Extreme rain in United States, 9 to 20 May 2024

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 9 to 20 May 2024
Start: 2024-05-09
End: 2024-05-20
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 9 to 20 May 2024: 231 records at 215 stations, peak on 15 May 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 9 to 20 May 2024 set or tied 231 station records at 215 stations.
It ran from 9 May 2024 to 20 May 2024 (12 days) and its peak day was 15 May 2024.
Status: closed.
Troy set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 18 May 2024.
The busiest day was 15 May 2024 with 62 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 122 years.

Footprint

9 to 20 May 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 9 to 20 May 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, 9 to 20 May 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Troy	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	2024-05-18
Marianna Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	2024-05-17
Marion	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	2024-05-19
Roxboro 7 ESE	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	2024-05-15
Chipley	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	2024-05-18
Greenville	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	2024-05-18
Evansville Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	2024-05-14
Emporia 1 WNW	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	2024-05-15
Winterpock	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	2024-05-15
Climax	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	2024-05-12
Danville Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	2024-05-14
Manassa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2024-05-10
Graham 2 ENE	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	2024-05-15
Clarksville	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	2024-05-15
S Boston	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	2024-05-15
Newburgh L&D	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2024-05-15
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2024-05-15
Los Alamos	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	2024-05-11
Tucumcari Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	2024-05-11

Records per Day

Peak day 62

Records set or tied each day from 9 May 2024 to 20 May 2024. The most in one day was 62 on 15 May 2024.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States, 9 to 20 May 2024
Date	Records
2024-05-09	1
2024-05-10	17
2024-05-11	16
2024-05-12	23
2024-05-13	18
2024-05-14	27
2024-05-15	62
2024-05-16	11
2024-05-17	12
2024-05-18	32
2024-05-19	11
2024-05-20	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 9 to 20 May 2024 ranked by margin
S Boston, 05-15	69.8 mm (2.7 in)
Troy, 05-18	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
Chipley, 05-18	57.7 mm (2.3 in)
Winterpock, 05-15	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
Marianna Muni AP, 05-17	55.1 mm (2.2 in)
Marion, 05-19	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
Clarksville, 05-15	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
Evansville Rgnl AP, 05-14	46.3 mm (1.8 in)
Greenville, 05-18	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
Roxboro 7 ESE, 05-15	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
Danville Rgnl AP, 05-14	26.2 mm (1.0 in)
Climax, 05-12	24.4 mm (1.0 in)
Emporia 1 WNW, 05-15	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
Tucumcari Muni AP, 05-11	16.8 mm (0.7 in)
Newburgh L&D, 05-15	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

231 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, 9 to 20 May 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
64	78
50	96
55	74
36	122
58	78
46	78
46	63
24	90
13	67
56	29
24	4
26	74
17	74
8	92
9	69
11	100
47	13
70	15
16	90
11	108
58	13
14	90
23	55
32	72
23	12
6	99
14	77
5	108
24	58
7	67
50	1
8	90
10	82
2	102
3	101
5	67
11	82
28	52
19	74
39	4
3	68
16	54
1	101
26	45
29	11
4	67
12	7
0	99
38	43
19	55
4	87
32	18
19	52
28	32
29	41
16	52
34	29
23	10
15	16
4	56
6	74
20	43
16	48
20	55
21	44
8	74
14	65
18	29
25	52
8	4
1	78
32	11
5	79
30	4
8	59
14	44
10	66
16	28
21	55
11	52
26	18
27	22
4	67
4	71
12	37
13	50
10	49
11	56
0	67
15	43
15	30
14	44
21	29
1	67
11	45
29	10
25	38
14	10
7	54
5	52
21	30
16	32
6	48
5	28
16	39
8	51
12	43
10	32
8	45
26	8
1	56
5	49
18	18
10	45
2	52
13	29
8	13
7	7
1	56
1	65
17	18
10	35
10	22
6	4
1	49
1	59
10	32
15	28
13	32
14	31
5	37
33	6
20	3
4	30
7	35
2	42
13	30
10	5
2	41
2	42
1	42
14	29
14	29
1	49
13	12
4	45
25	2
20	14
1	30
5	39
7	30
18	21
7	18
4	26
9	11
19	6
8	13
7	20
6	35
15	15
10	6
6	36
4	33
3	37
8	7
8	16
5	29
17	15
8	15
8	36
6	22
3	39
5	15
1	33
6	10
14	10
0	30
6	14
12	10
3	21
6	14
3	10
2	35
11	15
3	33
6	15
2	30
3	35
4	22
5	29
6	30
3	13
1	10
3	7
9	12
3	12
2	18
6	20
0	39
9	1

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 9 to 20 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, 9 to 20 May 2024 (this event)	231 records

Every Record Set

20 of 231

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 9 to 20 May 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-05-10	Manassa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	69	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-11	Manassa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	67	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-05-11	Los Alamos	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	92	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-05-11	Tucumcari Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	74	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-05-12	Climax	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	4	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-14	Evansville Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	63	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-14	Danville Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	74	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-15	Roxboro 7 ESE	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	122	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-15	Emporia 1 WNW	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	90	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-15	Winterpock	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-15	Graham 2 ENE	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	100	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-15	Clarksville	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	13	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-15	S Boston	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	15	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-15	Newburgh L&D	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	90	48 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-15	Rocky Mt 8 ESE	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	108	48 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-17	Marianna Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	74	68 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-18	Troy	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	78	73 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-18	Chipley	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	78	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-18	Greenville	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	78	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-19	Marion	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	96	68 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 231 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
64	78
50	96
55	74
36	122
58	78
46	78
46	63
24	90
13	67
56	29
24	4
26	74
17	74
8	92
9	69
11	100
47	13
70	15
16	90
11	108
58	13
14	90
23	55
32	72
23	12
6	99
14	77
5	108
24	58
7	67
50	1
8	90
10	82
2	102
3	101
5	67
11	82
28	52
19	74
39	4
3	68
16	54
1	101
26	45
29	11
4	67
12	7
0	99
38	43
19	55
4	87
32	18
19	52
28	32
29	41
16	52
34	29
23	10
15	16
4	56
6	74
20	43
16	48
20	55
21	44
8	74
14	65
18	29
25	52
8	4
1	78
32	11
5	79
30	4
8	59
14	44
10	66
16	28
21	55
11	52
26	18
27	22
4	67
4	71
12	37
13	50
10	49
11	56
0	67
15	43
15	30
14	44
21	29
1	67
11	45
29	10
25	38
14	10
7	54
5	52
21	30
16	32
6	48
5	28
16	39
8	51
12	43
10	32
8	45
26	8
1	56
5	49
18	18
10	45
2	52
13	29
8	13
7	7
1	56
1	65
17	18
10	35
10	22
6	4
1	49
1	59
10	32
15	28
13	32
14	31
5	37
33	6
20	3
4	30
7	35
2	42
13	30
10	5
2	41
2	42
1	42
14	29
14	29
1	49
13	12
4	45
25	2
20	14
1	30
5	39
7	30
18	21
7	18
4	26
9	11
19	6
8	13
7	20
6	35
15	15
10	6
6	36
4	33
3	37
8	7
8	16
5	29
17	15
8	15
8	36
6	22
3	39
5	15
1	33
6	10
14	10
0	30
6	14
12	10
3	21
6	14
3	10
2	35
11	15
3	33
6	15
2	30
3	35
4	22
5	29
6	30
3	13
1	10
3	7
9	12
3	12
2	18
6	20
0	39
9	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
64	78
50	96
55	74
36	122
58	78
46	78
46	63
24	90
13	67
56	29
24	4
26	74
17	74
8	92
9	69
11	100
47	13
70	15
16	90
11	108
58	13
14	90
23	55
32	72
23	12
6	99
14	77
5	108
24	58
7	67
50	1
8	90
10	82
2	102
3	101
5	67
11	82
28	52
19	74
39	4
3	68
16	54
1	101
26	45
29	11
4	67
12	7
0	99
38	43
19	55
4	87
32	18
19	52
28	32
29	41
16	52
34	29
23	10
15	16
4	56
6	74
20	43
16	48
20	55
21	44
8	74
14	65
18	29
25	52
8	4
1	78
32	11
5	79
30	4
8	59
14	44
10	66
16	28
21	55
11	52
26	18
27	22
4	67
4	71
12	37
13	50
10	49
11	56
0	67
15	43
15	30
14	44
21	29
1	67
11	45
29	10
25	38
14	10
7	54
5	52
21	30
16	32
6	48
5	28
16	39
8	51
12	43
10	32
8	45
26	8
1	56
5	49
18	18
10	45
2	52
13	29
8	13
7	7
1	56
1	65
17	18
10	35
10	22
6	4
1	49
1	59
10	32
15	28
13	32
14	31
5	37
33	6
20	3
4	30
7	35
2	42
13	30
10	5
2	41
2	42
1	42
14	29
14	29
1	49
13	12
4	45
25	2
20	14
1	30
5	39
7	30
18	21
7	18
4	26
9	11
19	6
8	13
7	20
6	35
15	15
10	6
6	36
4	33
3	37
8	7
8	16
5	29
17	15
8	15
8	36
6	22
3	39
5	15
1	33
6	10
14	10
0	30
6	14
12	10
3	21
6	14
3	10
2	35
11	15
3	33
6	15
2	30
3	35
4	22
5	29
6	30
3	13
1	10
3	7
9	12
3	12
2	18
6	20
0	39
9	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
64	78
50	96
55	74
36	122
58	78
46	78
46	63
24	90
13	67
56	29
24	4
26	74
17	74
8	92
9	69
11	100
47	13
70	15
16	90
11	108
58	13
14	90
23	55
32	72
23	12
6	99
14	77
5	108
24	58
7	67
50	1
8	90
10	82
2	102
3	101
5	67
11	82
28	52
19	74
39	4
3	68
16	54
1	101
26	45
29	11
4	67
12	7
0	99
38	43
19	55
4	87
32	18
19	52
28	32
29	41
16	52
34	29
23	10
15	16
4	56
6	74
20	43
16	48
20	55
21	44
8	74
14	65
18	29
25	52
8	4
1	78
32	11
5	79
30	4
8	59
14	44
10	66
16	28
21	55
11	52
26	18
27	22
4	67
4	71
12	37
13	50
10	49
11	56
0	67
15	43
15	30
14	44
21	29
1	67
11	45
29	10
25	38
14	10
7	54
5	52
21	30
16	32
6	48
5	28
16	39
8	51
12	43
10	32
8	45
26	8
1	56
5	49
18	18
10	45
2	52
13	29
8	13
7	7
1	56
1	65
17	18
10	35
10	22
6	4
1	49
1	59
10	32
15	28
13	32
14	31
5	37
33	6
20	3
4	30
7	35
2	42
13	30
10	5
2	41
2	42
1	42
14	29
14	29
1	49
13	12
4	45
25	2
20	14
1	30
5	39
7	30
18	21
7	18
4	26
9	11
19	6
8	13
7	20
6	35
15	15
10	6
6	36
4	33
3	37
8	7
8	16
5	29
17	15
8	15
8	36
6	22
3	39
5	15
1	33
6	10
14	10
0	30
6	14
12	10
3	21
6	14
3	10
2	35
11	15
3	33
6	15
2	30
3	35
4	22
5	29
6	30
3	13
1	10
3	7
9	12
3	12
2	18
6	20
0	39
9	1