Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 3 March 2018

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 3 March 2018
Start: 2018-03-01
End: 2018-03-03
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 3 March 2018: 172 records at 171 stations, peak on 2 March 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 3 March 2018 set or tied 172 station records at 171 stations.
It ran from 1 March 2018 to 3 March 2018 (3 days) and its peak day was 2 March 2018.
Status: closed.
New Bedford Coop set a daily record precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 3 March 2018.
The busiest day was 2 March 2018 with 107 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 121 years.

Footprint

1 to 3 March 2018

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 3 March 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 3 March 2018: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
New Bedford Coop	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	2018-03-03
Bowling Green Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	2018-03-01
Alfred	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2018-03-02
Allegany Sp	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	2018-03-02
Franklinville	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2018-03-02
Warren 3 S	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	2018-03-02
Franklin	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	2018-03-02
Nantucket Mem AP	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	2018-03-02
Mansfield 5 W	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	2018-03-03
Linesville 1 S	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	2018-03-02
Clarion 3 SW	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	2018-03-02
Avon	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	2018-03-02
Dansville	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2018-03-02
Hornell Almond Dam	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	2018-03-02
Fremont	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	2018-03-02
Three Rivers	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	2018-03-02
Oberlin	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	2018-03-02
Angelica	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2018-03-02
Jamestown 4 ENE	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2018-03-02
Middleboro	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	2018-03-03

Records per Day

Peak day 107

Records set or tied each day from 1 March 2018 to 3 March 2018. The most in one day was 107 on 2 March 2018.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 3 March 2018 ranked by margin
Middleboro, 03-03	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
Nantucket Mem AP, 03-02	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
New Bedford Coop, 03-03	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
Bowling Green Wwtp, 03-01	28.7 mm (1.1 in)
Oberlin, 03-02	27.4 mm (1.1 in)
Alfred, 03-02	25.2 mm (1.0 in)
Franklin, 03-02	24.6 mm (1.0 in)
Fremont, 03-02	24.6 mm (1.0 in)
Jamestown 4 ENE, 03-02	21.4 mm (0.8 in)
Franklinville, 03-02	21.1 mm (0.8 in)
Allegany Sp, 03-02	20.8 mm (0.8 in)
Linesville 1 S, 03-02	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
Dansville, 03-02	20.1 mm (0.8 in)
Hornell Almond Dam, 03-02	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
Mansfield 5 W, 03-03	17.0 mm (0.7 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

172 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 3 March 2018
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
50	121
29	109
25	64
21	88
21	64
16	104
25	64
17	112
51	14
20	64
15	109
12	117
20	41
19	64
25	45
15	80
27	19
16	64
52	16
21	41
37	11
48	11
38	11
30	11
24	55
11	84
32	45
17	41
22	71
18	41
6	109
30	1
26	16
23	48
3	109
19	24
23	11
13	64
28	0
24	11
2	117
1	112
2	104
21	11
25	45
42	11
0	104
3	88
21	11
28	45
41	11
22	11
10	41
17	24
6	71
34	35
17	45
1	88
14	45
8	71
10	55
18	11
8	55
15	11
5	63
5	64
21	24
4	64
4	64
4	61
4	63
11	45
18	20
19	11
20	11
1	72
8	45
1	64
1	71
3	64
8	27
12	31
20	35
31	11
11	45
0	64
15	27
13	11
1	67
6	8
11	45
3	64
19	11
1	64
1	64
7	31
12	13
10	19
17	11
13	11
25	11
16	11
10	31
5	41
14	24
12	31
7	31
1	55
5	31
11	27
8	27
10	1
12	31
13	24
9	11
10	11
10	11
15	11
2	45
3	41
2	45
4	45
18	24
7	11
10	1
13	3
12	11
5	31
21	11
6	31
8	0
2	35
8	0
6	13
4	31
0	31
3	20
8	11
10	11
1	35
11	24
4	11
12	11
6	13
7	13
5	1
5	11
6	11
4	27
3	20
4	11
1	11
2	11
5	11
3	11
3	11
1	11
1	31
5	11
1	11
7	3
7	11
2	11
4	11
1	0
3	1
5	0
4	0
1	0
2	0
6	0
1	11

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 3 March 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 3 March 2018 (this event)	172 records

Every Record Set

20 of 172

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 3 March 2018, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2018-03-01	Bowling Green Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	109	76 of 100 (Major)
2018-03-02	Alfred	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	64	67 of 100 (Major)
2018-03-02	Allegany Sp	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	88	66 of 100 (Major)
2018-03-02	Franklinville	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	64	63 of 100 (Major)
2018-03-02	Warren 3 S	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	104	62 of 100 (Major)
2018-03-02	Franklin	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	64	62 of 100 (Major)
2018-03-02	Nantucket Mem AP	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14	61 of 100 (Major)
2018-03-02	Linesville 1 S	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	64	60 of 100 (Major)
2018-03-02	Clarion 3 SW	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	109	58 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-02	Avon	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	117	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-02	Dansville	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	41	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-02	Hornell Almond Dam	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	64	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-02	Fremont	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	45	54 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-02	Three Rivers	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	80	53 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-02	Oberlin	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19	53 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-02	Angelica	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	64	52 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-02	Jamestown 4 ENE	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	41	51 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-03	New Bedford Coop	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	121	78 of 100 (Major)
2018-03-03	Mansfield 5 W	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	112	61 of 100 (Major)
2018-03-03	Middleboro	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	16	51 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 172 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
50	121
29	109
25	64
21	88
21	64
16	104
25	64
17	112
51	14
20	64
15	109
12	117
20	41
19	64
25	45
15	80
27	19
16	64
52	16
21	41
37	11
48	11
38	11
30	11
24	55
11	84
32	45
17	41
22	71
18	41
6	109
30	1
26	16
23	48
3	109
19	24
23	11
13	64
28	0
24	11
2	117
1	112
2	104
21	11
25	45
42	11
0	104
3	88
21	11
28	45
41	11
22	11
10	41
17	24
6	71
34	35
17	45
1	88
14	45
8	71
10	55
18	11
8	55
15	11
5	63
5	64
21	24
4	64
4	64
4	61
4	63
11	45
18	20
19	11
20	11
1	72
8	45
1	64
1	71
3	64
8	27
12	31
20	35
31	11
11	45
0	64
15	27
13	11
1	67
6	8
11	45
3	64
19	11
1	64
1	64
7	31
12	13
10	19
17	11
13	11
25	11
16	11
10	31
5	41
14	24
12	31
7	31
1	55
5	31
11	27
8	27
10	1
12	31
13	24
9	11
10	11
10	11
15	11
2	45
3	41
2	45
4	45
18	24
7	11
10	1
13	3
12	11
5	31
21	11
6	31
8	0
2	35
8	0
6	13
4	31
0	31
3	20
8	11
10	11
1	35
11	24
4	11
12	11
6	13
7	13
5	1
5	11
6	11
4	27
3	20
4	11
1	11
2	11
5	11
3	11
3	11
1	11
1	31
5	11
1	11
7	3
7	11
2	11
4	11
1	0
3	1
5	0
4	0
1	0
2	0
6	0
1	11

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
50	121
29	109
25	64
21	88
21	64
16	104
25	64
17	112
51	14
20	64
15	109
12	117
20	41
19	64
25	45
15	80
27	19
16	64
52	16
21	41
37	11
48	11
38	11
30	11
24	55
11	84
32	45
17	41
22	71
18	41
6	109
30	1
26	16
23	48
3	109
19	24
23	11
13	64
28	0
24	11
2	117
1	112
2	104
21	11
25	45
42	11
0	104
3	88
21	11
28	45
41	11
22	11
10	41
17	24
6	71
34	35
17	45
1	88
14	45
8	71
10	55
18	11
8	55
15	11
5	63
5	64
21	24
4	64
4	64
4	61
4	63
11	45
18	20
19	11
20	11
1	72
8	45
1	64
1	71
3	64
8	27
12	31
20	35
31	11
11	45
0	64
15	27
13	11
1	67
6	8
11	45
3	64
19	11
1	64
1	64
7	31
12	13
10	19
17	11
13	11
25	11
16	11
10	31
5	41
14	24
12	31
7	31
1	55
5	31
11	27
8	27
10	1
12	31
13	24
9	11
10	11
10	11
15	11
2	45
3	41
2	45
4	45
18	24
7	11
10	1
13	3
12	11
5	31
21	11
6	31
8	0
2	35
8	0
6	13
4	31
0	31
3	20
8	11
10	11
1	35
11	24
4	11
12	11
6	13
7	13
5	1
5	11
6	11
4	27
3	20
4	11
1	11
2	11
5	11
3	11
3	11
1	11
1	31
5	11
1	11
7	3
7	11
2	11
4	11
1	0
3	1
5	0
4	0
1	0
2	0
6	0
1	11

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
50	121
29	109
25	64
21	88
21	64
16	104
25	64
17	112
51	14
20	64
15	109
12	117
20	41
19	64
25	45
15	80
27	19
16	64
52	16
21	41
37	11
48	11
38	11
30	11
24	55
11	84
32	45
17	41
22	71
18	41
6	109
30	1
26	16
23	48
3	109
19	24
23	11
13	64
28	0
24	11
2	117
1	112
2	104
21	11
25	45
42	11
0	104
3	88
21	11
28	45
41	11
22	11
10	41
17	24
6	71
34	35
17	45
1	88
14	45
8	71
10	55
18	11
8	55
15	11
5	63
5	64
21	24
4	64
4	64
4	61
4	63
11	45
18	20
19	11
20	11
1	72
8	45
1	64
1	71
3	64
8	27
12	31
20	35
31	11
11	45
0	64
15	27
13	11
1	67
6	8
11	45
3	64
19	11
1	64
1	64
7	31
12	13
10	19
17	11
13	11
25	11
16	11
10	31
5	41
14	24
12	31
7	31
1	55
5	31
11	27
8	27
10	1
12	31
13	24
9	11
10	11
10	11
15	11
2	45
3	41
2	45
4	45
18	24
7	11
10	1
13	3
12	11
5	31
21	11
6	31
8	0
2	35
8	0
6	13
4	31
0	31
3	20
8	11
10	11
1	35
11	24
4	11
12	11
6	13
7	13
5	1
5	11
6	11
4	27
3	20
4	11
1	11
2	11
5	11
3	11
3	11
1	11
1	31
5	11
1	11
7	3
7	11
2	11
4	11
1	0
3	1
5	0
4	0
1	0
2	0
6	0
1	11