Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 13 June 2020

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 13 June 2020
Start: 2020-06-02
End: 2020-06-13
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 13 June 2020: 628 records at 577 stations, peak on 10 June 2020. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 13 June 2020 set or tied 628 station records at 577 stations.
It ran from 2 June 2020 to 13 June 2020 (12 days) and its peak day was 10 June 2020.
Status: closed.
University set a daily record precipitation of 120.4 mm (4.7 in) on 9 June 2020.
The busiest day was 10 June 2020 with 127 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 139 years.

Footprint

2 to 13 June 2020

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 13 June 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, 2 to 13 June 2020: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
University	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	2020-06-09
Biloxi	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	2020-06-07
Ft Pierce	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	2020-06-04
Minocqua	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	2020-06-10
Mtn Home 1 NNW	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	2020-06-09
Galesville 2WSW	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	2020-06-10
Phelps	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2020-06-10
Trempealeau Dam 6	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2020-06-10
Altamont	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2020-06-06
Roosevelt Radio	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	2020-06-06
Live Oak	Record daily precipitation	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	2020-06-07
Fernandina Beach	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	2020-06-09
Sigourney	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	2020-06-10
Owen 1E	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	2020-06-10
Robertsdale	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	2020-06-08
Waynesboro 2 W	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	2020-06-08
White Lake 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	2020-06-10
De Smet	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	2020-06-09
Rest Lake	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	2020-06-10
Castle Dale	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	2020-06-06

Records per Day

Peak day 127

Records set or tied each day from 2 June 2020 to 13 June 2020. The most in one day was 127 on 10 June 2020.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 13 June 2020
Date	Records
2020-06-02	2
2020-06-03	17
2020-06-04	28
2020-06-05	28
2020-06-06	93
2020-06-07	100
2020-06-08	82
2020-06-09	100
2020-06-10	127
2020-06-11	44
2020-06-12	6
2020-06-13	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 13 June 2020 ranked by margin
Biloxi, 06-07	95.5 mm (3.8 in)
Live Oak, 06-07	84.1 mm (3.3 in)
University, 06-09	68.3 mm (2.7 in)
Fernandina Beach, 06-09	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
Mtn Home 1 NNW, 06-09	61.7 mm (2.4 in)
Ft Pierce, 06-04	59.7 mm (2.4 in)
Owen 1E, 06-10	59.6 mm (2.3 in)
De Smet, 06-09	51.3 mm (2.0 in)
Galesville 2WSW, 06-10	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
Robertsdale, 06-08	46.7 mm (1.8 in)
Minocqua, 06-10	45.4 mm (1.8 in)
Trempealeau Dam 6, 06-10	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
Rest Lake, 06-10	41.2 mm (1.6 in)
Waynesboro 2 W, 06-08	40.7 mm (1.6 in)
Phelps, 06-10	38.1 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

500 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, 2 to 13 June 2020
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
68	103
96	90
60	84
45	89
62	69
48	74
38	89
43	82
84	63
23	67
14	99
20	71
65	63
37	115
60	58
47	102
41	124
32	86
51	46
41	57
31	81
42	57
24	110
34	56
62	41
40	61
31	99
66	37
21	118
17	100
84	37
25	92
47	25
44	55
31	36
33	36
25	36
61	47
18	110
32	75
32	59
55	19
65	39
93	25
23	129
65	15
10	71
53	16
7	99
17	103
28	10
19	92
31	23
49	61
42	46
39	61
22	74
37	61
19	23
15	98
24	79
67	6
7	81
25	75
58	27
14	103
10	106
9	79
9	79
20	82
28	60
58	7
22	74
12	98
9	119
34	4
6	43
20	77
16	74
18	32
18	37
36	61
7	103
8	101
10	65
28	59
20	67
23	57
7	98
7	110
8	116
3	113
24	57
9	54
20	38
50	13
9	62
9	94
12	78
5	98
22	52
16	83
43	19
46	16
13	58
20	22
4	139
22	61
44	26
11	81
47	6
17	77
10	92
56	2
14	74
3	118
10	78
56	17
8	81
16	57
24	60
1	117
4	95
3	98
13	22
13	21
3	117
0	113
23	45
10	36
23	52
18	67
2	88
25	46
30	22
20	27
21	63
2	92
11	79
5	84
31	29
12	73
36	19
20	65
4	88
19	52
7	75
33	36
14	52
2	79
15	36
18	36
22	27
51	7
16	46
17	41
18	34
37	12
4	79
22	65
20	52
8	56
4	44
14	29
18	41
23	18
32	37
21	63
16	61
2	79
19	52
12	56
12	46
3	71
8	21
21	46
21	58
24	34
14	52
16	57
28	18
15	36
42	1
33	6
34	7
5	71
19	41
17	41
10	39
15	13
5	62
17	51
9	59
9	59
34	11
2	73
25	15
16	36
12	65
16	13

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 13 June 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, 2 to 13 June 2020 (this event)	628 records

Every Record Set

20 of 628

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 13 June 2020, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2020-06-04	Ft Pierce	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	84	74 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-06	Altamont	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	67	66 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-06	Roosevelt Radio	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	71	66 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-06	Castle Dale	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	99	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-06-07	Biloxi	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	90	77 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-07	Live Oak	Record daily precipitation	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	63	66 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-08	Robertsdale	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	102	63 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-08	Waynesboro 2 W	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	124	63 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-09	University	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	103	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2020-06-09	Mtn Home 1 NNW	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	69	69 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-09	Fernandina Beach	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	63	65 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-09	De Smet	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46	59 of 100 (Notable)
2020-06-10	Minocqua	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	89	73 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-10	Galesville 2WSW	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	74	69 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-10	Phelps	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	89	68 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-10	Trempealeau Dam 6	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	82	67 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-10	Sigourney	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	115	65 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-10	Owen 1E	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	58	64 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-10	White Lake 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	86	61 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-10	Rest Lake	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	57	59 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 628 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
68	103
96	90
60	84
45	89
62	69
48	74
38	89
43	82
84	63
23	67
14	99
20	71
65	63
37	115
60	58
47	102
41	124
32	86
51	46
41	57
31	81
42	57
24	110
34	56
62	41
40	61
31	99
66	37
21	118
17	100
84	37
25	92
47	25
44	55
31	36
33	36
25	36
61	47
18	110
32	75
32	59
55	19
65	39
93	25
23	129
65	15
10	71
53	16
7	99
17	103
28	10
19	92
31	23
49	61
42	46
39	61
22	74
37	61
19	23
15	98
24	79
67	6
7	81
25	75
58	27
14	103
10	106
9	79
9	79
20	82
28	60
58	7
22	74
12	98
9	119
34	4
6	43
20	77
16	74
18	32
18	37
36	61
7	103
8	101
10	65
28	59
20	67
23	57
7	98
7	110
8	116
3	113
24	57
9	54
20	38
50	13
9	62
9	94
12	78
5	98
22	52
16	83
43	19
46	16
13	58
20	22
4	139
22	61
44	26
11	81
47	6
17	77
10	92
56	2
14	74
3	118
10	78
56	17
8	81
16	57
24	60
1	117
4	95
3	98
13	22
13	21
3	117
0	113
23	45
10	36
23	52
18	67
2	88
25	46
30	22
20	27
21	63
2	92
11	79
5	84
31	29
12	73
36	19
20	65
4	88
19	52
7	75
33	36
14	52
2	79
15	36
18	36
22	27
51	7
16	46
17	41
18	34
37	12
4	79
22	65
20	52
8	56
4	44
14	29
18	41
23	18
32	37
21	63
16	61
2	79
19	52
12	56
12	46
3	71
8	21
21	46
21	58
24	34
14	52
16	57
28	18
15	36
42	1
33	6
34	7
5	71
19	41
17	41
10	39
15	13
5	62
17	51
9	59
9	59
34	11
2	73
25	15
16	36
12	65
16	13

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
68	103
96	90
60	84
45	89
62	69
48	74
38	89
43	82
84	63
23	67
14	99
20	71
65	63
37	115
60	58
47	102
41	124
32	86
51	46
41	57
31	81
42	57
24	110
34	56
62	41
40	61
31	99
66	37
21	118
17	100
84	37
25	92
47	25
44	55
31	36
33	36
25	36
61	47
18	110
32	75
32	59
55	19
65	39
93	25
23	129
65	15
10	71
53	16
7	99
17	103
28	10
19	92
31	23
49	61
42	46
39	61
22	74
37	61
19	23
15	98
24	79
67	6
7	81
25	75
58	27
14	103
10	106
9	79
9	79
20	82
28	60
58	7
22	74
12	98
9	119
34	4
6	43
20	77
16	74
18	32
18	37
36	61
7	103
8	101
10	65
28	59
20	67
23	57
7	98
7	110
8	116
3	113
24	57
9	54
20	38
50	13
9	62
9	94
12	78
5	98
22	52
16	83
43	19
46	16
13	58
20	22
4	139
22	61
44	26
11	81
47	6
17	77
10	92
56	2
14	74
3	118
10	78
56	17
8	81
16	57
24	60
1	117
4	95
3	98
13	22
13	21
3	117
0	113
23	45
10	36
23	52
18	67
2	88
25	46
30	22
20	27
21	63
2	92
11	79
5	84
31	29
12	73
36	19
20	65
4	88
19	52
7	75
33	36
14	52
2	79
15	36
18	36
22	27
51	7
16	46
17	41
18	34
37	12
4	79
22	65
20	52
8	56
4	44
14	29
18	41
23	18
32	37
21	63
16	61
2	79
19	52
12	56
12	46
3	71
8	21
21	46
21	58
24	34
14	52
16	57
28	18
15	36
42	1
33	6
34	7
5	71
19	41
17	41
10	39
15	13
5	62
17	51
9	59
9	59
34	11
2	73
25	15
16	36
12	65
16	13

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
68	103
96	90
60	84
45	89
62	69
48	74
38	89
43	82
84	63
23	67
14	99
20	71
65	63
37	115
60	58
47	102
41	124
32	86
51	46
41	57
31	81
42	57
24	110
34	56
62	41
40	61
31	99
66	37
21	118
17	100
84	37
25	92
47	25
44	55
31	36
33	36
25	36
61	47
18	110
32	75
32	59
55	19
65	39
93	25
23	129
65	15
10	71
53	16
7	99
17	103
28	10
19	92
31	23
49	61
42	46
39	61
22	74
37	61
19	23
15	98
24	79
67	6
7	81
25	75
58	27
14	103
10	106
9	79
9	79
20	82
28	60
58	7
22	74
12	98
9	119
34	4
6	43
20	77
16	74
18	32
18	37
36	61
7	103
8	101
10	65
28	59
20	67
23	57
7	98
7	110
8	116
3	113
24	57
9	54
20	38
50	13
9	62
9	94
12	78
5	98
22	52
16	83
43	19
46	16
13	58
20	22
4	139
22	61
44	26
11	81
47	6
17	77
10	92
56	2
14	74
3	118
10	78
56	17
8	81
16	57
24	60
1	117
4	95
3	98
13	22
13	21
3	117
0	113
23	45
10	36
23	52
18	67
2	88
25	46
30	22
20	27
21	63
2	92
11	79
5	84
31	29
12	73
36	19
20	65
4	88
19	52
7	75
33	36
14	52
2	79
15	36
18	36
22	27
51	7
16	46
17	41
18	34
37	12
4	79
22	65
20	52
8	56
4	44
14	29
18	41
23	18
32	37
21	63
16	61
2	79
19	52
12	56
12	46
3	71
8	21
21	46
21	58
24	34
14	52
16	57
28	18
15	36
42	1
33	6
34	7
5	71
19	41
17	41
10	39
15	13
5	62
17	51
9	59
9	59
34	11
2	73
25	15
16	36
12	65
16	13