Extreme rain in United States, 24 April to 3 May 2023

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 24 April to 3 May 2023
Start: 2023-04-24
End: 2023-05-03
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 24 April to 3 May 2023: 437 records at 403 stations, peak on 28 April 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 24 April to 3 May 2023 set or tied 437 station records at 403 stations.
It ran from 24 April 2023 to 3 May 2023 (10 days) and its peak day was 28 April 2023.
Status: closed.
Gaston Shoals set a monthly record daily precipitation of 135.1 mm (5.3 in) on 28 April 2023.
The busiest day was 28 April 2023 with 107 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 168 years.

Footprint

24 April to 3 May 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 24 April to 3 May 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, 24 April to 3 May 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Gaston Shoals	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	2023-04-28
Greene	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2023-05-01
World Trade Ctr	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	2023-05-01
Lexington	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	2023-04-28
Louisa	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	2023-04-28
Gardiner	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	2023-05-01
Ny City Cntrl Park	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	2023-04-29
Haverhill	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	2023-05-01
Hammonton 1 NE	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	2023-04-29
Madison	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	2023-05-01
W Rockport 1 NNW	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	2023-05-01
Titusville	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	2023-04-28
Augusta State AP	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2023-04-30
Rocky Mt	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	2023-04-28
Mt Airy 2 W	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2023-04-28
Garden City Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2023-04-26
Clemson UNIV	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	2023-04-28
Indian Mills 2 W	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	2023-04-29
Lawrence	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	2023-05-01
Bath	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	2023-05-01

Records per Day

Peak day 107

Records set or tied each day from 24 April 2023 to 3 May 2023. The most in one day was 107 on 28 April 2023.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States, 24 April to 3 May 2023
Date	Records
2023-04-24	1
2023-04-25	23
2023-04-26	53
2023-04-27	55
2023-04-28	107
2023-04-29	65
2023-04-30	42
2023-05-01	87
2023-05-02	3
2023-05-03	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 24 April to 3 May 2023 ranked by margin
W Rockport 1 NNW, 05-01	89.4 mm (3.5 in)
Bath, 05-01	80.7 mm (3.2 in)
Gaston Shoals, 04-28	47.2 mm (1.9 in)
Augusta State AP, 04-30	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
Haverhill, 05-01	45.8 mm (1.8 in)
World Trade Ctr, 05-01	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
Titusville, 04-28	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
Ny City Cntrl Park, 04-29	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
Louisa, 04-28	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
Clemson UNIV, 04-28	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
Lexington, 04-28	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
Hammonton 1 NE, 04-29	32.8 mm (1.3 in)
Rocky Mt, 04-28	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
Mt Airy 2 W, 04-28	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
Garden City Rgnl AP, 04-26	30.3 mm (1.2 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

437 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, 24 April to 3 May 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
47	87
22	104
45	77
24	94
33	97
37	94
46	69
39	113
33	100
29	98
89	43
43	92
47	60
32	94
31	93
23	104
25	109
34	93
30	72
81	24
54	17
28	102
42	20
31	48
17	113
11	123
25	93
61	10
25	76
27	76
21	64
17	104
46	58
27	70
16	100
26	73
30	73
53	58
32	32
21	113
61	38
24	56
100	12
27	59
11	116
28	48
15	100
26	74
43	9
43	12
25	69
27	64
5	80
11	89
14	84
8	100
56	8
36	20
10	100
14	88
55	25
47	58
25	64
20	64
15	93
20	40
25	62
25	70
7	100
7	110
35	32
18	60
10	93
21	65
33	58
20	60
51	33
21	49
5	104
10	94
21	64
38	32
37	32
5	93
16	64
20	26
3	76
28	66
7	100
42	8
23	42
3	114
26	65
29	25
32	58
35	33
26	58
7	74
38	44
7	84
17	38
26	32
23	48
3	123
14	72
15	58
3	168
23	12
22	26
13	38
27	2
17	64
30	20
28	56
20	60
34	12
8	82
0	100
21	68
3	89
12	57
40	8
42	13
12	70
10	69
13	58
16	68
13	36
1	93
9	69
13	33
14	40
11	69
24	42
35	25
8	68
15	12
24	72
25	33
3	88
32	25
6	72
7	69
12	72
18	65
8	70
15	64
13	69
19	17
10	68
3	88
2	84
30	25
12	64
10	19
28	33
12	60
25	1
3	74
0	53
34	25
14	54
15	60
26	57
20	32
6	40
14	42
12	65
37	14
8	36
10	68
8	28
11	49
21	8
8	72
21	52
15	33
50	32
26	8
34	26
15	49
4	64
7	48
37	12
21	40
10	58
24	2
7	69
3	72
4	64
1	64
20	2
14	42
20	14
21	32
26	12
9	42
7	60
13	58
30	8

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 24 April to 3 May 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, 24 April to 3 May 2023 (this event)	437 records

Every Record Set

20 of 437

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 24 April to 3 May 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-04-26	Garden City Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	72	61 of 100 (Major)
2023-04-28	Gaston Shoals	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	87	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-04-28	Lexington	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	97	72 of 100 (Major)
2023-04-28	Louisa	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	94	72 of 100 (Major)
2023-04-28	Titusville	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	92	65 of 100 (Major)
2023-04-28	Rocky Mt	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	94	63 of 100 (Major)
2023-04-28	Mt Airy 2 W	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	93	62 of 100 (Major)
2023-04-28	Clemson UNIV	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	93	61 of 100 (Major)
2023-04-29	Ny City Cntrl Park	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	113	70 of 100 (Major)
2023-04-29	Hammonton 1 NE	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	100	69 of 100 (Major)
2023-04-29	Indian Mills 2 W	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	109	61 of 100 (Major)
2023-04-30	Augusta State AP	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	60	65 of 100 (Major)
2023-05-01	Greene	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	104	76 of 100 (Major)
2023-05-01	World Trade Ctr	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	77	73 of 100 (Major)
2023-05-01	Gardiner	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	94	72 of 100 (Major)
2023-05-01	Haverhill	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	69	70 of 100 (Major)
2023-05-01	Madison	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	98	68 of 100 (Major)
2023-05-01	W Rockport 1 NNW	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	43	67 of 100 (Major)
2023-05-01	Lawrence	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	104	61 of 100 (Major)
2023-05-01	Bath	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	24	60 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 437 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
47	87
22	104
45	77
24	94
33	97
37	94
46	69
39	113
33	100
29	98
89	43
43	92
47	60
32	94
31	93
23	104
25	109
34	93
30	72
81	24
54	17
28	102
42	20
31	48
17	113
11	123
25	93
61	10
25	76
27	76
21	64
17	104
46	58
27	70
16	100
26	73
30	73
53	58
32	32
21	113
61	38
24	56
100	12
27	59
11	116
28	48
15	100
26	74
43	9
43	12
25	69
27	64
5	80
11	89
14	84
8	100
56	8
36	20
10	100
14	88
55	25
47	58
25	64
20	64
15	93
20	40
25	62
25	70
7	100
7	110
35	32
18	60
10	93
21	65
33	58
20	60
51	33
21	49
5	104
10	94
21	64
38	32
37	32
5	93
16	64
20	26
3	76
28	66
7	100
42	8
23	42
3	114
26	65
29	25
32	58
35	33
26	58
7	74
38	44
7	84
17	38
26	32
23	48
3	123
14	72
15	58
3	168
23	12
22	26
13	38
27	2
17	64
30	20
28	56
20	60
34	12
8	82
0	100
21	68
3	89
12	57
40	8
42	13
12	70
10	69
13	58
16	68
13	36
1	93
9	69
13	33
14	40
11	69
24	42
35	25
8	68
15	12
24	72
25	33
3	88
32	25
6	72
7	69
12	72
18	65
8	70
15	64
13	69
19	17
10	68
3	88
2	84
30	25
12	64
10	19
28	33
12	60
25	1
3	74
0	53
34	25
14	54
15	60
26	57
20	32
6	40
14	42
12	65
37	14
8	36
10	68
8	28
11	49
21	8
8	72
21	52
15	33
50	32
26	8
34	26
15	49
4	64
7	48
37	12
21	40
10	58
24	2
7	69
3	72
4	64
1	64
20	2
14	42
20	14
21	32
26	12
9	42
7	60
13	58
30	8

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
47	87
22	104
45	77
24	94
33	97
37	94
46	69
39	113
33	100
29	98
89	43
43	92
47	60
32	94
31	93
23	104
25	109
34	93
30	72
81	24
54	17
28	102
42	20
31	48
17	113
11	123
25	93
61	10
25	76
27	76
21	64
17	104
46	58
27	70
16	100
26	73
30	73
53	58
32	32
21	113
61	38
24	56
100	12
27	59
11	116
28	48
15	100
26	74
43	9
43	12
25	69
27	64
5	80
11	89
14	84
8	100
56	8
36	20
10	100
14	88
55	25
47	58
25	64
20	64
15	93
20	40
25	62
25	70
7	100
7	110
35	32
18	60
10	93
21	65
33	58
20	60
51	33
21	49
5	104
10	94
21	64
38	32
37	32
5	93
16	64
20	26
3	76
28	66
7	100
42	8
23	42
3	114
26	65
29	25
32	58
35	33
26	58
7	74
38	44
7	84
17	38
26	32
23	48
3	123
14	72
15	58
3	168
23	12
22	26
13	38
27	2
17	64
30	20
28	56
20	60
34	12
8	82
0	100
21	68
3	89
12	57
40	8
42	13
12	70
10	69
13	58
16	68
13	36
1	93
9	69
13	33
14	40
11	69
24	42
35	25
8	68
15	12
24	72
25	33
3	88
32	25
6	72
7	69
12	72
18	65
8	70
15	64
13	69
19	17
10	68
3	88
2	84
30	25
12	64
10	19
28	33
12	60
25	1
3	74
0	53
34	25
14	54
15	60
26	57
20	32
6	40
14	42
12	65
37	14
8	36
10	68
8	28
11	49
21	8
8	72
21	52
15	33
50	32
26	8
34	26
15	49
4	64
7	48
37	12
21	40
10	58
24	2
7	69
3	72
4	64
1	64
20	2
14	42
20	14
21	32
26	12
9	42
7	60
13	58
30	8

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
47	87
22	104
45	77
24	94
33	97
37	94
46	69
39	113
33	100
29	98
89	43
43	92
47	60
32	94
31	93
23	104
25	109
34	93
30	72
81	24
54	17
28	102
42	20
31	48
17	113
11	123
25	93
61	10
25	76
27	76
21	64
17	104
46	58
27	70
16	100
26	73
30	73
53	58
32	32
21	113
61	38
24	56
100	12
27	59
11	116
28	48
15	100
26	74
43	9
43	12
25	69
27	64
5	80
11	89
14	84
8	100
56	8
36	20
10	100
14	88
55	25
47	58
25	64
20	64
15	93
20	40
25	62
25	70
7	100
7	110
35	32
18	60
10	93
21	65
33	58
20	60
51	33
21	49
5	104
10	94
21	64
38	32
37	32
5	93
16	64
20	26
3	76
28	66
7	100
42	8
23	42
3	114
26	65
29	25
32	58
35	33
26	58
7	74
38	44
7	84
17	38
26	32
23	48
3	123
14	72
15	58
3	168
23	12
22	26
13	38
27	2
17	64
30	20
28	56
20	60
34	12
8	82
0	100
21	68
3	89
12	57
40	8
42	13
12	70
10	69
13	58
16	68
13	36
1	93
9	69
13	33
14	40
11	69
24	42
35	25
8	68
15	12
24	72
25	33
3	88
32	25
6	72
7	69
12	72
18	65
8	70
15	64
13	69
19	17
10	68
3	88
2	84
30	25
12	64
10	19
28	33
12	60
25	1
3	74
0	53
34	25
14	54
15	60
26	57
20	32
6	40
14	42
12	65
37	14
8	36
10	68
8	28
11	49
21	8
8	72
21	52
15	33
50	32
26	8
34	26
15	49
4	64
7	48
37	12
21	40
10	58
24	2
7	69
3	72
4	64
1	64
20	2
14	42
20	14
21	32
26	12
9	42
7	60
13	58
30	8