Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 9 April 2022

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 9 April 2022
Start: 2022-04-04
End: 2022-04-09
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 9 April 2022: 328 records at 318 stations, peak on 6 April 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 9 April 2022 set or tied 328 station records at 318 stations.
It ran from 4 April 2022 to 9 April 2022 (6 days) and its peak day was 6 April 2022.
Status: closed.
Sussex 1 NW set a daily record precipitation of 79.2 mm (3.1 in) on 8 April 2022.
The busiest day was 6 April 2022 with 118 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 126 years.

Footprint

4 to 9 April 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 9 April 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, 4 to 9 April 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Sussex 1 NW	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	2022-04-08
Northville	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2022-04-08
Charlotteburg Rsvr	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	2022-04-08
Talbotton	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	2022-04-06
Putnam Lake	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	2022-04-08
Albany Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	2022-04-07
Conklingville Dam	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	2022-04-08
Alcove Dam	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	2022-04-08
Port Jervis	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	2022-04-08
Lincolnton	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	2022-04-06
Dannemora	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2022-04-08
N Creek 5 SE	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2022-04-08
Wanaque Raymond Dam	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	2022-04-08
Macon Middle Ga Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	2022-04-06
Phillipsburg-Easton Brg	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2022-04-08
Rock Hill 3 SW	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	2022-04-08
Sherburne	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	2022-04-08
Royal Oak 2 SSW	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2022-04-06
E Stroudsburg	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	2022-04-07
Boonton 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	2022-04-08

Records per Day

Peak day 118

Records set or tied each day from 4 April 2022 to 9 April 2022. The most in one day was 118 on 6 April 2022.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 9 April 2022 ranked by margin
Talbotton, 04-06	85.9 mm (3.4 in)
Rock Hill 3 SW, 04-08	63.2 mm (2.5 in)
Conklingville Dam, 04-08	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
Putnam Lake, 04-08	54.3 mm (2.1 in)
Lincolnton, 04-06	53.1 mm (2.1 in)
Macon Middle Ga Rgnl AP, 04-06	52.4 mm (2.1 in)
Sussex 1 NW, 04-08	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
Charlotteburg Rsvr, 04-08	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
Northville, 04-08	46.7 mm (1.8 in)
Alcove Dam, 04-08	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
Royal Oak 2 SSW, 04-06	41.4 mm (1.6 in)
Wanaque Raymond Dam, 04-08	40.1 mm (1.6 in)
Phillipsburg-Easton Brg, 04-08	34.1 mm (1.3 in)
Albany Intl AP, 04-07	30.3 mm (1.2 in)
Port Jervis, 04-08	25.9 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

328 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, 4 to 9 April 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
52	108
47	108
50	60
54	68
86	57
55	60
30	68
46	55
26	96
53	53
15	108
20	108
40	60
34	60
63	36
13	108
52	57
41	32
23	92
18	126
5	119
23	65
25	115
22	81
17	100
18	92
27	65
30	60
72	17
9	108
12	88
36	55
37	5
23	81
31	20
22	64
8	108
32	60
26	68
35	40
19	31
43	12
20	85
17	60
17	81
16	64
25	60
16	60
4	108
8	100
25	57
13	93
6	92
17	60
18	60
25	68
9	92
24	60
18	57
43	5
44	52
21	55
5	104
3	122
4	104
2	109
9	85
4	97
12	65
5	97
13	64
17	68
27	32
7	53
2	108
49	4
17	64
20	47
13	65
16	55
0	119
14	52
46	27
8	81
21	68
1	67
15	71
19	61
5	85
10	72
10	68
27	59
20	36
35	5
17	64
1	92
18	40
14	64
11	60
8	60
26	60
12	65
7	60
8	65
5	65
23	5
8	48
38	4
9	60
36	8
24	53
27	5
19	4
32	5
28	8
9	68
33	8
14	60
18	33
3	81
9	61
7	64
5	72
12	57
11	57
16	36
1	81
9	14
29	5
18	5
18	5
30	24
7	61
14	60
32	33
32	28
3	75
7	64
8	55
20	20
6	57
20	5
27	36
14	60
10	57
8	57
14	36
6	64
3	65
3	72
7	57
1	73
4	65
24	5
10	36
9	60
6	60
2	68
5	17
8	57
5	65
3	60
4	57
1	72
1	72
13	52
6	64
14	36
3	57
3	65
25	28
15	5
0	60
6	57
26	5
1	68
15	52
20	16
7	31
8	40
23	4
12	36
2	64
1	64
1	60
1	68
1	64
4	48
19	36
13	5
7	57
2	57
8	40
6	35
3	57
11	52
3	52
7	39
7	40
18	5

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 9 April 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, 4 to 9 April 2022 (this event)	328 records

Every Record Set

20 of 328

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 9 April 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-04-06	Talbotton	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	57	67 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-06	Lincolnton	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	53	61 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-06	Macon Middle Ga Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	57	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-06	Royal Oak 2 SSW	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32	56 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-07	Albany Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	68	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-07	E Stroudsburg	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	92	56 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-08	Sussex 1 NW	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	108	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-04-08	Northville	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	108	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-04-08	Charlotteburg Rsvr	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	60	68 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-08	Putnam Lake	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	68	67 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-08	Conklingville Dam	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	60	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-08	Alcove Dam	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	55	64 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-08	Port Jervis	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	96	62 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-08	Dannemora	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	108	61 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-08	N Creek 5 SE	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	108	60 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-08	Wanaque Raymond Dam	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	60	58 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-08	Phillipsburg-Easton Brg	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	60	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-08	Rock Hill 3 SW	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-08	Sherburne	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	108	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-08	Boonton 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	126	55 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 328 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
2022-04-04	4
2022-04-05	37
2022-04-06	118
2022-04-07	53
2022-04-08	112
2022-04-09	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
52	108
47	108
50	60
54	68
86	57
55	60
30	68
46	55
26	96
53	53
15	108
20	108
40	60
34	60
63	36
13	108
52	57
41	32
23	92
18	126
5	119
23	65
25	115
22	81
17	100
18	92
27	65
30	60
72	17
9	108
12	88
36	55
37	5
23	81
31	20
22	64
8	108
32	60
26	68
35	40
19	31
43	12
20	85
17	60
17	81
16	64
25	60
16	60
4	108
8	100
25	57
13	93
6	92
17	60
18	60
25	68
9	92
24	60
18	57
43	5
44	52
21	55
5	104
3	122
4	104
2	109
9	85
4	97
12	65
5	97
13	64
17	68
27	32
7	53
2	108
49	4
17	64
20	47
13	65
16	55
0	119
14	52
46	27
8	81
21	68
1	67
15	71
19	61
5	85
10	72
10	68
27	59
20	36
35	5
17	64
1	92
18	40
14	64
11	60
8	60
26	60
12	65
7	60
8	65
5	65
23	5
8	48
38	4
9	60
36	8
24	53
27	5
19	4
32	5
28	8
9	68
33	8
14	60
18	33
3	81
9	61
7	64
5	72
12	57
11	57
16	36
1	81
9	14
29	5
18	5
18	5
30	24
7	61
14	60
32	33
32	28
3	75
7	64
8	55
20	20
6	57
20	5
27	36
14	60
10	57
8	57
14	36
6	64
3	65
3	72
7	57
1	73
4	65
24	5
10	36
9	60
6	60
2	68
5	17
8	57
5	65
3	60
4	57
1	72
1	72
13	52
6	64
14	36
3	57
3	65
25	28
15	5
0	60
6	57
26	5
1	68
15	52
20	16
7	31
8	40
23	4
12	36
2	64
1	64
1	60
1	68
1	64
4	48
19	36
13	5
7	57
2	57
8	40
6	35
3	57
11	52
3	52
7	39
7	40
18	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
52	108
47	108
50	60
54	68
86	57
55	60
30	68
46	55
26	96
53	53
15	108
20	108
40	60
34	60
63	36
13	108
52	57
41	32
23	92
18	126
5	119
23	65
25	115
22	81
17	100
18	92
27	65
30	60
72	17
9	108
12	88
36	55
37	5
23	81
31	20
22	64
8	108
32	60
26	68
35	40
19	31
43	12
20	85
17	60
17	81
16	64
25	60
16	60
4	108
8	100
25	57
13	93
6	92
17	60
18	60
25	68
9	92
24	60
18	57
43	5
44	52
21	55
5	104
3	122
4	104
2	109
9	85
4	97
12	65
5	97
13	64
17	68
27	32
7	53
2	108
49	4
17	64
20	47
13	65
16	55
0	119
14	52
46	27
8	81
21	68
1	67
15	71
19	61
5	85
10	72
10	68
27	59
20	36
35	5
17	64
1	92
18	40
14	64
11	60
8	60
26	60
12	65
7	60
8	65
5	65
23	5
8	48
38	4
9	60
36	8
24	53
27	5
19	4
32	5
28	8
9	68
33	8
14	60
18	33
3	81
9	61
7	64
5	72
12	57
11	57
16	36
1	81
9	14
29	5
18	5
18	5
30	24
7	61
14	60
32	33
32	28
3	75
7	64
8	55
20	20
6	57
20	5
27	36
14	60
10	57
8	57
14	36
6	64
3	65
3	72
7	57
1	73
4	65
24	5
10	36
9	60
6	60
2	68
5	17
8	57
5	65
3	60
4	57
1	72
1	72
13	52
6	64
14	36
3	57
3	65
25	28
15	5
0	60
6	57
26	5
1	68
15	52
20	16
7	31
8	40
23	4
12	36
2	64
1	64
1	60
1	68
1	64
4	48
19	36
13	5
7	57
2	57
8	40
6	35
3	57
11	52
3	52
7	39
7	40
18	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
52	108
47	108
50	60
54	68
86	57
55	60
30	68
46	55
26	96
53	53
15	108
20	108
40	60
34	60
63	36
13	108
52	57
41	32
23	92
18	126
5	119
23	65
25	115
22	81
17	100
18	92
27	65
30	60
72	17
9	108
12	88
36	55
37	5
23	81
31	20
22	64
8	108
32	60
26	68
35	40
19	31
43	12
20	85
17	60
17	81
16	64
25	60
16	60
4	108
8	100
25	57
13	93
6	92
17	60
18	60
25	68
9	92
24	60
18	57
43	5
44	52
21	55
5	104
3	122
4	104
2	109
9	85
4	97
12	65
5	97
13	64
17	68
27	32
7	53
2	108
49	4
17	64
20	47
13	65
16	55
0	119
14	52
46	27
8	81
21	68
1	67
15	71
19	61
5	85
10	72
10	68
27	59
20	36
35	5
17	64
1	92
18	40
14	64
11	60
8	60
26	60
12	65
7	60
8	65
5	65
23	5
8	48
38	4
9	60
36	8
24	53
27	5
19	4
32	5
28	8
9	68
33	8
14	60
18	33
3	81
9	61
7	64
5	72
12	57
11	57
16	36
1	81
9	14
29	5
18	5
18	5
30	24
7	61
14	60
32	33
32	28
3	75
7	64
8	55
20	20
6	57
20	5
27	36
14	60
10	57
8	57
14	36
6	64
3	65
3	72
7	57
1	73
4	65
24	5
10	36
9	60
6	60
2	68
5	17
8	57
5	65
3	60
4	57
1	72
1	72
13	52
6	64
14	36
3	57
3	65
25	28
15	5
0	60
6	57
26	5
1	68
15	52
20	16
7	31
8	40
23	4
12	36
2	64
1	64
1	60
1	68
1	64
4	48
19	36
13	5
7	57
2	57
8	40
6	35
3	57
11	52
3	52
7	39
7	40
18	5