Extreme rain in United States, 25 to 30 April 2025

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 25 to 30 April 2025
Start: 2025-04-25
End: 2025-04-30
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 25 to 30 April 2025: 171 records at 164 stations, peak on 28 April 2025. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 25 to 30 April 2025 set or tied 171 station records at 164 stations.
It ran from 25 April 2025 to 30 April 2025 (6 days) and its peak day was 28 April 2025.
Status: closed.
Munising set a daily record precipitation of 48.5 mm (1.9 in) on 29 April 2025.
The busiest day was 28 April 2025 with 65 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 129 years.

Footprint

25 to 30 April 2025

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 25 to 30 April 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, 25 to 30 April 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Springdale	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2025-04-28
Munising	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	2025-04-29
Belltower	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	2025-04-28
Virginia City	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	2025-04-27
Jamestown State Hosp	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2025-04-29
Napoleon	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	2025-04-29
Norris Madison Pwr House	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	2025-04-28
Intl Falls Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	2025-04-28
Big Timber	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	2025-04-28
McDermitt	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	2025-04-27
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2025-04-28
Ekalaka	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	2025-04-28
Agassiz Refuge	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2025-04-28
Eveleth Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	2025-04-29
Cody	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	2025-04-28
Tower 2S	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	2025-04-29
Itasca UNIV of Minn	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2025-04-28
La Moure	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	2025-04-29
Carson City	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	2025-04-27
Medicine Lake 3 SE	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	2025-04-28

Records per Day

Peak day 65

Records set or tied each day from 25 April 2025 to 30 April 2025. The most in one day was 65 on 28 April 2025.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 25 to 30 April 2025 ranked by margin
Eveleth Wwtp, 04-29	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
La Moure, 04-29	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
Springdale, 04-28	23.6 mm (0.9 in)
McDermitt, 04-27	22.4 mm (0.9 in)
Norris Madison Pwr House, 04-28	21.8 mm (0.9 in)
Jamestown State Hosp, 04-29	21.1 mm (0.8 in)
Agassiz Refuge, 04-28	20.9 mm (0.8 in)
Napoleon, 04-29	20.8 mm (0.8 in)
Munising, 04-29	19.5 mm (0.8 in)
Cody, 04-28	18.3 mm (0.7 in)
Belltower, 04-28	17.8 mm (0.7 in)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV, 04-28	17.8 mm (0.7 in)
Big Timber, 04-28	14.2 mm (0.6 in)
Medicine Lake 3 SE, 04-28	12.7 mm (0.5 in)
Ekalaka, 04-28	12.5 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

171 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, 25 to 30 April 2025
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	111
24	71
18	49
11	116
21	84
21	84
22	63
12	100
14	124
22	20
18	35
13	84
21	50
28	35
18	35
8	69
13	71
9	82
10	90
25	50
7	107
10	84
16	60
13	72
11	35
43	0
18	50
13	50
13	58
6	84
4	107
21	34
6	61
25	11
4	72
13	12
2	129
18	36
5	84
5	71
3	92
24	12
3	57
23	2
1	94
10	24
3	87
15	34
15	20
10	55
26	31
1	92
11	50
4	72
7	55
2	58
8	40
10	36
16	11
10	39
14	11
6	72
3	64
7	62
1	78
10	34
2	74
19	0
4	72
3	66
8	20
5	50
18	11
6	55
7	50
22	8
5	55
8	50
14	36
7	52
6	47
4	47
6	28
6	24
14	22
3	6
16	7
2	24
5	50
6	24
3	47
1	55
5	35
2	55
5	35
7	36
13	8
4	50
5	47
10	19
9	11
0	62
7	39
1	60
1	51
5	34
9	12
10	23
5	44
5	31
16	0
5	34
2	47
13	8
3	28
4	28
3	44
10	15
13	0
5	31
7	11
3	34
8	20
4	35
8	4
3	35
7	12
10	0
1	44
6	8
8	28
8	23
7	11
5	22
0	35
7	0
2	30
3	28
8	12
4	28
5	12
4	14
5	8
7	0
2	16
5	8
5	8
2	8
4	11
1	8
3	20
3	23
1	22
3	11
2	12
1	20
1	3
0	26
3	8
1	19
0	11
3	0
3	8
3	12
2	0
2	0
1	20
0	8
3	8
1	12
0	11

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 25 to 30 April 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, 25 to 30 April 2025 (this event)	171 records

Every Record Set

20 of 171

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 25 to 30 April 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-04-27	Virginia City	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	116	63 of 100 (Major)
2025-04-27	McDermitt	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20	56 of 100 (Notable)
2025-04-27	Carson City	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	82	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-04-28	Springdale	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	71	68 of 100 (Major)
2025-04-28	Belltower	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	49	65 of 100 (Major)
2025-04-28	Norris Madison Pwr House	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	63	61 of 100 (Major)
2025-04-28	Intl Falls Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	100	58 of 100 (Notable)
2025-04-28	Big Timber	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	124	57 of 100 (Notable)
2025-04-28	Bozeman Montana State UNIV	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	35	55 of 100 (Notable)
2025-04-28	Ekalaka	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	84	55 of 100 (Notable)
2025-04-28	Agassiz Refuge	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	50	53 of 100 (Notable)
2025-04-28	Cody	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	35	52 of 100 (Notable)
2025-04-28	Itasca UNIV of Minn	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	90	49 of 100 (Notable)
2025-04-28	Medicine Lake 3 SE	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	71	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-04-29	Munising	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	111	68 of 100 (Major)
2025-04-29	Jamestown State Hosp	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	84	63 of 100 (Major)
2025-04-29	Napoleon	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	84	62 of 100 (Major)
2025-04-29	Eveleth Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35	53 of 100 (Notable)
2025-04-29	Tower 2S	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	69	51 of 100 (Notable)
2025-04-29	La Moure	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	50	49 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 171 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.

Date	Records
2025-04-25	1
2025-04-26	16
2025-04-27	28
2025-04-28	65
2025-04-29	58
2025-04-30	3

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	111
24	71
18	49
11	116
21	84
21	84
22	63
12	100
14	124
22	20
18	35
13	84
21	50
28	35
18	35
8	69
13	71
9	82
10	90
25	50
7	107
10	84
16	60
13	72
11	35
43	0
18	50
13	50
13	58
6	84
4	107
21	34
6	61
25	11
4	72
13	12
2	129
18	36
5	84
5	71
3	92
24	12
3	57
23	2
1	94
10	24
3	87
15	34
15	20
10	55
26	31
1	92
11	50
4	72
7	55
2	58
8	40
10	36
16	11
10	39
14	11
6	72
3	64
7	62
1	78
10	34
2	74
19	0
4	72
3	66
8	20
5	50
18	11
6	55
7	50
22	8
5	55
8	50
14	36
7	52
6	47
4	47
6	28
6	24
14	22
3	6
16	7
2	24
5	50
6	24
3	47
1	55
5	35
2	55
5	35
7	36
13	8
4	50
5	47
10	19
9	11
0	62
7	39
1	60
1	51
5	34
9	12
10	23
5	44
5	31
16	0
5	34
2	47
13	8
3	28
4	28
3	44
10	15
13	0
5	31
7	11
3	34
8	20
4	35
8	4
3	35
7	12
10	0
1	44
6	8
8	28
8	23
7	11
5	22
0	35
7	0
2	30
3	28
8	12
4	28
5	12
4	14
5	8
7	0
2	16
5	8
5	8
2	8
4	11
1	8
3	20
3	23
1	22
3	11
2	12
1	20
1	3
0	26
3	8
1	19
0	11
3	0
3	8
3	12
2	0
2	0
1	20
0	8
3	8
1	12
0	11

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	111
24	71
18	49
11	116
21	84
21	84
22	63
12	100
14	124
22	20
18	35
13	84
21	50
28	35
18	35
8	69
13	71
9	82
10	90
25	50
7	107
10	84
16	60
13	72
11	35
43	0
18	50
13	50
13	58
6	84
4	107
21	34
6	61
25	11
4	72
13	12
2	129
18	36
5	84
5	71
3	92
24	12
3	57
23	2
1	94
10	24
3	87
15	34
15	20
10	55
26	31
1	92
11	50
4	72
7	55
2	58
8	40
10	36
16	11
10	39
14	11
6	72
3	64
7	62
1	78
10	34
2	74
19	0
4	72
3	66
8	20
5	50
18	11
6	55
7	50
22	8
5	55
8	50
14	36
7	52
6	47
4	47
6	28
6	24
14	22
3	6
16	7
2	24
5	50
6	24
3	47
1	55
5	35
2	55
5	35
7	36
13	8
4	50
5	47
10	19
9	11
0	62
7	39
1	60
1	51
5	34
9	12
10	23
5	44
5	31
16	0
5	34
2	47
13	8
3	28
4	28
3	44
10	15
13	0
5	31
7	11
3	34
8	20
4	35
8	4
3	35
7	12
10	0
1	44
6	8
8	28
8	23
7	11
5	22
0	35
7	0
2	30
3	28
8	12
4	28
5	12
4	14
5	8
7	0
2	16
5	8
5	8
2	8
4	11
1	8
3	20
3	23
1	22
3	11
2	12
1	20
1	3
0	26
3	8
1	19
0	11
3	0
3	8
3	12
2	0
2	0
1	20
0	8
3	8
1	12
0	11

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	111
24	71
18	49
11	116
21	84
21	84
22	63
12	100
14	124
22	20
18	35
13	84
21	50
28	35
18	35
8	69
13	71
9	82
10	90
25	50
7	107
10	84
16	60
13	72
11	35
43	0
18	50
13	50
13	58
6	84
4	107
21	34
6	61
25	11
4	72
13	12
2	129
18	36
5	84
5	71
3	92
24	12
3	57
23	2
1	94
10	24
3	87
15	34
15	20
10	55
26	31
1	92
11	50
4	72
7	55
2	58
8	40
10	36
16	11
10	39
14	11
6	72
3	64
7	62
1	78
10	34
2	74
19	0
4	72
3	66
8	20
5	50
18	11
6	55
7	50
22	8
5	55
8	50
14	36
7	52
6	47
4	47
6	28
6	24
14	22
3	6
16	7
2	24
5	50
6	24
3	47
1	55
5	35
2	55
5	35
7	36
13	8
4	50
5	47
10	19
9	11
0	62
7	39
1	60
1	51
5	34
9	12
10	23
5	44
5	31
16	0
5	34
2	47
13	8
3	28
4	28
3	44
10	15
13	0
5	31
7	11
3	34
8	20
4	35
8	4
3	35
7	12
10	0
1	44
6	8
8	28
8	23
7	11
5	22
0	35
7	0
2	30
3	28
8	12
4	28
5	12
4	14
5	8
7	0
2	16
5	8
5	8
2	8
4	11
1	8
3	20
3	23
1	22
3	11
2	12
1	20
1	3
0	26
3	8
1	19
0	11
3	0
3	8
3	12
2	0
2	0
1	20
0	8
3	8
1	12
0	11