Extreme rain in United States, 30 December 2018 to 5 January 2019

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 30 December 2018 to 5 January 2019
Start: 2018-12-30
End: 2019-01-05
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 30 December 2018 to 5 January 2019: 474 records at 448 stations, peak on 1 January 2019. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 30 December 2018 to 5 January 2019 set or tied 474 station records at 448 stations.
It ran from 30 December 2018 to 5 January 2019 (7 days) and its peak day was 1 January 2019.
Status: closed.
New London Lock #22 set a daily record precipitation of 60.2 mm (2.4 in) on 1 January 2019.
The busiest day was 1 January 2019 with 149 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 125 years.

Footprint

30 December 2018 to 5 January 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 30 December 2018 to 5 January 2019 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, 30 December 2018 to 5 January 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
New London Lock #22	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	2019-01-01
Decatur Wtp	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	2018-12-31
Hoopeston	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	2018-12-31
Talbotton	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2019-01-04
St Charles Elm Pt	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2018-12-31
Rison	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	2018-12-31
White Hall 1 E	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	2018-12-31
Lakeside	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	2018-12-31
Jamestown 4 ENE	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2019-01-01
Clayton	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2019-01-04
Corsicana	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	2019-01-03
Austin Bergstrom Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	2019-01-02
Hiram	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	2019-01-01
Canton 4N	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	2019-01-03
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	2018-12-31
Medora 1 S	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	2019-01-01
Rantoul	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	2019-01-01
Peru	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	2019-01-01
Navarro Mills Dam	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2019-01-03
Danville	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	2018-12-31

Records per Day

Peak day 149

Records set or tied each day from 30 December 2018 to 5 January 2019. The most in one day was 149 on 1 January 2019.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 30 December 2018 to 5 January 2019 ranked by margin
Austin Bergstrom Intl AP, 01-02	42.7 mm (1.7 in)
Clayton, 01-04	38.8 mm (1.5 in)
Talbotton, 01-04	38.6 mm (1.5 in)
New London Lock #22, 01-01	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
White Hall 1 E, 12-31	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
Decatur Wtp, 12-31	33.3 mm (1.3 in)
Navarro Mills Dam, 01-03	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
Rison, 12-31	30.7 mm (1.2 in)
Hoopeston, 12-31	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
Lakeside, 12-31	23.1 mm (0.9 in)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, 12-31	22.8 mm (0.9 in)
Corsicana, 01-03	21.9 mm (0.9 in)
St Charles Elm Pt, 12-31	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
Danville, 12-31	19.5 mm (0.8 in)
Jamestown 4 ENE, 01-01	18.6 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

474 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, 30 December 2018 to 5 January 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
37	57
39	76
33	52
29	52
20	100
31	121
36	40
23	87
19	57
39	76
22	84
43	53
8	87
12	121
18	71
13	71
23	33
13	71
32	53
20	40
4	120
10	87
6	87
30	45
24	53
15	87
9	92
29	36
5	125
4	100
2	103
2	103
3	103
17	53
4	87
32	45
7	71
7	92
11	55
8	69
23	47
5	87
26	12
6	87
0	103
18	52
4	84
2	96
19	28
1	116
14	73
7	84
27	45
11	76
13	24
20	57
7	57
10	72
4	81
7	69
64	1
7	81
47	4
4	84
7	71
14	45
11	60
11	71
1	87
30	44
25	33
24	33
13	36
9	51
2	87
12	69
9	72
17	67
1	88
5	73
11	40
2	84
2	84
11	68
24	52
10	52
20	45
44	4
33	13
29	13
11	40
3	84
8	71
23	51
10	52
9	52
4	71
25	20
6	53
36	4
0	87
3	68
28	12
4	72
12	44
3	71
6	57
4	57
12	45
3	68
1	71
2	71
9	40
3	57
17	45
16	44
18	16
18	43
19	28
11	48
8	40
13	12
11	40
15	48
7	40
2	77
18	47
14	40
7	40
10	24
8	40
15	57
37	1
30	41
28	9
8	52
5	36
14	44
9	40
19	36
13	39
12	49
9	40
10	52
9	33
17	8
6	40
21	44
40	28
26	44
3	52
15	41
15	45
13	47
19	28
24	4
4	40
3	69
9	40
6	52
14	47
0	61
6	45
8	40
32	28
5	33
3	36
5	52
3	52
10	44
6	48
9	43
1	69
13	27
15	8
13	27
14	47
5	57
3	36
10	52
5	44
15	24
6	40
9	16
2	57
16	28
3	40
4	52
10	43
5	40
26	28
14	8
14	13
1	60
5	55
13	32
11	40
1	52
7	36
28	4

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 30 December 2018 to 5 January 2019 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, 30 December 2018 to 5 January 2019 (this event)	474 records

Every Record Set

20 of 474

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 30 December 2018 to 5 January 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2018-12-31	Decatur Wtp	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	52	60 of 100 (Major)
2018-12-31	Hoopeston	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52	60 of 100 (Major)
2018-12-31	St Charles Elm Pt	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	100	56 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-31	Rison	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	121	55 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-31	White Hall 1 E	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40	55 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-31	Lakeside	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	87	54 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-31	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	33	46 of 100 (Notable)
2018-12-31	Danville	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	40	44 of 100 (Notable)
2019-01-01	New London Lock #22	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	57	65 of 100 (Major)
2019-01-01	Jamestown 4 ENE	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	57	54 of 100 (Notable)
2019-01-01	Hiram	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	87	48 of 100 (Notable)
2019-01-01	Medora 1 S	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	71	46 of 100 (Notable)
2019-01-01	Rantoul	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	71	46 of 100 (Notable)
2019-01-01	Peru	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	71	45 of 100 (Notable)
2019-01-02	Austin Bergstrom Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	53	51 of 100 (Notable)
2019-01-03	Corsicana	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	84	52 of 100 (Notable)
2019-01-03	Canton 4N	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	121	47 of 100 (Notable)
2019-01-03	Navarro Mills Dam	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	53	45 of 100 (Notable)
2019-01-04	Talbotton	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	76	60 of 100 (Major)
2019-01-04	Clayton	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	76	53 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 474 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
2018-12-30	3
2018-12-31	140
2019-01-01	149
2019-01-02	25
2019-01-03	84
2019-01-04	54
2019-01-05	19

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
37	57
39	76
33	52
29	52
20	100
31	121
36	40
23	87
19	57
39	76
22	84
43	53
8	87
12	121
18	71
13	71
23	33
13	71
32	53
20	40
4	120
10	87
6	87
30	45
24	53
15	87
9	92
29	36
5	125
4	100
2	103
2	103
3	103
17	53
4	87
32	45
7	71
7	92
11	55
8	69
23	47
5	87
26	12
6	87
0	103
18	52
4	84
2	96
19	28
1	116
14	73
7	84
27	45
11	76
13	24
20	57
7	57
10	72
4	81
7	69
64	1
7	81
47	4
4	84
7	71
14	45
11	60
11	71
1	87
30	44
25	33
24	33
13	36
9	51
2	87
12	69
9	72
17	67
1	88
5	73
11	40
2	84
2	84
11	68
24	52
10	52
20	45
44	4
33	13
29	13
11	40
3	84
8	71
23	51
10	52
9	52
4	71
25	20
6	53
36	4
0	87
3	68
28	12
4	72
12	44
3	71
6	57
4	57
12	45
3	68
1	71
2	71
9	40
3	57
17	45
16	44
18	16
18	43
19	28
11	48
8	40
13	12
11	40
15	48
7	40
2	77
18	47
14	40
7	40
10	24
8	40
15	57
37	1
30	41
28	9
8	52
5	36
14	44
9	40
19	36
13	39
12	49
9	40
10	52
9	33
17	8
6	40
21	44
40	28
26	44
3	52
15	41
15	45
13	47
19	28
24	4
4	40
3	69
9	40
6	52
14	47
0	61
6	45
8	40
32	28
5	33
3	36
5	52
3	52
10	44
6	48
9	43
1	69
13	27
15	8
13	27
14	47
5	57
3	36
10	52
5	44
15	24
6	40
9	16
2	57
16	28
3	40
4	52
10	43
5	40
26	28
14	8
14	13
1	60
5	55
13	32
11	40
1	52
7	36
28	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
37	57
39	76
33	52
29	52
20	100
31	121
36	40
23	87
19	57
39	76
22	84
43	53
8	87
12	121
18	71
13	71
23	33
13	71
32	53
20	40
4	120
10	87
6	87
30	45
24	53
15	87
9	92
29	36
5	125
4	100
2	103
2	103
3	103
17	53
4	87
32	45
7	71
7	92
11	55
8	69
23	47
5	87
26	12
6	87
0	103
18	52
4	84
2	96
19	28
1	116
14	73
7	84
27	45
11	76
13	24
20	57
7	57
10	72
4	81
7	69
64	1
7	81
47	4
4	84
7	71
14	45
11	60
11	71
1	87
30	44
25	33
24	33
13	36
9	51
2	87
12	69
9	72
17	67
1	88
5	73
11	40
2	84
2	84
11	68
24	52
10	52
20	45
44	4
33	13
29	13
11	40
3	84
8	71
23	51
10	52
9	52
4	71
25	20
6	53
36	4
0	87
3	68
28	12
4	72
12	44
3	71
6	57
4	57
12	45
3	68
1	71
2	71
9	40
3	57
17	45
16	44
18	16
18	43
19	28
11	48
8	40
13	12
11	40
15	48
7	40
2	77
18	47
14	40
7	40
10	24
8	40
15	57
37	1
30	41
28	9
8	52
5	36
14	44
9	40
19	36
13	39
12	49
9	40
10	52
9	33
17	8
6	40
21	44
40	28
26	44
3	52
15	41
15	45
13	47
19	28
24	4
4	40
3	69
9	40
6	52
14	47
0	61
6	45
8	40
32	28
5	33
3	36
5	52
3	52
10	44
6	48
9	43
1	69
13	27
15	8
13	27
14	47
5	57
3	36
10	52
5	44
15	24
6	40
9	16
2	57
16	28
3	40
4	52
10	43
5	40
26	28
14	8
14	13
1	60
5	55
13	32
11	40
1	52
7	36
28	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
37	57
39	76
33	52
29	52
20	100
31	121
36	40
23	87
19	57
39	76
22	84
43	53
8	87
12	121
18	71
13	71
23	33
13	71
32	53
20	40
4	120
10	87
6	87
30	45
24	53
15	87
9	92
29	36
5	125
4	100
2	103
2	103
3	103
17	53
4	87
32	45
7	71
7	92
11	55
8	69
23	47
5	87
26	12
6	87
0	103
18	52
4	84
2	96
19	28
1	116
14	73
7	84
27	45
11	76
13	24
20	57
7	57
10	72
4	81
7	69
64	1
7	81
47	4
4	84
7	71
14	45
11	60
11	71
1	87
30	44
25	33
24	33
13	36
9	51
2	87
12	69
9	72
17	67
1	88
5	73
11	40
2	84
2	84
11	68
24	52
10	52
20	45
44	4
33	13
29	13
11	40
3	84
8	71
23	51
10	52
9	52
4	71
25	20
6	53
36	4
0	87
3	68
28	12
4	72
12	44
3	71
6	57
4	57
12	45
3	68
1	71
2	71
9	40
3	57
17	45
16	44
18	16
18	43
19	28
11	48
8	40
13	12
11	40
15	48
7	40
2	77
18	47
14	40
7	40
10	24
8	40
15	57
37	1
30	41
28	9
8	52
5	36
14	44
9	40
19	36
13	39
12	49
9	40
10	52
9	33
17	8
6	40
21	44
40	28
26	44
3	52
15	41
15	45
13	47
19	28
24	4
4	40
3	69
9	40
6	52
14	47
0	61
6	45
8	40
32	28
5	33
3	36
5	52
3	52
10	44
6	48
9	43
1	69
13	27
15	8
13	27
14	47
5	57
3	36
10	52
5	44
15	24
6	40
9	16
2	57
16	28
3	40
4	52
10	43
5	40
26	28
14	8
14	13
1	60
5	55
13	32
11	40
1	52
7	36
28	4