Extreme rain in United States, 7 to 13 April 2024

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 7 to 13 April 2024
Start: 2024-04-07
End: 2024-04-13
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 7 to 13 April 2024: 514 records at 468 stations, peak on 12 April 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 7 to 13 April 2024 set or tied 514 station records at 468 stations.
It ran from 7 April 2024 to 13 April 2024 (7 days) and its peak day was 12 April 2024.
Status: closed.
Bonham 3NNE set a daily record precipitation of 125.7 mm (4.9 in) on 9 April 2024.
The busiest day was 12 April 2024 with 147 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 118 years.

Footprint

7 to 13 April 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 7 to 13 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, 7 to 13 April 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Bonham 3NNE	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	2024-04-09
Marshall	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	2024-04-09
Leesville	Record daily precipitation	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	2024-04-10
Jasper	Record daily precipitation	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	2024-04-10
London Locks	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	2024-04-12
Acmetonia Lock 3	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	2024-04-12
Carthage	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	2024-04-09
Theresa 4NW	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	2024-04-11
Warren 2 ENE	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	2024-04-09
Ocala	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	2024-04-11
Warren	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	2024-04-12
Hereford	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	2024-04-09
Plain Dealing	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	2024-04-09
Plainview	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	2024-04-10
Dwtn Charleston	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	2024-04-11
Tallahassee	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	2024-04-11
Clarion 3 SW	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	2024-04-12
Canyon	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	2024-04-09
Bertram 3 ENE	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	2024-04-10
Olton	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	2024-04-09

Records per Day

Peak day 147

Records set or tied each day from 7 April 2024 to 13 April 2024. The most in one day was 147 on 12 April 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 7 to 13 April 2024 ranked by margin
Leesville, 04-10	169.5 mm (6.7 in)
Carthage, 04-09	112.8 mm (4.4 in)
Ocala, 04-11	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
Jasper, 04-10	90.4 mm (3.6 in)
Tallahassee, 04-11	78.7 mm (3.1 in)
Bonham 3NNE, 04-09	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
Marshall, 04-09	64.6 mm (2.5 in)
Bertram 3 ENE, 04-10	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
Theresa 4NW, 04-11	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
Warren 2 ENE, 04-09	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
Plain Dealing, 04-09	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
Dwtn Charleston, 04-11	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
London Locks, 04-12	23.3 mm (0.9 in)
Plainview, 04-10	23.2 mm (0.9 in)
Warren, 04-12	23.1 mm (0.9 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, 7 to 13 April 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
76	95
65	111
170	69
90	69
23	75
23	69
57	63
113	56
48	111
100	49
23	76
10	118
42	104
10	114
21	96
23	98
39	69
79	49
61	55
19	71
44	46
22	47
74	49
17	81
41	89
36	45
75	49
49	75
68	31
31	111
25	105
15	84
19	91
108	34
81	35
24	44
40	72
48	69
49	69
32	62
55	56
66	69
27	105
13	113
69	34
116	22
127	22
86	26
21	76
33	68
52	49
95	3
37	17
38	11
39	69
16	81
19	111
10	91
48	69
34	66
24	88
101	17
33	77
12	76
21	45
8	98
42	10
43	16
15	80
36	82
39	80
32	69
40	77
8	111
14	80
20	89
46	55
7	98
10	80
11	76
41	49
5	111
12	80
35	8
99	3
80	29
70	9
21	89
45	65
7	102
8	95
92	3
80	41
9	89
26	8
11	98
29	69
12	99
48	54
9	80
12	80
8	84
25	8
26	69
26	72
11	77
8	105
9	76
33	65
9	100
15	65
28	62
17	62
24	66
49	16
8	80
71	29
5	98
54	29
31	62
44	32
33	17
66	3
7	80
17	68
4	111
3	111
50	17
6	95
39	34
25	63
9	77
93	3
30	56
51	22
1	102
5	62
10	70
8	82
18	46
57	29
41	46
29	13
8	89
45	35
5	80
19	70
14	75
45	12
35	16
22	8
23	43
32	49
1	92
2	91
11	62
5	76
16	43
15	69
25	65
29	17
49	29
15	75
8	77
17	63
32	34
60	3
15	62
19	8
19	43
3	80
7	80
23	54
65	35
18	75
18	25
1	85
17	0
14	66
3	76
35	49
8	71
32	35
26	49
1	80
66	9
19	25
1	80
19	8
6	30
7	72
1	80
9	59
57	3
1	80
42	26
54	9
8	66
9	59
3	82

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 7 to 13 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, 7 to 13 April 2024 (this event)	514 records

Every Record Set

20 of 514

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 7 to 13 April 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-04-09	Bonham 3NNE	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	95	78 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-09	Marshall	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	111	73 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-09	Carthage	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	56	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-09	Warren 2 ENE	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	111	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-09	Hereford	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	118	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-09	Plain Dealing	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	104	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-09	Canyon	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	71	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-09	Olton	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	96	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-04-10	Leesville	Record daily precipitation	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	169.5 mm (6.7 in)	69	70 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-10	Jasper	Record daily precipitation	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	69	70 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-10	Plainview	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	98	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-10	Bertram 3 ENE	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-11	Theresa 4NW	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	63	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-11	Ocala	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	49	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-11	Dwtn Charleston	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	69	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-11	Tallahassee	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-12	London Locks	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	75	70 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-12	Acmetonia Lock 3	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	69	69 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-12	Warren	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	76	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-12	Clarion 3 SW	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	114	61 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 514 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
2024-04-07	1
2024-04-08	3
2024-04-09	102
2024-04-10	132
2024-04-11	115
2024-04-12	147
2024-04-13	14

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
76	95
65	111
170	69
90	69
23	75
23	69
57	63
113	56
48	111
100	49
23	76
10	118
42	104
10	114
21	96
23	98
39	69
79	49
61	55
19	71
44	46
22	47
74	49
17	81
41	89
36	45
75	49
49	75
68	31
31	111
25	105
15	84
19	91
108	34
81	35
24	44
40	72
48	69
49	69
32	62
55	56
66	69
27	105
13	113
69	34
116	22
127	22
86	26
21	76
33	68
52	49
95	3
37	17
38	11
39	69
16	81
19	111
10	91
48	69
34	66
24	88
101	17
33	77
12	76
21	45
8	98
42	10
43	16
15	80
36	82
39	80
32	69
40	77
8	111
14	80
20	89
46	55
7	98
10	80
11	76
41	49
5	111
12	80
35	8
99	3
80	29
70	9
21	89
45	65
7	102
8	95
92	3
80	41
9	89
26	8
11	98
29	69
12	99
48	54
9	80
12	80
8	84
25	8
26	69
26	72
11	77
8	105
9	76
33	65
9	100
15	65
28	62
17	62
24	66
49	16
8	80
71	29
5	98
54	29
31	62
44	32
33	17
66	3
7	80
17	68
4	111
3	111
50	17
6	95
39	34
25	63
9	77
93	3
30	56
51	22
1	102
5	62
10	70
8	82
18	46
57	29
41	46
29	13
8	89
45	35
5	80
19	70
14	75
45	12
35	16
22	8
23	43
32	49
1	92
2	91
11	62
5	76
16	43
15	69
25	65
29	17
49	29
15	75
8	77
17	63
32	34
60	3
15	62
19	8
19	43
3	80
7	80
23	54
65	35
18	75
18	25
1	85
17	0
14	66
3	76
35	49
8	71
32	35
26	49
1	80
66	9
19	25
1	80
19	8
6	30
7	72
1	80
9	59
57	3
1	80
42	26
54	9
8	66
9	59
3	82

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
76	95
65	111
170	69
90	69
23	75
23	69
57	63
113	56
48	111
100	49
23	76
10	118
42	104
10	114
21	96
23	98
39	69
79	49
61	55
19	71
44	46
22	47
74	49
17	81
41	89
36	45
75	49
49	75
68	31
31	111
25	105
15	84
19	91
108	34
81	35
24	44
40	72
48	69
49	69
32	62
55	56
66	69
27	105
13	113
69	34
116	22
127	22
86	26
21	76
33	68
52	49
95	3
37	17
38	11
39	69
16	81
19	111
10	91
48	69
34	66
24	88
101	17
33	77
12	76
21	45
8	98
42	10
43	16
15	80
36	82
39	80
32	69
40	77
8	111
14	80
20	89
46	55
7	98
10	80
11	76
41	49
5	111
12	80
35	8
99	3
80	29
70	9
21	89
45	65
7	102
8	95
92	3
80	41
9	89
26	8
11	98
29	69
12	99
48	54
9	80
12	80
8	84
25	8
26	69
26	72
11	77
8	105
9	76
33	65
9	100
15	65
28	62
17	62
24	66
49	16
8	80
71	29
5	98
54	29
31	62
44	32
33	17
66	3
7	80
17	68
4	111
3	111
50	17
6	95
39	34
25	63
9	77
93	3
30	56
51	22
1	102
5	62
10	70
8	82
18	46
57	29
41	46
29	13
8	89
45	35
5	80
19	70
14	75
45	12
35	16
22	8
23	43
32	49
1	92
2	91
11	62
5	76
16	43
15	69
25	65
29	17
49	29
15	75
8	77
17	63
32	34
60	3
15	62
19	8
19	43
3	80
7	80
23	54
65	35
18	75
18	25
1	85
17	0
14	66
3	76
35	49
8	71
32	35
26	49
1	80
66	9
19	25
1	80
19	8
6	30
7	72
1	80
9	59
57	3
1	80
42	26
54	9
8	66
9	59
3	82

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
76	95
65	111
170	69
90	69
23	75
23	69
57	63
113	56
48	111
100	49
23	76
10	118
42	104
10	114
21	96
23	98
39	69
79	49
61	55
19	71
44	46
22	47
74	49
17	81
41	89
36	45
75	49
49	75
68	31
31	111
25	105
15	84
19	91
108	34
81	35
24	44
40	72
48	69
49	69
32	62
55	56
66	69
27	105
13	113
69	34
116	22
127	22
86	26
21	76
33	68
52	49
95	3
37	17
38	11
39	69
16	81
19	111
10	91
48	69
34	66
24	88
101	17
33	77
12	76
21	45
8	98
42	10
43	16
15	80
36	82
39	80
32	69
40	77
8	111
14	80
20	89
46	55
7	98
10	80
11	76
41	49
5	111
12	80
35	8
99	3
80	29
70	9
21	89
45	65
7	102
8	95
92	3
80	41
9	89
26	8
11	98
29	69
12	99
48	54
9	80
12	80
8	84
25	8
26	69
26	72
11	77
8	105
9	76
33	65
9	100
15	65
28	62
17	62
24	66
49	16
8	80
71	29
5	98
54	29
31	62
44	32
33	17
66	3
7	80
17	68
4	111
3	111
50	17
6	95
39	34
25	63
9	77
93	3
30	56
51	22
1	102
5	62
10	70
8	82
18	46
57	29
41	46
29	13
8	89
45	35
5	80
19	70
14	75
45	12
35	16
22	8
23	43
32	49
1	92
2	91
11	62
5	76
16	43
15	69
25	65
29	17
49	29
15	75
8	77
17	63
32	34
60	3
15	62
19	8
19	43
3	80
7	80
23	54
65	35
18	75
18	25
1	85
17	0
14	66
3	76
35	49
8	71
32	35
26	49
1	80
66	9
19	25
1	80
19	8
6	30
7	72
1	80
9	59
57	3
1	80
42	26
54	9
8	66
9	59
3	82