Extreme rain in United States, 30 April to 6 May 2024

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 30 April to 6 May 2024
Start: 2024-04-30
End: 2024-05-06
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 30 April to 6 May 2024: 162 records at 153 stations, peak on 2 May 2024. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 30 April to 6 May 2024 set or tied 162 station records at 153 stations.
It ran from 30 April 2024 to 6 May 2024 (7 days) and its peak day was 2 May 2024.
Status: closed.
Allerton set a daily record precipitation of 92.2 mm (3.6 in) on 3 May 2024.
The busiest day was 2 May 2024 with 47 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 125 years.

Footprint

30 April to 6 May 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 30 April to 6 May 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, 30 April to 6 May 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Allerton	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	2024-05-03
Wakeeney	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	2024-05-02
Huntsville	Record daily precipitation	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	2024-05-02
Cranfills Gap	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	2024-05-05
Goldthwaite 1 WSW	Record daily precipitation	211.3 mm (8.3 in)	2024-05-05
Brownwood 2NE	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2024-05-05
Apache	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	2024-05-02
Centerville	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	2024-05-03
Baytown	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	2024-05-03
Evelyn Sharp Fld	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	2024-05-01
Oskaloosa	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	2024-05-03
Wichita Mtn Wr	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	2024-05-02
Greeley	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2024-05-02
Ord #2	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	2024-05-02
Kearney 4 NE	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	2024-05-04
Brady	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2024-05-04
Loup City	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2024-05-02
Morris 1NW	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2024-05-03
Burr Oak 4S	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	2024-05-04
Alva 1W	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	2024-05-04

Records per Day

Peak day 47

Records set or tied each day from 30 April 2024 to 6 May 2024. The most in one day was 47 on 2 May 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 30 April to 6 May 2024 ranked by margin
Cranfills Gap, 05-05	89.1 mm (3.5 in)
Apache, 05-02	73.1 mm (2.9 in)
Baytown, 05-03	72.9 mm (2.9 in)
Allerton, 05-03	69.1 mm (2.7 in)
Centerville, 05-03	57.4 mm (2.3 in)
Wakeeney, 05-02	51.3 mm (2.0 in)
Huntsville, 05-02	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
Brownwood 2NE, 05-05	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
Oskaloosa, 05-03	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
Ord #2, 05-02	30.2 mm (1.2 in)
Goldthwaite 1 WSW, 05-05	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
Brady, 05-04	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
Evelyn Sharp Fld, 05-01	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
Greeley, 05-02	17.3 mm (0.7 in)
Loup City, 05-02	16.0 mm (0.6 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

162 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, 30 April to 6 May 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
69	107
51	70
36	115
89	28
28	54
33	105
57	31
73	33
73	67
18	101
33	45
15	110
17	70
7	125
30	45
24	67
16	70
4	105
7	94
12	86
9	86
15	89
28	46
11	78
7	86
39	52
44	23
16	66
18	41
7	78
11	66
4	82
1	87
26	37
5	83
13	74
43	35
14	41
32	35
3	83
16	55
10	67
38	23
11	57
4	70
27	35
11	55
14	34
1	70
30	24
1	76
19	36
11	34
5	56
4	67
13	55
12	55
16	42
18	23
5	45
6	41
21	29
13	34
31	2
12	45
23	16
6	41
5	50
27	32
20	35
38	6
26	24
28	30
5	55
6	37
26	30
5	58
6	45
14	12
17	18
3	46
14	29
4	56
3	50
7	49
4	49
10	16
31	31
18	23
15	20
17	17
7	38
22	17
1	41
9	34
6	47
3	45
19	25
6	25
8	34
7	34
9	24
18	23
15	17
18	17
17	5
14	5
11	27
9	31
23	18
19	11
10	43
1	45
3	43
28	6
13	15
15	31
23	18
1	47
12	6
5	23
23	6
15	6
9	2
6	25
1	34
12	17
6	17
1	24
4	23
4	35
14	2
2	35
1	16
6	21
2	23
5	23
3	17
4	27
1	25
9	11
4	12
10	24
4	18
2	23
12	5
2	23
1	16
3	5
1	11
2	25
0	21
3	17
2	17
3	11
0	19
5	8
0	6
4	5
3	2
2	2
1	2

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 30 April to 6 May 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, 30 April to 6 May 2024 (this event)	162 records

Every Record Set

20 of 162

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 30 April to 6 May 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-05-01	Evelyn Sharp Fld	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	101	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-02	Wakeeney	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	70	71 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-02	Huntsville	Record daily precipitation	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	115	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-02	Apache	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	33	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-02	Wichita Mtn Wr	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	110	47 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-02	Greeley	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	70	45 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-02	Ord #2	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45	45 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-02	Loup City	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	70	44 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-03	Allerton	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	107	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-05-03	Centerville	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	31	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-03	Baytown	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	67	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-03	Oskaloosa	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-03	Morris 1NW	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	105	43 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-04	Kearney 4 NE	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	125	45 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-04	Brady	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	67	45 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-04	Burr Oak 4S	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	94	43 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-04	Alva 1W	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	86	42 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-05	Cranfills Gap	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	28	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-05	Goldthwaite 1 WSW	Record daily precipitation	211.3 mm (8.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	54	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-05	Brownwood 2NE	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	105	60 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 162 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 2026-10-12. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Date	Records
2024-04-30	1
2024-05-01	4
2024-05-02	47
2024-05-03	44
2024-05-04	29
2024-05-05	34
2024-05-06	3

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
69	107
51	70
36	115
89	28
28	54
33	105
57	31
73	33
73	67
18	101
33	45
15	110
17	70
7	125
30	45
24	67
16	70
4	105
7	94
12	86
9	86
15	89
28	46
11	78
7	86
39	52
44	23
16	66
18	41
7	78
11	66
4	82
1	87
26	37
5	83
13	74
43	35
14	41
32	35
3	83
16	55
10	67
38	23
11	57
4	70
27	35
11	55
14	34
1	70
30	24
1	76
19	36
11	34
5	56
4	67
13	55
12	55
16	42
18	23
5	45
6	41
21	29
13	34
31	2
12	45
23	16
6	41
5	50
27	32
20	35
38	6
26	24
28	30
5	55
6	37
26	30
5	58
6	45
14	12
17	18
3	46
14	29
4	56
3	50
7	49
4	49
10	16
31	31
18	23
15	20
17	17
7	38
22	17
1	41
9	34
6	47
3	45
19	25
6	25
8	34
7	34
9	24
18	23
15	17
18	17
17	5
14	5
11	27
9	31
23	18
19	11
10	43
1	45
3	43
28	6
13	15
15	31
23	18
1	47
12	6
5	23
23	6
15	6
9	2
6	25
1	34
12	17
6	17
1	24
4	23
4	35
14	2
2	35
1	16
6	21
2	23
5	23
3	17
4	27
1	25
9	11
4	12
10	24
4	18
2	23
12	5
2	23
1	16
3	5
1	11
2	25
0	21
3	17
2	17
3	11
0	19
5	8
0	6
4	5
3	2
2	2
1	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
69	107
51	70
36	115
89	28
28	54
33	105
57	31
73	33
73	67
18	101
33	45
15	110
17	70
7	125
30	45
24	67
16	70
4	105
7	94
12	86
9	86
15	89
28	46
11	78
7	86
39	52
44	23
16	66
18	41
7	78
11	66
4	82
1	87
26	37
5	83
13	74
43	35
14	41
32	35
3	83
16	55
10	67
38	23
11	57
4	70
27	35
11	55
14	34
1	70
30	24
1	76
19	36
11	34
5	56
4	67
13	55
12	55
16	42
18	23
5	45
6	41
21	29
13	34
31	2
12	45
23	16
6	41
5	50
27	32
20	35
38	6
26	24
28	30
5	55
6	37
26	30
5	58
6	45
14	12
17	18
3	46
14	29
4	56
3	50
7	49
4	49
10	16
31	31
18	23
15	20
17	17
7	38
22	17
1	41
9	34
6	47
3	45
19	25
6	25
8	34
7	34
9	24
18	23
15	17
18	17
17	5
14	5
11	27
9	31
23	18
19	11
10	43
1	45
3	43
28	6
13	15
15	31
23	18
1	47
12	6
5	23
23	6
15	6
9	2
6	25
1	34
12	17
6	17
1	24
4	23
4	35
14	2
2	35
1	16
6	21
2	23
5	23
3	17
4	27
1	25
9	11
4	12
10	24
4	18
2	23
12	5
2	23
1	16
3	5
1	11
2	25
0	21
3	17
2	17
3	11
0	19
5	8
0	6
4	5
3	2
2	2
1	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
69	107
51	70
36	115
89	28
28	54
33	105
57	31
73	33
73	67
18	101
33	45
15	110
17	70
7	125
30	45
24	67
16	70
4	105
7	94
12	86
9	86
15	89
28	46
11	78
7	86
39	52
44	23
16	66
18	41
7	78
11	66
4	82
1	87
26	37
5	83
13	74
43	35
14	41
32	35
3	83
16	55
10	67
38	23
11	57
4	70
27	35
11	55
14	34
1	70
30	24
1	76
19	36
11	34
5	56
4	67
13	55
12	55
16	42
18	23
5	45
6	41
21	29
13	34
31	2
12	45
23	16
6	41
5	50
27	32
20	35
38	6
26	24
28	30
5	55
6	37
26	30
5	58
6	45
14	12
17	18
3	46
14	29
4	56
3	50
7	49
4	49
10	16
31	31
18	23
15	20
17	17
7	38
22	17
1	41
9	34
6	47
3	45
19	25
6	25
8	34
7	34
9	24
18	23
15	17
18	17
17	5
14	5
11	27
9	31
23	18
19	11
10	43
1	45
3	43
28	6
13	15
15	31
23	18
1	47
12	6
5	23
23	6
15	6
9	2
6	25
1	34
12	17
6	17
1	24
4	23
4	35
14	2
2	35
1	16
6	21
2	23
5	23
3	17
4	27
1	25
9	11
4	12
10	24
4	18
2	23
12	5
2	23
1	16
3	5
1	11
2	25
0	21
3	17
2	17
3	11
0	19
5	8
0	6
4	5
3	2
2	2
1	2