Extreme rain in United States, 19 to 30 May 2024

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 19 to 30 May 2024
Start: 2024-05-19
End: 2024-05-30
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 19 to 30 May 2024: 628 records at 583 stations, peak on 22 May 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 19 to 30 May 2024 set or tied 628 station records at 583 stations.
It ran from 19 May 2024 to 30 May 2024 (12 days) and its peak day was 22 May 2024.
Status: closed.
Fremont set a monthly record daily precipitation of 160.5 mm (6.3 in) on 21 May 2024.
The busiest day was 22 May 2024 with 133 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 125 years.

Footprint

19 to 30 May 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 19 to 30 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, 19 to 30 May 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Fremont	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	2024-05-21
Grand Marais	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	2024-05-22
Toledo 3N	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	2024-05-21
Culbertson	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	2024-05-19
Algona	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	2024-05-21
Ladysmith 3W	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2024-05-22
Farmington	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	2024-05-28
Pocahontas	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	2024-05-21
Milan 1NW	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	2024-05-21
Red Wing Dam 3	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	2024-05-22
Washington Is	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	2024-05-27
Paris 3 ESE	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	2024-05-23
Jerseyville 2 SW	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	2024-05-25
Two Harbors	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	2024-05-22
Park Falls Dnr HQ	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	2024-05-22
Hastings Dam 2	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	2024-05-22
Chilton	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	2024-05-21
Riverdale	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	2024-05-24
Sheridan	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	2024-05-25
Lake City Exp Farm	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	2024-05-21

Records per Day

Peak day 133

Records set or tied each day from 19 May 2024 to 30 May 2024. The most in one day was 133 on 22 May 2024.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States, 19 to 30 May 2024
Date	Records
2024-05-19	5
2024-05-20	40
2024-05-21	79
2024-05-22	133
2024-05-23	60
2024-05-24	63
2024-05-25	82
2024-05-26	24
2024-05-27	83
2024-05-28	42
2024-05-29	11
2024-05-30	6

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 19 to 30 May 2024 ranked by margin
Sheridan, 05-25	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
Jerseyville 2 SW, 05-25	69.6 mm (2.7 in)
Fremont, 05-21	61.4 mm (2.4 in)
Paris 3 ESE, 05-23	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
Toledo 3N, 05-21	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
Culbertson, 05-19	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
Red Wing Dam 3, 05-22	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
Ladysmith 3W, 05-22	44.7 mm (1.8 in)
Algona, 05-21	40.4 mm (1.6 in)
Pocahontas, 05-21	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
Hastings Dam 2, 05-22	33.2 mm (1.3 in)
Washington Is, 05-27	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
Grand Marais, 05-22	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
Farmington, 05-28	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
Riverdale, 05-24	28.2 mm (1.1 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, 19 to 30 May 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
61	79
31	123
48	87
40	65
47	83
45	79
31	92
38	79
16	112
45	64
33	69
70	56
50	67
22	103
22	112
33	64
80	15
28	68
21	125
20	85
17	121
21	124
59	51
24	91
18	85
21	28
53	33
32	54
19	100
37	59
77	16
57	37
64	45
10	111
33	33
18	89
24	80
13	111
26	50
20	79
25	54
29	54
46	42
42	38
13	58
13	124
12	109
39	51
34	62
16	78
11	91
12	117
26	60
10	123
10	108
17	91
28	58
31	40
17	74
27	43
43	23
57	45
8	112
8	117
9	115
15	75
32	55
13	59
7	112
9	109
9	107
41	56
11	80
14	83
16	74
18	67
8	115
10	114
41	11
27	17
14	117
24	54
21	65
7	121
9	88
21	78
12	86
45	5
20	62
8	22
12	71
31	20
23	40
35	2
40	29
6	103
29	20
5	120
4	103
4	98
15	62
4	112
13	79
21	64
15	64
9	51
21	54
14	67
5	102
5	101
27	37
33	50
3	118
29	16
8	56
2	112
12	85
32	24
15	64
14	67
13	62
13	26
2	113
4	91
26	50
4	119
17	54
32	4
1	104
0	122
28	5
19	59
1	118
21	67
12	65
20	42
14	50
33	20
55	4
33	13
36	13
11	62
13	70
0	99
11	64
7	79
25	22
14	54
11	28
18	20
5	88
26	51
25	72
18	51
14	64
5	79
3	85
20	16
4	82
7	74
25	22
13	45
16	40
17	65
18	53
16	48
33	36
4	84
12	67
3	85
6	78
22	44
26	47
17	16
8	74
24	20
2	77
51	6
3	80
19	58
12	64
28	2
24	23
8	62
74	7
22	17
10	52
4	71
6	64
21	31
10	22
5	59
15	37
16	37
29	15
2	79
29	13
11	37
12	54
19	2

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 19 to 30 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, 19 to 30 May 2024 (this event)	628 records

Every Record Set

20 of 628

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 19 to 30 May 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-05-19	Culbertson	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	83	73 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-21	Fremont	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	79	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-05-21	Toledo 3N	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	87	74 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-21	Algona	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	65	73 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-21	Pocahontas	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	79	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-21	Milan 1NW	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	112	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-21	Chilton	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	125	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-21	Lake City Exp Farm	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	85	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-22	Grand Marais	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	123	76 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-22	Ladysmith 3W	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	79	73 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-22	Red Wing Dam 3	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	64	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-22	Two Harbors	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	103	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-22	Park Falls Dnr HQ	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	112	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-22	Hastings Dam 2	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	64	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-23	Paris 3 ESE	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	67	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-24	Riverdale	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	68	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-25	Jerseyville 2 SW	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	56	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-25	Sheridan	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	15	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-27	Washington Is	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	69	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-28	Farmington	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	92	67 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 628 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
61	79
31	123
48	87
40	65
47	83
45	79
31	92
38	79
16	112
45	64
33	69
70	56
50	67
22	103
22	112
33	64
80	15
28	68
21	125
20	85
17	121
21	124
59	51
24	91
18	85
21	28
53	33
32	54
19	100
37	59
77	16
57	37
64	45
10	111
33	33
18	89
24	80
13	111
26	50
20	79
25	54
29	54
46	42
42	38
13	58
13	124
12	109
39	51
34	62
16	78
11	91
12	117
26	60
10	123
10	108
17	91
28	58
31	40
17	74
27	43
43	23
57	45
8	112
8	117
9	115
15	75
32	55
13	59
7	112
9	109
9	107
41	56
11	80
14	83
16	74
18	67
8	115
10	114
41	11
27	17
14	117
24	54
21	65
7	121
9	88
21	78
12	86
45	5
20	62
8	22
12	71
31	20
23	40
35	2
40	29
6	103
29	20
5	120
4	103
4	98
15	62
4	112
13	79
21	64
15	64
9	51
21	54
14	67
5	102
5	101
27	37
33	50
3	118
29	16
8	56
2	112
12	85
32	24
15	64
14	67
13	62
13	26
2	113
4	91
26	50
4	119
17	54
32	4
1	104
0	122
28	5
19	59
1	118
21	67
12	65
20	42
14	50
33	20
55	4
33	13
36	13
11	62
13	70
0	99
11	64
7	79
25	22
14	54
11	28
18	20
5	88
26	51
25	72
18	51
14	64
5	79
3	85
20	16
4	82
7	74
25	22
13	45
16	40
17	65
18	53
16	48
33	36
4	84
12	67
3	85
6	78
22	44
26	47
17	16
8	74
24	20
2	77
51	6
3	80
19	58
12	64
28	2
24	23
8	62
74	7
22	17
10	52
4	71
6	64
21	31
10	22
5	59
15	37
16	37
29	15
2	79
29	13
11	37
12	54
19	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
61	79
31	123
48	87
40	65
47	83
45	79
31	92
38	79
16	112
45	64
33	69
70	56
50	67
22	103
22	112
33	64
80	15
28	68
21	125
20	85
17	121
21	124
59	51
24	91
18	85
21	28
53	33
32	54
19	100
37	59
77	16
57	37
64	45
10	111
33	33
18	89
24	80
13	111
26	50
20	79
25	54
29	54
46	42
42	38
13	58
13	124
12	109
39	51
34	62
16	78
11	91
12	117
26	60
10	123
10	108
17	91
28	58
31	40
17	74
27	43
43	23
57	45
8	112
8	117
9	115
15	75
32	55
13	59
7	112
9	109
9	107
41	56
11	80
14	83
16	74
18	67
8	115
10	114
41	11
27	17
14	117
24	54
21	65
7	121
9	88
21	78
12	86
45	5
20	62
8	22
12	71
31	20
23	40
35	2
40	29
6	103
29	20
5	120
4	103
4	98
15	62
4	112
13	79
21	64
15	64
9	51
21	54
14	67
5	102
5	101
27	37
33	50
3	118
29	16
8	56
2	112
12	85
32	24
15	64
14	67
13	62
13	26
2	113
4	91
26	50
4	119
17	54
32	4
1	104
0	122
28	5
19	59
1	118
21	67
12	65
20	42
14	50
33	20
55	4
33	13
36	13
11	62
13	70
0	99
11	64
7	79
25	22
14	54
11	28
18	20
5	88
26	51
25	72
18	51
14	64
5	79
3	85
20	16
4	82
7	74
25	22
13	45
16	40
17	65
18	53
16	48
33	36
4	84
12	67
3	85
6	78
22	44
26	47
17	16
8	74
24	20
2	77
51	6
3	80
19	58
12	64
28	2
24	23
8	62
74	7
22	17
10	52
4	71
6	64
21	31
10	22
5	59
15	37
16	37
29	15
2	79
29	13
11	37
12	54
19	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
61	79
31	123
48	87
40	65
47	83
45	79
31	92
38	79
16	112
45	64
33	69
70	56
50	67
22	103
22	112
33	64
80	15
28	68
21	125
20	85
17	121
21	124
59	51
24	91
18	85
21	28
53	33
32	54
19	100
37	59
77	16
57	37
64	45
10	111
33	33
18	89
24	80
13	111
26	50
20	79
25	54
29	54
46	42
42	38
13	58
13	124
12	109
39	51
34	62
16	78
11	91
12	117
26	60
10	123
10	108
17	91
28	58
31	40
17	74
27	43
43	23
57	45
8	112
8	117
9	115
15	75
32	55
13	59
7	112
9	109
9	107
41	56
11	80
14	83
16	74
18	67
8	115
10	114
41	11
27	17
14	117
24	54
21	65
7	121
9	88
21	78
12	86
45	5
20	62
8	22
12	71
31	20
23	40
35	2
40	29
6	103
29	20
5	120
4	103
4	98
15	62
4	112
13	79
21	64
15	64
9	51
21	54
14	67
5	102
5	101
27	37
33	50
3	118
29	16
8	56
2	112
12	85
32	24
15	64
14	67
13	62
13	26
2	113
4	91
26	50
4	119
17	54
32	4
1	104
0	122
28	5
19	59
1	118
21	67
12	65
20	42
14	50
33	20
55	4
33	13
36	13
11	62
13	70
0	99
11	64
7	79
25	22
14	54
11	28
18	20
5	88
26	51
25	72
18	51
14	64
5	79
3	85
20	16
4	82
7	74
25	22
13	45
16	40
17	65
18	53
16	48
33	36
4	84
12	67
3	85
6	78
22	44
26	47
17	16
8	74
24	20
2	77
51	6
3	80
19	58
12	64
28	2
24	23
8	62
74	7
22	17
10	52
4	71
6	64
21	31
10	22
5	59
15	37
16	37
29	15
2	79
29	13
11	37
12	54
19	2