Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 26 August to 4 September 2024

Name: Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 26 August to 4 September 2024
Start: 2024-08-26
End: 2024-09-04
Location: United States, Mexico

Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 26 August to 4 September 2024: 282 records at 266 stations, peak on 30 August 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 26 August to 4 September 2024 set or tied 282 station records at 266 stations.
It ran from 26 August 2024 to 4 September 2024 (10 days) and its peak day was 30 August 2024.
Status: closed.
Louisa set a daily record precipitation of 106.9 mm (4.2 in) on 30 August 2024.
The busiest day was 30 August 2024 with 93 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 150 years.

Footprint

26 August to 4 September 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 26 August to 4 September 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 and Mexico, 26 August to 4 September 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Louisa	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	2024-08-30
Portales	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	2024-08-30
Cotulla la Salle Co AP	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	2024-09-02
Lipan 4NW	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	2024-09-03
Lenoir	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	2024-09-02
Salem	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	2024-09-01
Edina	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	2024-08-28
Walhalla	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	2024-09-03
Water Valley	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	2024-09-03
Black Rvr Falls Sewage	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	2024-08-30
Coleman	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	2024-09-03
Dale Enterprise	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	2024-08-30
Cuba City	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	2024-08-30
Charleston	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	2024-08-31
White Sulphur Springs	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2024-09-01
Proctor Rsvr	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	2024-09-03
Gail	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	2024-09-02
Cedar Rapids #1	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	2024-08-30
Winterset 4N	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	2024-08-30
Junction 4SSW	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	2024-09-03

Records per Day

Peak day 93

Records set or tied each day from 26 August 2024 to 4 September 2024. The most in one day was 93 on 30 August 2024.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 26 August to 4 September 2024
Date	Records
2024-08-26	1
2024-08-27	6
2024-08-28	19
2024-08-29	22
2024-08-30	93
2024-08-31	33
2024-09-01	24
2024-09-02	35
2024-09-03	33
2024-09-04	16

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 26 August to 4 September 2024 ranked by margin
Water Valley, 09-03	84.0 mm (3.3 in)
Cotulla la Salle Co AP, 09-02	83.6 mm (3.3 in)
Lipan 4NW, 09-03	77.7 mm (3.1 in)
Louisa, 08-30	73.9 mm (2.9 in)
Proctor Rsvr, 09-03	70.9 mm (2.8 in)
Gail, 09-02	55.2 mm (2.2 in)
Coleman, 09-03	54.4 mm (2.1 in)
Portales, 08-30	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
Lenoir, 09-02	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
Edina, 08-28	45.8 mm (1.8 in)
Walhalla, 09-03	42.7 mm (1.7 in)
Black Rvr Falls Sewage, 08-30	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
Salem, 09-01	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
Cedar Rapids #1, 08-30	27.4 mm (1.1 in)
Cuba City, 08-30	25.7 mm (1.0 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

282 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 and Mexico, 26 August to 4 September 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
74	107
53	103
84	71
78	67
46	150
32	100
46	86
43	104
84	33
33	119
54	67
19	120
17	113
26	96
16	135
71	38
55	36
27	76
15	102
19	101
83	18
18	96
18	101
14	107
38	36
9	110
67	3
71	2
38	59
5	108
7	108
19	89
5	117
41	14
30	46
12	84
16	89
16	76
2	112
6	61
47	20
36	55
1	118
7	92
2	106
1	103
3	97
39	31
4	94
7	82
74	2
19	72
10	74
3	90
35	21
31	36
12	74
27	39
0	92
22	59
38	1
9	78
19	61
18	56
16	59
28	4
18	73
22	50
14	62
41	14
12	69
36	5
32	36
25	21
4	78
8	75
8	72
14	62
29	18
17	50
12	52
12	76
27	31
17	49
1	78
47	2
9	62
18	44
3	76
6	65
23	43
39	16
20	38
13	58
9	60
32	27
7	59
22	21
7	59
5	74
17	58
3	68
21	33
16	57
39	11
3	75
25	2
47	23
8	57
13	42
24	16
37	1
17	34
13	50
4	63
4	67
11	42
58	9
3	68
13	48
18	21
2	26
5	63
2	27
24	28
21	42
6	50
41	7
15	33
0	59
3	59
30	7
31	8
24	36
10	40
7	49
18	30
6	46
8	44
10	42
10	42
2	63
2	62
1	60
9	36
26	14
17	21
3	44
1	60
8	41
17	23
12	40
35	18
18	18
20	21
24	19
11	31
6	24
2	42
2	42
16	10
11	31
34	5
24	1
15	35
22	14
15	30
13	42
9	21
3	54
17	14
34	19
14	28
4	41
2	34
10	34
7	28
16	24
9	30
9	36
7	23
15	19
20	8
28	23
11	20
1	45
7	14
7	9
11	10
19	11
2	44
8	36
23	12
11	12
18	30
3	31
11	31
2	36
5	31
6	15

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 26 August to 4 September 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 and Mexico, 26 August to 4 September 2024 (this event)	282 records

Every Record Set

20 of 282

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 26 August to 4 September 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-08-28	Edina	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	86	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-30	Louisa	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	107	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-08-30	Portales	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	103	78 of 100 (Major)
2024-08-30	Black Rvr Falls Sewage	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	119	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-30	Dale Enterprise	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	113	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-30	Cuba City	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	96	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-30	Cedar Rapids #1	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	76	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-30	Winterset 4N	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	102	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-31	Charleston	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	120	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-01	Salem	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	100	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-01	White Sulphur Springs	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	135	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-02	Cotulla la Salle Co AP	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	71	68 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-02	Lenoir	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	150	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-02	Gail	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	36	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-03	Lipan 4NW	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	67	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-03	Walhalla	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	104	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-03	Water Valley	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	33	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-03	Coleman	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	67	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-03	Proctor Rsvr	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	38	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-03	Junction 4SSW	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	101	49 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 282 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
74	107
53	103
84	71
78	67
46	150
32	100
46	86
43	104
84	33
33	119
54	67
19	120
17	113
26	96
16	135
71	38
55	36
27	76
15	102
19	101
83	18
18	96
18	101
14	107
38	36
9	110
67	3
71	2
38	59
5	108
7	108
19	89
5	117
41	14
30	46
12	84
16	89
16	76
2	112
6	61
47	20
36	55
1	118
7	92
2	106
1	103
3	97
39	31
4	94
7	82
74	2
19	72
10	74
3	90
35	21
31	36
12	74
27	39
0	92
22	59
38	1
9	78
19	61
18	56
16	59
28	4
18	73
22	50
14	62
41	14
12	69
36	5
32	36
25	21
4	78
8	75
8	72
14	62
29	18
17	50
12	52
12	76
27	31
17	49
1	78
47	2
9	62
18	44
3	76
6	65
23	43
39	16
20	38
13	58
9	60
32	27
7	59
22	21
7	59
5	74
17	58
3	68
21	33
16	57
39	11
3	75
25	2
47	23
8	57
13	42
24	16
37	1
17	34
13	50
4	63
4	67
11	42
58	9
3	68
13	48
18	21
2	26
5	63
2	27
24	28
21	42
6	50
41	7
15	33
0	59
3	59
30	7
31	8
24	36
10	40
7	49
18	30
6	46
8	44
10	42
10	42
2	63
2	62
1	60
9	36
26	14
17	21
3	44
1	60
8	41
17	23
12	40
35	18
18	18
20	21
24	19
11	31
6	24
2	42
2	42
16	10
11	31
34	5
24	1
15	35
22	14
15	30
13	42
9	21
3	54
17	14
34	19
14	28
4	41
2	34
10	34
7	28
16	24
9	30
9	36
7	23
15	19
20	8
28	23
11	20
1	45
7	14
7	9
11	10
19	11
2	44
8	36
23	12
11	12
18	30
3	31
11	31
2	36
5	31
6	15

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
74	107
53	103
84	71
78	67
46	150
32	100
46	86
43	104
84	33
33	119
54	67
19	120
17	113
26	96
16	135
71	38
55	36
27	76
15	102
19	101
83	18
18	96
18	101
14	107
38	36
9	110
67	3
71	2
38	59
5	108
7	108
19	89
5	117
41	14
30	46
12	84
16	89
16	76
2	112
6	61
47	20
36	55
1	118
7	92
2	106
1	103
3	97
39	31
4	94
7	82
74	2
19	72
10	74
3	90
35	21
31	36
12	74
27	39
0	92
22	59
38	1
9	78
19	61
18	56
16	59
28	4
18	73
22	50
14	62
41	14
12	69
36	5
32	36
25	21
4	78
8	75
8	72
14	62
29	18
17	50
12	52
12	76
27	31
17	49
1	78
47	2
9	62
18	44
3	76
6	65
23	43
39	16
20	38
13	58
9	60
32	27
7	59
22	21
7	59
5	74
17	58
3	68
21	33
16	57
39	11
3	75
25	2
47	23
8	57
13	42
24	16
37	1
17	34
13	50
4	63
4	67
11	42
58	9
3	68
13	48
18	21
2	26
5	63
2	27
24	28
21	42
6	50
41	7
15	33
0	59
3	59
30	7
31	8
24	36
10	40
7	49
18	30
6	46
8	44
10	42
10	42
2	63
2	62
1	60
9	36
26	14
17	21
3	44
1	60
8	41
17	23
12	40
35	18
18	18
20	21
24	19
11	31
6	24
2	42
2	42
16	10
11	31
34	5
24	1
15	35
22	14
15	30
13	42
9	21
3	54
17	14
34	19
14	28
4	41
2	34
10	34
7	28
16	24
9	30
9	36
7	23
15	19
20	8
28	23
11	20
1	45
7	14
7	9
11	10
19	11
2	44
8	36
23	12
11	12
18	30
3	31
11	31
2	36
5	31
6	15

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
74	107
53	103
84	71
78	67
46	150
32	100
46	86
43	104
84	33
33	119
54	67
19	120
17	113
26	96
16	135
71	38
55	36
27	76
15	102
19	101
83	18
18	96
18	101
14	107
38	36
9	110
67	3
71	2
38	59
5	108
7	108
19	89
5	117
41	14
30	46
12	84
16	89
16	76
2	112
6	61
47	20
36	55
1	118
7	92
2	106
1	103
3	97
39	31
4	94
7	82
74	2
19	72
10	74
3	90
35	21
31	36
12	74
27	39
0	92
22	59
38	1
9	78
19	61
18	56
16	59
28	4
18	73
22	50
14	62
41	14
12	69
36	5
32	36
25	21
4	78
8	75
8	72
14	62
29	18
17	50
12	52
12	76
27	31
17	49
1	78
47	2
9	62
18	44
3	76
6	65
23	43
39	16
20	38
13	58
9	60
32	27
7	59
22	21
7	59
5	74
17	58
3	68
21	33
16	57
39	11
3	75
25	2
47	23
8	57
13	42
24	16
37	1
17	34
13	50
4	63
4	67
11	42
58	9
3	68
13	48
18	21
2	26
5	63
2	27
24	28
21	42
6	50
41	7
15	33
0	59
3	59
30	7
31	8
24	36
10	40
7	49
18	30
6	46
8	44
10	42
10	42
2	63
2	62
1	60
9	36
26	14
17	21
3	44
1	60
8	41
17	23
12	40
35	18
18	18
20	21
24	19
11	31
6	24
2	42
2	42
16	10
11	31
34	5
24	1
15	35
22	14
15	30
13	42
9	21
3	54
17	14
34	19
14	28
4	41
2	34
10	34
7	28
16	24
9	30
9	36
7	23
15	19
20	8
28	23
11	20
1	45
7	14
7	9
11	10
19	11
2	44
8	36
23	12
11	12
18	30
3	31
11	31
2	36
5	31
6	15