Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 12 October 2019

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 12 October 2019
Start: 2019-10-04
End: 2019-10-12
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 12 October 2019: 165 records at 163 stations, peak on 7 October 2019. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 12 October 2019 set or tied 165 station records at 163 stations.
It ran from 4 October 2019 to 12 October 2019 (9 days) and its peak day was 7 October 2019.
Status: closed.
Bolivar Wtr Wks set a daily record precipitation of 82.6 mm (3.3 in) on 7 October 2019.
The busiest day was 7 October 2019 with 125 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 125 years.

Footprint

4 to 12 October 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 12 October 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, 4 to 12 October 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Bolivar Wtr Wks	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	2019-10-07
Taylorsville 2SW	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	2019-10-07
Parkersburg	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2019-10-07
Harrison Boone Co AP	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	2019-10-06
Hohenwald	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	2019-10-07
Springfield Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	2019-10-07
Ashland	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	2019-10-07
Portland Sewage Plt	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	2019-10-07
Arkadelphia 2 N	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	2019-10-04
Fayetteville Drake Fld	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	2019-10-06
Waverly	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	2019-10-07
Hannibal Locks & Dam	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	2019-10-07
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	2019-10-07
Lead Hill	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	2019-10-07
Gravette	Record daily precipitation	213.9 mm (8.4 in)	2019-10-06
Spavinaw	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	2019-10-06
McKeesport	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2019-10-06
Jackson Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	2019-10-07
Sutton Lake	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	2019-10-07
Linden Wtp	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	2019-10-06

Records per Day

Peak day 125

Records set or tied each day from 4 October 2019 to 12 October 2019. The most in one day was 125 on 7 October 2019.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 12 October 2019 ranked by margin
Harrison Boone Co AP, 10-06	73.4 mm (2.9 in)
Portland Sewage Plt, 10-07	62.7 mm (2.5 in)
Fayetteville Drake Fld, 10-06	62.2 mm (2.4 in)
Linden Wtp, 10-06	51.6 mm (2.0 in)
Springfield Exp STN, 10-07	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
Spavinaw, 10-06	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
Bolivar Wtr Wks, 10-07	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
Arkadelphia 2 N, 10-04	38.9 mm (1.5 in)
Parkersburg, 10-07	38.6 mm (1.5 in)
Gravette, 10-06	38.6 mm (1.5 in)
Taylorsville 2SW, 10-07	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
Hannibal Locks & Dam, 10-07	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
Hohenwald, 10-07	30.9 mm (1.2 in)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam, 10-07	30.2 mm (1.2 in)
Lead Hill, 10-07	30.0 mm (1.2 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

165 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, 4 to 12 October 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
43	120
38	92
39	53
31	118
51	64
73	49
20	120
63	49
39	116
62	48
18	108
37	40
30	53
30	88
39	3
49	68
16	86
9	93
24	60
52	50
52	34
38	5
83	20
9	125
47	49
35	27
3	93
28	82
6	108
18	64
35	48
32	64
18	64
21	46
9	118
30	53
68	16
15	64
27	50
41	34
19	46
12	60
3	108
7	92
22	32
1	112
14	53
33	36
50	20
34	5
10	64
8	82
25	27
40	4
14	64
20	64
6	49
14	53
7	33
20	2
39	20
19	50
45	9
7	64
17	60
11	46
7	43
12	46
20	13
14	24
24	34
25	5
39	10
10	50
36	5
45	16
8	53
8	49
0	70
6	53
14	2
8	50
8	60
18	42
7	53
29	28
11	50
1	64
12	32
7	46
16	13
6	50
14	13
7	6
17	36
8	19
5	53
16	13
20	0
13	50
7	49
22	4
27	10
1	60
36	5
16	13
1	53
3	33
16	20
15	28
17	34
7	46
1	64
21	4
0	61
5	6
24	9
13	36
14	29
6	46
7	42
7	7
4	46
10	13
9	42
1	42
7	37
13	34
28	10
17	4
1	46
9	28
1	45
17	13
5	2
1	14
7	32
25	9
2	20
11	8
7	20
12	9
14	9
9	20
3	29
10	4
11	4
9	4
6	2
9	4
15	0
19	9
3	13
1	5
1	20
2	6
6	0
3	13
2	4
1	0
9	2
6	4
0	4
2	5
2	0

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 12 October 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, 4 to 12 October 2019 (this event)	165 records

Every Record Set

20 of 165

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 12 October 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-10-04	Arkadelphia 2 N	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	116	59 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-06	Harrison Boone Co AP	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	49	61 of 100 (Major)
2019-10-06	Fayetteville Drake Fld	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48	57 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-06	Gravette	Record daily precipitation	213.9 mm (8.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	3	53 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-06	Spavinaw	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	68	53 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-06	McKeesport	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	86	53 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-06	Linden Wtp	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	50	52 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-07	Bolivar Wtr Wks	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	120	68 of 100 (Major)
2019-10-07	Taylorsville 2SW	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	92	65 of 100 (Major)
2019-10-07	Parkersburg	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	53	65 of 100 (Major)
2019-10-07	Hohenwald	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	118	61 of 100 (Major)
2019-10-07	Springfield Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	64	61 of 100 (Major)
2019-10-07	Ashland	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	120	60 of 100 (Major)
2019-10-07	Portland Sewage Plt	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	49	60 of 100 (Major)
2019-10-07	Waverly	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	108	56 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-07	Hannibal Locks & Dam	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40	56 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-07	Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	53	56 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-07	Lead Hill	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	88	54 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-07	Jackson Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	93	53 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-07	Sutton Lake	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	60	53 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 165 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
2019-10-04	3
2019-10-05	1
2019-10-06	14
2019-10-07	125
2019-10-08	17
2019-10-09	1
2019-10-10	1
2019-10-11	2
2019-10-12	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
43	120
38	92
39	53
31	118
51	64
73	49
20	120
63	49
39	116
62	48
18	108
37	40
30	53
30	88
39	3
49	68
16	86
9	93
24	60
52	50
52	34
38	5
83	20
9	125
47	49
35	27
3	93
28	82
6	108
18	64
35	48
32	64
18	64
21	46
9	118
30	53
68	16
15	64
27	50
41	34
19	46
12	60
3	108
7	92
22	32
1	112
14	53
33	36
50	20
34	5
10	64
8	82
25	27
40	4
14	64
20	64
6	49
14	53
7	33
20	2
39	20
19	50
45	9
7	64
17	60
11	46
7	43
12	46
20	13
14	24
24	34
25	5
39	10
10	50
36	5
45	16
8	53
8	49
0	70
6	53
14	2
8	50
8	60
18	42
7	53
29	28
11	50
1	64
12	32
7	46
16	13
6	50
14	13
7	6
17	36
8	19
5	53
16	13
20	0
13	50
7	49
22	4
27	10
1	60
36	5
16	13
1	53
3	33
16	20
15	28
17	34
7	46
1	64
21	4
0	61
5	6
24	9
13	36
14	29
6	46
7	42
7	7
4	46
10	13
9	42
1	42
7	37
13	34
28	10
17	4
1	46
9	28
1	45
17	13
5	2
1	14
7	32
25	9
2	20
11	8
7	20
12	9
14	9
9	20
3	29
10	4
11	4
9	4
6	2
9	4
15	0
19	9
3	13
1	5
1	20
2	6
6	0
3	13
2	4
1	0
9	2
6	4
0	4
2	5
2	0

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
43	120
38	92
39	53
31	118
51	64
73	49
20	120
63	49
39	116
62	48
18	108
37	40
30	53
30	88
39	3
49	68
16	86
9	93
24	60
52	50
52	34
38	5
83	20
9	125
47	49
35	27
3	93
28	82
6	108
18	64
35	48
32	64
18	64
21	46
9	118
30	53
68	16
15	64
27	50
41	34
19	46
12	60
3	108
7	92
22	32
1	112
14	53
33	36
50	20
34	5
10	64
8	82
25	27
40	4
14	64
20	64
6	49
14	53
7	33
20	2
39	20
19	50
45	9
7	64
17	60
11	46
7	43
12	46
20	13
14	24
24	34
25	5
39	10
10	50
36	5
45	16
8	53
8	49
0	70
6	53
14	2
8	50
8	60
18	42
7	53
29	28
11	50
1	64
12	32
7	46
16	13
6	50
14	13
7	6
17	36
8	19
5	53
16	13
20	0
13	50
7	49
22	4
27	10
1	60
36	5
16	13
1	53
3	33
16	20
15	28
17	34
7	46
1	64
21	4
0	61
5	6
24	9
13	36
14	29
6	46
7	42
7	7
4	46
10	13
9	42
1	42
7	37
13	34
28	10
17	4
1	46
9	28
1	45
17	13
5	2
1	14
7	32
25	9
2	20
11	8
7	20
12	9
14	9
9	20
3	29
10	4
11	4
9	4
6	2
9	4
15	0
19	9
3	13
1	5
1	20
2	6
6	0
3	13
2	4
1	0
9	2
6	4
0	4
2	5
2	0

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
43	120
38	92
39	53
31	118
51	64
73	49
20	120
63	49
39	116
62	48
18	108
37	40
30	53
30	88
39	3
49	68
16	86
9	93
24	60
52	50
52	34
38	5
83	20
9	125
47	49
35	27
3	93
28	82
6	108
18	64
35	48
32	64
18	64
21	46
9	118
30	53
68	16
15	64
27	50
41	34
19	46
12	60
3	108
7	92
22	32
1	112
14	53
33	36
50	20
34	5
10	64
8	82
25	27
40	4
14	64
20	64
6	49
14	53
7	33
20	2
39	20
19	50
45	9
7	64
17	60
11	46
7	43
12	46
20	13
14	24
24	34
25	5
39	10
10	50
36	5
45	16
8	53
8	49
0	70
6	53
14	2
8	50
8	60
18	42
7	53
29	28
11	50
1	64
12	32
7	46
16	13
6	50
14	13
7	6
17	36
8	19
5	53
16	13
20	0
13	50
7	49
22	4
27	10
1	60
36	5
16	13
1	53
3	33
16	20
15	28
17	34
7	46
1	64
21	4
0	61
5	6
24	9
13	36
14	29
6	46
7	42
7	7
4	46
10	13
9	42
1	42
7	37
13	34
28	10
17	4
1	46
9	28
1	45
17	13
5	2
1	14
7	32
25	9
2	20
11	8
7	20
12	9
14	9
9	20
3	29
10	4
11	4
9	4
6	2
9	4
15	0
19	9
3	13
1	5
1	20
2	6
6	0
3	13
2	4
1	0
9	2
6	4
0	4
2	5
2	0