Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 16 February 2018

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 16 February 2018
Start: 2018-02-01
End: 2018-02-16
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 16 February 2018: 580 records at 383 stations, peak on 4 February 2018. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 16 February 2018 set or tied 580 station records at 383 stations.
It ran from 1 February 2018 to 16 February 2018 (16 days) and its peak day was 4 February 2018.
Status: closed.
Brusett 3 E set a monthly record daily precipitation of 26.7 mm (1.1 in) on 9 February 2018.
The busiest day was 4 February 2018 with 103 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 123 years.

Footprint

1 to 16 February 2018

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 16 February 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, 1 to 16 February 2018: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Brusett 3 E	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	2018-02-09
Wood Creek	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2018-02-03
Chester	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	2018-02-03
Elliston	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	2018-02-04
Powder River Pass	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	2018-02-04
Busby	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	2018-02-05
Colstrip	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	2018-02-05
Ft Assiniboine	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2018-02-05
Goldbutte 7 N	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	2018-02-05
Hardin	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	2018-02-05
Valentine	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	2018-02-05
Emblem	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	2018-02-06
Albion 1 N	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	2018-02-08
Ekalaka	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	2018-02-08
Mosby 4 ENE	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	2018-02-08
Bynum 4 SSE	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	2018-02-09
Wibaux 2 E	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	2018-02-10
Colorado Nm	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	2018-02-13
Kremmling	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	2018-02-13
Moab	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	2018-02-13

Records per Day

Peak day 103

Records set or tied each day from 1 February 2018 to 16 February 2018. The most in one day was 103 on 4 February 2018.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 16 February 2018
Date	Records
2018-02-01	6
2018-02-02	52
2018-02-03	74
2018-02-04	103
2018-02-05	92
2018-02-06	36
2018-02-07	12
2018-02-08	70
2018-02-09	48
2018-02-10	20
2018-02-11	11
2018-02-12	23
2018-02-13	20
2018-02-14	2
2018-02-15	8
2018-02-16	3

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 16 February 2018 ranked by margin
Wood Creek, 02-03	22.8 mm (0.9 in)
Bynum 4 SSE, 02-09	20.8 mm (0.8 in)
Powder River Pass, 02-04	17.8 mm (0.7 in)
Brusett 3 E, 02-09	14.0 mm (0.6 in)
Kremmling, 02-13	13.9 mm (0.5 in)
Mosby 4 ENE, 02-08	13.2 mm (0.5 in)
Colstrip, 02-05	12.2 mm (0.5 in)
Albion 1 N, 02-08	12.0 mm (0.5 in)
Hardin, 02-05	11.4 mm (0.4 in)
Moab, 02-13	10.9 mm (0.4 in)
Wibaux 2 E, 02-10	9.7 mm (0.38 in)
Busby, 02-05	9.1 mm (0.36 in)
Colorado Nm, 02-13	8.4 mm (0.33 in)
Chester, 02-03	7.3 mm (0.29 in)
Ft Assiniboine, 02-05	5.9 mm (0.23 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

500 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, 1 to 16 February 2018
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
14	108
9	94
14	33
7	103
12	67
6	102
10	43
21	40
13	47
4	100
6	31
11	56
4	108
11	48
23	38
8	76
4	84
12	15
4	102
18	32
18	32
10	11
1	100
10	60
8	67
14	3
6	67
6	74
8	74
9	16
18	20
15	30
15	28
16	8
13	11
4	39
10	22
3	116
2	108
12	16
14	11
4	84
30	27
3	108
3	54
4	123
5	59
1	80
5	48
10	22
5	40
18	30
6	67
3	108
2	115
8	4
8	46
7	28
5	59
2	104
4	63
9	19
1	104
6	38
10	56
5	48
9	44
9	39
15	19
5	50
6	28
2	88
6	54
5	51
15	20
4	72
1	59
4	63
4	58
1	90
1	104
6	46
4	58
15	16
36	16
4	70
14	16
13	22
5	44
3	74
0	123
10	11
3	63
3	64
18	14
3	87
1	88
12	16
4	56
2	72
1	62
8	20
8	36
10	15
8	30
13	30
5	31
7	23
6	11
15	16
6	47
5	34
1	80
10	20
10	30
10	0
2	64
2	79
3	21
4	40
5	30
5	30
5	56
5	16
15	0
3	56
7	30
5	32
3	66
3	58
3	64
5	11
4	59
5	32
2	58
8	32
6	15
8	3
3	32
4	42
8	4
6	3
4	17
5	39
3	30
13	32
5	20
8	32
1	64
0	74
7	0
1	63
2	54
15	7
10	10
13	22
8	15
13	28
3	52
6	36
4	60
1	60
5	30
7	11
8	36
5	30
5	32
8	31
13	23
13	15
3	47
4	7
1	51
4	24
6	7
2	40
10	23
10	31
15	12
8	30
6	44
11	19
4	4
2	63
1	59
1	60
2	44
4	43
7	11
8	19
5	30
5	30
13	19
3	36
0	60
3	44
1	63
3	47
7	0
2	47

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 16 February 2018 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, 1 to 16 February 2018 (this event)	580 records

Every Record Set

20 of 580

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 16 February 2018, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2018-02-03	Wood Creek	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	38	55 of 100 (Notable)
2018-02-03	Chester	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	103	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-02-04	Elliston	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	102	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-02-04	Powder River Pass	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-02-05	Busby	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	94	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-02-05	Colstrip	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	15	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-02-05	Ft Assiniboine	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	31	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-02-05	Goldbutte 7 N	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	84	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-02-05	Hardin	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	56	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-02-05	Valentine	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	102	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-02-06	Emblem	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	100	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-02-08	Albion 1 N	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	67	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-02-08	Ekalaka	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	108	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-02-08	Mosby 4 ENE	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	47	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-02-09	Brusett 3 E	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	33	70 of 100 (Major)
2018-02-09	Bynum 4 SSE	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	40	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-02-10	Wibaux 2 E	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	43	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-02-13	Colorado Nm	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	76	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-02-13	Kremmling	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	108	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-02-13	Moab	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	48	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 580 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.

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
14	108
9	94
14	33
7	103
12	67
6	102
10	43
21	40
13	47
4	100
6	31
11	56
4	108
11	48
23	38
8	76
4	84
12	15
4	102
18	32
18	32
10	11
1	100
10	60
8	67
14	3
6	67
6	74
8	74
9	16
18	20
15	30
15	28
16	8
13	11
4	39
10	22
3	116
2	108
12	16
14	11
4	84
30	27
3	108
3	54
4	123
5	59
1	80
5	48
10	22
5	40
18	30
6	67
3	108
2	115
8	4
8	46
7	28
5	59
2	104
4	63
9	19
1	104
6	38
10	56
5	48
9	44
9	39
15	19
5	50
6	28
2	88
6	54
5	51
15	20
4	72
1	59
4	63
4	58
1	90
1	104
6	46
4	58
15	16
36	16
4	70
14	16
13	22
5	44
3	74
0	123
10	11
3	63
3	64
18	14
3	87
1	88
12	16
4	56
2	72
1	62
8	20
8	36
10	15
8	30
13	30
5	31
7	23
6	11
15	16
6	47
5	34
1	80
10	20
10	30
10	0
2	64
2	79
3	21
4	40
5	30
5	30
5	56
5	16
15	0
3	56
7	30
5	32
3	66
3	58
3	64
5	11
4	59
5	32
2	58
8	32
6	15
8	3
3	32
4	42
8	4
6	3
4	17
5	39
3	30
13	32
5	20
8	32
1	64
0	74
7	0
1	63
2	54
15	7
10	10
13	22
8	15
13	28
3	52
6	36
4	60
1	60
5	30
7	11
8	36
5	30
5	32
8	31
13	23
13	15
3	47
4	7
1	51
4	24
6	7
2	40
10	23
10	31
15	12
8	30
6	44
11	19
4	4
2	63
1	59
1	60
2	44
4	43
7	11
8	19
5	30
5	30
13	19
3	36
0	60
3	44
1	63
3	47
7	0
2	47

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
14	108
9	94
14	33
7	103
12	67
6	102
10	43
21	40
13	47
4	100
6	31
11	56
4	108
11	48
23	38
8	76
4	84
12	15
4	102
18	32
18	32
10	11
1	100
10	60
8	67
14	3
6	67
6	74
8	74
9	16
18	20
15	30
15	28
16	8
13	11
4	39
10	22
3	116
2	108
12	16
14	11
4	84
30	27
3	108
3	54
4	123
5	59
1	80
5	48
10	22
5	40
18	30
6	67
3	108
2	115
8	4
8	46
7	28
5	59
2	104
4	63
9	19
1	104
6	38
10	56
5	48
9	44
9	39
15	19
5	50
6	28
2	88
6	54
5	51
15	20
4	72
1	59
4	63
4	58
1	90
1	104
6	46
4	58
15	16
36	16
4	70
14	16
13	22
5	44
3	74
0	123
10	11
3	63
3	64
18	14
3	87
1	88
12	16
4	56
2	72
1	62
8	20
8	36
10	15
8	30
13	30
5	31
7	23
6	11
15	16
6	47
5	34
1	80
10	20
10	30
10	0
2	64
2	79
3	21
4	40
5	30
5	30
5	56
5	16
15	0
3	56
7	30
5	32
3	66
3	58
3	64
5	11
4	59
5	32
2	58
8	32
6	15
8	3
3	32
4	42
8	4
6	3
4	17
5	39
3	30
13	32
5	20
8	32
1	64
0	74
7	0
1	63
2	54
15	7
10	10
13	22
8	15
13	28
3	52
6	36
4	60
1	60
5	30
7	11
8	36
5	30
5	32
8	31
13	23
13	15
3	47
4	7
1	51
4	24
6	7
2	40
10	23
10	31
15	12
8	30
6	44
11	19
4	4
2	63
1	59
1	60
2	44
4	43
7	11
8	19
5	30
5	30
13	19
3	36
0	60
3	44
1	63
3	47
7	0
2	47

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
14	108
9	94
14	33
7	103
12	67
6	102
10	43
21	40
13	47
4	100
6	31
11	56
4	108
11	48
23	38
8	76
4	84
12	15
4	102
18	32
18	32
10	11
1	100
10	60
8	67
14	3
6	67
6	74
8	74
9	16
18	20
15	30
15	28
16	8
13	11
4	39
10	22
3	116
2	108
12	16
14	11
4	84
30	27
3	108
3	54
4	123
5	59
1	80
5	48
10	22
5	40
18	30
6	67
3	108
2	115
8	4
8	46
7	28
5	59
2	104
4	63
9	19
1	104
6	38
10	56
5	48
9	44
9	39
15	19
5	50
6	28
2	88
6	54
5	51
15	20
4	72
1	59
4	63
4	58
1	90
1	104
6	46
4	58
15	16
36	16
4	70
14	16
13	22
5	44
3	74
0	123
10	11
3	63
3	64
18	14
3	87
1	88
12	16
4	56
2	72
1	62
8	20
8	36
10	15
8	30
13	30
5	31
7	23
6	11
15	16
6	47
5	34
1	80
10	20
10	30
10	0
2	64
2	79
3	21
4	40
5	30
5	30
5	56
5	16
15	0
3	56
7	30
5	32
3	66
3	58
3	64
5	11
4	59
5	32
2	58
8	32
6	15
8	3
3	32
4	42
8	4
6	3
4	17
5	39
3	30
13	32
5	20
8	32
1	64
0	74
7	0
1	63
2	54
15	7
10	10
13	22
8	15
13	28
3	52
6	36
4	60
1	60
5	30
7	11
8	36
5	30
5	32
8	31
13	23
13	15
3	47
4	7
1	51
4	24
6	7
2	40
10	23
10	31
15	12
8	30
6	44
11	19
4	4
2	63
1	59
1	60
2	44
4	43
7	11
8	19
5	30
5	30
13	19
3	36
0	60
3	44
1	63
3	47
7	0
2	47