Extreme rain in United States, 5 to 7 January 2021

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 5 to 7 January 2021
Start: 2021-01-05
End: 2021-01-07
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 5 to 7 January 2021: 113 records at 113 stations, peak on 7 January 2021. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 5 to 7 January 2021 set or tied 113 station records at 113 stations.
It ran from 5 January 2021 to 7 January 2021 (3 days) and its peak day was 7 January 2021.
Status: closed.
Broken Bow 1 N set a daily record precipitation of 121.9 mm (4.8 in) on 7 January 2021.
The busiest day was 7 January 2021 with 95 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 129 years.

Footprint

5 to 7 January 2021

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 5 to 7 January 2021 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, 5 to 7 January 2021: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Broken Bow 1 N	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	2021-01-07
Prescott 2 NNW	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	2021-01-07
Jefferson	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	2021-01-07
Danville	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	2021-01-07
Dequeen	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	2021-01-07
Mt Pleasant	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	2021-01-07
Pine Ridge	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	2021-01-07
Antoine 1 SW	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	2021-01-07
Perry	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2021-01-07
Texarkana	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	2021-01-07
Idabel	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2021-01-07
Longview	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	2021-01-07
Nashville	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2021-01-07
Murfreesboro 1W	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	2021-01-07
Tyler Pounds Fld	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	2021-01-06
Camden 1	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	2021-01-07
Columbus 3 NE	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	2021-01-06
Logan 1 WNW	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	2021-01-07
Lamar 7N	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2021-01-07
Nebraska City 2NW	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	2021-01-07

Records per Day

Peak day 95

Records set or tied each day from 5 January 2021 to 7 January 2021. The most in one day was 95 on 7 January 2021.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 5 to 7 January 2021 ranked by margin
Broken Bow 1 N, 01-07	69.8 mm (2.7 in)
Mt Pleasant, 01-07	68.1 mm (2.7 in)
Texarkana, 01-07	58.9 mm (2.3 in)
Antoine 1 SW, 01-07	56.9 mm (2.2 in)
Prescott 2 NNW, 01-07	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
Jefferson, 01-07	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
Murfreesboro 1W, 01-07	42.7 mm (1.7 in)
Dequeen, 01-07	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
Pine Ridge, 01-07	36.9 mm (1.5 in)
Nashville, 01-07	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
Danville, 01-07	36.6 mm (1.4 in)
Idabel, 01-07	19.8 mm (0.8 in)
Longview, 01-07	16.5 mm (0.6 in)
Tyler Pounds Fld, 01-06	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
Camden 1, 01-07	15.0 mm (0.6 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

113 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, 5 to 7 January 2021
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
70	101
49	91
47	78
37	91
42	77
68	33
37	88
12	81
57	33
13	87
59	16
4	112
20	88
17	88
37	33
10	87
43	33
3	99
15	78
15	78
56	5
13	93
37	33
7	91
39	16
1	129
41	23
4	91
10	78
4	87
42	33
33	28
43	14
1	86
1	81
8	22
28	33
8	39
1	68
15	60
15	48
27	33
20	33
4	75
22	33
16	48
2	64
12	33
15	33
22	30
16	33
6	11
1	54
6	13
15	30
12	30
1	47
23	16
5	11
31	3
6	33
15	33
9	13
7	30
12	11
5	30
10	30
0	41
17	33
15	33
3	33
15	13
1	45
6	23
6	16
2	45
8	33
2	30
5	11
0	45
10	13
9	30
6	11
4	30
12	19
2	11
0	33
2	16
1	23
2	33
1	30
7	5
3	11
9	23
8	5
8	5
5	5
1	11
1	32
9	3
9	16
4	11
1	23
1	11
5	23
1	29
3	11
3	23
1	11
2	11
1	11
3	5
1	6

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 5 to 7 January 2021 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, 5 to 7 January 2021 (this event)	113 records

Every Record Set

20 of 113

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 5 to 7 January 2021, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2021-01-06	Tyler Pounds Fld	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	78	43 of 100 (Notable)
2021-01-06	Columbus 3 NE	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	99	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-07	Broken Bow 1 N	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	101	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2021-01-07	Prescott 2 NNW	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	91	67 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-07	Jefferson	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	78	66 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-07	Danville	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	91	61 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-07	Dequeen	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	77	60 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-07	Mt Pleasant	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	33	59 of 100 (Notable)
2021-01-07	Pine Ridge	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	88	57 of 100 (Notable)
2021-01-07	Antoine 1 SW	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33	55 of 100 (Notable)
2021-01-07	Perry	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	87	50 of 100 (Notable)
2021-01-07	Texarkana	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	16	49 of 100 (Notable)
2021-01-07	Idabel	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	88	48 of 100 (Notable)
2021-01-07	Longview	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	88	48 of 100 (Notable)
2021-01-07	Nashville	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33	45 of 100 (Notable)
2021-01-07	Murfreesboro 1W	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33	44 of 100 (Notable)
2021-01-07	Camden 1	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	78	43 of 100 (Notable)
2021-01-07	Logan 1 WNW	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	112	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-07	Lamar 7N	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	87	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-07	Nebraska City 2NW	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	81	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 113 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
70	101
49	91
47	78
37	91
42	77
68	33
37	88
12	81
57	33
13	87
59	16
4	112
20	88
17	88
37	33
10	87
43	33
3	99
15	78
15	78
56	5
13	93
37	33
7	91
39	16
1	129
41	23
4	91
10	78
4	87
42	33
33	28
43	14
1	86
1	81
8	22
28	33
8	39
1	68
15	60
15	48
27	33
20	33
4	75
22	33
16	48
2	64
12	33
15	33
22	30
16	33
6	11
1	54
6	13
15	30
12	30
1	47
23	16
5	11
31	3
6	33
15	33
9	13
7	30
12	11
5	30
10	30
0	41
17	33
15	33
3	33
15	13
1	45
6	23
6	16
2	45
8	33
2	30
5	11
0	45
10	13
9	30
6	11
4	30
12	19
2	11
0	33
2	16
1	23
2	33
1	30
7	5
3	11
9	23
8	5
8	5
5	5
1	11
1	32
9	3
9	16
4	11
1	23
1	11
5	23
1	29
3	11
3	23
1	11
2	11
1	11
3	5
1	6

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
70	101
49	91
47	78
37	91
42	77
68	33
37	88
12	81
57	33
13	87
59	16
4	112
20	88
17	88
37	33
10	87
43	33
3	99
15	78
15	78
56	5
13	93
37	33
7	91
39	16
1	129
41	23
4	91
10	78
4	87
42	33
33	28
43	14
1	86
1	81
8	22
28	33
8	39
1	68
15	60
15	48
27	33
20	33
4	75
22	33
16	48
2	64
12	33
15	33
22	30
16	33
6	11
1	54
6	13
15	30
12	30
1	47
23	16
5	11
31	3
6	33
15	33
9	13
7	30
12	11
5	30
10	30
0	41
17	33
15	33
3	33
15	13
1	45
6	23
6	16
2	45
8	33
2	30
5	11
0	45
10	13
9	30
6	11
4	30
12	19
2	11
0	33
2	16
1	23
2	33
1	30
7	5
3	11
9	23
8	5
8	5
5	5
1	11
1	32
9	3
9	16
4	11
1	23
1	11
5	23
1	29
3	11
3	23
1	11
2	11
1	11
3	5
1	6

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
70	101
49	91
47	78
37	91
42	77
68	33
37	88
12	81
57	33
13	87
59	16
4	112
20	88
17	88
37	33
10	87
43	33
3	99
15	78
15	78
56	5
13	93
37	33
7	91
39	16
1	129
41	23
4	91
10	78
4	87
42	33
33	28
43	14
1	86
1	81
8	22
28	33
8	39
1	68
15	60
15	48
27	33
20	33
4	75
22	33
16	48
2	64
12	33
15	33
22	30
16	33
6	11
1	54
6	13
15	30
12	30
1	47
23	16
5	11
31	3
6	33
15	33
9	13
7	30
12	11
5	30
10	30
0	41
17	33
15	33
3	33
15	13
1	45
6	23
6	16
2	45
8	33
2	30
5	11
0	45
10	13
9	30
6	11
4	30
12	19
2	11
0	33
2	16
1	23
2	33
1	30
7	5
3	11
9	23
8	5
8	5
5	5
1	11
1	32
9	3
9	16
4	11
1	23
1	11
5	23
1	29
3	11
3	23
1	11
2	11
1	11
3	5
1	6