Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 3 to 11 December 2017

Name: Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 3 to 11 December 2017
Start: 2017-12-03
End: 2017-12-11
Location: United States, Mexico

Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 3 to 11 December 2017: 215 records at 189 stations, peak on 7 December 2017. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 3 to 11 December 2017 set or tied 215 station records at 189 stations.
It ran from 3 December 2017 to 11 December 2017 (9 days) and its peak day was 7 December 2017.
Status: closed.
Eagle Pass 3N set a daily record precipitation of 49.8 mm (2.0 in) on 8 December 2017.
The busiest day was 7 December 2017 with 68 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 123 years.

Footprint

3 to 11 December 2017

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 3 to 11 December 2017 is outlined, with 20 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 3 to 11 December 2017: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Eagle Pass 3N	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	2017-12-08
Old Town Bay	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	2017-12-06
Marion	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	2017-12-09
Mt Locke	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2017-12-07
Elizabethtown	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2017-12-09
La Pryor	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2017-12-07
Amistad Dam	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	2017-12-07
Greenville	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	2017-12-08
Canyon Dam	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	2017-12-07
Lake City 2 E	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	2017-12-09
Brookgreen Gardens	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	2017-12-07
Cotulla la Salle Co AP	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2017-12-07
Del Rio Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	2017-12-07
Langtry	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	2017-12-07
Junction 4SSW	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	2017-12-07
Corpus Christi	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	2017-12-05
Lajitas	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	2017-12-07
McCamey	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	2017-12-07
Panther Junction	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	2017-12-07
Valentine 10 WSW	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	2017-12-07

Records per Day

Peak day 68

Records set or tied each day from 3 December 2017 to 11 December 2017. The most in one day was 68 on 7 December 2017.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 3 to 11 December 2017
Date	Records
2017-12-03	1
2017-12-04	3
2017-12-05	18
2017-12-06	47
2017-12-07	68
2017-12-08	42
2017-12-09	32
2017-12-10	3
2017-12-11	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 3 to 11 December 2017 ranked by margin
Old Town Bay, 12-06	118.1 mm (4.6 in)
Brookgreen Gardens, 12-07	43.6 mm (1.7 in)
Eagle Pass 3N, 12-08	43.4 mm (1.7 in)
Canyon Dam, 12-07	40.4 mm (1.6 in)
Marion, 12-09	37.4 mm (1.5 in)
Corpus Christi, 12-05	30.7 mm (1.2 in)
Cotulla la Salle Co AP, 12-07	29.4 mm (1.2 in)
Amistad Dam, 12-07	24.4 mm (1.0 in)
La Pryor, 12-07	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
Mt Locke, 12-07	21.4 mm (0.8 in)
Elizabethtown, 12-09	20.6 mm (0.8 in)
Panther Junction, 12-07	19.5 mm (0.8 in)
Lake City 2 E, 12-09	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
Del Rio Intl AP, 12-07	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
Greenville, 12-08	14.8 mm (0.6 in)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

215 records plotted by how far they beat the old record (across) and how many years the old record had stood (up). Long standing records beaten by a wide margin sit in the top right.

Margin against age of the broken record in Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 3 to 11 December 2017
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
43	76
118	56
37	68
21	96
21	36
23	56
24	31
15	123
20	31
40	39
17	103
44	48
12	76
29	11
16	36
8	86
8	83
8	91
11	36
31	46
2	102
26	36
23	56
4	96
33	48
12	31
11	51
32	20
21	31
2	86
25	36
12	20
29	28
28	8
21	28
30	12
8	50
24	31
18	44
31	28
15	56
4	30
17	48
7	67
15	2
5	56
21	11
13	56
4	76
14	42
17	20
23	31
10	36
22	28
6	36
9	42
20	31
10	50
1	68
8	64
8	36
6	56
11	20
21	15
58	0
12	43
8	43
14	32
5	48
19	23
25	31
28	28
38	0
1	56
1	68
2	56
1	30
8	40
4	56
20	27
14	12
20	28
28	34
20	28
5	44
15	28
10	44
27	12
17	28
18	16
5	43
5	44
16	28
22	31
4	48
6	46
9	48
10	44
10	46
5	48
15	28
8	6
1	48
3	52
12	20
9	48
1	48
16	31
12	28
3	40
3	48
6	40
14	43
8	46
7	12
13	24
9	40
2	36
11	24
3	48
0	40
13	28
15	34
2	44
3	10
1	48
13	16
16	16
8	36
18	24
9	28
4	43
2	48
1	48
6	40
2	42
8	28
15	11
15	8
4	40
0	46
8	14
5	46
13	8
2	46
14	11
9	31
5	4
5	24
6	12
3	34
31	0
1	28
16	12
8	31
3	20
1	46
14	12
4	23
11	27
2	35
0	36
4	36
15	12
0	22
24	0
14	6
8	24
22	6
2	28
24	0
6	12
0	36
3	28
2	20
1	28
8	24
3	28
4	20
15	6
1	28
6	12
6	8
2	11
15	0
15	6
1	28
6	8
2	18
6	12
11	3
7	12
1	6
5	12
13	0
3	15
3	8
8	0
2	6
7	3

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 3 to 11 December 2017 compared with similar events
Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 23 February to 15 March 2019	2,223 records
Extreme rain in United States, 3 to 19 January 2024	2,133 records
Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 26 March 2021	2,099 records
Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 29 September to 19 October 2018	1,970 records
Extreme rain in United States, 19 December 2022 to 13 January 2023	1,941 records
Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 3 to 11 December 2017 (this event)	215 records

Every Record Set

20 of 215

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 3 to 11 December 2017, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2017-12-05	Corpus Christi	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46	42 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-06	Old Town Bay	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	56	63 of 100 (Major)
2017-12-07	Mt Locke	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	36	56 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-07	La Pryor	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	56	55 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-07	Amistad Dam	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	31	54 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-07	Canyon Dam	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39	52 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-07	Brookgreen Gardens	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	48	50 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-07	Cotulla la Salle Co AP	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	11	47 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-07	Del Rio Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	36	46 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-07	Langtry	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	86	45 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-07	Junction 4SSW	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	91	43 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-07	Lajitas	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	36	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-07	McCamey	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	83	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-07	Panther Junction	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	31	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-07	Valentine 10 WSW	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	76	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-08	Eagle Pass 3N	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	76	72 of 100 (Major)
2017-12-08	Greenville	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	123	53 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-09	Marion	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	68	58 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-09	Elizabethtown	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	96	56 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-09	Lake City 2 E	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	103	51 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 215 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

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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)) Data as of 2026-10-12. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
43	76
118	56
37	68
21	96
21	36
23	56
24	31
15	123
20	31
40	39
17	103
44	48
12	76
29	11
16	36
8	86
8	83
8	91
11	36
31	46
2	102
26	36
23	56
4	96
33	48
12	31
11	51
32	20
21	31
2	86
25	36
12	20
29	28
28	8
21	28
30	12
8	50
24	31
18	44
31	28
15	56
4	30
17	48
7	67
15	2
5	56
21	11
13	56
4	76
14	42
17	20
23	31
10	36
22	28
6	36
9	42
20	31
10	50
1	68
8	64
8	36
6	56
11	20
21	15
58	0
12	43
8	43
14	32
5	48
19	23
25	31
28	28
38	0
1	56
1	68
2	56
1	30
8	40
4	56
20	27
14	12
20	28
28	34
20	28
5	44
15	28
10	44
27	12
17	28
18	16
5	43
5	44
16	28
22	31
4	48
6	46
9	48
10	44
10	46
5	48
15	28
8	6
1	48
3	52
12	20
9	48
1	48
16	31
12	28
3	40
3	48
6	40
14	43
8	46
7	12
13	24
9	40
2	36
11	24
3	48
0	40
13	28
15	34
2	44
3	10
1	48
13	16
16	16
8	36
18	24
9	28
4	43
2	48
1	48
6	40
2	42
8	28
15	11
15	8
4	40
0	46
8	14
5	46
13	8
2	46
14	11
9	31
5	4
5	24
6	12
3	34
31	0
1	28
16	12
8	31
3	20
1	46
14	12
4	23
11	27
2	35
0	36
4	36
15	12
0	22
24	0
14	6
8	24
22	6
2	28
24	0
6	12
0	36
3	28
2	20
1	28
8	24
3	28
4	20
15	6
1	28
6	12
6	8
2	11
15	0
15	6
1	28
6	8
2	18
6	12
11	3
7	12
1	6
5	12
13	0
3	15
3	8
8	0
2	6
7	3

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
43	76
118	56
37	68
21	96
21	36
23	56
24	31
15	123
20	31
40	39
17	103
44	48
12	76
29	11
16	36
8	86
8	83
8	91
11	36
31	46
2	102
26	36
23	56
4	96
33	48
12	31
11	51
32	20
21	31
2	86
25	36
12	20
29	28
28	8
21	28
30	12
8	50
24	31
18	44
31	28
15	56
4	30
17	48
7	67
15	2
5	56
21	11
13	56
4	76
14	42
17	20
23	31
10	36
22	28
6	36
9	42
20	31
10	50
1	68
8	64
8	36
6	56
11	20
21	15
58	0
12	43
8	43
14	32
5	48
19	23
25	31
28	28
38	0
1	56
1	68
2	56
1	30
8	40
4	56
20	27
14	12
20	28
28	34
20	28
5	44
15	28
10	44
27	12
17	28
18	16
5	43
5	44
16	28
22	31
4	48
6	46
9	48
10	44
10	46
5	48
15	28
8	6
1	48
3	52
12	20
9	48
1	48
16	31
12	28
3	40
3	48
6	40
14	43
8	46
7	12
13	24
9	40
2	36
11	24
3	48
0	40
13	28
15	34
2	44
3	10
1	48
13	16
16	16
8	36
18	24
9	28
4	43
2	48
1	48
6	40
2	42
8	28
15	11
15	8
4	40
0	46
8	14
5	46
13	8
2	46
14	11
9	31
5	4
5	24
6	12
3	34
31	0
1	28
16	12
8	31
3	20
1	46
14	12
4	23
11	27
2	35
0	36
4	36
15	12
0	22
24	0
14	6
8	24
22	6
2	28
24	0
6	12
0	36
3	28
2	20
1	28
8	24
3	28
4	20
15	6
1	28
6	12
6	8
2	11
15	0
15	6
1	28
6	8
2	18
6	12
11	3
7	12
1	6
5	12
13	0
3	15
3	8
8	0
2	6
7	3

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
43	76
118	56
37	68
21	96
21	36
23	56
24	31
15	123
20	31
40	39
17	103
44	48
12	76
29	11
16	36
8	86
8	83
8	91
11	36
31	46
2	102
26	36
23	56
4	96
33	48
12	31
11	51
32	20
21	31
2	86
25	36
12	20
29	28
28	8
21	28
30	12
8	50
24	31
18	44
31	28
15	56
4	30
17	48
7	67
15	2
5	56
21	11
13	56
4	76
14	42
17	20
23	31
10	36
22	28
6	36
9	42
20	31
10	50
1	68
8	64
8	36
6	56
11	20
21	15
58	0
12	43
8	43
14	32
5	48
19	23
25	31
28	28
38	0
1	56
1	68
2	56
1	30
8	40
4	56
20	27
14	12
20	28
28	34
20	28
5	44
15	28
10	44
27	12
17	28
18	16
5	43
5	44
16	28
22	31
4	48
6	46
9	48
10	44
10	46
5	48
15	28
8	6
1	48
3	52
12	20
9	48
1	48
16	31
12	28
3	40
3	48
6	40
14	43
8	46
7	12
13	24
9	40
2	36
11	24
3	48
0	40
13	28
15	34
2	44
3	10
1	48
13	16
16	16
8	36
18	24
9	28
4	43
2	48
1	48
6	40
2	42
8	28
15	11
15	8
4	40
0	46
8	14
5	46
13	8
2	46
14	11
9	31
5	4
5	24
6	12
3	34
31	0
1	28
16	12
8	31
3	20
1	46
14	12
4	23
11	27
2	35
0	36
4	36
15	12
0	22
24	0
14	6
8	24
22	6
2	28
24	0
6	12
0	36
3	28
2	20
1	28
8	24
3	28
4	20
15	6
1	28
6	12
6	8
2	11
15	0
15	6
1	28
6	8
2	18
6	12
11	3
7	12
1	6
5	12
13	0
3	15
3	8
8	0
2	6
7	3