Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 30 May 2025

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 30 May 2025
Start: 2025-05-24
End: 2025-05-30
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 30 May 2025: 206 records at 196 stations, peak on 26 May 2025. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 30 May 2025 set or tied 206 station records at 196 stations.
It ran from 24 May 2025 to 30 May 2025 (7 days) and its peak day was 26 May 2025.
Status: closed.
Monticello set a daily record precipitation of 111.8 mm (4.4 in) on 27 May 2025.
The busiest day was 26 May 2025 with 68 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 135 years.

Footprint

24 to 30 May 2025

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 30 May 2025 is outlined, with 18 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 30 May 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Monticello	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	2025-05-27
Wasola 5N	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	2025-05-24
Tyler Pounds Fld	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	2025-05-26
Warren 2 ENE	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	2025-05-26
Fargo 17 NE	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	2025-05-27
Stamford 1	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	2025-05-26
Kingman	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	2025-05-25
Tulsa Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	2025-05-25
Pittsburg	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	2025-05-25
Gainesville Lock	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2025-05-25
Nevada Wtp	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2025-05-24
Mammoth Spring	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	2025-05-25
Clarendon	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	2025-05-26
Ralston	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	2025-05-25
Portland	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	2025-05-26
Tyler	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	2025-05-26
Prescott 2 NNW	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	2025-05-26
Honey Grove	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	2025-05-26

Records per Day

Peak day 68

Records set or tied each day from 24 May 2025 to 30 May 2025. The most in one day was 68 on 26 May 2025.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 30 May 2025 ranked by margin
Monticello, 05-28	82.0 mm (3.2 in)
Warren 2 ENE, 05-26	77.0 mm (3.0 in)
Wasola 5N, 05-24	73.6 mm (2.9 in)
Tyler, 05-26	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
Tulsa Intl AP, 05-25	59.5 mm (2.3 in)
Fargo 17 NE, 05-27	59.4 mm (2.3 in)
Monticello, 05-27	56.7 mm (2.2 in)
Tyler Pounds Fld, 05-26	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
Pittsburg, 05-25	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
Kingman, 05-25	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
Gainesville Lock, 05-25	37.6 mm (1.5 in)
Monticello, 05-26	36.9 mm (1.5 in)
Portland, 05-26	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
Mammoth Spring, 05-25	22.3 mm (0.9 in)
Clarendon, 05-26	21.8 mm (0.9 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

206 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, 24 to 30 May 2025
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
57	102
82	75
74	76
50	135
77	44
59	22
21	86
42	64
60	51
46	68
38	70
37	43
15	112
22	79
22	80
36	51
14	96
64	8
8	116
9	100
9	116
30	68
4	116
43	27
26	68
19	80
13	82
19	68
34	14
4	120
18	75
2	119
28	60
21	64
37	51
21	68
18	68
10	76
7	76
42	31
29	55
22	52
5	54
9	75
14	75
8	72
1	88
20	59
13	71
6	75
42	30
29	39
18	52
6	76
27	32
23	50
3	72
35	32
15	40
7	75
23	38
16	20
3	68
17	28
43	10
9	56
34	10
28	26
2	75
18	27
4	68
1	72
25	16
8	51
5	56
9	30
23	40
3	62
17	55
5	56
3	59
2	58
3	56
13	31
38	3
7	51
44	16
5	51
1	58
20	35
34	8
9	51
42	4
9	51
2	62
8	48
3	52
29	4
10	44
8	51
29	4
27	18
34	16
0	64
6	54
12	34
22	16
12	28
10	30
6	48
21	14
11	48
31	16
5	46
28	8
19	8
12	30
11	36
23	18
11	31
3	38
4	32
1	30
14	34
13	22
22	4
2	51
14	27
20	4
11	32
0	34
15	10
10	27
12	20
12	16
12	22
19	20
17	8
10	32
1	28
9	16
10	20
18	18
19	4
13	16
26	4
10	16
1	27
13	4
18	4
10	8
22	8
4	24
11	7
5	16
3	28
1	28
15	6
6	30
3	18
4	14
2	10
2	11
8	28
0	26
8	11
5	8
1	30
5	10
8	4
5	10
1	10
11	0
5	10
9	3
7	3
7	23
1	27
3	4
10	11
4	4
7	8
1	23
1	4
6	16
12	12
1	6
1	23
4	11
5	8
11	8
2	4
8	6
1	3
0	16
6	4
3	2
3	6
2	3
1	10

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 30 May 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, 24 to 30 May 2025 (this event)	206 records

Every Record Set

20 of 206

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 24 to 30 May 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-05-24	Wasola 5N	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	76	70 of 100 (Major)
2025-05-24	Nevada Wtp	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	112	49 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-25	Kingman	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	64	56 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-25	Tulsa Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	51	55 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-25	Pittsburg	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	68	53 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-25	Gainesville Lock	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	70	51 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-25	Mammoth Spring	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	79	47 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-25	Ralston	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	96	45 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-26	Tyler Pounds Fld	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	135	64 of 100 (Major)
2025-05-26	Warren 2 ENE	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	44	63 of 100 (Major)
2025-05-26	Stamford 1	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	86	58 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-26	Monticello	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	43	49 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-26	Clarendon	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	80	46 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-26	Portland	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	51	45 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-26	Tyler	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	8	45 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-26	Prescott 2 NNW	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	116	44 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-26	Honey Grove	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	100	44 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-27	Monticello	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	102	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2025-05-27	Fargo 17 NE	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	22	60 of 100 (Major)
2025-05-28	Monticello	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	75	72 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 206 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
57	102
82	75
74	76
50	135
77	44
59	22
21	86
42	64
60	51
46	68
38	70
37	43
15	112
22	79
22	80
36	51
14	96
64	8
8	116
9	100
9	116
30	68
4	116
43	27
26	68
19	80
13	82
19	68
34	14
4	120
18	75
2	119
28	60
21	64
37	51
21	68
18	68
10	76
7	76
42	31
29	55
22	52
5	54
9	75
14	75
8	72
1	88
20	59
13	71
6	75
42	30
29	39
18	52
6	76
27	32
23	50
3	72
35	32
15	40
7	75
23	38
16	20
3	68
17	28
43	10
9	56
34	10
28	26
2	75
18	27
4	68
1	72
25	16
8	51
5	56
9	30
23	40
3	62
17	55
5	56
3	59
2	58
3	56
13	31
38	3
7	51
44	16
5	51
1	58
20	35
34	8
9	51
42	4
9	51
2	62
8	48
3	52
29	4
10	44
8	51
29	4
27	18
34	16
0	64
6	54
12	34
22	16
12	28
10	30
6	48
21	14
11	48
31	16
5	46
28	8
19	8
12	30
11	36
23	18
11	31
3	38
4	32
1	30
14	34
13	22
22	4
2	51
14	27
20	4
11	32
0	34
15	10
10	27
12	20
12	16
12	22
19	20
17	8
10	32
1	28
9	16
10	20
18	18
19	4
13	16
26	4
10	16
1	27
13	4
18	4
10	8
22	8
4	24
11	7
5	16
3	28
1	28
15	6
6	30
3	18
4	14
2	10
2	11
8	28
0	26
8	11
5	8
1	30
5	10
8	4
5	10
1	10
11	0
5	10
9	3
7	3
7	23
1	27
3	4
10	11
4	4
7	8
1	23
1	4
6	16
12	12
1	6
1	23
4	11
5	8
11	8
2	4
8	6
1	3
0	16
6	4
3	2
3	6
2	3
1	10

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
57	102
82	75
74	76
50	135
77	44
59	22
21	86
42	64
60	51
46	68
38	70
37	43
15	112
22	79
22	80
36	51
14	96
64	8
8	116
9	100
9	116
30	68
4	116
43	27
26	68
19	80
13	82
19	68
34	14
4	120
18	75
2	119
28	60
21	64
37	51
21	68
18	68
10	76
7	76
42	31
29	55
22	52
5	54
9	75
14	75
8	72
1	88
20	59
13	71
6	75
42	30
29	39
18	52
6	76
27	32
23	50
3	72
35	32
15	40
7	75
23	38
16	20
3	68
17	28
43	10
9	56
34	10
28	26
2	75
18	27
4	68
1	72
25	16
8	51
5	56
9	30
23	40
3	62
17	55
5	56
3	59
2	58
3	56
13	31
38	3
7	51
44	16
5	51
1	58
20	35
34	8
9	51
42	4
9	51
2	62
8	48
3	52
29	4
10	44
8	51
29	4
27	18
34	16
0	64
6	54
12	34
22	16
12	28
10	30
6	48
21	14
11	48
31	16
5	46
28	8
19	8
12	30
11	36
23	18
11	31
3	38
4	32
1	30
14	34
13	22
22	4
2	51
14	27
20	4
11	32
0	34
15	10
10	27
12	20
12	16
12	22
19	20
17	8
10	32
1	28
9	16
10	20
18	18
19	4
13	16
26	4
10	16
1	27
13	4
18	4
10	8
22	8
4	24
11	7
5	16
3	28
1	28
15	6
6	30
3	18
4	14
2	10
2	11
8	28
0	26
8	11
5	8
1	30
5	10
8	4
5	10
1	10
11	0
5	10
9	3
7	3
7	23
1	27
3	4
10	11
4	4
7	8
1	23
1	4
6	16
12	12
1	6
1	23
4	11
5	8
11	8
2	4
8	6
1	3
0	16
6	4
3	2
3	6
2	3
1	10

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
57	102
82	75
74	76
50	135
77	44
59	22
21	86
42	64
60	51
46	68
38	70
37	43
15	112
22	79
22	80
36	51
14	96
64	8
8	116
9	100
9	116
30	68
4	116
43	27
26	68
19	80
13	82
19	68
34	14
4	120
18	75
2	119
28	60
21	64
37	51
21	68
18	68
10	76
7	76
42	31
29	55
22	52
5	54
9	75
14	75
8	72
1	88
20	59
13	71
6	75
42	30
29	39
18	52
6	76
27	32
23	50
3	72
35	32
15	40
7	75
23	38
16	20
3	68
17	28
43	10
9	56
34	10
28	26
2	75
18	27
4	68
1	72
25	16
8	51
5	56
9	30
23	40
3	62
17	55
5	56
3	59
2	58
3	56
13	31
38	3
7	51
44	16
5	51
1	58
20	35
34	8
9	51
42	4
9	51
2	62
8	48
3	52
29	4
10	44
8	51
29	4
27	18
34	16
0	64
6	54
12	34
22	16
12	28
10	30
6	48
21	14
11	48
31	16
5	46
28	8
19	8
12	30
11	36
23	18
11	31
3	38
4	32
1	30
14	34
13	22
22	4
2	51
14	27
20	4
11	32
0	34
15	10
10	27
12	20
12	16
12	22
19	20
17	8
10	32
1	28
9	16
10	20
18	18
19	4
13	16
26	4
10	16
1	27
13	4
18	4
10	8
22	8
4	24
11	7
5	16
3	28
1	28
15	6
6	30
3	18
4	14
2	10
2	11
8	28
0	26
8	11
5	8
1	30
5	10
8	4
5	10
1	10
11	0
5	10
9	3
7	3
7	23
1	27
3	4
10	11
4	4
7	8
1	23
1	4
6	16
12	12
1	6
1	23
4	11
5	8
11	8
2	4
8	6
1	3
0	16
6	4
3	2
3	6
2	3
1	10