Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 14 February 2020

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 14 February 2020
Start: 2020-02-08
End: 2020-02-14
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 14 February 2020: 460 records at 424 stations, peak on 11 February 2020. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 14 February 2020 set or tied 460 station records at 424 stations.
It ran from 8 February 2020 to 14 February 2020 (7 days) and its peak day was 11 February 2020.
Status: closed.
Canton 4N set an all-time record daily precipitation of 269.0 mm (10.6 in) on 13 February 2020.
The busiest day was 11 February 2020 with 147 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 126 years.

Footprint

8 to 14 February 2020

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 14 February 2020 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, 8 to 14 February 2020: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Canton 4N	Record daily precipitation	269.0 mm (10.6 in)	2020-02-13
Stoneville Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	2020-02-11
Kosciusko	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	2020-02-11
Rison	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	2020-02-12
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	2020-02-11
Texarkana Webb Fld	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	2020-02-10
Oak Grove	Record daily precipitation	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	2020-02-11
Navarro Mills Dam	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	2020-02-12
Estancia 4N	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2020-02-11
Belzoni	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	2020-02-11
Hillsboro	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	2020-02-12
Rosser	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	2020-02-12
Eudora	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	2020-02-11
Andice 2 SW	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	2020-02-12
Ashdown 4 SSE	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	2020-02-10
Holt L&D	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	2020-02-11
Moundville	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	2020-02-11
Bridgeport 5 NW	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	2020-02-13
Black Rvr Falls Sewage	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2020-02-10
Saint Johns	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	2020-02-11

Records per Day

Peak day 147

Records set or tied each day from 8 February 2020 to 14 February 2020. The most in one day was 147 on 11 February 2020.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 14 February 2020 ranked by margin
Moundville, 02-11	144.0 mm (5.7 in)
Canton 4N, 02-13	96.3 mm (3.8 in)
Holt L&D, 02-11	93.0 mm (3.7 in)
Rison, 02-12	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam, 02-11	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
Oak Grove, 02-11	62.7 mm (2.5 in)
Stoneville Exp STN, 02-11	62.5 mm (2.5 in)
Eudora, 02-11	57.1 mm (2.2 in)
Kosciusko, 02-11	53.1 mm (2.1 in)
Navarro Mills Dam, 02-12	48.2 mm (1.9 in)
Belzoni, 02-11	47.3 mm (1.9 in)
Andice 2 SW, 02-12	42.9 mm (1.7 in)
Texarkana Webb Fld, 02-10	36.4 mm (1.4 in)
Rosser, 02-12	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
Ashdown 4 SSE, 02-10	28.9 mm (1.1 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

460 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, 8 to 14 February 2020
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
96	117
63	96
80	66
53	125
67	53
14	84
36	102
63	35
48	25
17	37
47	54
26	74
32	69
57	54
43	41
17	119
93	24
144	25
29	73
9	80
46	53
24	33
26	52
14	123
18	86
51	38
46	53
11	60
9	112
7	101
37	24
14	80
26	60
23	76
3	106
10	72
24	19
31	41
11	54
26	66
2	110
57	24
7	116
9	70
2	126
22	34
6	84
16	74
25	27
3	96
37	53
35	38
36	53
12	76
10	53
16	74
27	54
67	6
15	40
13	37
42	24
3	105
27	60
11	74
36	41
3	92
29	42
17	69
44	25
2	84
5	80
13	14
31	53
40	25
4	80
40	24
16	66
4	89
16	61
40	9
10	69
28	38
1	58
6	77
10	72
2	80
10	56
7	54
7	54
16	69
3	34
5	54
37	26
7	72
24	41
9	66
5	56
17	25
1	80
15	9
24	38
8	69
30	18
19	60
5	42
5	24
3	68
8	53
5	53
20	18
26	24
17	36
4	66
6	72
38	6
0	80
7	37
2	68
33	28
3	74
28	16
15	16
14	26
7	50
4	72
1	80
8	69
24	36
17	18
12	60
1	74
10	53
13	53
24	25
9	14
5	48
8	53
10	28
37	22
11	36
25	29
16	53
22	34
11	40
14	53
18	36
11	33
7	40
2	60
20	16
8	53
6	53
23	34
3	53
4	53
6	53
5	53
11	53
1	68
8	33
1	60
16	37
19	38
4	50
33	0
6	34
4	52
5	60
10	53
3	56
10	42
6	56
2	56
3	54
8	18
5	37
6	56
1	64
2	52
2	53
7	41
24	16
2	56
17	24
2	56
2	69
6	53
4	52
4	48
20	20
1	56
30	16
6	42
14	36
16	36
4	60
5	60
2	44
4	53
1	53

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 14 February 2020 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, 8 to 14 February 2020 (this event)	460 records

Every Record Set

20 of 460

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 14 February 2020, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2020-02-10	Texarkana Webb Fld	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	102	64 of 100 (Major)
2020-02-10	Ashdown 4 SSE	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	73	51 of 100 (Notable)
2020-02-10	Black Rvr Falls Sewage	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	80	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-02-11	Stoneville Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	96	75 of 100 (Major)
2020-02-11	Kosciusko	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	125	70 of 100 (Major)
2020-02-11	Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53	66 of 100 (Major)
2020-02-11	Oak Grove	Record daily precipitation	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	35	62 of 100 (Major)
2020-02-11	Estancia 4N	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	37	57 of 100 (Notable)
2020-02-11	Belzoni	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	54	55 of 100 (Notable)
2020-02-11	Eudora	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	54	52 of 100 (Notable)
2020-02-11	Holt L&D	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	24	51 of 100 (Notable)
2020-02-11	Moundville	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	25	51 of 100 (Notable)
2020-02-11	Saint Johns	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	84	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-02-12	Rison	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	66	70 of 100 (Major)
2020-02-12	Navarro Mills Dam	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	25	61 of 100 (Major)
2020-02-12	Hillsboro	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	74	53 of 100 (Notable)
2020-02-12	Rosser	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	69	53 of 100 (Notable)
2020-02-12	Andice 2 SW	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	41	52 of 100 (Notable)
2020-02-13	Canton 4N	Record daily precipitation	269.0 mm (10.6 in)	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	117	100 of 100 (Exceptional)
2020-02-13	Bridgeport 5 NW	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	119	51 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 460 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 2026-10-18. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Date	Records
2020-02-08	1
2020-02-09	33
2020-02-10	97
2020-02-11	147
2020-02-12	95
2020-02-13	86
2020-02-14	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
96	117
63	96
80	66
53	125
67	53
14	84
36	102
63	35
48	25
17	37
47	54
26	74
32	69
57	54
43	41
17	119
93	24
144	25
29	73
9	80
46	53
24	33
26	52
14	123
18	86
51	38
46	53
11	60
9	112
7	101
37	24
14	80
26	60
23	76
3	106
10	72
24	19
31	41
11	54
26	66
2	110
57	24
7	116
9	70
2	126
22	34
6	84
16	74
25	27
3	96
37	53
35	38
36	53
12	76
10	53
16	74
27	54
67	6
15	40
13	37
42	24
3	105
27	60
11	74
36	41
3	92
29	42
17	69
44	25
2	84
5	80
13	14
31	53
40	25
4	80
40	24
16	66
4	89
16	61
40	9
10	69
28	38
1	58
6	77
10	72
2	80
10	56
7	54
7	54
16	69
3	34
5	54
37	26
7	72
24	41
9	66
5	56
17	25
1	80
15	9
24	38
8	69
30	18
19	60
5	42
5	24
3	68
8	53
5	53
20	18
26	24
17	36
4	66
6	72
38	6
0	80
7	37
2	68
33	28
3	74
28	16
15	16
14	26
7	50
4	72
1	80
8	69
24	36
17	18
12	60
1	74
10	53
13	53
24	25
9	14
5	48
8	53
10	28
37	22
11	36
25	29
16	53
22	34
11	40
14	53
18	36
11	33
7	40
2	60
20	16
8	53
6	53
23	34
3	53
4	53
6	53
5	53
11	53
1	68
8	33
1	60
16	37
19	38
4	50
33	0
6	34
4	52
5	60
10	53
3	56
10	42
6	56
2	56
3	54
8	18
5	37
6	56
1	64
2	52
2	53
7	41
24	16
2	56
17	24
2	56
2	69
6	53
4	52
4	48
20	20
1	56
30	16
6	42
14	36
16	36
4	60
5	60
2	44
4	53
1	53

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
96	117
63	96
80	66
53	125
67	53
14	84
36	102
63	35
48	25
17	37
47	54
26	74
32	69
57	54
43	41
17	119
93	24
144	25
29	73
9	80
46	53
24	33
26	52
14	123
18	86
51	38
46	53
11	60
9	112
7	101
37	24
14	80
26	60
23	76
3	106
10	72
24	19
31	41
11	54
26	66
2	110
57	24
7	116
9	70
2	126
22	34
6	84
16	74
25	27
3	96
37	53
35	38
36	53
12	76
10	53
16	74
27	54
67	6
15	40
13	37
42	24
3	105
27	60
11	74
36	41
3	92
29	42
17	69
44	25
2	84
5	80
13	14
31	53
40	25
4	80
40	24
16	66
4	89
16	61
40	9
10	69
28	38
1	58
6	77
10	72
2	80
10	56
7	54
7	54
16	69
3	34
5	54
37	26
7	72
24	41
9	66
5	56
17	25
1	80
15	9
24	38
8	69
30	18
19	60
5	42
5	24
3	68
8	53
5	53
20	18
26	24
17	36
4	66
6	72
38	6
0	80
7	37
2	68
33	28
3	74
28	16
15	16
14	26
7	50
4	72
1	80
8	69
24	36
17	18
12	60
1	74
10	53
13	53
24	25
9	14
5	48
8	53
10	28
37	22
11	36
25	29
16	53
22	34
11	40
14	53
18	36
11	33
7	40
2	60
20	16
8	53
6	53
23	34
3	53
4	53
6	53
5	53
11	53
1	68
8	33
1	60
16	37
19	38
4	50
33	0
6	34
4	52
5	60
10	53
3	56
10	42
6	56
2	56
3	54
8	18
5	37
6	56
1	64
2	52
2	53
7	41
24	16
2	56
17	24
2	56
2	69
6	53
4	52
4	48
20	20
1	56
30	16
6	42
14	36
16	36
4	60
5	60
2	44
4	53
1	53

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
96	117
63	96
80	66
53	125
67	53
14	84
36	102
63	35
48	25
17	37
47	54
26	74
32	69
57	54
43	41
17	119
93	24
144	25
29	73
9	80
46	53
24	33
26	52
14	123
18	86
51	38
46	53
11	60
9	112
7	101
37	24
14	80
26	60
23	76
3	106
10	72
24	19
31	41
11	54
26	66
2	110
57	24
7	116
9	70
2	126
22	34
6	84
16	74
25	27
3	96
37	53
35	38
36	53
12	76
10	53
16	74
27	54
67	6
15	40
13	37
42	24
3	105
27	60
11	74
36	41
3	92
29	42
17	69
44	25
2	84
5	80
13	14
31	53
40	25
4	80
40	24
16	66
4	89
16	61
40	9
10	69
28	38
1	58
6	77
10	72
2	80
10	56
7	54
7	54
16	69
3	34
5	54
37	26
7	72
24	41
9	66
5	56
17	25
1	80
15	9
24	38
8	69
30	18
19	60
5	42
5	24
3	68
8	53
5	53
20	18
26	24
17	36
4	66
6	72
38	6
0	80
7	37
2	68
33	28
3	74
28	16
15	16
14	26
7	50
4	72
1	80
8	69
24	36
17	18
12	60
1	74
10	53
13	53
24	25
9	14
5	48
8	53
10	28
37	22
11	36
25	29
16	53
22	34
11	40
14	53
18	36
11	33
7	40
2	60
20	16
8	53
6	53
23	34
3	53
4	53
6	53
5	53
11	53
1	68
8	33
1	60
16	37
19	38
4	50
33	0
6	34
4	52
5	60
10	53
3	56
10	42
6	56
2	56
3	54
8	18
5	37
6	56
1	64
2	52
2	53
7	41
24	16
2	56
17	24
2	56
2	69
6	53
4	52
4	48
20	20
1	56
30	16
6	42
14	36
16	36
4	60
5	60
2	44
4	53
1	53