Extreme rain in United States, 20 to 26 April 2020

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 20 to 26 April 2020
Start: 2020-04-20
End: 2020-04-26
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 20 to 26 April 2020: 179 records at 176 stations, peak on 24 April 2020. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 20 to 26 April 2020 set or tied 179 station records at 176 stations.
It ran from 20 April 2020 to 26 April 2020 (7 days) and its peak day was 24 April 2020.
Status: closed.
Glennville 3NW set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 24 April 2020.
The busiest day was 24 April 2020 with 47 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 121 years.

Footprint

20 to 26 April 2020

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 20 to 26 April 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, 20 to 26 April 2020: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Glennville 3NW	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	2020-04-24
Camilla 3SE	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	2020-04-24
Lincoln	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	2020-04-25
Moultrie 2 ESE	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	2020-04-23
W Monroe	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	2020-04-23
Mansfield 4 NW	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	2020-04-22
Valdosta Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	2020-04-23
Headland	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	2020-04-24
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	2020-04-25
Enterprise 4 W	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	2020-04-24
Tifton	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	2020-04-24
Havana	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	2020-04-25
Brewton 3 ENE	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	2020-04-24
Oakley Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	2020-04-23
Hawkinsville	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	2020-04-24
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	2020-04-24
Eastman 1 W	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	2020-04-24
Coffeyville Wtr Wks	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	2020-04-23
Normal 4NE	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	2020-04-26
Dothan Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	2020-04-23

Records per Day

Peak day 47

Records set or tied each day from 20 April 2020 to 26 April 2020. The most in one day was 47 on 24 April 2020.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 20 to 26 April 2020 ranked by margin
Brewton 3 ENE, 04-24	129.0 mm (5.1 in)
Headland, 04-24	83.3 mm (3.3 in)
Oakley Exp STN, 04-23	80.3 mm (3.2 in)
Enterprise 4 W, 04-24	77.7 mm (3.1 in)
Valdosta Rgnl AP, 04-23	67.5 mm (2.7 in)
Camilla 3SE, 04-24	60.7 mm (2.4 in)
Dothan Rgnl AP, 04-23	60.4 mm (2.4 in)
Glennville 3NW, 04-24	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
W Monroe, 04-23	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
Coffeyville Wtr Wks, 04-23	49.7 mm (2.0 in)
Mansfield 4 NW, 04-22	44.4 mm (1.7 in)
Hawkinsville, 04-24	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
Normal 4NE, 04-26	40.1 mm (1.6 in)
Tifton, 04-24	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, 04-24	38.4 mm (1.5 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

179 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, 20 to 26 April 2020
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
57	49
61	68
33	63
37	92
52	79
83	24
44	40
68	37
15	116
78	24
40	77
24	70
129	25
42	49
80	25
38	55
32	76
50	19
40	13
60	37
19	63
5	121
5	100
18	73
28	39
22	55
5	99
35	66
18	63
19	55
10	84
12	68
49	37
37	26
6	88
3	92
15	81
32	49
11	74
42	24
24	49
7	72
14	64
11	66
29	17
25	43
32	13
9	68
14	60
7	63
6	75
14	49
6	63
12	59
25	29
28	2
13	55
6	21
1	76
42	25
3	73
2	68
10	64
16	50
9	42
7	56
28	25
7	63
2	66
27	43
8	27
14	48
9	49
20	18
16	52
20	37
15	49
19	24
7	49
11	35
10	41
23	32
22	23
15	29
5	49
28	24
7	49
45	2
1	64
8	41
15	25
7	49
21	6
8	49
17	10
8	43
24	24
11	35
1	58
6	53
4	55
12	24
6	53
9	29
21	9
8	42
16	13
1	59
20	10
25	10
5	45
4	50
3	41
6	42
20	14
12	25
10	26
5	7
13	17
7	29
22	2
15	16
13	17
4	24
13	25
4	25
18	12
2	37
20	9
12	14
9	10
13	6
8	10
2	41
7	9
10	4
7	14
10	5
1	25
4	10
1	37
12	10
3	24
12	2
3	25
7	24
10	13
8	10
3	12
6	17
7	8
5	2
18	2
1	13
4	13
9	9
3	21
2	6
3	10
6	13
6	6
1	9
7	13
3	24
17	3
0	20
4	10
1	16
8	9
2	6
0	10
9	5
2	9
2	5
3	3
2	2
2	7
0	13
4	6

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 20 to 26 April 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, 20 to 26 April 2020 (this event)	179 records

Every Record Set

20 of 179

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 20 to 26 April 2020, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2020-04-22	Mansfield 4 NW	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	40	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-23	Moultrie 2 ESE	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	92	55 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-23	W Monroe	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	79	55 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-23	Valdosta Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	37	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-23	Oakley Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	25	50 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-23	Coffeyville Wtr Wks	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	19	48 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-23	Dothan Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	37	45 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-24	Glennville 3NW	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49	60 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-24	Camilla 3SE	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	68	58 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-24	Headland	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	24	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-24	Enterprise 4 W	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	24	52 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-24	Tifton	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	77	52 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-24	Brewton 3 ENE	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	25	51 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-24	Hawkinsville	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	49	50 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-24	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	55	49 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-24	Eastman 1 W	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	76	49 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-25	Lincoln	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	63	58 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-25	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	116	53 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-25	Havana	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	70	52 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-26	Normal 4NE	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	13	46 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 179 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
2020-04-20	1
2020-04-21	3
2020-04-22	18
2020-04-23	40
2020-04-24	47
2020-04-25	43
2020-04-26	27

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
57	49
61	68
33	63
37	92
52	79
83	24
44	40
68	37
15	116
78	24
40	77
24	70
129	25
42	49
80	25
38	55
32	76
50	19
40	13
60	37
19	63
5	121
5	100
18	73
28	39
22	55
5	99
35	66
18	63
19	55
10	84
12	68
49	37
37	26
6	88
3	92
15	81
32	49
11	74
42	24
24	49
7	72
14	64
11	66
29	17
25	43
32	13
9	68
14	60
7	63
6	75
14	49
6	63
12	59
25	29
28	2
13	55
6	21
1	76
42	25
3	73
2	68
10	64
16	50
9	42
7	56
28	25
7	63
2	66
27	43
8	27
14	48
9	49
20	18
16	52
20	37
15	49
19	24
7	49
11	35
10	41
23	32
22	23
15	29
5	49
28	24
7	49
45	2
1	64
8	41
15	25
7	49
21	6
8	49
17	10
8	43
24	24
11	35
1	58
6	53
4	55
12	24
6	53
9	29
21	9
8	42
16	13
1	59
20	10
25	10
5	45
4	50
3	41
6	42
20	14
12	25
10	26
5	7
13	17
7	29
22	2
15	16
13	17
4	24
13	25
4	25
18	12
2	37
20	9
12	14
9	10
13	6
8	10
2	41
7	9
10	4
7	14
10	5
1	25
4	10
1	37
12	10
3	24
12	2
3	25
7	24
10	13
8	10
3	12
6	17
7	8
5	2
18	2
1	13
4	13
9	9
3	21
2	6
3	10
6	13
6	6
1	9
7	13
3	24
17	3
0	20
4	10
1	16
8	9
2	6
0	10
9	5
2	9
2	5
3	3
2	2
2	7
0	13
4	6

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
57	49
61	68
33	63
37	92
52	79
83	24
44	40
68	37
15	116
78	24
40	77
24	70
129	25
42	49
80	25
38	55
32	76
50	19
40	13
60	37
19	63
5	121
5	100
18	73
28	39
22	55
5	99
35	66
18	63
19	55
10	84
12	68
49	37
37	26
6	88
3	92
15	81
32	49
11	74
42	24
24	49
7	72
14	64
11	66
29	17
25	43
32	13
9	68
14	60
7	63
6	75
14	49
6	63
12	59
25	29
28	2
13	55
6	21
1	76
42	25
3	73
2	68
10	64
16	50
9	42
7	56
28	25
7	63
2	66
27	43
8	27
14	48
9	49
20	18
16	52
20	37
15	49
19	24
7	49
11	35
10	41
23	32
22	23
15	29
5	49
28	24
7	49
45	2
1	64
8	41
15	25
7	49
21	6
8	49
17	10
8	43
24	24
11	35
1	58
6	53
4	55
12	24
6	53
9	29
21	9
8	42
16	13
1	59
20	10
25	10
5	45
4	50
3	41
6	42
20	14
12	25
10	26
5	7
13	17
7	29
22	2
15	16
13	17
4	24
13	25
4	25
18	12
2	37
20	9
12	14
9	10
13	6
8	10
2	41
7	9
10	4
7	14
10	5
1	25
4	10
1	37
12	10
3	24
12	2
3	25
7	24
10	13
8	10
3	12
6	17
7	8
5	2
18	2
1	13
4	13
9	9
3	21
2	6
3	10
6	13
6	6
1	9
7	13
3	24
17	3
0	20
4	10
1	16
8	9
2	6
0	10
9	5
2	9
2	5
3	3
2	2
2	7
0	13
4	6

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
57	49
61	68
33	63
37	92
52	79
83	24
44	40
68	37
15	116
78	24
40	77
24	70
129	25
42	49
80	25
38	55
32	76
50	19
40	13
60	37
19	63
5	121
5	100
18	73
28	39
22	55
5	99
35	66
18	63
19	55
10	84
12	68
49	37
37	26
6	88
3	92
15	81
32	49
11	74
42	24
24	49
7	72
14	64
11	66
29	17
25	43
32	13
9	68
14	60
7	63
6	75
14	49
6	63
12	59
25	29
28	2
13	55
6	21
1	76
42	25
3	73
2	68
10	64
16	50
9	42
7	56
28	25
7	63
2	66
27	43
8	27
14	48
9	49
20	18
16	52
20	37
15	49
19	24
7	49
11	35
10	41
23	32
22	23
15	29
5	49
28	24
7	49
45	2
1	64
8	41
15	25
7	49
21	6
8	49
17	10
8	43
24	24
11	35
1	58
6	53
4	55
12	24
6	53
9	29
21	9
8	42
16	13
1	59
20	10
25	10
5	45
4	50
3	41
6	42
20	14
12	25
10	26
5	7
13	17
7	29
22	2
15	16
13	17
4	24
13	25
4	25
18	12
2	37
20	9
12	14
9	10
13	6
8	10
2	41
7	9
10	4
7	14
10	5
1	25
4	10
1	37
12	10
3	24
12	2
3	25
7	24
10	13
8	10
3	12
6	17
7	8
5	2
18	2
1	13
4	13
9	9
3	21
2	6
3	10
6	13
6	6
1	9
7	13
3	24
17	3
0	20
4	10
1	16
8	9
2	6
0	10
9	5
2	9
2	5
3	3
2	2
2	7
0	13
4	6