Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 18 February 2019

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 18 February 2019
Start: 2019-02-08
End: 2019-02-18
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 18 February 2019: 736 records at 646 stations, peak on 14 February 2019. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 18 February 2019 set or tied 736 station records at 646 stations.
It ran from 8 February 2019 to 18 February 2019 (11 days) and its peak day was 14 February 2019.
Status: closed.
Bowman Dam set a daily record precipitation of 213.6 mm (8.4 in) on 15 February 2019.
The busiest day was 14 February 2019 with 175 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 124 years.

Footprint

8 to 18 February 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 18 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, 8 to 18 February 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Julian Cdf	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	2019-02-14
Bowman Dam	Record daily precipitation	213.6 mm (8.4 in)	2019-02-15
Longview	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	2019-02-12
Hemet	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	2019-02-14
Cloverdale	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	2019-02-11
Dulce	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	2019-02-15
Palm Springs	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	2019-02-14
El Vado Dam	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	2019-02-15
Winters	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	2019-02-14
Woodland 1 WNW	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	2019-02-14
Weber Basin Pump Plt 3	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2019-02-13
Canjilon R/S	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2019-02-15
Chama	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	2019-02-15
Gibbs Rch - Jarbidge 24SE	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	2019-02-14
Colville	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	2019-02-13
Gunnison 3SW	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2019-02-15
Melstone	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	2019-02-15
Overton	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	2019-02-15
Great Falls 16St	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	2019-02-16
Bowman	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	2019-02-17

Records per Day

Peak day 175

Records set or tied each day from 8 February 2019 to 18 February 2019. The most in one day was 175 on 14 February 2019.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 18 February 2019
Date	Records
2019-02-08	1
2019-02-09	17
2019-02-10	31
2019-02-11	80
2019-02-12	46
2019-02-13	131
2019-02-14	175
2019-02-15	137
2019-02-16	59
2019-02-17	55
2019-02-18	4

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 18 February 2019 ranked by margin
Bowman Dam, 02-15	106.2 mm (4.2 in)
Julian Cdf, 02-14	88.9 mm (3.5 in)
Winters, 02-14	61.5 mm (2.4 in)
Cloverdale, 02-11	51.3 mm (2.0 in)
Longview, 02-12	41.7 mm (1.6 in)
Weber Basin Pump Plt 3, 02-13	33.3 mm (1.3 in)
Woodland 1 WNW, 02-14	29.8 mm (1.2 in)
Canjilon R/S, 02-15	21.3 mm (0.8 in)
Overton, 02-15	19.8 mm (0.8 in)
Palm Springs, 02-14	18.3 mm (0.7 in)
Hemet, 02-14	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
Colville, 02-13	17.2 mm (0.7 in)
Bowman, 02-17	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
Dulce, 02-15	13.7 mm (0.5 in)
Gibbs Rch - Jarbidge 24SE, 02-14	12.4 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, 8 to 18 February 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
106	115
89	92
16	88
11	118
8	115
17	68
18	76
42	64
51	76
14	92
18	87
20	79
7	82
62	40
8	80
30	81
21	3
6	124
33	48
12	32
38	39
4	121
8	81
19	32
15	32
22	92
6	97
5	51
9	83
23	36
20	73
9	104
29	28
38	35
7	80
63	40
14	39
12	33
4	99
23	28
11	24
13	40
17	64
46	49
29	56
17	10
4	100
31	24
20	64
66	35
4	115
4	56
23	20
15	57
5	115
11	40
22	20
48	20
13	35
10	52
14	40
8	81
4	80
26	39
3	89
10	39
15	37
20	28
27	40
17	35
21	11
17	32
6	60
3	115
6	81
5	89
17	64
6	56
21	44
11	80
6	52
2	101
5	97
30	37
8	92
6	73
36	20
10	26
1	74
4	80
12	20
20	36
12	19
13	27
8	80
2	92
13	40
5	60
11	56
3	87
18	32
22	45
12	79
1	75
20	39
11	81
5	73
3	81
12	39
9	32
5	63
6	63
6	56
31	19
6	20
1	57
4	64
0	100
1	108
1	92
14	64
7	12
2	92
18	36
23	40
5	52
20	44
1	89
12	40
5	52
14	64
7	27
4	52
48	19
11	52
37	32
3	40
10	5
2	85
12	4
5	32
5	52
16	32
17	33
8	20
7	21
24	44
18	19
18	28
15	33
0	91
6	57
3	56
0	92
13	24
9	20
7	76
9	23
15	40
8	36
11	20
31	32
21	56
46	32
30	40
14	56
9	35
21	24
2	84
1	81
2	80
6	20
1	56
8	45
13	24
18	35
31	24
10	33
28	35
1	76
16	48
19	7
21	64
1	81
10	39
0	84
2	80
3	56
10	32
13	35
18	64
10	39
2	73
40	8
2	67
6	32
6	32
12	20
0	80
23	28

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 18 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, 8 to 18 February 2019 (this event)	736 records

Every Record Set

20 of 736

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 18 February 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-02-11	Cloverdale	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	76	67 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-12	Longview	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	64	68 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-13	Weber Basin Pump Plt 3	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	48	59 of 100 (Notable)
2019-02-13	Colville	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	68	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-14	Julian Cdf	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	92	77 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-14	Hemet	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	76	68 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-14	Palm Springs	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	87	64 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-14	Winters	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40	62 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-14	Woodland 1 WNW	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	81	60 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-14	Gibbs Rch - Jarbidge 24SE	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	32	58 of 100 (Notable)
2019-02-15	Bowman Dam	Record daily precipitation	213.6 mm (8.4 in)	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	115	77 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-15	Dulce	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	92	66 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-15	El Vado Dam	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	82	63 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-15	Canjilon R/S	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	3	59 of 100 (Notable)
2019-02-15	Chama	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	124	59 of 100 (Notable)
2019-02-15	Gunnison 3SW	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	118	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-15	Melstone	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	80	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-15	Overton	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	79	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-16	Great Falls 16St	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	115	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-17	Bowman	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	88	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 736 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
106	115
89	92
16	88
11	118
8	115
17	68
18	76
42	64
51	76
14	92
18	87
20	79
7	82
62	40
8	80
30	81
21	3
6	124
33	48
12	32
38	39
4	121
8	81
19	32
15	32
22	92
6	97
5	51
9	83
23	36
20	73
9	104
29	28
38	35
7	80
63	40
14	39
12	33
4	99
23	28
11	24
13	40
17	64
46	49
29	56
17	10
4	100
31	24
20	64
66	35
4	115
4	56
23	20
15	57
5	115
11	40
22	20
48	20
13	35
10	52
14	40
8	81
4	80
26	39
3	89
10	39
15	37
20	28
27	40
17	35
21	11
17	32
6	60
3	115
6	81
5	89
17	64
6	56
21	44
11	80
6	52
2	101
5	97
30	37
8	92
6	73
36	20
10	26
1	74
4	80
12	20
20	36
12	19
13	27
8	80
2	92
13	40
5	60
11	56
3	87
18	32
22	45
12	79
1	75
20	39
11	81
5	73
3	81
12	39
9	32
5	63
6	63
6	56
31	19
6	20
1	57
4	64
0	100
1	108
1	92
14	64
7	12
2	92
18	36
23	40
5	52
20	44
1	89
12	40
5	52
14	64
7	27
4	52
48	19
11	52
37	32
3	40
10	5
2	85
12	4
5	32
5	52
16	32
17	33
8	20
7	21
24	44
18	19
18	28
15	33
0	91
6	57
3	56
0	92
13	24
9	20
7	76
9	23
15	40
8	36
11	20
31	32
21	56
46	32
30	40
14	56
9	35
21	24
2	84
1	81
2	80
6	20
1	56
8	45
13	24
18	35
31	24
10	33
28	35
1	76
16	48
19	7
21	64
1	81
10	39
0	84
2	80
3	56
10	32
13	35
18	64
10	39
2	73
40	8
2	67
6	32
6	32
12	20
0	80
23	28

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
106	115
89	92
16	88
11	118
8	115
17	68
18	76
42	64
51	76
14	92
18	87
20	79
7	82
62	40
8	80
30	81
21	3
6	124
33	48
12	32
38	39
4	121
8	81
19	32
15	32
22	92
6	97
5	51
9	83
23	36
20	73
9	104
29	28
38	35
7	80
63	40
14	39
12	33
4	99
23	28
11	24
13	40
17	64
46	49
29	56
17	10
4	100
31	24
20	64
66	35
4	115
4	56
23	20
15	57
5	115
11	40
22	20
48	20
13	35
10	52
14	40
8	81
4	80
26	39
3	89
10	39
15	37
20	28
27	40
17	35
21	11
17	32
6	60
3	115
6	81
5	89
17	64
6	56
21	44
11	80
6	52
2	101
5	97
30	37
8	92
6	73
36	20
10	26
1	74
4	80
12	20
20	36
12	19
13	27
8	80
2	92
13	40
5	60
11	56
3	87
18	32
22	45
12	79
1	75
20	39
11	81
5	73
3	81
12	39
9	32
5	63
6	63
6	56
31	19
6	20
1	57
4	64
0	100
1	108
1	92
14	64
7	12
2	92
18	36
23	40
5	52
20	44
1	89
12	40
5	52
14	64
7	27
4	52
48	19
11	52
37	32
3	40
10	5
2	85
12	4
5	32
5	52
16	32
17	33
8	20
7	21
24	44
18	19
18	28
15	33
0	91
6	57
3	56
0	92
13	24
9	20
7	76
9	23
15	40
8	36
11	20
31	32
21	56
46	32
30	40
14	56
9	35
21	24
2	84
1	81
2	80
6	20
1	56
8	45
13	24
18	35
31	24
10	33
28	35
1	76
16	48
19	7
21	64
1	81
10	39
0	84
2	80
3	56
10	32
13	35
18	64
10	39
2	73
40	8
2	67
6	32
6	32
12	20
0	80
23	28

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
106	115
89	92
16	88
11	118
8	115
17	68
18	76
42	64
51	76
14	92
18	87
20	79
7	82
62	40
8	80
30	81
21	3
6	124
33	48
12	32
38	39
4	121
8	81
19	32
15	32
22	92
6	97
5	51
9	83
23	36
20	73
9	104
29	28
38	35
7	80
63	40
14	39
12	33
4	99
23	28
11	24
13	40
17	64
46	49
29	56
17	10
4	100
31	24
20	64
66	35
4	115
4	56
23	20
15	57
5	115
11	40
22	20
48	20
13	35
10	52
14	40
8	81
4	80
26	39
3	89
10	39
15	37
20	28
27	40
17	35
21	11
17	32
6	60
3	115
6	81
5	89
17	64
6	56
21	44
11	80
6	52
2	101
5	97
30	37
8	92
6	73
36	20
10	26
1	74
4	80
12	20
20	36
12	19
13	27
8	80
2	92
13	40
5	60
11	56
3	87
18	32
22	45
12	79
1	75
20	39
11	81
5	73
3	81
12	39
9	32
5	63
6	63
6	56
31	19
6	20
1	57
4	64
0	100
1	108
1	92
14	64
7	12
2	92
18	36
23	40
5	52
20	44
1	89
12	40
5	52
14	64
7	27
4	52
48	19
11	52
37	32
3	40
10	5
2	85
12	4
5	32
5	52
16	32
17	33
8	20
7	21
24	44
18	19
18	28
15	33
0	91
6	57
3	56
0	92
13	24
9	20
7	76
9	23
15	40
8	36
11	20
31	32
21	56
46	32
30	40
14	56
9	35
21	24
2	84
1	81
2	80
6	20
1	56
8	45
13	24
18	35
31	24
10	33
28	35
1	76
16	48
19	7
21	64
1	81
10	39
0	84
2	80
3	56
10	32
13	35
18	64
10	39
2	73
40	8
2	67
6	32
6	32
12	20
0	80
23	28