Extreme rain in United States, 30 January to 5 February 2022

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 30 January to 5 February 2022
Start: 2022-01-30
End: 2022-02-05
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 30 January to 5 February 2022: 585 records at 556 stations, peak on 4 February 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 30 January to 5 February 2022 set or tied 585 station records at 556 stations.
It ran from 30 January 2022 to 5 February 2022 (7 days) and its peak day was 4 February 2022.
Status: closed.
Palacios Muni AP set a monthly record daily precipitation of 185.7 mm (7.3 in) on 31 January 2022.
The busiest day was 4 February 2022 with 263 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 128 years.

Footprint

30 January to 5 February 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 30 January to 5 February 2022 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in United States, 30 January to 5 February 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Palacios Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	2022-01-31
Rockville	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2022-02-03
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2022-02-04
Hallettsville 2 N	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	2022-01-31
Austin Bergstrom Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	2022-01-31
Parkersburg AP	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	2022-02-03
Brevard	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	2022-02-04
Parkersburg	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	2022-02-04
Cave Run Lake	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	2022-02-04
Waynesburg 1 E	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2022-02-04
Wabash	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	2022-02-02
Clarksburg 1	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2022-02-04
Clinton	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	2022-02-02
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	2022-02-04
Grantsville 1ESE	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	2022-02-04
Somerville Dam	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2022-02-01
Birch Hill Dam	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	2022-02-04
Beverly Stp	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	2022-02-04
Middlebourne 3 ESE	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	2022-02-04

Records per Day

Peak day 263

Records set or tied each day from 30 January 2022 to 5 February 2022. The most in one day was 263 on 4 February 2022.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 30 January to 5 February 2022 ranked by margin
Palacios Muni AP, 01-31	72.4 mm (2.9 in)
Austin Bergstrom Intl AP, 01-31	66.3 mm (2.6 in)
Rockville, 02-03	59.7 mm (2.4 in)
Brevard, 02-04	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
Clinton, 02-02	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
Somerville Dam, 02-01	43.9 mm (1.7 in)
Birch Hill Dam, 02-04	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
Middlebourne 3 ESE, 02-04	33.6 mm (1.3 in)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam, 02-04	32.3 mm (1.3 in)
Hallettsville 2 N, 01-31	30.7 mm (1.2 in)
Wabash, 02-02	30.7 mm (1.2 in)
Waynesburg 1 E, 02-04	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
Parkersburg AP, 02-03	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
Parkersburg, 02-04	27.4 mm (1.1 in)
Grantsville 1ESE, 02-04	24.7 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

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, 30 January to 5 February 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
72	78
60	86
32	90
31	96
66	68
29	70
48	86
27	74
22	111
30	50
31	54
18	96
20	128
47	36
22	90
25	74
36	40
22	70
44	52
34	36
14	96
20	54
15	112
24	70
11	111
53	66
11	112
81	24
37	36
20	60
12	119
19	70
33	36
33	33
48	39
69	34
104	24
26	70
13	90
28	36
24	120
23	125
40	32
35	55
34	36
27	51
69	16
28	36
26	18
16	83
18	124
21	50
23	50
18	70
34	36
25	51
15	60
17	60
2	96
31	68
36	47
23	39
18	125
6	100
13	70
17	40
26	34
28	34
17	75
15	70
3	84
31	58
30	36
14	70
6	119
6	119
15	60
14	70
24	70
22	63
27	18
17	70
26	50
32	47
33	44
86	3
26	36
51	36
15	70
12	70
31	36
10	83
45	3
10	68
6	96
21	34
16	54
4	108
25	50
18	36
16	83
6	120
14	86
2	112
3	120
16	52
8	70
25	31
29	19
13	60
11	32
18	63
63	6
2	120
3	108
8	79
2	119
3	96
54	24
20	32
10	60
21	50
2	112
6	86
6	92
58	12
15	32
8	86
1	119
10	70
9	60
2	115
6	83
7	70
20	50
1	114
6	70
0	127
1	102
32	32
8	60
5	92
11	50
20	63
48	24
14	52
13	39
11	60
20	50
25	8
11	36
9	60
20	50
8	82
10	70
20	51
14	55
1	62
0	96
23	39
24	32
4	83
5	70
6	86
9	54
19	62
6	70
10	55
15	36
11	52
10	51
21	66
5	36
5	60
5	70
15	36
15	18
47	8
34	32
17	27
23	24
15	62
25	24
8	54
34	6
25	6
24	47
19	24
2	83
22	36
1	83
6	60
13	11
4	60
26	30
15	47
49	4
4	70
8	55
8	60

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 30 January to 5 February 2022 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, 30 January to 5 February 2022 (this event)	585 records

Every Record Set

20 of 585

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 30 January to 5 February 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-01-31	Palacios Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	78	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-01-31	Hallettsville 2 N	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	96	72 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-31	Austin Bergstrom Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	68	67 of 100 (Major)
2022-02-01	Somerville Dam	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	52	59 of 100 (Notable)
2022-02-02	Wabash	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	54	61 of 100 (Major)
2022-02-02	Rockville	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	128	60 of 100 (Major)
2022-02-02	Clinton	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36	60 of 100 (Major)
2022-02-03	Rockville	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	86	75 of 100 (Major)
2022-02-03	Parkersburg AP	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	70	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-02-04	Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	90	74 of 100 (Major)
2022-02-04	Brevard	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	86	64 of 100 (Major)
2022-02-04	Parkersburg	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	74	64 of 100 (Major)
2022-02-04	Cave Run Lake	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	111	62 of 100 (Major)
2022-02-04	Waynesburg 1 E	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50	62 of 100 (Major)
2022-02-04	Clarksburg 1	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	96	61 of 100 (Major)
2022-02-04	Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	90	60 of 100 (Major)
2022-02-04	Grantsville 1ESE	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	74	60 of 100 (Major)
2022-02-04	Birch Hill Dam	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40	59 of 100 (Notable)
2022-02-04	Beverly Stp	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	70	59 of 100 (Notable)
2022-02-04	Middlebourne 3 ESE	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	36	59 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 585 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.

Date	Records
2022-01-30	1
2022-01-31	18
2022-02-01	15
2022-02-02	87
2022-02-03	197
2022-02-04	263
2022-02-05	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
72	78
60	86
32	90
31	96
66	68
29	70
48	86
27	74
22	111
30	50
31	54
18	96
20	128
47	36
22	90
25	74
36	40
22	70
44	52
34	36
14	96
20	54
15	112
24	70
11	111
53	66
11	112
81	24
37	36
20	60
12	119
19	70
33	36
33	33
48	39
69	34
104	24
26	70
13	90
28	36
24	120
23	125
40	32
35	55
34	36
27	51
69	16
28	36
26	18
16	83
18	124
21	50
23	50
18	70
34	36
25	51
15	60
17	60
2	96
31	68
36	47
23	39
18	125
6	100
13	70
17	40
26	34
28	34
17	75
15	70
3	84
31	58
30	36
14	70
6	119
6	119
15	60
14	70
24	70
22	63
27	18
17	70
26	50
32	47
33	44
86	3
26	36
51	36
15	70
12	70
31	36
10	83
45	3
10	68
6	96
21	34
16	54
4	108
25	50
18	36
16	83
6	120
14	86
2	112
3	120
16	52
8	70
25	31
29	19
13	60
11	32
18	63
63	6
2	120
3	108
8	79
2	119
3	96
54	24
20	32
10	60
21	50
2	112
6	86
6	92
58	12
15	32
8	86
1	119
10	70
9	60
2	115
6	83
7	70
20	50
1	114
6	70
0	127
1	102
32	32
8	60
5	92
11	50
20	63
48	24
14	52
13	39
11	60
20	50
25	8
11	36
9	60
20	50
8	82
10	70
20	51
14	55
1	62
0	96
23	39
24	32
4	83
5	70
6	86
9	54
19	62
6	70
10	55
15	36
11	52
10	51
21	66
5	36
5	60
5	70
15	36
15	18
47	8
34	32
17	27
23	24
15	62
25	24
8	54
34	6
25	6
24	47
19	24
2	83
22	36
1	83
6	60
13	11
4	60
26	30
15	47
49	4
4	70
8	55
8	60

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
72	78
60	86
32	90
31	96
66	68
29	70
48	86
27	74
22	111
30	50
31	54
18	96
20	128
47	36
22	90
25	74
36	40
22	70
44	52
34	36
14	96
20	54
15	112
24	70
11	111
53	66
11	112
81	24
37	36
20	60
12	119
19	70
33	36
33	33
48	39
69	34
104	24
26	70
13	90
28	36
24	120
23	125
40	32
35	55
34	36
27	51
69	16
28	36
26	18
16	83
18	124
21	50
23	50
18	70
34	36
25	51
15	60
17	60
2	96
31	68
36	47
23	39
18	125
6	100
13	70
17	40
26	34
28	34
17	75
15	70
3	84
31	58
30	36
14	70
6	119
6	119
15	60
14	70
24	70
22	63
27	18
17	70
26	50
32	47
33	44
86	3
26	36
51	36
15	70
12	70
31	36
10	83
45	3
10	68
6	96
21	34
16	54
4	108
25	50
18	36
16	83
6	120
14	86
2	112
3	120
16	52
8	70
25	31
29	19
13	60
11	32
18	63
63	6
2	120
3	108
8	79
2	119
3	96
54	24
20	32
10	60
21	50
2	112
6	86
6	92
58	12
15	32
8	86
1	119
10	70
9	60
2	115
6	83
7	70
20	50
1	114
6	70
0	127
1	102
32	32
8	60
5	92
11	50
20	63
48	24
14	52
13	39
11	60
20	50
25	8
11	36
9	60
20	50
8	82
10	70
20	51
14	55
1	62
0	96
23	39
24	32
4	83
5	70
6	86
9	54
19	62
6	70
10	55
15	36
11	52
10	51
21	66
5	36
5	60
5	70
15	36
15	18
47	8
34	32
17	27
23	24
15	62
25	24
8	54
34	6
25	6
24	47
19	24
2	83
22	36
1	83
6	60
13	11
4	60
26	30
15	47
49	4
4	70
8	55
8	60

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
72	78
60	86
32	90
31	96
66	68
29	70
48	86
27	74
22	111
30	50
31	54
18	96
20	128
47	36
22	90
25	74
36	40
22	70
44	52
34	36
14	96
20	54
15	112
24	70
11	111
53	66
11	112
81	24
37	36
20	60
12	119
19	70
33	36
33	33
48	39
69	34
104	24
26	70
13	90
28	36
24	120
23	125
40	32
35	55
34	36
27	51
69	16
28	36
26	18
16	83
18	124
21	50
23	50
18	70
34	36
25	51
15	60
17	60
2	96
31	68
36	47
23	39
18	125
6	100
13	70
17	40
26	34
28	34
17	75
15	70
3	84
31	58
30	36
14	70
6	119
6	119
15	60
14	70
24	70
22	63
27	18
17	70
26	50
32	47
33	44
86	3
26	36
51	36
15	70
12	70
31	36
10	83
45	3
10	68
6	96
21	34
16	54
4	108
25	50
18	36
16	83
6	120
14	86
2	112
3	120
16	52
8	70
25	31
29	19
13	60
11	32
18	63
63	6
2	120
3	108
8	79
2	119
3	96
54	24
20	32
10	60
21	50
2	112
6	86
6	92
58	12
15	32
8	86
1	119
10	70
9	60
2	115
6	83
7	70
20	50
1	114
6	70
0	127
1	102
32	32
8	60
5	92
11	50
20	63
48	24
14	52
13	39
11	60
20	50
25	8
11	36
9	60
20	50
8	82
10	70
20	51
14	55
1	62
0	96
23	39
24	32
4	83
5	70
6	86
9	54
19	62
6	70
10	55
15	36
11	52
10	51
21	66
5	36
5	60
5	70
15	36
15	18
47	8
34	32
17	27
23	24
15	62
25	24
8	54
34	6
25	6
24	47
19	24
2	83
22	36
1	83
6	60
13	11
4	60
26	30
15	47
49	4
4	70
8	55
8	60