Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 25 November 2019

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 25 November 2019
Start: 2019-11-21
End: 2019-11-25
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 25 November 2019: 146 records at 145 stations, peak on 24 November 2019. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 25 November 2019 set or tied 146 station records at 145 stations.
It ran from 21 November 2019 to 25 November 2019 (5 days) and its peak day was 24 November 2019.
Status: closed.
Lakeport 2 set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 25 November 2019.
The busiest day was 24 November 2019 with 74 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 118 years.

Footprint

21 to 25 November 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 25 November 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, 21 to 25 November 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Lakeport 2	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2019-11-25
Concord ASOS	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	2019-11-24
Tellico Plains	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	2019-11-22
Knoxville AP	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	2019-11-23
Murray	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2019-11-22
Elizabethton	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	2019-11-24
Hartford Brainard Fld	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	2019-11-24
Marblehead	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	2019-11-25
Newport 1 NW	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	2019-11-23
Flemington 5 NNW	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	2019-11-24
Dover 1 W	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	2019-11-22
Pittsfield Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	2019-11-24
Lynchburg	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	2019-11-23
Brockton	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2019-11-24
Boston	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	2019-11-24
Lambertville	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	2019-11-24
Danbury	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	2019-11-24
Knoxville Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	2019-11-23
Monteagle	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	2019-11-23
Hopkinsville	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	2019-11-22

Records per Day

Peak day 74

Records set or tied each day from 21 November 2019 to 25 November 2019. The most in one day was 74 on 24 November 2019.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 25 November 2019 ranked by margin
Marblehead, 11-25	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
Knoxville AP, 11-23	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
Lakeport 2, 11-25	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
Tellico Plains, 11-22	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
Knoxville Exp STN, 11-23	27.1 mm (1.1 in)
Monteagle, 11-23	23.9 mm (0.9 in)
Brockton, 11-24	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
Lynchburg, 11-23	22.3 mm (0.9 in)
Concord ASOS, 11-24	22.1 mm (0.9 in)
Murray, 11-22	19.1 mm (0.8 in)
Dover 1 W, 11-22	17.8 mm (0.7 in)
Newport 1 NW, 11-23	14.7 mm (0.6 in)
Danbury, 11-24	14.0 mm (0.6 in)
Boston, 11-24	13.8 mm (0.5 in)
Hartford Brainard Fld, 11-24	7.9 mm (0.31 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

146 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, 21 to 25 November 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
35	60
22	72
31	66
42	14
19	84
4	118
8	96
47	10
2	112
15	52
18	65
7	80
23	36
22	58
14	60
7	76
14	60
27	29
24	40
6	65
7	57
7	60
13	57
19	14
11	64
13	57
12	60
8	57
4	68
1	76
9	60
22	26
7	65
29	36
19	36
14	38
3	60
4	60
11	40
2	60
12	52
7	60
4	58
10	56
8	57
5	60
22	20
11	36
9	40
4	65
2	61
0	68
2	64
3	60
3	60
4	60
3	57
1	60
4	57
2	60
3	60
14	14
6	36
6	40
4	41
5	36
16	14
10	36
2	56
11	32
4	29
7	36
9	28
23	4
9	17
7	40
1	36
13	26
18	8
10	36
12	10
5	38
7	36
16	8
4	44
9	14
2	38
8	13
4	38
4	17
15	8
17	8
10	12
4	28
2	38
4	32
11	4
1	38
1	38
7	14
6	4
2	36
8	4
8	14
16	4
2	36
8	4
9	12
2	26
6	8
10	14
4	26
3	28
10	8
14	14
11	8
4	0
10	12
4	12
0	32
3	14
5	8
8	9
12	4
5	4
8	8
4	4
7	4
9	4
3	16
3	8
3	4
5	14
5	4
2	12
1	4
2	14
1	5
3	8
2	9
1	14
2	4
1	4
2	9
1	9
1	4

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 25 November 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, 21 to 25 November 2019 (this event)	146 records

Every Record Set

20 of 146

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 25 November 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-11-22	Tellico Plains	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	66	49 of 100 (Notable)
2019-11-22	Murray	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	84	45 of 100 (Notable)
2019-11-22	Dover 1 W	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	65	40 of 100 (Notable)
2019-11-22	Hopkinsville	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	65	33 of 100 (Routine)
2019-11-23	Knoxville AP	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	14	48 of 100 (Notable)
2019-11-23	Newport 1 NW	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	52	41 of 100 (Notable)
2019-11-23	Lynchburg	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	58	37 of 100 (Notable)
2019-11-23	Knoxville Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	29	34 of 100 (Routine)
2019-11-23	Monteagle	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	40	34 of 100 (Routine)
2019-11-24	Concord ASOS	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	72	50 of 100 (Notable)
2019-11-24	Elizabethton	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	118	44 of 100 (Notable)
2019-11-24	Hartford Brainard Fld	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	96	44 of 100 (Notable)
2019-11-24	Flemington 5 NNW	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	112	41 of 100 (Notable)
2019-11-24	Pittsfield Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	80	39 of 100 (Notable)
2019-11-24	Brockton	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	36	37 of 100 (Notable)
2019-11-24	Boston	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	60	37 of 100 (Notable)
2019-11-24	Lambertville	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	76	36 of 100 (Notable)
2019-11-24	Danbury	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	60	35 of 100 (Notable)
2019-11-25	Lakeport 2	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	60	56 of 100 (Notable)
2019-11-25	Marblehead	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	10	42 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 146 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
35	60
22	72
31	66
42	14
19	84
4	118
8	96
47	10
2	112
15	52
18	65
7	80
23	36
22	58
14	60
7	76
14	60
27	29
24	40
6	65
7	57
7	60
13	57
19	14
11	64
13	57
12	60
8	57
4	68
1	76
9	60
22	26
7	65
29	36
19	36
14	38
3	60
4	60
11	40
2	60
12	52
7	60
4	58
10	56
8	57
5	60
22	20
11	36
9	40
4	65
2	61
0	68
2	64
3	60
3	60
4	60
3	57
1	60
4	57
2	60
3	60
14	14
6	36
6	40
4	41
5	36
16	14
10	36
2	56
11	32
4	29
7	36
9	28
23	4
9	17
7	40
1	36
13	26
18	8
10	36
12	10
5	38
7	36
16	8
4	44
9	14
2	38
8	13
4	38
4	17
15	8
17	8
10	12
4	28
2	38
4	32
11	4
1	38
1	38
7	14
6	4
2	36
8	4
8	14
16	4
2	36
8	4
9	12
2	26
6	8
10	14
4	26
3	28
10	8
14	14
11	8
4	0
10	12
4	12
0	32
3	14
5	8
8	9
12	4
5	4
8	8
4	4
7	4
9	4
3	16
3	8
3	4
5	14
5	4
2	12
1	4
2	14
1	5
3	8
2	9
1	14
2	4
1	4
2	9
1	9
1	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
35	60
22	72
31	66
42	14
19	84
4	118
8	96
47	10
2	112
15	52
18	65
7	80
23	36
22	58
14	60
7	76
14	60
27	29
24	40
6	65
7	57
7	60
13	57
19	14
11	64
13	57
12	60
8	57
4	68
1	76
9	60
22	26
7	65
29	36
19	36
14	38
3	60
4	60
11	40
2	60
12	52
7	60
4	58
10	56
8	57
5	60
22	20
11	36
9	40
4	65
2	61
0	68
2	64
3	60
3	60
4	60
3	57
1	60
4	57
2	60
3	60
14	14
6	36
6	40
4	41
5	36
16	14
10	36
2	56
11	32
4	29
7	36
9	28
23	4
9	17
7	40
1	36
13	26
18	8
10	36
12	10
5	38
7	36
16	8
4	44
9	14
2	38
8	13
4	38
4	17
15	8
17	8
10	12
4	28
2	38
4	32
11	4
1	38
1	38
7	14
6	4
2	36
8	4
8	14
16	4
2	36
8	4
9	12
2	26
6	8
10	14
4	26
3	28
10	8
14	14
11	8
4	0
10	12
4	12
0	32
3	14
5	8
8	9
12	4
5	4
8	8
4	4
7	4
9	4
3	16
3	8
3	4
5	14
5	4
2	12
1	4
2	14
1	5
3	8
2	9
1	14
2	4
1	4
2	9
1	9
1	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
35	60
22	72
31	66
42	14
19	84
4	118
8	96
47	10
2	112
15	52
18	65
7	80
23	36
22	58
14	60
7	76
14	60
27	29
24	40
6	65
7	57
7	60
13	57
19	14
11	64
13	57
12	60
8	57
4	68
1	76
9	60
22	26
7	65
29	36
19	36
14	38
3	60
4	60
11	40
2	60
12	52
7	60
4	58
10	56
8	57
5	60
22	20
11	36
9	40
4	65
2	61
0	68
2	64
3	60
3	60
4	60
3	57
1	60
4	57
2	60
3	60
14	14
6	36
6	40
4	41
5	36
16	14
10	36
2	56
11	32
4	29
7	36
9	28
23	4
9	17
7	40
1	36
13	26
18	8
10	36
12	10
5	38
7	36
16	8
4	44
9	14
2	38
8	13
4	38
4	17
15	8
17	8
10	12
4	28
2	38
4	32
11	4
1	38
1	38
7	14
6	4
2	36
8	4
8	14
16	4
2	36
8	4
9	12
2	26
6	8
10	14
4	26
3	28
10	8
14	14
11	8
4	0
10	12
4	12
0	32
3	14
5	8
8	9
12	4
5	4
8	8
4	4
7	4
9	4
3	16
3	8
3	4
5	14
5	4
2	12
1	4
2	14
1	5
3	8
2	9
1	14
2	4
1	4
2	9
1	9
1	4