Extreme rain in United States, 3 to 10 April 2024

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 3 to 10 April 2024
Start: 2024-04-03
End: 2024-04-10
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 3 to 10 April 2024: 211 records at 188 stations, peak on 7 April 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 3 to 10 April 2024 set or tied 211 station records at 188 stations.
It ran from 3 April 2024 to 10 April 2024 (8 days) and its peak day was 7 April 2024.
Status: closed.
Boise Lucky Peak Dam set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 4 April 2024.
The busiest day was 7 April 2024 with 50 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 129 years.

Footprint

3 to 10 April 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 3 to 10 April 2024 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in United States, 3 to 10 April 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Boise Lucky Peak Dam	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	2024-04-04
Colstrip	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2024-04-07
Colony	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	2024-04-07
Lead	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	2024-04-07
Newell	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2024-04-08
Riggins	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	2024-04-04
Custer	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	2024-04-06
Boise Air Terminal	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	2024-04-05
Spearfish	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	2024-04-07
Tensleep 4NE	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	2024-04-06
Holter Dam	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2024-04-04
Leiter 9N	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	2024-04-07
Payette	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2024-04-04
Volta Ph	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	2024-04-04
Brandenberg	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2024-04-07
Busby	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2024-04-07
Wilbur	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	2024-04-05
Ritzville 1 SSE	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	2024-04-06
Billings Wtp	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	2024-04-07

Records per Day

Peak day 50

Records set or tied each day from 3 April 2024 to 10 April 2024. The most in one day was 50 on 7 April 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 3 to 10 April 2024 ranked by margin
Colstrip, 04-07	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
Boise Lucky Peak Dam, 04-04	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
Leiter 9N, 04-07	27.2 mm (1.1 in)
Newell, 04-08	22.8 mm (0.9 in)
Tensleep 4NE, 04-06	21.1 mm (0.8 in)
Riggins, 04-04	19.6 mm (0.8 in)
Lead, 04-07	19.3 mm (0.8 in)
Brandenberg, 04-07	17.7 mm (0.7 in)
Colony, 04-07	17.3 mm (0.7 in)
Volta Ph, 04-04	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
Spearfish, 04-07	13.0 mm (0.5 in)
Busby, 04-07	12.4 mm (0.5 in)
Boise Air Terminal, 04-05	11.7 mm (0.5 in)
Holter Dam, 04-04	11.4 mm (0.4 in)
Custer, 04-06	11.2 mm (0.4 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

211 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, 3 to 10 April 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
28	66
35	50
17	105
10	84
11	80
19	105
23	49
20	18
11	102
12	67
13	105
10	129
4	107
21	31
11	66
27	18
6	45
16	83
18	62
12	50
5	84
14	71
7	84
20	26
6	82
11	49
10	66
3	99
2	111
1	72
19	3
4	72
2	99
14	6
12	49
11	34
9	67
16	31
14	31
26	3
4	71
10	18
16	62
4	80
6	75
9	71
18	31
23	18
0	97
20	26
2	91
6	71
10	49
9	66
3	70
11	18
8	31
5	73
12	49
6	55
4	57
8	55
9	23
13	31
4	67
3	66
14	27
6	31
8	26
5	55
12	8
18	16
5	49
3	67
1	71
2	67
10	25
12	14
8	33
1	69
13	33
16	3
2	55
8	45
10	27
8	18
5	40
1	71
10	1
3	55
13	23
10	33
4	49
4	31
6	57
4	49
3	49
6	56
5	49
11	31
2	61
5	50
16	23
1	67
13	30
3	49
10	18
5	40
13	13
4	19
9	6
1	49
1	60
15	11
1	49
8	31
10	18
1	49
0	49
6	18
2	52
8	26
18	12
6	12
12	18
2	48
1	51
9	13
8	18
2	55
2	51
12	6
9	22
5	18
5	36
5	18
6	18
8	3
10	2
3	44
3	45
5	18
5	26
0	51
0	56
5	18
1	49
3	18
4	31
5	21
8	36
3	36
3	42
5	18
3	18
6	18
2	31
3	33
3	42
1	42
2	18
3	31
3	45
3	31
5	21
8	14
3	21
1	18
4	12
1	37
10	2
2	26
6	1
2	35
3	24
8	18
3	30
3	31
2	33
3	13
2	23
1	29
2	26
5	18
5	3
1	18
4	11
1	33
3	23
10	11
1	18
2	6
3	11
0	23
5	6
3	19
3	8
5	3
3	14
3	19

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 3 to 10 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, 3 to 10 April 2024 (this event)	211 records

Every Record Set

20 of 211

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 3 to 10 April 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-04-04	Boise Lucky Peak Dam	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	66	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-04	Riggins	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	18	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-04	Holter Dam	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	66	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-04	Payette	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	45	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-04	Volta Ph	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	83	48 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-05	Boise Air Terminal	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	67	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-05	Riggins	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	80	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-04-05	Wilbur	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	84	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-04-06	Custer	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	102	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-06	Tensleep 4NE	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	31	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-06	Ritzville 1 SSE	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	107	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-04-07	Colstrip	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-07	Colony	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	105	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-07	Lead	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	105	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-07	Spearfish	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	105	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-07	Leiter 9N	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-07	Brandenberg	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	62	48 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-07	Busby	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	50	48 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-07	Billings Wtp	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	129	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-04-08	Newell	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	49	56 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 211 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.

Date	Records
2024-04-03	16
2024-04-04	49
2024-04-05	31
2024-04-06	32
2024-04-07	50
2024-04-08	29
2024-04-09	3
2024-04-10	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
28	66
35	50
17	105
10	84
11	80
19	105
23	49
20	18
11	102
12	67
13	105
10	129
4	107
21	31
11	66
27	18
6	45
16	83
18	62
12	50
5	84
14	71
7	84
20	26
6	82
11	49
10	66
3	99
2	111
1	72
19	3
4	72
2	99
14	6
12	49
11	34
9	67
16	31
14	31
26	3
4	71
10	18
16	62
4	80
6	75
9	71
18	31
23	18
0	97
20	26
2	91
6	71
10	49
9	66
3	70
11	18
8	31
5	73
12	49
6	55
4	57
8	55
9	23
13	31
4	67
3	66
14	27
6	31
8	26
5	55
12	8
18	16
5	49
3	67
1	71
2	67
10	25
12	14
8	33
1	69
13	33
16	3
2	55
8	45
10	27
8	18
5	40
1	71
10	1
3	55
13	23
10	33
4	49
4	31
6	57
4	49
3	49
6	56
5	49
11	31
2	61
5	50
16	23
1	67
13	30
3	49
10	18
5	40
13	13
4	19
9	6
1	49
1	60
15	11
1	49
8	31
10	18
1	49
0	49
6	18
2	52
8	26
18	12
6	12
12	18
2	48
1	51
9	13
8	18
2	55
2	51
12	6
9	22
5	18
5	36
5	18
6	18
8	3
10	2
3	44
3	45
5	18
5	26
0	51
0	56
5	18
1	49
3	18
4	31
5	21
8	36
3	36
3	42
5	18
3	18
6	18
2	31
3	33
3	42
1	42
2	18
3	31
3	45
3	31
5	21
8	14
3	21
1	18
4	12
1	37
10	2
2	26
6	1
2	35
3	24
8	18
3	30
3	31
2	33
3	13
2	23
1	29
2	26
5	18
5	3
1	18
4	11
1	33
3	23
10	11
1	18
2	6
3	11
0	23
5	6
3	19
3	8
5	3
3	14
3	19

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
28	66
35	50
17	105
10	84
11	80
19	105
23	49
20	18
11	102
12	67
13	105
10	129
4	107
21	31
11	66
27	18
6	45
16	83
18	62
12	50
5	84
14	71
7	84
20	26
6	82
11	49
10	66
3	99
2	111
1	72
19	3
4	72
2	99
14	6
12	49
11	34
9	67
16	31
14	31
26	3
4	71
10	18
16	62
4	80
6	75
9	71
18	31
23	18
0	97
20	26
2	91
6	71
10	49
9	66
3	70
11	18
8	31
5	73
12	49
6	55
4	57
8	55
9	23
13	31
4	67
3	66
14	27
6	31
8	26
5	55
12	8
18	16
5	49
3	67
1	71
2	67
10	25
12	14
8	33
1	69
13	33
16	3
2	55
8	45
10	27
8	18
5	40
1	71
10	1
3	55
13	23
10	33
4	49
4	31
6	57
4	49
3	49
6	56
5	49
11	31
2	61
5	50
16	23
1	67
13	30
3	49
10	18
5	40
13	13
4	19
9	6
1	49
1	60
15	11
1	49
8	31
10	18
1	49
0	49
6	18
2	52
8	26
18	12
6	12
12	18
2	48
1	51
9	13
8	18
2	55
2	51
12	6
9	22
5	18
5	36
5	18
6	18
8	3
10	2
3	44
3	45
5	18
5	26
0	51
0	56
5	18
1	49
3	18
4	31
5	21
8	36
3	36
3	42
5	18
3	18
6	18
2	31
3	33
3	42
1	42
2	18
3	31
3	45
3	31
5	21
8	14
3	21
1	18
4	12
1	37
10	2
2	26
6	1
2	35
3	24
8	18
3	30
3	31
2	33
3	13
2	23
1	29
2	26
5	18
5	3
1	18
4	11
1	33
3	23
10	11
1	18
2	6
3	11
0	23
5	6
3	19
3	8
5	3
3	14
3	19

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
28	66
35	50
17	105
10	84
11	80
19	105
23	49
20	18
11	102
12	67
13	105
10	129
4	107
21	31
11	66
27	18
6	45
16	83
18	62
12	50
5	84
14	71
7	84
20	26
6	82
11	49
10	66
3	99
2	111
1	72
19	3
4	72
2	99
14	6
12	49
11	34
9	67
16	31
14	31
26	3
4	71
10	18
16	62
4	80
6	75
9	71
18	31
23	18
0	97
20	26
2	91
6	71
10	49
9	66
3	70
11	18
8	31
5	73
12	49
6	55
4	57
8	55
9	23
13	31
4	67
3	66
14	27
6	31
8	26
5	55
12	8
18	16
5	49
3	67
1	71
2	67
10	25
12	14
8	33
1	69
13	33
16	3
2	55
8	45
10	27
8	18
5	40
1	71
10	1
3	55
13	23
10	33
4	49
4	31
6	57
4	49
3	49
6	56
5	49
11	31
2	61
5	50
16	23
1	67
13	30
3	49
10	18
5	40
13	13
4	19
9	6
1	49
1	60
15	11
1	49
8	31
10	18
1	49
0	49
6	18
2	52
8	26
18	12
6	12
12	18
2	48
1	51
9	13
8	18
2	55
2	51
12	6
9	22
5	18
5	36
5	18
6	18
8	3
10	2
3	44
3	45
5	18
5	26
0	51
0	56
5	18
1	49
3	18
4	31
5	21
8	36
3	36
3	42
5	18
3	18
6	18
2	31
3	33
3	42
1	42
2	18
3	31
3	45
3	31
5	21
8	14
3	21
1	18
4	12
1	37
10	2
2	26
6	1
2	35
3	24
8	18
3	30
3	31
2	33
3	13
2	23
1	29
2	26
5	18
5	3
1	18
4	11
1	33
3	23
10	11
1	18
2	6
3	11
0	23
5	6
3	19
3	8
5	3
3	14
3	19