Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 25 April 2019

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 25 April 2019
Start: 2019-04-22
End: 2019-04-25
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 25 April 2019: 134 records at 131 stations, peak on 23 April 2019. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 25 April 2019 set or tied 134 station records at 131 stations.
It ran from 22 April 2019 to 25 April 2019 (4 days) and its peak day was 23 April 2019.
Status: closed.
Brownwood 2NE set a daily record precipitation of 97.8 mm (3.9 in) on 24 April 2019.
The busiest day was 23 April 2019 with 53 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 123 years.

Footprint

22 to 25 April 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 25 April 2019 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, 22 to 25 April 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Brownwood 2NE	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	2019-04-24
Mangum	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	2019-04-23
Hobart Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	2019-04-23
Cuba	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	2019-04-23
Coleman	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2019-04-24
Water Valley	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	2019-04-25
Oak Creek Lake	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	2019-04-24
Burkett	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	2019-04-24
Lavon Dam	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	2019-04-24
Arlington Six Flags	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	2019-04-24
Hords Creek Dam	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	2019-04-24
Breckenridge	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	2019-04-24
Granger Dam	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	2019-04-25
Seminole	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2019-04-23
Memphis	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2019-04-23
Ballinger 2 NW	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	2019-04-24
Putnam	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	2019-04-24
Monte Vista 2W	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	2019-04-23
Abiquiu Dam	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	2019-04-23
Pedernal 9 E	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	2019-04-23

Records per Day

Peak day 53

Records set or tied each day from 22 April 2019 to 25 April 2019. The most in one day was 53 on 23 April 2019.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 25 April 2019 ranked by margin
Hobart Muni AP, 04-23	64.0 mm (2.5 in)
Mangum, 04-23	57.4 mm (2.3 in)
Brownwood 2NE, 04-24	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
Water Valley, 04-25	54.9 mm (2.2 in)
Granger Dam, 04-25	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
Lavon Dam, 04-24	50.1 mm (2.0 in)
Burkett, 04-24	48.6 mm (1.9 in)
Oak Creek Lake, 04-24	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
Hords Creek Dam, 04-24	43.1 mm (1.7 in)
Breckenridge, 04-24	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
Coleman, 04-24	33.2 mm (1.3 in)
Arlington Six Flags, 04-24	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
Seminole, 04-23	21.1 mm (0.8 in)
Pedernal 9 E, 04-23	16.8 mm (0.7 in)
Ballinger 2 NW, 04-24	16.0 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

134 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, 22 to 25 April 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
57	113
57	86
17	70
64	28
14	76
33	80
55	21
43	52
16	50
49	45
50	52
32	77
43	45
34	58
51	28
8	76
21	65
16	80
10	93
11	96
11	62
47	20
18	48
25	25
33	45
13	84
7	97
27	52
1	123
3	93
9	64
4	77
24	52
14	61
35	12
47	12
24	28
24	38
9	76
8	24
10	65
4	66
9	50
25	21
19	24
46	4
16	38
1	76
12	24
36	14
3	64
4	72
18	24
36	14
16	52
31	14
11	52
17	54
14	52
10	33
31	14
8	54
1	65
0	72
3	61
11	14
5	52
17	3
18	38
9	32
7	61
4	61
10	1
7	32
10	21
7	52
15	24
9	8
3	52
3	52
9	52
5	17
1	61
7	52
8	38
5	32
8	52
19	8
3	54
20	4
12	24
20	12
21	8
8	38
21	12
23	14
6	24
9	21
10	24
1	52
5	21
6	38
10	4
7	8
17	8
5	21
8	10
17	10
14	8
4	12
13	12
3	16
6	13
6	8
2	24
3	16
9	4
5	14
5	14
7	10
6	14
3	14
3	17
1	24
1	24
3	10
0	24
4	10
6	14
8	12
5	12
0	8
2	4
1	14

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 25 April 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, 22 to 25 April 2019 (this event)	134 records

Every Record Set

20 of 134

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 25 April 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-04-23	Mangum	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	86	76 of 100 (Major)
2019-04-23	Hobart Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	28	58 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-23	Cuba	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	76	56 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-23	Seminole	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	65	46 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-23	Memphis	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	93	45 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-23	Monte Vista 2W	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	76	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-04-23	Abiquiu Dam	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	50	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-04-23	Pedernal 9 E	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	70	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-04-24	Brownwood 2NE	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	113	77 of 100 (Major)
2019-04-24	Coleman	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	80	56 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-24	Oak Creek Lake	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52	53 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-24	Burkett	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	45	52 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-24	Lavon Dam	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	52	52 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-24	Arlington Six Flags	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	77	51 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-24	Hords Creek Dam	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	45	51 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-24	Breckenridge	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	58	49 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-24	Ballinger 2 NW	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	80	45 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-24	Putnam	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	96	45 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-25	Water Valley	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	21	56 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-25	Granger Dam	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28	49 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 134 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

Related Headlines

Third party news, headline and link only

Download the Data

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
57	113
57	86
17	70
64	28
14	76
33	80
55	21
43	52
16	50
49	45
50	52
32	77
43	45
34	58
51	28
8	76
21	65
16	80
10	93
11	96
11	62
47	20
18	48
25	25
33	45
13	84
7	97
27	52
1	123
3	93
9	64
4	77
24	52
14	61
35	12
47	12
24	28
24	38
9	76
8	24
10	65
4	66
9	50
25	21
19	24
46	4
16	38
1	76
12	24
36	14
3	64
4	72
18	24
36	14
16	52
31	14
11	52
17	54
14	52
10	33
31	14
8	54
1	65
0	72
3	61
11	14
5	52
17	3
18	38
9	32
7	61
4	61
10	1
7	32
10	21
7	52
15	24
9	8
3	52
3	52
9	52
5	17
1	61
7	52
8	38
5	32
8	52
19	8
3	54
20	4
12	24
20	12
21	8
8	38
21	12
23	14
6	24
9	21
10	24
1	52
5	21
6	38
10	4
7	8
17	8
5	21
8	10
17	10
14	8
4	12
13	12
3	16
6	13
6	8
2	24
3	16
9	4
5	14
5	14
7	10
6	14
3	14
3	17
1	24
1	24
3	10
0	24
4	10
6	14
8	12
5	12
0	8
2	4
1	14

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
57	113
57	86
17	70
64	28
14	76
33	80
55	21
43	52
16	50
49	45
50	52
32	77
43	45
34	58
51	28
8	76
21	65
16	80
10	93
11	96
11	62
47	20
18	48
25	25
33	45
13	84
7	97
27	52
1	123
3	93
9	64
4	77
24	52
14	61
35	12
47	12
24	28
24	38
9	76
8	24
10	65
4	66
9	50
25	21
19	24
46	4
16	38
1	76
12	24
36	14
3	64
4	72
18	24
36	14
16	52
31	14
11	52
17	54
14	52
10	33
31	14
8	54
1	65
0	72
3	61
11	14
5	52
17	3
18	38
9	32
7	61
4	61
10	1
7	32
10	21
7	52
15	24
9	8
3	52
3	52
9	52
5	17
1	61
7	52
8	38
5	32
8	52
19	8
3	54
20	4
12	24
20	12
21	8
8	38
21	12
23	14
6	24
9	21
10	24
1	52
5	21
6	38
10	4
7	8
17	8
5	21
8	10
17	10
14	8
4	12
13	12
3	16
6	13
6	8
2	24
3	16
9	4
5	14
5	14
7	10
6	14
3	14
3	17
1	24
1	24
3	10
0	24
4	10
6	14
8	12
5	12
0	8
2	4
1	14

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
57	113
57	86
17	70
64	28
14	76
33	80
55	21
43	52
16	50
49	45
50	52
32	77
43	45
34	58
51	28
8	76
21	65
16	80
10	93
11	96
11	62
47	20
18	48
25	25
33	45
13	84
7	97
27	52
1	123
3	93
9	64
4	77
24	52
14	61
35	12
47	12
24	28
24	38
9	76
8	24
10	65
4	66
9	50
25	21
19	24
46	4
16	38
1	76
12	24
36	14
3	64
4	72
18	24
36	14
16	52
31	14
11	52
17	54
14	52
10	33
31	14
8	54
1	65
0	72
3	61
11	14
5	52
17	3
18	38
9	32
7	61
4	61
10	1
7	32
10	21
7	52
15	24
9	8
3	52
3	52
9	52
5	17
1	61
7	52
8	38
5	32
8	52
19	8
3	54
20	4
12	24
20	12
21	8
8	38
21	12
23	14
6	24
9	21
10	24
1	52
5	21
6	38
10	4
7	8
17	8
5	21
8	10
17	10
14	8
4	12
13	12
3	16
6	13
6	8
2	24
3	16
9	4
5	14
5	14
7	10
6	14
3	14
3	17
1	24
1	24
3	10
0	24
4	10
6	14
8	12
5	12
0	8
2	4
1	14