Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 7 January 2022

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 7 January 2022
Start: 2022-01-02
End: 2022-01-07
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 7 January 2022: 517 records at 423 stations, peak on 6 January 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 7 January 2022 set or tied 517 station records at 423 stations.
It ran from 2 January 2022 to 7 January 2022 (6 days) and its peak day was 6 January 2022.
Status: closed.
Jerome set an all-time record daily precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 4 January 2022.
The busiest day was 6 January 2022 with 242 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 125 years.

Footprint

2 to 7 January 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 7 January 2022 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, 2 to 7 January 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Jerome	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2022-01-04
Ellensburg	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	2022-01-06
Millegan 14 SE	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2022-01-06
Coeur D'Alene	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2022-01-07
Bonneville Dam	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	2022-01-06
Bear Lake	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2022-01-06
Winter Park	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2022-01-06
University Camp	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2022-01-06
Colville	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	2022-01-07
Antelope 6 SSW	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	2022-01-04
Pilot Rock 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	2022-01-04
Prineville	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	2022-01-04
Salmon AP	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	2022-01-05
Grant 5 SE	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	2022-01-05
Stillwater Creek	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	2022-01-05
Longmont 2 ESE	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	2022-01-06
Kalispell Glacier AP	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	2022-01-06
Wisdom	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	2022-01-06
Guernsey Dam #2	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	2022-01-07

Records per Day

Peak day 242

Records set or tied each day from 2 January 2022 to 7 January 2022. The most in one day was 242 on 6 January 2022.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 7 January 2022 ranked by margin
Bonneville Dam, 01-06	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
Millegan 14 SE, 01-06	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
Bear Lake, 01-06	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
University Camp, 01-06	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
Colville, 01-07	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
Coeur D'Alene, 01-07	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
Antelope 6 SSW, 01-04	13.5 mm (0.5 in)
Winter Park, 01-06	12.7 mm (0.5 in)
Stillwater Creek, 01-05	12.7 mm (0.5 in)
Salmon AP, 01-06	9.2 mm (0.36 in)
Ellensburg, 01-06	9.1 mm (0.36 in)
Jerome, 01-04	8.6 mm (0.34 in)
Prineville, 01-04	7.1 mm (0.28 in)
Guernsey Dam #2, 01-07	6.8 mm (0.27 in)
Salmon AP, 01-05	6.6 mm (0.26 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, 2 to 7 January 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
9	60
7	112
14	88
9	56
9	110
5	99
5	102
7	58
34	12
6	106
16	74
4	92
5	116
38	74
23	34
13	46
13	34
7	86
18	8
20	43
36	28
33	41
6	82
15	39
20	32
14	68
16	20
7	41
4	75
66	32
7	60
18	99
5	71
27	56
15	125
17	68
38	26
3	110
31	12
20	66
9	60
27	30
16	24
13	28
10	35
18	39
7	34
25	47
8	26
20	28
12	28
4	112
10	40
6	63
9	14
18	39
36	28
5	28
2	82
3	86
2	96
7	68
30	28
3	86
0	123
1	108
15	18
8	40
15	36
10	32
3	82
2	84
5	67
18	44
3	82
14	72
5	86
6	35
15	40
10	39
20	39
3	74
25	14
8	27
64	28
10	18
13	52
13	18
15	23
25	12
23	12
10	39
8	28
10	39
53	28
15	8
15	39
15	14
13	15
15	39
13	39
20	32
46	19
2	84
32	56
5	35
18	15
8	32
10	32
18	12
13	40
14	31
6	46
11	44
3	67
3	67
11	4
9	66
5	68
36	2
5	36
15	35
8	32
15	39
5	23
15	23
8	28
15	12
9	24
5	58
14	66
32	20
8	36
43	32
17	32
2	56
5	48
7	66
3	56
2	56
5	40
3	32
15	32
31	18
1	79
11	2
3	68
3	56
21	2
4	36
13	32
8	36
15	27
13	12
20	14
31	20
3	52
8	52
5	35
6	2
8	10
18	27
10	36
5	42
3	39
15	20
4	14
5	47
2	46
1	68
4	34
5	56
16	15
2	56
10	28
8	39
10	36
10	18
13	9
18	12
5	56
1	72
8	24
10	12
8	28
10	32
8	20
25	12
10	28
13	26
25	2
4	56
4	24
7	16
7	39
1	52
2	42
16	15
2	40
10	16

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 7 January 2022 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, 2 to 7 January 2022 (this event)	517 records

Every Record Set

20 of 517

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 2 to 7 January 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-01-04	Jerome	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	60	69 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-04	Antelope 6 SSW	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	88	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-04	Pilot Rock 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	106	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-04	Prineville	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	86	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-05	Salmon AP	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	112	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-05	Grant 5 SE	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	92	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-05	Stillwater Creek	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	34	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-06	Ellensburg	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	110	62 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-06	Millegan 14 SE	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	12	56 of 100 (Notable)
2022-01-06	Bonneville Dam	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	74	54 of 100 (Notable)
2022-01-06	Bear Lake	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	34	54 of 100 (Notable)
2022-01-06	Winter Park	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	46	53 of 100 (Notable)
2022-01-06	University Camp	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	43	52 of 100 (Notable)
2022-01-06	Longmont 2 ESE	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	102	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-06	Salmon AP	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	56	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-06	Kalispell Glacier AP	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	116	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-06	Wisdom	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	99	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-07	Coeur D'Alene	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	74	55 of 100 (Notable)
2022-01-07	Colville	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	8	52 of 100 (Notable)
2022-01-07	Guernsey Dam #2	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	58	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 517 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.

Date	Records
2022-01-02	5
2022-01-03	52
2022-01-04	49
2022-01-05	140
2022-01-06	242
2022-01-07	29

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
9	60
7	112
14	88
9	56
9	110
5	99
5	102
7	58
34	12
6	106
16	74
4	92
5	116
38	74
23	34
13	46
13	34
7	86
18	8
20	43
36	28
33	41
6	82
15	39
20	32
14	68
16	20
7	41
4	75
66	32
7	60
18	99
5	71
27	56
15	125
17	68
38	26
3	110
31	12
20	66
9	60
27	30
16	24
13	28
10	35
18	39
7	34
25	47
8	26
20	28
12	28
4	112
10	40
6	63
9	14
18	39
36	28
5	28
2	82
3	86
2	96
7	68
30	28
3	86
0	123
1	108
15	18
8	40
15	36
10	32
3	82
2	84
5	67
18	44
3	82
14	72
5	86
6	35
15	40
10	39
20	39
3	74
25	14
8	27
64	28
10	18
13	52
13	18
15	23
25	12
23	12
10	39
8	28
10	39
53	28
15	8
15	39
15	14
13	15
15	39
13	39
20	32
46	19
2	84
32	56
5	35
18	15
8	32
10	32
18	12
13	40
14	31
6	46
11	44
3	67
3	67
11	4
9	66
5	68
36	2
5	36
15	35
8	32
15	39
5	23
15	23
8	28
15	12
9	24
5	58
14	66
32	20
8	36
43	32
17	32
2	56
5	48
7	66
3	56
2	56
5	40
3	32
15	32
31	18
1	79
11	2
3	68
3	56
21	2
4	36
13	32
8	36
15	27
13	12
20	14
31	20
3	52
8	52
5	35
6	2
8	10
18	27
10	36
5	42
3	39
15	20
4	14
5	47
2	46
1	68
4	34
5	56
16	15
2	56
10	28
8	39
10	36
10	18
13	9
18	12
5	56
1	72
8	24
10	12
8	28
10	32
8	20
25	12
10	28
13	26
25	2
4	56
4	24
7	16
7	39
1	52
2	42
16	15
2	40
10	16

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
9	60
7	112
14	88
9	56
9	110
5	99
5	102
7	58
34	12
6	106
16	74
4	92
5	116
38	74
23	34
13	46
13	34
7	86
18	8
20	43
36	28
33	41
6	82
15	39
20	32
14	68
16	20
7	41
4	75
66	32
7	60
18	99
5	71
27	56
15	125
17	68
38	26
3	110
31	12
20	66
9	60
27	30
16	24
13	28
10	35
18	39
7	34
25	47
8	26
20	28
12	28
4	112
10	40
6	63
9	14
18	39
36	28
5	28
2	82
3	86
2	96
7	68
30	28
3	86
0	123
1	108
15	18
8	40
15	36
10	32
3	82
2	84
5	67
18	44
3	82
14	72
5	86
6	35
15	40
10	39
20	39
3	74
25	14
8	27
64	28
10	18
13	52
13	18
15	23
25	12
23	12
10	39
8	28
10	39
53	28
15	8
15	39
15	14
13	15
15	39
13	39
20	32
46	19
2	84
32	56
5	35
18	15
8	32
10	32
18	12
13	40
14	31
6	46
11	44
3	67
3	67
11	4
9	66
5	68
36	2
5	36
15	35
8	32
15	39
5	23
15	23
8	28
15	12
9	24
5	58
14	66
32	20
8	36
43	32
17	32
2	56
5	48
7	66
3	56
2	56
5	40
3	32
15	32
31	18
1	79
11	2
3	68
3	56
21	2
4	36
13	32
8	36
15	27
13	12
20	14
31	20
3	52
8	52
5	35
6	2
8	10
18	27
10	36
5	42
3	39
15	20
4	14
5	47
2	46
1	68
4	34
5	56
16	15
2	56
10	28
8	39
10	36
10	18
13	9
18	12
5	56
1	72
8	24
10	12
8	28
10	32
8	20
25	12
10	28
13	26
25	2
4	56
4	24
7	16
7	39
1	52
2	42
16	15
2	40
10	16

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
9	60
7	112
14	88
9	56
9	110
5	99
5	102
7	58
34	12
6	106
16	74
4	92
5	116
38	74
23	34
13	46
13	34
7	86
18	8
20	43
36	28
33	41
6	82
15	39
20	32
14	68
16	20
7	41
4	75
66	32
7	60
18	99
5	71
27	56
15	125
17	68
38	26
3	110
31	12
20	66
9	60
27	30
16	24
13	28
10	35
18	39
7	34
25	47
8	26
20	28
12	28
4	112
10	40
6	63
9	14
18	39
36	28
5	28
2	82
3	86
2	96
7	68
30	28
3	86
0	123
1	108
15	18
8	40
15	36
10	32
3	82
2	84
5	67
18	44
3	82
14	72
5	86
6	35
15	40
10	39
20	39
3	74
25	14
8	27
64	28
10	18
13	52
13	18
15	23
25	12
23	12
10	39
8	28
10	39
53	28
15	8
15	39
15	14
13	15
15	39
13	39
20	32
46	19
2	84
32	56
5	35
18	15
8	32
10	32
18	12
13	40
14	31
6	46
11	44
3	67
3	67
11	4
9	66
5	68
36	2
5	36
15	35
8	32
15	39
5	23
15	23
8	28
15	12
9	24
5	58
14	66
32	20
8	36
43	32
17	32
2	56
5	48
7	66
3	56
2	56
5	40
3	32
15	32
31	18
1	79
11	2
3	68
3	56
21	2
4	36
13	32
8	36
15	27
13	12
20	14
31	20
3	52
8	52
5	35
6	2
8	10
18	27
10	36
5	42
3	39
15	20
4	14
5	47
2	46
1	68
4	34
5	56
16	15
2	56
10	28
8	39
10	36
10	18
13	9
18	12
5	56
1	72
8	24
10	12
8	28
10	32
8	20
25	12
10	28
13	26
25	2
4	56
4	24
7	16
7	39
1	52
2	42
16	15
2	40
10	16