Extreme rain in United States, 18 February to 3 March 2023

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 18 February to 3 March 2023
Start: 2023-02-18
End: 2023-03-03
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 18 February to 3 March 2023: 736 records at 660 stations, peak on 23 February 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 18 February to 3 March 2023 set or tied 736 station records at 660 stations.
It ran from 18 February 2023 to 3 March 2023 (14 days) and its peak day was 23 February 2023.
Status: closed.
Onida 4 NW set a daily record precipitation of 25.1 mm (1.0 in) on 22 February 2023.
The busiest day was 23 February 2023 with 195 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 121 years.

Footprint

18 February to 3 March 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 18 February to 3 March 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, 18 February to 3 March 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Onida 4 NW	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	2023-02-22
Corcoran Irrig Dist	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	2023-02-24
Kettleman City	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	2023-02-25
Clinton 1SSW	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2023-02-23
Saugus Pwr Plt 1	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	2023-02-25
Goshen Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	2023-02-22
Bowling Green Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	2023-02-22
Pasadena	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	2023-02-25
Rawlins AP	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	2023-02-22
Painesville 4 NW	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	2023-02-23
Port Allegany	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2023-02-23
Wasco	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2023-02-25
Buttonwillow	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2023-02-27
Winamac 2SSE	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	2023-02-23
Peru	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2023-02-23
Mancos 1SW	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	2023-02-22
Highmore	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2023-02-22
Deseret	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	2023-02-22
Newcastle	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	2023-02-22
Lamar Rs	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	2023-02-23

Records per Day

Peak day 195

Records set or tied each day from 18 February 2023 to 3 March 2023. The most in one day was 195 on 23 February 2023.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States, 18 February to 3 March 2023
Date	Records
2023-02-18	1
2023-02-19	10
2023-02-20	43
2023-02-21	103
2023-02-22	159
2023-02-23	195
2023-02-24	53
2023-02-25	44
2023-02-26	12
2023-02-27	38
2023-02-28	43
2023-03-01	18
2023-03-02	14
2023-03-03	3

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 18 February to 3 March 2023 ranked by margin
Saugus Pwr Plt 1, 02-25	76.9 mm (3.0 in)
Pasadena, 02-25	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
Winamac 2SSE, 02-23	51.3 mm (2.0 in)
Buttonwillow, 02-27	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
Goshen Muni AP, 02-22	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
Peru, 02-23	41.4 mm (1.6 in)
Bowling Green Wwtp, 02-22	29.4 mm (1.2 in)
Corcoran Irrig Dist, 02-24	26.6 mm (1.0 in)
Clinton 1SSW, 02-23	23.6 mm (0.9 in)
Wasco, 02-25	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
Painesville 4 NW, 02-23	22.4 mm (0.9 in)
Port Allegany, 02-23	19.9 mm (0.8 in)
Onida 4 NW, 02-22	16.5 mm (0.6 in)
Rawlins AP, 02-22	16.3 mm (0.6 in)
Kettleman City, 02-25	15.3 mm (0.6 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, 18 February to 3 March 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
17	108
27	17
15	54
77	64
24	108
42	72
10	93
56	109
29	47
10	100
16	23
23	53
10	121
22	60
20	72
51	40
5	108
51	32
12	64
41	28
29	5
5	112
29	5
20	114
25	5
13	113
10	97
8	36
13	41
18	40
62	53
12	53
4	103
12	109
37	32
17	27
18	33
11	64
7	75
10	26
10	83
8	104
2	86
11	72
9	64
12	5
4	108
25	20
5	100
14	64
10	113
10	113
11	64
5	60
12	4
4	99
26	32
2	108
46	20
71	20
19	48
38	20
14	41
19	27
6	60
14	72
59	53
22	32
4	116
7	65
5	105
29	53
31	0
10	5
5	97
19	28
54	53
5	97
9	64
2	116
20	48
15	30
83	24
33	28
22	28
3	72
8	72
3	112
15	11
10	36
1	45
39	64
19	41
28	32
8	45
16	48
1	100
11	64
8	5
15	8
1	100
42	53
3	60
13	3
10	20
25	28
10	25
48	53
19	32
4	71
5	61
10	61
1	113
6	79
1	100
1	100
7	29
9	53
6	28
0	108
19	5
24	64
26	53
19	41
10	61
7	13
4	12
26	51
15	40
1	100
4	60
11	53
7	28
14	32
3	88
12	48
4	75
15	32
12	52
6	61
8	52
10	40
18	32
1	92
4	72
17	20
6	44
8	64
20	44
4	73
5	40
8	61
9	0
3	79
4	72
5	72
4	68
3	77
6	51
5	65
13	35
30	36
12	53
4	80
19	28
17	32
5	65
9	0
1	80
7	55
13	20
28	11
13	20
2	72
13	28
4	61
30	16
13	0
20	5
3	73
6	53
3	72
15	30
10	53
17	28
4	51
5	29
1	79
4	76
11	32
5	64
4	44
13	23
2	65
18	53
50	15
10	19
4	57
12	32
9	33

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 18 February to 3 March 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, 18 February to 3 March 2023 (this event)	736 records

Every Record Set

20 of 736

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 18 February to 3 March 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-02-22	Onida 4 NW	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	108	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-02-22	Goshen Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	72	68 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-22	Bowling Green Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	47	64 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-22	Rawlins AP	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	23	63 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-22	Mancos 1SW	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	121	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-02-22	Highmore	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	100	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-02-22	Deseret	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	64	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-02-22	Newcastle	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	108	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-02-23	Clinton 1SSW	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	108	69 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-23	Painesville 4 NW	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	60	61 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-23	Port Allegany	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	72	61 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-23	Winamac 2SSE	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32	59 of 100 (Notable)
2023-02-23	Peru	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-02-23	Lamar Rs	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	93	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-02-24	Corcoran Irrig Dist	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	17	72 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-25	Kettleman City	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	54	70 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-25	Saugus Pwr Plt 1	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	64	69 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-25	Pasadena	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	109	64 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-25	Wasco	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	53	61 of 100 (Major)
2023-02-27	Buttonwillow	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40	60 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 736 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
17	108
27	17
15	54
77	64
24	108
42	72
10	93
56	109
29	47
10	100
16	23
23	53
10	121
22	60
20	72
51	40
5	108
51	32
12	64
41	28
29	5
5	112
29	5
20	114
25	5
13	113
10	97
8	36
13	41
18	40
62	53
12	53
4	103
12	109
37	32
17	27
18	33
11	64
7	75
10	26
10	83
8	104
2	86
11	72
9	64
12	5
4	108
25	20
5	100
14	64
10	113
10	113
11	64
5	60
12	4
4	99
26	32
2	108
46	20
71	20
19	48
38	20
14	41
19	27
6	60
14	72
59	53
22	32
4	116
7	65
5	105
29	53
31	0
10	5
5	97
19	28
54	53
5	97
9	64
2	116
20	48
15	30
83	24
33	28
22	28
3	72
8	72
3	112
15	11
10	36
1	45
39	64
19	41
28	32
8	45
16	48
1	100
11	64
8	5
15	8
1	100
42	53
3	60
13	3
10	20
25	28
10	25
48	53
19	32
4	71
5	61
10	61
1	113
6	79
1	100
1	100
7	29
9	53
6	28
0	108
19	5
24	64
26	53
19	41
10	61
7	13
4	12
26	51
15	40
1	100
4	60
11	53
7	28
14	32
3	88
12	48
4	75
15	32
12	52
6	61
8	52
10	40
18	32
1	92
4	72
17	20
6	44
8	64
20	44
4	73
5	40
8	61
9	0
3	79
4	72
5	72
4	68
3	77
6	51
5	65
13	35
30	36
12	53
4	80
19	28
17	32
5	65
9	0
1	80
7	55
13	20
28	11
13	20
2	72
13	28
4	61
30	16
13	0
20	5
3	73
6	53
3	72
15	30
10	53
17	28
4	51
5	29
1	79
4	76
11	32
5	64
4	44
13	23
2	65
18	53
50	15
10	19
4	57
12	32
9	33

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
17	108
27	17
15	54
77	64
24	108
42	72
10	93
56	109
29	47
10	100
16	23
23	53
10	121
22	60
20	72
51	40
5	108
51	32
12	64
41	28
29	5
5	112
29	5
20	114
25	5
13	113
10	97
8	36
13	41
18	40
62	53
12	53
4	103
12	109
37	32
17	27
18	33
11	64
7	75
10	26
10	83
8	104
2	86
11	72
9	64
12	5
4	108
25	20
5	100
14	64
10	113
10	113
11	64
5	60
12	4
4	99
26	32
2	108
46	20
71	20
19	48
38	20
14	41
19	27
6	60
14	72
59	53
22	32
4	116
7	65
5	105
29	53
31	0
10	5
5	97
19	28
54	53
5	97
9	64
2	116
20	48
15	30
83	24
33	28
22	28
3	72
8	72
3	112
15	11
10	36
1	45
39	64
19	41
28	32
8	45
16	48
1	100
11	64
8	5
15	8
1	100
42	53
3	60
13	3
10	20
25	28
10	25
48	53
19	32
4	71
5	61
10	61
1	113
6	79
1	100
1	100
7	29
9	53
6	28
0	108
19	5
24	64
26	53
19	41
10	61
7	13
4	12
26	51
15	40
1	100
4	60
11	53
7	28
14	32
3	88
12	48
4	75
15	32
12	52
6	61
8	52
10	40
18	32
1	92
4	72
17	20
6	44
8	64
20	44
4	73
5	40
8	61
9	0
3	79
4	72
5	72
4	68
3	77
6	51
5	65
13	35
30	36
12	53
4	80
19	28
17	32
5	65
9	0
1	80
7	55
13	20
28	11
13	20
2	72
13	28
4	61
30	16
13	0
20	5
3	73
6	53
3	72
15	30
10	53
17	28
4	51
5	29
1	79
4	76
11	32
5	64
4	44
13	23
2	65
18	53
50	15
10	19
4	57
12	32
9	33

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
17	108
27	17
15	54
77	64
24	108
42	72
10	93
56	109
29	47
10	100
16	23
23	53
10	121
22	60
20	72
51	40
5	108
51	32
12	64
41	28
29	5
5	112
29	5
20	114
25	5
13	113
10	97
8	36
13	41
18	40
62	53
12	53
4	103
12	109
37	32
17	27
18	33
11	64
7	75
10	26
10	83
8	104
2	86
11	72
9	64
12	5
4	108
25	20
5	100
14	64
10	113
10	113
11	64
5	60
12	4
4	99
26	32
2	108
46	20
71	20
19	48
38	20
14	41
19	27
6	60
14	72
59	53
22	32
4	116
7	65
5	105
29	53
31	0
10	5
5	97
19	28
54	53
5	97
9	64
2	116
20	48
15	30
83	24
33	28
22	28
3	72
8	72
3	112
15	11
10	36
1	45
39	64
19	41
28	32
8	45
16	48
1	100
11	64
8	5
15	8
1	100
42	53
3	60
13	3
10	20
25	28
10	25
48	53
19	32
4	71
5	61
10	61
1	113
6	79
1	100
1	100
7	29
9	53
6	28
0	108
19	5
24	64
26	53
19	41
10	61
7	13
4	12
26	51
15	40
1	100
4	60
11	53
7	28
14	32
3	88
12	48
4	75
15	32
12	52
6	61
8	52
10	40
18	32
1	92
4	72
17	20
6	44
8	64
20	44
4	73
5	40
8	61
9	0
3	79
4	72
5	72
4	68
3	77
6	51
5	65
13	35
30	36
12	53
4	80
19	28
17	32
5	65
9	0
1	80
7	55
13	20
28	11
13	20
2	72
13	28
4	61
30	16
13	0
20	5
3	73
6	53
3	72
15	30
10	53
17	28
4	51
5	29
1	79
4	76
11	32
5	64
4	44
13	23
2	65
18	53
50	15
10	19
4	57
12	32
9	33