Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 14 October 2020

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 14 October 2020
Start: 2020-10-08
End: 2020-10-14
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 14 October 2020: 271 records at 257 stations, peak on 11 October 2020. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 14 October 2020 set or tied 271 station records at 257 stations.
It ran from 8 October 2020 to 14 October 2020 (7 days) and its peak day was 11 October 2020.
Status: closed.
Greeneville Exp STN set a daily record precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 12 October 2020.
The busiest day was 11 October 2020 with 77 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 123 years.

Footprint

8 to 14 October 2020

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 14 October 2020 is outlined, with 19 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 October 2020: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Greeneville Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2020-10-12
Ville Platte	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	2020-10-10
Elizabethton	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	2020-10-11
Natchez	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	2020-10-09
Jennings	Record daily precipitation	222.8 mm (8.8 in)	2020-10-10
Leeds	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	2020-10-11
Calhoun Falls	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2020-10-11
Oneonta	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	2020-10-10
Scottsboro	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	2020-10-11
Sulphur	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	2020-10-08
Guntersville	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	2020-10-11
Beaver Fire Twr	Record daily precipitation	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	2020-10-10
Gainesville	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	2020-10-11
Boyce 3 WNW	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	2020-10-09
Millinocket Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	2020-10-13
First Connecticut Lake	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	2020-10-14
Lake Charles	Record daily precipitation	242.1 mm (9.5 in)	2020-10-09
Winnsboro 5 SSE	Record daily precipitation	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	2020-10-10
Talladega	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	2020-10-11

Records per Day

Peak day 77

Records set or tied each day from 8 October 2020 to 14 October 2020. The most in one day was 77 on 11 October 2020.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 14 October 2020 ranked by margin
Boyce 3 WNW, 10-09	143.0 mm (5.6 in)
Winnsboro 5 SSE, 10-10	142.0 mm (5.6 in)
Ville Platte, 10-10	109.7 mm (4.3 in)
Beaver Fire Twr, 10-10	93.4 mm (3.7 in)
Sulphur, 10-08	79.8 mm (3.1 in)
Jennings, 10-10	70.4 mm (2.8 in)
Gainesville, 10-11	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
Lake Charles, 10-09	59.2 mm (2.3 in)
Leeds, 10-11	54.1 mm (2.1 in)
Natchez, 10-09	53.6 mm (2.1 in)
Greeneville Exp STN, 10-12	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
Oneonta, 10-10	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
Calhoun Falls, 10-11	35.8 mm (1.4 in)
Greeneville Exp STN, 10-11	35.1 mm (1.4 in)
Millinocket Muni AP, 10-13	33.0 mm (1.3 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

271 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 October 2020
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
53	123
110	71
26	115
54	111
70	45
54	93
36	115
37	106
33	115
80	34
27	106
35	38
64	38
93	13
143	38
13	100
33	75
24	118
142	16
59	49
68	72
67	21
60	28
48	47
30	79
140	16
113	2
21	122
29	46
16	93
9	111
163	16
12	101
56	21
90	2
10	119
10	111
18	102
30	37
7	115
9	118
36	42
20	81
6	119
7	93
41	21
31	30
16	51
35	18
72	2
33	50
2	115
25	30
1	111
3	102
32	42
0	116
33	37
9	86
39	2
40	5
30	34
60	16
40	17
2	94
52	18
7	26
48	18
19	30
30	30
13	59
37	30
53	12
29	54
37	13
1	52
25	35
30	39
1	85
44	13
75	3
21	42
30	8
24	38
5	81
32	28
26	27
52	2
32	43
21	30
25	37
24	37
26	43
31	13
20	21
11	13
35	2
56	18
17	21
3	68
25	16
18	45
24	21
14	37
17	37
20	30
19	34
11	61
32	16
1	25
46	27
14	30
13	37
40	18
6	13
9	13
8	50
43	2
29	2
25	9
12	27
25	13
38	27
29	21
4	52
12	30
37	2
32	6
17	37
11	37
9	44
15	28
42	16
26	21
21	16
11	27
10	49
18	2
5	52
12	37
9	37
21	3
9	43
18	17
19	19
6	42
9	30
37	16
9	26
28	2
9	30
25	2
16	19
16	26
47	17
18	6
4	39
20	21
9	21
4	37
14	27
6	43
10	28
20	19
15	16
20	2
8	30
10	30
11	18
13	18
2	42
11	21
10	30
8	22
32	5
9	36
7	30
9	37
14	16
7	18
10	2
11	17
1	43
19	9
6	18
10	16
14	27
17	11
5	30
26	9
9	21
4	18
1	37
8	2
15	18
2	38
2	25
0	37
1	30
0	37

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 14 October 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 October 2020 (this event)	271 records

Every Record Set

20 of 271

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 14 October 2020, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2020-10-08	Sulphur	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	34	58 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-09	Natchez	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	111	65 of 100 (Major)
2020-10-09	Boyce 3 WNW	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	38	55 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-09	Lake Charles	Record daily precipitation	242.1 mm (9.5 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	49	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-10	Ville Platte	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	71	70 of 100 (Major)
2020-10-10	Jennings	Record daily precipitation	222.8 mm (8.8 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45	64 of 100 (Major)
2020-10-10	Oneonta	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	106	59 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-10	Beaver Fire Twr	Record daily precipitation	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	13	56 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-10	Winnsboro 5 SSE	Record daily precipitation	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	16	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-11	Elizabethton	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	115	66 of 100 (Major)
2020-10-11	Leeds	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	93	63 of 100 (Major)
2020-10-11	Calhoun Falls	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	115	60 of 100 (Major)
2020-10-11	Scottsboro	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	115	59 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-11	Guntersville	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	106	57 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-11	Greeneville Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38	57 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-11	Gainesville	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38	56 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-11	Talladega	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	118	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-12	Greeneville Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	123	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2020-10-13	Millinocket Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	75	55 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-14	First Connecticut Lake	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	100	55 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 271 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
53	123
110	71
26	115
54	111
70	45
54	93
36	115
37	106
33	115
80	34
27	106
35	38
64	38
93	13
143	38
13	100
33	75
24	118
142	16
59	49
68	72
67	21
60	28
48	47
30	79
140	16
113	2
21	122
29	46
16	93
9	111
163	16
12	101
56	21
90	2
10	119
10	111
18	102
30	37
7	115
9	118
36	42
20	81
6	119
7	93
41	21
31	30
16	51
35	18
72	2
33	50
2	115
25	30
1	111
3	102
32	42
0	116
33	37
9	86
39	2
40	5
30	34
60	16
40	17
2	94
52	18
7	26
48	18
19	30
30	30
13	59
37	30
53	12
29	54
37	13
1	52
25	35
30	39
1	85
44	13
75	3
21	42
30	8
24	38
5	81
32	28
26	27
52	2
32	43
21	30
25	37
24	37
26	43
31	13
20	21
11	13
35	2
56	18
17	21
3	68
25	16
18	45
24	21
14	37
17	37
20	30
19	34
11	61
32	16
1	25
46	27
14	30
13	37
40	18
6	13
9	13
8	50
43	2
29	2
25	9
12	27
25	13
38	27
29	21
4	52
12	30
37	2
32	6
17	37
11	37
9	44
15	28
42	16
26	21
21	16
11	27
10	49
18	2
5	52
12	37
9	37
21	3
9	43
18	17
19	19
6	42
9	30
37	16
9	26
28	2
9	30
25	2
16	19
16	26
47	17
18	6
4	39
20	21
9	21
4	37
14	27
6	43
10	28
20	19
15	16
20	2
8	30
10	30
11	18
13	18
2	42
11	21
10	30
8	22
32	5
9	36
7	30
9	37
14	16
7	18
10	2
11	17
1	43
19	9
6	18
10	16
14	27
17	11
5	30
26	9
9	21
4	18
1	37
8	2
15	18
2	38
2	25
0	37
1	30
0	37

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
53	123
110	71
26	115
54	111
70	45
54	93
36	115
37	106
33	115
80	34
27	106
35	38
64	38
93	13
143	38
13	100
33	75
24	118
142	16
59	49
68	72
67	21
60	28
48	47
30	79
140	16
113	2
21	122
29	46
16	93
9	111
163	16
12	101
56	21
90	2
10	119
10	111
18	102
30	37
7	115
9	118
36	42
20	81
6	119
7	93
41	21
31	30
16	51
35	18
72	2
33	50
2	115
25	30
1	111
3	102
32	42
0	116
33	37
9	86
39	2
40	5
30	34
60	16
40	17
2	94
52	18
7	26
48	18
19	30
30	30
13	59
37	30
53	12
29	54
37	13
1	52
25	35
30	39
1	85
44	13
75	3
21	42
30	8
24	38
5	81
32	28
26	27
52	2
32	43
21	30
25	37
24	37
26	43
31	13
20	21
11	13
35	2
56	18
17	21
3	68
25	16
18	45
24	21
14	37
17	37
20	30
19	34
11	61
32	16
1	25
46	27
14	30
13	37
40	18
6	13
9	13
8	50
43	2
29	2
25	9
12	27
25	13
38	27
29	21
4	52
12	30
37	2
32	6
17	37
11	37
9	44
15	28
42	16
26	21
21	16
11	27
10	49
18	2
5	52
12	37
9	37
21	3
9	43
18	17
19	19
6	42
9	30
37	16
9	26
28	2
9	30
25	2
16	19
16	26
47	17
18	6
4	39
20	21
9	21
4	37
14	27
6	43
10	28
20	19
15	16
20	2
8	30
10	30
11	18
13	18
2	42
11	21
10	30
8	22
32	5
9	36
7	30
9	37
14	16
7	18
10	2
11	17
1	43
19	9
6	18
10	16
14	27
17	11
5	30
26	9
9	21
4	18
1	37
8	2
15	18
2	38
2	25
0	37
1	30
0	37

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
53	123
110	71
26	115
54	111
70	45
54	93
36	115
37	106
33	115
80	34
27	106
35	38
64	38
93	13
143	38
13	100
33	75
24	118
142	16
59	49
68	72
67	21
60	28
48	47
30	79
140	16
113	2
21	122
29	46
16	93
9	111
163	16
12	101
56	21
90	2
10	119
10	111
18	102
30	37
7	115
9	118
36	42
20	81
6	119
7	93
41	21
31	30
16	51
35	18
72	2
33	50
2	115
25	30
1	111
3	102
32	42
0	116
33	37
9	86
39	2
40	5
30	34
60	16
40	17
2	94
52	18
7	26
48	18
19	30
30	30
13	59
37	30
53	12
29	54
37	13
1	52
25	35
30	39
1	85
44	13
75	3
21	42
30	8
24	38
5	81
32	28
26	27
52	2
32	43
21	30
25	37
24	37
26	43
31	13
20	21
11	13
35	2
56	18
17	21
3	68
25	16
18	45
24	21
14	37
17	37
20	30
19	34
11	61
32	16
1	25
46	27
14	30
13	37
40	18
6	13
9	13
8	50
43	2
29	2
25	9
12	27
25	13
38	27
29	21
4	52
12	30
37	2
32	6
17	37
11	37
9	44
15	28
42	16
26	21
21	16
11	27
10	49
18	2
5	52
12	37
9	37
21	3
9	43
18	17
19	19
6	42
9	30
37	16
9	26
28	2
9	30
25	2
16	19
16	26
47	17
18	6
4	39
20	21
9	21
4	37
14	27
6	43
10	28
20	19
15	16
20	2
8	30
10	30
11	18
13	18
2	42
11	21
10	30
8	22
32	5
9	36
7	30
9	37
14	16
7	18
10	2
11	17
1	43
19	9
6	18
10	16
14	27
17	11
5	30
26	9
9	21
4	18
1	37
8	2
15	18
2	38
2	25
0	37
1	30
0	37