Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 29 June 2020

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 29 June 2020
Start: 2020-06-17
End: 2020-06-29
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 29 June 2020: 338 records at 308 stations, peak on 22 June 2020. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 29 June 2020 set or tied 338 station records at 308 stations.
It ran from 17 June 2020 to 29 June 2020 (13 days) and its peak day was 22 June 2020.
Status: closed.
Huntsville set a daily record precipitation of 137.2 mm (5.4 in) on 24 June 2020.
The busiest day was 22 June 2020 with 75 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 131 years.

Footprint

17 to 29 June 2020

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 29 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, 17 to 29 June 2020: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Huntsville	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	2020-06-24
Antigo	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	2020-06-20
Wis Rapids Grand Av B	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	2020-06-21
Bartlesville Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	2020-06-19
Memphis	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	2020-06-20
Weatherford	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	2020-06-20
Wausau ASOS	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	2020-06-20
Dallas FAA AP	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	2020-06-19
Crete 4ESE	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	2020-06-19
Morton	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	2020-06-23
S Bend AP	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	2020-06-21
Joe Pool Lake	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	2020-06-20
Hudson	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	2020-06-22
Baton Rouge Metro AP	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	2020-06-24
Hope 3 NE	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	2020-06-22
Sheridan	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	2020-06-22
Gregory	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	2020-06-18
Peebles	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	2020-06-22
Bowie	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	2020-06-22
Clarks Hill 1 W	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	2020-06-25

Records per Day

Peak day 75

Records set or tied each day from 17 June 2020 to 29 June 2020. The most in one day was 75 on 22 June 2020.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 29 June 2020
Date	Records
2020-06-17	1
2020-06-18	11
2020-06-19	38
2020-06-20	52
2020-06-21	27
2020-06-22	75
2020-06-23	68
2020-06-24	30
2020-06-25	19
2020-06-26	8
2020-06-27	5
2020-06-28	2
2020-06-29	2

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 29 June 2020 ranked by margin
Huntsville, 06-24	86.4 mm (3.4 in)
Sheridan, 06-22	79.5 mm (3.1 in)
Joe Pool Lake, 06-20	75.7 mm (3.0 in)
Hope 3 NE, 06-22	58.9 mm (2.3 in)
Clarks Hill 1 W, 06-25	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
Dallas FAA AP, 06-19	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
Bartlesville Muni AP, 06-19	42.4 mm (1.7 in)
Weatherford, 06-20	42.1 mm (1.7 in)
Wis Rapids Grand Av B, 06-21	41.4 mm (1.6 in)
Wausau ASOS, 06-20	40.1 mm (1.6 in)
Crete 4ESE, 06-19	38.6 mm (1.5 in)
Antigo, 06-20	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
Memphis, 06-20	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
Bowie, 06-22	37.9 mm (1.5 in)
Baton Rouge Metro AP, 06-24	36.5 mm (1.4 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

338 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, 17 to 29 June 2020
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
86	84
38	89
41	71
42	93
38	113
42	99
40	71
47	73
39	74
28	85
15	113
23	92
76	27
37	74
59	20
80	20
22	70
48	35
22	74
38	61
35	72
32	56
91	28
10	113
15	87
28	74
25	74
51	34
48	30
53	54
5	103
7	101
8	108
12	113
21	58
26	58
39	47
15	99
5	123
30	1
45	28
16	69
4	115
4	114
31	50
45	20
45	34
17	58
2	101
1	131
3	94
9	74
23	73
22	71
7	87
17	61
49	21
15	57
23	45
4	89
38	35
2	88
11	73
36	11
31	28
38	52
7	73
37	22
6	74
14	61
9	59
48	20
33	27
33	24
13	61
28	40
26	9
14	59
14	55
5	75
24	38
3	79
45	16
17	30
26	40
12	61
5	71
20	15
24	33
2	78
9	61
19	60
3	73
20	47
35	16
15	30
25	9
21	20
41	1
56	3
39	12
15	51
11	40
6	64
13	51
14	36
12	50
8	43
27	21
6	71
20	47
7	58
7	64
14	34
13	45
6	64
16	27
32	13
20	27
27	13
36	9
37	6
19	18
9	48
9	58
20	33
1	71
33	21
11	37
0	61
4	58
9	40
50	6
8	40
33	13
3	61
27	11
14	27
4	49
31	29
7	40
0	69
5	58
5	60
2	68
1	58
22	16
6	44
9	42
19	28
9	49
24	1
3	61
38	6
2	52
13	27
28	6
16	11
12	26
7	53
14	39
14	27
6	38
4	50
31	16
25	3
24	9
2	47
20	27
17	27
15	20
3	51
11	33
1	55
10	14
25	20
14	20
6	49
6	36
25	2
4	50
14	21
26	2
16	13
6	45
31	3
7	44
8	39
18	9
5	33
9	30
11	6
4	43
15	19
25	1
21	21
19	19
5	30
11	30
6	28

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 29 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, 17 to 29 June 2020 (this event)	338 records

Every Record Set

20 of 338

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 29 June 2020, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2020-06-18	Gregory	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	74	49 of 100 (Notable)
2020-06-19	Bartlesville Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	93	62 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-19	Dallas FAA AP	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	73	57 of 100 (Notable)
2020-06-19	Crete 4ESE	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	74	56 of 100 (Notable)
2020-06-20	Antigo	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	89	68 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-20	Memphis	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	113	61 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-20	Weatherford	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	99	61 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-20	Wausau ASOS	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	71	61 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-20	Joe Pool Lake	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	27	51 of 100 (Notable)
2020-06-21	Wis Rapids Grand Av B	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	71	63 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-21	S Bend AP	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	113	52 of 100 (Notable)
2020-06-22	Hudson	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	92	51 of 100 (Notable)
2020-06-22	Hope 3 NE	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	20	50 of 100 (Notable)
2020-06-22	Sheridan	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	20	50 of 100 (Notable)
2020-06-22	Peebles	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	70	49 of 100 (Notable)
2020-06-22	Bowie	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	61	49 of 100 (Notable)
2020-06-23	Morton	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	85	55 of 100 (Notable)
2020-06-24	Huntsville	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	84	75 of 100 (Major)
2020-06-24	Baton Rouge Metro AP	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	74	51 of 100 (Notable)
2020-06-25	Clarks Hill 1 W	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35	49 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 338 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.

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
86	84
38	89
41	71
42	93
38	113
42	99
40	71
47	73
39	74
28	85
15	113
23	92
76	27
37	74
59	20
80	20
22	70
48	35
22	74
38	61
35	72
32	56
91	28
10	113
15	87
28	74
25	74
51	34
48	30
53	54
5	103
7	101
8	108
12	113
21	58
26	58
39	47
15	99
5	123
30	1
45	28
16	69
4	115
4	114
31	50
45	20
45	34
17	58
2	101
1	131
3	94
9	74
23	73
22	71
7	87
17	61
49	21
15	57
23	45
4	89
38	35
2	88
11	73
36	11
31	28
38	52
7	73
37	22
6	74
14	61
9	59
48	20
33	27
33	24
13	61
28	40
26	9
14	59
14	55
5	75
24	38
3	79
45	16
17	30
26	40
12	61
5	71
20	15
24	33
2	78
9	61
19	60
3	73
20	47
35	16
15	30
25	9
21	20
41	1
56	3
39	12
15	51
11	40
6	64
13	51
14	36
12	50
8	43
27	21
6	71
20	47
7	58
7	64
14	34
13	45
6	64
16	27
32	13
20	27
27	13
36	9
37	6
19	18
9	48
9	58
20	33
1	71
33	21
11	37
0	61
4	58
9	40
50	6
8	40
33	13
3	61
27	11
14	27
4	49
31	29
7	40
0	69
5	58
5	60
2	68
1	58
22	16
6	44
9	42
19	28
9	49
24	1
3	61
38	6
2	52
13	27
28	6
16	11
12	26
7	53
14	39
14	27
6	38
4	50
31	16
25	3
24	9
2	47
20	27
17	27
15	20
3	51
11	33
1	55
10	14
25	20
14	20
6	49
6	36
25	2
4	50
14	21
26	2
16	13
6	45
31	3
7	44
8	39
18	9
5	33
9	30
11	6
4	43
15	19
25	1
21	21
19	19
5	30
11	30
6	28

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
86	84
38	89
41	71
42	93
38	113
42	99
40	71
47	73
39	74
28	85
15	113
23	92
76	27
37	74
59	20
80	20
22	70
48	35
22	74
38	61
35	72
32	56
91	28
10	113
15	87
28	74
25	74
51	34
48	30
53	54
5	103
7	101
8	108
12	113
21	58
26	58
39	47
15	99
5	123
30	1
45	28
16	69
4	115
4	114
31	50
45	20
45	34
17	58
2	101
1	131
3	94
9	74
23	73
22	71
7	87
17	61
49	21
15	57
23	45
4	89
38	35
2	88
11	73
36	11
31	28
38	52
7	73
37	22
6	74
14	61
9	59
48	20
33	27
33	24
13	61
28	40
26	9
14	59
14	55
5	75
24	38
3	79
45	16
17	30
26	40
12	61
5	71
20	15
24	33
2	78
9	61
19	60
3	73
20	47
35	16
15	30
25	9
21	20
41	1
56	3
39	12
15	51
11	40
6	64
13	51
14	36
12	50
8	43
27	21
6	71
20	47
7	58
7	64
14	34
13	45
6	64
16	27
32	13
20	27
27	13
36	9
37	6
19	18
9	48
9	58
20	33
1	71
33	21
11	37
0	61
4	58
9	40
50	6
8	40
33	13
3	61
27	11
14	27
4	49
31	29
7	40
0	69
5	58
5	60
2	68
1	58
22	16
6	44
9	42
19	28
9	49
24	1
3	61
38	6
2	52
13	27
28	6
16	11
12	26
7	53
14	39
14	27
6	38
4	50
31	16
25	3
24	9
2	47
20	27
17	27
15	20
3	51
11	33
1	55
10	14
25	20
14	20
6	49
6	36
25	2
4	50
14	21
26	2
16	13
6	45
31	3
7	44
8	39
18	9
5	33
9	30
11	6
4	43
15	19
25	1
21	21
19	19
5	30
11	30
6	28

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
86	84
38	89
41	71
42	93
38	113
42	99
40	71
47	73
39	74
28	85
15	113
23	92
76	27
37	74
59	20
80	20
22	70
48	35
22	74
38	61
35	72
32	56
91	28
10	113
15	87
28	74
25	74
51	34
48	30
53	54
5	103
7	101
8	108
12	113
21	58
26	58
39	47
15	99
5	123
30	1
45	28
16	69
4	115
4	114
31	50
45	20
45	34
17	58
2	101
1	131
3	94
9	74
23	73
22	71
7	87
17	61
49	21
15	57
23	45
4	89
38	35
2	88
11	73
36	11
31	28
38	52
7	73
37	22
6	74
14	61
9	59
48	20
33	27
33	24
13	61
28	40
26	9
14	59
14	55
5	75
24	38
3	79
45	16
17	30
26	40
12	61
5	71
20	15
24	33
2	78
9	61
19	60
3	73
20	47
35	16
15	30
25	9
21	20
41	1
56	3
39	12
15	51
11	40
6	64
13	51
14	36
12	50
8	43
27	21
6	71
20	47
7	58
7	64
14	34
13	45
6	64
16	27
32	13
20	27
27	13
36	9
37	6
19	18
9	48
9	58
20	33
1	71
33	21
11	37
0	61
4	58
9	40
50	6
8	40
33	13
3	61
27	11
14	27
4	49
31	29
7	40
0	69
5	58
5	60
2	68
1	58
22	16
6	44
9	42
19	28
9	49
24	1
3	61
38	6
2	52
13	27
28	6
16	11
12	26
7	53
14	39
14	27
6	38
4	50
31	16
25	3
24	9
2	47
20	27
17	27
15	20
3	51
11	33
1	55
10	14
25	20
14	20
6	49
6	36
25	2
4	50
14	21
26	2
16	13
6	45
31	3
7	44
8	39
18	9
5	33
9	30
11	6
4	43
15	19
25	1
21	21
19	19
5	30
11	30
6	28