Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 28 October 2019

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 28 October 2019
Start: 2019-10-24
End: 2019-10-28
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 28 October 2019: 432 records at 413 stations, peak on 27 October 2019. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 28 October 2019 set or tied 432 station records at 413 stations.
It ran from 24 October 2019 to 28 October 2019 (5 days) and its peak day was 27 October 2019.
Status: closed.
Decatur Wtp set a daily record precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 26 October 2019.
The busiest day was 27 October 2019 with 204 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 145 years.

Footprint

24 to 28 October 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 28 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, 24 to 28 October 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Decatur Wtp	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	2019-10-26
Joliet Brandon Road Lock/Dam	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	2019-10-27
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	Record daily precipitation	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	2019-10-26
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2019-10-26
Chenoa	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2019-10-27
Greensboro	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	2019-10-26
Morris 1NW	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	2019-10-27
Transou	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	2019-10-27
Cleveland	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	2019-10-26
Olmsted L&D	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	2019-10-27
Ottawa 4SW	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2019-10-27
McAlester Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	2019-10-24
Demopolis L&D	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	2019-10-26
Lincoln	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	2019-10-26
Mt Pulaski	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	2019-10-27
Sullivan 3S	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	2019-10-27
Rantoul	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	2019-10-26
Streator 2SE	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	2019-10-27
Taylorville 2SE	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	2019-10-27
Helena	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	2019-10-26

Records per Day

Peak day 204

Records set or tied each day from 24 October 2019 to 28 October 2019. The most in one day was 204 on 27 October 2019.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 28 October 2019 ranked by margin
McAlester Rgnl AP, 10-24	107.5 mm (4.2 in)
Demopolis L&D, 10-26	85.3 mm (3.4 in)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam, 10-26	82.3 mm (3.2 in)
Helena, 10-26	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
Chenoa, 10-27	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
Transou, 10-27	60.2 mm (2.4 in)
Joliet Brandon Road Lock/Dam, 10-27	49.8 mm (2.0 in)
Cleveland, 10-26	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
Greensboro, 10-26	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
Olmsted L&D, 10-27	45.9 mm (1.8 in)
Taylorville 2SE, 10-27	41.7 mm (1.6 in)
Sullivan 3S, 10-27	41.2 mm (1.6 in)
Decatur Wtp, 10-26	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
Lincoln, 10-26	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
Morris 1NW, 10-27	32.2 mm (1.3 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

432 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, 24 to 28 October 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
37	100
50	72
82	41
61	52
27	100
47	86
32	72
60	72
46	72
28	72
49	77
85	41
34	58
22	119
41	72
108	28
28	72
42	64
30	72
67	21
20	100
17	98
50	21
15	100
68	21
26	113
25	86
18	86
45	72
46	28
13	112
24	88
33	69
63	37
55	41
83	4
61	41
19	63
16	104
27	72
9	112
28	86
58	14
16	88
12	100
52	22
30	42
23	72
23	65
9	98
32	65
27	72
7	119
6	119
16	86
13	80
7	120
32	16
33	41
20	65
23	65
16	86
52	21
6	98
9	113
10	96
6	88
5	145
20	58
23	28
72	16
31	65
37	12
4	100
6	100
39	24
38	37
8	86
37	32
1	116
9	88
34	13
56	4
6	80
0	100
1	112
16	77
21	65
21	52
48	21
50	37
3	94
18	35
1	40
30	17
8	72
5	80
25	28
10	77
13	52
43	22
33	14
2	62
34	14
32	28
3	77
3	84
3	80
24	37
8	82
51	21
12	65
37	21
4	82
16	52
5	80
63	12
20	58
9	77
20	21
35	21
17	52
38	14
2	80
25	2
11	52
22	17
26	2
4	44
24	21
8	64
4	68
36	21
34	21
4	76
19	65
44	0
21	24
19	41
2	82
33	16
28	28
20	28
55	4
23	2
5	77
34	21
5	55
4	72
24	12
24	28
9	58
30	8
24	14
1	72
16	28
26	24
27	24
50	0
38	28
24	41
12	28
9	65
18	28
22	14
1	68
0	68
1	68
11	12
43	12
9	65
3	69
28	4
19	41
8	57
1	76
15	34
11	44
20	38
21	21
14	28
3	65
10	28
28	16
8	40
24	16
31	24
2	72
12	28
12	32
13	28
10	41
8	37
3	69
54	4
21	41
21	2
20	2
4	62
3	35

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 28 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, 24 to 28 October 2019 (this event)	432 records

Every Record Set

20 of 432

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 28 October 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-10-24	McAlester Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	28	58 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-26	Decatur Wtp	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	100	70 of 100 (Major)
2019-10-26	Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	Record daily precipitation	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	41	62 of 100 (Major)
2019-10-26	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	100	62 of 100 (Major)
2019-10-26	Greensboro	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	86	61 of 100 (Major)
2019-10-26	Cleveland	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	77	59 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-26	Demopolis L&D	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	41	58 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-26	Lincoln	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	58	58 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-26	Rantoul	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	72	57 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-26	Helena	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	21	56 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-27	Joliet Brandon Road Lock/Dam	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	72	68 of 100 (Major)
2019-10-27	Chenoa	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52	62 of 100 (Major)
2019-10-27	Morris 1NW	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	72	60 of 100 (Major)
2019-10-27	Transou	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	72	60 of 100 (Major)
2019-10-27	Olmsted L&D	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	72	59 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-27	Ottawa 4SW	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	72	59 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-27	Mt Pulaski	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	119	58 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-27	Sullivan 3S	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	72	58 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-27	Streator 2SE	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	72	57 of 100 (Notable)
2019-10-27	Taylorville 2SE	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	64	57 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 432 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
2019-10-24	15
2019-10-25	51
2019-10-26	144
2019-10-27	204
2019-10-28	18

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
37	100
50	72
82	41
61	52
27	100
47	86
32	72
60	72
46	72
28	72
49	77
85	41
34	58
22	119
41	72
108	28
28	72
42	64
30	72
67	21
20	100
17	98
50	21
15	100
68	21
26	113
25	86
18	86
45	72
46	28
13	112
24	88
33	69
63	37
55	41
83	4
61	41
19	63
16	104
27	72
9	112
28	86
58	14
16	88
12	100
52	22
30	42
23	72
23	65
9	98
32	65
27	72
7	119
6	119
16	86
13	80
7	120
32	16
33	41
20	65
23	65
16	86
52	21
6	98
9	113
10	96
6	88
5	145
20	58
23	28
72	16
31	65
37	12
4	100
6	100
39	24
38	37
8	86
37	32
1	116
9	88
34	13
56	4
6	80
0	100
1	112
16	77
21	65
21	52
48	21
50	37
3	94
18	35
1	40
30	17
8	72
5	80
25	28
10	77
13	52
43	22
33	14
2	62
34	14
32	28
3	77
3	84
3	80
24	37
8	82
51	21
12	65
37	21
4	82
16	52
5	80
63	12
20	58
9	77
20	21
35	21
17	52
38	14
2	80
25	2
11	52
22	17
26	2
4	44
24	21
8	64
4	68
36	21
34	21
4	76
19	65
44	0
21	24
19	41
2	82
33	16
28	28
20	28
55	4
23	2
5	77
34	21
5	55
4	72
24	12
24	28
9	58
30	8
24	14
1	72
16	28
26	24
27	24
50	0
38	28
24	41
12	28
9	65
18	28
22	14
1	68
0	68
1	68
11	12
43	12
9	65
3	69
28	4
19	41
8	57
1	76
15	34
11	44
20	38
21	21
14	28
3	65
10	28
28	16
8	40
24	16
31	24
2	72
12	28
12	32
13	28
10	41
8	37
3	69
54	4
21	41
21	2
20	2
4	62
3	35

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
37	100
50	72
82	41
61	52
27	100
47	86
32	72
60	72
46	72
28	72
49	77
85	41
34	58
22	119
41	72
108	28
28	72
42	64
30	72
67	21
20	100
17	98
50	21
15	100
68	21
26	113
25	86
18	86
45	72
46	28
13	112
24	88
33	69
63	37
55	41
83	4
61	41
19	63
16	104
27	72
9	112
28	86
58	14
16	88
12	100
52	22
30	42
23	72
23	65
9	98
32	65
27	72
7	119
6	119
16	86
13	80
7	120
32	16
33	41
20	65
23	65
16	86
52	21
6	98
9	113
10	96
6	88
5	145
20	58
23	28
72	16
31	65
37	12
4	100
6	100
39	24
38	37
8	86
37	32
1	116
9	88
34	13
56	4
6	80
0	100
1	112
16	77
21	65
21	52
48	21
50	37
3	94
18	35
1	40
30	17
8	72
5	80
25	28
10	77
13	52
43	22
33	14
2	62
34	14
32	28
3	77
3	84
3	80
24	37
8	82
51	21
12	65
37	21
4	82
16	52
5	80
63	12
20	58
9	77
20	21
35	21
17	52
38	14
2	80
25	2
11	52
22	17
26	2
4	44
24	21
8	64
4	68
36	21
34	21
4	76
19	65
44	0
21	24
19	41
2	82
33	16
28	28
20	28
55	4
23	2
5	77
34	21
5	55
4	72
24	12
24	28
9	58
30	8
24	14
1	72
16	28
26	24
27	24
50	0
38	28
24	41
12	28
9	65
18	28
22	14
1	68
0	68
1	68
11	12
43	12
9	65
3	69
28	4
19	41
8	57
1	76
15	34
11	44
20	38
21	21
14	28
3	65
10	28
28	16
8	40
24	16
31	24
2	72
12	28
12	32
13	28
10	41
8	37
3	69
54	4
21	41
21	2
20	2
4	62
3	35

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
37	100
50	72
82	41
61	52
27	100
47	86
32	72
60	72
46	72
28	72
49	77
85	41
34	58
22	119
41	72
108	28
28	72
42	64
30	72
67	21
20	100
17	98
50	21
15	100
68	21
26	113
25	86
18	86
45	72
46	28
13	112
24	88
33	69
63	37
55	41
83	4
61	41
19	63
16	104
27	72
9	112
28	86
58	14
16	88
12	100
52	22
30	42
23	72
23	65
9	98
32	65
27	72
7	119
6	119
16	86
13	80
7	120
32	16
33	41
20	65
23	65
16	86
52	21
6	98
9	113
10	96
6	88
5	145
20	58
23	28
72	16
31	65
37	12
4	100
6	100
39	24
38	37
8	86
37	32
1	116
9	88
34	13
56	4
6	80
0	100
1	112
16	77
21	65
21	52
48	21
50	37
3	94
18	35
1	40
30	17
8	72
5	80
25	28
10	77
13	52
43	22
33	14
2	62
34	14
32	28
3	77
3	84
3	80
24	37
8	82
51	21
12	65
37	21
4	82
16	52
5	80
63	12
20	58
9	77
20	21
35	21
17	52
38	14
2	80
25	2
11	52
22	17
26	2
4	44
24	21
8	64
4	68
36	21
34	21
4	76
19	65
44	0
21	24
19	41
2	82
33	16
28	28
20	28
55	4
23	2
5	77
34	21
5	55
4	72
24	12
24	28
9	58
30	8
24	14
1	72
16	28
26	24
27	24
50	0
38	28
24	41
12	28
9	65
18	28
22	14
1	68
0	68
1	68
11	12
43	12
9	65
3	69
28	4
19	41
8	57
1	76
15	34
11	44
20	38
21	21
14	28
3	65
10	28
28	16
8	40
24	16
31	24
2	72
12	28
12	32
13	28
10	41
8	37
3	69
54	4
21	41
21	2
20	2
4	62
3	35