [1] Among them, 7 became hurricanes, with 3 reaching major hurricane strength. [nb 2] The season also had an above‑normal accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) rating of 148, despite the presence of ...