Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 17 January 2018

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 17 January 2018
Start: 2018-01-11
End: 2018-01-17
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 17 January 2018: 496 records at 442 stations, peak on 13 January 2018. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 17 January 2018 set or tied 496 station records at 442 stations.
It ran from 11 January 2018 to 17 January 2018 (7 days) and its peak day was 13 January 2018.
Status: closed.
N Stratford set a daily record precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 13 January 2018.
The busiest day was 13 January 2018 with 291 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 167 years.

Footprint

11 to 17 January 2018

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 17 January 2018 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, 11 to 17 January 2018: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Angelica	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	2018-01-12
N Stratford	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	2018-01-13
Lowville	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	2018-01-13
Olean	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	2018-01-12
Woodland	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2018-01-13
E Wareham	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	2018-01-13
Indian Lake 2SW	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	2018-01-13
Madison	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	2018-01-13
First Connecticut Lake	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	2018-01-13
Norwich	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	2018-01-13
Hopewell	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	2018-01-12
Hemlock	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	2018-01-13
Sherburne	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	2018-01-13
Towanda 1 S	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	2018-01-13
Old Forge	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	2018-01-12
Jackman	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	2018-01-13
Canandaigua 3 S	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	2018-01-13
Storrs	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	2018-01-13
Morrisville 6 SW	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	2018-01-13
Aurora Rsch Farm	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2018-01-13

Records per Day

Peak day 291

Records set or tied each day from 11 January 2018 to 17 January 2018. The most in one day was 291 on 13 January 2018.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 17 January 2018 ranked by margin
E Wareham, 01-13	50.1 mm (2.0 in)
Woodland, 01-13	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
Hopewell, 01-12	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
Indian Lake 2SW, 01-13	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
Madison, 01-13	30.2 mm (1.2 in)
Towanda 1 S, 01-13	29.8 mm (1.2 in)
Lowville, 01-13	26.9 mm (1.1 in)
Canandaigua 3 S, 01-13	25.9 mm (1.0 in)
Storrs, 01-13	25.9 mm (1.0 in)
N Stratford, 01-13	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
Sherburne, 01-13	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
Angelica, 01-12	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
Olean, 01-12	20.6 mm (0.8 in)
Morrisville 6 SW, 01-13	19.9 mm (0.8 in)
Aurora Rsch Farm, 01-13	19.6 mm (0.8 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

496 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, 11 to 17 January 2018
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
25	110
22	108
27	119
40	96
21	103
50	87
36	86
30	122
18	86
19	103
39	71
15	100
25	58
30	58
18	104
15	112
26	58
26	125
20	52
20	58
39	58
26	38
24	84
37	70
21	103
5	105
19	111
14	103
44	43
42	43
24	54
79	24
36	43
44	22
57	22
37	22
36	27
21	38
19	125
29	54
30	38
26	22
20	72
45	35
14	40
39	20
11	107
23	43
9	78
20	27
10	87
26	86
33	62
24	70
12	67
34	28
34	12
22	58
10	125
20	54
41	22
12	58
19	55
21	58
14	103
29	6
46	22
46	24
23	54
65	22
9	84
70	24
16	100
27	12
13	79
25	21
9	103
44	6
20	12
11	80
32	6
27	0
30	6
27	22
92	6
22	28
7	102
29	54
43	0
38	22
10	102
25	68
26	68
32	22
41	22
6	59
6	96
35	6
22	19
7	125
72	6
23	12
16	54
14	112
17	54
11	87
23	28
12	62
14	86
6	125
23	58
12	39
11	58
44	6
24	27
23	12
15	54
5	102
5	104
41	6
22	58
14	58
34	12
30	22
11	38
30	20
3	103
35	6
16	54
32	24
16	13
16	43
21	0
31	7
9	68
12	62
21	54
19	43
25	24
8	58
1	103
2	119
2	111
2	102
2	117
32	22
2	103
1	103
2	96
7	79
19	12
13	54
21	7
13	54
3	59
33	22
28	24
11	38
7	86
1	167
14	68
16	11
35	6
17	58
1	70
7	20
18	6
16	27
1	70
11	54
42	38
17	7
16	43
25	24
12	43
13	28
11	70
15	7
1	62
15	56
10	31
15	54
22	0
8	70
17	43
16	7
15	12
10	21
18	4
43	28
35	24
16	12
9	54
22	24
5	58
14	13
30	22
12	19
12	55
8	58

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 17 January 2018 compared with similar events
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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, 11 to 17 January 2018 (this event)	496 records

Every Record Set

20 of 496

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 17 January 2018, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2018-01-12	Angelica	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	108	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2018-01-12	Olean	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	103	77 of 100 (Major)
2018-01-12	Hopewell	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	71	68 of 100 (Major)
2018-01-12	Old Forge	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	104	65 of 100 (Major)
2018-01-13	N Stratford	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	110	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2018-01-13	Lowville	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	119	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2018-01-13	Woodland	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	96	77 of 100 (Major)
2018-01-13	E Wareham	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	87	76 of 100 (Major)
2018-01-13	Indian Lake 2SW	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	86	75 of 100 (Major)
2018-01-13	Madison	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	122	73 of 100 (Major)
2018-01-13	First Connecticut Lake	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	86	70 of 100 (Major)
2018-01-13	Norwich	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	103	70 of 100 (Major)
2018-01-13	Hemlock	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	100	67 of 100 (Major)
2018-01-13	Sherburne	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	58	67 of 100 (Major)
2018-01-13	Towanda 1 S	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	58	67 of 100 (Major)
2018-01-13	Jackman	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	112	64 of 100 (Major)
2018-01-13	Canandaigua 3 S	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	58	64 of 100 (Major)
2018-01-13	Storrs	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	125	63 of 100 (Major)
2018-01-13	Morrisville 6 SW	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	52	63 of 100 (Major)
2018-01-13	Aurora Rsch Farm	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	58	62 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 496 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 2026-10-17. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Date	Records
2018-01-11	6
2018-01-12	189
2018-01-13	291
2018-01-14	2
2018-01-15	1
2018-01-16	1
2018-01-17	6

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
25	110
22	108
27	119
40	96
21	103
50	87
36	86
30	122
18	86
19	103
39	71
15	100
25	58
30	58
18	104
15	112
26	58
26	125
20	52
20	58
39	58
26	38
24	84
37	70
21	103
5	105
19	111
14	103
44	43
42	43
24	54
79	24
36	43
44	22
57	22
37	22
36	27
21	38
19	125
29	54
30	38
26	22
20	72
45	35
14	40
39	20
11	107
23	43
9	78
20	27
10	87
26	86
33	62
24	70
12	67
34	28
34	12
22	58
10	125
20	54
41	22
12	58
19	55
21	58
14	103
29	6
46	22
46	24
23	54
65	22
9	84
70	24
16	100
27	12
13	79
25	21
9	103
44	6
20	12
11	80
32	6
27	0
30	6
27	22
92	6
22	28
7	102
29	54
43	0
38	22
10	102
25	68
26	68
32	22
41	22
6	59
6	96
35	6
22	19
7	125
72	6
23	12
16	54
14	112
17	54
11	87
23	28
12	62
14	86
6	125
23	58
12	39
11	58
44	6
24	27
23	12
15	54
5	102
5	104
41	6
22	58
14	58
34	12
30	22
11	38
30	20
3	103
35	6
16	54
32	24
16	13
16	43
21	0
31	7
9	68
12	62
21	54
19	43
25	24
8	58
1	103
2	119
2	111
2	102
2	117
32	22
2	103
1	103
2	96
7	79
19	12
13	54
21	7
13	54
3	59
33	22
28	24
11	38
7	86
1	167
14	68
16	11
35	6
17	58
1	70
7	20
18	6
16	27
1	70
11	54
42	38
17	7
16	43
25	24
12	43
13	28
11	70
15	7
1	62
15	56
10	31
15	54
22	0
8	70
17	43
16	7
15	12
10	21
18	4
43	28
35	24
16	12
9	54
22	24
5	58
14	13
30	22
12	19
12	55
8	58

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
25	110
22	108
27	119
40	96
21	103
50	87
36	86
30	122
18	86
19	103
39	71
15	100
25	58
30	58
18	104
15	112
26	58
26	125
20	52
20	58
39	58
26	38
24	84
37	70
21	103
5	105
19	111
14	103
44	43
42	43
24	54
79	24
36	43
44	22
57	22
37	22
36	27
21	38
19	125
29	54
30	38
26	22
20	72
45	35
14	40
39	20
11	107
23	43
9	78
20	27
10	87
26	86
33	62
24	70
12	67
34	28
34	12
22	58
10	125
20	54
41	22
12	58
19	55
21	58
14	103
29	6
46	22
46	24
23	54
65	22
9	84
70	24
16	100
27	12
13	79
25	21
9	103
44	6
20	12
11	80
32	6
27	0
30	6
27	22
92	6
22	28
7	102
29	54
43	0
38	22
10	102
25	68
26	68
32	22
41	22
6	59
6	96
35	6
22	19
7	125
72	6
23	12
16	54
14	112
17	54
11	87
23	28
12	62
14	86
6	125
23	58
12	39
11	58
44	6
24	27
23	12
15	54
5	102
5	104
41	6
22	58
14	58
34	12
30	22
11	38
30	20
3	103
35	6
16	54
32	24
16	13
16	43
21	0
31	7
9	68
12	62
21	54
19	43
25	24
8	58
1	103
2	119
2	111
2	102
2	117
32	22
2	103
1	103
2	96
7	79
19	12
13	54
21	7
13	54
3	59
33	22
28	24
11	38
7	86
1	167
14	68
16	11
35	6
17	58
1	70
7	20
18	6
16	27
1	70
11	54
42	38
17	7
16	43
25	24
12	43
13	28
11	70
15	7
1	62
15	56
10	31
15	54
22	0
8	70
17	43
16	7
15	12
10	21
18	4
43	28
35	24
16	12
9	54
22	24
5	58
14	13
30	22
12	19
12	55
8	58

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
25	110
22	108
27	119
40	96
21	103
50	87
36	86
30	122
18	86
19	103
39	71
15	100
25	58
30	58
18	104
15	112
26	58
26	125
20	52
20	58
39	58
26	38
24	84
37	70
21	103
5	105
19	111
14	103
44	43
42	43
24	54
79	24
36	43
44	22
57	22
37	22
36	27
21	38
19	125
29	54
30	38
26	22
20	72
45	35
14	40
39	20
11	107
23	43
9	78
20	27
10	87
26	86
33	62
24	70
12	67
34	28
34	12
22	58
10	125
20	54
41	22
12	58
19	55
21	58
14	103
29	6
46	22
46	24
23	54
65	22
9	84
70	24
16	100
27	12
13	79
25	21
9	103
44	6
20	12
11	80
32	6
27	0
30	6
27	22
92	6
22	28
7	102
29	54
43	0
38	22
10	102
25	68
26	68
32	22
41	22
6	59
6	96
35	6
22	19
7	125
72	6
23	12
16	54
14	112
17	54
11	87
23	28
12	62
14	86
6	125
23	58
12	39
11	58
44	6
24	27
23	12
15	54
5	102
5	104
41	6
22	58
14	58
34	12
30	22
11	38
30	20
3	103
35	6
16	54
32	24
16	13
16	43
21	0
31	7
9	68
12	62
21	54
19	43
25	24
8	58
1	103
2	119
2	111
2	102
2	117
32	22
2	103
1	103
2	96
7	79
19	12
13	54
21	7
13	54
3	59
33	22
28	24
11	38
7	86
1	167
14	68
16	11
35	6
17	58
1	70
7	20
18	6
16	27
1	70
11	54
42	38
17	7
16	43
25	24
12	43
13	28
11	70
15	7
1	62
15	56
10	31
15	54
22	0
8	70
17	43
16	7
15	12
10	21
18	4
43	28
35	24
16	12
9	54
22	24
5	58
14	13
30	22
12	19
12	55
8	58