Puerto Rico [United States] Weather Records in 2020

429 weather records set or tied in Puerto Rico [United States] in 2020, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for Puerto Rico [United States] in 2020

429 weather records were set or tied in Puerto Rico [United States] in 2020.
232 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
532 records set in 2020 still stand in Puerto Rico [United States].

Records per Year, by Type

2020 outlined

Records set or tied in Puerto Rico [United States] each year from 1930 to 2026, stacked by type. 2020 had 429.

Weather records per year in Puerto Rico [United States], stacked by type, 2020 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1930	0	0	0	0	7	7
1931	3	24	21	2	34	84
1932	10	16	8	21	43	98
1933	8	26	32	11	45	122
1934	3	39	2	50	38	132
1935	0	71	9	48	66	194
1936	22	51	21	25	84	203
1937	57	86	64	18	69	294
1938	31	44	23	35	33	166
1939	49	25	27	21	56	178
1940	108	37	64	9	101	319
1941	137	29	76	6	89	337
1942	74	47	94	6	97	318
1943	12	42	34	2	103	193
1944	39	140	34	26	110	349
1945	56	61	41	38	102	298
1946	51	50	90	43	69	303
1947	84	34	70	21	56	265
1948	93	47	63	24	94	321
1949	46	96	60	127	83	412
1950	31	170	34	48	82	365
1951	65	61	30	25	40	221
1952	52	53	55	12	81	253
1953	50	19	21	21	60	171
1954	14	41	33	34	116	238
1955	35	63	67	29	77	271
1956	22	95	42	26	102	287
1957	30	21	67	16	65	199
1958	70	50	99	10	110	339
1959	41	38	37	19	81	216
1960	51	33	55	5	111	255
1961	21	43	26	40	109	239
1962	48	23	20	57	64	212
1963	106	24	120	50	163	463
1964	83	57	69	49	91	349
1965	24	317	114	74	156	685
1966	101	111	121	45	157	535
1967	45	194	44	118	98	499
1968	96	82	41	126	154	499
1969	126	68	108	42	184	528
1970	75	145	76	56	215	567
1971	5	102	17	68	137	329
1972	21	41	31	34	140	267
1973	46	36	49	44	139	314
1974	29	103	41	136	164	473
1975	43	73	45	88	143	392
1976	14	66	45	119	88	332
1977	40	68	56	91	114	369
1978	68	109	75	78	149	479
1979	153	161	99	126	202	741
1980	230	31	167	112	112	652
1981	113	53	141	41	168	516
1982	60	55	64	69	126	374
1983	117	34	136	142	101	530
1984	54	80	63	174	141	512
1985	48	83	69	70	340	610
1986	63	76	80	73	382	674
1987	212	108	285	49	593	1,247
1988	88	106	155	48	386	783
1989	54	97	74	135	431	791
1990	139	80	160	133	440	952
1991	106	82	114	108	309	719
1992	114	104	100	146	392	856
1993	162	105	152	327	368	1,114
1994	163	110	120	260	233	886
1995	214	134	151	145	348	992
1996	74	219	80	148	437	958
1997	209	218	147	41	275	890
1998	171	145	275	14	498	1,103
1999	54	169	99	24	405	751
2000	31	147	75	110	301	664
2001	79	168	182	94	428	951
2002	122	93	211	14	302	742
2003	90	201	185	23	483	982
2004	48	168	152	61	332	761
2005	138	124	311	66	326	965
2006	60	75	178	15	352	680
2007	90	68	206	11	327	702
2008	52	102	76	48	281	559
2009	132	82	221	53	266	754
2010	309	187	437	77	418	1,428
2011	135	107	162	57	361	822
2012	191	55	292	85	300	923
2013	54	71	68	73	204	470
2014	69	51	68	74	141	403
2015	104	29	152	49	147	481
2016	77	41	102	31	179	430
2017	41	52	89	34	174	390
2018	11	45	63	15	118	252
2019	89	39	112	13	123	376
2020	77	27	155	12	158	429
2021	52	32	78	8	95	265
2022	22	60	45	9	145	281
2023	110	25	299	15	110	559
2024	152	51	452	3	193	851
2025	33	68	189	14	106	410
2026	48	28	135	1	79	291

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Puerto Rico [United States]: 1930s 0.6 to 1, 1940s 1.6 to 1, 1950s 1.1 to 1, 1960s 0.9 to 1, 1970s 0.6 to 1, 1980s 1.4 to 1, 1990s 1.1 to 1, 2000s 1.5 to 1, 2010s 2.3 to 1, 2020s 5.2 to 1.

Record highs per record low in Puerto Rico [United States], by decade
Decade	Highs per low
1930s	0.62 to 1
1940s	1.55 to 1
1950s	1.05 to 1
1960s	0.92 to 1
1970s	0.57 to 1
1980s	1.40 to 1
1990s	1.05 to 1
2000s	1.53 to 1
2010s	2.25 to 1
2020s	5.21 to 1

Standing Records by Year Set

2020: 532

Records still standing in Puerto Rico [United States] by the year they were set. 532 of them were set in 2020.

Standing records in Puerto Rico [United States] by the year they were set, 2020 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1898	32
1899	121
1900	493
1901	418
1902	482
1903	357
1904	382
1905	395
1906	266
1907	568
1908	710
1909	750
1910	549
1911	464
1912	270
1913	222
1914	469
1915	388
1916	258
1917	322
1918	403
1919	314
1920	546
1921	285
1922	610
1923	359
1924	395
1925	293
1926	280
1927	298
1928	253
1929	263
1930	173
1931	898
1932	1,437
1933	869
1934	495
1935	828
1936	1,210
1937	675
1938	936
1939	614
1940	730
1941	667
1942	886
1943	834
1944	1,264
1945	1,174
1946	865
1947	785
1948	1,094
1949	1,490
1950	1,552
1951	924
1952	956
1953	722
1954	678
1955	39,950
1956	6,739
1957	3,204
1958	2,137
1959	3,052
1960	1,714
1961	1,225
1962	957
1963	1,544
1964	1,254
1965	1,861
1966	1,999
1967	1,152
1968	2,050
1969	3,248
1970	5,187
1971	1,743
1972	1,087
1973	1,418
1974	1,891
1975	1,352
1976	1,724
1977	1,549
1978	1,532
1979	1,901
1980	2,854
1981	2,379
1982	2,305
1983	1,987
1984	1,440
1985	1,385
1986	1,013
1987	1,694
1988	1,205
1989	1,335
1990	1,335
1991	958
1992	1,057
1993	1,353
1994	1,025
1995	1,205
1996	1,400
1997	1,111
1998	1,312
1999	927
2000	727
2001	1,044
2002	903
2003	990
2004	872
2005	1,122
2006	682
2007	707
2008	654
2009	845
2010	1,474
2011	807
2012	1,027
2013	481
2014	487
2015	597
2016	446
2017	358
2018	292
2019	419
2020	532
2021	298
2022	513
2023	1,575
2024	1,260
2025	814
2026	269

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).