Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 6 March 2023

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 6 March 2023
Start: 2023-03-01
End: 2023-03-06
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 6 March 2023: 382 records at 375 stations, peak on 3 March 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 6 March 2023 set or tied 382 station records at 375 stations.
It ran from 1 March 2023 to 6 March 2023 (6 days) and its peak day was 3 March 2023.
Status: closed.
Lima Wwtp set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 3 March 2023.
The busiest day was 3 March 2023 with 200 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 160 years.

Footprint

1 to 6 March 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 6 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, 1 to 6 March 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Lima Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	2023-03-03
Urbana Wrf	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	2023-03-04
Pontotoc	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	2023-03-02
Dayton Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	2023-03-03
Belmont 2 SSE	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	2023-03-02
Boonville 1S	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	2023-03-03
Lafayette 8 S	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	2023-03-04
Enid Dam	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	2023-03-02
Danville	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	2023-03-03
Dardanelle	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	2023-03-03
Licking 4N	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	2023-03-03
Middletown	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	2023-03-04
Danville Sewage Plt	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	2023-03-03
Brookville	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	2023-03-04
Fayetteville Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2023-03-03
Mena	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	2023-03-03
Dixon Springs Agric Ctr	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	2023-03-03
Xenia 6 SSE	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	2023-03-03
Gilbert	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	2023-03-03
Sherman	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2023-03-02

Records per Day

Peak day 200

Records set or tied each day from 1 March 2023 to 6 March 2023. The most in one day was 200 on 3 March 2023.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 6 March 2023 ranked by margin
Belmont 2 SSE, 03-02	82.1 mm (3.2 in)
Danville, 03-03	79.3 mm (3.1 in)
Dardanelle, 03-03	67.1 mm (2.6 in)
Pontotoc, 03-02	60.2 mm (2.4 in)
Dixon Springs Agric Ctr, 03-03	57.6 mm (2.3 in)
Gilbert, 03-03	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
Boonville 1S, 03-03	53.4 mm (2.1 in)
Enid Dam, 03-02	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
Brookville, 03-04	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
Urbana Wrf, 03-04	38.9 mm (1.5 in)
Xenia 6 SSE, 03-03	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
Dayton Intl AP, 03-03	37.9 mm (1.5 in)
Middletown, 03-04	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
Licking 4N, 03-03	35.8 mm (1.4 in)
Lima Wwtp, 03-03	35.6 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

382 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, 1 to 6 March 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
36	118
39	69
60	88
38	69
53	69
82	62
33	60
79	45
67	44
52	74
36	77
37	45
32	60
39	34
24	108
30	108
58	45
38	34
55	34
30	88
15	125
34	67
44	34
42	14
22	69
36	14
19	69
79	14
44	34
23	69
21	78
39	14
20	105
44	44
12	125
19	69
37	14
21	69
14	72
26	60
31	72
38	44
51	34
30	33
17	78
25	46
20	52
54	18
23	69
11	118
40	14
31	34
30	14
18	52
30	14
30	14
11	78
7	66
35	44
8	58
50	14
12	78
13	69
33	8
38	14
18	82
19	69
46	2
10	78
13	77
22	34
3	116
23	69
56	14
50	8
20	29
18	77
33	34
30	12
11	69
27	14
16	82
27	52
53	14
33	52
13	69
27	29
12	77
4	116
3	108
4	160
8	80
3	127
10	80
10	68
24	45
42	8
36	25
26	34
11	69
40	25
9	69
32	14
21	74
28	34
8	88
3	105
24	52
44	14
7	88
29	45
25	44
20	46
26	52
18	69
14	46
44	18
13	74
54	18
30	52
43	8
7	69
20	20
9	69
8	69
30	34
8	69
16	46
22	14
26	62
4	88
27	44
28	14
20	52
43	8
13	74
11	76
24	44
21	34
20	44
24	44
2	59
3	80
25	14
19	62
0	88
24	52
8	69
17	44
32	18
8	69
42	14
7	69
37	14
6	69
23	34
15	69
17	45
36	8
27	34
9	46
20	44
18	34
31	14
24	34
5	69
13	37
35	8
5	60
13	37
31	8
10	32
18	50
15	32
1	82
6	69
2	69
38	20
4	69
13	45
6	62
8	52
16	49
32	14
6	69
7	58
23	25
20	34
13	24
30	8
7	32
25	14
1	69
1	69
11	44
31	14
18	14
2	60
1	69
7	37

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 6 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, 1 to 6 March 2023 (this event)	382 records

Every Record Set

20 of 382

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 6 March 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-03-02	Pontotoc	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	88	69 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-02	Belmont 2 SSE	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	62	65 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-02	Enid Dam	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	74	63 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-02	Sherman	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	88	55 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-03	Lima Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	118	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-03-03	Dayton Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	69	67 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-03	Boonville 1S	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	69	65 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-03	Danville	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	45	63 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-03	Dardanelle	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	44	63 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-03	Licking 4N	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	77	63 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-03	Danville Sewage Plt	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	60	60 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-03	Fayetteville Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	108	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-03	Mena	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	108	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-03	Dixon Springs Agric Ctr	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	45	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-03	Xenia 6 SSE	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-03	Gilbert	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34	57 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-04	Urbana Wrf	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	69	70 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-04	Lafayette 8 S	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	60	64 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-04	Middletown	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45	61 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-04	Brookville	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34	59 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 382 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
2023-03-01	5
2023-03-02	57
2023-03-03	200
2023-03-04	116
2023-03-05	2
2023-03-06	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
36	118
39	69
60	88
38	69
53	69
82	62
33	60
79	45
67	44
52	74
36	77
37	45
32	60
39	34
24	108
30	108
58	45
38	34
55	34
30	88
15	125
34	67
44	34
42	14
22	69
36	14
19	69
79	14
44	34
23	69
21	78
39	14
20	105
44	44
12	125
19	69
37	14
21	69
14	72
26	60
31	72
38	44
51	34
30	33
17	78
25	46
20	52
54	18
23	69
11	118
40	14
31	34
30	14
18	52
30	14
30	14
11	78
7	66
35	44
8	58
50	14
12	78
13	69
33	8
38	14
18	82
19	69
46	2
10	78
13	77
22	34
3	116
23	69
56	14
50	8
20	29
18	77
33	34
30	12
11	69
27	14
16	82
27	52
53	14
33	52
13	69
27	29
12	77
4	116
3	108
4	160
8	80
3	127
10	80
10	68
24	45
42	8
36	25
26	34
11	69
40	25
9	69
32	14
21	74
28	34
8	88
3	105
24	52
44	14
7	88
29	45
25	44
20	46
26	52
18	69
14	46
44	18
13	74
54	18
30	52
43	8
7	69
20	20
9	69
8	69
30	34
8	69
16	46
22	14
26	62
4	88
27	44
28	14
20	52
43	8
13	74
11	76
24	44
21	34
20	44
24	44
2	59
3	80
25	14
19	62
0	88
24	52
8	69
17	44
32	18
8	69
42	14
7	69
37	14
6	69
23	34
15	69
17	45
36	8
27	34
9	46
20	44
18	34
31	14
24	34
5	69
13	37
35	8
5	60
13	37
31	8
10	32
18	50
15	32
1	82
6	69
2	69
38	20
4	69
13	45
6	62
8	52
16	49
32	14
6	69
7	58
23	25
20	34
13	24
30	8
7	32
25	14
1	69
1	69
11	44
31	14
18	14
2	60
1	69
7	37

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
36	118
39	69
60	88
38	69
53	69
82	62
33	60
79	45
67	44
52	74
36	77
37	45
32	60
39	34
24	108
30	108
58	45
38	34
55	34
30	88
15	125
34	67
44	34
42	14
22	69
36	14
19	69
79	14
44	34
23	69
21	78
39	14
20	105
44	44
12	125
19	69
37	14
21	69
14	72
26	60
31	72
38	44
51	34
30	33
17	78
25	46
20	52
54	18
23	69
11	118
40	14
31	34
30	14
18	52
30	14
30	14
11	78
7	66
35	44
8	58
50	14
12	78
13	69
33	8
38	14
18	82
19	69
46	2
10	78
13	77
22	34
3	116
23	69
56	14
50	8
20	29
18	77
33	34
30	12
11	69
27	14
16	82
27	52
53	14
33	52
13	69
27	29
12	77
4	116
3	108
4	160
8	80
3	127
10	80
10	68
24	45
42	8
36	25
26	34
11	69
40	25
9	69
32	14
21	74
28	34
8	88
3	105
24	52
44	14
7	88
29	45
25	44
20	46
26	52
18	69
14	46
44	18
13	74
54	18
30	52
43	8
7	69
20	20
9	69
8	69
30	34
8	69
16	46
22	14
26	62
4	88
27	44
28	14
20	52
43	8
13	74
11	76
24	44
21	34
20	44
24	44
2	59
3	80
25	14
19	62
0	88
24	52
8	69
17	44
32	18
8	69
42	14
7	69
37	14
6	69
23	34
15	69
17	45
36	8
27	34
9	46
20	44
18	34
31	14
24	34
5	69
13	37
35	8
5	60
13	37
31	8
10	32
18	50
15	32
1	82
6	69
2	69
38	20
4	69
13	45
6	62
8	52
16	49
32	14
6	69
7	58
23	25
20	34
13	24
30	8
7	32
25	14
1	69
1	69
11	44
31	14
18	14
2	60
1	69
7	37

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
36	118
39	69
60	88
38	69
53	69
82	62
33	60
79	45
67	44
52	74
36	77
37	45
32	60
39	34
24	108
30	108
58	45
38	34
55	34
30	88
15	125
34	67
44	34
42	14
22	69
36	14
19	69
79	14
44	34
23	69
21	78
39	14
20	105
44	44
12	125
19	69
37	14
21	69
14	72
26	60
31	72
38	44
51	34
30	33
17	78
25	46
20	52
54	18
23	69
11	118
40	14
31	34
30	14
18	52
30	14
30	14
11	78
7	66
35	44
8	58
50	14
12	78
13	69
33	8
38	14
18	82
19	69
46	2
10	78
13	77
22	34
3	116
23	69
56	14
50	8
20	29
18	77
33	34
30	12
11	69
27	14
16	82
27	52
53	14
33	52
13	69
27	29
12	77
4	116
3	108
4	160
8	80
3	127
10	80
10	68
24	45
42	8
36	25
26	34
11	69
40	25
9	69
32	14
21	74
28	34
8	88
3	105
24	52
44	14
7	88
29	45
25	44
20	46
26	52
18	69
14	46
44	18
13	74
54	18
30	52
43	8
7	69
20	20
9	69
8	69
30	34
8	69
16	46
22	14
26	62
4	88
27	44
28	14
20	52
43	8
13	74
11	76
24	44
21	34
20	44
24	44
2	59
3	80
25	14
19	62
0	88
24	52
8	69
17	44
32	18
8	69
42	14
7	69
37	14
6	69
23	34
15	69
17	45
36	8
27	34
9	46
20	44
18	34
31	14
24	34
5	69
13	37
35	8
5	60
13	37
31	8
10	32
18	50
15	32
1	82
6	69
2	69
38	20
4	69
13	45
6	62
8	52
16	49
32	14
6	69
7	58
23	25
20	34
13	24
30	8
7	32
25	14
1	69
1	69
11	44
31	14
18	14
2	60
1	69
7	37