Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 17 December 2018

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 17 December 2018
Start: 2018-12-13
End: 2018-12-17
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 17 December 2018: 327 records at 309 stations, peak on 15 December 2018. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 17 December 2018 set or tied 327 station records at 309 stations.
It ran from 13 December 2018 to 17 December 2018 (5 days) and its peak day was 15 December 2018.
Status: closed.
Washington Reagan Natl AP set a daily record precipitation of 64.8 mm (2.6 in) on 15 December 2018.
The busiest day was 15 December 2018 with 136 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 116 years.

Footprint

13 to 17 December 2018

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 17 December 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, 13 to 17 December 2018: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Washington Reagan Natl AP	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	2018-12-15
Elmore City 3 SW	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	2018-12-14
Dwtn Charleston	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	2018-12-14
Charlottesville 2W	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	2018-12-15
State College	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	2018-12-16
New Cumberland L/D	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2018-12-16
Anson	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2018-12-14
Inverness 3 SE	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	2018-12-15
Brookgreen Gardens	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	2018-12-15
Bellefontaine	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2018-12-16
Crescent City	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	2018-12-15
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	2018-12-15
Romney 1 SW	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	2018-12-15
Dennison Wtr Wks	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	2018-12-16
Little Rock AP Adams Fld	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	2018-12-13
Cross City 1 E	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	2018-12-15
Baltimore-Washington Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	2018-12-15
Perry	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	2018-12-14
Cambridge	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	2018-12-16
Dubois Srn In Forage Farm	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	2018-12-15

Records per Day

Peak day 136

Records set or tied each day from 13 December 2018 to 17 December 2018. The most in one day was 136 on 15 December 2018.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 17 December 2018 ranked by margin
Cross City 1 E, 12-15	66.3 mm (2.6 in)
Brookgreen Gardens, 12-15	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
Little Rock AP Adams Fld, 12-13	56.6 mm (2.2 in)
Crescent City, 12-15	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
Washington Reagan Natl AP, 12-15	40.9 mm (1.6 in)
Dwtn Charleston, 12-14	38.4 mm (1.5 in)
Anson, 12-14	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
Elmore City 3 SW, 12-14	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
Dennison Wtr Wks, 12-16	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
Dubois Srn In Forage Farm, 12-15	30.8 mm (1.2 in)
Inverness 3 SE, 12-15	27.7 mm (1.1 in)
Perry, 12-14	23.6 mm (0.9 in)
Baltimore-Washington Intl AP, 12-15	23.1 mm (0.9 in)
Cambridge, 12-16	22.6 mm (0.9 in)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl, 12-15	21.8 mm (0.9 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

327 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, 13 to 17 December 2018
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
41	69
35	69
13	116
20	116
38	40
13	91
28	45
11	116
62	24
37	25
56	4
22	69
35	24
9	116
57	31
66	4
23	69
24	72
23	36
31	43
32	25
13	80
26	43
18	61
30	25
36	64
35	40
14	69
7	84
6	91
29	40
36	12
18	71
37	25
8	80
11	71
67	3
2	116
15	56
21	47
16	28
19	43
2	112
17	56
12	67
0	112
1	100
10	69
11	75
15	69
28	36
32	12
5	80
14	67
18	43
12	36
9	69
20	36
48	31
12	69
29	12
14	36
20	44
7	69
24	40
30	36
3	77
24	36
8	69
19	43
5	44
11	67
5	40
44	4
14	67
21	31
27	5
8	67
13	72
15	36
5	69
18	25
5	67
17	19
4	71
21	44
7	69
27	31
32	16
28	39
4	72
11	36
19	12
19	4
24	43
24	4
23	16
2	69
25	21
2	69
18	40
19	36
2	69
2	67
13	43
25	23
10	28
15	32
2	67
9	26
25	16
13	31
27	15
6	61
30	4
25	25
8	36
7	44
14	36
16	40
12	43
19	31
1	61
10	36
14	45
2	67
15	31
37	17
6	57
7	41
9	40
20	31
12	21
3	61
24	25
7	41
11	45
5	39
13	25
1	65
36	4
3	55
8	31
13	28
19	4
7	44
5	47
2	32
11	25
10	15
27	17
11	36
9	23
27	3
22	19
15	32
9	44
9	36
7	28
9	36
8	36
7	36
11	11
16	36
21	12
3	56
18	15
8	32
22	4
7	45
13	31
11	31
16	36
9	33
8	36
1	61
27	3
6	49
6	40
18	4
9	41
15	12
12	36
13	33
10	11
5	36
11	25
15	15
12	31
3	44
16	36
18	19
8	36
1	43
1	40
17	7
9	20
16	31
10	31
11	11

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 17 December 2018 compared with similar events
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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, 13 to 17 December 2018 (this event)	327 records

Every Record Set

20 of 327

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 17 December 2018, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2018-12-13	Little Rock AP Adams Fld	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31	49 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-14	Elmore City 3 SW	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	69	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-14	Dwtn Charleston	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40	56 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-14	Anson	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25	53 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-14	Perry	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	72	47 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-15	Washington Reagan Natl AP	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	69	67 of 100 (Major)
2018-12-15	Charlottesville 2W	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	116	56 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-15	Inverness 3 SE	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45	53 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-15	Brookgreen Gardens	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	24	53 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-15	Crescent City	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	4	51 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-15	Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	69	51 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-15	Romney 1 SW	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	116	50 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-15	Cross City 1 E	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	4	48 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-15	Baltimore-Washington Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	69	48 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-15	Dubois Srn In Forage Farm	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	43	46 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-16	State College	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	116	56 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-16	New Cumberland L/D	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	91	55 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-16	Bellefontaine	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	116	53 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-16	Dennison Wtr Wks	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24	50 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-16	Cambridge	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	36	47 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 327 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
41	69
35	69
13	116
20	116
38	40
13	91
28	45
11	116
62	24
37	25
56	4
22	69
35	24
9	116
57	31
66	4
23	69
24	72
23	36
31	43
32	25
13	80
26	43
18	61
30	25
36	64
35	40
14	69
7	84
6	91
29	40
36	12
18	71
37	25
8	80
11	71
67	3
2	116
15	56
21	47
16	28
19	43
2	112
17	56
12	67
0	112
1	100
10	69
11	75
15	69
28	36
32	12
5	80
14	67
18	43
12	36
9	69
20	36
48	31
12	69
29	12
14	36
20	44
7	69
24	40
30	36
3	77
24	36
8	69
19	43
5	44
11	67
5	40
44	4
14	67
21	31
27	5
8	67
13	72
15	36
5	69
18	25
5	67
17	19
4	71
21	44
7	69
27	31
32	16
28	39
4	72
11	36
19	12
19	4
24	43
24	4
23	16
2	69
25	21
2	69
18	40
19	36
2	69
2	67
13	43
25	23
10	28
15	32
2	67
9	26
25	16
13	31
27	15
6	61
30	4
25	25
8	36
7	44
14	36
16	40
12	43
19	31
1	61
10	36
14	45
2	67
15	31
37	17
6	57
7	41
9	40
20	31
12	21
3	61
24	25
7	41
11	45
5	39
13	25
1	65
36	4
3	55
8	31
13	28
19	4
7	44
5	47
2	32
11	25
10	15
27	17
11	36
9	23
27	3
22	19
15	32
9	44
9	36
7	28
9	36
8	36
7	36
11	11
16	36
21	12
3	56
18	15
8	32
22	4
7	45
13	31
11	31
16	36
9	33
8	36
1	61
27	3
6	49
6	40
18	4
9	41
15	12
12	36
13	33
10	11
5	36
11	25
15	15
12	31
3	44
16	36
18	19
8	36
1	43
1	40
17	7
9	20
16	31
10	31
11	11

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
41	69
35	69
13	116
20	116
38	40
13	91
28	45
11	116
62	24
37	25
56	4
22	69
35	24
9	116
57	31
66	4
23	69
24	72
23	36
31	43
32	25
13	80
26	43
18	61
30	25
36	64
35	40
14	69
7	84
6	91
29	40
36	12
18	71
37	25
8	80
11	71
67	3
2	116
15	56
21	47
16	28
19	43
2	112
17	56
12	67
0	112
1	100
10	69
11	75
15	69
28	36
32	12
5	80
14	67
18	43
12	36
9	69
20	36
48	31
12	69
29	12
14	36
20	44
7	69
24	40
30	36
3	77
24	36
8	69
19	43
5	44
11	67
5	40
44	4
14	67
21	31
27	5
8	67
13	72
15	36
5	69
18	25
5	67
17	19
4	71
21	44
7	69
27	31
32	16
28	39
4	72
11	36
19	12
19	4
24	43
24	4
23	16
2	69
25	21
2	69
18	40
19	36
2	69
2	67
13	43
25	23
10	28
15	32
2	67
9	26
25	16
13	31
27	15
6	61
30	4
25	25
8	36
7	44
14	36
16	40
12	43
19	31
1	61
10	36
14	45
2	67
15	31
37	17
6	57
7	41
9	40
20	31
12	21
3	61
24	25
7	41
11	45
5	39
13	25
1	65
36	4
3	55
8	31
13	28
19	4
7	44
5	47
2	32
11	25
10	15
27	17
11	36
9	23
27	3
22	19
15	32
9	44
9	36
7	28
9	36
8	36
7	36
11	11
16	36
21	12
3	56
18	15
8	32
22	4
7	45
13	31
11	31
16	36
9	33
8	36
1	61
27	3
6	49
6	40
18	4
9	41
15	12
12	36
13	33
10	11
5	36
11	25
15	15
12	31
3	44
16	36
18	19
8	36
1	43
1	40
17	7
9	20
16	31
10	31
11	11

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
41	69
35	69
13	116
20	116
38	40
13	91
28	45
11	116
62	24
37	25
56	4
22	69
35	24
9	116
57	31
66	4
23	69
24	72
23	36
31	43
32	25
13	80
26	43
18	61
30	25
36	64
35	40
14	69
7	84
6	91
29	40
36	12
18	71
37	25
8	80
11	71
67	3
2	116
15	56
21	47
16	28
19	43
2	112
17	56
12	67
0	112
1	100
10	69
11	75
15	69
28	36
32	12
5	80
14	67
18	43
12	36
9	69
20	36
48	31
12	69
29	12
14	36
20	44
7	69
24	40
30	36
3	77
24	36
8	69
19	43
5	44
11	67
5	40
44	4
14	67
21	31
27	5
8	67
13	72
15	36
5	69
18	25
5	67
17	19
4	71
21	44
7	69
27	31
32	16
28	39
4	72
11	36
19	12
19	4
24	43
24	4
23	16
2	69
25	21
2	69
18	40
19	36
2	69
2	67
13	43
25	23
10	28
15	32
2	67
9	26
25	16
13	31
27	15
6	61
30	4
25	25
8	36
7	44
14	36
16	40
12	43
19	31
1	61
10	36
14	45
2	67
15	31
37	17
6	57
7	41
9	40
20	31
12	21
3	61
24	25
7	41
11	45
5	39
13	25
1	65
36	4
3	55
8	31
13	28
19	4
7	44
5	47
2	32
11	25
10	15
27	17
11	36
9	23
27	3
22	19
15	32
9	44
9	36
7	28
9	36
8	36
7	36
11	11
16	36
21	12
3	56
18	15
8	32
22	4
7	45
13	31
11	31
16	36
9	33
8	36
1	61
27	3
6	49
6	40
18	4
9	41
15	12
12	36
13	33
10	11
5	36
11	25
15	15
12	31
3	44
16	36
18	19
8	36
1	43
1	40
17	7
9	20
16	31
10	31
11	11