Extreme rain in United States, 19 to 26 April 2018

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 19 to 26 April 2018
Start: 2018-04-19
End: 2018-04-26
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 19 to 26 April 2018: 359 records at 338 stations, peak on 23 April 2018. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 19 to 26 April 2018 set or tied 359 station records at 338 stations.
It ran from 19 April 2018 to 26 April 2018 (8 days) and its peak day was 23 April 2018.
Status: closed.
Milan Exp STN set a daily record precipitation of 77.2 mm (3.0 in) on 23 April 2018.
The busiest day was 23 April 2018 with 89 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 119 years.

Footprint

19 to 26 April 2018

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 19 to 26 April 2018 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, 19 to 26 April 2018: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Milan Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	2018-04-23
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	2018-04-23
Dyersburg	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	2018-04-23
Dover 1 W	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2018-04-23
Ft Green 12 WSW	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	2018-04-22
Kountze	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	2018-04-22
Carthage Wtp	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	2018-04-24
Moulton 2	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	2018-04-23
Dresden	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	2018-04-23
Monteagle	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	2018-04-23
Athens	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	2018-04-22
Cornelia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	2018-04-23
Arcadia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	2018-04-22
Randleman	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	2018-04-23
Lewisburg Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	2018-04-23
Jasper	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	2018-04-22
Hohenwald	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	2018-04-23
Yemassee 1 N	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	2018-04-24
Hamburg	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	2018-04-25
Wallace	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	2018-04-21

Records per Day

Peak day 89

Records set or tied each day from 19 April 2018 to 26 April 2018. The most in one day was 89 on 23 April 2018.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 19 to 26 April 2018 ranked by margin
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int, 04-23	64.6 mm (2.5 in)
Kountze, 04-22	58.7 mm (2.3 in)
Carthage Wtp, 04-24	57.9 mm (2.3 in)
Ft Green 12 WSW, 04-22	55.1 mm (2.2 in)
Moulton 2, 04-23	53.8 mm (2.1 in)
Dresden, 04-23	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
Milan Exp STN, 04-23	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
Lewisburg Exp STN, 04-23	44.7 mm (1.8 in)
Dover 1 W, 04-23	44.4 mm (1.7 in)
Athens, 04-22	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
Monteagle, 04-23	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
Arcadia, 04-22	29.7 mm (1.2 in)
Cornelia, 04-23	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
Dyersburg, 04-23	17.3 mm (0.7 in)
Jasper, 04-22	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

359 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, 19 to 26 April 2018
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
46	73
65	47
17	110
44	63
55	60
58	35
59	68
54	44
12	119
50	35
35	75
37	67
28	72
30	80
8	105
45	21
8	116
8	70
10	119
13	117
7	107
18	92
18	76
2	111
8	61
18	63
51	13
25	72
7	84
20	73
26	60
23	47
14	75
16	76
25	68
2	109
2	109
2	111
27	51
23	68
1	104
20	60
32	45
9	65
17	63
31	40
38	29
16	72
33	40
22	67
47	0
19	51
16	33
3	89
18	47
5	80
1	92
25	67
39	45
10	72
20	47
29	40
47	20
16	47
15	63
14	64
6	68
22	44
12	63
2	80
16	43
3	80
7	72
30	49
22	57
17	47
1	80
6	67
27	40
15	68
3	61
21	44
3	80
14	47
1	76
50	0
5	65
14	65
25	33
33	23
40	20
1	73
9	65
4	65
21	31
9	52
15	44
16	52
15	52
38	0
26	16
16	35
3	68
11	43
0	73
2	65
33	32
16	40
8	60
24	16
18	44
19	21
7	68
3	65
15	16
12	52
13	47
17	40
12	27
12	31
16	41
17	47
35	0
7	65
1	65
17	4
8	33
2	65
16	49
8	49
17	40
11	49
3	68
13	31
14	49
7	45
11	49
8	35
11	35
1	68
7	52
20	21
20	33
3	60
15	35
1	65
27	13
21	0
4	52
32	0
13	40
5	35
8	29
8	47
16	33
8	35
5	33
5	33
10	36
18	24
24	13
5	49
4	56
0	64
15	35
4	26
25	8
24	0
1	35
8	29
17	17
6	33
1	47
5	40
23	23
17	31
1	47
13	36
21	35
14	0
20	12
20	35
15	24
2	44
3	44
15	36
6	36
20	1
15	23
7	40
25	0
6	45
7	24
14	8
4	43
13	36
5	23
7	40
12	25
1	51

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 19 to 26 April 2018 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, 19 to 26 April 2018 (this event)	359 records

Every Record Set

20 of 359

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 19 to 26 April 2018, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2018-04-21	Wallace	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	119	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-04-22	Ft Green 12 WSW	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	60	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-22	Kountze	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	68	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-22	Athens	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	67	50 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-22	Arcadia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	80	47 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-22	Jasper	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	117	46 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-23	Milan Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	73	62 of 100 (Major)
2018-04-23	Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	47	62 of 100 (Major)
2018-04-23	Dyersburg	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	110	61 of 100 (Major)
2018-04-23	Dover 1 W	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	63	58 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-23	Moulton 2	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44	53 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-23	Dresden	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35	53 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-23	Monteagle	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	75	51 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-23	Cornelia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	72	49 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-23	Randleman	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	105	47 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-23	Lewisburg Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	21	47 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-23	Hohenwald	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	119	46 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-24	Carthage Wtp	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-24	Yemassee 1 N	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	70	46 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-25	Hamburg	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	116	46 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 359 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
2018-04-19	2
2018-04-20	28
2018-04-21	45
2018-04-22	70
2018-04-23	89
2018-04-24	77
2018-04-25	47
2018-04-26	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
46	73
65	47
17	110
44	63
55	60
58	35
59	68
54	44
12	119
50	35
35	75
37	67
28	72
30	80
8	105
45	21
8	116
8	70
10	119
13	117
7	107
18	92
18	76
2	111
8	61
18	63
51	13
25	72
7	84
20	73
26	60
23	47
14	75
16	76
25	68
2	109
2	109
2	111
27	51
23	68
1	104
20	60
32	45
9	65
17	63
31	40
38	29
16	72
33	40
22	67
47	0
19	51
16	33
3	89
18	47
5	80
1	92
25	67
39	45
10	72
20	47
29	40
47	20
16	47
15	63
14	64
6	68
22	44
12	63
2	80
16	43
3	80
7	72
30	49
22	57
17	47
1	80
6	67
27	40
15	68
3	61
21	44
3	80
14	47
1	76
50	0
5	65
14	65
25	33
33	23
40	20
1	73
9	65
4	65
21	31
9	52
15	44
16	52
15	52
38	0
26	16
16	35
3	68
11	43
0	73
2	65
33	32
16	40
8	60
24	16
18	44
19	21
7	68
3	65
15	16
12	52
13	47
17	40
12	27
12	31
16	41
17	47
35	0
7	65
1	65
17	4
8	33
2	65
16	49
8	49
17	40
11	49
3	68
13	31
14	49
7	45
11	49
8	35
11	35
1	68
7	52
20	21
20	33
3	60
15	35
1	65
27	13
21	0
4	52
32	0
13	40
5	35
8	29
8	47
16	33
8	35
5	33
5	33
10	36
18	24
24	13
5	49
4	56
0	64
15	35
4	26
25	8
24	0
1	35
8	29
17	17
6	33
1	47
5	40
23	23
17	31
1	47
13	36
21	35
14	0
20	12
20	35
15	24
2	44
3	44
15	36
6	36
20	1
15	23
7	40
25	0
6	45
7	24
14	8
4	43
13	36
5	23
7	40
12	25
1	51

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
46	73
65	47
17	110
44	63
55	60
58	35
59	68
54	44
12	119
50	35
35	75
37	67
28	72
30	80
8	105
45	21
8	116
8	70
10	119
13	117
7	107
18	92
18	76
2	111
8	61
18	63
51	13
25	72
7	84
20	73
26	60
23	47
14	75
16	76
25	68
2	109
2	109
2	111
27	51
23	68
1	104
20	60
32	45
9	65
17	63
31	40
38	29
16	72
33	40
22	67
47	0
19	51
16	33
3	89
18	47
5	80
1	92
25	67
39	45
10	72
20	47
29	40
47	20
16	47
15	63
14	64
6	68
22	44
12	63
2	80
16	43
3	80
7	72
30	49
22	57
17	47
1	80
6	67
27	40
15	68
3	61
21	44
3	80
14	47
1	76
50	0
5	65
14	65
25	33
33	23
40	20
1	73
9	65
4	65
21	31
9	52
15	44
16	52
15	52
38	0
26	16
16	35
3	68
11	43
0	73
2	65
33	32
16	40
8	60
24	16
18	44
19	21
7	68
3	65
15	16
12	52
13	47
17	40
12	27
12	31
16	41
17	47
35	0
7	65
1	65
17	4
8	33
2	65
16	49
8	49
17	40
11	49
3	68
13	31
14	49
7	45
11	49
8	35
11	35
1	68
7	52
20	21
20	33
3	60
15	35
1	65
27	13
21	0
4	52
32	0
13	40
5	35
8	29
8	47
16	33
8	35
5	33
5	33
10	36
18	24
24	13
5	49
4	56
0	64
15	35
4	26
25	8
24	0
1	35
8	29
17	17
6	33
1	47
5	40
23	23
17	31
1	47
13	36
21	35
14	0
20	12
20	35
15	24
2	44
3	44
15	36
6	36
20	1
15	23
7	40
25	0
6	45
7	24
14	8
4	43
13	36
5	23
7	40
12	25
1	51

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
46	73
65	47
17	110
44	63
55	60
58	35
59	68
54	44
12	119
50	35
35	75
37	67
28	72
30	80
8	105
45	21
8	116
8	70
10	119
13	117
7	107
18	92
18	76
2	111
8	61
18	63
51	13
25	72
7	84
20	73
26	60
23	47
14	75
16	76
25	68
2	109
2	109
2	111
27	51
23	68
1	104
20	60
32	45
9	65
17	63
31	40
38	29
16	72
33	40
22	67
47	0
19	51
16	33
3	89
18	47
5	80
1	92
25	67
39	45
10	72
20	47
29	40
47	20
16	47
15	63
14	64
6	68
22	44
12	63
2	80
16	43
3	80
7	72
30	49
22	57
17	47
1	80
6	67
27	40
15	68
3	61
21	44
3	80
14	47
1	76
50	0
5	65
14	65
25	33
33	23
40	20
1	73
9	65
4	65
21	31
9	52
15	44
16	52
15	52
38	0
26	16
16	35
3	68
11	43
0	73
2	65
33	32
16	40
8	60
24	16
18	44
19	21
7	68
3	65
15	16
12	52
13	47
17	40
12	27
12	31
16	41
17	47
35	0
7	65
1	65
17	4
8	33
2	65
16	49
8	49
17	40
11	49
3	68
13	31
14	49
7	45
11	49
8	35
11	35
1	68
7	52
20	21
20	33
3	60
15	35
1	65
27	13
21	0
4	52
32	0
13	40
5	35
8	29
8	47
16	33
8	35
5	33
5	33
10	36
18	24
24	13
5	49
4	56
0	64
15	35
4	26
25	8
24	0
1	35
8	29
17	17
6	33
1	47
5	40
23	23
17	31
1	47
13	36
21	35
14	0
20	12
20	35
15	24
2	44
3	44
15	36
6	36
20	1
15	23
7	40
25	0
6	45
7	24
14	8
4	43
13	36
5	23
7	40
12	25
1	51