Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 29 January 2021

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 29 January 2021
Start: 2021-01-21
End: 2021-01-29
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 29 January 2021: 752 records at 701 stations, peak on 25 January 2021. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 29 January 2021 set or tied 752 station records at 701 stations.
It ran from 21 January 2021 to 29 January 2021 (9 days) and its peak day was 25 January 2021.
Status: closed.
Lincoln AP set a daily record precipitation of 28.7 mm (1.1 in) on 25 January 2021.
The busiest day was 25 January 2021 with 344 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 125 years.

Footprint

21 to 29 January 2021

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 29 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, 21 to 29 January 2021: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Lincoln AP	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	2021-01-25
Princeton	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2021-01-26
Oswego 1 N	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2021-01-25
Pittsburg	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2021-01-25
Man	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	2021-01-26
Hopkinsville	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	2021-01-25
Lockwood	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2021-01-25
Erick	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	2021-01-25
Columbus	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	2021-01-25
Marshfield 4 WSW	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2021-01-25
Geneva	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	2021-01-25
Fredonia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	2021-01-25
Logan	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	2021-01-26
De Soto	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2021-01-25
White Sulphur Springs	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	2021-01-26
Montezuma 2 NW	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	2021-01-28
Georgetown Wtr Wks	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	2021-01-25
Mtn Grove 2 N	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	2021-01-25
El Dorado	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	2021-01-25
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	2021-01-25

Records per Day

Peak day 344

Records set or tied each day from 21 January 2021 to 29 January 2021. The most in one day was 344 on 25 January 2021.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 29 January 2021 ranked by margin
Montezuma 2 NW, 01-28	41.7 mm (1.6 in)
Hopkinsville, 01-25	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
Pittsburg, 01-25	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
Man, 01-26	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
Lockwood, 01-25	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
Georgetown Wtr Wks, 01-25	30.3 mm (1.2 in)
Marshfield 4 WSW, 01-25	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
Oswego 1 N, 01-25	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
Erick, 01-25	26.9 mm (1.1 in)
Mtn Grove 2 N, 01-25	25.7 mm (1.0 in)
De Soto, 01-25	25.6 mm (1.0 in)
Fredonia, 01-25	25.1 mm (1.0 in)
Princeton, 01-26	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
Columbus, 01-25	22.1 mm (0.9 in)
White Sulphur Springs, 01-26	21.6 mm (0.9 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, 21 to 29 January 2021
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	71
24	119
14	71
28	122
38	72
33	71
40	119
32	80
27	72
22	122
28	112
15	80
15	125
25	80
18	119
26	117
22	78
42	78
30	63
26	92
20	112
15	122
65	43
19	42
5	100
18	78
11	89
10	105
18	112
14	119
31	54
22	84
16	59
38	38
21	88
48	45
14	112
14	119
24	38
16	112
9	122
34	45
37	45
5	105
12	71
7	105
8	125
47	17
11	100
1	106
6	105
8	122
15	80
5	103
12	122
11	112
19	92
5	123
36	43
18	80
8	98
5	105
25	72
9	122
46	19
19	72
5	89
27	32
14	73
19	69
21	71
10	107
7	89
22	45
11	77
2	112
3	116
12	88
27	43
6	72
5	119
7	71
29	43
36	43
33	45
10	100
23	34
39	45
21	78
14	54
7	80
43	32
35	43
12	72
30	11
16	17
10	80
33	45
12	77
6	112
5	89
7	59
7	89
13	59
11	103
13	42
2	103
18	54
33	43
31	45
25	30
42	9
2	100
3	92
23	45
18	17
19	72
6	80
2	105
9	59
6	76
6	76
4	119
11	42
3	112
3	122
22	17
24	43
29	45
12	78
9	80
11	17
21	55
1	122
20	43
6	72
4	119
5	73
46	6
1	105
14	54
25	43
22	43
15	71
6	41
1	105
10	52
8	32
1	105
0	105
28	29
1	122
19	45
16	32
25	45
19	43
20	72
17	72
1	98
0	119
1	125
10	72
17	72
18	20
5	71
20	54
13	32
6	76
3	80
11	17
9	69
13	26
3	80
16	32
1	89
33	45
20	45
30	17
2	80
1	89
1	84
9	65
10	60
17	43
15	43
10	59
13	71
4	43
3	80
9	54
4	76
19	17
2	77
8	59
6	60
9	4
12	43
2	73
3	56
3	71

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 29 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, 21 to 29 January 2021 (this event)	752 records

Every Record Set

20 of 752

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 29 January 2021, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2021-01-25	Lincoln AP	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	71	68 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-25	Oswego 1 N	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	122	66 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-25	Pittsburg	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	72	66 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-25	Hopkinsville	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	119	65 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-25	Lockwood	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	80	65 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-25	Erick	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	72	65 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-25	Columbus	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	122	63 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-25	Marshfield 4 WSW	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	112	63 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-25	Geneva	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	80	63 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-25	Fredonia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	80	61 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-25	De Soto	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	117	60 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-25	Georgetown Wtr Wks	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	63	58 of 100 (Notable)
2021-01-25	Mtn Grove 2 N	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	92	58 of 100 (Notable)
2021-01-25	El Dorado	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	125	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-25	Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	71	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-01-26	Princeton	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	119	67 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-26	Man	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	71	66 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-26	Logan	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	119	61 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-26	White Sulphur Springs	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	78	60 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-28	Montezuma 2 NW	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	78	59 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 752 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
2021-01-21	2
2021-01-22	13
2021-01-23	28
2021-01-24	67
2021-01-25	344
2021-01-26	260
2021-01-27	21
2021-01-28	8
2021-01-29	9

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	71
24	119
14	71
28	122
38	72
33	71
40	119
32	80
27	72
22	122
28	112
15	80
15	125
25	80
18	119
26	117
22	78
42	78
30	63
26	92
20	112
15	122
65	43
19	42
5	100
18	78
11	89
10	105
18	112
14	119
31	54
22	84
16	59
38	38
21	88
48	45
14	112
14	119
24	38
16	112
9	122
34	45
37	45
5	105
12	71
7	105
8	125
47	17
11	100
1	106
6	105
8	122
15	80
5	103
12	122
11	112
19	92
5	123
36	43
18	80
8	98
5	105
25	72
9	122
46	19
19	72
5	89
27	32
14	73
19	69
21	71
10	107
7	89
22	45
11	77
2	112
3	116
12	88
27	43
6	72
5	119
7	71
29	43
36	43
33	45
10	100
23	34
39	45
21	78
14	54
7	80
43	32
35	43
12	72
30	11
16	17
10	80
33	45
12	77
6	112
5	89
7	59
7	89
13	59
11	103
13	42
2	103
18	54
33	43
31	45
25	30
42	9
2	100
3	92
23	45
18	17
19	72
6	80
2	105
9	59
6	76
6	76
4	119
11	42
3	112
3	122
22	17
24	43
29	45
12	78
9	80
11	17
21	55
1	122
20	43
6	72
4	119
5	73
46	6
1	105
14	54
25	43
22	43
15	71
6	41
1	105
10	52
8	32
1	105
0	105
28	29
1	122
19	45
16	32
25	45
19	43
20	72
17	72
1	98
0	119
1	125
10	72
17	72
18	20
5	71
20	54
13	32
6	76
3	80
11	17
9	69
13	26
3	80
16	32
1	89
33	45
20	45
30	17
2	80
1	89
1	84
9	65
10	60
17	43
15	43
10	59
13	71
4	43
3	80
9	54
4	76
19	17
2	77
8	59
6	60
9	4
12	43
2	73
3	56
3	71

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	71
24	119
14	71
28	122
38	72
33	71
40	119
32	80
27	72
22	122
28	112
15	80
15	125
25	80
18	119
26	117
22	78
42	78
30	63
26	92
20	112
15	122
65	43
19	42
5	100
18	78
11	89
10	105
18	112
14	119
31	54
22	84
16	59
38	38
21	88
48	45
14	112
14	119
24	38
16	112
9	122
34	45
37	45
5	105
12	71
7	105
8	125
47	17
11	100
1	106
6	105
8	122
15	80
5	103
12	122
11	112
19	92
5	123
36	43
18	80
8	98
5	105
25	72
9	122
46	19
19	72
5	89
27	32
14	73
19	69
21	71
10	107
7	89
22	45
11	77
2	112
3	116
12	88
27	43
6	72
5	119
7	71
29	43
36	43
33	45
10	100
23	34
39	45
21	78
14	54
7	80
43	32
35	43
12	72
30	11
16	17
10	80
33	45
12	77
6	112
5	89
7	59
7	89
13	59
11	103
13	42
2	103
18	54
33	43
31	45
25	30
42	9
2	100
3	92
23	45
18	17
19	72
6	80
2	105
9	59
6	76
6	76
4	119
11	42
3	112
3	122
22	17
24	43
29	45
12	78
9	80
11	17
21	55
1	122
20	43
6	72
4	119
5	73
46	6
1	105
14	54
25	43
22	43
15	71
6	41
1	105
10	52
8	32
1	105
0	105
28	29
1	122
19	45
16	32
25	45
19	43
20	72
17	72
1	98
0	119
1	125
10	72
17	72
18	20
5	71
20	54
13	32
6	76
3	80
11	17
9	69
13	26
3	80
16	32
1	89
33	45
20	45
30	17
2	80
1	89
1	84
9	65
10	60
17	43
15	43
10	59
13	71
4	43
3	80
9	54
4	76
19	17
2	77
8	59
6	60
9	4
12	43
2	73
3	56
3	71

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	71
24	119
14	71
28	122
38	72
33	71
40	119
32	80
27	72
22	122
28	112
15	80
15	125
25	80
18	119
26	117
22	78
42	78
30	63
26	92
20	112
15	122
65	43
19	42
5	100
18	78
11	89
10	105
18	112
14	119
31	54
22	84
16	59
38	38
21	88
48	45
14	112
14	119
24	38
16	112
9	122
34	45
37	45
5	105
12	71
7	105
8	125
47	17
11	100
1	106
6	105
8	122
15	80
5	103
12	122
11	112
19	92
5	123
36	43
18	80
8	98
5	105
25	72
9	122
46	19
19	72
5	89
27	32
14	73
19	69
21	71
10	107
7	89
22	45
11	77
2	112
3	116
12	88
27	43
6	72
5	119
7	71
29	43
36	43
33	45
10	100
23	34
39	45
21	78
14	54
7	80
43	32
35	43
12	72
30	11
16	17
10	80
33	45
12	77
6	112
5	89
7	59
7	89
13	59
11	103
13	42
2	103
18	54
33	43
31	45
25	30
42	9
2	100
3	92
23	45
18	17
19	72
6	80
2	105
9	59
6	76
6	76
4	119
11	42
3	112
3	122
22	17
24	43
29	45
12	78
9	80
11	17
21	55
1	122
20	43
6	72
4	119
5	73
46	6
1	105
14	54
25	43
22	43
15	71
6	41
1	105
10	52
8	32
1	105
0	105
28	29
1	122
19	45
16	32
25	45
19	43
20	72
17	72
1	98
0	119
1	125
10	72
17	72
18	20
5	71
20	54
13	32
6	76
3	80
11	17
9	69
13	26
3	80
16	32
1	89
33	45
20	45
30	17
2	80
1	89
1	84
9	65
10	60
17	43
15	43
10	59
13	71
4	43
3	80
9	54
4	76
19	17
2	77
8	59
6	60
9	4
12	43
2	73
3	56
3	71