Extreme rain in United States, 16 to 24 December 2017

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 16 to 24 December 2017
Start: 2017-12-16
End: 2017-12-24
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 16 to 24 December 2017: 480 records at 411 stations, peak on 23 December 2017. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 16 to 24 December 2017 set or tied 480 station records at 411 stations.
It ran from 16 December 2017 to 24 December 2017 (9 days) and its peak day was 23 December 2017.
Status: closed.
Dover 1 W set a daily record precipitation of 91.4 mm (3.6 in) on 23 December 2017.
The busiest day was 23 December 2017 with 169 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 125 years.

Footprint

16 to 24 December 2017

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 16 to 24 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, 16 to 24 December 2017: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Dover 1 W	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	2017-12-23
Greensburg	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	2017-12-23
Jefferson	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	2017-12-20
Wynne	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	2017-12-23
Water Valley	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	2017-12-20
Plain Dealing	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	2017-12-20
Cleveland	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	2017-12-20
Malvern	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	2017-12-23
Little Rock AP Adams Fld	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	2017-12-22
Benton	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	2017-12-23
Augusta	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	2017-12-23
Longview	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	2017-12-20
Alum Fk	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	2017-12-23
Hope 3 NE	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	2017-12-23
Prescott 2 NNW	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	2017-12-23
Paris	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	2017-12-20
Jackson Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	2017-12-23
Hot Springs 1 NNE	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	2017-12-23
Bolivar Wtr Wks	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	2017-12-23
Fordyce	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	2017-12-20

Records per Day

Peak day 169

Records set or tied each day from 16 December 2017 to 24 December 2017. The most in one day was 169 on 23 December 2017.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States, 16 to 24 December 2017
Date	Records
2017-12-16	8
2017-12-17	58
2017-12-18	11
2017-12-19	32
2017-12-20	128
2017-12-21	27
2017-12-22	26
2017-12-23	169
2017-12-24	21

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 16 to 24 December 2017 ranked by margin
Cleveland, 12-20	81.8 mm (3.2 in)
Jefferson, 12-20	69.6 mm (2.7 in)
Dover 1 W, 12-23	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
Augusta, 12-23	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
Wynne, 12-23	66.5 mm (2.6 in)
Fordyce, 12-20	66.5 mm (2.6 in)
Little Rock AP Adams Fld, 12-22	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
Water Valley, 12-20	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
Plain Dealing, 12-20	52.6 mm (2.1 in)
Alum Fk, 12-23	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
Greensburg, 12-23	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
Hope 3 NE, 12-23	43.4 mm (1.7 in)
Malvern, 12-23	42.5 mm (1.7 in)
Benton, 12-23	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
Longview, 12-20	35.6 mm (1.4 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

480 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, 16 to 24 December 2017
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
67	107
49	110
70	112
67	79
55	96
53	91
82	50
43	107
42	104
56	76
67	54
51	79
36	94
43	79
29	104
29	106
25	125
27	125
28	91
67	24
76	28
61	40
36	78
75	12
55	44
77	8
22	104
89	24
52	44
66	12
20	106
36	76
50	51
58	28
23	96
65	24
46	26
71	24
34	80
27	84
36	64
70	27
45	27
63	20
48	26
28	76
23	91
40	47
15	124
32	78
53	26
15	92
34	76
10	121
68	20
51	24
24	39
65	11
48	27
34	76
73	28
20	84
48	12
19	86
42	40
51	15
6	94
60	24
26	76
50	27
4	112
6	125
6	99
4	116
62	4
24	76
7	94
21	48
50	30
19	76
3	110
15	78
39	28
17	39
5	94
28	60
60	6
3	112
62	12
21	60
21	51
8	84
8	83
21	56
62	24
38	40
53	16
9	80
2	92
17	64
5	92
57	35
5	84
44	8
49	12
52	16
31	26
35	6
24	24
40	16
36	24
23	64
33	1
6	83
22	60
32	12
16	60
41	24
31	48
28	15
23	48
14	64
29	4
34	44
40	24
14	66
49	22
65	14
33	36
25	28
31	31
22	52
17	27
43	20
6	76
38	3
18	60
33	40
3	76
26	27
11	64
38	16
19	38
16	60
4	76
23	50
35	24
34	10
35	34
8	64
42	12
20	44
20	47
27	24
47	8
7	76
0	76
5	66
17	44
17	44
31	19
31	24
12	60
20	24
28	12
25	27
23	30
10	64
14	27
19	48
8	54
4	71
29	27
25	20
38	22
39	15
5	76
14	44
21	15
13	44
5	66
19	27
1	68
19	31
7	66
26	16
21	44
22	30
36	20
6	39
11	47
5	68
10	60
23	28
36	6
36	22
6	66
29	24
6	66
33	26

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 16 to 24 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, 16 to 24 December 2017 (this event)	480 records

Every Record Set

20 of 480

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 16 to 24 December 2017, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2017-12-20	Jefferson	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	112	75 of 100 (Major)
2017-12-20	Water Valley	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	96	68 of 100 (Major)
2017-12-20	Plain Dealing	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	91	65 of 100 (Major)
2017-12-20	Cleveland	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	50	65 of 100 (Major)
2017-12-20	Longview	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	94	59 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-20	Paris	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	106	56 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-20	Fordyce	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	24	53 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-22	Little Rock AP Adams Fld	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	76	62 of 100 (Major)
2017-12-23	Dover 1 W	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	107	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2017-12-23	Greensburg	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	110	78 of 100 (Major)
2017-12-23	Wynne	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	79	69 of 100 (Major)
2017-12-23	Malvern	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	107	63 of 100 (Major)
2017-12-23	Benton	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	104	62 of 100 (Major)
2017-12-23	Augusta	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54	61 of 100 (Major)
2017-12-23	Alum Fk	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	79	59 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-23	Hope 3 NE	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	79	57 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-23	Prescott 2 NNW	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	104	57 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-23	Jackson Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	125	55 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-23	Hot Springs 1 NNE	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	125	54 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-23	Bolivar Wtr Wks	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	91	54 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 480 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
67	107
49	110
70	112
67	79
55	96
53	91
82	50
43	107
42	104
56	76
67	54
51	79
36	94
43	79
29	104
29	106
25	125
27	125
28	91
67	24
76	28
61	40
36	78
75	12
55	44
77	8
22	104
89	24
52	44
66	12
20	106
36	76
50	51
58	28
23	96
65	24
46	26
71	24
34	80
27	84
36	64
70	27
45	27
63	20
48	26
28	76
23	91
40	47
15	124
32	78
53	26
15	92
34	76
10	121
68	20
51	24
24	39
65	11
48	27
34	76
73	28
20	84
48	12
19	86
42	40
51	15
6	94
60	24
26	76
50	27
4	112
6	125
6	99
4	116
62	4
24	76
7	94
21	48
50	30
19	76
3	110
15	78
39	28
17	39
5	94
28	60
60	6
3	112
62	12
21	60
21	51
8	84
8	83
21	56
62	24
38	40
53	16
9	80
2	92
17	64
5	92
57	35
5	84
44	8
49	12
52	16
31	26
35	6
24	24
40	16
36	24
23	64
33	1
6	83
22	60
32	12
16	60
41	24
31	48
28	15
23	48
14	64
29	4
34	44
40	24
14	66
49	22
65	14
33	36
25	28
31	31
22	52
17	27
43	20
6	76
38	3
18	60
33	40
3	76
26	27
11	64
38	16
19	38
16	60
4	76
23	50
35	24
34	10
35	34
8	64
42	12
20	44
20	47
27	24
47	8
7	76
0	76
5	66
17	44
17	44
31	19
31	24
12	60
20	24
28	12
25	27
23	30
10	64
14	27
19	48
8	54
4	71
29	27
25	20
38	22
39	15
5	76
14	44
21	15
13	44
5	66
19	27
1	68
19	31
7	66
26	16
21	44
22	30
36	20
6	39
11	47
5	68
10	60
23	28
36	6
36	22
6	66
29	24
6	66
33	26

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
67	107
49	110
70	112
67	79
55	96
53	91
82	50
43	107
42	104
56	76
67	54
51	79
36	94
43	79
29	104
29	106
25	125
27	125
28	91
67	24
76	28
61	40
36	78
75	12
55	44
77	8
22	104
89	24
52	44
66	12
20	106
36	76
50	51
58	28
23	96
65	24
46	26
71	24
34	80
27	84
36	64
70	27
45	27
63	20
48	26
28	76
23	91
40	47
15	124
32	78
53	26
15	92
34	76
10	121
68	20
51	24
24	39
65	11
48	27
34	76
73	28
20	84
48	12
19	86
42	40
51	15
6	94
60	24
26	76
50	27
4	112
6	125
6	99
4	116
62	4
24	76
7	94
21	48
50	30
19	76
3	110
15	78
39	28
17	39
5	94
28	60
60	6
3	112
62	12
21	60
21	51
8	84
8	83
21	56
62	24
38	40
53	16
9	80
2	92
17	64
5	92
57	35
5	84
44	8
49	12
52	16
31	26
35	6
24	24
40	16
36	24
23	64
33	1
6	83
22	60
32	12
16	60
41	24
31	48
28	15
23	48
14	64
29	4
34	44
40	24
14	66
49	22
65	14
33	36
25	28
31	31
22	52
17	27
43	20
6	76
38	3
18	60
33	40
3	76
26	27
11	64
38	16
19	38
16	60
4	76
23	50
35	24
34	10
35	34
8	64
42	12
20	44
20	47
27	24
47	8
7	76
0	76
5	66
17	44
17	44
31	19
31	24
12	60
20	24
28	12
25	27
23	30
10	64
14	27
19	48
8	54
4	71
29	27
25	20
38	22
39	15
5	76
14	44
21	15
13	44
5	66
19	27
1	68
19	31
7	66
26	16
21	44
22	30
36	20
6	39
11	47
5	68
10	60
23	28
36	6
36	22
6	66
29	24
6	66
33	26

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
67	107
49	110
70	112
67	79
55	96
53	91
82	50
43	107
42	104
56	76
67	54
51	79
36	94
43	79
29	104
29	106
25	125
27	125
28	91
67	24
76	28
61	40
36	78
75	12
55	44
77	8
22	104
89	24
52	44
66	12
20	106
36	76
50	51
58	28
23	96
65	24
46	26
71	24
34	80
27	84
36	64
70	27
45	27
63	20
48	26
28	76
23	91
40	47
15	124
32	78
53	26
15	92
34	76
10	121
68	20
51	24
24	39
65	11
48	27
34	76
73	28
20	84
48	12
19	86
42	40
51	15
6	94
60	24
26	76
50	27
4	112
6	125
6	99
4	116
62	4
24	76
7	94
21	48
50	30
19	76
3	110
15	78
39	28
17	39
5	94
28	60
60	6
3	112
62	12
21	60
21	51
8	84
8	83
21	56
62	24
38	40
53	16
9	80
2	92
17	64
5	92
57	35
5	84
44	8
49	12
52	16
31	26
35	6
24	24
40	16
36	24
23	64
33	1
6	83
22	60
32	12
16	60
41	24
31	48
28	15
23	48
14	64
29	4
34	44
40	24
14	66
49	22
65	14
33	36
25	28
31	31
22	52
17	27
43	20
6	76
38	3
18	60
33	40
3	76
26	27
11	64
38	16
19	38
16	60
4	76
23	50
35	24
34	10
35	34
8	64
42	12
20	44
20	47
27	24
47	8
7	76
0	76
5	66
17	44
17	44
31	19
31	24
12	60
20	24
28	12
25	27
23	30
10	64
14	27
19	48
8	54
4	71
29	27
25	20
38	22
39	15
5	76
14	44
21	15
13	44
5	66
19	27
1	68
19	31
7	66
26	16
21	44
22	30
36	20
6	39
11	47
5	68
10	60
23	28
36	6
36	22
6	66
29	24
6	66
33	26