Extreme rain in United States, 31 December 2024 to 13 January 2025

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 31 December 2024 to 13 January 2025
Start: 2024-12-31
End: 2025-01-13
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 31 December 2024 to 13 January 2025: 415 records at 376 stations, peak on 6 January 2025. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 31 December 2024 to 13 January 2025 set or tied 415 station records at 376 stations.
It ran from 31 December 2024 to 13 January 2025 (14 days) and its peak day was 6 January 2025.
Status: closed.
Wamego 4 W set a monthly record daily precipitation of 56.1 mm (2.2 in) on 6 January 2025.
The busiest day was 6 January 2025 with 157 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 124 years.

Footprint

31 December 2024 to 13 January 2025

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 31 December 2024 to 13 January 2025 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, 31 December 2024 to 13 January 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Wamego 4 W	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	2025-01-06
Bluestone Lake	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	2025-01-06
Lewisburg 3 N	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	2025-01-06
Crystal Lake	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2025-01-11
Herington	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2025-01-06
London Locks	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2025-01-06
Chapman	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	2025-01-06
Grundy	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	2025-01-06
Alderson	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	2025-01-06
Fostoria 7 NW	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	2025-01-06
Flatwillow 4 ENE	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	2025-01-04
Ft Benton	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	2025-01-04
Sun Rvr 4 S	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	2025-01-04
Spanish Fk Pwr House	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	2025-01-04
Atchison	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	2025-01-06
Blue Rapids	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	2025-01-06
Cawker City	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	2025-01-06
Eskridge	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	2025-01-06
Adel	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	2025-01-10

Records per Day

Peak day 157

Records set or tied each day from 31 December 2024 to 13 January 2025. The most in one day was 157 on 6 January 2025.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States, 31 December 2024 to 13 January 2025
Date	Records
2024-12-31	1
2025-01-01	1
2025-01-02	29
2025-01-03	50
2025-01-04	54
2025-01-05	53
2025-01-06	157
2025-01-07	13
2025-01-08	11
2025-01-09	6
2025-01-10	3
2025-01-11	16
2025-01-12	17
2025-01-13	4

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 31 December 2024 to 13 January 2025 ranked by margin
Chapman, 01-06	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
Bluestone Lake, 01-06	28.5 mm (1.1 in)
Crystal Lake, 01-12	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
Alderson, 01-06	27.5 mm (1.1 in)
Fostoria 7 NW, 01-06	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
Grundy, 01-06	25.1 mm (1.0 in)
Crystal Lake, 01-11	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
Lewisburg 3 N, 01-06	19.1 mm (0.8 in)
Wamego 4 W, 01-06	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
Herington, 01-06	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
London Locks, 01-06	18.8 mm (0.7 in)
Cawker City, 01-06	14.0 mm (0.6 in)
Blue Rapids, 01-06	13.7 mm (0.5 in)
Eskridge, 01-06	13.2 mm (0.5 in)
Flatwillow 4 ENE, 01-04	10.7 mm (0.4 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

415 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, 31 December 2024 to 13 January 2025
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
19	76
29	76
10	122
11	48
19	110
14	85
14	85
23	22
19	48
7	59
19	76
31	23
13	85
5	124
25	65
28	59
28	41
27	30
9	112
8	110
9	85
13	63
14	10
9	85
8	60
22	46
4	101
9	43
4	124
7	48
10	93
7	67
6	112
21	16
9	26
3	112
24	63
34	59
4	49
11	70
8	37
2	121
17	22
19	30
12	63
1	116
7	77
30	21
26	21
12	63
5	85
10	62
9	11
2	112
6	48
4	89
17	63
3	112
13	20
19	63
8	79
1	112
5	59
27	23
21	36
5	61
2	53
10	63
6	56
6	59
4	60
4	69
1	112
17	15
24	21
3	72
0	112
0	97
15	5
8	32
10	42
6	59
3	70
20	36
10	63
10	16
0	93
11	63
5	48
27	17
5	77
6	70
8	48
1	89
8	36
8	19
13	20
14	1
10	63
13	16
2	69
5	70
14	59
1	79
2	59
7	11
3	41
6	29
1	70
3	57
18	42
7	25
8	63
4	76
13	48
5	63
19	36
8	10
9	63
9	59
5	42
8	28
8	37
2	69
17	11
3	70
2	70
10	48
19	27
2	70
3	63
11	47
3	76
20	21
22	21
7	48
1	70
2	60
0	70
3	60
8	59
12	1
3	63
8	59
6	30
2	63
15	36
8	59
2	70
6	59
2	47
7	19
3	48
6	59
1	63
3	26
1	50
1	48
23	36
9	18
6	25
2	47
2	56
3	31
3	29
7	20
6	7
7	30
4	61
1	63
41	31
2	48
23	8
5	47
5	59
10	28
1	59
2	59
1	56
2	48
5	33
3	9
2	49
5	10
21	18
5	18
3	59
1	58
10	23
8	43
12	32
3	59
0	63
3	59
17	20
3	27
1	46
2	56
8	41
2	63

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 31 December 2024 to 13 January 2025 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, 31 December 2024 to 13 January 2025 (this event)	415 records

Every Record Set

20 of 415

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 31 December 2024 to 13 January 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-01-04	Flatwillow 4 ENE	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	48	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-04	Ft Benton	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	124	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-04	Sun Rvr 4 S	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	59	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-04	Spanish Fk Pwr House	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	110	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-06	Wamego 4 W	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	76	75 of 100 (Major)
2025-01-06	Bluestone Lake	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	76	65 of 100 (Major)
2025-01-06	Lewisburg 3 N	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	110	62 of 100 (Major)
2025-01-06	Herington	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	48	58 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-06	London Locks	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	76	57 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-06	Chapman	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23	56 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-06	Grundy	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	65	56 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-06	Alderson	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	59	56 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-06	Fostoria 7 NW	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30	55 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-06	Atchison	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	112	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-06	Blue Rapids	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	85	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-06	Cawker City	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	85	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-06	Eskridge	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	85	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-10	Adel	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	122	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-11	Crystal Lake	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	22	60 of 100 (Major)
2025-01-12	Crystal Lake	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41	56 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 415 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
19	76
29	76
10	122
11	48
19	110
14	85
14	85
23	22
19	48
7	59
19	76
31	23
13	85
5	124
25	65
28	59
28	41
27	30
9	112
8	110
9	85
13	63
14	10
9	85
8	60
22	46
4	101
9	43
4	124
7	48
10	93
7	67
6	112
21	16
9	26
3	112
24	63
34	59
4	49
11	70
8	37
2	121
17	22
19	30
12	63
1	116
7	77
30	21
26	21
12	63
5	85
10	62
9	11
2	112
6	48
4	89
17	63
3	112
13	20
19	63
8	79
1	112
5	59
27	23
21	36
5	61
2	53
10	63
6	56
6	59
4	60
4	69
1	112
17	15
24	21
3	72
0	112
0	97
15	5
8	32
10	42
6	59
3	70
20	36
10	63
10	16
0	93
11	63
5	48
27	17
5	77
6	70
8	48
1	89
8	36
8	19
13	20
14	1
10	63
13	16
2	69
5	70
14	59
1	79
2	59
7	11
3	41
6	29
1	70
3	57
18	42
7	25
8	63
4	76
13	48
5	63
19	36
8	10
9	63
9	59
5	42
8	28
8	37
2	69
17	11
3	70
2	70
10	48
19	27
2	70
3	63
11	47
3	76
20	21
22	21
7	48
1	70
2	60
0	70
3	60
8	59
12	1
3	63
8	59
6	30
2	63
15	36
8	59
2	70
6	59
2	47
7	19
3	48
6	59
1	63
3	26
1	50
1	48
23	36
9	18
6	25
2	47
2	56
3	31
3	29
7	20
6	7
7	30
4	61
1	63
41	31
2	48
23	8
5	47
5	59
10	28
1	59
2	59
1	56
2	48
5	33
3	9
2	49
5	10
21	18
5	18
3	59
1	58
10	23
8	43
12	32
3	59
0	63
3	59
17	20
3	27
1	46
2	56
8	41
2	63

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
19	76
29	76
10	122
11	48
19	110
14	85
14	85
23	22
19	48
7	59
19	76
31	23
13	85
5	124
25	65
28	59
28	41
27	30
9	112
8	110
9	85
13	63
14	10
9	85
8	60
22	46
4	101
9	43
4	124
7	48
10	93
7	67
6	112
21	16
9	26
3	112
24	63
34	59
4	49
11	70
8	37
2	121
17	22
19	30
12	63
1	116
7	77
30	21
26	21
12	63
5	85
10	62
9	11
2	112
6	48
4	89
17	63
3	112
13	20
19	63
8	79
1	112
5	59
27	23
21	36
5	61
2	53
10	63
6	56
6	59
4	60
4	69
1	112
17	15
24	21
3	72
0	112
0	97
15	5
8	32
10	42
6	59
3	70
20	36
10	63
10	16
0	93
11	63
5	48
27	17
5	77
6	70
8	48
1	89
8	36
8	19
13	20
14	1
10	63
13	16
2	69
5	70
14	59
1	79
2	59
7	11
3	41
6	29
1	70
3	57
18	42
7	25
8	63
4	76
13	48
5	63
19	36
8	10
9	63
9	59
5	42
8	28
8	37
2	69
17	11
3	70
2	70
10	48
19	27
2	70
3	63
11	47
3	76
20	21
22	21
7	48
1	70
2	60
0	70
3	60
8	59
12	1
3	63
8	59
6	30
2	63
15	36
8	59
2	70
6	59
2	47
7	19
3	48
6	59
1	63
3	26
1	50
1	48
23	36
9	18
6	25
2	47
2	56
3	31
3	29
7	20
6	7
7	30
4	61
1	63
41	31
2	48
23	8
5	47
5	59
10	28
1	59
2	59
1	56
2	48
5	33
3	9
2	49
5	10
21	18
5	18
3	59
1	58
10	23
8	43
12	32
3	59
0	63
3	59
17	20
3	27
1	46
2	56
8	41
2	63

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
19	76
29	76
10	122
11	48
19	110
14	85
14	85
23	22
19	48
7	59
19	76
31	23
13	85
5	124
25	65
28	59
28	41
27	30
9	112
8	110
9	85
13	63
14	10
9	85
8	60
22	46
4	101
9	43
4	124
7	48
10	93
7	67
6	112
21	16
9	26
3	112
24	63
34	59
4	49
11	70
8	37
2	121
17	22
19	30
12	63
1	116
7	77
30	21
26	21
12	63
5	85
10	62
9	11
2	112
6	48
4	89
17	63
3	112
13	20
19	63
8	79
1	112
5	59
27	23
21	36
5	61
2	53
10	63
6	56
6	59
4	60
4	69
1	112
17	15
24	21
3	72
0	112
0	97
15	5
8	32
10	42
6	59
3	70
20	36
10	63
10	16
0	93
11	63
5	48
27	17
5	77
6	70
8	48
1	89
8	36
8	19
13	20
14	1
10	63
13	16
2	69
5	70
14	59
1	79
2	59
7	11
3	41
6	29
1	70
3	57
18	42
7	25
8	63
4	76
13	48
5	63
19	36
8	10
9	63
9	59
5	42
8	28
8	37
2	69
17	11
3	70
2	70
10	48
19	27
2	70
3	63
11	47
3	76
20	21
22	21
7	48
1	70
2	60
0	70
3	60
8	59
12	1
3	63
8	59
6	30
2	63
15	36
8	59
2	70
6	59
2	47
7	19
3	48
6	59
1	63
3	26
1	50
1	48
23	36
9	18
6	25
2	47
2	56
3	31
3	29
7	20
6	7
7	30
4	61
1	63
41	31
2	48
23	8
5	47
5	59
10	28
1	59
2	59
1	56
2	48
5	33
3	9
2	49
5	10
21	18
5	18
3	59
1	58
10	23
8	43
12	32
3	59
0	63
3	59
17	20
3	27
1	46
2	56
8	41
2	63