Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 13 to 19 March 2024

Name: Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 13 to 19 March 2024
Start: 2024-03-13
End: 2024-03-19
Location: United States, Mexico

Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 13 to 19 March 2024: 287 records at 278 stations, peak on 15 March 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, 13 to 19 March 2024 set or tied 287 station records at 278 stations.
It ran from 13 March 2024 to 19 March 2024 (7 days) and its peak day was 15 March 2024.
Status: closed.
Hot Springs 1 NNE set a daily record precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 15 March 2024.
The busiest day was 15 March 2024 with 150 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 147 years.

Footprint

13 to 19 March 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 13 to 19 March 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, 13 to 19 March 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Hot Springs 1 NNE	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	2024-03-15
Tishomingo Natl Wr	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	2024-03-15
Warren 2 ENE	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	2024-03-15
Gladstone L/D 18	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	2024-03-14
Bloomfield	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	2024-03-14
Polo	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2024-03-14
Honey Grove	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	2024-03-15
Allerton	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	2024-03-14
Memphis	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	2024-03-14
Ft Wayne Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	2024-03-14
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	2024-03-15
Warrensburg 4NW	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	2024-03-14
Lakeville	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2024-03-15
Wauseon Wtp	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2024-03-15
Kansas City Dwtn AP	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	2024-03-13
Edwardsville 2 W	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	2024-03-15
Clarksville L&D 24	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	2024-03-15
Austwell	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	2024-03-16
Centerville	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	2024-03-14
Sines Deep Creek	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	2024-03-15

Records per Day

Peak day 150

Records set or tied each day from 13 March 2024 to 19 March 2024. The most in one day was 150 on 15 March 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 13 to 19 March 2024 ranked by margin
Gladstone L/D 18, 03-14	60.2 mm (2.4 in)
Tishomingo Natl Wr, 03-15	55.1 mm (2.2 in)
Warrensburg 4NW, 03-14	52.6 mm (2.1 in)
Hot Springs 1 NNE, 03-15	52.3 mm (2.1 in)
Warren 2 ENE, 03-15	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
Polo, 03-14	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
Clarksville L&D 24, 03-15	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
Memphis, 03-14	33.6 mm (1.3 in)
Honey Grove, 03-15	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
Ft Wayne Intl AP, 03-14	29.9 mm (1.2 in)
Lakeville, 03-15	29.4 mm (1.2 in)
Centerville, 03-14	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
Bloomfield, 03-14	21.4 mm (0.8 in)
Kansas City Dwtn AP, 03-13	19.9 mm (0.8 in)
Austwell, 03-16	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

287 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, 13 to 19 March 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
52	101
55	79
46	124
60	51
21	111
44	51
32	101
17	105
34	51
30	27
12	109
53	18
29	24
16	86
15	101
36	23
19	98
20	77
25	51
13	91
27	27
10	103
15	71
77	4
62	3
14	80
9	102
53	23
22	31
12	65
11	80
34	22
51	29
6	79
24	51
18	39
8	80
10	127
63	2
19	40
39	42
21	60
28	20
4	106
11	96
7	101
43	34
10	80
8	147
11	80
6	88
39	34
3	125
2	111
25	34
21	40
9	71
40	34
25	61
3	126
11	71
6	80
30	60
3	131
9	65
1	124
6	84
21	60
41	23
1	98
15	63
5	80
6	71
26	34
14	51
15	46
32	8
5	80
17	42
23	8
42	23
6	65
33	33
31	34
11	33
2	80
11	51
11	51
32	46
2	81
15	64
28	42
39	31
49	1
6	65
2	78
2	80
19	3
26	42
23	34
16	61
12	34
2	78
27	42
1	80
33	23
0	50
5	63
46	3
18	14
7	60
17	51
11	55
12	40
23	19
6	67
18	34
24	34
15	42
7	60
7	55
1	71
16	42
24	34
13	34
7	54
27	36
2	69
5	55
8	46
36	24
12	30
1	27
5	51
0	60
9	54
5	53
16	34
13	20
4	60
3	55
15	8
20	24
6	45
14	8
8	20
10	31
4	55
27	16
4	45
11	5
23	3
35	10
10	34
13	31
3	55
24	24
21	26
14	16
1	51
26	4
3	27
2	51
4	34
7	34
4	30
1	51
6	34
18	31
2	55
3	36
3	46
10	17
11	24
4	35
0	51
6	34
4	24
6	17
14	4
15	5
8	17
5	17
7	17
13	24
9	26
1	34
24	26
0	35
1	35
3	40
4	27
5	26
5	37
19	24
11	26
19	16
4	28
3	34
17	4

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 13 to 19 March 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, 13 to 19 March 2024 (this event)	287 records

Every Record Set

20 of 287

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 13 to 19 March 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-03-13	Kansas City Dwtn AP	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	77	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-14	Gladstone L/D 18	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	51	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-14	Bloomfield	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	111	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-14	Polo	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	51	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-14	Allerton	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	105	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-14	Memphis	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	51	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-14	Ft Wayne Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	27	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-14	Warrensburg 4NW	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	18	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-14	Centerville	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-15	Hot Springs 1 NNE	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	101	70 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-15	Tishomingo Natl Wr	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	79	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-15	Warren 2 ENE	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	124	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-15	Honey Grove	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	101	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-15	El Dorado Goodwin Fld	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	109	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-15	Lakeville	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	24	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-15	Wauseon Wtp	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	86	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-15	Edwardsville 2 W	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	101	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-15	Clarksville L&D 24	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-15	Sines Deep Creek	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	91	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-03-16	Austwell	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	98	53 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 287 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
52	101
55	79
46	124
60	51
21	111
44	51
32	101
17	105
34	51
30	27
12	109
53	18
29	24
16	86
15	101
36	23
19	98
20	77
25	51
13	91
27	27
10	103
15	71
77	4
62	3
14	80
9	102
53	23
22	31
12	65
11	80
34	22
51	29
6	79
24	51
18	39
8	80
10	127
63	2
19	40
39	42
21	60
28	20
4	106
11	96
7	101
43	34
10	80
8	147
11	80
6	88
39	34
3	125
2	111
25	34
21	40
9	71
40	34
25	61
3	126
11	71
6	80
30	60
3	131
9	65
1	124
6	84
21	60
41	23
1	98
15	63
5	80
6	71
26	34
14	51
15	46
32	8
5	80
17	42
23	8
42	23
6	65
33	33
31	34
11	33
2	80
11	51
11	51
32	46
2	81
15	64
28	42
39	31
49	1
6	65
2	78
2	80
19	3
26	42
23	34
16	61
12	34
2	78
27	42
1	80
33	23
0	50
5	63
46	3
18	14
7	60
17	51
11	55
12	40
23	19
6	67
18	34
24	34
15	42
7	60
7	55
1	71
16	42
24	34
13	34
7	54
27	36
2	69
5	55
8	46
36	24
12	30
1	27
5	51
0	60
9	54
5	53
16	34
13	20
4	60
3	55
15	8
20	24
6	45
14	8
8	20
10	31
4	55
27	16
4	45
11	5
23	3
35	10
10	34
13	31
3	55
24	24
21	26
14	16
1	51
26	4
3	27
2	51
4	34
7	34
4	30
1	51
6	34
18	31
2	55
3	36
3	46
10	17
11	24
4	35
0	51
6	34
4	24
6	17
14	4
15	5
8	17
5	17
7	17
13	24
9	26
1	34
24	26
0	35
1	35
3	40
4	27
5	26
5	37
19	24
11	26
19	16
4	28
3	34
17	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
52	101
55	79
46	124
60	51
21	111
44	51
32	101
17	105
34	51
30	27
12	109
53	18
29	24
16	86
15	101
36	23
19	98
20	77
25	51
13	91
27	27
10	103
15	71
77	4
62	3
14	80
9	102
53	23
22	31
12	65
11	80
34	22
51	29
6	79
24	51
18	39
8	80
10	127
63	2
19	40
39	42
21	60
28	20
4	106
11	96
7	101
43	34
10	80
8	147
11	80
6	88
39	34
3	125
2	111
25	34
21	40
9	71
40	34
25	61
3	126
11	71
6	80
30	60
3	131
9	65
1	124
6	84
21	60
41	23
1	98
15	63
5	80
6	71
26	34
14	51
15	46
32	8
5	80
17	42
23	8
42	23
6	65
33	33
31	34
11	33
2	80
11	51
11	51
32	46
2	81
15	64
28	42
39	31
49	1
6	65
2	78
2	80
19	3
26	42
23	34
16	61
12	34
2	78
27	42
1	80
33	23
0	50
5	63
46	3
18	14
7	60
17	51
11	55
12	40
23	19
6	67
18	34
24	34
15	42
7	60
7	55
1	71
16	42
24	34
13	34
7	54
27	36
2	69
5	55
8	46
36	24
12	30
1	27
5	51
0	60
9	54
5	53
16	34
13	20
4	60
3	55
15	8
20	24
6	45
14	8
8	20
10	31
4	55
27	16
4	45
11	5
23	3
35	10
10	34
13	31
3	55
24	24
21	26
14	16
1	51
26	4
3	27
2	51
4	34
7	34
4	30
1	51
6	34
18	31
2	55
3	36
3	46
10	17
11	24
4	35
0	51
6	34
4	24
6	17
14	4
15	5
8	17
5	17
7	17
13	24
9	26
1	34
24	26
0	35
1	35
3	40
4	27
5	26
5	37
19	24
11	26
19	16
4	28
3	34
17	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
52	101
55	79
46	124
60	51
21	111
44	51
32	101
17	105
34	51
30	27
12	109
53	18
29	24
16	86
15	101
36	23
19	98
20	77
25	51
13	91
27	27
10	103
15	71
77	4
62	3
14	80
9	102
53	23
22	31
12	65
11	80
34	22
51	29
6	79
24	51
18	39
8	80
10	127
63	2
19	40
39	42
21	60
28	20
4	106
11	96
7	101
43	34
10	80
8	147
11	80
6	88
39	34
3	125
2	111
25	34
21	40
9	71
40	34
25	61
3	126
11	71
6	80
30	60
3	131
9	65
1	124
6	84
21	60
41	23
1	98
15	63
5	80
6	71
26	34
14	51
15	46
32	8
5	80
17	42
23	8
42	23
6	65
33	33
31	34
11	33
2	80
11	51
11	51
32	46
2	81
15	64
28	42
39	31
49	1
6	65
2	78
2	80
19	3
26	42
23	34
16	61
12	34
2	78
27	42
1	80
33	23
0	50
5	63
46	3
18	14
7	60
17	51
11	55
12	40
23	19
6	67
18	34
24	34
15	42
7	60
7	55
1	71
16	42
24	34
13	34
7	54
27	36
2	69
5	55
8	46
36	24
12	30
1	27
5	51
0	60
9	54
5	53
16	34
13	20
4	60
3	55
15	8
20	24
6	45
14	8
8	20
10	31
4	55
27	16
4	45
11	5
23	3
35	10
10	34
13	31
3	55
24	24
21	26
14	16
1	51
26	4
3	27
2	51
4	34
7	34
4	30
1	51
6	34
18	31
2	55
3	36
3	46
10	17
11	24
4	35
0	51
6	34
4	24
6	17
14	4
15	5
8	17
5	17
7	17
13	24
9	26
1	34
24	26
0	35
1	35
3	40
4	27
5	26
5	37
19	24
11	26
19	16
4	28
3	34
17	4