Extreme rain in United States, 26 February to 12 March 2022

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 26 February to 12 March 2022
Start: 2022-02-26
End: 2022-03-12
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 26 February to 12 March 2022: 750 records at 668 stations, peak on 7 March 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 26 February to 12 March 2022 set or tied 750 station records at 668 stations.
It ran from 26 February 2022 to 12 March 2022 (15 days) and its peak day was 7 March 2022.
Status: closed.
Marysville set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 7 March 2022.
The busiest day was 7 March 2022 with 163 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 128 years.

Footprint

26 February to 12 March 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 26 February to 12 March 2022 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, 26 February to 12 March 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Marysville	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	2022-03-07
Priest Rvr Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	2022-02-28
New Carlisle	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	2022-03-07
Tipp City	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	2022-03-07
Dayton Mcd	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2022-03-07
Perry	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	2022-03-12
Cedar Lake	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	2022-03-01
Warren 3 S	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2022-03-07
Urbana Wrf	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	2022-03-07
Mayo	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	2022-03-12
Landsburg	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	2022-02-28
Emery Creek	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2022-02-28
Startup 1 E	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	2022-03-01
Stehekin 4 NW	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2022-03-01
Pleasant Hill	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	2022-03-07
Marshfield 4 WSW	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	2022-03-07
Gastonia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2022-03-09
Harrisburg	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	2022-03-07
Bonners Ferry	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	2022-03-01
Winnemucca AP	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	2022-03-05

Records per Day

Peak day 163

Records set or tied each day from 26 February 2022 to 12 March 2022. The most in one day was 163 on 7 March 2022.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States, 26 February to 12 March 2022
Date	Records
2022-02-26	1
2022-02-27	10
2022-02-28	127
2022-03-01	70
2022-03-02	17
2022-03-03	19
2022-03-04	11
2022-03-05	52
2022-03-06	89
2022-03-07	163
2022-03-08	55
2022-03-09	82
2022-03-10	30
2022-03-11	13
2022-03-12	11

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 26 February to 12 March 2022 ranked by margin
Perry, 03-12	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
Mayo, 03-12	74.9 mm (2.9 in)
Landsburg, 02-28	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
Pleasant Hill, 03-07	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
Emery Creek, 02-28	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
Marysville, 03-07	39.8 mm (1.6 in)
Gastonia, 03-09	39.3 mm (1.5 in)
New Carlisle, 03-07	36.6 mm (1.4 in)
Harrisburg, 03-07	36.6 mm (1.4 in)
Tipp City, 03-07	34.6 mm (1.4 in)
Dayton Mcd, 03-07	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
Urbana Wrf, 03-07	28.5 mm (1.1 in)
Marshfield 4 WSW, 03-07	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
Priest Rvr Exp STN, 02-28	26.6 mm (1.0 in)
Stehekin 4 NW, 03-01	26.2 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

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, 26 February to 12 March 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
40	88
27	82
37	77
35	76
76	89
31	111
21	119
24	105
75	71
29	88
43	51
46	50
25	88
26	67
41	39
11	112
8	92
28	112
39	80
37	119
17	63
29	76
26	112
64	18
38	50
27	103
54	48
26	65
24	91
31	55
36	50
15	48
36	60
43	65
8	93
32	16
21	91
18	76
24	0
13	88
31	27
24	41
20	67
14	16
19	88
18	76
36	35
66	35
61	35
20	91
6	108
4	112
32	13
58	27
17	88
69	25
11	88
33	24
13	24
23	88
86	24
13	59
10	88
15	77
10	112
59	24
28	60
4	128
82	8
34	27
9	100
1	97
7	100
15	95
7	121
31	35
15	91
18	100
18	80
14	76
42	8
43	16
97	16
21	93
31	4
15	108
12	88
35	28
4	113
6	61
10	87
14	95
28	60
38	11
37	50
36	23
74	11
11	50
13	77
15	65
44	8
6	71
3	108
33	16
12	109
5	116
26	50
4	113
61	11
26	16
11	76
14	65
9	91
11	91
3	120
3	105
11	77
15	80
18	14
4	112
43	28
18	17
11	80
5	92
9	76
15	32
53	0
11	76
25	27
38	8
28	27
25	4
23	55
6	76
8	60
23	29
25	4
3	76
12	60
41	45
7	75
40	52
3	112
15	61
31	4
1	116
5	59
1	100
9	80
36	16
12	28
2	71
7	76
74	11
21	55
12	44
22	32
4	91
23	27
11	65
24	55
0	100
4	92
0	105
27	56
42	28
15	50
37	40
30	27
18	48
1	97
17	76
15	44
8	77
3	91
7	76
17	41
33	24
11	76
14	57
18	24
2	98
8	63
1	97
21	53
11	80
2	91
3	87
2	91
2	91
2	73
7	60
5	60
15	50
6	53
56	11
1	91
21	27
2	87
12	55

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 26 February to 12 March 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, 26 February to 12 March 2022 (this event)	750 records

Every Record Set

20 of 750

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 26 February to 12 March 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-02-28	Priest Rvr Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	82	73 of 100 (Major)
2022-02-28	Landsburg	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	50	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-02-28	Emery Creek	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-01	Cedar Lake	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	105	67 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-01	Startup 1 E	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	88	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-01	Stehekin 4 NW	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	67	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-01	Bonners Ferry	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	112	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-03-05	Winnemucca AP	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	92	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-03-07	Marysville	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	88	76 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-07	New Carlisle	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	77	73 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-07	Tipp City	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	76	71 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-07	Dayton Mcd	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	111	70 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-07	Warren 3 S	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	119	67 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-07	Urbana Wrf	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	88	66 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-07	Pleasant Hill	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	51	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-07	Marshfield 4 WSW	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	112	63 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-07	Harrisburg	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	119	62 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-09	Gastonia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	80	63 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-12	Perry	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	89	70 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-12	Mayo	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	71	66 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 750 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
40	88
27	82
37	77
35	76
76	89
31	111
21	119
24	105
75	71
29	88
43	51
46	50
25	88
26	67
41	39
11	112
8	92
28	112
39	80
37	119
17	63
29	76
26	112
64	18
38	50
27	103
54	48
26	65
24	91
31	55
36	50
15	48
36	60
43	65
8	93
32	16
21	91
18	76
24	0
13	88
31	27
24	41
20	67
14	16
19	88
18	76
36	35
66	35
61	35
20	91
6	108
4	112
32	13
58	27
17	88
69	25
11	88
33	24
13	24
23	88
86	24
13	59
10	88
15	77
10	112
59	24
28	60
4	128
82	8
34	27
9	100
1	97
7	100
15	95
7	121
31	35
15	91
18	100
18	80
14	76
42	8
43	16
97	16
21	93
31	4
15	108
12	88
35	28
4	113
6	61
10	87
14	95
28	60
38	11
37	50
36	23
74	11
11	50
13	77
15	65
44	8
6	71
3	108
33	16
12	109
5	116
26	50
4	113
61	11
26	16
11	76
14	65
9	91
11	91
3	120
3	105
11	77
15	80
18	14
4	112
43	28
18	17
11	80
5	92
9	76
15	32
53	0
11	76
25	27
38	8
28	27
25	4
23	55
6	76
8	60
23	29
25	4
3	76
12	60
41	45
7	75
40	52
3	112
15	61
31	4
1	116
5	59
1	100
9	80
36	16
12	28
2	71
7	76
74	11
21	55
12	44
22	32
4	91
23	27
11	65
24	55
0	100
4	92
0	105
27	56
42	28
15	50
37	40
30	27
18	48
1	97
17	76
15	44
8	77
3	91
7	76
17	41
33	24
11	76
14	57
18	24
2	98
8	63
1	97
21	53
11	80
2	91
3	87
2	91
2	91
2	73
7	60
5	60
15	50
6	53
56	11
1	91
21	27
2	87
12	55

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
40	88
27	82
37	77
35	76
76	89
31	111
21	119
24	105
75	71
29	88
43	51
46	50
25	88
26	67
41	39
11	112
8	92
28	112
39	80
37	119
17	63
29	76
26	112
64	18
38	50
27	103
54	48
26	65
24	91
31	55
36	50
15	48
36	60
43	65
8	93
32	16
21	91
18	76
24	0
13	88
31	27
24	41
20	67
14	16
19	88
18	76
36	35
66	35
61	35
20	91
6	108
4	112
32	13
58	27
17	88
69	25
11	88
33	24
13	24
23	88
86	24
13	59
10	88
15	77
10	112
59	24
28	60
4	128
82	8
34	27
9	100
1	97
7	100
15	95
7	121
31	35
15	91
18	100
18	80
14	76
42	8
43	16
97	16
21	93
31	4
15	108
12	88
35	28
4	113
6	61
10	87
14	95
28	60
38	11
37	50
36	23
74	11
11	50
13	77
15	65
44	8
6	71
3	108
33	16
12	109
5	116
26	50
4	113
61	11
26	16
11	76
14	65
9	91
11	91
3	120
3	105
11	77
15	80
18	14
4	112
43	28
18	17
11	80
5	92
9	76
15	32
53	0
11	76
25	27
38	8
28	27
25	4
23	55
6	76
8	60
23	29
25	4
3	76
12	60
41	45
7	75
40	52
3	112
15	61
31	4
1	116
5	59
1	100
9	80
36	16
12	28
2	71
7	76
74	11
21	55
12	44
22	32
4	91
23	27
11	65
24	55
0	100
4	92
0	105
27	56
42	28
15	50
37	40
30	27
18	48
1	97
17	76
15	44
8	77
3	91
7	76
17	41
33	24
11	76
14	57
18	24
2	98
8	63
1	97
21	53
11	80
2	91
3	87
2	91
2	91
2	73
7	60
5	60
15	50
6	53
56	11
1	91
21	27
2	87
12	55

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
40	88
27	82
37	77
35	76
76	89
31	111
21	119
24	105
75	71
29	88
43	51
46	50
25	88
26	67
41	39
11	112
8	92
28	112
39	80
37	119
17	63
29	76
26	112
64	18
38	50
27	103
54	48
26	65
24	91
31	55
36	50
15	48
36	60
43	65
8	93
32	16
21	91
18	76
24	0
13	88
31	27
24	41
20	67
14	16
19	88
18	76
36	35
66	35
61	35
20	91
6	108
4	112
32	13
58	27
17	88
69	25
11	88
33	24
13	24
23	88
86	24
13	59
10	88
15	77
10	112
59	24
28	60
4	128
82	8
34	27
9	100
1	97
7	100
15	95
7	121
31	35
15	91
18	100
18	80
14	76
42	8
43	16
97	16
21	93
31	4
15	108
12	88
35	28
4	113
6	61
10	87
14	95
28	60
38	11
37	50
36	23
74	11
11	50
13	77
15	65
44	8
6	71
3	108
33	16
12	109
5	116
26	50
4	113
61	11
26	16
11	76
14	65
9	91
11	91
3	120
3	105
11	77
15	80
18	14
4	112
43	28
18	17
11	80
5	92
9	76
15	32
53	0
11	76
25	27
38	8
28	27
25	4
23	55
6	76
8	60
23	29
25	4
3	76
12	60
41	45
7	75
40	52
3	112
15	61
31	4
1	116
5	59
1	100
9	80
36	16
12	28
2	71
7	76
74	11
21	55
12	44
22	32
4	91
23	27
11	65
24	55
0	100
4	92
0	105
27	56
42	28
15	50
37	40
30	27
18	48
1	97
17	76
15	44
8	77
3	91
7	76
17	41
33	24
11	76
14	57
18	24
2	98
8	63
1	97
21	53
11	80
2	91
3	87
2	91
2	91
2	73
7	60
5	60
15	50
6	53
56	11
1	91
21	27
2	87
12	55