Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 21 to 31 May 2020

Name: Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 21 to 31 May 2020
Start: 2020-05-21
End: 2020-05-31
Location: United States, Mexico

Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 21 to 31 May 2020: 426 records at 402 stations, peak on 25 May 2020. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 21 to 31 May 2020 set or tied 426 station records at 402 stations.
It ran from 21 May 2020 to 31 May 2020 (11 days) and its peak day was 25 May 2020.
Status: closed.
Wewahitchka set a daily record precipitation of 135.4 mm (5.3 in) on 27 May 2020.
The busiest day was 25 May 2020 with 80 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 126 years.

Footprint

21 to 31 May 2020

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 21 to 31 May 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 and Mexico, 21 to 31 May 2020: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Wewahitchka	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	2020-05-27
Miami Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	2020-05-26
Marion	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	2020-05-29
Antelope	Record daily precipitation	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	2020-05-23
Kansas City Dwtn AP	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	2020-05-28
Manning	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	2020-05-30
Miami Beach	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	2020-05-26
Cave Run Lake	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	2020-05-26
Perrine 4W	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	2020-05-25
Hastings Dam 2	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	2020-05-27
Gordon	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	2020-05-27
Hesston	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	2020-05-22
Walnut 4S	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	2020-05-26
Minden	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	2020-05-22
Post	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	2020-05-24
Green Bay	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	2020-05-28
Bowie	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	2020-05-23
Abilene	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	2020-05-25
Stuart	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	2020-05-26
Jacksonville Beach	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2020-05-26

Records per Day

Peak day 80

Records set or tied each day from 21 May 2020 to 31 May 2020. The most in one day was 80 on 25 May 2020.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 21 to 31 May 2020
Date	Records
2020-05-21	2
2020-05-22	20
2020-05-23	43
2020-05-24	36
2020-05-25	80
2020-05-26	66
2020-05-27	52
2020-05-28	58
2020-05-29	50
2020-05-30	18
2020-05-31	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 21 to 31 May 2020 ranked by margin
Miami Intl AP, 05-26	131.6 mm (5.2 in)
Stuart, 05-26	99.5 mm (3.9 in)
Antelope, 05-23	87.1 mm (3.4 in)
Wewahitchka, 05-27	81.6 mm (3.2 in)
Post, 05-24	74.7 mm (2.9 in)
Miami Beach, 05-26	72.1 mm (2.8 in)
Perrine 4W, 05-25	66.3 mm (2.6 in)
Manning, 05-30	53.1 mm (2.1 in)
Kansas City Dwtn AP, 05-28	45.5 mm (1.8 in)
Marion, 05-29	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
Jacksonville Beach, 05-26	38.9 mm (1.5 in)
Minden, 05-22	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
Hesston, 05-22	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
Gordon, 05-27	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
Bowie, 05-23	25.2 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

426 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 and Mexico, 21 to 31 May 2020
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
82	47
39	91
132	52
87	38
53	7
46	58
72	52
22	92
66	50
21	82
31	65
31	83
23	105
37	55
75	11
9	77
100	15
18	115
25	112
39	69
27	69
17	88
20	107
10	111
59	5
63	21
9	102
28	69
16	120
84	2
48	62
27	63
69	27
12	116
18	81
7	107
17	79
32	70
31	48
55	6
20	66
52	29
5	121
3	108
5	106
14	81
31	62
18	71
6	105
25	72
25	68
5	111
6	98
17	70
12	64
15	66
38	38
3	126
2	105
34	30
19	49
21	33
4	112
5	88
6	87
26	63
1	104
16	42
28	30
18	13
11	68
11	69
17	50
1	98
24	63
34	63
22	46
21	47
6	87
14	66
15	58
24	21
25	20
12	53
41	3
23	60
17	51
18	58
1	87
24	57
25	25
13	21
3	83
17	37
12	51
32	10
35	33
18	61
16	58
5	73
24	52
34	41
33	36
28	39
27	29
20	30
17	36
20	40
21	44
7	77
13	47
20	39
11	74
6	71
25	45
5	42
19	61
22	56
25	11
41	7
4	68
8	65
25	49
32	28
3	73
6	66
14	63
34	41
18	32
38	9
10	37
9	73
2	76
5	68
2	73
17	59
6	63
25	47
18	50
24	47
3	65
10	55
21	33
11	47
17	30
27	39
22	22
6	64
9	69
12	30
20	49
5	59
8	54
1	69
2	61
2	65
3	60
8	47
14	47
2	60
29	32
38	23
4	74
9	37
18	25
20	11
18	44
2	63
17	16
18	38
7	61
4	9
10	37
3	40
8	45
22	30
14	50
26	27
7	50
5	55
11	46
24	36
7	47
12	44
11	34
7	55
4	59
13	29
1	68
38	5
4	62
17	27
6	55
10	42
8	37
0	59
22	12
6	44
18	39
2	53

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 21 to 31 May 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 and Mexico, 21 to 31 May 2020 (this event)	426 records

Every Record Set

20 of 426

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 21 to 31 May 2020, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2020-05-22	Hesston	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	83	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-22	Minden	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55	53 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-23	Antelope	Record daily precipitation	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	38	61 of 100 (Major)
2020-05-23	Bowie	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	112	52 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-24	Post	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	11	53 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-25	Perrine 4W	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	50	55 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-25	Abilene	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	115	52 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-26	Miami Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	52	62 of 100 (Major)
2020-05-26	Miami Beach	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	52	57 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-26	Cave Run Lake	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	92	56 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-26	Walnut 4S	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	105	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-26	Stuart	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	15	52 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-26	Jacksonville Beach	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	69	51 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-27	Wewahitchka	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	47	64 of 100 (Major)
2020-05-27	Hastings Dam 2	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	82	55 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-27	Gordon	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	65	55 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-28	Kansas City Dwtn AP	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	58	59 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-28	Green Bay	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	77	53 of 100 (Notable)
2020-05-29	Marion	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	91	62 of 100 (Major)
2020-05-30	Manning	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	7	59 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 426 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 2026-10-18. 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
82	47
39	91
132	52
87	38
53	7
46	58
72	52
22	92
66	50
21	82
31	65
31	83
23	105
37	55
75	11
9	77
100	15
18	115
25	112
39	69
27	69
17	88
20	107
10	111
59	5
63	21
9	102
28	69
16	120
84	2
48	62
27	63
69	27
12	116
18	81
7	107
17	79
32	70
31	48
55	6
20	66
52	29
5	121
3	108
5	106
14	81
31	62
18	71
6	105
25	72
25	68
5	111
6	98
17	70
12	64
15	66
38	38
3	126
2	105
34	30
19	49
21	33
4	112
5	88
6	87
26	63
1	104
16	42
28	30
18	13
11	68
11	69
17	50
1	98
24	63
34	63
22	46
21	47
6	87
14	66
15	58
24	21
25	20
12	53
41	3
23	60
17	51
18	58
1	87
24	57
25	25
13	21
3	83
17	37
12	51
32	10
35	33
18	61
16	58
5	73
24	52
34	41
33	36
28	39
27	29
20	30
17	36
20	40
21	44
7	77
13	47
20	39
11	74
6	71
25	45
5	42
19	61
22	56
25	11
41	7
4	68
8	65
25	49
32	28
3	73
6	66
14	63
34	41
18	32
38	9
10	37
9	73
2	76
5	68
2	73
17	59
6	63
25	47
18	50
24	47
3	65
10	55
21	33
11	47
17	30
27	39
22	22
6	64
9	69
12	30
20	49
5	59
8	54
1	69
2	61
2	65
3	60
8	47
14	47
2	60
29	32
38	23
4	74
9	37
18	25
20	11
18	44
2	63
17	16
18	38
7	61
4	9
10	37
3	40
8	45
22	30
14	50
26	27
7	50
5	55
11	46
24	36
7	47
12	44
11	34
7	55
4	59
13	29
1	68
38	5
4	62
17	27
6	55
10	42
8	37
0	59
22	12
6	44
18	39
2	53

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
82	47
39	91
132	52
87	38
53	7
46	58
72	52
22	92
66	50
21	82
31	65
31	83
23	105
37	55
75	11
9	77
100	15
18	115
25	112
39	69
27	69
17	88
20	107
10	111
59	5
63	21
9	102
28	69
16	120
84	2
48	62
27	63
69	27
12	116
18	81
7	107
17	79
32	70
31	48
55	6
20	66
52	29
5	121
3	108
5	106
14	81
31	62
18	71
6	105
25	72
25	68
5	111
6	98
17	70
12	64
15	66
38	38
3	126
2	105
34	30
19	49
21	33
4	112
5	88
6	87
26	63
1	104
16	42
28	30
18	13
11	68
11	69
17	50
1	98
24	63
34	63
22	46
21	47
6	87
14	66
15	58
24	21
25	20
12	53
41	3
23	60
17	51
18	58
1	87
24	57
25	25
13	21
3	83
17	37
12	51
32	10
35	33
18	61
16	58
5	73
24	52
34	41
33	36
28	39
27	29
20	30
17	36
20	40
21	44
7	77
13	47
20	39
11	74
6	71
25	45
5	42
19	61
22	56
25	11
41	7
4	68
8	65
25	49
32	28
3	73
6	66
14	63
34	41
18	32
38	9
10	37
9	73
2	76
5	68
2	73
17	59
6	63
25	47
18	50
24	47
3	65
10	55
21	33
11	47
17	30
27	39
22	22
6	64
9	69
12	30
20	49
5	59
8	54
1	69
2	61
2	65
3	60
8	47
14	47
2	60
29	32
38	23
4	74
9	37
18	25
20	11
18	44
2	63
17	16
18	38
7	61
4	9
10	37
3	40
8	45
22	30
14	50
26	27
7	50
5	55
11	46
24	36
7	47
12	44
11	34
7	55
4	59
13	29
1	68
38	5
4	62
17	27
6	55
10	42
8	37
0	59
22	12
6	44
18	39
2	53

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
82	47
39	91
132	52
87	38
53	7
46	58
72	52
22	92
66	50
21	82
31	65
31	83
23	105
37	55
75	11
9	77
100	15
18	115
25	112
39	69
27	69
17	88
20	107
10	111
59	5
63	21
9	102
28	69
16	120
84	2
48	62
27	63
69	27
12	116
18	81
7	107
17	79
32	70
31	48
55	6
20	66
52	29
5	121
3	108
5	106
14	81
31	62
18	71
6	105
25	72
25	68
5	111
6	98
17	70
12	64
15	66
38	38
3	126
2	105
34	30
19	49
21	33
4	112
5	88
6	87
26	63
1	104
16	42
28	30
18	13
11	68
11	69
17	50
1	98
24	63
34	63
22	46
21	47
6	87
14	66
15	58
24	21
25	20
12	53
41	3
23	60
17	51
18	58
1	87
24	57
25	25
13	21
3	83
17	37
12	51
32	10
35	33
18	61
16	58
5	73
24	52
34	41
33	36
28	39
27	29
20	30
17	36
20	40
21	44
7	77
13	47
20	39
11	74
6	71
25	45
5	42
19	61
22	56
25	11
41	7
4	68
8	65
25	49
32	28
3	73
6	66
14	63
34	41
18	32
38	9
10	37
9	73
2	76
5	68
2	73
17	59
6	63
25	47
18	50
24	47
3	65
10	55
21	33
11	47
17	30
27	39
22	22
6	64
9	69
12	30
20	49
5	59
8	54
1	69
2	61
2	65
3	60
8	47
14	47
2	60
29	32
38	23
4	74
9	37
18	25
20	11
18	44
2	63
17	16
18	38
7	61
4	9
10	37
3	40
8	45
22	30
14	50
26	27
7	50
5	55
11	46
24	36
7	47
12	44
11	34
7	55
4	59
13	29
1	68
38	5
4	62
17	27
6	55
10	42
8	37
0	59
22	12
6	44
18	39
2	53