Extreme rain in United States, 28 to 30 April 2020

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 28 to 30 April 2020
Start: 2020-04-28
End: 2020-04-30
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 28 to 30 April 2020: 100 records at 93 stations, peak on 29 April 2020. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 28 to 30 April 2020 set or tied 100 station records at 93 stations.
It ran from 28 April 2020 to 30 April 2020 (3 days) and its peak day was 29 April 2020.
Status: closed.
Minocqua set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 29 April 2020.
The busiest day was 29 April 2020 with 73 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 120 years.

Footprint

28 to 30 April 2020

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 28 to 30 April 2020 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, 28 to 30 April 2020: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Minocqua	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2020-04-29
Decatur 1 N	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	2020-04-29
Muskegon Co AP	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	2020-04-29
Detour Village	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	2020-04-30
Lowell	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	2020-04-29
Petoskey	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	2020-04-30
Pellston Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	2020-04-29
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2020-04-29
Cheboygan	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	2020-04-30
Stambaugh 2SSE	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	2020-04-29
W Branch 3SE	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	2020-04-29
Winter	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	2020-04-29
Kenosha Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	2020-04-28
E Jordan	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	2020-04-30
Philo	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	2020-04-29
Kent City 2 SW	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	2020-04-29
Beaver Is	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	2020-04-29
Rest Lake	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	2020-04-29
Merrill	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	2020-04-29
Bergland Dam	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	2020-04-29

Records per Day

Peak day 73

Records set or tied each day from 28 April 2020 to 30 April 2020. The most in one day was 73 on 29 April 2020.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 28 to 30 April 2020 ranked by margin
Decatur 1 N, 04-29	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
Lowell, 04-29	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
Kenosha Wwtp, 04-28	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
Minocqua, 04-29	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
Muskegon Co AP, 04-29	23.9 mm (0.9 in)
Rest Lake, 04-29	23.2 mm (0.9 in)
Kent City 2 SW, 04-29	22.8 mm (0.9 in)
Bergland Dam, 04-29	22.4 mm (0.9 in)
Stambaugh 2SSE, 04-29	21.4 mm (0.8 in)
Pellston Rgnl AP, 04-29	21.1 mm (0.8 in)
Detour Village, 04-30	16.3 mm (0.6 in)
Cheboygan, 04-30	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
Petoskey, 04-30	15.0 mm (0.6 in)
Philo, 04-29	15.0 mm (0.6 in)
E Jordan, 04-30	14.5 mm (0.6 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

100 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, 28 to 30 April 2020
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
25	111
32	63
24	111
16	66
31	56
15	120
21	40
15	111
13	106
21	60
14	113
13	104
15	87
29	64
15	111
23	61
12	106
23	57
10	106
22	45
25	29
27	29
15	78
17	60
31	6
30	6
10	82
5	65
3	111
30	6
11	38
25	30
14	64
25	6
15	57
10	64
11	64
2	53
14	36
13	29
8	61
14	37
5	64
2	78
9	56
5	64
3	73
3	64
18	31
7	57
6	64
3	57
15	9
17	6
17	6
5	57
10	26
16	6
7	45
11	19
8	30
3	39
14	3
13	26
6	40
2	8
14	6
13	12
2	50
4	46
12	13
11	6
3	36
4	24
10	1
4	24
7	27
5	18
6	6
1	29
1	21
9	3
5	24
1	24
10	3
7	6
5	6
0	24
2	6
3	6
7	1
0	29
1	25
2	6
2	22
1	3
2	6
1	6
0	4
1	6

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 28 to 30 April 2020 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, 28 to 30 April 2020 (this event)	100 records

Every Record Set

20 of 100

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 28 to 30 April 2020, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2020-04-28	Kenosha Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	64	55 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-29	Minocqua	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	111	76 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-29	Decatur 1 N	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	63	70 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-29	Muskegon Co AP	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	111	69 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-29	Lowell	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56	60 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-29	Pellston Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	40	59 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-29	Houghton Lake 6 WSW	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	106	58 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-29	Stambaugh 2SSE	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	60	57 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-29	W Branch 3SE	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	113	57 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-29	Winter	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	104	56 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-29	Philo	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	111	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-29	Kent City 2 SW	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	61	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-29	Beaver Is	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	106	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-29	Rest Lake	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	57	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-29	Merrill	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	106	53 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-29	Bergland Dam	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	45	52 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-30	Detour Village	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	66	61 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-30	Petoskey	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	120	60 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-30	Cheboygan	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	111	58 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-30	E Jordan	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	87	55 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 100 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 2026-10-12. 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
25	111
32	63
24	111
16	66
31	56
15	120
21	40
15	111
13	106
21	60
14	113
13	104
15	87
29	64
15	111
23	61
12	106
23	57
10	106
22	45
25	29
27	29
15	78
17	60
31	6
30	6
10	82
5	65
3	111
30	6
11	38
25	30
14	64
25	6
15	57
10	64
11	64
2	53
14	36
13	29
8	61
14	37
5	64
2	78
9	56
5	64
3	73
3	64
18	31
7	57
6	64
3	57
15	9
17	6
17	6
5	57
10	26
16	6
7	45
11	19
8	30
3	39
14	3
13	26
6	40
2	8
14	6
13	12
2	50
4	46
12	13
11	6
3	36
4	24
10	1
4	24
7	27
5	18
6	6
1	29
1	21
9	3
5	24
1	24
10	3
7	6
5	6
0	24
2	6
3	6
7	1
0	29
1	25
2	6
2	22
1	3
2	6
1	6
0	4
1	6

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
25	111
32	63
24	111
16	66
31	56
15	120
21	40
15	111
13	106
21	60
14	113
13	104
15	87
29	64
15	111
23	61
12	106
23	57
10	106
22	45
25	29
27	29
15	78
17	60
31	6
30	6
10	82
5	65
3	111
30	6
11	38
25	30
14	64
25	6
15	57
10	64
11	64
2	53
14	36
13	29
8	61
14	37
5	64
2	78
9	56
5	64
3	73
3	64
18	31
7	57
6	64
3	57
15	9
17	6
17	6
5	57
10	26
16	6
7	45
11	19
8	30
3	39
14	3
13	26
6	40
2	8
14	6
13	12
2	50
4	46
12	13
11	6
3	36
4	24
10	1
4	24
7	27
5	18
6	6
1	29
1	21
9	3
5	24
1	24
10	3
7	6
5	6
0	24
2	6
3	6
7	1
0	29
1	25
2	6
2	22
1	3
2	6
1	6
0	4
1	6

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
25	111
32	63
24	111
16	66
31	56
15	120
21	40
15	111
13	106
21	60
14	113
13	104
15	87
29	64
15	111
23	61
12	106
23	57
10	106
22	45
25	29
27	29
15	78
17	60
31	6
30	6
10	82
5	65
3	111
30	6
11	38
25	30
14	64
25	6
15	57
10	64
11	64
2	53
14	36
13	29
8	61
14	37
5	64
2	78
9	56
5	64
3	73
3	64
18	31
7	57
6	64
3	57
15	9
17	6
17	6
5	57
10	26
16	6
7	45
11	19
8	30
3	39
14	3
13	26
6	40
2	8
14	6
13	12
2	50
4	46
12	13
11	6
3	36
4	24
10	1
4	24
7	27
5	18
6	6
1	29
1	21
9	3
5	24
1	24
10	3
7	6
5	6
0	24
2	6
3	6
7	1
0	29
1	25
2	6
2	22
1	3
2	6
1	6
0	4
1	6