Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 18 December 2019

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 18 December 2019
Start: 2019-12-11
End: 2019-12-18
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 18 December 2019: 255 records at 236 stations, peak on 17 December 2019. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 18 December 2019 set or tied 255 station records at 236 stations.
It ran from 11 December 2019 to 18 December 2019 (8 days) and its peak day was 17 December 2019.
Status: closed.
Vero Beach Intl AP set a monthly record daily precipitation of 114.0 mm (4.5 in) on 12 December 2019.
The busiest day was 17 December 2019 with 110 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 139 years.

Footprint

11 to 18 December 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 18 December 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, 11 to 18 December 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Vero Beach Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	2019-12-12
Columbia UNIV of Sc	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	2019-12-13
Morgantown L&D	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2019-12-17
Middlebourne 3 ESE	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	2019-12-17
Mt Sterling	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2019-12-17
Charleston - Yeager AP	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	2019-12-16
Stuart	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	2019-12-12
Sumter	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	2019-12-13
Albemarle	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	2019-12-17
Laurinburg	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	2019-12-14
Sines Deep Creek	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2019-12-17
Pt Marion Lock 8	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	2019-12-17
Ashland	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2019-12-17
Fayetteville (Pwc)	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	2019-12-14
Calhoun Falls	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	2019-12-14
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	2019-12-13
Columbia	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	2019-12-13
Milan Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2019-12-16
Rockville	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2019-12-17
Monticello	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	2019-12-17

Records per Day

Peak day 110

Records set or tied each day from 11 December 2019 to 18 December 2019. The most in one day was 110 on 17 December 2019.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 18 December 2019 ranked by margin
Columbia UNIV of Sc, 12-13	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
Vero Beach Intl AP, 12-12	38.3 mm (1.5 in)
Stuart, 12-12	37.8 mm (1.5 in)
Laurinburg, 12-14	34.6 mm (1.4 in)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int, 12-13	34.2 mm (1.3 in)
Sumter, 12-13	30.7 mm (1.2 in)
Middlebourne 3 ESE, 12-17	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
Charleston - Yeager AP, 12-16	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
Mt Sterling, 12-17	25.1 mm (1.0 in)
Columbia, 12-13	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
Albemarle, 12-17	23.8 mm (0.9 in)
Calhoun Falls, 12-14	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
Pt Marion Lock 8, 12-17	21.3 mm (0.8 in)
Morgantown L&D, 12-17	19.6 mm (0.8 in)
Monticello, 12-17	18.8 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

255 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, 11 to 18 December 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
38	94
45	65
20	96
30	57
25	112
28	57
38	78
24	88
31	72
35	56
16	85
21	57
13	96
13	139
22	92
16	89
18	112
34	56
25	48
19	104
26	65
8	71
35	46
19	88
29	26
9	96
37	62
9	112
41	10
29	17
8	112
8	112
23	52
10	109
7	96
6	116
10	112
50	4
12	64
17	84
9	96
19	57
32	18
7	85
5	104
26	37
4	112
24	57
34	20
11	54
20	48
12	88
30	33
4	96
18	65
10	85
44	26
36	8
24	57
18	65
23	56
17	60
11	72
30	12
21	2
0	93
19	57
3	85
11	65
4	85
15	57
21	45
29	8
26	36
12	65
15	11
1	88
15	57
15	26
7	48
15	33
5	64
20	18
12	24
29	16
11	57
4	65
12	26
12	52
16	33
8	26
5	65
38	2
21	21
4	60
22	22
30	24
2	65
4	64
14	26
5	57
12	26
12	53
6	65
5	41
7	57
21	16
1	60
1	64
4	48
5	57
17	10
13	18
2	64
29	6
5	56
3	56
17	13
20	26
7	57
15	18
5	48
22	16
23	26
7	56
3	48
13	26
18	18
22	22
18	16
14	2
3	46
13	8
1	65
1	46
22	9
14	16
0	46
1	56
6	48
13	22
12	4
1	57
7	36
12	18
3	28
12	18
14	0
5	44
34	4
28	6
0	52
6	44
5	12
4	41
9	22
12	25
11	22
6	16
11	18
5	41
7	16
13	18
7	18
12	26
5	18
1	44
11	16
13	10
9	26
1	41
5	20
16	0
14	22
17	18
17	18
8	26
3	33
13	10
12	12
3	18
5	16
3	20
9	2
1	29
14	20
2	40
4	37
12	18
2	20
8	16
18	0
11	16
4	28
5	18
2	41
12	6
11	22
9	26
5	26

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 18 December 2019 compared with similar events
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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, 11 to 18 December 2019 (this event)	255 records

Every Record Set

20 of 255

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 18 December 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-12-12	Vero Beach Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	94	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
2019-12-12	Stuart	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	78	57 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-13	Columbia UNIV of Sc	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	65	66 of 100 (Major)
2019-12-13	Sumter	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	72	56 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-13	Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	56	50 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-13	Columbia	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	48	50 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-14	Laurinburg	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	56	55 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-14	Fayetteville (Pwc)	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	139	51 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-14	Calhoun Falls	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	92	51 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-16	Charleston - Yeager AP	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	57	59 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-16	Milan Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	112	50 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-17	Morgantown L&D	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	96	65 of 100 (Major)
2019-12-17	Middlebourne 3 ESE	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	57	64 of 100 (Major)
2019-12-17	Mt Sterling	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	112	61 of 100 (Major)
2019-12-17	Albemarle	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	88	56 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-17	Sines Deep Creek	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	85	54 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-17	Pt Marion Lock 8	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	57	54 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-17	Ashland	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	96	52 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-17	Rockville	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	89	50 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-17	Monticello	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	104	49 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 255 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
2019-12-11	1
2019-12-12	6
2019-12-13	51
2019-12-14	51
2019-12-15	12
2019-12-16	15
2019-12-17	110
2019-12-18	9

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
38	94
45	65
20	96
30	57
25	112
28	57
38	78
24	88
31	72
35	56
16	85
21	57
13	96
13	139
22	92
16	89
18	112
34	56
25	48
19	104
26	65
8	71
35	46
19	88
29	26
9	96
37	62
9	112
41	10
29	17
8	112
8	112
23	52
10	109
7	96
6	116
10	112
50	4
12	64
17	84
9	96
19	57
32	18
7	85
5	104
26	37
4	112
24	57
34	20
11	54
20	48
12	88
30	33
4	96
18	65
10	85
44	26
36	8
24	57
18	65
23	56
17	60
11	72
30	12
21	2
0	93
19	57
3	85
11	65
4	85
15	57
21	45
29	8
26	36
12	65
15	11
1	88
15	57
15	26
7	48
15	33
5	64
20	18
12	24
29	16
11	57
4	65
12	26
12	52
16	33
8	26
5	65
38	2
21	21
4	60
22	22
30	24
2	65
4	64
14	26
5	57
12	26
12	53
6	65
5	41
7	57
21	16
1	60
1	64
4	48
5	57
17	10
13	18
2	64
29	6
5	56
3	56
17	13
20	26
7	57
15	18
5	48
22	16
23	26
7	56
3	48
13	26
18	18
22	22
18	16
14	2
3	46
13	8
1	65
1	46
22	9
14	16
0	46
1	56
6	48
13	22
12	4
1	57
7	36
12	18
3	28
12	18
14	0
5	44
34	4
28	6
0	52
6	44
5	12
4	41
9	22
12	25
11	22
6	16
11	18
5	41
7	16
13	18
7	18
12	26
5	18
1	44
11	16
13	10
9	26
1	41
5	20
16	0
14	22
17	18
17	18
8	26
3	33
13	10
12	12
3	18
5	16
3	20
9	2
1	29
14	20
2	40
4	37
12	18
2	20
8	16
18	0
11	16
4	28
5	18
2	41
12	6
11	22
9	26
5	26

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
38	94
45	65
20	96
30	57
25	112
28	57
38	78
24	88
31	72
35	56
16	85
21	57
13	96
13	139
22	92
16	89
18	112
34	56
25	48
19	104
26	65
8	71
35	46
19	88
29	26
9	96
37	62
9	112
41	10
29	17
8	112
8	112
23	52
10	109
7	96
6	116
10	112
50	4
12	64
17	84
9	96
19	57
32	18
7	85
5	104
26	37
4	112
24	57
34	20
11	54
20	48
12	88
30	33
4	96
18	65
10	85
44	26
36	8
24	57
18	65
23	56
17	60
11	72
30	12
21	2
0	93
19	57
3	85
11	65
4	85
15	57
21	45
29	8
26	36
12	65
15	11
1	88
15	57
15	26
7	48
15	33
5	64
20	18
12	24
29	16
11	57
4	65
12	26
12	52
16	33
8	26
5	65
38	2
21	21
4	60
22	22
30	24
2	65
4	64
14	26
5	57
12	26
12	53
6	65
5	41
7	57
21	16
1	60
1	64
4	48
5	57
17	10
13	18
2	64
29	6
5	56
3	56
17	13
20	26
7	57
15	18
5	48
22	16
23	26
7	56
3	48
13	26
18	18
22	22
18	16
14	2
3	46
13	8
1	65
1	46
22	9
14	16
0	46
1	56
6	48
13	22
12	4
1	57
7	36
12	18
3	28
12	18
14	0
5	44
34	4
28	6
0	52
6	44
5	12
4	41
9	22
12	25
11	22
6	16
11	18
5	41
7	16
13	18
7	18
12	26
5	18
1	44
11	16
13	10
9	26
1	41
5	20
16	0
14	22
17	18
17	18
8	26
3	33
13	10
12	12
3	18
5	16
3	20
9	2
1	29
14	20
2	40
4	37
12	18
2	20
8	16
18	0
11	16
4	28
5	18
2	41
12	6
11	22
9	26
5	26

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
38	94
45	65
20	96
30	57
25	112
28	57
38	78
24	88
31	72
35	56
16	85
21	57
13	96
13	139
22	92
16	89
18	112
34	56
25	48
19	104
26	65
8	71
35	46
19	88
29	26
9	96
37	62
9	112
41	10
29	17
8	112
8	112
23	52
10	109
7	96
6	116
10	112
50	4
12	64
17	84
9	96
19	57
32	18
7	85
5	104
26	37
4	112
24	57
34	20
11	54
20	48
12	88
30	33
4	96
18	65
10	85
44	26
36	8
24	57
18	65
23	56
17	60
11	72
30	12
21	2
0	93
19	57
3	85
11	65
4	85
15	57
21	45
29	8
26	36
12	65
15	11
1	88
15	57
15	26
7	48
15	33
5	64
20	18
12	24
29	16
11	57
4	65
12	26
12	52
16	33
8	26
5	65
38	2
21	21
4	60
22	22
30	24
2	65
4	64
14	26
5	57
12	26
12	53
6	65
5	41
7	57
21	16
1	60
1	64
4	48
5	57
17	10
13	18
2	64
29	6
5	56
3	56
17	13
20	26
7	57
15	18
5	48
22	16
23	26
7	56
3	48
13	26
18	18
22	22
18	16
14	2
3	46
13	8
1	65
1	46
22	9
14	16
0	46
1	56
6	48
13	22
12	4
1	57
7	36
12	18
3	28
12	18
14	0
5	44
34	4
28	6
0	52
6	44
5	12
4	41
9	22
12	25
11	22
6	16
11	18
5	41
7	16
13	18
7	18
12	26
5	18
1	44
11	16
13	10
9	26
1	41
5	20
16	0
14	22
17	18
17	18
8	26
3	33
13	10
12	12
3	18
5	16
3	20
9	2
1	29
14	20
2	40
4	37
12	18
2	20
8	16
18	0
11	16
4	28
5	18
2	41
12	6
11	22
9	26
5	26