Extreme rain in United States, 29 October to 4 November 2018

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 29 October to 4 November 2018
Start: 2018-10-29
End: 2018-11-04
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 29 October to 4 November 2018: 374 records at 353 stations, peak on 1 November 2018. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 29 October to 4 November 2018 set or tied 374 station records at 353 stations.
It ran from 29 October 2018 to 4 November 2018 (7 days) and its peak day was 1 November 2018.
Status: closed.
Olmsted L&D set a daily record precipitation of 108.5 mm (4.3 in) on 1 November 2018.
The busiest day was 1 November 2018 with 218 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 125 years.

Footprint

29 October to 4 November 2018

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 29 October to 4 November 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, 29 October to 4 November 2018: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Olmsted L&D	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	2018-11-01
Corning	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	2018-11-01
Cleveland	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	2018-11-01
Norwalk Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	2018-11-02
Fremont	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	2018-11-02
Pocahontas 1	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	2018-11-01
Black Rock	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	2018-11-01
Paoli	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	2018-11-01
Newburgh L&D	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	2018-11-02
Boonville 1S	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	2018-11-01
Westerville	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	2018-11-01
Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	2018-11-01
Bellefontaine	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2018-11-02
Richmond Wtr Wks	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	2018-11-01
Dayton Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	2018-11-01
Urbana Wrf	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	2018-11-02
Rushville	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	2018-11-01
Madisonville	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	2018-11-01
Taylorsville 2SW	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	2018-11-01
Brockport	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	2018-11-02

Records per Day

Peak day 218

Records set or tied each day from 29 October 2018 to 4 November 2018. The most in one day was 218 on 1 November 2018.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 29 October to 4 November 2018 ranked by margin
Olmsted L&D, 11-01	82.6 mm (3.3 in)
Newburgh L&D, 11-02	57.1 mm (2.2 in)
Corning, 11-01	52.1 mm (2.1 in)
Richmond Wtr Wks, 11-01	40.2 mm (1.6 in)
Pocahontas 1, 11-01	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
Black Rock, 11-01	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP, 11-01	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
Cleveland, 11-01	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
Dayton Intl AP, 11-01	30.9 mm (1.2 in)
Westerville, 11-01	29.9 mm (1.2 in)
Boonville 1S, 11-01	27.5 mm (1.1 in)
Madisonville, 11-01	26.1 mm (1.0 in)
Paoli, 11-01	23.8 mm (0.9 in)
Rushville, 11-01	22.6 mm (0.9 in)
Norwalk Wwtp, 11-02	22.1 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

374 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, 29 October to 4 November 2018
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
83	77
52	111
31	77
22	120
20	96
39	120
38	125
24	69
57	32
28	120
15	111
30	48
35	48
40	45
31	61
18	89
23	77
26	60
16	99
20	48
15	88
17	120
20	108
22	125
44	29
97	19
20	85
23	60
2	96
8	81
25	51
10	95
23	51
10	99
25	89
22	61
17	125
44	45
11	120
12	85
48	4
19	51
21	51
24	45
17	99
34	67
13	89
5	120
6	96
14	99
53	33
8	105
10	88
25	29
12	77
5	99
5	99
9	113
49	44
14	72
43	8
9	60
25	67
34	19
15	89
37	25
5	120
3	99
38	45
3	99
23	25
16	51
58	23
31	45
7	60
18	51
12	89
1	115
2	96
12	75
17	36
7	76
18	67
6	79
24	67
0	99
29	48
3	67
6	76
3	58
49	21
18	48
16	67
10	77
6	76
21	39
25	32
13	45
3	85
39	45
12	67
16	45
5	76
31	4
0	66
17	45
21	45
16	33
17	52
9	48
11	45
24	25
4	54
16	33
6	72
5	72
12	69
10	67
5	72
27	19
13	36
19	39
23	45
34	21
45	21
3	72
23	39
13	60
27	19
11	45
14	48
9	45
5	61
40	23
41	12
33	27
8	64
13	41
12	45
25	0
7	45
6	67
28	44
18	45
3	45
8	57
16	45
0	72
28	24
26	19
1	77
7	45
16	13
7	51
3	44
8	51
16	45
16	39
6	48
8	45
13	45
19	45
21	4
5	52
13	24
9	48
18	13
15	45
10	51
20	27
23	45
29	21
3	63
0	63
4	30
16	39
5	39
16	6
20	4
5	45
5	55
1	61
5	55
10	25
5	45
25	12
10	44
4	47
2	67
31	23
30	21
18	4
6	48
10	33
23	4
1	67
9	52
6	27
10	19
4	45

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 29 October to 4 November 2018 compared with similar events
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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, 29 October to 4 November 2018 (this event)	374 records

Every Record Set

20 of 374

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 29 October to 4 November 2018, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2018-11-01	Olmsted L&D	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	77	72 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-01	Corning	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	111	71 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-01	Cleveland	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	77	71 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-01	Pocahontas 1	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	120	62 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-01	Black Rock	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	125	60 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-01	Paoli	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	69	60 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-01	Boonville 1S	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	120	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-01	Westerville	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	48	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-01	Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-01	Richmond Wtr Wks	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	45	56 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-01	Dayton Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	61	56 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-01	Rushville	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	77	54 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-01	Madisonville	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	60	54 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-01	Taylorsville 2SW	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	99	53 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-02	Norwalk Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	120	67 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-02	Fremont	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	96	64 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-02	Newburgh L&D	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	32	58 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-02	Bellefontaine	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	111	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-02	Urbana Wrf	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	89	55 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-02	Brockport	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	48	53 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 374 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
2018-10-29	6
2018-10-30	2
2018-10-31	37
2018-11-01	218
2018-11-02	67
2018-11-03	41
2018-11-04	3

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
83	77
52	111
31	77
22	120
20	96
39	120
38	125
24	69
57	32
28	120
15	111
30	48
35	48
40	45
31	61
18	89
23	77
26	60
16	99
20	48
15	88
17	120
20	108
22	125
44	29
97	19
20	85
23	60
2	96
8	81
25	51
10	95
23	51
10	99
25	89
22	61
17	125
44	45
11	120
12	85
48	4
19	51
21	51
24	45
17	99
34	67
13	89
5	120
6	96
14	99
53	33
8	105
10	88
25	29
12	77
5	99
5	99
9	113
49	44
14	72
43	8
9	60
25	67
34	19
15	89
37	25
5	120
3	99
38	45
3	99
23	25
16	51
58	23
31	45
7	60
18	51
12	89
1	115
2	96
12	75
17	36
7	76
18	67
6	79
24	67
0	99
29	48
3	67
6	76
3	58
49	21
18	48
16	67
10	77
6	76
21	39
25	32
13	45
3	85
39	45
12	67
16	45
5	76
31	4
0	66
17	45
21	45
16	33
17	52
9	48
11	45
24	25
4	54
16	33
6	72
5	72
12	69
10	67
5	72
27	19
13	36
19	39
23	45
34	21
45	21
3	72
23	39
13	60
27	19
11	45
14	48
9	45
5	61
40	23
41	12
33	27
8	64
13	41
12	45
25	0
7	45
6	67
28	44
18	45
3	45
8	57
16	45
0	72
28	24
26	19
1	77
7	45
16	13
7	51
3	44
8	51
16	45
16	39
6	48
8	45
13	45
19	45
21	4
5	52
13	24
9	48
18	13
15	45
10	51
20	27
23	45
29	21
3	63
0	63
4	30
16	39
5	39
16	6
20	4
5	45
5	55
1	61
5	55
10	25
5	45
25	12
10	44
4	47
2	67
31	23
30	21
18	4
6	48
10	33
23	4
1	67
9	52
6	27
10	19
4	45

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
83	77
52	111
31	77
22	120
20	96
39	120
38	125
24	69
57	32
28	120
15	111
30	48
35	48
40	45
31	61
18	89
23	77
26	60
16	99
20	48
15	88
17	120
20	108
22	125
44	29
97	19
20	85
23	60
2	96
8	81
25	51
10	95
23	51
10	99
25	89
22	61
17	125
44	45
11	120
12	85
48	4
19	51
21	51
24	45
17	99
34	67
13	89
5	120
6	96
14	99
53	33
8	105
10	88
25	29
12	77
5	99
5	99
9	113
49	44
14	72
43	8
9	60
25	67
34	19
15	89
37	25
5	120
3	99
38	45
3	99
23	25
16	51
58	23
31	45
7	60
18	51
12	89
1	115
2	96
12	75
17	36
7	76
18	67
6	79
24	67
0	99
29	48
3	67
6	76
3	58
49	21
18	48
16	67
10	77
6	76
21	39
25	32
13	45
3	85
39	45
12	67
16	45
5	76
31	4
0	66
17	45
21	45
16	33
17	52
9	48
11	45
24	25
4	54
16	33
6	72
5	72
12	69
10	67
5	72
27	19
13	36
19	39
23	45
34	21
45	21
3	72
23	39
13	60
27	19
11	45
14	48
9	45
5	61
40	23
41	12
33	27
8	64
13	41
12	45
25	0
7	45
6	67
28	44
18	45
3	45
8	57
16	45
0	72
28	24
26	19
1	77
7	45
16	13
7	51
3	44
8	51
16	45
16	39
6	48
8	45
13	45
19	45
21	4
5	52
13	24
9	48
18	13
15	45
10	51
20	27
23	45
29	21
3	63
0	63
4	30
16	39
5	39
16	6
20	4
5	45
5	55
1	61
5	55
10	25
5	45
25	12
10	44
4	47
2	67
31	23
30	21
18	4
6	48
10	33
23	4
1	67
9	52
6	27
10	19
4	45

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
83	77
52	111
31	77
22	120
20	96
39	120
38	125
24	69
57	32
28	120
15	111
30	48
35	48
40	45
31	61
18	89
23	77
26	60
16	99
20	48
15	88
17	120
20	108
22	125
44	29
97	19
20	85
23	60
2	96
8	81
25	51
10	95
23	51
10	99
25	89
22	61
17	125
44	45
11	120
12	85
48	4
19	51
21	51
24	45
17	99
34	67
13	89
5	120
6	96
14	99
53	33
8	105
10	88
25	29
12	77
5	99
5	99
9	113
49	44
14	72
43	8
9	60
25	67
34	19
15	89
37	25
5	120
3	99
38	45
3	99
23	25
16	51
58	23
31	45
7	60
18	51
12	89
1	115
2	96
12	75
17	36
7	76
18	67
6	79
24	67
0	99
29	48
3	67
6	76
3	58
49	21
18	48
16	67
10	77
6	76
21	39
25	32
13	45
3	85
39	45
12	67
16	45
5	76
31	4
0	66
17	45
21	45
16	33
17	52
9	48
11	45
24	25
4	54
16	33
6	72
5	72
12	69
10	67
5	72
27	19
13	36
19	39
23	45
34	21
45	21
3	72
23	39
13	60
27	19
11	45
14	48
9	45
5	61
40	23
41	12
33	27
8	64
13	41
12	45
25	0
7	45
6	67
28	44
18	45
3	45
8	57
16	45
0	72
28	24
26	19
1	77
7	45
16	13
7	51
3	44
8	51
16	45
16	39
6	48
8	45
13	45
19	45
21	4
5	52
13	24
9	48
18	13
15	45
10	51
20	27
23	45
29	21
3	63
0	63
4	30
16	39
5	39
16	6
20	4
5	45
5	55
1	61
5	55
10	25
5	45
25	12
10	44
4	47
2	67
31	23
30	21
18	4
6	48
10	33
23	4
1	67
9	52
6	27
10	19
4	45