Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 4 July 2026

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 4 July 2026
Start: 2026-07-01
End: 2026-07-04
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 4 July 2026: 13 records at 13 stations, peak on 3 July 2026. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 4 July 2026 set or tied 13 station records at 13 stations.
It ran from 1 July 2026 to 4 July 2026 (4 days) and its peak day was 3 July 2026.
Status: closed.
Leroy 5 WSW set a daily record precipitation of 77.5 mm (3.1 in) on 4 July 2026.
The busiest day was 3 July 2026 with 6 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 123 years.

Footprint

1 to 4 July 2026

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 4 July 2026 is outlined, with 13 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 4 July 2026: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Leroy 5 WSW	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	2026-07-04
Sedgwick 5 S	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	2026-07-03
Culbertson	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2026-07-03
Imperial	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	2026-07-03
Natoma	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	2026-07-04
Lakin	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	2026-07-01
Mc Cook 17 NNW	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2026-07-03
Johnson	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	2026-07-03
Bonny Dam 2NE	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	2026-07-01
Eustis 2 NW	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	2026-07-03
Syracuse 1NE	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2026-07-02
New Raymer 21 N	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2026-07-02
Hill City 1E	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	2026-07-04

Records per Day

Peak day 6

Records set or tied each day from 1 July 2026 to 4 July 2026. The most in one day was 6 on 3 July 2026.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 4 July 2026 ranked by margin
Leroy 5 WSW, 07-04	35.3 mm (1.4 in)
Johnson, 07-03	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
Sedgwick 5 S, 07-03	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
Mc Cook 17 NNW, 07-03	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
Lakin, 07-01	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
Culbertson, 07-03	13.2 mm (0.5 in)
Natoma, 07-04	13.0 mm (0.5 in)
New Raymer 21 N, 07-02	9.4 mm (0.37 in)
Imperial, 07-03	8.9 mm (0.35 in)
Bonny Dam 2NE, 07-01	8.1 mm (0.32 in)
Eustis 2 NW, 07-03	4.5 mm (0.18 in)
Syracuse 1NE, 07-02	3.8 mm (0.15 in)
Hill City 1E, 07-04	1.8 mm (0.07 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

13 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.

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 4 July 2026 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, 1 to 4 July 2026 (this event)	13 records

Every Record Set

13 of 13

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 1 to 4 July 2026, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2026-07-01	Lakin	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	55	39 of 100 (Notable)
2026-07-01	Bonny Dam 2NE	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	55	29 of 100 (Routine)
2026-07-02	Syracuse 1NE	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	31	21 of 100 (Routine)
2026-07-02	New Raymer 21 N	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	7	16 of 100 (Routine)
2026-07-03	Sedgwick 5 S	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	65	50 of 100 (Notable)
2026-07-03	Culbertson	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	123	50 of 100 (Notable)
2026-07-03	Imperial	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	100	48 of 100 (Notable)
2026-07-03	Mc Cook 17 NNW	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	49	39 of 100 (Notable)
2026-07-03	Johnson	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12	31 of 100 (Routine)
2026-07-03	Eustis 2 NW	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	44	24 of 100 (Routine)
2026-07-04	Leroy 5 WSW	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	95	68 of 100 (Major)
2026-07-04	Natoma	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	76	40 of 100 (Notable)
2026-07-04	Hill City 1E	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	1	6 of 100 (Routine)

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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.