Drought in Aguas Buenas Municipio, PR: 1.2 years in 10 since 2000
1.2 years in 10
Aguas Buenas Municipio, PR: 3 of 26 full years had 13+ weeks in drought. Less drought-prone than most US counties.
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20002025
Drought years: 2015 (34 wk), 2016 (17 wk) and 2019 (15 wk). Not a single drought week in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2023 and 2025.
A regular lawn is fine here; plan for the odd dry year
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 Jun turns dry.
Against the rest of PR
12th most drought-prone of 78 PR counties; the PR middle is 0.4 in 10. Closest on the list: Juana Diaz Municipio (1.2 in 10) and Barranquitas Municipio (1.2 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 Jun (18% of weeks), then Jul (18%) and Aug (11%). Least in Mar (4%). May to September averages 13%.
- 6 Jan
- 9 Feb
- 4 Mar
- 8 Apr
- 8 May
- 18 Jun
- 18 Jul
- 11 Aug
- 10 Sep
- 7 Oct
- 5 Nov
- 4 Dec
The worst year: 2015
2015: 34 weeks in drought, peaking at D3 extreme. Across 1,401 weekly maps: 9% of all weeks at D1 or worse, 2% at D2, 0.9% at D3, never any D4. Longest unbroken spell: 51 weeks, May 12, 2015 to Apr 26, 2016.
Lately
Last drought year: 2019, 15 weeks. 2016-2025: 2 in 10, against 0.6 in 10 for 2000-2015, about the same. So far in 2026: 20 of 44 weeks in drought, through Nov 3, 2026.
Further reading
Aguas Buenas Municipio lands on the plan covered in keeping a regular lawn. Its worst year, 2015, was not one of the big national drought years; see the worst years since 2000. How each of Aguas Buenas Municipio's 1,401 weeks was judged: how drought is counted.