Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 15 October 2023

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 15 October 2023
Start: 2023-10-11
End: 2023-10-15
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 15 October 2023: 448 records at 389 stations, peak on 12 October 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 15 October 2023 set or tied 448 station records at 389 stations.
It ran from 11 October 2023 to 15 October 2023 (5 days) and its peak day was 12 October 2023.
Status: closed.
Cody set a monthly record daily precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 12 October 2023.
The busiest day was 12 October 2023 with 190 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 147 years.

Footprint

11 to 15 October 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 15 October 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, 11 to 15 October 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Cody	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	2023-10-12
Agate 3 E	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2023-10-12
White Lake	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2023-10-13
Thermopolis	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	2023-10-12
Miller	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2023-10-12
Estherville 4E	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	2023-10-13
Walnut	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2023-10-12
Spirit Lake	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	2023-10-13
Forestburg 4 NNE	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	2023-10-13
Wood	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	2023-10-13
Neligh	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	2023-10-12
Pathfinder Dam	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	2023-10-12
Wessington Springs	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	2023-10-13
Winner	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	2023-10-13
Cody 12SE	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2023-10-12
Oconomowoc Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	2023-10-14
Pavillion	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	2023-10-12
Gregory	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	2023-10-13
Beloit	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2023-10-14
Canby	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	2023-10-13

Records per Day

Peak day 190

Records set or tied each day from 11 October 2023 to 15 October 2023. The most in one day was 190 on 12 October 2023.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 15 October 2023 ranked by margin
Gregory, 10-13	60.2 mm (2.4 in)
Neligh, 10-12	57.9 mm (2.3 in)
Estherville 4E, 10-13	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
Wessington Springs, 10-13	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
Spirit Lake, 10-13	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
Winner, 10-13	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
Walnut, 10-12	41.1 mm (1.6 in)
White Lake, 10-13	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
Forestburg 4 NNE, 10-13	37.9 mm (1.5 in)
Oconomowoc Wwtp, 10-14	37.6 mm (1.5 in)
Miller, 10-12	37.1 mm (1.5 in)
Thermopolis, 10-12	35.1 mm (1.4 in)
Agate 3 E, 10-12	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
Beloit, 10-14	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
Canby, 10-13	29.2 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

448 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, 11 to 15 October 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	98
33	120
41	108
35	94
37	92
50	80
41	106
48	80
38	80
24	74
58	62
48	27
21	80
42	26
16	48
38	48
60	41
29	82
8	102
29	80
11	112
37	15
29	46
23	42
15	80
24	92
50	10
24	106
21	129
24	94
49	41
45	41
36	53
44	40
22	53
24	56
21	108
24	80
23	52
33	62
23	41
22	25
23	43
40	25
35	22
27	42
5	109
44	25
12	94
29	52
51	25
13	108
58	14
13	123
9	104
23	14
34	41
7	118
3	116
30	24
56	21
36	25
45	12
53	1
37	25
27	41
7	118
42	25
31	25
43	8
8	97
25	26
11	132
26	53
67	1
26	41
10	102
35	25
18	77
18	147
22	14
22	53
40	1
35	25
30	40
17	68
31	41
4	98
30	14
8	69
10	80
15	41
38	8
39	8
7	123
10	92
39	20
6	112
19	56
35	1
24	40
26	25
18	68
19	21
3	104
38	1
41	1
31	1
36	1
13	28
20	1
58	1
14	80
2	125
8	48
0	77
29	25
43	1
20	1
23	49
33	41
2	98
15	49
28	14
2	108
31	21
16	66
29	4
24	1
6	66
16	56
28	21
15	14
13	66
24	25
3	97
15	53
7	80
0	100
13	37
7	80
27	21
25	25
27	41
23	25
31	25
5	80
9	18
33	1
18	28
2	81
32	1
21	25
1	92
23	14
15	56
15	21
10	33
15	28
5	76
15	10
4	80
26	8
20	1
13	25
1	92
22	25
22	25
8	61
4	76
7	41
27	8
12	41
8	41
14	68
11	53
22	25
4	70
15	14
10	41
7	68
14	49
36	21
5	68
1	80
3	76
23	8
13	14
10	22
5	33
19	21
8	38
26	8
11	41
6	24
4	65
6	65
26	14
11	41
20	1

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 15 October 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, 11 to 15 October 2023 (this event)	448 records

Every Record Set

20 of 448

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 15 October 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-10-12	Cody	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	98	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-10-12	Agate 3 E	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	120	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-10-12	Thermopolis	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	94	78 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-12	Miller	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	92	77 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-12	Walnut	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	106	71 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-12	Neligh	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	62	68 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-12	Pathfinder Dam	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	80	68 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-12	Cody 12SE	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	48	65 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-12	Pavillion	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	102	62 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-13	White Lake	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	108	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-10-13	Estherville 4E	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	80	74 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-13	Spirit Lake	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	80	71 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-13	Forestburg 4 NNE	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	80	70 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-13	Wood	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	74	69 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-13	Wessington Springs	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27	68 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-13	Winner	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26	67 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-13	Gregory	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	41	62 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-13	Canby	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	80	61 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-14	Oconomowoc Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48	64 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-14	Beloit	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	82	62 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 448 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
2023-10-11	23
2023-10-12	190
2023-10-13	144
2023-10-14	82
2023-10-15	9

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	98
33	120
41	108
35	94
37	92
50	80
41	106
48	80
38	80
24	74
58	62
48	27
21	80
42	26
16	48
38	48
60	41
29	82
8	102
29	80
11	112
37	15
29	46
23	42
15	80
24	92
50	10
24	106
21	129
24	94
49	41
45	41
36	53
44	40
22	53
24	56
21	108
24	80
23	52
33	62
23	41
22	25
23	43
40	25
35	22
27	42
5	109
44	25
12	94
29	52
51	25
13	108
58	14
13	123
9	104
23	14
34	41
7	118
3	116
30	24
56	21
36	25
45	12
53	1
37	25
27	41
7	118
42	25
31	25
43	8
8	97
25	26
11	132
26	53
67	1
26	41
10	102
35	25
18	77
18	147
22	14
22	53
40	1
35	25
30	40
17	68
31	41
4	98
30	14
8	69
10	80
15	41
38	8
39	8
7	123
10	92
39	20
6	112
19	56
35	1
24	40
26	25
18	68
19	21
3	104
38	1
41	1
31	1
36	1
13	28
20	1
58	1
14	80
2	125
8	48
0	77
29	25
43	1
20	1
23	49
33	41
2	98
15	49
28	14
2	108
31	21
16	66
29	4
24	1
6	66
16	56
28	21
15	14
13	66
24	25
3	97
15	53
7	80
0	100
13	37
7	80
27	21
25	25
27	41
23	25
31	25
5	80
9	18
33	1
18	28
2	81
32	1
21	25
1	92
23	14
15	56
15	21
10	33
15	28
5	76
15	10
4	80
26	8
20	1
13	25
1	92
22	25
22	25
8	61
4	76
7	41
27	8
12	41
8	41
14	68
11	53
22	25
4	70
15	14
10	41
7	68
14	49
36	21
5	68
1	80
3	76
23	8
13	14
10	22
5	33
19	21
8	38
26	8
11	41
6	24
4	65
6	65
26	14
11	41
20	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	98
33	120
41	108
35	94
37	92
50	80
41	106
48	80
38	80
24	74
58	62
48	27
21	80
42	26
16	48
38	48
60	41
29	82
8	102
29	80
11	112
37	15
29	46
23	42
15	80
24	92
50	10
24	106
21	129
24	94
49	41
45	41
36	53
44	40
22	53
24	56
21	108
24	80
23	52
33	62
23	41
22	25
23	43
40	25
35	22
27	42
5	109
44	25
12	94
29	52
51	25
13	108
58	14
13	123
9	104
23	14
34	41
7	118
3	116
30	24
56	21
36	25
45	12
53	1
37	25
27	41
7	118
42	25
31	25
43	8
8	97
25	26
11	132
26	53
67	1
26	41
10	102
35	25
18	77
18	147
22	14
22	53
40	1
35	25
30	40
17	68
31	41
4	98
30	14
8	69
10	80
15	41
38	8
39	8
7	123
10	92
39	20
6	112
19	56
35	1
24	40
26	25
18	68
19	21
3	104
38	1
41	1
31	1
36	1
13	28
20	1
58	1
14	80
2	125
8	48
0	77
29	25
43	1
20	1
23	49
33	41
2	98
15	49
28	14
2	108
31	21
16	66
29	4
24	1
6	66
16	56
28	21
15	14
13	66
24	25
3	97
15	53
7	80
0	100
13	37
7	80
27	21
25	25
27	41
23	25
31	25
5	80
9	18
33	1
18	28
2	81
32	1
21	25
1	92
23	14
15	56
15	21
10	33
15	28
5	76
15	10
4	80
26	8
20	1
13	25
1	92
22	25
22	25
8	61
4	76
7	41
27	8
12	41
8	41
14	68
11	53
22	25
4	70
15	14
10	41
7	68
14	49
36	21
5	68
1	80
3	76
23	8
13	14
10	22
5	33
19	21
8	38
26	8
11	41
6	24
4	65
6	65
26	14
11	41
20	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	98
33	120
41	108
35	94
37	92
50	80
41	106
48	80
38	80
24	74
58	62
48	27
21	80
42	26
16	48
38	48
60	41
29	82
8	102
29	80
11	112
37	15
29	46
23	42
15	80
24	92
50	10
24	106
21	129
24	94
49	41
45	41
36	53
44	40
22	53
24	56
21	108
24	80
23	52
33	62
23	41
22	25
23	43
40	25
35	22
27	42
5	109
44	25
12	94
29	52
51	25
13	108
58	14
13	123
9	104
23	14
34	41
7	118
3	116
30	24
56	21
36	25
45	12
53	1
37	25
27	41
7	118
42	25
31	25
43	8
8	97
25	26
11	132
26	53
67	1
26	41
10	102
35	25
18	77
18	147
22	14
22	53
40	1
35	25
30	40
17	68
31	41
4	98
30	14
8	69
10	80
15	41
38	8
39	8
7	123
10	92
39	20
6	112
19	56
35	1
24	40
26	25
18	68
19	21
3	104
38	1
41	1
31	1
36	1
13	28
20	1
58	1
14	80
2	125
8	48
0	77
29	25
43	1
20	1
23	49
33	41
2	98
15	49
28	14
2	108
31	21
16	66
29	4
24	1
6	66
16	56
28	21
15	14
13	66
24	25
3	97
15	53
7	80
0	100
13	37
7	80
27	21
25	25
27	41
23	25
31	25
5	80
9	18
33	1
18	28
2	81
32	1
21	25
1	92
23	14
15	56
15	21
10	33
15	28
5	76
15	10
4	80
26	8
20	1
13	25
1	92
22	25
22	25
8	61
4	76
7	41
27	8
12	41
8	41
14	68
11	53
22	25
4	70
15	14
10	41
7	68
14	49
36	21
5	68
1	80
3	76
23	8
13	14
10	22
5	33
19	21
8	38
26	8
11	41
6	24
4	65
6	65
26	14
11	41
20	1