Extreme rain in United States, 31 January to 9 February 2019

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 31 January to 9 February 2019
Start: 2019-01-31
End: 2019-02-09
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 31 January to 9 February 2019: 1,399 records at 1,114 stations, peak on 7 February 2019. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 31 January to 9 February 2019 set or tied 1,399 station records at 1,114 stations.
It ran from 31 January 2019 to 9 February 2019 (10 days) and its peak day was 7 February 2019.
Status: closed.
Dickson set a monthly record daily precipitation of 180.3 mm (7.1 in) on 6 February 2019.
The busiest day was 7 February 2019 with 277 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 126 years.

Footprint

31 January to 9 February 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 31 January to 9 February 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, 31 January to 9 February 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Dickson	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	2019-02-06
Carthage	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	2019-02-07
Eaton	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	2019-02-08
Columbus	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	2019-02-08
Dillon U of Montana Western	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2019-02-05
Brownsville	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	2019-02-07
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	2019-02-08
Nashville Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	2019-02-06
Waldron	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	2019-02-07
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	2019-02-08
Minot Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	2019-02-04
Houston	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	2019-02-07
Culbertson	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	2019-02-03
Eureka	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	2019-02-03
Panguitch	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	2019-02-03
Baudette	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	2019-02-04
Ennis	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	2019-02-04
Bottineau	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	2019-02-04
Towner 2 NE	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	2019-02-04
Upham 3 N	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2019-02-04

Records per Day

Peak day 277

Records set or tied each day from 31 January 2019 to 9 February 2019. The most in one day was 277 on 7 February 2019.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States, 31 January to 9 February 2019
Date	Records
2019-01-31	12
2019-02-01	5
2019-02-02	83
2019-02-03	207
2019-02-04	223
2019-02-05	179
2019-02-06	211
2019-02-07	277
2019-02-08	201
2019-02-09	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 31 January to 9 February 2019 ranked by margin
Nashville Intl AP, 02-06	74.2 mm (2.9 in)
Dickson, 02-06	73.6 mm (2.9 in)
Carthage, 02-07	52.6 mm (2.1 in)
Brownsville, 02-07	44.4 mm (1.7 in)
Waldron, 02-07	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
Eaton, 02-08	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
Columbus, 02-08	31.7 mm (1.2 in)
Houston, 02-07	27.7 mm (1.1 in)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm, 02-08	24.4 mm (1.0 in)
Minot Exp STN, 02-04	19.8 mm (0.8 in)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV, 02-08	17.5 mm (0.7 in)
Towner 2 NE, 02-04	16.7 mm (0.7 in)
Upham 3 N, 02-04	14.5 mm (0.6 in)
Panguitch, 02-03	13.2 mm (0.5 in)
Baudette, 02-04	12.7 mm (0.5 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, 31 January to 9 February 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
74	70
53	124
36	85
13	109
32	124
13	76
8	107
7	98
9	111
18	110
17	68
44	91
9	75
15	65
74	64
41	97
24	113
28	121
13	111
20	48
43	53
53	49
82	53
57	52
31	97
31	126
6	112
32	97
15	93
7	65
31	64
33	85
18	60
23	20
11	104
20	85
12	41
20	89
23	68
29	81
30	121
8	67
23	57
14	40
9	81
18	76
8	73
14	118
9	80
28	39
19	91
8	92
13	118
14	69
5	121
5	85
11	118
8	118
9	118
13	73
14	68
6	104
4	104
7	72
9	60
11	124
30	20
6	121
14	65
15	68
16	44
15	113
22	80
25	68
9	65
6	44
6	113
21	68
30	20
49	32
5	103
15	85
8	68
13	4
8	92
16	81
36	13
11	68
7	76
4	104
4	97
5	75
7	55
15	81
28	13
9	32
84	0
12	68
4	56
33	20
25	23
7	52
18	91
7	68
3	103
61	13
30	20
22	53
4	108
29	45
14	40
15	16
22	20
3	103
8	12
18	60
16	53
26	31
18	64
2	108
13	97
18	85
48	68
17	32
9	115
11	53
5	113
8	117
3	103
8	57
9	65
19	56
26	29
9	53
5	65
25	32
2	109
12	88
11	81
12	67
10	40
7	80
6	64
2	96
3	88
28	28
6	104
16	85
27	3
17	4
15	39
25	29
15	33
25	36
8	100
2	62
42	32
32	13
7	48
7	48
9	0
12	60
66	15
2	101
9	16
14	53
74	0
8	68
25	23
8	76
6	60
4	80
2	100
6	64
4	60
8	85
12	91
43	0
9	43
5	96
10	68
10	20
39	20
58	40
5	111
20	40
6	68
9	45
2	109
7	68
1	103
3	85
5	81
8	85
3	121
3	118
1	101
4	100
3	91
1	104

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 31 January to 9 February 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, 31 January to 9 February 2019 (this event)	1,399 records

Every Record Set

20 of 1,399

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 31 January to 9 February 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-02-03	Culbertson	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	107	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-03	Eureka	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	111	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-03	Panguitch	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	109	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-04	Minot Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	48	64 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-04	Baudette	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	76	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-04	Ennis	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	75	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-04	Bottineau	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	111	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-04	Towner 2 NE	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	68	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-04	Upham 3 N	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	65	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-05	Dillon U of Montana Western	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	98	72 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-06	Dickson	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	70	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
2019-02-06	Nashville Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	64	66 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-07	Carthage	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	124	78 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-07	Brownsville	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	91	68 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-07	Waldron	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	97	65 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-07	Houston	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	121	64 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-08	Eaton	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	85	75 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-08	Columbus	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	124	73 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-08	Bloomington Indiana UNIV	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	110	68 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-08	Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	113	65 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 1,399 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 2026-10-12. 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
74	70
53	124
36	85
13	109
32	124
13	76
8	107
7	98
9	111
18	110
17	68
44	91
9	75
15	65
74	64
41	97
24	113
28	121
13	111
20	48
43	53
53	49
82	53
57	52
31	97
31	126
6	112
32	97
15	93
7	65
31	64
33	85
18	60
23	20
11	104
20	85
12	41
20	89
23	68
29	81
30	121
8	67
23	57
14	40
9	81
18	76
8	73
14	118
9	80
28	39
19	91
8	92
13	118
14	69
5	121
5	85
11	118
8	118
9	118
13	73
14	68
6	104
4	104
7	72
9	60
11	124
30	20
6	121
14	65
15	68
16	44
15	113
22	80
25	68
9	65
6	44
6	113
21	68
30	20
49	32
5	103
15	85
8	68
13	4
8	92
16	81
36	13
11	68
7	76
4	104
4	97
5	75
7	55
15	81
28	13
9	32
84	0
12	68
4	56
33	20
25	23
7	52
18	91
7	68
3	103
61	13
30	20
22	53
4	108
29	45
14	40
15	16
22	20
3	103
8	12
18	60
16	53
26	31
18	64
2	108
13	97
18	85
48	68
17	32
9	115
11	53
5	113
8	117
3	103
8	57
9	65
19	56
26	29
9	53
5	65
25	32
2	109
12	88
11	81
12	67
10	40
7	80
6	64
2	96
3	88
28	28
6	104
16	85
27	3
17	4
15	39
25	29
15	33
25	36
8	100
2	62
42	32
32	13
7	48
7	48
9	0
12	60
66	15
2	101
9	16
14	53
74	0
8	68
25	23
8	76
6	60
4	80
2	100
6	64
4	60
8	85
12	91
43	0
9	43
5	96
10	68
10	20
39	20
58	40
5	111
20	40
6	68
9	45
2	109
7	68
1	103
3	85
5	81
8	85
3	121
3	118
1	101
4	100
3	91
1	104

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
74	70
53	124
36	85
13	109
32	124
13	76
8	107
7	98
9	111
18	110
17	68
44	91
9	75
15	65
74	64
41	97
24	113
28	121
13	111
20	48
43	53
53	49
82	53
57	52
31	97
31	126
6	112
32	97
15	93
7	65
31	64
33	85
18	60
23	20
11	104
20	85
12	41
20	89
23	68
29	81
30	121
8	67
23	57
14	40
9	81
18	76
8	73
14	118
9	80
28	39
19	91
8	92
13	118
14	69
5	121
5	85
11	118
8	118
9	118
13	73
14	68
6	104
4	104
7	72
9	60
11	124
30	20
6	121
14	65
15	68
16	44
15	113
22	80
25	68
9	65
6	44
6	113
21	68
30	20
49	32
5	103
15	85
8	68
13	4
8	92
16	81
36	13
11	68
7	76
4	104
4	97
5	75
7	55
15	81
28	13
9	32
84	0
12	68
4	56
33	20
25	23
7	52
18	91
7	68
3	103
61	13
30	20
22	53
4	108
29	45
14	40
15	16
22	20
3	103
8	12
18	60
16	53
26	31
18	64
2	108
13	97
18	85
48	68
17	32
9	115
11	53
5	113
8	117
3	103
8	57
9	65
19	56
26	29
9	53
5	65
25	32
2	109
12	88
11	81
12	67
10	40
7	80
6	64
2	96
3	88
28	28
6	104
16	85
27	3
17	4
15	39
25	29
15	33
25	36
8	100
2	62
42	32
32	13
7	48
7	48
9	0
12	60
66	15
2	101
9	16
14	53
74	0
8	68
25	23
8	76
6	60
4	80
2	100
6	64
4	60
8	85
12	91
43	0
9	43
5	96
10	68
10	20
39	20
58	40
5	111
20	40
6	68
9	45
2	109
7	68
1	103
3	85
5	81
8	85
3	121
3	118
1	101
4	100
3	91
1	104

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
74	70
53	124
36	85
13	109
32	124
13	76
8	107
7	98
9	111
18	110
17	68
44	91
9	75
15	65
74	64
41	97
24	113
28	121
13	111
20	48
43	53
53	49
82	53
57	52
31	97
31	126
6	112
32	97
15	93
7	65
31	64
33	85
18	60
23	20
11	104
20	85
12	41
20	89
23	68
29	81
30	121
8	67
23	57
14	40
9	81
18	76
8	73
14	118
9	80
28	39
19	91
8	92
13	118
14	69
5	121
5	85
11	118
8	118
9	118
13	73
14	68
6	104
4	104
7	72
9	60
11	124
30	20
6	121
14	65
15	68
16	44
15	113
22	80
25	68
9	65
6	44
6	113
21	68
30	20
49	32
5	103
15	85
8	68
13	4
8	92
16	81
36	13
11	68
7	76
4	104
4	97
5	75
7	55
15	81
28	13
9	32
84	0
12	68
4	56
33	20
25	23
7	52
18	91
7	68
3	103
61	13
30	20
22	53
4	108
29	45
14	40
15	16
22	20
3	103
8	12
18	60
16	53
26	31
18	64
2	108
13	97
18	85
48	68
17	32
9	115
11	53
5	113
8	117
3	103
8	57
9	65
19	56
26	29
9	53
5	65
25	32
2	109
12	88
11	81
12	67
10	40
7	80
6	64
2	96
3	88
28	28
6	104
16	85
27	3
17	4
15	39
25	29
15	33
25	36
8	100
2	62
42	32
32	13
7	48
7	48
9	0
12	60
66	15
2	101
9	16
14	53
74	0
8	68
25	23
8	76
6	60
4	80
2	100
6	64
4	60
8	85
12	91
43	0
9	43
5	96
10	68
10	20
39	20
58	40
5	111
20	40
6	68
9	45
2	109
7	68
1	103
3	85
5	81
8	85
3	121
3	118
1	101
4	100
3	91
1	104