Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 23 February to 15 March 2019

Name: Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 23 February to 15 March 2019
Start: 2019-02-23
End: 2019-03-15
Location: United States, Mexico

Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 23 February to 15 March 2019: 2,223 records at 1,625 stations, peak on 13 March 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, 23 February to 15 March 2019 set or tied 2,223 station records at 1,625 stations.
It ran from 23 February 2019 to 15 March 2019 (21 days) and its peak day was 13 March 2019.
Status: closed.
Manzanita Lake set an all-time record daily precipitation of 254.0 mm (10.0 in) on 28 February 2019.
The busiest day was 13 March 2019 with 471 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 126 years.

Footprint

23 February to 15 March 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 23 February to 15 March 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, 23 February to 15 March 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Manzanita Lake	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	2019-02-28
Sugarloaf Rsvr	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2019-03-07
Dillon U of Montana Western	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2019-02-26
Watertown Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	2019-03-13
Hugo 1 NW	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2019-03-14
Prineville	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	2019-02-25
Cheesman	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2019-03-14
Greeley	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	2019-03-14
Ft Ross	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	2019-02-28
Huron Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	2019-03-13
Aztec Ruins Nm	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2019-03-13
Middletown	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	2019-02-28
Crested Butte	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	2019-03-07
Kearney 4 NE	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	2019-03-14
Oroville	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	2019-03-06
Cheyenne	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	2019-03-13
Forestburg 4 NNE	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	2019-03-14
Madison 2SE	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	2019-03-14
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	2019-02-26
Moab	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	2019-03-13

Records per Day

Peak day 471

Records set or tied each day from 23 February 2019 to 15 March 2019. The most in one day was 471 on 13 March 2019.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 23 February to 15 March 2019
Date	Records
2019-02-23	8
2019-02-24	93
2019-02-25	159
2019-02-26	159
2019-02-27	123
2019-02-28	21
2019-03-01	18
2019-03-02	57
2019-03-03	55
2019-03-04	11
2019-03-05	13
2019-03-06	117
2019-03-07	96
2019-03-08	64
2019-03-09	98
2019-03-10	232
2019-03-11	32
2019-03-12	129
2019-03-13	471
2019-03-14	253
2019-03-15	14

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 23 February to 15 March 2019 ranked by margin
Middletown, 02-28	120.6 mm (4.7 in)
Manzanita Lake, 02-28	104.1 mm (4.1 in)
Oroville, 03-06	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
Ft Ross, 02-28	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
Forestburg 4 NNE, 03-14	38.6 mm (1.5 in)
Greeley, 03-14	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
Watertown Rgnl AP, 03-13	31.4 mm (1.2 in)
Kearney 4 NE, 03-14	26.9 mm (1.1 in)
Madison 2SE, 03-14	26.4 mm (1.0 in)
Crested Butte, 03-07	23.9 mm (0.9 in)
Huron Rgnl AP, 03-13	22.8 mm (0.9 in)
Cheesman, 03-14	21.9 mm (0.9 in)
Hugo 1 NW, 03-14	21.4 mm (0.8 in)
Aztec Ruins Nm, 03-13	19.3 mm (0.8 in)
Dillon U of Montana Western, 02-26	19.0 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

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 and Mexico, 23 February to 15 March 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
104	66
15	115
21	118
19	104
31	101
17	95
22	92
35	105
46	112
23	105
19	81
17	81
121	79
24	72
27	122
8	122
55	49
14	81
39	65
26	53
67	100
14	90
24	90
18	81
19	94
19	114
72	79
17	105
21	105
26	110
16	100
15	56
30	96
27	56
27	66
25	48
21	77
35	45
23	40
26	78
49	43
25	65
20	30
15	93
21	117
17	80
14	80
25	69
31	56
17	105
21	24
15	64
36	45
14	109
23	33
18	36
10	121
19	106
22	60
35	12
24	2
26	15
16	119
52	45
34	45
28	72
74	79
55	60
15	117
8	60
44	40
8	82
31	45
40	45
12	52
10	61
28	79
19	45
14	81
27	77
13	125
12	60
27	79
30	24
30	57
24	45
10	79
9	79
24	44
17	54
14	40
19	33
12	49
12	80
42	46
14	106
62	40
16	42
10	32
6	81
11	93
7	112
24	73
18	96
26	45
21	65
11	92
22	66
21	48
19	52
7	49
2	119
20	40
18	76
18	28
5	72
22	27
14	93
8	79
14	39
16	16
8	92
27	28
14	45
14	24
4	119
6	90
16	29
8	45
26	33
24	66
17	78
15	76
29	36
18	28
7	121
31	32
25	36
20	79
116	19
37	79
23	33
13	74
5	79
28	54
18	68
14	101
15	38
16	45
5	117
1	100
35	29
24	45
6	84
46	28
20	29
30	28
31	28
23	32
20	36
15	35
38	35
23	45
15	16
13	40
30	22
18	29
16	68
10	93
20	45
8	114
9	119
9	105
19	45
9	90
20	16
25	28
4	106
28	36
38	36
10	109
16	120
26	20
35	13
6	93
18	65
1	122
17	105
15	37
19	26
17	52
35	12
5	105
8	40
4	118
20	24
18	38
10	24
19	40
37	22

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 23 February to 15 March 2019 compared with similar events
Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 23 February to 15 March 2019 (this event)	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, 1 to 23 April 2019	1,769 records

Every Record Set

20 of 2,223

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 23 February to 15 March 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-02-25	Prineville	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	95	78 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-26	Dillon U of Montana Western	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	104	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2019-02-26	Yellowstone Park Mammoth	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	122	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-28	Manzanita Lake	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	66	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
2019-02-28	Ft Ross	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	112	75 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-28	Middletown	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	120.6 mm (4.7 in)	79	73 of 100 (Major)
2019-03-06	Oroville	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49	70 of 100 (Major)
2019-03-07	Sugarloaf Rsvr	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	115	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
2019-03-07	Crested Butte	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	72	71 of 100 (Major)
2019-03-13	Watertown Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	101	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2019-03-13	Huron Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	105	75 of 100 (Major)
2019-03-13	Aztec Ruins Nm	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	81	74 of 100 (Major)
2019-03-13	Cheyenne	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	81	70 of 100 (Major)
2019-03-13	Moab	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	81	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-03-14	Hugo 1 NW	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	118	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2019-03-14	Cheesman	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	92	77 of 100 (Major)
2019-03-14	Greeley	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	105	77 of 100 (Major)
2019-03-14	Kearney 4 NE	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	122	71 of 100 (Major)
2019-03-14	Forestburg 4 NNE	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	65	69 of 100 (Major)
2019-03-14	Madison 2SE	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	53	69 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 2,223 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
104	66
15	115
21	118
19	104
31	101
17	95
22	92
35	105
46	112
23	105
19	81
17	81
121	79
24	72
27	122
8	122
55	49
14	81
39	65
26	53
67	100
14	90
24	90
18	81
19	94
19	114
72	79
17	105
21	105
26	110
16	100
15	56
30	96
27	56
27	66
25	48
21	77
35	45
23	40
26	78
49	43
25	65
20	30
15	93
21	117
17	80
14	80
25	69
31	56
17	105
21	24
15	64
36	45
14	109
23	33
18	36
10	121
19	106
22	60
35	12
24	2
26	15
16	119
52	45
34	45
28	72
74	79
55	60
15	117
8	60
44	40
8	82
31	45
40	45
12	52
10	61
28	79
19	45
14	81
27	77
13	125
12	60
27	79
30	24
30	57
24	45
10	79
9	79
24	44
17	54
14	40
19	33
12	49
12	80
42	46
14	106
62	40
16	42
10	32
6	81
11	93
7	112
24	73
18	96
26	45
21	65
11	92
22	66
21	48
19	52
7	49
2	119
20	40
18	76
18	28
5	72
22	27
14	93
8	79
14	39
16	16
8	92
27	28
14	45
14	24
4	119
6	90
16	29
8	45
26	33
24	66
17	78
15	76
29	36
18	28
7	121
31	32
25	36
20	79
116	19
37	79
23	33
13	74
5	79
28	54
18	68
14	101
15	38
16	45
5	117
1	100
35	29
24	45
6	84
46	28
20	29
30	28
31	28
23	32
20	36
15	35
38	35
23	45
15	16
13	40
30	22
18	29
16	68
10	93
20	45
8	114
9	119
9	105
19	45
9	90
20	16
25	28
4	106
28	36
38	36
10	109
16	120
26	20
35	13
6	93
18	65
1	122
17	105
15	37
19	26
17	52
35	12
5	105
8	40
4	118
20	24
18	38
10	24
19	40
37	22

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
104	66
15	115
21	118
19	104
31	101
17	95
22	92
35	105
46	112
23	105
19	81
17	81
121	79
24	72
27	122
8	122
55	49
14	81
39	65
26	53
67	100
14	90
24	90
18	81
19	94
19	114
72	79
17	105
21	105
26	110
16	100
15	56
30	96
27	56
27	66
25	48
21	77
35	45
23	40
26	78
49	43
25	65
20	30
15	93
21	117
17	80
14	80
25	69
31	56
17	105
21	24
15	64
36	45
14	109
23	33
18	36
10	121
19	106
22	60
35	12
24	2
26	15
16	119
52	45
34	45
28	72
74	79
55	60
15	117
8	60
44	40
8	82
31	45
40	45
12	52
10	61
28	79
19	45
14	81
27	77
13	125
12	60
27	79
30	24
30	57
24	45
10	79
9	79
24	44
17	54
14	40
19	33
12	49
12	80
42	46
14	106
62	40
16	42
10	32
6	81
11	93
7	112
24	73
18	96
26	45
21	65
11	92
22	66
21	48
19	52
7	49
2	119
20	40
18	76
18	28
5	72
22	27
14	93
8	79
14	39
16	16
8	92
27	28
14	45
14	24
4	119
6	90
16	29
8	45
26	33
24	66
17	78
15	76
29	36
18	28
7	121
31	32
25	36
20	79
116	19
37	79
23	33
13	74
5	79
28	54
18	68
14	101
15	38
16	45
5	117
1	100
35	29
24	45
6	84
46	28
20	29
30	28
31	28
23	32
20	36
15	35
38	35
23	45
15	16
13	40
30	22
18	29
16	68
10	93
20	45
8	114
9	119
9	105
19	45
9	90
20	16
25	28
4	106
28	36
38	36
10	109
16	120
26	20
35	13
6	93
18	65
1	122
17	105
15	37
19	26
17	52
35	12
5	105
8	40
4	118
20	24
18	38
10	24
19	40
37	22

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
104	66
15	115
21	118
19	104
31	101
17	95
22	92
35	105
46	112
23	105
19	81
17	81
121	79
24	72
27	122
8	122
55	49
14	81
39	65
26	53
67	100
14	90
24	90
18	81
19	94
19	114
72	79
17	105
21	105
26	110
16	100
15	56
30	96
27	56
27	66
25	48
21	77
35	45
23	40
26	78
49	43
25	65
20	30
15	93
21	117
17	80
14	80
25	69
31	56
17	105
21	24
15	64
36	45
14	109
23	33
18	36
10	121
19	106
22	60
35	12
24	2
26	15
16	119
52	45
34	45
28	72
74	79
55	60
15	117
8	60
44	40
8	82
31	45
40	45
12	52
10	61
28	79
19	45
14	81
27	77
13	125
12	60
27	79
30	24
30	57
24	45
10	79
9	79
24	44
17	54
14	40
19	33
12	49
12	80
42	46
14	106
62	40
16	42
10	32
6	81
11	93
7	112
24	73
18	96
26	45
21	65
11	92
22	66
21	48
19	52
7	49
2	119
20	40
18	76
18	28
5	72
22	27
14	93
8	79
14	39
16	16
8	92
27	28
14	45
14	24
4	119
6	90
16	29
8	45
26	33
24	66
17	78
15	76
29	36
18	28
7	121
31	32
25	36
20	79
116	19
37	79
23	33
13	74
5	79
28	54
18	68
14	101
15	38
16	45
5	117
1	100
35	29
24	45
6	84
46	28
20	29
30	28
31	28
23	32
20	36
15	35
38	35
23	45
15	16
13	40
30	22
18	29
16	68
10	93
20	45
8	114
9	119
9	105
19	45
9	90
20	16
25	28
4	106
28	36
38	36
10	109
16	120
26	20
35	13
6	93
18	65
1	122
17	105
15	37
19	26
17	52
35	12
5	105
8	40
4	118
20	24
18	38
10	24
19	40
37	22