Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 19 February 2025

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 19 February 2025
Start: 2025-02-11
End: 2025-02-19
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 19 February 2025: 519 records at 451 stations, peak on 16 February 2025. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 19 February 2025 set or tied 519 station records at 451 stations.
It ran from 11 February 2025 to 19 February 2025 (9 days) and its peak day was 16 February 2025.
Status: closed.
Celina set a daily record precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 16 February 2025.
The busiest day was 16 February 2025 with 231 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 131 years.

Footprint

11 to 19 February 2025

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 19 February 2025 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, 11 to 19 February 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Celina	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	2025-02-16
Hazard Wtr Wks	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	2025-02-16
Mayfield 2 S	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	2025-02-16
Murray	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	2025-02-16
Greensburg	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	2025-02-16
Fulton	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	2025-02-14
Watertown	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	2025-02-14
Dover 1 W	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	2025-02-16
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	2025-02-15
Selma	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	2025-02-13
Dayton Mcd	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2025-02-16
Conway	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	2025-02-16
Carbondale Sewage Plt	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	2025-02-16
Mt Sterling	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	2025-02-16
Nolin Rvr Lake	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	2025-02-16
Dexter	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	2025-02-16
Clarksville Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	2025-02-15
Wynne	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	2025-02-16
Springfield Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	2025-02-16
Burkes Garden	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	2025-02-16

Records per Day

Peak day 231

Records set or tied each day from 11 February 2025 to 19 February 2025. The most in one day was 231 on 16 February 2025.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 19 February 2025
Date	Records
2025-02-11	17
2025-02-12	111
2025-02-13	60
2025-02-14	7
2025-02-15	49
2025-02-16	231
2025-02-17	25
2025-02-18	8
2025-02-19	11

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 19 February 2025 ranked by margin
Nolin Rvr Lake, 02-16	84.5 mm (3.3 in)
Celina, 02-16	63.8 mm (2.5 in)
Dover 1 W, 02-16	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP, 02-15	63.2 mm (2.5 in)
Murray, 02-16	58.2 mm (2.3 in)
Mayfield 2 S, 02-16	57.9 mm (2.3 in)
Springfield Exp STN, 02-16	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
Clarksville Wwtp, 02-15	49.3 mm (1.9 in)
Mt Sterling, 02-16	40.4 mm (1.6 in)
Conway, 02-16	38.4 mm (1.5 in)
Hazard Wtr Wks, 02-16	34.6 mm (1.4 in)
Wynne, 02-16	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
Dexter, 02-16	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
Selma, 02-13	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
Carbondale Sewage Plt, 02-16	28.4 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, 11 to 19 February 2025
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
64	116
35	74
58	71
58	71
27	76
20	77
23	54
64	11
63	30
33	98
15	115
38	71
28	71
40	36
85	36
33	71
34	71
49	22
55	22
14	122
83	30
15	131
38	36
19	76
45	9
49	21
17	83
44	59
14	88
14	131
23	61
33	22
17	63
41	6
32	73
9	122
46	52
26	71
25	84
21	71
5	117
6	102
46	35
62	28
30	35
17	21
26	35
24	71
25	71
19	71
26	35
25	47
24	5
35	9
22	80
5	115
32	49
48	2
44	22
26	35
26	59
8	102
19	71
3	76
33	35
21	71
6	113
5	37
29	9
30	59
29	35
18	36
40	24
45	4
19	61
21	22
4	110
10	86
3	126
26	4
11	62
3	122
23	30
3	115
23	53
26	9
18	35
27	35
19	59
13	75
7	93
20	22
3	98
16	68
1	130
30	32
10	80
30	35
28	41
28	9
27	22
10	76
17	20
23	59
20	35
33	22
5	86
13	33
11	49
39	28
14	72
28	36
1	69
7	80
2	93
29	22
14	59
8	71
2	80
29	35
10	41
10	67
3	83
3	49
21	7
32	15
15	32
16	59
25	35
36	36
9	39
36	2
16	35
29	2
18	7
1	87
14	18
12	49
16	35
15	35
13	27
27	4
40	21
3	77
12	74
6	72
26	4
7	61
4	70
2	77
1	83
9	72
27	22
8	72
19	22
5	77
48	5
9	36
9	67
18	5
7	31
9	66
12	32
39	15
17	38
4	71
30	35
13	36
52	1
2	71
1	77
14	40
17	22
17	25
28	22
16	60
14	59
30	29
6	72
10	37
20	7
22	7
8	72
16	7
17	7
5	31
3	70
22	28
6	60
16	36
24	32
15	41
9	59
10	35
5	49
1	72
26	25
5	59
40	6
9	50

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 19 February 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, 11 to 19 February 2025 (this event)	519 records

Every Record Set

20 of 519

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 11 to 19 February 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-02-13	Selma	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	98	58 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-14	Fulton	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	77	63 of 100 (Major)
2025-02-14	Watertown	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	54	63 of 100 (Major)
2025-02-15	Bowling Green Warren Co AP	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	30	59 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-15	Clarksville Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	22	54 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-16	Celina	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	116	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2025-02-16	Hazard Wtr Wks	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	74	71 of 100 (Major)
2025-02-16	Mayfield 2 S	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	71	71 of 100 (Major)
2025-02-16	Murray	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	71	69 of 100 (Major)
2025-02-16	Greensburg	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	76	64 of 100 (Major)
2025-02-16	Dover 1 W	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	11	63 of 100 (Major)
2025-02-16	Dayton Mcd	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	115	58 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-16	Conway	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	71	56 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-16	Carbondale Sewage Plt	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	71	56 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-16	Mt Sterling	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36	56 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-16	Nolin Rvr Lake	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	36	56 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-16	Dexter	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	71	55 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-16	Wynne	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	71	54 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-16	Springfield Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22	54 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-16	Burkes Garden	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	122	54 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 519 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	116
35	74
58	71
58	71
27	76
20	77
23	54
64	11
63	30
33	98
15	115
38	71
28	71
40	36
85	36
33	71
34	71
49	22
55	22
14	122
83	30
15	131
38	36
19	76
45	9
49	21
17	83
44	59
14	88
14	131
23	61
33	22
17	63
41	6
32	73
9	122
46	52
26	71
25	84
21	71
5	117
6	102
46	35
62	28
30	35
17	21
26	35
24	71
25	71
19	71
26	35
25	47
24	5
35	9
22	80
5	115
32	49
48	2
44	22
26	35
26	59
8	102
19	71
3	76
33	35
21	71
6	113
5	37
29	9
30	59
29	35
18	36
40	24
45	4
19	61
21	22
4	110
10	86
3	126
26	4
11	62
3	122
23	30
3	115
23	53
26	9
18	35
27	35
19	59
13	75
7	93
20	22
3	98
16	68
1	130
30	32
10	80
30	35
28	41
28	9
27	22
10	76
17	20
23	59
20	35
33	22
5	86
13	33
11	49
39	28
14	72
28	36
1	69
7	80
2	93
29	22
14	59
8	71
2	80
29	35
10	41
10	67
3	83
3	49
21	7
32	15
15	32
16	59
25	35
36	36
9	39
36	2
16	35
29	2
18	7
1	87
14	18
12	49
16	35
15	35
13	27
27	4
40	21
3	77
12	74
6	72
26	4
7	61
4	70
2	77
1	83
9	72
27	22
8	72
19	22
5	77
48	5
9	36
9	67
18	5
7	31
9	66
12	32
39	15
17	38
4	71
30	35
13	36
52	1
2	71
1	77
14	40
17	22
17	25
28	22
16	60
14	59
30	29
6	72
10	37
20	7
22	7
8	72
16	7
17	7
5	31
3	70
22	28
6	60
16	36
24	32
15	41
9	59
10	35
5	49
1	72
26	25
5	59
40	6
9	50

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
64	116
35	74
58	71
58	71
27	76
20	77
23	54
64	11
63	30
33	98
15	115
38	71
28	71
40	36
85	36
33	71
34	71
49	22
55	22
14	122
83	30
15	131
38	36
19	76
45	9
49	21
17	83
44	59
14	88
14	131
23	61
33	22
17	63
41	6
32	73
9	122
46	52
26	71
25	84
21	71
5	117
6	102
46	35
62	28
30	35
17	21
26	35
24	71
25	71
19	71
26	35
25	47
24	5
35	9
22	80
5	115
32	49
48	2
44	22
26	35
26	59
8	102
19	71
3	76
33	35
21	71
6	113
5	37
29	9
30	59
29	35
18	36
40	24
45	4
19	61
21	22
4	110
10	86
3	126
26	4
11	62
3	122
23	30
3	115
23	53
26	9
18	35
27	35
19	59
13	75
7	93
20	22
3	98
16	68
1	130
30	32
10	80
30	35
28	41
28	9
27	22
10	76
17	20
23	59
20	35
33	22
5	86
13	33
11	49
39	28
14	72
28	36
1	69
7	80
2	93
29	22
14	59
8	71
2	80
29	35
10	41
10	67
3	83
3	49
21	7
32	15
15	32
16	59
25	35
36	36
9	39
36	2
16	35
29	2
18	7
1	87
14	18
12	49
16	35
15	35
13	27
27	4
40	21
3	77
12	74
6	72
26	4
7	61
4	70
2	77
1	83
9	72
27	22
8	72
19	22
5	77
48	5
9	36
9	67
18	5
7	31
9	66
12	32
39	15
17	38
4	71
30	35
13	36
52	1
2	71
1	77
14	40
17	22
17	25
28	22
16	60
14	59
30	29
6	72
10	37
20	7
22	7
8	72
16	7
17	7
5	31
3	70
22	28
6	60
16	36
24	32
15	41
9	59
10	35
5	49
1	72
26	25
5	59
40	6
9	50

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
64	116
35	74
58	71
58	71
27	76
20	77
23	54
64	11
63	30
33	98
15	115
38	71
28	71
40	36
85	36
33	71
34	71
49	22
55	22
14	122
83	30
15	131
38	36
19	76
45	9
49	21
17	83
44	59
14	88
14	131
23	61
33	22
17	63
41	6
32	73
9	122
46	52
26	71
25	84
21	71
5	117
6	102
46	35
62	28
30	35
17	21
26	35
24	71
25	71
19	71
26	35
25	47
24	5
35	9
22	80
5	115
32	49
48	2
44	22
26	35
26	59
8	102
19	71
3	76
33	35
21	71
6	113
5	37
29	9
30	59
29	35
18	36
40	24
45	4
19	61
21	22
4	110
10	86
3	126
26	4
11	62
3	122
23	30
3	115
23	53
26	9
18	35
27	35
19	59
13	75
7	93
20	22
3	98
16	68
1	130
30	32
10	80
30	35
28	41
28	9
27	22
10	76
17	20
23	59
20	35
33	22
5	86
13	33
11	49
39	28
14	72
28	36
1	69
7	80
2	93
29	22
14	59
8	71
2	80
29	35
10	41
10	67
3	83
3	49
21	7
32	15
15	32
16	59
25	35
36	36
9	39
36	2
16	35
29	2
18	7
1	87
14	18
12	49
16	35
15	35
13	27
27	4
40	21
3	77
12	74
6	72
26	4
7	61
4	70
2	77
1	83
9	72
27	22
8	72
19	22
5	77
48	5
9	36
9	67
18	5
7	31
9	66
12	32
39	15
17	38
4	71
30	35
13	36
52	1
2	71
1	77
14	40
17	22
17	25
28	22
16	60
14	59
30	29
6	72
10	37
20	7
22	7
8	72
16	7
17	7
5	31
3	70
22	28
6	60
16	36
24	32
15	41
9	59
10	35
5	49
1	72
26	25
5	59
40	6
9	50