Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 24 December 2019

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 24 December 2019
Start: 2019-12-21
End: 2019-12-24
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 24 December 2019: 105 records at 96 stations, peak on 23 December 2019. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 24 December 2019 set or tied 105 station records at 96 stations.
It ran from 21 December 2019 to 24 December 2019 (4 days) and its peak day was 23 December 2019.
Status: closed.
Ft Lauderdale set a daily record precipitation of 120.9 mm (4.8 in) on 23 December 2019.
The busiest day was 23 December 2019 with 61 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 118 years.

Footprint

21 to 24 December 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 24 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, 21 to 24 December 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Ft Lauderdale	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	2019-12-23
Brooklet 1 W	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	2019-12-23
Dry Tortugas	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	2019-12-22
Key W Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	2019-12-22
Guntersville	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	2019-12-23
Naples	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2019-12-23
Bamberg	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	2019-12-23
Bay Minette	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	2019-12-22
Glennville 3NW	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2019-12-23
Yemassee 1 N	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	2019-12-23
Moultrie 2 ESE	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	2019-12-22
Rome	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	2019-12-23
Valdosta Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	2019-12-22
Dwtn Charleston	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	2019-12-23
Robertsdale	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	2019-12-22
Miami Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2019-12-23
Fairhope 2 NE	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	2019-12-22
Ft Lauderdale Beach	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	2019-12-23
Titusville	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	2019-12-23
Usher Twr	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	2019-12-23

Records per Day

Peak day 61

Records set or tied each day from 21 December 2019 to 24 December 2019. The most in one day was 61 on 23 December 2019.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 24 December 2019 ranked by margin
Ft Lauderdale Beach, 12-23	127.7 mm (5.0 in)
Key W Intl AP, 12-22	100.1 mm (3.9 in)
Dry Tortugas, 12-22	98.8 mm (3.9 in)
Ft Lauderdale, 12-23	81.0 mm (3.2 in)
Bamberg, 12-23	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
Usher Twr, 12-23	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
Glennville 3NW, 12-23	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
Brooklet 1 W, 12-23	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
Naples, 12-23	42.4 mm (1.7 in)
Guntersville, 12-23	38.6 mm (1.5 in)
Bay Minette, 12-22	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
Valdosta Rgnl AP, 12-22	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
Miami Intl AP, 12-23	30.4 mm (1.2 in)
Robertsdale, 12-22	25.9 mm (1.0 in)
Rome, 12-23	24.2 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

105 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, 21 to 24 December 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
81	78
48	81
99	64
100	48
39	77
42	29
64	24
38	76
49	25
17	112
24	89
24	77
18	77
32	65
26	76
30	65
23	76
128	2
7	112
56	32
36	1
19	54
36	50
4	118
11	81
13	77
1	108
13	77
10	77
10	77
8	77
19	22
11	77
16	65
16	62
43	8
8	62
3	77
14	65
10	43
38	4
35	5
41	5
8	60
41	4
28	4
26	12
18	32
26	4
24	21
2	32
5	62
2	52
2	62
3	60
22	5
5	10
31	12
15	20
14	28
1	50
16	32
24	4
24	12
8	32
13	24
25	4
5	40
13	4
21	4
17	14
5	24
1	2
10	28
18	8
7	28
5	29
8	21
3	40
5	14
15	5
9	12
2	6
12	4
2	29
6	14
17	4
5	29
3	20
10	8
4	14
7	4
2	12
8	12
3	4
2	12
3	5
0	14
5	4
8	5
7	8
3	5
7	4
5	5
1	4

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 24 December 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, 21 to 24 December 2019 (this event)	105 records

Every Record Set

20 of 105

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 24 December 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-12-22	Dry Tortugas	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	64	66 of 100 (Major)
2019-12-22	Key W Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	48	61 of 100 (Major)
2019-12-22	Bay Minette	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	76	52 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-22	Moultrie 2 ESE	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	89	50 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-22	Valdosta Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	65	48 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-22	Robertsdale	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	76	47 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-22	Fairhope 2 NE	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	76	46 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-23	Ft Lauderdale	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	78	73 of 100 (Major)
2019-12-23	Brooklet 1 W	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	81	67 of 100 (Major)
2019-12-23	Guntersville	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	77	56 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-23	Naples	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29	55 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-23	Bamberg	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24	53 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-23	Glennville 3NW	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25	52 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-23	Yemassee 1 N	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	112	52 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-23	Rome	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	77	49 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-23	Dwtn Charleston	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	77	48 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-23	Miami Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	65	47 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-23	Ft Lauderdale Beach	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	127.7 mm (5.0 in)	2	46 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-23	Titusville	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	112	45 of 100 (Notable)
2019-12-23	Usher Twr	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32	44 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 105 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
81	78
48	81
99	64
100	48
39	77
42	29
64	24
38	76
49	25
17	112
24	89
24	77
18	77
32	65
26	76
30	65
23	76
128	2
7	112
56	32
36	1
19	54
36	50
4	118
11	81
13	77
1	108
13	77
10	77
10	77
8	77
19	22
11	77
16	65
16	62
43	8
8	62
3	77
14	65
10	43
38	4
35	5
41	5
8	60
41	4
28	4
26	12
18	32
26	4
24	21
2	32
5	62
2	52
2	62
3	60
22	5
5	10
31	12
15	20
14	28
1	50
16	32
24	4
24	12
8	32
13	24
25	4
5	40
13	4
21	4
17	14
5	24
1	2
10	28
18	8
7	28
5	29
8	21
3	40
5	14
15	5
9	12
2	6
12	4
2	29
6	14
17	4
5	29
3	20
10	8
4	14
7	4
2	12
8	12
3	4
2	12
3	5
0	14
5	4
8	5
7	8
3	5
7	4
5	5
1	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
81	78
48	81
99	64
100	48
39	77
42	29
64	24
38	76
49	25
17	112
24	89
24	77
18	77
32	65
26	76
30	65
23	76
128	2
7	112
56	32
36	1
19	54
36	50
4	118
11	81
13	77
1	108
13	77
10	77
10	77
8	77
19	22
11	77
16	65
16	62
43	8
8	62
3	77
14	65
10	43
38	4
35	5
41	5
8	60
41	4
28	4
26	12
18	32
26	4
24	21
2	32
5	62
2	52
2	62
3	60
22	5
5	10
31	12
15	20
14	28
1	50
16	32
24	4
24	12
8	32
13	24
25	4
5	40
13	4
21	4
17	14
5	24
1	2
10	28
18	8
7	28
5	29
8	21
3	40
5	14
15	5
9	12
2	6
12	4
2	29
6	14
17	4
5	29
3	20
10	8
4	14
7	4
2	12
8	12
3	4
2	12
3	5
0	14
5	4
8	5
7	8
3	5
7	4
5	5
1	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
81	78
48	81
99	64
100	48
39	77
42	29
64	24
38	76
49	25
17	112
24	89
24	77
18	77
32	65
26	76
30	65
23	76
128	2
7	112
56	32
36	1
19	54
36	50
4	118
11	81
13	77
1	108
13	77
10	77
10	77
8	77
19	22
11	77
16	65
16	62
43	8
8	62
3	77
14	65
10	43
38	4
35	5
41	5
8	60
41	4
28	4
26	12
18	32
26	4
24	21
2	32
5	62
2	52
2	62
3	60
22	5
5	10
31	12
15	20
14	28
1	50
16	32
24	4
24	12
8	32
13	24
25	4
5	40
13	4
21	4
17	14
5	24
1	2
10	28
18	8
7	28
5	29
8	21
3	40
5	14
15	5
9	12
2	6
12	4
2	29
6	14
17	4
5	29
3	20
10	8
4	14
7	4
2	12
8	12
3	4
2	12
3	5
0	14
5	4
8	5
7	8
3	5
7	4
5	5
1	4