Drought in Adjuntas Municipio, PR: 0 years in 10 since 2000

0 years in 10

Adjuntas Municipio, PR: 0 of 26 full years had 13+ weeks in drought. No full-season drought since 2000.

1. 1
2. 0
3. 0
4. 0
5. 0
6. 0
7. 0
8. 7
9. 0
10. 0
11. 0
12. 0
13. 0
14. 0
15. 0
16. 0
17. 0
18. 0
19. 0
20. 0
21. 1
22. 1
23. 0
24. 5
25. 7
26. 0

20002025

No year reached the drought line. Not a single drought week in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2025.

A regular lawn is fine here

Real droughts are rare here. A smart controller that skips watering after rain covers the odd dry year.

You can keep a regular lawn. Worth doing: a rain-sensing or smart controller, and deeper, less frequent watering if Feb turns dry.

Against the rest of PR

66th most drought-prone of 78 PR counties; the PR middle is 0.4 in 10. Closest on the list: Vega Baja Municipio (0 in 10) and Ciales Municipio (0 in 10). Driest in PR: Salinas Municipio (2.7 in 10). Least drought: Mayaguez Municipio (0 in 10).

When in the year it hits

Most often in Feb (6% of weeks), then Apr (4%) and Mar (4%). Least in Dec (0%). May to September averages 1%.

1. 3 Jan
2. 6 Feb
3. 4 Mar
4. 4 Apr
5. 0 May
6. 1 Jun
7. 1 Jul
8. 1 Aug
9. 3 Sep
10. 0 Oct
11. 1 Nov
12. 0 Dec

The worst year: 2007

2007: 7 weeks in drought, peaking at D1 moderate. Across 1,401 weekly maps: 1.9% of all weeks at D1 or worse, never any D4. Longest unbroken spell: 7 weeks, Feb 20, 2007 to Apr 3, 2007.

Lately

No drought year on record. 2016-2025: 0 in 10, against 0 in 10 for 2000-2015, about the same. So far in 2026: 4 of 44 weeks in drought, through Nov 3, 2026.

Further reading

Adjuntas Municipio lands on the plan covered in keeping a regular lawn. Its worst year, 2007, was one of the worst nationally too; see the worst years since 2000. How each of Adjuntas Municipio's 1,401 weeks was judged: how drought is counted.