Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 28 March 2023

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 28 March 2023
Start: 2023-03-22
End: 2023-03-28
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 28 March 2023: 412 records at 364 stations, peak on 24 March 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 28 March 2023 set or tied 412 station records at 364 stations.
It ran from 22 March 2023 to 28 March 2023 (7 days) and its peak day was 24 March 2023.
Status: closed.
W Pt set a daily record precipitation of 132.8 mm (5.2 in) on 27 March 2023.
The busiest day was 24 March 2023 with 180 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 129 years.

Footprint

22 to 28 March 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 28 March 2023 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 28 March 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
W Pt	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	2023-03-27
Gravette	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	2023-03-24
Marion	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	2023-03-27
1 N McLeansboro	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	2023-03-24
Elliston	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	2023-03-24
Hopkinsville	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	2023-03-25
Vincennes 4 E	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2023-03-24
Middletown	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	2023-03-25
Florence Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	2023-03-27
Du Quoin 4 SE	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	2023-03-24
Licking 4N	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	2023-03-24
Ozark	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	2023-03-24
Round Spring 2SW	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	2023-03-24
Alicia 2 NNE	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	2023-03-25
Corning	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2023-03-24
Newnan 7 WNW	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	2023-03-27
Mansfield 5 W	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	2023-03-23
Kaskaskia Rvr Navigation Lock	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2023-03-24
Thorsby Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	2023-03-27

Records per Day

Peak day 180

Records set or tied each day from 22 March 2023 to 28 March 2023. The most in one day was 180 on 24 March 2023.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 28 March 2023 ranked by margin
W Pt, 03-27	81.5 mm (3.2 in)
Thorsby Exp STN, 03-27	65.3 mm (2.6 in)
Round Spring 2SW, 03-24	52.8 mm (2.1 in)
Ozark, 03-24	52.1 mm (2.1 in)
Gravette, 03-24	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
Marion, 03-27	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
Kaskaskia Rvr Navigation Lock, 03-24	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
Florence Rgnl AP, 03-27	40.1 mm (1.6 in)
Alicia 2 NNE, 03-25	39.3 mm (1.5 in)
Licking 4N, 03-24	38.6 mm (1.5 in)
1 N McLeansboro, 03-24	37.8 mm (1.5 in)
Hopkinsville, 03-25	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
Vincennes 4 E, 03-24	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
Elliston, 03-24	29.3 mm (1.2 in)
Du Quoin 4 SE, 03-24	27.4 mm (1.1 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

412 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, 22 to 28 March 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
82	109
45	88
45	80
38	92
29	109
34	121
31	101
27	88
40	74
27	109
39	53
52	44
53	44
39	73
24	74
23	127
26	109
65	46
44	42
15	84
14	92
38	49
25	88
38	53
24	120
28	64
36	53
38	10
36	38
37	42
17	69
17	43
25	64
37	44
13	94
41	44
49	36
9	109
58	4
9	101
9	110
43	44
11	110
33	34
11	118
36	44
8	109
12	93
8	92
7	101
11	86
10	102
28	15
36	49
24	64
6	129
20	64
33	44
9	92
25	48
33	32
41	34
39	49
21	64
64	20
58	34
19	64
57	26
34	36
36	6
10	88
12	74
13	76
20	53
40	46
40	36
20	44
23	64
11	76
3	105
13	69
17	76
25	29
26	53
3	102
22	53
4	109
19	64
31	1
20	65
4	127
9	33
25	68
21	53
13	64
53	4
44	26
19	53
15	53
18	68
8	84
28	49
1	101
25	53
35	32
3	84
14	77
1	105
19	48
29	12
28	16
14	53
16	64
47	13
7	68
27	49
9	69
10	69
37	42
7	69
15	73
8	77
29	44
38	26
23	38
19	44
24	49
9	64
13	68
55	13
42	13
14	53
9	64
23	32
22	44
19	44
2	88
34	22
6	77
7	80
1	88
19	44
9	73
15	64
35	13
24	44
27	20
35	6
16	34
5	80
17	11
19	44
41	13
36	4
34	26
19	49
13	48
25	24
22	29
10	53
35	10
33	10
27	26
28	4
33	26
12	53
25	4
19	10
10	60
5	68
8	64
41	1
12	49
11	44
20	10
20	6
4	64
11	25
6	53
11	44
25	20
14	53
4	53
18	10
4	64
17	12
6	68
2	70
4	68
8	53
7	44
2	60
2	64
1	76
11	34
15	56
12	49
32	4
17	0
3	64

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 28 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, 22 to 28 March 2023 (this event)	412 records

Every Record Set

20 of 412

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 28 March 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-03-23	Mansfield 5 W	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	84	53 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-24	Gravette	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	88	65 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-24	1 N McLeansboro	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	92	64 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-24	Elliston	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	109	64 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-24	Vincennes 4 E	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	101	63 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-24	Du Quoin 4 SE	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	109	59 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-24	Licking 4N	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	53	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-24	Ozark	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-24	Round Spring 2SW	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-24	Middletown	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	74	56 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-24	Corning	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	127	55 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-24	Kaskaskia Rvr Navigation Lock	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42	53 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-25	Hopkinsville	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	121	64 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-25	Middletown	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	88	63 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-25	Alicia 2 NNE	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	73	57 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-27	W Pt	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	109	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-03-27	Marion	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	80	65 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-27	Florence Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	74	62 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-27	Newnan 7 WNW	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	109	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-27	Thorsby Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	46	53 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 412 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
2023-03-22	5
2023-03-23	21
2023-03-24	180
2023-03-25	154
2023-03-26	12
2023-03-27	38
2023-03-28	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
82	109
45	88
45	80
38	92
29	109
34	121
31	101
27	88
40	74
27	109
39	53
52	44
53	44
39	73
24	74
23	127
26	109
65	46
44	42
15	84
14	92
38	49
25	88
38	53
24	120
28	64
36	53
38	10
36	38
37	42
17	69
17	43
25	64
37	44
13	94
41	44
49	36
9	109
58	4
9	101
9	110
43	44
11	110
33	34
11	118
36	44
8	109
12	93
8	92
7	101
11	86
10	102
28	15
36	49
24	64
6	129
20	64
33	44
9	92
25	48
33	32
41	34
39	49
21	64
64	20
58	34
19	64
57	26
34	36
36	6
10	88
12	74
13	76
20	53
40	46
40	36
20	44
23	64
11	76
3	105
13	69
17	76
25	29
26	53
3	102
22	53
4	109
19	64
31	1
20	65
4	127
9	33
25	68
21	53
13	64
53	4
44	26
19	53
15	53
18	68
8	84
28	49
1	101
25	53
35	32
3	84
14	77
1	105
19	48
29	12
28	16
14	53
16	64
47	13
7	68
27	49
9	69
10	69
37	42
7	69
15	73
8	77
29	44
38	26
23	38
19	44
24	49
9	64
13	68
55	13
42	13
14	53
9	64
23	32
22	44
19	44
2	88
34	22
6	77
7	80
1	88
19	44
9	73
15	64
35	13
24	44
27	20
35	6
16	34
5	80
17	11
19	44
41	13
36	4
34	26
19	49
13	48
25	24
22	29
10	53
35	10
33	10
27	26
28	4
33	26
12	53
25	4
19	10
10	60
5	68
8	64
41	1
12	49
11	44
20	10
20	6
4	64
11	25
6	53
11	44
25	20
14	53
4	53
18	10
4	64
17	12
6	68
2	70
4	68
8	53
7	44
2	60
2	64
1	76
11	34
15	56
12	49
32	4
17	0
3	64

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
82	109
45	88
45	80
38	92
29	109
34	121
31	101
27	88
40	74
27	109
39	53
52	44
53	44
39	73
24	74
23	127
26	109
65	46
44	42
15	84
14	92
38	49
25	88
38	53
24	120
28	64
36	53
38	10
36	38
37	42
17	69
17	43
25	64
37	44
13	94
41	44
49	36
9	109
58	4
9	101
9	110
43	44
11	110
33	34
11	118
36	44
8	109
12	93
8	92
7	101
11	86
10	102
28	15
36	49
24	64
6	129
20	64
33	44
9	92
25	48
33	32
41	34
39	49
21	64
64	20
58	34
19	64
57	26
34	36
36	6
10	88
12	74
13	76
20	53
40	46
40	36
20	44
23	64
11	76
3	105
13	69
17	76
25	29
26	53
3	102
22	53
4	109
19	64
31	1
20	65
4	127
9	33
25	68
21	53
13	64
53	4
44	26
19	53
15	53
18	68
8	84
28	49
1	101
25	53
35	32
3	84
14	77
1	105
19	48
29	12
28	16
14	53
16	64
47	13
7	68
27	49
9	69
10	69
37	42
7	69
15	73
8	77
29	44
38	26
23	38
19	44
24	49
9	64
13	68
55	13
42	13
14	53
9	64
23	32
22	44
19	44
2	88
34	22
6	77
7	80
1	88
19	44
9	73
15	64
35	13
24	44
27	20
35	6
16	34
5	80
17	11
19	44
41	13
36	4
34	26
19	49
13	48
25	24
22	29
10	53
35	10
33	10
27	26
28	4
33	26
12	53
25	4
19	10
10	60
5	68
8	64
41	1
12	49
11	44
20	10
20	6
4	64
11	25
6	53
11	44
25	20
14	53
4	53
18	10
4	64
17	12
6	68
2	70
4	68
8	53
7	44
2	60
2	64
1	76
11	34
15	56
12	49
32	4
17	0
3	64

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
82	109
45	88
45	80
38	92
29	109
34	121
31	101
27	88
40	74
27	109
39	53
52	44
53	44
39	73
24	74
23	127
26	109
65	46
44	42
15	84
14	92
38	49
25	88
38	53
24	120
28	64
36	53
38	10
36	38
37	42
17	69
17	43
25	64
37	44
13	94
41	44
49	36
9	109
58	4
9	101
9	110
43	44
11	110
33	34
11	118
36	44
8	109
12	93
8	92
7	101
11	86
10	102
28	15
36	49
24	64
6	129
20	64
33	44
9	92
25	48
33	32
41	34
39	49
21	64
64	20
58	34
19	64
57	26
34	36
36	6
10	88
12	74
13	76
20	53
40	46
40	36
20	44
23	64
11	76
3	105
13	69
17	76
25	29
26	53
3	102
22	53
4	109
19	64
31	1
20	65
4	127
9	33
25	68
21	53
13	64
53	4
44	26
19	53
15	53
18	68
8	84
28	49
1	101
25	53
35	32
3	84
14	77
1	105
19	48
29	12
28	16
14	53
16	64
47	13
7	68
27	49
9	69
10	69
37	42
7	69
15	73
8	77
29	44
38	26
23	38
19	44
24	49
9	64
13	68
55	13
42	13
14	53
9	64
23	32
22	44
19	44
2	88
34	22
6	77
7	80
1	88
19	44
9	73
15	64
35	13
24	44
27	20
35	6
16	34
5	80
17	11
19	44
41	13
36	4
34	26
19	49
13	48
25	24
22	29
10	53
35	10
33	10
27	26
28	4
33	26
12	53
25	4
19	10
10	60
5	68
8	64
41	1
12	49
11	44
20	10
20	6
4	64
11	25
6	53
11	44
25	20
14	53
4	53
18	10
4	64
17	12
6	68
2	70
4	68
8	53
7	44
2	60
2	64
1	76
11	34
15	56
12	49
32	4
17	0
3	64