Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 18 December 2023

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 18 December 2023
Start: 2023-12-13
End: 2023-12-18
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 18 December 2023: 303 records at 267 stations, peak on 15 December 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 18 December 2023 set or tied 303 station records at 267 stations.
It ran from 13 December 2023 to 18 December 2023 (6 days) and its peak day was 15 December 2023.
Status: closed.
Gage AP set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 14 December 2023.
The busiest day was 15 December 2023 with 112 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 128 years.

Footprint

13 to 18 December 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 18 December 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, 13 to 18 December 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Gage AP	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	2023-12-14
Turkey	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	2023-12-14
Aspermont	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	2023-12-15
Hooker	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	2023-12-14
Childress Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	2023-12-13
Haskell	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	2023-12-15
Memphis	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	2023-12-14
Dodge City	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	2023-12-14
Liberal	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	2023-12-14
Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	2023-12-15
Garden City Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	2023-12-14
Lake Kemp	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2023-12-15
Ashland	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2023-12-15
Vici 1NNW	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2023-12-15
Holly	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	2023-12-14
Manassa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	2023-12-14
Yuma	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	2023-12-14
Wallace	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	2023-12-14
Eagle Nest	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	2023-12-14
Kirwin Dam	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	2023-12-15

Records per Day

Peak day 112

Records set or tied each day from 13 December 2023 to 18 December 2023. The most in one day was 112 on 15 December 2023.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 18 December 2023 ranked by margin
Aspermont, 12-15	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
Liberal, 12-14	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt, 12-15	43.7 mm (1.7 in)
Childress Muni AP, 12-13	40.9 mm (1.6 in)
Hooker, 12-14	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
Gage AP, 12-14	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
Memphis, 12-14	36.6 mm (1.4 in)
Vici 1NNW, 12-15	36.6 mm (1.4 in)
Garden City Rgnl AP, 12-14	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
Lake Kemp, 12-15	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
Turkey, 12-14	29.7 mm (1.2 in)
Dodge City, 12-14	27.4 mm (1.1 in)
Haskell, 12-15	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
Ashland, 12-15	22.8 mm (0.9 in)
Kirwin Dam, 12-15	19.3 mm (0.8 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

303 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, 13 to 18 December 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
38	118
30	81
13	92
48	38
39	36
27	64
41	30
9	106
37	32
27	16
19	48
47	8
44	30
35	10
8	52
13	48
30	38
4	97
23	38
37	10
23	64
14	29
7	85
32	16
15	41
11	56
20	64
22	38
36	30
6	74
15	14
5	62
18	38
2	128
29	38
22	38
9	82
4	94
25	4
20	16
24	36
8	85
26	36
5	85
16	65
16	38
23	38
20	38
15	56
6	73
2	94
11	38
20	36
18	48
19	52
3	56
5	72
5	82
18	38
20	30
17	38
3	82
13	64
23	8
8	64
9	64
13	30
32	8
22	8
10	38
6	57
17	38
13	52
13	52
2	82
13	29
1	85
8	64
28	10
1	82
11	38
15	30
15	44
11	36
4	64
17	8
18	10
12	38
12	36
8	38
4	65
13	38
17	8
8	38
15	10
33	10
11	38
9	36
10	20
8	38
13	10
20	16
25	12
21	14
8	52
1	43
6	16
2	57
11	8
2	64
12	38
11	38
4	64
5	52
8	38
1	64
15	30
11	29
11	8
10	30
6	38
10	16
4	64
11	30
2	61
3	38
1	61
12	10
8	38
4	52
8	52
15	12
19	8
5	16
2	56
13	21
12	14
21	8
6	38
5	56
6	38
16	14
4	38
9	29
3	52
6	36
3	56
5	25
21	12
8	32
1	57
3	34
1	52
10	28
6	38
8	16
0	64
6	8
19	16
8	12
4	25
6	36
1	64
4	44
3	44
3	52
2	56
9	10
1	48
9	38
9	14
1	61
11	8
4	16
1	61
2	56
11	28
10	16
4	38
2	38
4	38
13	36
13	8
9	28
8	28
2	38
4	38
1	44
2	56
1	52
0	41
1	38
11	12
2	38
2	38
1	38
2	38
2	38
6	1
5	1

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 18 December 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, 13 to 18 December 2023 (this event)	303 records

Every Record Set

20 of 303

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 18 December 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-12-13	Childress Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30	56 of 100 (Notable)
2023-12-14	Gage AP	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	118	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-12-14	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	81	69 of 100 (Major)
2023-12-14	Hooker	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36	59 of 100 (Notable)
2023-12-14	Memphis	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32	55 of 100 (Notable)
2023-12-14	Dodge City	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-12-14	Liberal	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	8	52 of 100 (Notable)
2023-12-14	Garden City Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	10	50 of 100 (Notable)
2023-12-14	Holly	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	92	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-12-14	Manassa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	52	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-12-14	Yuma	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	97	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-12-14	Wallace	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	106	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-12-14	Eagle Nest	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	48	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-12-15	Aspermont	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38	61 of 100 (Major)
2023-12-15	Haskell	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	64	56 of 100 (Notable)
2023-12-15	Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30	52 of 100 (Notable)
2023-12-15	Lake Kemp	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38	48 of 100 (Notable)
2023-12-15	Ashland	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	38	47 of 100 (Notable)
2023-12-15	Vici 1NNW	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	10	47 of 100 (Notable)
2023-12-15	Kirwin Dam	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	48	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 303 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
38	118
30	81
13	92
48	38
39	36
27	64
41	30
9	106
37	32
27	16
19	48
47	8
44	30
35	10
8	52
13	48
30	38
4	97
23	38
37	10
23	64
14	29
7	85
32	16
15	41
11	56
20	64
22	38
36	30
6	74
15	14
5	62
18	38
2	128
29	38
22	38
9	82
4	94
25	4
20	16
24	36
8	85
26	36
5	85
16	65
16	38
23	38
20	38
15	56
6	73
2	94
11	38
20	36
18	48
19	52
3	56
5	72
5	82
18	38
20	30
17	38
3	82
13	64
23	8
8	64
9	64
13	30
32	8
22	8
10	38
6	57
17	38
13	52
13	52
2	82
13	29
1	85
8	64
28	10
1	82
11	38
15	30
15	44
11	36
4	64
17	8
18	10
12	38
12	36
8	38
4	65
13	38
17	8
8	38
15	10
33	10
11	38
9	36
10	20
8	38
13	10
20	16
25	12
21	14
8	52
1	43
6	16
2	57
11	8
2	64
12	38
11	38
4	64
5	52
8	38
1	64
15	30
11	29
11	8
10	30
6	38
10	16
4	64
11	30
2	61
3	38
1	61
12	10
8	38
4	52
8	52
15	12
19	8
5	16
2	56
13	21
12	14
21	8
6	38
5	56
6	38
16	14
4	38
9	29
3	52
6	36
3	56
5	25
21	12
8	32
1	57
3	34
1	52
10	28
6	38
8	16
0	64
6	8
19	16
8	12
4	25
6	36
1	64
4	44
3	44
3	52
2	56
9	10
1	48
9	38
9	14
1	61
11	8
4	16
1	61
2	56
11	28
10	16
4	38
2	38
4	38
13	36
13	8
9	28
8	28
2	38
4	38
1	44
2	56
1	52
0	41
1	38
11	12
2	38
2	38
1	38
2	38
2	38
6	1
5	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
38	118
30	81
13	92
48	38
39	36
27	64
41	30
9	106
37	32
27	16
19	48
47	8
44	30
35	10
8	52
13	48
30	38
4	97
23	38
37	10
23	64
14	29
7	85
32	16
15	41
11	56
20	64
22	38
36	30
6	74
15	14
5	62
18	38
2	128
29	38
22	38
9	82
4	94
25	4
20	16
24	36
8	85
26	36
5	85
16	65
16	38
23	38
20	38
15	56
6	73
2	94
11	38
20	36
18	48
19	52
3	56
5	72
5	82
18	38
20	30
17	38
3	82
13	64
23	8
8	64
9	64
13	30
32	8
22	8
10	38
6	57
17	38
13	52
13	52
2	82
13	29
1	85
8	64
28	10
1	82
11	38
15	30
15	44
11	36
4	64
17	8
18	10
12	38
12	36
8	38
4	65
13	38
17	8
8	38
15	10
33	10
11	38
9	36
10	20
8	38
13	10
20	16
25	12
21	14
8	52
1	43
6	16
2	57
11	8
2	64
12	38
11	38
4	64
5	52
8	38
1	64
15	30
11	29
11	8
10	30
6	38
10	16
4	64
11	30
2	61
3	38
1	61
12	10
8	38
4	52
8	52
15	12
19	8
5	16
2	56
13	21
12	14
21	8
6	38
5	56
6	38
16	14
4	38
9	29
3	52
6	36
3	56
5	25
21	12
8	32
1	57
3	34
1	52
10	28
6	38
8	16
0	64
6	8
19	16
8	12
4	25
6	36
1	64
4	44
3	44
3	52
2	56
9	10
1	48
9	38
9	14
1	61
11	8
4	16
1	61
2	56
11	28
10	16
4	38
2	38
4	38
13	36
13	8
9	28
8	28
2	38
4	38
1	44
2	56
1	52
0	41
1	38
11	12
2	38
2	38
1	38
2	38
2	38
6	1
5	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
38	118
30	81
13	92
48	38
39	36
27	64
41	30
9	106
37	32
27	16
19	48
47	8
44	30
35	10
8	52
13	48
30	38
4	97
23	38
37	10
23	64
14	29
7	85
32	16
15	41
11	56
20	64
22	38
36	30
6	74
15	14
5	62
18	38
2	128
29	38
22	38
9	82
4	94
25	4
20	16
24	36
8	85
26	36
5	85
16	65
16	38
23	38
20	38
15	56
6	73
2	94
11	38
20	36
18	48
19	52
3	56
5	72
5	82
18	38
20	30
17	38
3	82
13	64
23	8
8	64
9	64
13	30
32	8
22	8
10	38
6	57
17	38
13	52
13	52
2	82
13	29
1	85
8	64
28	10
1	82
11	38
15	30
15	44
11	36
4	64
17	8
18	10
12	38
12	36
8	38
4	65
13	38
17	8
8	38
15	10
33	10
11	38
9	36
10	20
8	38
13	10
20	16
25	12
21	14
8	52
1	43
6	16
2	57
11	8
2	64
12	38
11	38
4	64
5	52
8	38
1	64
15	30
11	29
11	8
10	30
6	38
10	16
4	64
11	30
2	61
3	38
1	61
12	10
8	38
4	52
8	52
15	12
19	8
5	16
2	56
13	21
12	14
21	8
6	38
5	56
6	38
16	14
4	38
9	29
3	52
6	36
3	56
5	25
21	12
8	32
1	57
3	34
1	52
10	28
6	38
8	16
0	64
6	8
19	16
8	12
4	25
6	36
1	64
4	44
3	44
3	52
2	56
9	10
1	48
9	38
9	14
1	61
11	8
4	16
1	61
2	56
11	28
10	16
4	38
2	38
4	38
13	36
13	8
9	28
8	28
2	38
4	38
1	44
2	56
1	52
0	41
1	38
11	12
2	38
2	38
1	38
2	38
2	38
6	1
5	1