Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 18 to 25 February 2019

Name: Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 18 to 25 February 2019
Start: 2019-02-18
End: 2019-02-25
Location: United States, Mexico

Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 18 to 25 February 2019: 424 records at 379 stations, peak on 24 February 2019. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 18 to 25 February 2019 set or tied 424 station records at 379 stations.
It ran from 18 February 2019 to 25 February 2019 (8 days) and its peak day was 24 February 2019.
Status: closed.
Springerville set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 22 February 2019.
The busiest day was 24 February 2019 with 156 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 118 years.

Footprint

18 to 25 February 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 18 to 25 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 and Mexico, 18 to 25 February 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Springerville	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2019-02-22
Paw Paw 2S	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	2019-02-24
Ajo	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2019-02-22
Williams	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2019-02-21
Arivaca	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	2019-02-22
Casa Grande Nm	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	2019-02-22
Lac Vieux Desert	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	2019-02-24
Tumacacori Nm	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2019-02-22
Augusta	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	2019-02-23
Betatakin	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	2019-02-22
Beloit	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	2019-02-24
Mauston 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2019-02-24
Rhinelander	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2019-02-24
Wikieup	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	2019-02-22
Tucson Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	2019-02-22
Cedar Rapids Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	2019-02-23
Tribune 1W	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	2019-02-23
Washta	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	2019-02-24
Ladysmith 3W	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	2019-02-24
Medford	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2019-02-24

Records per Day

Peak day 156

Records set or tied each day from 18 February 2019 to 25 February 2019. The most in one day was 156 on 24 February 2019.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 18 to 25 February 2019 ranked by margin
Wikieup, 02-22	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
Arivaca, 02-22	33.8 mm (1.3 in)
Tumacacori Nm, 02-22	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
Augusta, 02-23	31.3 mm (1.2 in)
Williams, 02-21	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
Casa Grande Nm, 02-22	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
Paw Paw 2S, 02-24	22.3 mm (0.9 in)
Betatakin, 02-22	21.4 mm (0.8 in)
Tucson Intl AP, 02-22	21.1 mm (0.8 in)
Cedar Rapids Muni AP, 02-23	20.6 mm (0.8 in)
Rhinelander, 02-24	18.8 mm (0.7 in)
Lac Vieux Desert, 02-24	16.7 mm (0.7 in)
Tribune 1W, 02-23	15.0 mm (0.6 in)
Washta, 02-24	14.0 mm (0.6 in)
Springerville, 02-22	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

424 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 and Mexico, 18 to 25 February 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
15	105
13	96
22	104
9	99
34	45
25	45
25	99
14	92
17	37
12	104
32	45
31	60
21	3
13	107
13	92
19	27
36	49
21	45
9	88
21	41
6	99
27	14
16	93
6	105
11	93
14	104
12	37
17	19
12	49
38	24
21	44
10	48
15	41
22	45
6	105
7	104
7	104
16	16
4	116
15	45
14	77
6	109
14	19
35	17
19	4
7	92
6	104
4	118
14	4
23	23
17	45
7	96
31	45
3	111
19	56
13	44
25	8
43	17
22	45
20	56
44	19
4	104
7	88
6	92
10	68
28	11
24	7
3	105
4	67
61	8
12	69
24	8
14	75
2	115
15	63
4	104
15	49
5	93
18	33
6	84
9	44
14	41
16	26
8	33
2	109
3	116
10	7
4	77
3	99
5	31
13	44
24	19
5	84
6	34
18	60
9	60
22	24
17	37
1	104
2	93
8	44
18	33
4	84
4	84
5	84
15	25
34	45
17	33
5	53
3	89
2	92
12	49
13	1
9	44
9	56
20	1
21	45
2	88
16	41
4	79
8	60
11	59
8	37
2	84
25	24
16	33
2	79
21	19
4	64
10	41
9	28
3	56
5	64
14	39
4	77
15	1
8	41
13	17
1	84
13	1
3	75
15	1
9	33
8	41
3	53
14	24
9	37
2	77
10	8
14	40
28	33
12	45
12	33
9	44
12	28
8	49
10	1
2	48
17	19
7	27
26	39
16	19
13	17
9	25
12	1
33	8
1	64
7	45
19	13
16	15
2	69
7	6
10	25
2	32
4	41
3	41
3	36
13	15
1	73
10	17
11	12
3	63
5	41
46	8
4	61
7	45
5	63
9	17
10	17
6	33
4	45
10	24
10	33
5	57
10	33
8	33
13	17
4	41
7	33
6	3

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 18 to 25 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 and Mexico, 18 to 25 February 2019 (this event)	424 records

Every Record Set

20 of 424

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 18 to 25 February 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-02-21	Williams	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	99	61 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-22	Springerville	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	96	71 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-22	Ajo	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	99	62 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-22	Arivaca	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45	61 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-22	Casa Grande Nm	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	45	61 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-22	Tumacacori Nm	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45	60 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-22	Betatakin	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	3	59 of 100 (Notable)
2019-02-22	Wikieup	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	49	56 of 100 (Notable)
2019-02-22	Tucson Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	45	56 of 100 (Notable)
2019-02-23	Augusta	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	60	60 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-23	Cedar Rapids Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	41	55 of 100 (Notable)
2019-02-23	Tribune 1W	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	105	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-24	Paw Paw 2S	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	104	71 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-24	Lac Vieux Desert	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	37	61 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-24	Beloit	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	107	58 of 100 (Notable)
2019-02-24	Mauston 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	92	57 of 100 (Notable)
2019-02-24	Rhinelander	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	27	57 of 100 (Notable)
2019-02-24	Washta	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	92	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-24	Ladysmith 3W	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	88	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-24	Medford	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	104	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 424 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
2019-02-18	9
2019-02-19	13
2019-02-20	1
2019-02-21	46
2019-02-22	76
2019-02-23	117
2019-02-24	156
2019-02-25	6

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
15	105
13	96
22	104
9	99
34	45
25	45
25	99
14	92
17	37
12	104
32	45
31	60
21	3
13	107
13	92
19	27
36	49
21	45
9	88
21	41
6	99
27	14
16	93
6	105
11	93
14	104
12	37
17	19
12	49
38	24
21	44
10	48
15	41
22	45
6	105
7	104
7	104
16	16
4	116
15	45
14	77
6	109
14	19
35	17
19	4
7	92
6	104
4	118
14	4
23	23
17	45
7	96
31	45
3	111
19	56
13	44
25	8
43	17
22	45
20	56
44	19
4	104
7	88
6	92
10	68
28	11
24	7
3	105
4	67
61	8
12	69
24	8
14	75
2	115
15	63
4	104
15	49
5	93
18	33
6	84
9	44
14	41
16	26
8	33
2	109
3	116
10	7
4	77
3	99
5	31
13	44
24	19
5	84
6	34
18	60
9	60
22	24
17	37
1	104
2	93
8	44
18	33
4	84
4	84
5	84
15	25
34	45
17	33
5	53
3	89
2	92
12	49
13	1
9	44
9	56
20	1
21	45
2	88
16	41
4	79
8	60
11	59
8	37
2	84
25	24
16	33
2	79
21	19
4	64
10	41
9	28
3	56
5	64
14	39
4	77
15	1
8	41
13	17
1	84
13	1
3	75
15	1
9	33
8	41
3	53
14	24
9	37
2	77
10	8
14	40
28	33
12	45
12	33
9	44
12	28
8	49
10	1
2	48
17	19
7	27
26	39
16	19
13	17
9	25
12	1
33	8
1	64
7	45
19	13
16	15
2	69
7	6
10	25
2	32
4	41
3	41
3	36
13	15
1	73
10	17
11	12
3	63
5	41
46	8
4	61
7	45
5	63
9	17
10	17
6	33
4	45
10	24
10	33
5	57
10	33
8	33
13	17
4	41
7	33
6	3

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
15	105
13	96
22	104
9	99
34	45
25	45
25	99
14	92
17	37
12	104
32	45
31	60
21	3
13	107
13	92
19	27
36	49
21	45
9	88
21	41
6	99
27	14
16	93
6	105
11	93
14	104
12	37
17	19
12	49
38	24
21	44
10	48
15	41
22	45
6	105
7	104
7	104
16	16
4	116
15	45
14	77
6	109
14	19
35	17
19	4
7	92
6	104
4	118
14	4
23	23
17	45
7	96
31	45
3	111
19	56
13	44
25	8
43	17
22	45
20	56
44	19
4	104
7	88
6	92
10	68
28	11
24	7
3	105
4	67
61	8
12	69
24	8
14	75
2	115
15	63
4	104
15	49
5	93
18	33
6	84
9	44
14	41
16	26
8	33
2	109
3	116
10	7
4	77
3	99
5	31
13	44
24	19
5	84
6	34
18	60
9	60
22	24
17	37
1	104
2	93
8	44
18	33
4	84
4	84
5	84
15	25
34	45
17	33
5	53
3	89
2	92
12	49
13	1
9	44
9	56
20	1
21	45
2	88
16	41
4	79
8	60
11	59
8	37
2	84
25	24
16	33
2	79
21	19
4	64
10	41
9	28
3	56
5	64
14	39
4	77
15	1
8	41
13	17
1	84
13	1
3	75
15	1
9	33
8	41
3	53
14	24
9	37
2	77
10	8
14	40
28	33
12	45
12	33
9	44
12	28
8	49
10	1
2	48
17	19
7	27
26	39
16	19
13	17
9	25
12	1
33	8
1	64
7	45
19	13
16	15
2	69
7	6
10	25
2	32
4	41
3	41
3	36
13	15
1	73
10	17
11	12
3	63
5	41
46	8
4	61
7	45
5	63
9	17
10	17
6	33
4	45
10	24
10	33
5	57
10	33
8	33
13	17
4	41
7	33
6	3

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
15	105
13	96
22	104
9	99
34	45
25	45
25	99
14	92
17	37
12	104
32	45
31	60
21	3
13	107
13	92
19	27
36	49
21	45
9	88
21	41
6	99
27	14
16	93
6	105
11	93
14	104
12	37
17	19
12	49
38	24
21	44
10	48
15	41
22	45
6	105
7	104
7	104
16	16
4	116
15	45
14	77
6	109
14	19
35	17
19	4
7	92
6	104
4	118
14	4
23	23
17	45
7	96
31	45
3	111
19	56
13	44
25	8
43	17
22	45
20	56
44	19
4	104
7	88
6	92
10	68
28	11
24	7
3	105
4	67
61	8
12	69
24	8
14	75
2	115
15	63
4	104
15	49
5	93
18	33
6	84
9	44
14	41
16	26
8	33
2	109
3	116
10	7
4	77
3	99
5	31
13	44
24	19
5	84
6	34
18	60
9	60
22	24
17	37
1	104
2	93
8	44
18	33
4	84
4	84
5	84
15	25
34	45
17	33
5	53
3	89
2	92
12	49
13	1
9	44
9	56
20	1
21	45
2	88
16	41
4	79
8	60
11	59
8	37
2	84
25	24
16	33
2	79
21	19
4	64
10	41
9	28
3	56
5	64
14	39
4	77
15	1
8	41
13	17
1	84
13	1
3	75
15	1
9	33
8	41
3	53
14	24
9	37
2	77
10	8
14	40
28	33
12	45
12	33
9	44
12	28
8	49
10	1
2	48
17	19
7	27
26	39
16	19
13	17
9	25
12	1
33	8
1	64
7	45
19	13
16	15
2	69
7	6
10	25
2	32
4	41
3	41
3	36
13	15
1	73
10	17
11	12
3	63
5	41
46	8
4	61
7	45
5	63
9	17
10	17
6	33
4	45
10	24
10	33
5	57
10	33
8	33
13	17
4	41
7	33
6	3