Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 11 June 2022

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 11 June 2022
Start: 2022-06-04
End: 2022-06-11
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 11 June 2022: 266 records at 255 stations, peak on 7 June 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 11 June 2022 set or tied 266 station records at 255 stations.
It ran from 4 June 2022 to 11 June 2022 (8 days) and its peak day was 7 June 2022.
Status: closed.
Guntersville set a daily record precipitation of 107.2 mm (4.2 in) on 8 June 2022.
The busiest day was 7 June 2022 with 69 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 130 years.

Footprint

4 to 11 June 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 11 June 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 11 June 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Guntersville	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	2022-06-08
Lindsborg 3E	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	2022-06-05
Peebles	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2022-06-07
Van Wert 1 S	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	2022-06-07
Childersburg Wtp	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	2022-06-08
Birmingham AP	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	2022-06-08
Sylacauga 4 NE	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	2022-06-09
Dale Enterprise	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	2022-06-09
Bessemer 3 WSW	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	2022-06-08
Ellsworth	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	2022-06-08
Boonville 4 SSW	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	2022-06-08
Benton	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	2022-06-09
Winamac 2SSE	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	2022-06-07
Bellefont 3S	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	2022-06-07
Abbott	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	2022-06-10
Goshen 3SW	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	2022-06-07
Fremont	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	2022-06-07
Alexander City	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	2022-06-09
Ames 8 WSW	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	2022-06-06
Princeton	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	2022-06-07

Records per Day

Peak day 69

Records set or tied each day from 4 June 2022 to 11 June 2022. The most in one day was 69 on 7 June 2022.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 11 June 2022 ranked by margin
Sylacauga 4 NE, 06-09	79.5 mm (3.1 in)
Ames 8 WSW, 06-06	78.9 mm (3.1 in)
Birmingham AP, 06-08	66.3 mm (2.6 in)
Bessemer 3 WSW, 06-08	66.3 mm (2.6 in)
Princeton, 06-07	61.3 mm (2.4 in)
Alexander City, 06-09	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
Bellefont 3S, 06-07	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
Lindsborg 3E, 06-05	48.2 mm (1.9 in)
Winamac 2SSE, 06-07	47.8 mm (1.9 in)
Ellsworth, 06-08	47.2 mm (1.9 in)
Guntersville, 06-08	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
Peebles, 06-07	42.5 mm (1.7 in)
Van Wert 1 S, 06-07	41.4 mm (1.6 in)
Abbott, 06-10	37.6 mm (1.5 in)
Boonville 4 SSW, 06-08	36.6 mm (1.4 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

266 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 11 June 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
45	108
48	105
43	80
41	79
35	58
66	0
80	5
22	97
66	44
47	56
37	60
25	112
38	76
48	29
49	36
14	105
28	68
55	20
79	13
61	24
13	125
8	116
51	28
12	100
14	92
12	130
27	67
21	68
14	89
19	80
32	44
21	76
33	32
5	97
22	53
11	80
14	75
28	25
3	120
34	33
19	68
3	116
21	44
5	92
1	105
17	71
7	84
6	91
5	92
20	57
39	27
25	44
32	48
25	44
6	80
8	83
1	93
15	63
18	48
37	25
12	59
8	79
13	67
15	67
6	76
5	80
41	4
24	43
5	73
9	67
6	52
5	75
28	19
1	84
10	59
17	44
15	63
21	48
2	80
3	79
8	61
22	40
8	60
34	20
10	59
15	48
10	71
16	44
20	20
14	47
14	52
29	8
15	48
10	59
17	7
24	25
14	41
18	11
33	3
30	25
2	65
0	72
1	73
3	67
4	60
28	28
0	73
9	47
21	37
1	75
1	64
31	4
1	59
4	55
2	67
21	21
18	27
11	48
2	67
5	56
16	43
11	32
5	52
13	41
19	20
15	29
4	55
12	29
14	25
16	25
13	20
15	35
8	41
14	41
3	56
21	7
21	28
19	27
21	4
1	55
2	57
3	48
4	56
21	8
25	19
4	48
5	49
15	29
7	48
9	28
3	40
2	41
25	8
3	41
2	48
16	20
10	17
15	8
5	32
13	27
7	20
20	8
14	20
4	41
1	51
2	44
8	32
6	36
15	27
4	41
0	40
4	40
4	36
13	36
6	36
2	40
7	13
4	44
2	44
24	0
16	13
2	41
8	7
12	13
2	0
18	3
9	27
0	41
10	36
1	44
6	28
15	16
11	19
5	13
1	40
4	19
9	13
6	5
2	28
6	24

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 11 June 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 11 June 2022 (this event)	266 records

Every Record Set

20 of 266

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 4 to 11 June 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-06-05	Lindsborg 3E	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	105	71 of 100 (Major)
2022-06-06	Ames 8 WSW	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	13	49 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-07	Peebles	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	80	70 of 100 (Major)
2022-06-07	Van Wert 1 S	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	79	64 of 100 (Major)
2022-06-07	Winamac 2SSE	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29	54 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-07	Bellefont 3S	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36	54 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-07	Goshen 3SW	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	105	52 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-07	Fremont	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	68	52 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-07	Princeton	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	24	48 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-08	Guntersville	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	108	72 of 100 (Major)
2022-06-08	Childersburg Wtp	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	58	59 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-08	Birmingham AP	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	0	59 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-08	Bessemer 3 WSW	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	44	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-08	Ellsworth	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	56	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-08	Boonville 4 SSW	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	60	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-09	Sylacauga 4 NE	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	5	58 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-09	Dale Enterprise	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	97	58 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-09	Benton	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	112	55 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-09	Alexander City	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20	50 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-10	Abbott	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	76	54 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 266 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
2022-06-04	2
2022-06-05	10
2022-06-06	35
2022-06-07	69
2022-06-08	68
2022-06-09	58
2022-06-10	11
2022-06-11	13

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
45	108
48	105
43	80
41	79
35	58
66	0
80	5
22	97
66	44
47	56
37	60
25	112
38	76
48	29
49	36
14	105
28	68
55	20
79	13
61	24
13	125
8	116
51	28
12	100
14	92
12	130
27	67
21	68
14	89
19	80
32	44
21	76
33	32
5	97
22	53
11	80
14	75
28	25
3	120
34	33
19	68
3	116
21	44
5	92
1	105
17	71
7	84
6	91
5	92
20	57
39	27
25	44
32	48
25	44
6	80
8	83
1	93
15	63
18	48
37	25
12	59
8	79
13	67
15	67
6	76
5	80
41	4
24	43
5	73
9	67
6	52
5	75
28	19
1	84
10	59
17	44
15	63
21	48
2	80
3	79
8	61
22	40
8	60
34	20
10	59
15	48
10	71
16	44
20	20
14	47
14	52
29	8
15	48
10	59
17	7
24	25
14	41
18	11
33	3
30	25
2	65
0	72
1	73
3	67
4	60
28	28
0	73
9	47
21	37
1	75
1	64
31	4
1	59
4	55
2	67
21	21
18	27
11	48
2	67
5	56
16	43
11	32
5	52
13	41
19	20
15	29
4	55
12	29
14	25
16	25
13	20
15	35
8	41
14	41
3	56
21	7
21	28
19	27
21	4
1	55
2	57
3	48
4	56
21	8
25	19
4	48
5	49
15	29
7	48
9	28
3	40
2	41
25	8
3	41
2	48
16	20
10	17
15	8
5	32
13	27
7	20
20	8
14	20
4	41
1	51
2	44
8	32
6	36
15	27
4	41
0	40
4	40
4	36
13	36
6	36
2	40
7	13
4	44
2	44
24	0
16	13
2	41
8	7
12	13
2	0
18	3
9	27
0	41
10	36
1	44
6	28
15	16
11	19
5	13
1	40
4	19
9	13
6	5
2	28
6	24

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
45	108
48	105
43	80
41	79
35	58
66	0
80	5
22	97
66	44
47	56
37	60
25	112
38	76
48	29
49	36
14	105
28	68
55	20
79	13
61	24
13	125
8	116
51	28
12	100
14	92
12	130
27	67
21	68
14	89
19	80
32	44
21	76
33	32
5	97
22	53
11	80
14	75
28	25
3	120
34	33
19	68
3	116
21	44
5	92
1	105
17	71
7	84
6	91
5	92
20	57
39	27
25	44
32	48
25	44
6	80
8	83
1	93
15	63
18	48
37	25
12	59
8	79
13	67
15	67
6	76
5	80
41	4
24	43
5	73
9	67
6	52
5	75
28	19
1	84
10	59
17	44
15	63
21	48
2	80
3	79
8	61
22	40
8	60
34	20
10	59
15	48
10	71
16	44
20	20
14	47
14	52
29	8
15	48
10	59
17	7
24	25
14	41
18	11
33	3
30	25
2	65
0	72
1	73
3	67
4	60
28	28
0	73
9	47
21	37
1	75
1	64
31	4
1	59
4	55
2	67
21	21
18	27
11	48
2	67
5	56
16	43
11	32
5	52
13	41
19	20
15	29
4	55
12	29
14	25
16	25
13	20
15	35
8	41
14	41
3	56
21	7
21	28
19	27
21	4
1	55
2	57
3	48
4	56
21	8
25	19
4	48
5	49
15	29
7	48
9	28
3	40
2	41
25	8
3	41
2	48
16	20
10	17
15	8
5	32
13	27
7	20
20	8
14	20
4	41
1	51
2	44
8	32
6	36
15	27
4	41
0	40
4	40
4	36
13	36
6	36
2	40
7	13
4	44
2	44
24	0
16	13
2	41
8	7
12	13
2	0
18	3
9	27
0	41
10	36
1	44
6	28
15	16
11	19
5	13
1	40
4	19
9	13
6	5
2	28
6	24

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
45	108
48	105
43	80
41	79
35	58
66	0
80	5
22	97
66	44
47	56
37	60
25	112
38	76
48	29
49	36
14	105
28	68
55	20
79	13
61	24
13	125
8	116
51	28
12	100
14	92
12	130
27	67
21	68
14	89
19	80
32	44
21	76
33	32
5	97
22	53
11	80
14	75
28	25
3	120
34	33
19	68
3	116
21	44
5	92
1	105
17	71
7	84
6	91
5	92
20	57
39	27
25	44
32	48
25	44
6	80
8	83
1	93
15	63
18	48
37	25
12	59
8	79
13	67
15	67
6	76
5	80
41	4
24	43
5	73
9	67
6	52
5	75
28	19
1	84
10	59
17	44
15	63
21	48
2	80
3	79
8	61
22	40
8	60
34	20
10	59
15	48
10	71
16	44
20	20
14	47
14	52
29	8
15	48
10	59
17	7
24	25
14	41
18	11
33	3
30	25
2	65
0	72
1	73
3	67
4	60
28	28
0	73
9	47
21	37
1	75
1	64
31	4
1	59
4	55
2	67
21	21
18	27
11	48
2	67
5	56
16	43
11	32
5	52
13	41
19	20
15	29
4	55
12	29
14	25
16	25
13	20
15	35
8	41
14	41
3	56
21	7
21	28
19	27
21	4
1	55
2	57
3	48
4	56
21	8
25	19
4	48
5	49
15	29
7	48
9	28
3	40
2	41
25	8
3	41
2	48
16	20
10	17
15	8
5	32
13	27
7	20
20	8
14	20
4	41
1	51
2	44
8	32
6	36
15	27
4	41
0	40
4	40
4	36
13	36
6	36
2	40
7	13
4	44
2	44
24	0
16	13
2	41
8	7
12	13
2	0
18	3
9	27
0	41
10	36
1	44
6	28
15	16
11	19
5	13
1	40
4	19
9	13
6	5
2	28
6	24