Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 17 February 2023

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 17 February 2023
Start: 2023-02-13
End: 2023-02-17
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 17 February 2023: 501 records at 493 stations, peak on 15 February 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 17 February 2023 set or tied 501 station records at 493 stations.
It ran from 13 February 2023 to 17 February 2023 (5 days) and its peak day was 15 February 2023.
Status: closed.
Beckley Va Hospital set a monthly record daily precipitation of 68.1 mm (2.7 in) on 17 February 2023.
The busiest day was 15 February 2023 with 203 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 127 years.

Footprint

13 to 17 February 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 17 February 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 17 February 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Beckley Va Hospital	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	2023-02-17
Oneida	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	2023-02-17
Dunlow 1 SW	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	2023-02-17
Madeline Is	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	2023-02-13
River Falls	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	2023-02-15
Hazard Wtr Wks	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2023-02-17
Wise 1SE	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2023-02-17
Faribault	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	2023-02-15
Summersville Lake	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	2023-02-17
Danville	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	2023-02-17
Owatonna	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	2023-02-15
Montevallo	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	2023-02-17
Paintsville 1E	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	2023-02-17
Taylorsville 2SW	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	2023-02-17
Spirit Lake	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	2023-02-15
Forest Lake 5NE	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	2023-02-15
Grand Meadow	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	2023-02-15
St Peter	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	2023-02-15
Tower 2S	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	2023-02-15
Zumbrota	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	2023-02-15

Records per Day

Peak day 203

Records set or tied each day from 13 February 2023 to 17 February 2023. The most in one day was 203 on 15 February 2023.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 17 February 2023 ranked by margin
Danville, 02-17	61.5 mm (2.4 in)
Oneida, 02-17	45.5 mm (1.8 in)
Montevallo, 02-17	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
Paintsville 1E, 02-17	42.7 mm (1.7 in)
Hazard Wtr Wks, 02-17	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
Taylorsville 2SW, 02-17	40.4 mm (1.6 in)
Wise 1SE, 02-17	39.2 mm (1.5 in)
Dunlow 1 SW, 02-17	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
Madeline Is, 02-13	27.5 mm (1.1 in)
Summersville Lake, 02-17	23.1 mm (0.9 in)
Faribault, 02-15	21.1 mm (0.8 in)
Zumbrota, 02-15	20.5 mm (0.8 in)
Beckley Va Hospital, 02-17	19.3 mm (0.8 in)
River Falls, 02-15	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
Forest Lake 5NE, 02-15	17.5 mm (0.7 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 17 February 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
17	126
21	77
17	80
19	84
46	42
35	50
42	67
28	60
19	56
39	67
21	47
23	53
62	41
18	56
12	103
44	80
43	36
40	47
17	56
10	108
15	77
21	60
14	77
40	5
16	47
20	32
11	91
41	80
13	80
7	112
7	112
36	21
34	68
14	60
40	21
10	24
19	47
16	60
14	47
8	60
15	56
7	112
30	79
27	20
7	104
13	96
33	20
11	24
8	88
10	84
15	47
10	80
7	88
22	28
15	56
9	72
17	66
44	57
9	99
36	33
5	112
17	29
6	127
12	47
13	120
21	77
5	84
13	47
9	77
10	80
5	112
17	8
13	47
47	57
10	47
14	47
9	77
5	112
7	60
38	4
12	47
13	47
6	77
2	75
3	122
3	92
14	39
7	84
7	91
8	47
8	77
11	47
14	47
11	47
9	47
15	28
16	80
30	29
12	48
17	31
12	47
11	80
17	28
8	56
8	60
13	67
4	112
12	47
6	72
4	84
20	28
9	47
21	36
4	88
33	4
8	56
15	20
2	96
12	29
20	47
5	77
12	47
10	28
29	31
12	47
10	47
13	32
14	32
2	91
1	113
1	112
35	21
1	123
26	29
9	47
4	84
25	20
34	20
31	41
5	72
11	29
1	112
25	21
9	53
4	46
2	88
11	29
25	41
9	47
51	21
2	91
2	91
26	21
3	77
10	32
3	80
11	28
9	28
2	84
7	77
15	12
18	12
8	47
19	20
31	20
8	80
10	28
2	77
24	20
11	31
2	80
0	87
8	47
14	47
6	56
6	56
6	72
24	48
1	80
10	31
5	59
27	21
7	47
7	68
0	84
0	84
24	36
20	56
37	21
19	20
26	21
2	77
26	48
9	33
3	53
1	80
23	20
10	20
9	31
7	67

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 17 February 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 17 February 2023 (this event)	501 records

Every Record Set

20 of 501

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 17 February 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-02-13	Madeline Is	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	60	66 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-15	River Falls	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	56	66 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-15	Faribault	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	47	64 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-15	Owatonna	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	56	59 of 100 (Notable)
2023-02-15	Spirit Lake	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	80	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-02-15	Forest Lake 5NE	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	56	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-02-15	Grand Meadow	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	108	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-02-15	St Peter	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	103	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-02-15	Tower 2S	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	126	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-02-15	Zumbrota	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	77	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-02-17	Beckley Va Hospital	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	84	70 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-17	Oneida	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42	68 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-17	Dunlow 1 SW	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50	67 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-17	Hazard Wtr Wks	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	67	66 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-17	Wise 1SE	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	67	65 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-17	Summersville Lake	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	53	64 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-17	Danville	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41	61 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-17	Montevallo	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	80	59 of 100 (Notable)
2023-02-17	Paintsville 1E	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36	59 of 100 (Notable)
2023-02-17	Taylorsville 2SW	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47	59 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 501 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.

Date	Records
2023-02-13	7
2023-02-14	47
2023-02-15	203
2023-02-16	93
2023-02-17	151

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
17	126
21	77
17	80
19	84
46	42
35	50
42	67
28	60
19	56
39	67
21	47
23	53
62	41
18	56
12	103
44	80
43	36
40	47
17	56
10	108
15	77
21	60
14	77
40	5
16	47
20	32
11	91
41	80
13	80
7	112
7	112
36	21
34	68
14	60
40	21
10	24
19	47
16	60
14	47
8	60
15	56
7	112
30	79
27	20
7	104
13	96
33	20
11	24
8	88
10	84
15	47
10	80
7	88
22	28
15	56
9	72
17	66
44	57
9	99
36	33
5	112
17	29
6	127
12	47
13	120
21	77
5	84
13	47
9	77
10	80
5	112
17	8
13	47
47	57
10	47
14	47
9	77
5	112
7	60
38	4
12	47
13	47
6	77
2	75
3	122
3	92
14	39
7	84
7	91
8	47
8	77
11	47
14	47
11	47
9	47
15	28
16	80
30	29
12	48
17	31
12	47
11	80
17	28
8	56
8	60
13	67
4	112
12	47
6	72
4	84
20	28
9	47
21	36
4	88
33	4
8	56
15	20
2	96
12	29
20	47
5	77
12	47
10	28
29	31
12	47
10	47
13	32
14	32
2	91
1	113
1	112
35	21
1	123
26	29
9	47
4	84
25	20
34	20
31	41
5	72
11	29
1	112
25	21
9	53
4	46
2	88
11	29
25	41
9	47
51	21
2	91
2	91
26	21
3	77
10	32
3	80
11	28
9	28
2	84
7	77
15	12
18	12
8	47
19	20
31	20
8	80
10	28
2	77
24	20
11	31
2	80
0	87
8	47
14	47
6	56
6	56
6	72
24	48
1	80
10	31
5	59
27	21
7	47
7	68
0	84
0	84
24	36
20	56
37	21
19	20
26	21
2	77
26	48
9	33
3	53
1	80
23	20
10	20
9	31
7	67

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
17	126
21	77
17	80
19	84
46	42
35	50
42	67
28	60
19	56
39	67
21	47
23	53
62	41
18	56
12	103
44	80
43	36
40	47
17	56
10	108
15	77
21	60
14	77
40	5
16	47
20	32
11	91
41	80
13	80
7	112
7	112
36	21
34	68
14	60
40	21
10	24
19	47
16	60
14	47
8	60
15	56
7	112
30	79
27	20
7	104
13	96
33	20
11	24
8	88
10	84
15	47
10	80
7	88
22	28
15	56
9	72
17	66
44	57
9	99
36	33
5	112
17	29
6	127
12	47
13	120
21	77
5	84
13	47
9	77
10	80
5	112
17	8
13	47
47	57
10	47
14	47
9	77
5	112
7	60
38	4
12	47
13	47
6	77
2	75
3	122
3	92
14	39
7	84
7	91
8	47
8	77
11	47
14	47
11	47
9	47
15	28
16	80
30	29
12	48
17	31
12	47
11	80
17	28
8	56
8	60
13	67
4	112
12	47
6	72
4	84
20	28
9	47
21	36
4	88
33	4
8	56
15	20
2	96
12	29
20	47
5	77
12	47
10	28
29	31
12	47
10	47
13	32
14	32
2	91
1	113
1	112
35	21
1	123
26	29
9	47
4	84
25	20
34	20
31	41
5	72
11	29
1	112
25	21
9	53
4	46
2	88
11	29
25	41
9	47
51	21
2	91
2	91
26	21
3	77
10	32
3	80
11	28
9	28
2	84
7	77
15	12
18	12
8	47
19	20
31	20
8	80
10	28
2	77
24	20
11	31
2	80
0	87
8	47
14	47
6	56
6	56
6	72
24	48
1	80
10	31
5	59
27	21
7	47
7	68
0	84
0	84
24	36
20	56
37	21
19	20
26	21
2	77
26	48
9	33
3	53
1	80
23	20
10	20
9	31
7	67

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
17	126
21	77
17	80
19	84
46	42
35	50
42	67
28	60
19	56
39	67
21	47
23	53
62	41
18	56
12	103
44	80
43	36
40	47
17	56
10	108
15	77
21	60
14	77
40	5
16	47
20	32
11	91
41	80
13	80
7	112
7	112
36	21
34	68
14	60
40	21
10	24
19	47
16	60
14	47
8	60
15	56
7	112
30	79
27	20
7	104
13	96
33	20
11	24
8	88
10	84
15	47
10	80
7	88
22	28
15	56
9	72
17	66
44	57
9	99
36	33
5	112
17	29
6	127
12	47
13	120
21	77
5	84
13	47
9	77
10	80
5	112
17	8
13	47
47	57
10	47
14	47
9	77
5	112
7	60
38	4
12	47
13	47
6	77
2	75
3	122
3	92
14	39
7	84
7	91
8	47
8	77
11	47
14	47
11	47
9	47
15	28
16	80
30	29
12	48
17	31
12	47
11	80
17	28
8	56
8	60
13	67
4	112
12	47
6	72
4	84
20	28
9	47
21	36
4	88
33	4
8	56
15	20
2	96
12	29
20	47
5	77
12	47
10	28
29	31
12	47
10	47
13	32
14	32
2	91
1	113
1	112
35	21
1	123
26	29
9	47
4	84
25	20
34	20
31	41
5	72
11	29
1	112
25	21
9	53
4	46
2	88
11	29
25	41
9	47
51	21
2	91
2	91
26	21
3	77
10	32
3	80
11	28
9	28
2	84
7	77
15	12
18	12
8	47
19	20
31	20
8	80
10	28
2	77
24	20
11	31
2	80
0	87
8	47
14	47
6	56
6	56
6	72
24	48
1	80
10	31
5	59
27	21
7	47
7	68
0	84
0	84
24	36
20	56
37	21
19	20
26	21
2	77
26	48
9	33
3	53
1	80
23	20
10	20
9	31
7	67