Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 27 January 2023

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 27 January 2023
Start: 2023-01-13
End: 2023-01-27
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 27 January 2023: 1,059 records at 939 stations, peak on 19 January 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 27 January 2023 set or tied 1,059 station records at 939 stations.
It ran from 13 January 2023 to 27 January 2023 (15 days) and its peak day was 19 January 2023.
Status: closed.
Eureka set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 15 January 2023.
The busiest day was 19 January 2023 with 250 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 129 years.

Footprint

13 to 27 January 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 27 January 2023 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 27 January 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Eureka	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	2023-01-15
Holdrege	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	2023-01-19
Ravenna	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	2023-01-19
Atkinson 3SW	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	2023-01-19
Paradise	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	2023-01-17
Tracy Carbona	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2023-01-16
Julesburg	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	2023-01-18
Blue Hill 4 SW	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	2023-01-19
N Platte Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	2023-01-18
Arcadia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2023-01-19
Spencer 1 N	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	2023-01-16
Ft Meade	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	2023-01-16
McGill	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	2023-01-17
Ft Morgan	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	2023-01-18
Hastings 4N	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	2023-01-18
Hutchinson Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	2023-01-18
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	2023-01-18
Bloomfield	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2023-01-19
Saint Paul	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	2023-01-19
Petrified Forest Np	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	2023-01-24

Records per Day

Peak day 250

Records set or tied each day from 13 January 2023 to 27 January 2023. The most in one day was 250 on 19 January 2023.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 27 January 2023
Date	Records
2023-01-13	1
2023-01-14	51
2023-01-15	92
2023-01-16	116
2023-01-17	119
2023-01-18	112
2023-01-19	250
2023-01-20	33
2023-01-21	23
2023-01-22	40
2023-01-23	15
2023-01-24	105
2023-01-25	92
2023-01-26	9
2023-01-27	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 27 January 2023 ranked by margin
Eureka, 01-15	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
Blue Hill 4 SW, 01-19	22.6 mm (0.9 in)
Atkinson 3SW, 01-19	22.3 mm (0.9 in)
Julesburg, 01-18	22.1 mm (0.9 in)
Tracy Carbona, 01-16	21.8 mm (0.9 in)
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP, 01-18	19.5 mm (0.8 in)
Hutchinson Muni AP, 01-18	17.5 mm (0.7 in)
Saint Paul, 01-19	17.2 mm (0.7 in)
Paradise, 01-17	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
Holdrege, 01-19	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
Petrified Forest Np, 01-24	14.8 mm (0.6 in)
Bloomfield, 01-19	13.7 mm (0.5 in)
N Platte Rgnl AP, 01-18	13.5 mm (0.5 in)
McGill, 01-17	13.2 mm (0.5 in)
Ft Morgan, 01-18	11.7 mm (0.5 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, 13 to 27 January 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
25	116
12	68
16	43
8	101
6	112
22	48
11	111
17	48
16	108
15	47
22	68
20	44
8	108
13	71
22	28
23	43
4	107
14	48
18	68
14	35
10	35
12	116
12	44
13	93
8	108
9	92
8	81
12	43
9	72
20	128
39	127
12	37
19	124
13	68
5	125
12	60
5	89
41	113
26	91
19	67
14	32
16	116
20	27
16	44
4	78
64	19
20	29
20	36
9	89
24	13
13	35
21	29
11	35
28	109
14	68
9	68
13	124
11	88
12	68
13	44
7	60
6	73
9	44
4	100
13	35
10	44
15	95
10	44
8	71
12	35
10	75
6	111
3	116
6	72
7	77
9	76
10	57
14	27
6	83
5	112
4	100
10	43
9	71
12	111
60	52
5	77
9	127
12	35
9	77
14	21
12	73
8	53
32	3
30	52
36	49
5	73
5	88
6	71
9	77
2	129
4	92
22	7
24	20
3	108
4	96
10	93
6	71
12	28
21	4
10	80
11	44
6	71
21	3
8	93
10	16
11	27
4	100
7	96
4	93
2	129
3	91
15	12
9	73
7	49
10	71
4	124
31	67
1	107
3	88
4	77
9	32
8	48
5	44
10	52
13	23
29	27
17	44
4	71
8	60
9	48
18	40
7	87
4	77
1	124
15	27
12	35
19	47
1	107
12	29
8	69
2	127
2	95
15	36
8	68
1	104
8	35
18	44
8	48
6	44
5	71
5	48
11	44
1	116
2	87
9	27
2	92
13	4
1	127
6	32
10	35
10	35
1	96
10	44
1	100
0	105
2	88
2	87
3	81
5	71
1	96
18	44
5	43
1	95
6	88
2	88
4	65
2	83
11	35
8	35
7	35
4	68
5	76
1	96
4	91
3	80
6	44
1	93
11	3
6	84
10	27

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 27 January 2023 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 27 January 2023 (this event)	1,059 records

Every Record Set

20 of 1,059

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 27 January 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-01-15	Eureka	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	116	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-01-16	Tracy Carbona	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	68	61 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-16	Spencer 1 N	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	108	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-16	Ft Meade	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	112	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-17	Paradise	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	108	62 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-17	McGill	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	71	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-18	Julesburg	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	28	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-01-18	N Platte Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	35	57 of 100 (Notable)
2023-01-18	Ft Morgan	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	68	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-18	Hastings 4N	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	111	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-18	Hutchinson Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	68	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-18	Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	44	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-19	Holdrege	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	43	70 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-19	Ravenna	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	101	69 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-19	Atkinson 3SW	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	48	64 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-19	Blue Hill 4 SW	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	43	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-01-19	Arcadia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	107	57 of 100 (Notable)
2023-01-19	Bloomfield	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	48	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-19	Saint Paul	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	48	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-24	Petrified Forest Np	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	47	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 1,059 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
25	116
12	68
16	43
8	101
6	112
22	48
11	111
17	48
16	108
15	47
22	68
20	44
8	108
13	71
22	28
23	43
4	107
14	48
18	68
14	35
10	35
12	116
12	44
13	93
8	108
9	92
8	81
12	43
9	72
20	128
39	127
12	37
19	124
13	68
5	125
12	60
5	89
41	113
26	91
19	67
14	32
16	116
20	27
16	44
4	78
64	19
20	29
20	36
9	89
24	13
13	35
21	29
11	35
28	109
14	68
9	68
13	124
11	88
12	68
13	44
7	60
6	73
9	44
4	100
13	35
10	44
15	95
10	44
8	71
12	35
10	75
6	111
3	116
6	72
7	77
9	76
10	57
14	27
6	83
5	112
4	100
10	43
9	71
12	111
60	52
5	77
9	127
12	35
9	77
14	21
12	73
8	53
32	3
30	52
36	49
5	73
5	88
6	71
9	77
2	129
4	92
22	7
24	20
3	108
4	96
10	93
6	71
12	28
21	4
10	80
11	44
6	71
21	3
8	93
10	16
11	27
4	100
7	96
4	93
2	129
3	91
15	12
9	73
7	49
10	71
4	124
31	67
1	107
3	88
4	77
9	32
8	48
5	44
10	52
13	23
29	27
17	44
4	71
8	60
9	48
18	40
7	87
4	77
1	124
15	27
12	35
19	47
1	107
12	29
8	69
2	127
2	95
15	36
8	68
1	104
8	35
18	44
8	48
6	44
5	71
5	48
11	44
1	116
2	87
9	27
2	92
13	4
1	127
6	32
10	35
10	35
1	96
10	44
1	100
0	105
2	88
2	87
3	81
5	71
1	96
18	44
5	43
1	95
6	88
2	88
4	65
2	83
11	35
8	35
7	35
4	68
5	76
1	96
4	91
3	80
6	44
1	93
11	3
6	84
10	27

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
25	116
12	68
16	43
8	101
6	112
22	48
11	111
17	48
16	108
15	47
22	68
20	44
8	108
13	71
22	28
23	43
4	107
14	48
18	68
14	35
10	35
12	116
12	44
13	93
8	108
9	92
8	81
12	43
9	72
20	128
39	127
12	37
19	124
13	68
5	125
12	60
5	89
41	113
26	91
19	67
14	32
16	116
20	27
16	44
4	78
64	19
20	29
20	36
9	89
24	13
13	35
21	29
11	35
28	109
14	68
9	68
13	124
11	88
12	68
13	44
7	60
6	73
9	44
4	100
13	35
10	44
15	95
10	44
8	71
12	35
10	75
6	111
3	116
6	72
7	77
9	76
10	57
14	27
6	83
5	112
4	100
10	43
9	71
12	111
60	52
5	77
9	127
12	35
9	77
14	21
12	73
8	53
32	3
30	52
36	49
5	73
5	88
6	71
9	77
2	129
4	92
22	7
24	20
3	108
4	96
10	93
6	71
12	28
21	4
10	80
11	44
6	71
21	3
8	93
10	16
11	27
4	100
7	96
4	93
2	129
3	91
15	12
9	73
7	49
10	71
4	124
31	67
1	107
3	88
4	77
9	32
8	48
5	44
10	52
13	23
29	27
17	44
4	71
8	60
9	48
18	40
7	87
4	77
1	124
15	27
12	35
19	47
1	107
12	29
8	69
2	127
2	95
15	36
8	68
1	104
8	35
18	44
8	48
6	44
5	71
5	48
11	44
1	116
2	87
9	27
2	92
13	4
1	127
6	32
10	35
10	35
1	96
10	44
1	100
0	105
2	88
2	87
3	81
5	71
1	96
18	44
5	43
1	95
6	88
2	88
4	65
2	83
11	35
8	35
7	35
4	68
5	76
1	96
4	91
3	80
6	44
1	93
11	3
6	84
10	27

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
25	116
12	68
16	43
8	101
6	112
22	48
11	111
17	48
16	108
15	47
22	68
20	44
8	108
13	71
22	28
23	43
4	107
14	48
18	68
14	35
10	35
12	116
12	44
13	93
8	108
9	92
8	81
12	43
9	72
20	128
39	127
12	37
19	124
13	68
5	125
12	60
5	89
41	113
26	91
19	67
14	32
16	116
20	27
16	44
4	78
64	19
20	29
20	36
9	89
24	13
13	35
21	29
11	35
28	109
14	68
9	68
13	124
11	88
12	68
13	44
7	60
6	73
9	44
4	100
13	35
10	44
15	95
10	44
8	71
12	35
10	75
6	111
3	116
6	72
7	77
9	76
10	57
14	27
6	83
5	112
4	100
10	43
9	71
12	111
60	52
5	77
9	127
12	35
9	77
14	21
12	73
8	53
32	3
30	52
36	49
5	73
5	88
6	71
9	77
2	129
4	92
22	7
24	20
3	108
4	96
10	93
6	71
12	28
21	4
10	80
11	44
6	71
21	3
8	93
10	16
11	27
4	100
7	96
4	93
2	129
3	91
15	12
9	73
7	49
10	71
4	124
31	67
1	107
3	88
4	77
9	32
8	48
5	44
10	52
13	23
29	27
17	44
4	71
8	60
9	48
18	40
7	87
4	77
1	124
15	27
12	35
19	47
1	107
12	29
8	69
2	127
2	95
15	36
8	68
1	104
8	35
18	44
8	48
6	44
5	71
5	48
11	44
1	116
2	87
9	27
2	92
13	4
1	127
6	32
10	35
10	35
1	96
10	44
1	100
0	105
2	88
2	87
3	81
5	71
1	96
18	44
5	43
1	95
6	88
2	88
4	65
2	83
11	35
8	35
7	35
4	68
5	76
1	96
4	91
3	80
6	44
1	93
11	3
6	84
10	27