Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 24 June 2021

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 24 June 2021
Start: 2021-06-18
End: 2021-06-24
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 24 June 2021: 235 records at 225 stations, peak on 19 June 2021. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 24 June 2021 set or tied 235 station records at 225 stations.
It ran from 18 June 2021 to 24 June 2021 (7 days) and its peak day was 19 June 2021.
Status: closed.
Kings Mills set a daily record precipitation of 85.1 mm (3.4 in) on 19 June 2021.
The busiest day was 19 June 2021 with 67 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 127 years.

Footprint

18 to 24 June 2021

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 24 June 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, 18 to 24 June 2021: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Kings Mills	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	2021-06-19
Biloxi	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	2021-06-19
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	Record daily precipitation	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	2021-06-20
Sand Mt Substn	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	2021-06-20
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	2021-06-19
Wiggins	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	2021-06-19
Marshall	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	2021-06-21
Natrona Lock 4	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	2021-06-22
Charleroi Lock 4	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	2021-06-22
Princeton 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	2021-06-21
Jasper 1 NNW	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	2021-06-20
Quincy 3 SSW	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	2021-06-23
Eaton	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2021-06-19
Tuscaloosa AP ASOS	Record daily precipitation	207.3 mm (8.2 in)	2021-06-19
Franklin	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	2021-06-19
Middletown	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2021-06-19
Rome	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	2021-06-20
Gainesville Lock	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	2021-06-20
Ft Payne	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	2021-06-20
Guntersville	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	2021-06-20

Records per Day

Peak day 67

Records set or tied each day from 18 June 2021 to 24 June 2021. The most in one day was 67 on 19 June 2021.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 24 June 2021 ranked by margin
Wiggins, 06-19	91.5 mm (3.6 in)
Biloxi, 06-19	86.6 mm (3.4 in)
Princeton 1 SE, 06-21	72.9 mm (2.9 in)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam, 06-20	70.6 mm (2.8 in)
Guntersville, 06-20	67.5 mm (2.7 in)
Quincy 3 SSW, 06-23	61.2 mm (2.4 in)
Sand Mt Substn, 06-20	57.7 mm (2.3 in)
Jasper 1 NNW, 06-20	51.5 mm (2.0 in)
Kings Mills, 06-19	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
Eaton, 06-19	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
Gainesville Lock, 06-20	43.1 mm (1.7 in)
Tuscaloosa AP ASOS, 06-19	42.7 mm (1.7 in)
Marshall, 06-21	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
Middletown, 06-19	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
Charleroi Lock 4, 06-22	38.4 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

235 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, 18 to 24 June 2021
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
48	106
71	58
87	112
58	64
16	88
92	70
37	84
42	127
38	48
73	51
61	50
52	44
46	42
43	1
13	91
16	81
40	44
43	60
22	31
68	14
44	50
76	23
34	71
96	23
50	11
32	68
39	48
22	115
33	40
46	3
16	100
33	32
27	82
122	24
37	52
13	124
11	107
29	64
36	72
13	63
44	8
16	83
39	24
13	88
26	34
19	75
42	12
37	18
20	71
7	106
13	83
31	43
67	7
11	90
17	60
27	48
39	16
30	59
18	86
50	14
6	96
37	20
17	76
22	47
23	48
50	14
5	92
13	51
35	30
9	83
3	60
32	11
47	11
35	24
26	60
11	78
16	64
56	7
15	56
46	48
33	0
10	43
37	14
4	84
8	79
25	48
12	71
17	51
9	67
62	2
3	79
13	64
9	64
17	60
32	31
7	13
5	67
7	76
31	20
19	48
21	42
13	60
17	46
30	20
2	40
8	70
32	20
30	8
29	39
16	48
14	48
23	31
31	11
27	24
10	70
6	63
2	68
11	64
1	71
15	39
5	64
21	28
36	10
27	7
17	30
24	11
7	64
30	28
14	46
13	38
17	47
10	29
2	64
17	48
9	48
12	48
14	52
8	60
20	32
8	44
37	2
13	20
5	48
15	42
19	24
1	63
7	52
11	30
24	4
1	64
7	52
16	32
8	50
2	60
8	48
27	11
10	43
12	31
31	24
3	52
12	0
0	63
17	20
19	26
1	48
17	34
13	40
6	48
1	44
13	6
17	15
17	28
3	43
2	51
12	34
12	12
17	2
5	32
6	48
12	3
25	7
9	36
16	20
15	3
24	14
4	36
5	26
17	20
5	42
5	40
11	20
4	20
12	28
5	20
5	28
3	20
10	23
8	16
7	32
10	16

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 24 June 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, 18 to 24 June 2021 (this event)	235 records

Every Record Set

20 of 235

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 24 June 2021, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2021-06-19	Kings Mills	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	106	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2021-06-19	Biloxi	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	112	77 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-19	Shelbyville Sewage Plt	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	88	68 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-19	Wiggins	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	70	68 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-19	Eaton	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42	58 of 100 (Notable)
2021-06-19	Tuscaloosa AP ASOS	Record daily precipitation	207.3 mm (8.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	1	58 of 100 (Notable)
2021-06-19	Franklin	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	81	57 of 100 (Notable)
2021-06-19	Middletown	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44	57 of 100 (Notable)
2021-06-20	Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	Record daily precipitation	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	58	77 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-20	Sand Mt Substn	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	64	76 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-20	Jasper 1 NNW	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	44	59 of 100 (Notable)
2021-06-20	Rome	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	91	57 of 100 (Notable)
2021-06-20	Gainesville Lock	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	60	56 of 100 (Notable)
2021-06-20	Ft Payne	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	31	54 of 100 (Notable)
2021-06-20	Guntersville	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	14	54 of 100 (Notable)
2021-06-21	Marshall	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	127	67 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-21	Princeton 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	51	60 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-22	Natrona Lock 4	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	84	67 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-22	Charleroi Lock 4	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48	62 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-23	Quincy 3 SSW	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	50	59 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 235 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
2021-06-18	18
2021-06-19	67
2021-06-20	61
2021-06-21	33
2021-06-22	51
2021-06-23	3
2021-06-24	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
48	106
71	58
87	112
58	64
16	88
92	70
37	84
42	127
38	48
73	51
61	50
52	44
46	42
43	1
13	91
16	81
40	44
43	60
22	31
68	14
44	50
76	23
34	71
96	23
50	11
32	68
39	48
22	115
33	40
46	3
16	100
33	32
27	82
122	24
37	52
13	124
11	107
29	64
36	72
13	63
44	8
16	83
39	24
13	88
26	34
19	75
42	12
37	18
20	71
7	106
13	83
31	43
67	7
11	90
17	60
27	48
39	16
30	59
18	86
50	14
6	96
37	20
17	76
22	47
23	48
50	14
5	92
13	51
35	30
9	83
3	60
32	11
47	11
35	24
26	60
11	78
16	64
56	7
15	56
46	48
33	0
10	43
37	14
4	84
8	79
25	48
12	71
17	51
9	67
62	2
3	79
13	64
9	64
17	60
32	31
7	13
5	67
7	76
31	20
19	48
21	42
13	60
17	46
30	20
2	40
8	70
32	20
30	8
29	39
16	48
14	48
23	31
31	11
27	24
10	70
6	63
2	68
11	64
1	71
15	39
5	64
21	28
36	10
27	7
17	30
24	11
7	64
30	28
14	46
13	38
17	47
10	29
2	64
17	48
9	48
12	48
14	52
8	60
20	32
8	44
37	2
13	20
5	48
15	42
19	24
1	63
7	52
11	30
24	4
1	64
7	52
16	32
8	50
2	60
8	48
27	11
10	43
12	31
31	24
3	52
12	0
0	63
17	20
19	26
1	48
17	34
13	40
6	48
1	44
13	6
17	15
17	28
3	43
2	51
12	34
12	12
17	2
5	32
6	48
12	3
25	7
9	36
16	20
15	3
24	14
4	36
5	26
17	20
5	42
5	40
11	20
4	20
12	28
5	20
5	28
3	20
10	23
8	16
7	32
10	16

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
48	106
71	58
87	112
58	64
16	88
92	70
37	84
42	127
38	48
73	51
61	50
52	44
46	42
43	1
13	91
16	81
40	44
43	60
22	31
68	14
44	50
76	23
34	71
96	23
50	11
32	68
39	48
22	115
33	40
46	3
16	100
33	32
27	82
122	24
37	52
13	124
11	107
29	64
36	72
13	63
44	8
16	83
39	24
13	88
26	34
19	75
42	12
37	18
20	71
7	106
13	83
31	43
67	7
11	90
17	60
27	48
39	16
30	59
18	86
50	14
6	96
37	20
17	76
22	47
23	48
50	14
5	92
13	51
35	30
9	83
3	60
32	11
47	11
35	24
26	60
11	78
16	64
56	7
15	56
46	48
33	0
10	43
37	14
4	84
8	79
25	48
12	71
17	51
9	67
62	2
3	79
13	64
9	64
17	60
32	31
7	13
5	67
7	76
31	20
19	48
21	42
13	60
17	46
30	20
2	40
8	70
32	20
30	8
29	39
16	48
14	48
23	31
31	11
27	24
10	70
6	63
2	68
11	64
1	71
15	39
5	64
21	28
36	10
27	7
17	30
24	11
7	64
30	28
14	46
13	38
17	47
10	29
2	64
17	48
9	48
12	48
14	52
8	60
20	32
8	44
37	2
13	20
5	48
15	42
19	24
1	63
7	52
11	30
24	4
1	64
7	52
16	32
8	50
2	60
8	48
27	11
10	43
12	31
31	24
3	52
12	0
0	63
17	20
19	26
1	48
17	34
13	40
6	48
1	44
13	6
17	15
17	28
3	43
2	51
12	34
12	12
17	2
5	32
6	48
12	3
25	7
9	36
16	20
15	3
24	14
4	36
5	26
17	20
5	42
5	40
11	20
4	20
12	28
5	20
5	28
3	20
10	23
8	16
7	32
10	16

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
48	106
71	58
87	112
58	64
16	88
92	70
37	84
42	127
38	48
73	51
61	50
52	44
46	42
43	1
13	91
16	81
40	44
43	60
22	31
68	14
44	50
76	23
34	71
96	23
50	11
32	68
39	48
22	115
33	40
46	3
16	100
33	32
27	82
122	24
37	52
13	124
11	107
29	64
36	72
13	63
44	8
16	83
39	24
13	88
26	34
19	75
42	12
37	18
20	71
7	106
13	83
31	43
67	7
11	90
17	60
27	48
39	16
30	59
18	86
50	14
6	96
37	20
17	76
22	47
23	48
50	14
5	92
13	51
35	30
9	83
3	60
32	11
47	11
35	24
26	60
11	78
16	64
56	7
15	56
46	48
33	0
10	43
37	14
4	84
8	79
25	48
12	71
17	51
9	67
62	2
3	79
13	64
9	64
17	60
32	31
7	13
5	67
7	76
31	20
19	48
21	42
13	60
17	46
30	20
2	40
8	70
32	20
30	8
29	39
16	48
14	48
23	31
31	11
27	24
10	70
6	63
2	68
11	64
1	71
15	39
5	64
21	28
36	10
27	7
17	30
24	11
7	64
30	28
14	46
13	38
17	47
10	29
2	64
17	48
9	48
12	48
14	52
8	60
20	32
8	44
37	2
13	20
5	48
15	42
19	24
1	63
7	52
11	30
24	4
1	64
7	52
16	32
8	50
2	60
8	48
27	11
10	43
12	31
31	24
3	52
12	0
0	63
17	20
19	26
1	48
17	34
13	40
6	48
1	44
13	6
17	15
17	28
3	43
2	51
12	34
12	12
17	2
5	32
6	48
12	3
25	7
9	36
16	20
15	3
24	14
4	36
5	26
17	20
5	42
5	40
11	20
4	20
12	28
5	20
5	28
3	20
10	23
8	16
7	32
10	16