Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 23 September 2019

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 23 September 2019
Start: 2019-09-02
End: 2019-09-23
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 23 September 2019: 1,239 records at 906 stations, peak on 12 September 2019. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 23 September 2019 set or tied 1,239 station records at 906 stations.
It ran from 2 September 2019 to 23 September 2019 (22 days) and its peak day was 12 September 2019.
Status: closed.
Brookings 2 NE set a daily record precipitation of 79.8 mm (3.1 in) on 12 September 2019.
The busiest day was 12 September 2019 with 182 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 122 years.

Footprint

2 to 23 September 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 23 September 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, 2 to 23 September 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Brookings 2 NE	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	2019-09-12
Academy 2NE	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	2019-09-11
Menno	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	2019-09-11
Flandreau	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	2019-09-12
Lancaster 4 WSW	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	2019-09-12
Atkinson 3SW	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	2019-09-11
Yale 1 NNW	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	2019-09-12
Pipestone	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	2019-09-12
Howard	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	2019-09-12
Turtle Lake	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2019-09-10
Britton	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	2019-09-10
Culbertson	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	2019-09-07
Canton	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	2019-09-11
Elliston	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2019-09-09
Sykeston	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	2019-09-20
Baudette	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	2019-09-21
Pembina	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	2019-09-21
Skq Dam	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2019-09-09
Faulkton	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	2019-09-09
Glendive	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2019-09-18

Records per Day

Peak day 182

Records set or tied each day from 2 September 2019 to 23 September 2019. The most in one day was 182 on 12 September 2019.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 23 September 2019
Date	Records
2019-09-02	3
2019-09-03	3
2019-09-04	6
2019-09-05	23
2019-09-06	43
2019-09-07	64
2019-09-08	126
2019-09-09	118
2019-09-10	98
2019-09-11	158
2019-09-12	182
2019-09-13	75
2019-09-14	4
2019-09-15	19
2019-09-16	53
2019-09-17	52
2019-09-18	49
2019-09-19	19
2019-09-20	76
2019-09-21	62
2019-09-22	4
2019-09-23	2

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 23 September 2019 ranked by margin
Flandreau, 09-12	77.4 mm (3.0 in)
Pipestone, 09-12	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
Atkinson 3SW, 09-11	65.7 mm (2.6 in)
Brookings 2 NE, 09-12	51.4 mm (2.0 in)
Lancaster 4 WSW, 09-12	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
Menno, 09-11	49.1 mm (1.9 in)
Yale 1 NNW, 09-12	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
Academy 2NE, 09-11	43.9 mm (1.7 in)
Britton, 09-10	42.4 mm (1.7 in)
Baudette, 09-21	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
Sykeston, 09-20	40.7 mm (1.6 in)
Canton, 09-11	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
Pembina, 09-21	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
Faulkton, 09-09	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
Turtle Lake, 09-10	24.6 mm (1.0 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, 2 to 23 September 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
51	116
44	117
49	117
77	90
51	104
66	80
46	80
67	76
16	117
25	97
42	72
19	95
38	117
20	104
41	13
42	28
32	64
22	118
17	59
25	97
18	78
25	41
10	108
34	40
30	68
39	41
30	40
9	112
42	64
23	116
19	85
34	45
26	31
31	96
27	45
20	108
36	46
43	36
70	32
24	45
20	70
32	42
34	30
15	73
9	94
11	108
28	40
25	68
22	64
21	112
41	52
64	36
59	40
50	38
19	94
19	88
20	64
103	28
48	36
25	36
37	40
60	33
23	64
5	84
12	76
12	78
17	77
28	30
19	64
34	33
64	28
17	40
17	33
31	50
25	76
8	108
16	78
23	57
40	33
32	33
13	94
75	12
29	56
11	106
41	24
12	112
10	76
10	118
27	14
18	45
64	10
47	12
16	60
19	28
14	94
20	68
9	96
32	20
5	108
8	104
45	20
56	0
36	13
33	28
40	34
9	97
25	36
5	94
47	28
32	24
23	57
16	45
18	68
23	30
46	28
15	25
13	77
16	86
7	109
22	64
12	77
12	116
62	13
20	64
25	36
22	57
17	61
30	13
28	20
33	4
20	16
9	62
18	64
43	4
25	45
17	80
23	36
8	72
29	57
15	40
28	13
25	16
10	34
38	40
31	10
6	102
13	68
7	97
7	92
13	40
18	34
26	32
20	74
8	100
16	92
19	40
17	13
26	30
18	34
56	4
34	9
9	78
6	92
20	24
15	38
17	24
15	52
6	90
16	57
25	20
21	40
41	8
16	76
4	88
25	16
40	33
2	102
25	53
4	112
3	104
3	104
8	77
2	75
31	30
4	97
25	3
6	88
17	57
6	92
28	36
28	33
43	28
19	20
18	14
15	34
12	48
10	56
3	122
12	81
26	57

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 23 September 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, 2 to 23 September 2019 (this event)	1,239 records

Every Record Set

20 of 1,239

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 23 September 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-09-07	Culbertson	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	95	70 of 100 (Major)
2019-09-09	Elliston	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	104	69 of 100 (Major)
2019-09-09	Skq Dam	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	59	66 of 100 (Major)
2019-09-09	Faulkton	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	97	66 of 100 (Major)
2019-09-10	Turtle Lake	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	97	71 of 100 (Major)
2019-09-10	Britton	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	72	71 of 100 (Major)
2019-09-11	Academy 2NE	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	117	78 of 100 (Major)
2019-09-11	Menno	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	117	78 of 100 (Major)
2019-09-11	Atkinson 3SW	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	80	74 of 100 (Major)
2019-09-11	Canton	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	117	70 of 100 (Major)
2019-09-12	Brookings 2 NE	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	116	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2019-09-12	Flandreau	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	90	77 of 100 (Major)
2019-09-12	Lancaster 4 WSW	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	104	76 of 100 (Major)
2019-09-12	Yale 1 NNW	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	80	73 of 100 (Major)
2019-09-12	Pipestone	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	76	73 of 100 (Major)
2019-09-12	Howard	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	117	73 of 100 (Major)
2019-09-18	Glendive	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	118	66 of 100 (Major)
2019-09-20	Sykeston	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	13	69 of 100 (Major)
2019-09-21	Baudette	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28	68 of 100 (Major)
2019-09-21	Pembina	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	64	67 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 1,239 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
51	116
44	117
49	117
77	90
51	104
66	80
46	80
67	76
16	117
25	97
42	72
19	95
38	117
20	104
41	13
42	28
32	64
22	118
17	59
25	97
18	78
25	41
10	108
34	40
30	68
39	41
30	40
9	112
42	64
23	116
19	85
34	45
26	31
31	96
27	45
20	108
36	46
43	36
70	32
24	45
20	70
32	42
34	30
15	73
9	94
11	108
28	40
25	68
22	64
21	112
41	52
64	36
59	40
50	38
19	94
19	88
20	64
103	28
48	36
25	36
37	40
60	33
23	64
5	84
12	76
12	78
17	77
28	30
19	64
34	33
64	28
17	40
17	33
31	50
25	76
8	108
16	78
23	57
40	33
32	33
13	94
75	12
29	56
11	106
41	24
12	112
10	76
10	118
27	14
18	45
64	10
47	12
16	60
19	28
14	94
20	68
9	96
32	20
5	108
8	104
45	20
56	0
36	13
33	28
40	34
9	97
25	36
5	94
47	28
32	24
23	57
16	45
18	68
23	30
46	28
15	25
13	77
16	86
7	109
22	64
12	77
12	116
62	13
20	64
25	36
22	57
17	61
30	13
28	20
33	4
20	16
9	62
18	64
43	4
25	45
17	80
23	36
8	72
29	57
15	40
28	13
25	16
10	34
38	40
31	10
6	102
13	68
7	97
7	92
13	40
18	34
26	32
20	74
8	100
16	92
19	40
17	13
26	30
18	34
56	4
34	9
9	78
6	92
20	24
15	38
17	24
15	52
6	90
16	57
25	20
21	40
41	8
16	76
4	88
25	16
40	33
2	102
25	53
4	112
3	104
3	104
8	77
2	75
31	30
4	97
25	3
6	88
17	57
6	92
28	36
28	33
43	28
19	20
18	14
15	34
12	48
10	56
3	122
12	81
26	57

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
51	116
44	117
49	117
77	90
51	104
66	80
46	80
67	76
16	117
25	97
42	72
19	95
38	117
20	104
41	13
42	28
32	64
22	118
17	59
25	97
18	78
25	41
10	108
34	40
30	68
39	41
30	40
9	112
42	64
23	116
19	85
34	45
26	31
31	96
27	45
20	108
36	46
43	36
70	32
24	45
20	70
32	42
34	30
15	73
9	94
11	108
28	40
25	68
22	64
21	112
41	52
64	36
59	40
50	38
19	94
19	88
20	64
103	28
48	36
25	36
37	40
60	33
23	64
5	84
12	76
12	78
17	77
28	30
19	64
34	33
64	28
17	40
17	33
31	50
25	76
8	108
16	78
23	57
40	33
32	33
13	94
75	12
29	56
11	106
41	24
12	112
10	76
10	118
27	14
18	45
64	10
47	12
16	60
19	28
14	94
20	68
9	96
32	20
5	108
8	104
45	20
56	0
36	13
33	28
40	34
9	97
25	36
5	94
47	28
32	24
23	57
16	45
18	68
23	30
46	28
15	25
13	77
16	86
7	109
22	64
12	77
12	116
62	13
20	64
25	36
22	57
17	61
30	13
28	20
33	4
20	16
9	62
18	64
43	4
25	45
17	80
23	36
8	72
29	57
15	40
28	13
25	16
10	34
38	40
31	10
6	102
13	68
7	97
7	92
13	40
18	34
26	32
20	74
8	100
16	92
19	40
17	13
26	30
18	34
56	4
34	9
9	78
6	92
20	24
15	38
17	24
15	52
6	90
16	57
25	20
21	40
41	8
16	76
4	88
25	16
40	33
2	102
25	53
4	112
3	104
3	104
8	77
2	75
31	30
4	97
25	3
6	88
17	57
6	92
28	36
28	33
43	28
19	20
18	14
15	34
12	48
10	56
3	122
12	81
26	57

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
51	116
44	117
49	117
77	90
51	104
66	80
46	80
67	76
16	117
25	97
42	72
19	95
38	117
20	104
41	13
42	28
32	64
22	118
17	59
25	97
18	78
25	41
10	108
34	40
30	68
39	41
30	40
9	112
42	64
23	116
19	85
34	45
26	31
31	96
27	45
20	108
36	46
43	36
70	32
24	45
20	70
32	42
34	30
15	73
9	94
11	108
28	40
25	68
22	64
21	112
41	52
64	36
59	40
50	38
19	94
19	88
20	64
103	28
48	36
25	36
37	40
60	33
23	64
5	84
12	76
12	78
17	77
28	30
19	64
34	33
64	28
17	40
17	33
31	50
25	76
8	108
16	78
23	57
40	33
32	33
13	94
75	12
29	56
11	106
41	24
12	112
10	76
10	118
27	14
18	45
64	10
47	12
16	60
19	28
14	94
20	68
9	96
32	20
5	108
8	104
45	20
56	0
36	13
33	28
40	34
9	97
25	36
5	94
47	28
32	24
23	57
16	45
18	68
23	30
46	28
15	25
13	77
16	86
7	109
22	64
12	77
12	116
62	13
20	64
25	36
22	57
17	61
30	13
28	20
33	4
20	16
9	62
18	64
43	4
25	45
17	80
23	36
8	72
29	57
15	40
28	13
25	16
10	34
38	40
31	10
6	102
13	68
7	97
7	92
13	40
18	34
26	32
20	74
8	100
16	92
19	40
17	13
26	30
18	34
56	4
34	9
9	78
6	92
20	24
15	38
17	24
15	52
6	90
16	57
25	20
21	40
41	8
16	76
4	88
25	16
40	33
2	102
25	53
4	112
3	104
3	104
8	77
2	75
31	30
4	97
25	3
6	88
17	57
6	92
28	36
28	33
43	28
19	20
18	14
15	34
12	48
10	56
3	122
12	81
26	57