Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 13 September 2024

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 13 September 2024
Start: 2024-09-10
End: 2024-09-13
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 13 September 2024: 158 records at 141 stations, peak on 12 September 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 13 September 2024 set or tied 158 station records at 141 stations.
It ran from 10 September 2024 to 13 September 2024 (4 days) and its peak day was 12 September 2024.
Status: closed.
Kellogg set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 12 September 2024.
The busiest day was 12 September 2024 with 67 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 110 years.

Footprint

10 to 13 September 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 13 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, 10 to 13 September 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Kellogg	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	2024-09-12
Wallace	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	2024-09-11
Heron 2 NW	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	2024-09-12
Potlatch 3 NNE	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	2024-09-12
Hemlock Butte	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	2024-09-12
Lolo Pass	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2024-09-12
Lost Lake	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2024-09-12
Mica Creek	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	2024-09-12
Adel	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2024-09-13
Saint Maries	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2024-09-12
Shanghi Summit	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2024-09-12
Crater Meadows	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2024-09-12
Cool Creek	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2024-09-12
Sylvan Road	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2024-09-11
Elk Butte	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2024-09-12
Elma	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	2024-09-11
Dillon U of Montana Western	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2024-09-12
Roseburg Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	2024-09-11
Dunkirk 19NNE	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	2024-09-13
St Marie	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	2024-09-13

Records per Day

Peak day 67

Records set or tied each day from 10 September 2024 to 13 September 2024. The most in one day was 67 on 12 September 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 13 September 2024 ranked by margin
Hemlock Butte, 09-12	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
Mica Creek, 09-12	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
Shanghi Summit, 09-12	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
Crater Meadows, 09-12	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
Lost Lake, 09-12	35.5 mm (1.4 in)
Elk Butte, 09-12	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
Cool Creek, 09-12	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
Wallace, 09-11	23.1 mm (0.9 in)
Lolo Pass, 09-12	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
Kellogg, 09-12	20.8 mm (0.8 in)
Sylvan Road, 09-11	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
St Marie, 09-13	16.3 mm (0.6 in)
Adel, 09-13	14.7 mm (0.6 in)
Elma, 09-11	13.0 mm (0.5 in)
Heron 2 NW, 09-12	12.0 mm (0.5 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

158 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, 10 to 13 September 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
21	104
23	75
12	104
11	104
9	97
46	39
23	39
15	85
36	41
38	30
11	38
38	20
38	32
9	83
16	57
25	32
20	33
31	19
2	110
13	68
28	20
8	77
11	42
23	31
0	104
13	21
20	20
20	20
20	39
9	58
6	66
18	32
15	41
16	39
18	31
2	85
9	42
15	39
10	42
18	6
13	39
13	42
6	66
16	20
20	31
13	39
5	55
5	42
13	39
2	67
1	75
5	68
3	57
2	72
2	57
3	62
10	20
5	46
10	33
10	39
6	44
1	70
13	39
8	43
4	58
9	16
13	19
2	57
8	44
10	39
13	39
10	19
3	57
8	42
10	42
10	39
2	58
5	39
7	20
7	38
5	39
8	44
4	42
5	42
7	39
13	31
5	42
1	57
10	20
8	42
8	39
4	1
9	15
14	20
2	42
8	5
8	27
2	44
8	20
11	6
5	42
11	6
5	20
2	39
3	46
4	46
3	46
3	44
5	35
5	38
3	43
5	40
6	20
0	46
11	19
5	20
10	27
5	39
4	36
5	16
1	46
3	46
4	40
3	42
3	39
5	39
0	41
1	44
1	46
3	42
5	31
8	20
3	40
8	27
8	20
5	27
2	16
3	27
8	19
3	16
3	27
3	2
3	31
13	3
1	34
5	20
3	30
2	16
3	26
3	28
1	27
3	20
3	20
1	16
1	21
1	20
6	6
3	5

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 13 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, 10 to 13 September 2024 (this event)	158 records

Every Record Set

20 of 158

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 13 September 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-09-11	Wallace	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	75	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-11	Sylvan Road	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	33	46 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-11	Elma	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	68	43 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-11	Roseburg Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	83	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-09-12	Kellogg	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	104	72 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-12	Heron 2 NW	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	104	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-12	Potlatch 3 NNE	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	104	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-12	Hemlock Butte	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-12	Lolo Pass	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	39	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-12	Lost Lake	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	41	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-12	Mica Creek	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-12	Saint Maries	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	38	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-12	Shanghi Summit	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-12	Crater Meadows	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-12	Cool Creek	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32	47 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-12	Elk Butte	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19	46 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-12	Dillon U of Montana Western	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	110	43 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-13	Adel	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	85	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-13	Dunkirk 19NNE	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	97	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-09-13	St Marie	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	57	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 158 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
21	104
23	75
12	104
11	104
9	97
46	39
23	39
15	85
36	41
38	30
11	38
38	20
38	32
9	83
16	57
25	32
20	33
31	19
2	110
13	68
28	20
8	77
11	42
23	31
0	104
13	21
20	20
20	20
20	39
9	58
6	66
18	32
15	41
16	39
18	31
2	85
9	42
15	39
10	42
18	6
13	39
13	42
6	66
16	20
20	31
13	39
5	55
5	42
13	39
2	67
1	75
5	68
3	57
2	72
2	57
3	62
10	20
5	46
10	33
10	39
6	44
1	70
13	39
8	43
4	58
9	16
13	19
2	57
8	44
10	39
13	39
10	19
3	57
8	42
10	42
10	39
2	58
5	39
7	20
7	38
5	39
8	44
4	42
5	42
7	39
13	31
5	42
1	57
10	20
8	42
8	39
4	1
9	15
14	20
2	42
8	5
8	27
2	44
8	20
11	6
5	42
11	6
5	20
2	39
3	46
4	46
3	46
3	44
5	35
5	38
3	43
5	40
6	20
0	46
11	19
5	20
10	27
5	39
4	36
5	16
1	46
3	46
4	40
3	42
3	39
5	39
0	41
1	44
1	46
3	42
5	31
8	20
3	40
8	27
8	20
5	27
2	16
3	27
8	19
3	16
3	27
3	2
3	31
13	3
1	34
5	20
3	30
2	16
3	26
3	28
1	27
3	20
3	20
1	16
1	21
1	20
6	6
3	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
21	104
23	75
12	104
11	104
9	97
46	39
23	39
15	85
36	41
38	30
11	38
38	20
38	32
9	83
16	57
25	32
20	33
31	19
2	110
13	68
28	20
8	77
11	42
23	31
0	104
13	21
20	20
20	20
20	39
9	58
6	66
18	32
15	41
16	39
18	31
2	85
9	42
15	39
10	42
18	6
13	39
13	42
6	66
16	20
20	31
13	39
5	55
5	42
13	39
2	67
1	75
5	68
3	57
2	72
2	57
3	62
10	20
5	46
10	33
10	39
6	44
1	70
13	39
8	43
4	58
9	16
13	19
2	57
8	44
10	39
13	39
10	19
3	57
8	42
10	42
10	39
2	58
5	39
7	20
7	38
5	39
8	44
4	42
5	42
7	39
13	31
5	42
1	57
10	20
8	42
8	39
4	1
9	15
14	20
2	42
8	5
8	27
2	44
8	20
11	6
5	42
11	6
5	20
2	39
3	46
4	46
3	46
3	44
5	35
5	38
3	43
5	40
6	20
0	46
11	19
5	20
10	27
5	39
4	36
5	16
1	46
3	46
4	40
3	42
3	39
5	39
0	41
1	44
1	46
3	42
5	31
8	20
3	40
8	27
8	20
5	27
2	16
3	27
8	19
3	16
3	27
3	2
3	31
13	3
1	34
5	20
3	30
2	16
3	26
3	28
1	27
3	20
3	20
1	16
1	21
1	20
6	6
3	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
21	104
23	75
12	104
11	104
9	97
46	39
23	39
15	85
36	41
38	30
11	38
38	20
38	32
9	83
16	57
25	32
20	33
31	19
2	110
13	68
28	20
8	77
11	42
23	31
0	104
13	21
20	20
20	20
20	39
9	58
6	66
18	32
15	41
16	39
18	31
2	85
9	42
15	39
10	42
18	6
13	39
13	42
6	66
16	20
20	31
13	39
5	55
5	42
13	39
2	67
1	75
5	68
3	57
2	72
2	57
3	62
10	20
5	46
10	33
10	39
6	44
1	70
13	39
8	43
4	58
9	16
13	19
2	57
8	44
10	39
13	39
10	19
3	57
8	42
10	42
10	39
2	58
5	39
7	20
7	38
5	39
8	44
4	42
5	42
7	39
13	31
5	42
1	57
10	20
8	42
8	39
4	1
9	15
14	20
2	42
8	5
8	27
2	44
8	20
11	6
5	42
11	6
5	20
2	39
3	46
4	46
3	46
3	44
5	35
5	38
3	43
5	40
6	20
0	46
11	19
5	20
10	27
5	39
4	36
5	16
1	46
3	46
4	40
3	42
3	39
5	39
0	41
1	44
1	46
3	42
5	31
8	20
3	40
8	27
8	20
5	27
2	16
3	27
8	19
3	16
3	27
3	2
3	31
13	3
1	34
5	20
3	30
2	16
3	26
3	28
1	27
3	20
3	20
1	16
1	21
1	20
6	6
3	5