Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 21 to 29 January 2024

Name: Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 21 to 29 January 2024
Start: 2024-01-21
End: 2024-01-29
Location: United States, Mexico

Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 21 to 29 January 2024: 939 records at 794 stations, peak on 23 January 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 21 to 29 January 2024 set or tied 939 station records at 794 stations.
It ran from 21 January 2024 to 29 January 2024 (9 days) and its peak day was 23 January 2024.
Status: closed.
Hillsdale set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 25 January 2024.
The busiest day was 23 January 2024 with 190 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 134 years.

Footprint

21 to 29 January 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 21 to 29 January 2024 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 and Mexico, 21 to 29 January 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Marshall	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	2024-01-24
Hillsdale	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	2024-01-25
Nixon	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	2024-01-24
Longview	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	2024-01-24
Camden 1	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	2024-01-24
Albion	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	2024-01-26
Niland	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2024-01-22
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	2024-01-27
Arivaca	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	2024-01-23
Jefferson	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	2024-01-24
Coldwater St School	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2024-01-25
Duncan	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	2024-01-27
Mathis 4 SSW	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	2024-01-22
Brockport	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	2024-01-26
Wills Pt	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	2024-01-23
Ft Mill 4 NW	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	2024-01-28
Antoine 1 SW	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	2024-01-24
Sasabe	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	2024-01-23
Covington 8 WNW	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	2024-01-25
Cedar City AP	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	2024-01-25

Records per Day

Peak day 190

Records set or tied each day from 21 January 2024 to 29 January 2024. The most in one day was 190 on 23 January 2024.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 21 to 29 January 2024
Date	Records
2024-01-21	5
2024-01-22	74
2024-01-23	190
2024-01-24	187
2024-01-25	128
2024-01-26	133
2024-01-27	82
2024-01-28	101
2024-01-29	39

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 21 to 29 January 2024 ranked by margin
Marshall, 01-24	77.5 mm (3.1 in)
Longview, 01-24	67.8 mm (2.7 in)
Mathis 4 SSW, 01-22	56.2 mm (2.2 in)
Nixon, 01-24	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
Camden 1, 01-24	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
Jefferson, 01-24	47.2 mm (1.9 in)
Antoine 1 SW, 01-24	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
Ft Mill 4 NW, 01-28	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
Sasabe, 01-23	39.8 mm (1.6 in)
Covington 8 WNW, 01-25	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
Duncan, 01-27	33.2 mm (1.3 in)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP, 01-27	32.8 mm (1.3 in)
Arivaca, 01-23	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
Hillsdale, 01-25	29.8 mm (1.2 in)
Wills Pt, 01-23	29.0 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

500 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 and Mexico, 21 to 29 January 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
30	125
78	127
48	89
68	85
48	134
27	80
25	78
33	110
31	61
17	125
47	85
33	80
21	45
56	57
43	61
29	104
45	82
14	69
40	61
36	104
22	80
96	45
14	65
47	70
35	84
4	119
15	92
37	82
22	104
8	78
14	72
13	94
51	49
13	72
12	74
11	128
7	122
13	74
19	104
50	49
68	33
39	29
30	13
17	60
52	16
84	28
56	16
22	86
47	52
6	121
33	86
14	96
23	85
29	50
22	20
11	73
4	112
23	20
17	38
12	114
14	45
51	40
49	4
14	117
20	28
34	60
8	74
2	92
60	21
6	92
5	112
46	33
24	29
17	56
13	19
15	92
33	70
59	4
22	70
13	56
24	48
12	80
17	56
52	33
18	48
18	56
5	104
72	0
3	112
7	104
5	128
7	78
41	8
3	128
46	21
7	104
60	33
46	45
18	61
11	74
28	56
21	58
15	61
27	70
6	108
9	94
2	122
37	37
15	33
110	0
31	48
4	110
9	80
25	29
22	58
26	62
33	17
3	129
44	33
8	72
10	45
6	74
1	105
11	86
5	96
7	61
8	66
3	94
44	33
11	80
31	60
28	13
3	105
4	104
2	110
11	45
5	76
26	25
7	78
1	100
19	14
9	78
17	58
27	48
32	16
21	20
43	28
8	56
3	80
24	52
27	2
10	45
15	72
1	104
4	80
4	80
0	104
16	34
6	85
1	104
0	114
33	45
27	45
37	26
1	96
6	85
19	0
0	96
9	80
23	54
18	50
17	57
31	32
3	76
34	33
28	20
12	60
31	28
39	13
7	74
47	33
29	44
12	33
5	80
22	16
8	62
20	49
26	14
9	45
5	80
34	21
25	45
1	92
4	86
36	28
70	16
1	80
9	49
6	65
6	76

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 21 to 29 January 2024 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 and Mexico, 21 to 29 January 2024 (this event)	939 records

Every Record Set

20 of 939

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 21 to 29 January 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-01-22	Niland	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	78	71 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-22	Mathis 4 SSW	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	57	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-23	Arivaca	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	61	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-23	Wills Pt	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	104	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-23	Sasabe	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	61	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-24	Marshall	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	127	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-01-24	Nixon	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	89	76 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-24	Longview	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	85	75 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-24	Camden 1	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	134	72 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-24	Jefferson	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	85	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-24	Antoine 1 SW	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	82	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-25	Hillsdale	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	125	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-01-25	Coldwater St School	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	125	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-25	Covington 8 WNW	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	104	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-25	Cedar City AP	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	69	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-26	Albion	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	80	72 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-26	Brockport	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	45	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-27	Winston Salem Reynolds AP	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	110	70 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-27	Duncan	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	80	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-28	Ft Mill 4 NW	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	61	62 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 939 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
30	125
78	127
48	89
68	85
48	134
27	80
25	78
33	110
31	61
17	125
47	85
33	80
21	45
56	57
43	61
29	104
45	82
14	69
40	61
36	104
22	80
96	45
14	65
47	70
35	84
4	119
15	92
37	82
22	104
8	78
14	72
13	94
51	49
13	72
12	74
11	128
7	122
13	74
19	104
50	49
68	33
39	29
30	13
17	60
52	16
84	28
56	16
22	86
47	52
6	121
33	86
14	96
23	85
29	50
22	20
11	73
4	112
23	20
17	38
12	114
14	45
51	40
49	4
14	117
20	28
34	60
8	74
2	92
60	21
6	92
5	112
46	33
24	29
17	56
13	19
15	92
33	70
59	4
22	70
13	56
24	48
12	80
17	56
52	33
18	48
18	56
5	104
72	0
3	112
7	104
5	128
7	78
41	8
3	128
46	21
7	104
60	33
46	45
18	61
11	74
28	56
21	58
15	61
27	70
6	108
9	94
2	122
37	37
15	33
110	0
31	48
4	110
9	80
25	29
22	58
26	62
33	17
3	129
44	33
8	72
10	45
6	74
1	105
11	86
5	96
7	61
8	66
3	94
44	33
11	80
31	60
28	13
3	105
4	104
2	110
11	45
5	76
26	25
7	78
1	100
19	14
9	78
17	58
27	48
32	16
21	20
43	28
8	56
3	80
24	52
27	2
10	45
15	72
1	104
4	80
4	80
0	104
16	34
6	85
1	104
0	114
33	45
27	45
37	26
1	96
6	85
19	0
0	96
9	80
23	54
18	50
17	57
31	32
3	76
34	33
28	20
12	60
31	28
39	13
7	74
47	33
29	44
12	33
5	80
22	16
8	62
20	49
26	14
9	45
5	80
34	21
25	45
1	92
4	86
36	28
70	16
1	80
9	49
6	65
6	76

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
30	125
78	127
48	89
68	85
48	134
27	80
25	78
33	110
31	61
17	125
47	85
33	80
21	45
56	57
43	61
29	104
45	82
14	69
40	61
36	104
22	80
96	45
14	65
47	70
35	84
4	119
15	92
37	82
22	104
8	78
14	72
13	94
51	49
13	72
12	74
11	128
7	122
13	74
19	104
50	49
68	33
39	29
30	13
17	60
52	16
84	28
56	16
22	86
47	52
6	121
33	86
14	96
23	85
29	50
22	20
11	73
4	112
23	20
17	38
12	114
14	45
51	40
49	4
14	117
20	28
34	60
8	74
2	92
60	21
6	92
5	112
46	33
24	29
17	56
13	19
15	92
33	70
59	4
22	70
13	56
24	48
12	80
17	56
52	33
18	48
18	56
5	104
72	0
3	112
7	104
5	128
7	78
41	8
3	128
46	21
7	104
60	33
46	45
18	61
11	74
28	56
21	58
15	61
27	70
6	108
9	94
2	122
37	37
15	33
110	0
31	48
4	110
9	80
25	29
22	58
26	62
33	17
3	129
44	33
8	72
10	45
6	74
1	105
11	86
5	96
7	61
8	66
3	94
44	33
11	80
31	60
28	13
3	105
4	104
2	110
11	45
5	76
26	25
7	78
1	100
19	14
9	78
17	58
27	48
32	16
21	20
43	28
8	56
3	80
24	52
27	2
10	45
15	72
1	104
4	80
4	80
0	104
16	34
6	85
1	104
0	114
33	45
27	45
37	26
1	96
6	85
19	0
0	96
9	80
23	54
18	50
17	57
31	32
3	76
34	33
28	20
12	60
31	28
39	13
7	74
47	33
29	44
12	33
5	80
22	16
8	62
20	49
26	14
9	45
5	80
34	21
25	45
1	92
4	86
36	28
70	16
1	80
9	49
6	65
6	76

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
30	125
78	127
48	89
68	85
48	134
27	80
25	78
33	110
31	61
17	125
47	85
33	80
21	45
56	57
43	61
29	104
45	82
14	69
40	61
36	104
22	80
96	45
14	65
47	70
35	84
4	119
15	92
37	82
22	104
8	78
14	72
13	94
51	49
13	72
12	74
11	128
7	122
13	74
19	104
50	49
68	33
39	29
30	13
17	60
52	16
84	28
56	16
22	86
47	52
6	121
33	86
14	96
23	85
29	50
22	20
11	73
4	112
23	20
17	38
12	114
14	45
51	40
49	4
14	117
20	28
34	60
8	74
2	92
60	21
6	92
5	112
46	33
24	29
17	56
13	19
15	92
33	70
59	4
22	70
13	56
24	48
12	80
17	56
52	33
18	48
18	56
5	104
72	0
3	112
7	104
5	128
7	78
41	8
3	128
46	21
7	104
60	33
46	45
18	61
11	74
28	56
21	58
15	61
27	70
6	108
9	94
2	122
37	37
15	33
110	0
31	48
4	110
9	80
25	29
22	58
26	62
33	17
3	129
44	33
8	72
10	45
6	74
1	105
11	86
5	96
7	61
8	66
3	94
44	33
11	80
31	60
28	13
3	105
4	104
2	110
11	45
5	76
26	25
7	78
1	100
19	14
9	78
17	58
27	48
32	16
21	20
43	28
8	56
3	80
24	52
27	2
10	45
15	72
1	104
4	80
4	80
0	104
16	34
6	85
1	104
0	114
33	45
27	45
37	26
1	96
6	85
19	0
0	96
9	80
23	54
18	50
17	57
31	32
3	76
34	33
28	20
12	60
31	28
39	13
7	74
47	33
29	44
12	33
5	80
22	16
8	62
20	49
26	14
9	45
5	80
34	21
25	45
1	92
4	86
36	28
70	16
1	80
9	49
6	65
6	76