Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 26 November 2020

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 26 November 2020
Start: 2020-11-24
End: 2020-11-26
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 26 November 2020: 152 records at 141 stations, peak on 25 November 2020. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 26 November 2020 set or tied 152 station records at 141 stations.
It ran from 24 November 2020 to 26 November 2020 (3 days) and its peak day was 25 November 2020.
Status: closed.
Horton set a daily record precipitation of 46.7 mm (1.8 in) on 25 November 2020.
The busiest day was 25 November 2020 with 122 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 124 years.

Footprint

24 to 26 November 2020

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 26 November 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, 24 to 26 November 2020: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Horton	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	2020-11-25
Marysville	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	2020-11-25
Wakefield 4 W	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	2020-11-25
Clay Ctr	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2020-11-25
Albia 3 NNE	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	2020-11-25
Wamego 4 W	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	2020-11-25
Spickard 7 W	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2020-11-25
Centerville	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	2020-11-25
Longford	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	2020-11-25
Columbus Junction	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	2020-11-25
Blue Rapids	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2020-11-25
Lincoln 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2020-11-25
Miltonvale	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	2020-11-25
Aledo	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	2020-11-25
Sterling	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	2020-11-25
Troy 3N	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2020-11-25
Atchison	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	2020-11-25
Fairfield	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	2020-11-25
Axtell	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	2020-11-25
Concordia ASOS	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	2020-11-24

Records per Day

Peak day 122

Records set or tied each day from 24 November 2020 to 26 November 2020. The most in one day was 122 on 25 November 2020.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 26 November 2020 ranked by margin
Spickard 7 W, 11-25	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
Longford, 11-25	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
Axtell, 11-25	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
Wakefield 4 W, 11-25	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
Marysville, 11-25	35.5 mm (1.4 in)
Clay Ctr, 11-25	30.2 mm (1.2 in)
Troy 3N, 11-25	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
Miltonvale, 11-25	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
Horton, 11-25	27.4 mm (1.1 in)
Blue Rapids, 11-25	27.2 mm (1.1 in)
Sterling, 11-25	26.9 mm (1.1 in)
Wamego 4 W, 11-25	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
Lincoln 1 SE, 11-25	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
Albia 3 NNE, 11-25	22.1 mm (0.9 in)
Centerville, 11-25	20.1 mm (0.8 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

152 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 26 November 2020
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
27	114
36	68
36	76
30	76
22	114
27	114
52	48
20	105
46	45
18	105
27	76
23	76
29	68
14	114
27	68
30	68
16	114
14	105
43	28
17	76
24	68
16	80
36	33
10	114
20	68
9	114
20	68
23	68
38	28
12	80
17	68
18	86
18	68
5	112
15	76
12	80
5	124
4	115
29	33
32	19
5	112
15	72
4	105
15	68
3	118
13	68
2	112
2	114
6	86
2	123
12	68
1	114
16	69
23	69
12	68
10	68
10	68
5	78
7	76
11	69
10	68
26	28
24	28
6	76
12	68
18	28
10	68
6	68
6	68
9	54
3	76
19	28
4	68
9	69
11	22
5	68
2	68
1	69
18	28
13	28
2	76
0	78
3	68
3	68
14	37
1	68
8	47
3	68
3	39
13	28
19	33
12	42
17	28
1	68
14	28
13	28
12	42
10	33
14	28
1	68
15	28
11	19
1	54
2	47
13	11
4	42
10	19
1	47
12	27
3	47
7	28
4	47
4	32
4	28
3	27
2	38
8	28
3	28
6	19
5	28
0	42
6	28
4	27
7	11
3	28
11	16
11	6
2	19
8	28
6	2
2	27
3	38
1	19
5	6
1	37
0	28
2	19
0	28
3	19
0	11
3	19
1	19
1	28
1	28
1	6
5	7
3	2
7	2
3	6
3	6
1	2
0	11

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 26 November 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, 24 to 26 November 2020 (this event)	152 records

Every Record Set

20 of 152

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 26 November 2020, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2020-11-24	Concordia ASOS	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	76	52 of 100 (Notable)
2020-11-25	Horton	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	114	66 of 100 (Major)
2020-11-25	Marysville	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	68	66 of 100 (Major)
2020-11-25	Wakefield 4 W	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	76	66 of 100 (Major)
2020-11-25	Clay Ctr	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	76	62 of 100 (Major)
2020-11-25	Albia 3 NNE	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	114	60 of 100 (Major)
2020-11-25	Wamego 4 W	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	114	60 of 100 (Major)
2020-11-25	Spickard 7 W	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48	60 of 100 (Major)
2020-11-25	Centerville	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	105	59 of 100 (Notable)
2020-11-25	Longford	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45	59 of 100 (Notable)
2020-11-25	Columbus Junction	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	105	58 of 100 (Notable)
2020-11-25	Blue Rapids	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	76	58 of 100 (Notable)
2020-11-25	Lincoln 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	76	57 of 100 (Notable)
2020-11-25	Miltonvale	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	68	57 of 100 (Notable)
2020-11-25	Aledo	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	114	55 of 100 (Notable)
2020-11-25	Sterling	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	68	55 of 100 (Notable)
2020-11-25	Troy 3N	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	68	55 of 100 (Notable)
2020-11-25	Atchison	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	114	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-11-25	Fairfield	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	105	53 of 100 (Notable)
2020-11-25	Axtell	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28	53 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 152 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
27	114
36	68
36	76
30	76
22	114
27	114
52	48
20	105
46	45
18	105
27	76
23	76
29	68
14	114
27	68
30	68
16	114
14	105
43	28
17	76
24	68
16	80
36	33
10	114
20	68
9	114
20	68
23	68
38	28
12	80
17	68
18	86
18	68
5	112
15	76
12	80
5	124
4	115
29	33
32	19
5	112
15	72
4	105
15	68
3	118
13	68
2	112
2	114
6	86
2	123
12	68
1	114
16	69
23	69
12	68
10	68
10	68
5	78
7	76
11	69
10	68
26	28
24	28
6	76
12	68
18	28
10	68
6	68
6	68
9	54
3	76
19	28
4	68
9	69
11	22
5	68
2	68
1	69
18	28
13	28
2	76
0	78
3	68
3	68
14	37
1	68
8	47
3	68
3	39
13	28
19	33
12	42
17	28
1	68
14	28
13	28
12	42
10	33
14	28
1	68
15	28
11	19
1	54
2	47
13	11
4	42
10	19
1	47
12	27
3	47
7	28
4	47
4	32
4	28
3	27
2	38
8	28
3	28
6	19
5	28
0	42
6	28
4	27
7	11
3	28
11	16
11	6
2	19
8	28
6	2
2	27
3	38
1	19
5	6
1	37
0	28
2	19
0	28
3	19
0	11
3	19
1	19
1	28
1	28
1	6
5	7
3	2
7	2
3	6
3	6
1	2
0	11

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
27	114
36	68
36	76
30	76
22	114
27	114
52	48
20	105
46	45
18	105
27	76
23	76
29	68
14	114
27	68
30	68
16	114
14	105
43	28
17	76
24	68
16	80
36	33
10	114
20	68
9	114
20	68
23	68
38	28
12	80
17	68
18	86
18	68
5	112
15	76
12	80
5	124
4	115
29	33
32	19
5	112
15	72
4	105
15	68
3	118
13	68
2	112
2	114
6	86
2	123
12	68
1	114
16	69
23	69
12	68
10	68
10	68
5	78
7	76
11	69
10	68
26	28
24	28
6	76
12	68
18	28
10	68
6	68
6	68
9	54
3	76
19	28
4	68
9	69
11	22
5	68
2	68
1	69
18	28
13	28
2	76
0	78
3	68
3	68
14	37
1	68
8	47
3	68
3	39
13	28
19	33
12	42
17	28
1	68
14	28
13	28
12	42
10	33
14	28
1	68
15	28
11	19
1	54
2	47
13	11
4	42
10	19
1	47
12	27
3	47
7	28
4	47
4	32
4	28
3	27
2	38
8	28
3	28
6	19
5	28
0	42
6	28
4	27
7	11
3	28
11	16
11	6
2	19
8	28
6	2
2	27
3	38
1	19
5	6
1	37
0	28
2	19
0	28
3	19
0	11
3	19
1	19
1	28
1	28
1	6
5	7
3	2
7	2
3	6
3	6
1	2
0	11

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
27	114
36	68
36	76
30	76
22	114
27	114
52	48
20	105
46	45
18	105
27	76
23	76
29	68
14	114
27	68
30	68
16	114
14	105
43	28
17	76
24	68
16	80
36	33
10	114
20	68
9	114
20	68
23	68
38	28
12	80
17	68
18	86
18	68
5	112
15	76
12	80
5	124
4	115
29	33
32	19
5	112
15	72
4	105
15	68
3	118
13	68
2	112
2	114
6	86
2	123
12	68
1	114
16	69
23	69
12	68
10	68
10	68
5	78
7	76
11	69
10	68
26	28
24	28
6	76
12	68
18	28
10	68
6	68
6	68
9	54
3	76
19	28
4	68
9	69
11	22
5	68
2	68
1	69
18	28
13	28
2	76
0	78
3	68
3	68
14	37
1	68
8	47
3	68
3	39
13	28
19	33
12	42
17	28
1	68
14	28
13	28
12	42
10	33
14	28
1	68
15	28
11	19
1	54
2	47
13	11
4	42
10	19
1	47
12	27
3	47
7	28
4	47
4	32
4	28
3	27
2	38
8	28
3	28
6	19
5	28
0	42
6	28
4	27
7	11
3	28
11	16
11	6
2	19
8	28
6	2
2	27
3	38
1	19
5	6
1	37
0	28
2	19
0	28
3	19
0	11
3	19
1	19
1	28
1	28
1	6
5	7
3	2
7	2
3	6
3	6
1	2
0	11