Drought in Caguas Municipio, PR: 1.2 years in 10 since 2000

1.2 years in 10

Caguas Municipio, PR: 3 of 26 full years had 13+ weeks in drought. Less drought-prone than most US counties.

1. 0
2. 0
3. 0
4. 0
5. 0
6. 0
7. 0
8. 13
9. 7
10. 0
11. 0
12. 0
13. 0
14. 0
15. 0
16. 35
17. 17
18. 0
19. 0
20. 5
21. 9
22. 7
23. 4
24. 5
25. 9
26. 0

20002025

Drought years: 2007 (13 wk), 2015 (35 wk) and 2016 (17 wk). Not a single drought week in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 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

10th most drought-prone of 78 PR counties; the PR middle is 0.4 in 10. Closest on the list: Arroyo Municipio (1.5 in 10) and Juana Diaz 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 (14% of weeks), then Dec (12%) and Jul (12%). Least in Nov (5%). May to September averages 10%.

1. 10 Jan
2. 11 Feb
3. 8 Mar
4. 8 Apr
5. 7 May
6. 14 Jun
7. 12 Jul
8. 10 Aug
9. 10 Sep
10. 7 Oct
11. 5 Nov
12. 12 Dec

The worst year: 2015

2015: 35 weeks in drought, peaking at D3 extreme. Across 1,401 weekly maps: 9.3% of all weeks at D1 or worse, 3.4% at D2, 0.9% at D3, never any D4. Longest unbroken spell: 52 weeks, May 5, 2015 to Apr 26, 2016.

Lately

Last drought year: 2016, 17 weeks. 2016-2025: 1 in 10, against 1.3 in 10 for 2000-2015, about the same. So far in 2026: 19 of 44 weeks in drought, through Nov 3, 2026.

Further reading

Caguas 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 Caguas Municipio's 1,401 weeks was judged: how drought is counted.