Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 21 April 2021

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 21 April 2021
Start: 2021-04-13
End: 2021-04-21
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 21 April 2021: 118 records at 100 stations, peak on 17 April 2021. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 21 April 2021 set or tied 118 station records at 100 stations.
It ran from 13 April 2021 to 21 April 2021 (9 days) and its peak day was 17 April 2021.
Status: closed.
Orlando Executive AP set a daily record precipitation of 46.0 mm (1.8 in) on 20 April 2021.
The busiest day was 17 April 2021 with 34 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 127 years.

Footprint

13 to 21 April 2021

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 21 April 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, 13 to 21 April 2021: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Tyler Pounds Fld	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	2021-04-16
Orlando Executive AP	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2021-04-20
Strawn 8 NNE	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	2021-04-15
Woodson	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	2021-04-16
Tyler	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	2021-04-16
Wauchula	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	2021-04-19
Donaldsonville 4 SW	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	2021-04-14
Archbold Bio STN	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	2021-04-20
Deland 1 SSE	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2021-04-19
Alexandria	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	2021-04-16
Logansport	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	2021-04-17
Jeanerette 5 NW	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	2021-04-14
Meadville	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	2021-04-15
Orlando Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	2021-04-20
Biloxi	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	2021-04-15
Minden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	2021-04-17
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	2021-04-13
Carthage	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	2021-04-17
Bayou Sorrel Lock	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	2021-04-14
Ville Platte	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2021-04-17

Records per Day

Peak day 34

Records set or tied each day from 13 April 2021 to 21 April 2021. The most in one day was 34 on 17 April 2021.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 21 April 2021 ranked by margin
Meadville, 04-15	68.1 mm (2.7 in)
Jeanerette 5 NW, 04-14	66.1 mm (2.6 in)
Tyler, 04-16	65.8 mm (2.6 in)
Biloxi, 04-15	59.7 mm (2.4 in)
Bayou Sorrel Lock, 04-14	53.1 mm (2.1 in)
Strawn 8 NNE, 04-15	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
Archbold Bio STN, 04-20	48.7 mm (1.9 in)
Woodson, 04-16	40.9 mm (1.6 in)
Orlando Intl AP, 04-20	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
Wauchula, 04-19	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, 04-13	33.3 mm (1.3 in)
Tyler Pounds Fld, 04-16	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
Carthage, 04-17	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
Orlando Executive AP, 04-20	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
Donaldsonville 4 SW, 04-14	22.1 mm (0.9 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

118 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, 13 to 21 April 2021
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
23	127
32	121
51	56
41	71
34	78
66	28
22	124
49	32
15	76
1	120
20	71
66	8
68	3
35	30
4	83
60	7
33	40
28	39
53	38
3	78
20	52
9	71
4	71
1	75
1	75
14	52
16	62
2	74
31	38
3	75
34	39
36	11
17	44
4	64
13	52
35	38
1	67
14	52
13	48
5	62
3	64
42	27
1	71
1	71
64	4
22	30
4	60
27	6
2	52
13	30
40	6
1	62
33	20
8	40
17	30
26	38
22	30
2	50
9	43
22	8
30	27
32	28
11	40
1	52
19	22
24	30
28	28
19	30
25	30
6	34
16	38
1	44
3	52
10	39
35	7
16	27
21	30
18	28
41	4
17	7
6	30
10	8
5	39
3	44
30	8
8	22
11	22
34	8
15	28
11	8
11	7
16	0
2	30
17	6
15	3
4	32
12	20
7	10
7	30
22	8
4	20
21	6
17	6
7	8
3	28
13	2
3	11
3	24
10	2
2	20
7	2
4	8
3	19
3	8
12	6
1	11
4	8
3	8

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 21 April 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, 13 to 21 April 2021 (this event)	118 records

Every Record Set

20 of 118

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 21 April 2021, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2021-04-13	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40	34 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-14	Donaldsonville 4 SW	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	124	48 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-14	Jeanerette 5 NW	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	8	38 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-14	Bayou Sorrel Lock	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38	33 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-15	Strawn 8 NNE	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	56	55 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-15	Meadville	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	3	38 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-15	Biloxi	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	7	35 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-16	Tyler Pounds Fld	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	121	58 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-16	Woodson	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	71	52 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-16	Tyler	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	28	49 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-16	Alexandria	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	120	40 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-17	Logansport	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	71	40 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-17	Minden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	83	35 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-17	Carthage	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39	34 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-17	Ville Platte	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	78	33 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-19	Wauchula	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	78	49 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-19	Deland 1 SSE	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	76	41 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-20	Orlando Executive AP	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	127	58 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-20	Archbold Bio STN	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	32	46 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-20	Orlando Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30	38 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 118 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
23	127
32	121
51	56
41	71
34	78
66	28
22	124
49	32
15	76
1	120
20	71
66	8
68	3
35	30
4	83
60	7
33	40
28	39
53	38
3	78
20	52
9	71
4	71
1	75
1	75
14	52
16	62
2	74
31	38
3	75
34	39
36	11
17	44
4	64
13	52
35	38
1	67
14	52
13	48
5	62
3	64
42	27
1	71
1	71
64	4
22	30
4	60
27	6
2	52
13	30
40	6
1	62
33	20
8	40
17	30
26	38
22	30
2	50
9	43
22	8
30	27
32	28
11	40
1	52
19	22
24	30
28	28
19	30
25	30
6	34
16	38
1	44
3	52
10	39
35	7
16	27
21	30
18	28
41	4
17	7
6	30
10	8
5	39
3	44
30	8
8	22
11	22
34	8
15	28
11	8
11	7
16	0
2	30
17	6
15	3
4	32
12	20
7	10
7	30
22	8
4	20
21	6
17	6
7	8
3	28
13	2
3	11
3	24
10	2
2	20
7	2
4	8
3	19
3	8
12	6
1	11
4	8
3	8

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
23	127
32	121
51	56
41	71
34	78
66	28
22	124
49	32
15	76
1	120
20	71
66	8
68	3
35	30
4	83
60	7
33	40
28	39
53	38
3	78
20	52
9	71
4	71
1	75
1	75
14	52
16	62
2	74
31	38
3	75
34	39
36	11
17	44
4	64
13	52
35	38
1	67
14	52
13	48
5	62
3	64
42	27
1	71
1	71
64	4
22	30
4	60
27	6
2	52
13	30
40	6
1	62
33	20
8	40
17	30
26	38
22	30
2	50
9	43
22	8
30	27
32	28
11	40
1	52
19	22
24	30
28	28
19	30
25	30
6	34
16	38
1	44
3	52
10	39
35	7
16	27
21	30
18	28
41	4
17	7
6	30
10	8
5	39
3	44
30	8
8	22
11	22
34	8
15	28
11	8
11	7
16	0
2	30
17	6
15	3
4	32
12	20
7	10
7	30
22	8
4	20
21	6
17	6
7	8
3	28
13	2
3	11
3	24
10	2
2	20
7	2
4	8
3	19
3	8
12	6
1	11
4	8
3	8

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
23	127
32	121
51	56
41	71
34	78
66	28
22	124
49	32
15	76
1	120
20	71
66	8
68	3
35	30
4	83
60	7
33	40
28	39
53	38
3	78
20	52
9	71
4	71
1	75
1	75
14	52
16	62
2	74
31	38
3	75
34	39
36	11
17	44
4	64
13	52
35	38
1	67
14	52
13	48
5	62
3	64
42	27
1	71
1	71
64	4
22	30
4	60
27	6
2	52
13	30
40	6
1	62
33	20
8	40
17	30
26	38
22	30
2	50
9	43
22	8
30	27
32	28
11	40
1	52
19	22
24	30
28	28
19	30
25	30
6	34
16	38
1	44
3	52
10	39
35	7
16	27
21	30
18	28
41	4
17	7
6	30
10	8
5	39
3	44
30	8
8	22
11	22
34	8
15	28
11	8
11	7
16	0
2	30
17	6
15	3
4	32
12	20
7	10
7	30
22	8
4	20
21	6
17	6
7	8
3	28
13	2
3	11
3	24
10	2
2	20
7	2
4	8
3	19
3	8
12	6
1	11
4	8
3	8