Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 27 December 2020 to 4 January 2021

Name: Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 27 December 2020 to 4 January 2021
Start: 2020-12-27
End: 2021-01-04
Location: United States, Mexico

Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 27 December 2020 to 4 January 2021: 692 records at 633 stations, peak on 1 January 2021. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 27 December 2020 to 4 January 2021 set or tied 692 station records at 633 stations.
It ran from 27 December 2020 to 4 January 2021 (9 days) and its peak day was 1 January 2021.
Status: closed.
Dequeen set a daily record precipitation of 78.2 mm (3.1 in) on 1 January 2021.
The busiest day was 1 January 2021 with 172 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 143 years.

Footprint

27 December 2020 to 4 January 2021

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 27 December 2020 to 4 January 2021 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, 27 December 2020 to 4 January 2021: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Dequeen	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	2021-01-01
Corsicana	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	2021-01-01
Moultrie 2 ESE	Record daily precipitation	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	2021-01-02
Leedey	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2021-01-01
Conroe	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	2020-12-31
Fairfield	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	2020-12-30
Junction Kimble Co AP	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	2020-12-31
Apalachicola AP	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	2021-01-02
Shawnee	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	2021-01-01
Cooper	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	2021-01-01
Sherman	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2020-12-31
Kinston Ag Rsch	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2021-01-01
Huntsville	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	2020-12-31
Olathe Johnson Co Ind AP	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	2020-12-29
Raleigh State UNIV	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	2020-12-31
Hiram	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	2021-01-02
Des Arc	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	2020-12-31
El Campo	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	2020-12-31
Foreman	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2021-01-01
Hesston	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	2020-12-30

Records per Day

Peak day 172

Records set or tied each day from 27 December 2020 to 4 January 2021. The most in one day was 172 on 1 January 2021.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 27 December 2020 to 4 January 2021
Date	Records
2020-12-27	5
2020-12-28	24
2020-12-29	77
2020-12-30	159
2020-12-31	152
2021-01-01	172
2021-01-02	98
2021-01-03	3
2021-01-04	2

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 27 December 2020 to 4 January 2021 ranked by margin
Conroe, 12-31	90.7 mm (3.6 in)
Moultrie 2 ESE, 01-02	79.2 mm (3.1 in)
Foreman, 01-01	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
Corsicana, 01-01	59.4 mm (2.3 in)
Dequeen, 01-01	56.6 mm (2.2 in)
Kinston Ag Rsch, 01-01	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
Sherman, 12-31	51.6 mm (2.0 in)
El Campo, 12-31	46.7 mm (1.8 in)
Apalachicola AP, 01-02	44.7 mm (1.8 in)
Cooper, 01-01	43.4 mm (1.7 in)
Des Arc, 12-31	38.9 mm (1.5 in)
Huntsville, 12-31	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
Leedey, 01-01	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
Junction Kimble Co AP, 12-31	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
Olathe Johnson Co Ind AP, 12-29	26.7 mm (1.1 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

500 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, 27 December 2020 to 4 January 2021
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
57	84
59	61
79	29
28	77
91	52
21	84
27	61
45	62
26	80
43	73
56	38
52	36
30	96
10	84
27	51
14	74
39	68
62	8
47	2
16	84
32	80
27	73
19	77
31	73
5	85
59	26
21	127
36	76
10	106
21	127
18	123
8	114
29	36
33	61
3	109
23	49
15	115
47	55
67	31
30	49
6	114
13	105
28	61
15	36
11	74
31	11
9	81
40	54
19	48
69	8
5	114
19	46
19	77
37	38
30	61
23	62
34	42
3	125
9	84
20	49
4	112
15	69
10	105
47	24
40	42
24	61
11	87
17	48
18	80
22	55
6	102
27	61
14	71
21	71
6	143
5	123
2	105
3	114
31	49
20	48
15	79
18	49
2	114
7	99
12	73
37	14
13	53
21	61
24	48
14	48
2	114
10	89
28	14
30	49
15	60
14	55
36	42
35	36
18	25
9	74
12	49
4	84
6	84
5	56
15	48
0	115
24	36
12	71
39	42
33	42
13	49
6	74
14	39
42	29
37	25
24	49
18	28
12	79
11	76
4	69
5	48
14	56
25	1
25	28
3	84
15	49
2	91
22	57
24	29
23	38
41	14
12	61
18	37
43	8
3	84
2	84
15	47
10	62
19	51
2	84
1	89
7	74
9	73
19	38
23	38
9	52
10	62
8	39
12	73
24	59
3	69
24	48
7	70
12	49
4	74
26	25
8	56
19	60
34	26
38	2
28	18
8	50
21	60
8	49
0	84
14	48
12	41
7	76
18	14
10	49
11	28
22	36
49	11
14	31
13	37
14	63
9	49
13	26
9	49
8	49
11	49
14	48
15	47
15	25
10	55
4	56
7	56
5	71
24	14
29	25
20	42
8	71
34	26
8	56
11	49
9	49
15	49
3	74
11	48
1	79

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 27 December 2020 to 4 January 2021 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, 27 December 2020 to 4 January 2021 (this event)	692 records

Every Record Set

20 of 692

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 27 December 2020 to 4 January 2021, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2020-12-29	Olathe Johnson Co Ind AP	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	51	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-12-30	Fairfield	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	84	61 of 100 (Major)
2020-12-30	Hesston	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	84	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-12-31	Conroe	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	52	65 of 100 (Major)
2020-12-31	Junction Kimble Co AP	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	61	60 of 100 (Major)
2020-12-31	Sherman	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36	56 of 100 (Notable)
2020-12-31	Huntsville	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	96	55 of 100 (Notable)
2020-12-31	Raleigh State UNIV	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	84	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-12-31	Des Arc	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	68	52 of 100 (Notable)
2020-12-31	El Campo	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	2	52 of 100 (Notable)
2021-01-01	Dequeen	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	84	72 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-01	Corsicana	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	61	68 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-01	Leedey	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	77	66 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-01	Shawnee	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	80	57 of 100 (Notable)
2021-01-01	Cooper	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	73	57 of 100 (Notable)
2021-01-01	Kinston Ag Rsch	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38	56 of 100 (Notable)
2021-01-01	Foreman	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	8	52 of 100 (Notable)
2021-01-02	Moultrie 2 ESE	Record daily precipitation	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	29	67 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-02	Apalachicola AP	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	62	58 of 100 (Notable)
2021-01-02	Hiram	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	74	53 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 692 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
57	84
59	61
79	29
28	77
91	52
21	84
27	61
45	62
26	80
43	73
56	38
52	36
30	96
10	84
27	51
14	74
39	68
62	8
47	2
16	84
32	80
27	73
19	77
31	73
5	85
59	26
21	127
36	76
10	106
21	127
18	123
8	114
29	36
33	61
3	109
23	49
15	115
47	55
67	31
30	49
6	114
13	105
28	61
15	36
11	74
31	11
9	81
40	54
19	48
69	8
5	114
19	46
19	77
37	38
30	61
23	62
34	42
3	125
9	84
20	49
4	112
15	69
10	105
47	24
40	42
24	61
11	87
17	48
18	80
22	55
6	102
27	61
14	71
21	71
6	143
5	123
2	105
3	114
31	49
20	48
15	79
18	49
2	114
7	99
12	73
37	14
13	53
21	61
24	48
14	48
2	114
10	89
28	14
30	49
15	60
14	55
36	42
35	36
18	25
9	74
12	49
4	84
6	84
5	56
15	48
0	115
24	36
12	71
39	42
33	42
13	49
6	74
14	39
42	29
37	25
24	49
18	28
12	79
11	76
4	69
5	48
14	56
25	1
25	28
3	84
15	49
2	91
22	57
24	29
23	38
41	14
12	61
18	37
43	8
3	84
2	84
15	47
10	62
19	51
2	84
1	89
7	74
9	73
19	38
23	38
9	52
10	62
8	39
12	73
24	59
3	69
24	48
7	70
12	49
4	74
26	25
8	56
19	60
34	26
38	2
28	18
8	50
21	60
8	49
0	84
14	48
12	41
7	76
18	14
10	49
11	28
22	36
49	11
14	31
13	37
14	63
9	49
13	26
9	49
8	49
11	49
14	48
15	47
15	25
10	55
4	56
7	56
5	71
24	14
29	25
20	42
8	71
34	26
8	56
11	49
9	49
15	49
3	74
11	48
1	79

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
57	84
59	61
79	29
28	77
91	52
21	84
27	61
45	62
26	80
43	73
56	38
52	36
30	96
10	84
27	51
14	74
39	68
62	8
47	2
16	84
32	80
27	73
19	77
31	73
5	85
59	26
21	127
36	76
10	106
21	127
18	123
8	114
29	36
33	61
3	109
23	49
15	115
47	55
67	31
30	49
6	114
13	105
28	61
15	36
11	74
31	11
9	81
40	54
19	48
69	8
5	114
19	46
19	77
37	38
30	61
23	62
34	42
3	125
9	84
20	49
4	112
15	69
10	105
47	24
40	42
24	61
11	87
17	48
18	80
22	55
6	102
27	61
14	71
21	71
6	143
5	123
2	105
3	114
31	49
20	48
15	79
18	49
2	114
7	99
12	73
37	14
13	53
21	61
24	48
14	48
2	114
10	89
28	14
30	49
15	60
14	55
36	42
35	36
18	25
9	74
12	49
4	84
6	84
5	56
15	48
0	115
24	36
12	71
39	42
33	42
13	49
6	74
14	39
42	29
37	25
24	49
18	28
12	79
11	76
4	69
5	48
14	56
25	1
25	28
3	84
15	49
2	91
22	57
24	29
23	38
41	14
12	61
18	37
43	8
3	84
2	84
15	47
10	62
19	51
2	84
1	89
7	74
9	73
19	38
23	38
9	52
10	62
8	39
12	73
24	59
3	69
24	48
7	70
12	49
4	74
26	25
8	56
19	60
34	26
38	2
28	18
8	50
21	60
8	49
0	84
14	48
12	41
7	76
18	14
10	49
11	28
22	36
49	11
14	31
13	37
14	63
9	49
13	26
9	49
8	49
11	49
14	48
15	47
15	25
10	55
4	56
7	56
5	71
24	14
29	25
20	42
8	71
34	26
8	56
11	49
9	49
15	49
3	74
11	48
1	79

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
57	84
59	61
79	29
28	77
91	52
21	84
27	61
45	62
26	80
43	73
56	38
52	36
30	96
10	84
27	51
14	74
39	68
62	8
47	2
16	84
32	80
27	73
19	77
31	73
5	85
59	26
21	127
36	76
10	106
21	127
18	123
8	114
29	36
33	61
3	109
23	49
15	115
47	55
67	31
30	49
6	114
13	105
28	61
15	36
11	74
31	11
9	81
40	54
19	48
69	8
5	114
19	46
19	77
37	38
30	61
23	62
34	42
3	125
9	84
20	49
4	112
15	69
10	105
47	24
40	42
24	61
11	87
17	48
18	80
22	55
6	102
27	61
14	71
21	71
6	143
5	123
2	105
3	114
31	49
20	48
15	79
18	49
2	114
7	99
12	73
37	14
13	53
21	61
24	48
14	48
2	114
10	89
28	14
30	49
15	60
14	55
36	42
35	36
18	25
9	74
12	49
4	84
6	84
5	56
15	48
0	115
24	36
12	71
39	42
33	42
13	49
6	74
14	39
42	29
37	25
24	49
18	28
12	79
11	76
4	69
5	48
14	56
25	1
25	28
3	84
15	49
2	91
22	57
24	29
23	38
41	14
12	61
18	37
43	8
3	84
2	84
15	47
10	62
19	51
2	84
1	89
7	74
9	73
19	38
23	38
9	52
10	62
8	39
12	73
24	59
3	69
24	48
7	70
12	49
4	74
26	25
8	56
19	60
34	26
38	2
28	18
8	50
21	60
8	49
0	84
14	48
12	41
7	76
18	14
10	49
11	28
22	36
49	11
14	31
13	37
14	63
9	49
13	26
9	49
8	49
11	49
14	48
15	47
15	25
10	55
4	56
7	56
5	71
24	14
29	25
20	42
8	71
34	26
8	56
11	49
9	49
15	49
3	74
11	48
1	79