The Quebrada del Agua plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.
8.90 inches of rain fell in two days, the most for this week of the year since records began in 1898. The next wettest, 7.00 inches, fell in 1909.
Quebrada del Agua’s center stands about 510 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 80 ft to 950 ft, a difference of 870 ft: hilly country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Cerro de Punta, about 4,330 ft, 11 miles north-northeast.
Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 5×.
Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR.
Quebrada del Agua has a tropical savanna climate. Summer afternoons average 92° in July; winter nights fall to about 62° in January. About 38 inches of rain fall in a normal year.
On November 14 Quebrada del Agua normally reaches 90° and falls to 66°. The record high is 96°, in 2013; the record low 64°, in 1929. The most rain on this date, 5.35 in, fell in 2003.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1898 at Ponce 4 E, 10 miles east, 440 ft lower. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.