Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 14 September 2026

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 14 September 2026
Start: 2026-09-10
End: 2026-09-14
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 14 September 2026: 63 records at 62 stations, peak on 13 September 2026. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 14 September 2026 set or tied 63 station records at 62 stations.
It ran from 10 September 2026 to 14 September 2026 (5 days) and its peak day was 13 September 2026.
Status: closed.
Jackson 3 NW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 124.0 mm (4.9 in) on 10 September 2026 (provisional).
The busiest day was 12 September 2026 with 16 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 108 years.

Footprint

10 to 14 September 2026

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 14 September 2026 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, 10 to 14 September 2026: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Jackson 3 NW	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	2026-09-10
Ridgway	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	2026-09-13
Crossville Mem AP	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	2026-09-12
Greenville Dwtn AP	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	2026-09-12
Cincinnati Muni AP Lunken Fld	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	2026-09-10
Pittsburgh Allegheny Co AP	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	2026-09-12
Gallipolis	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	2026-09-10
Evansville Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	2026-09-10
Roxboro 7 ESE	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	2026-09-13
Grundy	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2026-09-13
Kenton	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	2026-09-12
Tell City	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	2026-09-11
Boonville 1S	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	2026-09-10
Carrollton	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	2026-09-13
Slippery Rock 1 SSW	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	2026-09-13
Elkton	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	2026-09-11
Oakland 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	2026-09-13
Shepherdsville 5NE	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	2026-09-12
Oneida	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	2026-09-13
Waverly	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	2026-09-10
Beverly Stp	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	2026-09-10
1 WSW Princeton	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	2026-09-12
Leakesville 6 WSW	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	2026-09-12
Braddock Lock 2	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	2026-09-13
Bay Minette	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	2026-09-11
Putneyville 2 SE Dam	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	2026-09-13
Waynesburg 1 E	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2026-09-14
Gadsden	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	2026-09-13
Wheeling	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	2026-09-13
Buckhannon	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2026-09-10
Danville Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	2026-09-12
Canaan Valley #2	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2026-09-11
Long Creek	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	2026-09-13
New Lexington 2 NW	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	2026-09-10
Jackson	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	2026-09-11
Charlotte Douglas AP	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	2026-09-12
Newark Wtr Wks	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	2026-09-11
Coffeeville L&D	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	2026-09-11
Scottsville	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	2026-09-11
Gainesville Lock	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	2026-09-12
Richmond Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	2026-09-12
Ft Pickett	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	2026-09-13
Holt L&D	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	2026-09-14
Ames Plantation	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2026-09-12
Covington Fltr Plt	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	2026-09-13
Marion 1 SSW	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2026-09-10
Clarksburg Benedum AP	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	2026-09-12
Piketon	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	2026-09-13
Collinsville 7 SE	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	2026-09-14
Front Royal	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	2026-09-11
S Pt	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	2026-09-11
Morristown WFO	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	2026-09-12
Vincennes 5 NE	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2026-09-11
Lebanon 7 N	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2026-09-11
Demopolis L&D	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2026-09-12
Wheeling Ohio Co AP	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	2026-09-12
Montgomery L&D	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	2026-09-10
Fairfield	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	2026-09-11
Greenup Locks & Dam	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	2026-09-10
Bessemer 3 WSW	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	2026-09-11

Records per Day

Peak day 16

Records set or tied each day from 10 September 2026 to 14 September 2026. The most in one day was 16 on 12 September 2026.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 14 September 2026 ranked by margin
Ridgway, 09-13	57.1 mm (2.2 in)
Crossville Mem AP, 09-12	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
Carrollton, 09-13	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
Greenville Dwtn AP, 09-12	36.6 mm (1.4 in)
Roxboro 7 ESE, 09-13	33.2 mm (1.3 in)
Cincinnati Muni AP Lunken Fld, 09-10	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
Evansville Rgnl AP, 09-10	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
Grundy, 09-13	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
Jackson 3 NW, 09-10	22.4 mm (0.9 in)
Pittsburgh Allegheny Co AP, 09-12	21.1 mm (0.8 in)
Elkton, 09-11	19.8 mm (0.8 in)
Shepherdsville 5NE, 09-12	17.8 mm (0.7 in)
Oakland 1 SE, 09-13	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
Slippery Rock 1 SSW, 09-13	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
Oneida, 09-13	15.0 mm (0.6 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

63 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, 10 to 14 September 2026
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
22	79
57	20
44	60
37	81
21	88
31	68
6	50
31	65
33	61
23	52
3	108
11	88
6	88
42	20
15	63
20	65
16	37
18	60
4	75
15	55
4	1
26	8
4	60
20	37
10	48
3	64
21	20
9	52
4	64
9	33
6	52
18	31
13	8
20	11
9	36
21	11
10	37
14	8
4	39
10	37
12	16
1	37
5	39
7	23
2	36
1	40
9	24
4	20
3	17
5	25
19	11
7	19
11	12
5	9
9	12
2	16
3	11
7	11
4	11
0	8
1	8
1	9
2	3

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 14 September 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, 10 to 14 September 2026 (this event)	63 records

Every Record Set

62 of 63

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 14 September 2026, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2026-09-10	Jackson 3 NW	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	79	60 of 100 (Major)
2026-09-10	Cincinnati Muni AP Lunken Fld	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	68	50 of 100 (Notable)
2026-09-10	Gallipolis	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	50	48 of 100 (Notable)
2026-09-10	Evansville Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	65	46 of 100 (Notable)
2026-09-10	Boonville 1S	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	88	39 of 100 (Notable)
2026-09-10	Waverly	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	1	32 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-10	Beverly Stp	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	8	31 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-10	Buckhannon	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	8	23 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-10	New Lexington 2 NW	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	8	21 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-10	Marion 1 SSW	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	24	16 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-10	Montgomery L&D	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	11	11 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-10	Greenup Locks & Dam	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	8	8 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-11	Tell City	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	88	41 of 100 (Notable)
2026-09-11	Elkton	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	65	36 of 100 (Notable)
2026-09-11	Bay Minette	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	64	29 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-11	Canaan Valley #2	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	11	22 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-11	Jackson	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	37	21 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-11	Newark Wtr Wks	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	75	20 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-11	Coffeeville L&D	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	37	19 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-11	Scottsville	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	16	19 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-11	Front Royal	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	11	14 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-11	S Pt	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	19	13 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-11	Vincennes 5 NE	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	12	12 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-11	Lebanon 7 N	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	16	12 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-11	Fairfield	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	11	11 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-11	Bessemer 3 WSW	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	8	7 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-11	Aberdeen	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	9	6 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-12	Crossville Mem AP	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	60	55 of 100 (Notable)
2026-09-12	Greenville Dwtn AP	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	81	53 of 100 (Notable)
2026-09-12	Pittsburgh Allegheny Co AP	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	88	50 of 100 (Notable)
2026-09-12	Kenton	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	108	42 of 100 (Notable)
2026-09-12	Shepherdsville 5NE	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	60	35 of 100 (Notable)
2026-09-12	1 WSW Princeton	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	60	30 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-12	Leakesville 6 WSW	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	37	30 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-12	Danville Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	11	23 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-12	Charlotte Douglas AP	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	39	21 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-12	Gainesville Lock	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	37	18 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-12	Richmond Intl AP	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	23	18 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-12	Ames Plantation	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	40	17 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-12	Marion 1 SSW	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	40	16 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-12	Clarksburg Benedum AP	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	17	16 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-12	Morristown WFO	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	12	13 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-12	Demopolis L&D	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	9	12 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-12	Wheeling Ohio Co AP	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	11	12 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-13	Ridgway	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	20	56 of 100 (Notable)
2026-09-13	Roxboro 7 ESE	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	61	44 of 100 (Notable)
2026-09-13	Grundy	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	52	44 of 100 (Notable)
2026-09-13	Carrollton	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20	38 of 100 (Notable)
2026-09-13	Slippery Rock 1 SSW	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	63	37 of 100 (Notable)
2026-09-13	Oakland 1 SE	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	37	36 of 100 (Notable)
2026-09-13	Oneida	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	55	33 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-13	Braddock Lock 2	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	48	30 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-13	Putneyville 2 SE Dam	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20	29 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-13	Gadsden	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	64	27 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-13	Wheeling	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	31	24 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-13	Long Creek	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	36	22 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-13	Ft Pickett	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	23	18 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-13	Covington Fltr Plt	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	36	17 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-13	Piketon	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20	16 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-14	Waynesburg 1 E	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	52	29 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-14	Holt L&D	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	39	18 of 100 (Routine)
2026-09-14	Collinsville 7 SE	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	25	15 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 62 of the 63 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

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Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
22	79
57	20
44	60
37	81
21	88
31	68
6	50
31	65
33	61
23	52
3	108
11	88
6	88
42	20
15	63
20	65
16	37
18	60
4	75
15	55
4	1
26	8
4	60
20	37
10	48
3	64
21	20
9	52
4	64
9	33
6	52
18	31
13	8
20	11
9	36
21	11
10	37
14	8
4	39
10	37
12	16
1	37
5	39
7	23
2	36
1	40
9	24
4	20
3	17
5	25
19	11
7	19
11	12
5	9
9	12
2	16
3	11
7	11
4	11
0	8
1	8
1	9
2	3

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
22	79
57	20
44	60
37	81
21	88
31	68
6	50
31	65
33	61
23	52
3	108
11	88
6	88
42	20
15	63
20	65
16	37
18	60
4	75
15	55
4	1
26	8
4	60
20	37
10	48
3	64
21	20
9	52
4	64
9	33
6	52
18	31
13	8
20	11
9	36
21	11
10	37
14	8
4	39
10	37
12	16
1	37
5	39
7	23
2	36
1	40
9	24
4	20
3	17
5	25
19	11
7	19
11	12
5	9
9	12
2	16
3	11
7	11
4	11
0	8
1	8
1	9
2	3

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
22	79
57	20
44	60
37	81
21	88
31	68
6	50
31	65
33	61
23	52
3	108
11	88
6	88
42	20
15	63
20	65
16	37
18	60
4	75
15	55
4	1
26	8
4	60
20	37
10	48
3	64
21	20
9	52
4	64
9	33
6	52
18	31
13	8
20	11
9	36
21	11
10	37
14	8
4	39
10	37
12	16
1	37
5	39
7	23
2	36
1	40
9	24
4	20
3	17
5	25
19	11
7	19
11	12
5	9
9	12
2	16
3	11
7	11
4	11
0	8
1	8
1	9
2	3