Extreme rain in United States, 6 to 8 January 2019

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 6 to 8 January 2019
Start: 2019-01-06
End: 2019-01-08
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 6 to 8 January 2019: 108 records at 98 stations, peak on 7 January 2019. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 6 to 8 January 2019 set or tied 108 station records at 98 stations.
It ran from 6 January 2019 to 8 January 2019 (3 days) and its peak day was 7 January 2019.
Status: closed.
Grand Portage set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 7 January 2019.
The busiest day was 7 January 2019 with 68 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 112 years.

Footprint

6 to 8 January 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 6 to 8 January 2019 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in United States, 6 to 8 January 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Grand Portage	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2019-01-07
Lancaster 4 WSW	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	2019-01-07
Cascade	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	2019-01-07
Cedar Rapids #1	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	2019-01-07
Elkader 6 SSW	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	2019-01-07
Greenville 2 NNE	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	2019-01-07
Grand Marais	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	2019-01-07
Baraboo Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	2019-01-07
Chilton	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	2019-01-07
Darlington Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	2019-01-07
Dodgeville Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	2019-01-07
Oshkosh	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	2019-01-07
Portage Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	2019-01-07
Reedsburg Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	2019-01-07
Rhinelander	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	2019-01-07
Rosholt	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	2019-01-07
Lone Rock Tri Co AP	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	2019-01-07
Cheboygan	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	2019-01-08
Oconomowoc Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	2019-01-08

Records per Day

Peak day 68

Records set or tied each day from 6 January 2019 to 8 January 2019. The most in one day was 68 on 7 January 2019.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 6 to 8 January 2019 ranked by margin
Baraboo Wwtp, 01-07	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
Grand Portage, 01-07	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
Lone Rock Tri Co AP, 01-07	15.3 mm (0.6 in)
Grand Marais, 01-07	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
Lancaster 4 WSW, 01-07	14.7 mm (0.6 in)
Cascade, 01-07	12.2 mm (0.5 in)
Reedsburg Wwtp, 01-07	12.2 mm (0.5 in)
Oconomowoc Wwtp, 01-08	11.4 mm (0.4 in)
Dodgeville Wwtp, 01-07	10.7 mm (0.4 in)
Rosholt, 01-07	10.4 mm (0.4 in)
Cedar Rapids #1, 01-07	8.1 mm (0.32 in)
Portage Wwtp, 01-07	7.3 mm (0.29 in)
Rhinelander, 01-07	6.1 mm (0.24 in)
Chilton, 01-07	5.3 mm (0.21 in)
Darlington Wwtp, 01-08	5.3 mm (0.21 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

108 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, 6 to 8 January 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
15	57
16	57
6	104
7	112
8	96
5	112
15	52
12	52
15	8
5	112
10	52
17	8
3	105
3	105
5	84
11	52
2	105
12	52
11	27
0	105
9	39
3	81
10	41
7	52
10	36
6	49
13	11
2	84
6	52
9	44
17	8
5	52
3	31
10	11
11	3
12	8
10	8
12	8
1	72
14	8
14	8
9	11
3	52
4	52
5	44
6	43
6	44
1	67
5	24
1	56
8	8
3	52
0	56
9	11
4	27
1	52
0	52
11	3
11	8
3	44
4	29
6	20
5	13
3	29
1	44
1	36
6	20
7	8
8	8
5	25
4	20
4	20
6	8
0	44
2	20
1	39
5	11
3	11
17	11
3	11
11	8
5	8
3	8
4	11
4	11
5	8
4	8
1	11
1	11
4	8
2	8
2	20
0	8
2	8
1	8
2	11
1	8
1	11
1	8
1	8
2	8
2	8
1	3
2	11
0	3
1	8
2	3
2	3

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 6 to 8 January 2019 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, 6 to 8 January 2019 (this event)	108 records

Every Record Set

20 of 108

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 6 to 8 January 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-01-07	Grand Portage	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	57	57 of 100 (Notable)
2019-01-07	Lancaster 4 WSW	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	52	50 of 100 (Notable)
2019-01-07	Cascade	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	52	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-01-07	Cedar Rapids #1	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	96	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-01-07	Elkader 6 SSW	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	112	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-01-07	Greenville 2 NNE	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	105	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-01-07	Grand Marais	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	57	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-01-07	Baraboo Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	8	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-01-07	Chilton	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	112	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-01-07	Darlington Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	105	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-01-07	Dodgeville Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	52	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-01-07	Oshkosh	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	105	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-01-07	Portage Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	112	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-01-07	Reedsburg Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	52	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-01-07	Rhinelander	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	104	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-01-07	Rosholt	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	52	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-01-07	Lone Rock Tri Co AP	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	8	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-01-08	Cheboygan	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	105	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-01-08	Darlington Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	84	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-01-08	Oconomowoc Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	27	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 108 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
15	57
16	57
6	104
7	112
8	96
5	112
15	52
12	52
15	8
5	112
10	52
17	8
3	105
3	105
5	84
11	52
2	105
12	52
11	27
0	105
9	39
3	81
10	41
7	52
10	36
6	49
13	11
2	84
6	52
9	44
17	8
5	52
3	31
10	11
11	3
12	8
10	8
12	8
1	72
14	8
14	8
9	11
3	52
4	52
5	44
6	43
6	44
1	67
5	24
1	56
8	8
3	52
0	56
9	11
4	27
1	52
0	52
11	3
11	8
3	44
4	29
6	20
5	13
3	29
1	44
1	36
6	20
7	8
8	8
5	25
4	20
4	20
6	8
0	44
2	20
1	39
5	11
3	11
17	11
3	11
11	8
5	8
3	8
4	11
4	11
5	8
4	8
1	11
1	11
4	8
2	8
2	20
0	8
2	8
1	8
2	11
1	8
1	11
1	8
1	8
2	8
2	8
1	3
2	11
0	3
1	8
2	3
2	3

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
15	57
16	57
6	104
7	112
8	96
5	112
15	52
12	52
15	8
5	112
10	52
17	8
3	105
3	105
5	84
11	52
2	105
12	52
11	27
0	105
9	39
3	81
10	41
7	52
10	36
6	49
13	11
2	84
6	52
9	44
17	8
5	52
3	31
10	11
11	3
12	8
10	8
12	8
1	72
14	8
14	8
9	11
3	52
4	52
5	44
6	43
6	44
1	67
5	24
1	56
8	8
3	52
0	56
9	11
4	27
1	52
0	52
11	3
11	8
3	44
4	29
6	20
5	13
3	29
1	44
1	36
6	20
7	8
8	8
5	25
4	20
4	20
6	8
0	44
2	20
1	39
5	11
3	11
17	11
3	11
11	8
5	8
3	8
4	11
4	11
5	8
4	8
1	11
1	11
4	8
2	8
2	20
0	8
2	8
1	8
2	11
1	8
1	11
1	8
1	8
2	8
2	8
1	3
2	11
0	3
1	8
2	3
2	3

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
15	57
16	57
6	104
7	112
8	96
5	112
15	52
12	52
15	8
5	112
10	52
17	8
3	105
3	105
5	84
11	52
2	105
12	52
11	27
0	105
9	39
3	81
10	41
7	52
10	36
6	49
13	11
2	84
6	52
9	44
17	8
5	52
3	31
10	11
11	3
12	8
10	8
12	8
1	72
14	8
14	8
9	11
3	52
4	52
5	44
6	43
6	44
1	67
5	24
1	56
8	8
3	52
0	56
9	11
4	27
1	52
0	52
11	3
11	8
3	44
4	29
6	20
5	13
3	29
1	44
1	36
6	20
7	8
8	8
5	25
4	20
4	20
6	8
0	44
2	20
1	39
5	11
3	11
17	11
3	11
11	8
5	8
3	8
4	11
4	11
5	8
4	8
1	11
1	11
4	8
2	8
2	20
0	8
2	8
1	8
2	11
1	8
1	11
1	8
1	8
2	8
2	8
1	3
2	11
0	3
1	8
2	3
2	3