Extreme rain in United States, 21 March to 5 April 2024

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 21 March to 5 April 2024
Start: 2024-03-21
End: 2024-04-05
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 21 March to 5 April 2024: 887 records at 808 stations, peak on 2 April 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 21 March to 5 April 2024 set or tied 887 station records at 808 stations.
It ran from 21 March 2024 to 5 April 2024 (16 days) and its peak day was 2 April 2024.
Status: closed.
Robinson set a daily record precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 2 April 2024.
The busiest day was 2 April 2024 with 208 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 173 years.

Footprint

21 March to 5 April 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 21 March to 5 April 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, 21 March to 5 April 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Robinson	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	2024-04-02
Pittsburgh ASOS	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	2024-04-02
Windsor	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2024-04-02
Jefferson City Wtp	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	2024-04-02
Philo	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	2024-04-02
Cody	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2024-03-24
Donora 1 SW	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	2024-04-03
Palmdale AP	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	2024-03-30
Chiricahua Nm	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	2024-04-01
Washington 1 W	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2024-04-02
Washington	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	2024-04-02
Oakland 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2024-04-03
Palmdale	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	2024-04-01
Spencer	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	2024-04-02
Long Beach Daugherty AP	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	2024-03-30
Marquette	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2024-04-03
Mt Shasta	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	2024-03-29
Taylorville 2SE	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	2024-04-02
Ellensburg Bowers Fld	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	2024-03-23
Aberdeen Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	2024-04-01

Records per Day

Peak day 208

Records set or tied each day from 21 March 2024 to 5 April 2024. The most in one day was 208 on 2 April 2024.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States, 21 March to 5 April 2024
Date	Records
2024-03-21	1
2024-03-22	3
2024-03-23	18
2024-03-24	29
2024-03-25	14
2024-03-26	3
2024-03-27	6
2024-03-28	13
2024-03-29	18
2024-03-30	78
2024-03-31	106
2024-04-01	128
2024-04-02	208
2024-04-03	200
2024-04-04	57
2024-04-05	5

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 21 March to 5 April 2024 ranked by margin
Robinson, 04-02	58.4 mm (2.3 in)
Washington, 04-02	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
Spencer, 04-02	49.2 mm (1.9 in)
Mt Shasta, 03-29	48.2 mm (1.9 in)
Jefferson City Wtp, 04-02	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
Windsor, 04-02	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
Washington 1 W, 04-02	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
Marquette, 04-03	37.6 mm (1.5 in)
Donora 1 SW, 04-03	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
Long Beach Daugherty AP, 03-30	36.5 mm (1.4 in)
Philo, 04-02	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
Taylorville 2SE, 04-02	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
Oakland 1 SE, 04-03	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
Pittsburgh ASOS, 04-02	27.7 mm (1.1 in)
Palmdale AP, 03-30	27.1 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, 21 March to 5 April 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
58	113
28	75
39	112
48	79
31	113
14	74
37	68
7	78
27	70
20	75
39	79
10	97
28	65
51	74
8	120
49	54
37	70
38	51
48	35
31	53
35	47
35	36
16	81
20	106
20	84
48	41
9	57
24	173
42	41
27	47
25	47
19	78
23	79
23	119
36	78
17	106
39	41
24	79
14	112
24	79
31	36
37	25
7	86
26	78
10	112
20	34
4	101
39	22
68	34
11	75
30	49
22	60
12	66
5	119
38	35
49	18
24	47
27	36
24	49
19	78
12	97
5	118
8	78
33	41
35	47
26	60
30	24
25	25
49	15
41	18
39	41
32	41
8	112
9	121
12	26
8	97
15	75
17	54
7	83
27	42
11	106
52	10
28	41
21	63
26	12
38	19
15	73
8	123
43	16
48	18
13	99
5	73
19	68
7	123
32	17
22	47
10	93
12	78
7	83
9	61
16	78
9	98
8	147
11	93
18	71
7	107
7	123
15	17
13	78
18	67
20	60
6	102
29	41
14	68
9	90
24	46
9	83
9	84
5	113
14	84
17	68
22	42
12	59
8	34
23	46
12	78
13	79
23	41
46	13
1	109
4	129
6	97
18	47
16	47
7	65
4	111
13	40
21	54
10	75
20	27
11	57
19	50
1	111
20	67
2	110
3	120
3	121
4	97
12	64
12	68
33	9
14	78
14	23
3	110
9	41
8	75
1	108
26	34
23	70
31	41
26	41
21	51
5	94
19	53
3	126
31	41
12	79
3	170
18	46
29	70
25	38
5	91
13	71
2	119
3	95
17	64
2	111
25	23
3	159
10	42
2	101
8	73
1	107
7	46
12	78
14	63
3	83
13	78
66	42
11	75
20	41
12	79
1	150
23	35
3	95
8	79
21	54
14	64
16	16
23	45

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 21 March to 5 April 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, 21 March to 5 April 2024 (this event)	887 records

Every Record Set

20 of 887

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 21 March to 5 April 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-03-23	Ellensburg Bowers Fld	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	74	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-03-24	Cody	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	78	69 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-29	Mt Shasta	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	35	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-30	Palmdale AP	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	70	68 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-30	Long Beach Daugherty AP	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	70	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-01	Chiricahua Nm	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	75	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-01	Palmdale	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	120	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-01	Aberdeen Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	97	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-04-02	Robinson	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	113	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-04-02	Pittsburgh ASOS	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	75	79 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Windsor	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	112	73 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Jefferson City Wtp	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	79	71 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Philo	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	113	70 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Washington 1 W	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	79	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Washington	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	74	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Spencer	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	54	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Taylorville 2SE	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-03	Donora 1 SW	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	68	69 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-03	Oakland 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	65	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-03	Marquette	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51	61 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 887 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
58	113
28	75
39	112
48	79
31	113
14	74
37	68
7	78
27	70
20	75
39	79
10	97
28	65
51	74
8	120
49	54
37	70
38	51
48	35
31	53
35	47
35	36
16	81
20	106
20	84
48	41
9	57
24	173
42	41
27	47
25	47
19	78
23	79
23	119
36	78
17	106
39	41
24	79
14	112
24	79
31	36
37	25
7	86
26	78
10	112
20	34
4	101
39	22
68	34
11	75
30	49
22	60
12	66
5	119
38	35
49	18
24	47
27	36
24	49
19	78
12	97
5	118
8	78
33	41
35	47
26	60
30	24
25	25
49	15
41	18
39	41
32	41
8	112
9	121
12	26
8	97
15	75
17	54
7	83
27	42
11	106
52	10
28	41
21	63
26	12
38	19
15	73
8	123
43	16
48	18
13	99
5	73
19	68
7	123
32	17
22	47
10	93
12	78
7	83
9	61
16	78
9	98
8	147
11	93
18	71
7	107
7	123
15	17
13	78
18	67
20	60
6	102
29	41
14	68
9	90
24	46
9	83
9	84
5	113
14	84
17	68
22	42
12	59
8	34
23	46
12	78
13	79
23	41
46	13
1	109
4	129
6	97
18	47
16	47
7	65
4	111
13	40
21	54
10	75
20	27
11	57
19	50
1	111
20	67
2	110
3	120
3	121
4	97
12	64
12	68
33	9
14	78
14	23
3	110
9	41
8	75
1	108
26	34
23	70
31	41
26	41
21	51
5	94
19	53
3	126
31	41
12	79
3	170
18	46
29	70
25	38
5	91
13	71
2	119
3	95
17	64
2	111
25	23
3	159
10	42
2	101
8	73
1	107
7	46
12	78
14	63
3	83
13	78
66	42
11	75
20	41
12	79
1	150
23	35
3	95
8	79
21	54
14	64
16	16
23	45

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
58	113
28	75
39	112
48	79
31	113
14	74
37	68
7	78
27	70
20	75
39	79
10	97
28	65
51	74
8	120
49	54
37	70
38	51
48	35
31	53
35	47
35	36
16	81
20	106
20	84
48	41
9	57
24	173
42	41
27	47
25	47
19	78
23	79
23	119
36	78
17	106
39	41
24	79
14	112
24	79
31	36
37	25
7	86
26	78
10	112
20	34
4	101
39	22
68	34
11	75
30	49
22	60
12	66
5	119
38	35
49	18
24	47
27	36
24	49
19	78
12	97
5	118
8	78
33	41
35	47
26	60
30	24
25	25
49	15
41	18
39	41
32	41
8	112
9	121
12	26
8	97
15	75
17	54
7	83
27	42
11	106
52	10
28	41
21	63
26	12
38	19
15	73
8	123
43	16
48	18
13	99
5	73
19	68
7	123
32	17
22	47
10	93
12	78
7	83
9	61
16	78
9	98
8	147
11	93
18	71
7	107
7	123
15	17
13	78
18	67
20	60
6	102
29	41
14	68
9	90
24	46
9	83
9	84
5	113
14	84
17	68
22	42
12	59
8	34
23	46
12	78
13	79
23	41
46	13
1	109
4	129
6	97
18	47
16	47
7	65
4	111
13	40
21	54
10	75
20	27
11	57
19	50
1	111
20	67
2	110
3	120
3	121
4	97
12	64
12	68
33	9
14	78
14	23
3	110
9	41
8	75
1	108
26	34
23	70
31	41
26	41
21	51
5	94
19	53
3	126
31	41
12	79
3	170
18	46
29	70
25	38
5	91
13	71
2	119
3	95
17	64
2	111
25	23
3	159
10	42
2	101
8	73
1	107
7	46
12	78
14	63
3	83
13	78
66	42
11	75
20	41
12	79
1	150
23	35
3	95
8	79
21	54
14	64
16	16
23	45

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
58	113
28	75
39	112
48	79
31	113
14	74
37	68
7	78
27	70
20	75
39	79
10	97
28	65
51	74
8	120
49	54
37	70
38	51
48	35
31	53
35	47
35	36
16	81
20	106
20	84
48	41
9	57
24	173
42	41
27	47
25	47
19	78
23	79
23	119
36	78
17	106
39	41
24	79
14	112
24	79
31	36
37	25
7	86
26	78
10	112
20	34
4	101
39	22
68	34
11	75
30	49
22	60
12	66
5	119
38	35
49	18
24	47
27	36
24	49
19	78
12	97
5	118
8	78
33	41
35	47
26	60
30	24
25	25
49	15
41	18
39	41
32	41
8	112
9	121
12	26
8	97
15	75
17	54
7	83
27	42
11	106
52	10
28	41
21	63
26	12
38	19
15	73
8	123
43	16
48	18
13	99
5	73
19	68
7	123
32	17
22	47
10	93
12	78
7	83
9	61
16	78
9	98
8	147
11	93
18	71
7	107
7	123
15	17
13	78
18	67
20	60
6	102
29	41
14	68
9	90
24	46
9	83
9	84
5	113
14	84
17	68
22	42
12	59
8	34
23	46
12	78
13	79
23	41
46	13
1	109
4	129
6	97
18	47
16	47
7	65
4	111
13	40
21	54
10	75
20	27
11	57
19	50
1	111
20	67
2	110
3	120
3	121
4	97
12	64
12	68
33	9
14	78
14	23
3	110
9	41
8	75
1	108
26	34
23	70
31	41
26	41
21	51
5	94
19	53
3	126
31	41
12	79
3	170
18	46
29	70
25	38
5	91
13	71
2	119
3	95
17	64
2	111
25	23
3	159
10	42
2	101
8	73
1	107
7	46
12	78
14	63
3	83
13	78
66	42
11	75
20	41
12	79
1	150
23	35
3	95
8	79
21	54
14	64
16	16
23	45