Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 27 March 2024

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 27 March 2024
Start: 2024-03-24
End: 2024-03-27
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 27 March 2024: 334 records at 313 stations, peak on 26 March 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 27 March 2024 set or tied 334 station records at 313 stations.
It ran from 24 March 2024 to 27 March 2024 (4 days) and its peak day was 26 March 2024.
Status: closed.
Salem set a daily record precipitation of 76.7 mm (3.0 in) on 26 March 2024.
The busiest day was 26 March 2024 with 203 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 122 years.

Footprint

24 to 27 March 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 27 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, 24 to 27 March 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Salem	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	2024-03-26
Spencer 1 N	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2024-03-24
Lake Park 3SSE	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	2024-03-25
Stambaugh 2SSE	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	2024-03-26
Lake City	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	2024-03-25
Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	2024-03-26
Rolla Missouri S&T	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	2024-03-26
Swea City 5N	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	2024-03-25
Wells	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	2024-03-25
Danville	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	2024-03-26
Sanborn	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	2024-03-25
Beaver City	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	2024-03-25
Bloomfield	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	2024-03-25
Sheldon	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	2024-03-25
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2024-03-25
Norton Dam	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	2024-03-25
Zumbrota	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	2024-03-26
Hartford Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	2024-03-26
Paw Paw 2S	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	2024-03-26
Damascus 2 NNE	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	2024-03-26

Records per Day

Peak day 203

Records set or tied each day from 24 March 2024 to 27 March 2024. The most in one day was 203 on 26 March 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 27 March 2024 ranked by margin
Salem, 03-26	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
Swea City 5N, 03-25	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
Danville, 03-26	24.4 mm (1.0 in)
Norton Dam, 03-25	23.9 mm (0.9 in)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE, 03-25	23.6 mm (0.9 in)
Damascus 2 NNE, 03-26	23.2 mm (0.9 in)
Lake Park 3SSE, 03-25	23.1 mm (0.9 in)
Rolla Missouri S&T, 03-26	20.1 mm (0.8 in)
Spencer 1 N, 03-24	19.8 mm (0.8 in)
Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP, 03-26	19.8 mm (0.8 in)
Lake City, 03-25	19.1 mm (0.8 in)
Wells, 03-25	14.7 mm (0.6 in)
Stambaugh 2SSE, 03-26	14.2 mm (0.6 in)
Beaver City, 03-25	13.2 mm (0.5 in)
Sanborn, 03-25	13.0 mm (0.5 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

334 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, 24 to 27 March 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
45	102
20	104
23	82
14	88
19	75
20	74
20	102
25	61
15	79
24	90
13	82
13	82
13	82
11	82
24	29
24	51
13	74
11	75
6	108
23	81
19	81
14	67
21	29
5	101
4	104
10	76
29	4
6	104
10	82
23	75
12	79
13	75
8	82
2	120
13	61
19	64
8	74
26	46
32	28
37	3
18	29
19	28
9	82
1	71
10	75
25	20
10	79
3	122
20	70
3	104
1	104
3	88
7	76
28	1
6	90
24	57
25	20
17	48
4	90
9	75
6	39
6	74
17	29
17	37
41	13
7	67
17	33
9	57
14	75
9	61
18	29
11	79
7	85
18	37
17	29
5	81
20	63
3	79
13	70
11	85
8	70
3	76
17	20
32	9
4	79
8	57
4	76
2	90
18	20
5	75
6	65
2	82
15	29
38	9
17	28
15	28
20	63
1	87
4	70
3	76
3	74
28	22
5	67
11	28
14	37
11	28
9	79
4	76
15	17
30	22
8	75
9	65
2	76
3	37
3	74
11	47
2	79
12	59
3	78
11	37
3	75
4	74
15	33
3	65
5	56
4	57
12	59
27	9
20	20
8	57
3	74
9	51
35	9
17	20
4	62
15	59
14	20
0	79
1	76
1	75
15	29
5	67
1	76
11	20
2	65
4	62
10	51
11	20
3	61
18	20
2	65
11	17
3	61
18	4
10	20
2	57
5	60
1	70
5	60
4	59
4	51
20	31
9	29
11	20
10	33
10	17
1	60
8	28
15	4
1	74
9	26
15	9
29	24
0	62
28	27
13	9
10	29
9	29
10	20
31	9
2	17
2	57
12	17
8	29
4	48
5	37
17	29
8	37
12	4
3	57
7	29
23	9
1	54
4	37
6	41
3	59
13	29
18	6
9	29
6	29

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 27 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, 24 to 27 March 2024 (this event)	334 records

Every Record Set

20 of 334

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 27 March 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-03-24	Spencer 1 N	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	104	68 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-25	Lake Park 3SSE	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	82	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-25	Lake City	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	75	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-25	Swea City 5N	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	61	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-25	Wells	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	79	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-25	Sanborn	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	82	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-25	Beaver City	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	82	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-25	Bloomfield	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	82	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-25	Sheldon	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	82	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-25	Sioux Ctr 2 SE	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	29	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-25	Norton Dam	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	51	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-26	Salem	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	102	76 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-26	Stambaugh 2SSE	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	88	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-26	Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	74	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-26	Rolla Missouri S&T	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	102	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-26	Danville	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	90	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-26	Zumbrota	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	74	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-26	Hartford Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	75	48 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-26	Paw Paw 2S	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	108	47 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-26	Damascus 2 NNE	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	81	46 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 334 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
45	102
20	104
23	82
14	88
19	75
20	74
20	102
25	61
15	79
24	90
13	82
13	82
13	82
11	82
24	29
24	51
13	74
11	75
6	108
23	81
19	81
14	67
21	29
5	101
4	104
10	76
29	4
6	104
10	82
23	75
12	79
13	75
8	82
2	120
13	61
19	64
8	74
26	46
32	28
37	3
18	29
19	28
9	82
1	71
10	75
25	20
10	79
3	122
20	70
3	104
1	104
3	88
7	76
28	1
6	90
24	57
25	20
17	48
4	90
9	75
6	39
6	74
17	29
17	37
41	13
7	67
17	33
9	57
14	75
9	61
18	29
11	79
7	85
18	37
17	29
5	81
20	63
3	79
13	70
11	85
8	70
3	76
17	20
32	9
4	79
8	57
4	76
2	90
18	20
5	75
6	65
2	82
15	29
38	9
17	28
15	28
20	63
1	87
4	70
3	76
3	74
28	22
5	67
11	28
14	37
11	28
9	79
4	76
15	17
30	22
8	75
9	65
2	76
3	37
3	74
11	47
2	79
12	59
3	78
11	37
3	75
4	74
15	33
3	65
5	56
4	57
12	59
27	9
20	20
8	57
3	74
9	51
35	9
17	20
4	62
15	59
14	20
0	79
1	76
1	75
15	29
5	67
1	76
11	20
2	65
4	62
10	51
11	20
3	61
18	20
2	65
11	17
3	61
18	4
10	20
2	57
5	60
1	70
5	60
4	59
4	51
20	31
9	29
11	20
10	33
10	17
1	60
8	28
15	4
1	74
9	26
15	9
29	24
0	62
28	27
13	9
10	29
9	29
10	20
31	9
2	17
2	57
12	17
8	29
4	48
5	37
17	29
8	37
12	4
3	57
7	29
23	9
1	54
4	37
6	41
3	59
13	29
18	6
9	29
6	29

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
45	102
20	104
23	82
14	88
19	75
20	74
20	102
25	61
15	79
24	90
13	82
13	82
13	82
11	82
24	29
24	51
13	74
11	75
6	108
23	81
19	81
14	67
21	29
5	101
4	104
10	76
29	4
6	104
10	82
23	75
12	79
13	75
8	82
2	120
13	61
19	64
8	74
26	46
32	28
37	3
18	29
19	28
9	82
1	71
10	75
25	20
10	79
3	122
20	70
3	104
1	104
3	88
7	76
28	1
6	90
24	57
25	20
17	48
4	90
9	75
6	39
6	74
17	29
17	37
41	13
7	67
17	33
9	57
14	75
9	61
18	29
11	79
7	85
18	37
17	29
5	81
20	63
3	79
13	70
11	85
8	70
3	76
17	20
32	9
4	79
8	57
4	76
2	90
18	20
5	75
6	65
2	82
15	29
38	9
17	28
15	28
20	63
1	87
4	70
3	76
3	74
28	22
5	67
11	28
14	37
11	28
9	79
4	76
15	17
30	22
8	75
9	65
2	76
3	37
3	74
11	47
2	79
12	59
3	78
11	37
3	75
4	74
15	33
3	65
5	56
4	57
12	59
27	9
20	20
8	57
3	74
9	51
35	9
17	20
4	62
15	59
14	20
0	79
1	76
1	75
15	29
5	67
1	76
11	20
2	65
4	62
10	51
11	20
3	61
18	20
2	65
11	17
3	61
18	4
10	20
2	57
5	60
1	70
5	60
4	59
4	51
20	31
9	29
11	20
10	33
10	17
1	60
8	28
15	4
1	74
9	26
15	9
29	24
0	62
28	27
13	9
10	29
9	29
10	20
31	9
2	17
2	57
12	17
8	29
4	48
5	37
17	29
8	37
12	4
3	57
7	29
23	9
1	54
4	37
6	41
3	59
13	29
18	6
9	29
6	29

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
45	102
20	104
23	82
14	88
19	75
20	74
20	102
25	61
15	79
24	90
13	82
13	82
13	82
11	82
24	29
24	51
13	74
11	75
6	108
23	81
19	81
14	67
21	29
5	101
4	104
10	76
29	4
6	104
10	82
23	75
12	79
13	75
8	82
2	120
13	61
19	64
8	74
26	46
32	28
37	3
18	29
19	28
9	82
1	71
10	75
25	20
10	79
3	122
20	70
3	104
1	104
3	88
7	76
28	1
6	90
24	57
25	20
17	48
4	90
9	75
6	39
6	74
17	29
17	37
41	13
7	67
17	33
9	57
14	75
9	61
18	29
11	79
7	85
18	37
17	29
5	81
20	63
3	79
13	70
11	85
8	70
3	76
17	20
32	9
4	79
8	57
4	76
2	90
18	20
5	75
6	65
2	82
15	29
38	9
17	28
15	28
20	63
1	87
4	70
3	76
3	74
28	22
5	67
11	28
14	37
11	28
9	79
4	76
15	17
30	22
8	75
9	65
2	76
3	37
3	74
11	47
2	79
12	59
3	78
11	37
3	75
4	74
15	33
3	65
5	56
4	57
12	59
27	9
20	20
8	57
3	74
9	51
35	9
17	20
4	62
15	59
14	20
0	79
1	76
1	75
15	29
5	67
1	76
11	20
2	65
4	62
10	51
11	20
3	61
18	20
2	65
11	17
3	61
18	4
10	20
2	57
5	60
1	70
5	60
4	59
4	51
20	31
9	29
11	20
10	33
10	17
1	60
8	28
15	4
1	74
9	26
15	9
29	24
0	62
28	27
13	9
10	29
9	29
10	20
31	9
2	17
2	57
12	17
8	29
4	48
5	37
17	29
8	37
12	4
3	57
7	29
23	9
1	54
4	37
6	41
3	59
13	29
18	6
9	29
6	29