Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 19 January 2022

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 19 January 2022
Start: 2022-01-13
End: 2022-01-19
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 19 January 2022: 486 records at 483 stations, peak on 17 January 2022. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 19 January 2022 set or tied 486 station records at 483 stations.
It ran from 13 January 2022 to 19 January 2022 (7 days) and its peak day was 17 January 2022.
Status: closed.
Lockport 2SE set a daily record precipitation of 54.9 mm (2.2 in) on 17 January 2022.
The busiest day was 17 January 2022 with 251 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 129 years.

Footprint

13 to 19 January 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 19 January 2022 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, 13 to 19 January 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Lockport 2SE	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	2022-01-17
Union City Filtration Plt	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	2022-01-17
Freehold-Marlboro	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	2022-01-17
Batavia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	2022-01-17
Belhaven 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	2022-01-16
Warsaw 6 SW	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2022-01-17
New Castle	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2022-01-17
Auburn	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	2022-01-17
Brockport	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2022-01-17
Chatham	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2022-01-17
Dale Enterprise	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	2022-01-17
Staunton Wtp	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	2022-01-17
Bloomfield	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	2022-01-15
Storm Lake	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	2022-01-15
Alfred	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	2022-01-17
Angelica	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	2022-01-17
Canandaigua 3 S	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	2022-01-17
Olean	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	2022-01-17
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	2022-01-17
Warren	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	2022-01-17

Records per Day

Peak day 251

Records set or tied each day from 13 January 2022 to 19 January 2022. The most in one day was 251 on 17 January 2022.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 19 January 2022 ranked by margin
Freehold-Marlboro, 01-17	28.9 mm (1.1 in)
Lockport 2SE, 01-17	28.7 mm (1.1 in)
Belhaven 1 SE, 01-16	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
Chatham, 01-17	26.9 mm (1.1 in)
Union City Filtration Plt, 01-17	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
New Castle, 01-17	21.9 mm (0.9 in)
Canandaigua 3 S, 01-17	18.1 mm (0.7 in)
Warsaw 6 SW, 01-17	17.5 mm (0.7 in)
Staunton Wtp, 01-17	17.5 mm (0.7 in)
Dale Enterprise, 01-17	15.8 mm (0.6 in)
Batavia, 01-17	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake, 01-17	13.7 mm (0.5 in)
Bloomfield, 01-15	12.5 mm (0.5 in)
Olean, 01-17	11.9 mm (0.5 in)
Auburn, 01-17	11.6 mm (0.5 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

486 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, 13 to 19 January 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
29	90
23	70
18	64
29	112
16	90
28	102
18	68
22	111
12	108
12	68
14	99
13	115
11	108
12	90
5	119
27	84
16	115
18	112
10	108
10	90
10	112
31	66
12	115
8	123
14	72
7	112
30	20
27	68
11	92
8	90
3	116
10	68
6	112
13	98
19	20
20	80
8	87
26	10
30	56
24	68
25	56
25	68
8	115
5	40
15	76
20	76
6	70
11	98
9	112
39	44
13	70
8	112
20	2
6	90
19	68
53	16
15	84
8	126
8	68
11	87
34	56
18	44
11	108
10	96
3	116
8	62
25	44
24	44
15	76
5	115
12	80
4	122
2	112
5	82
8	68
8	98
6	80
15	63
18	28
21	44
10	70
3	124
17	68
14	80
28	63
10	80
9	60
2	116
1	116
7	72
7	87
1	115
15	40
10	76
6	87
16	66
15	0
14	0
1	116
2	129
8	80
14	31
15	20
28	28
30	28
36	12
4	25
3	70
18	43
17	28
7	84
27	8
10	76
5	72
0	123
1	112
17	68
11	68
6	70
29	24
1	98
8	76
18	36
3	70
17	31
4	72
10	62
5	70
13	31
36	8
7	75
16	67
14	15
4	72
7	52
6	72
26	24
14	24
15	24
13	44
18	68
5	80
21	31
11	74
18	63
3	68
25	31
5	76
15	6
20	31
4	72
15	31
4	76
9	60
9	66
2	72
6	62
7	72
3	68
8	62
6	70
24	24
9	62
5	80
30	0
3	75
19	36
4	62
5	74
11	67
1	84
1	80
14	4
20	24
3	76
4	70
13	44
12	28
3	70
15	36
9	68
10	67
15	63
2	70
9	0
11	15
11	44
15	31
2	67
13	28
5	68
21	8
26	24
5	68
7	43
2	70
9	68
4	68
10	0
6	52

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 19 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, 13 to 19 January 2022 (this event)	486 records

Every Record Set

20 of 486

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 13 to 19 January 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-01-15	Bloomfield	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	115	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-15	Storm Lake	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	68	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-16	Belhaven 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	102	63 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-17	Lockport 2SE	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	90	77 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-17	Union City Filtration Plt	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	70	68 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-17	Freehold-Marlboro	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	112	66 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-17	Batavia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	90	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-17	Warsaw 6 SW	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	68	62 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-17	New Castle	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	111	62 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-17	Auburn	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	90	59 of 100 (Notable)
2022-01-17	Brockport	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	119	59 of 100 (Notable)
2022-01-17	Chatham	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	84	59 of 100 (Notable)
2022-01-17	Dale Enterprise	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	115	59 of 100 (Notable)
2022-01-17	Staunton Wtp	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	112	58 of 100 (Notable)
2022-01-17	Alfred	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	108	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-17	Angelica	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	90	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-17	Canandaigua 3 S	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	64	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-17	Olean	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	108	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-17	Tionesta 2 SE Lake	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	99	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-17	Warren	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	108	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 486 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 2026-10-12. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Date	Records
2022-01-13	2
2022-01-14	22
2022-01-15	78
2022-01-16	122
2022-01-17	251
2022-01-18	10
2022-01-19	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
29	90
23	70
18	64
29	112
16	90
28	102
18	68
22	111
12	108
12	68
14	99
13	115
11	108
12	90
5	119
27	84
16	115
18	112
10	108
10	90
10	112
31	66
12	115
8	123
14	72
7	112
30	20
27	68
11	92
8	90
3	116
10	68
6	112
13	98
19	20
20	80
8	87
26	10
30	56
24	68
25	56
25	68
8	115
5	40
15	76
20	76
6	70
11	98
9	112
39	44
13	70
8	112
20	2
6	90
19	68
53	16
15	84
8	126
8	68
11	87
34	56
18	44
11	108
10	96
3	116
8	62
25	44
24	44
15	76
5	115
12	80
4	122
2	112
5	82
8	68
8	98
6	80
15	63
18	28
21	44
10	70
3	124
17	68
14	80
28	63
10	80
9	60
2	116
1	116
7	72
7	87
1	115
15	40
10	76
6	87
16	66
15	0
14	0
1	116
2	129
8	80
14	31
15	20
28	28
30	28
36	12
4	25
3	70
18	43
17	28
7	84
27	8
10	76
5	72
0	123
1	112
17	68
11	68
6	70
29	24
1	98
8	76
18	36
3	70
17	31
4	72
10	62
5	70
13	31
36	8
7	75
16	67
14	15
4	72
7	52
6	72
26	24
14	24
15	24
13	44
18	68
5	80
21	31
11	74
18	63
3	68
25	31
5	76
15	6
20	31
4	72
15	31
4	76
9	60
9	66
2	72
6	62
7	72
3	68
8	62
6	70
24	24
9	62
5	80
30	0
3	75
19	36
4	62
5	74
11	67
1	84
1	80
14	4
20	24
3	76
4	70
13	44
12	28
3	70
15	36
9	68
10	67
15	63
2	70
9	0
11	15
11	44
15	31
2	67
13	28
5	68
21	8
26	24
5	68
7	43
2	70
9	68
4	68
10	0
6	52

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
29	90
23	70
18	64
29	112
16	90
28	102
18	68
22	111
12	108
12	68
14	99
13	115
11	108
12	90
5	119
27	84
16	115
18	112
10	108
10	90
10	112
31	66
12	115
8	123
14	72
7	112
30	20
27	68
11	92
8	90
3	116
10	68
6	112
13	98
19	20
20	80
8	87
26	10
30	56
24	68
25	56
25	68
8	115
5	40
15	76
20	76
6	70
11	98
9	112
39	44
13	70
8	112
20	2
6	90
19	68
53	16
15	84
8	126
8	68
11	87
34	56
18	44
11	108
10	96
3	116
8	62
25	44
24	44
15	76
5	115
12	80
4	122
2	112
5	82
8	68
8	98
6	80
15	63
18	28
21	44
10	70
3	124
17	68
14	80
28	63
10	80
9	60
2	116
1	116
7	72
7	87
1	115
15	40
10	76
6	87
16	66
15	0
14	0
1	116
2	129
8	80
14	31
15	20
28	28
30	28
36	12
4	25
3	70
18	43
17	28
7	84
27	8
10	76
5	72
0	123
1	112
17	68
11	68
6	70
29	24
1	98
8	76
18	36
3	70
17	31
4	72
10	62
5	70
13	31
36	8
7	75
16	67
14	15
4	72
7	52
6	72
26	24
14	24
15	24
13	44
18	68
5	80
21	31
11	74
18	63
3	68
25	31
5	76
15	6
20	31
4	72
15	31
4	76
9	60
9	66
2	72
6	62
7	72
3	68
8	62
6	70
24	24
9	62
5	80
30	0
3	75
19	36
4	62
5	74
11	67
1	84
1	80
14	4
20	24
3	76
4	70
13	44
12	28
3	70
15	36
9	68
10	67
15	63
2	70
9	0
11	15
11	44
15	31
2	67
13	28
5	68
21	8
26	24
5	68
7	43
2	70
9	68
4	68
10	0
6	52

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
29	90
23	70
18	64
29	112
16	90
28	102
18	68
22	111
12	108
12	68
14	99
13	115
11	108
12	90
5	119
27	84
16	115
18	112
10	108
10	90
10	112
31	66
12	115
8	123
14	72
7	112
30	20
27	68
11	92
8	90
3	116
10	68
6	112
13	98
19	20
20	80
8	87
26	10
30	56
24	68
25	56
25	68
8	115
5	40
15	76
20	76
6	70
11	98
9	112
39	44
13	70
8	112
20	2
6	90
19	68
53	16
15	84
8	126
8	68
11	87
34	56
18	44
11	108
10	96
3	116
8	62
25	44
24	44
15	76
5	115
12	80
4	122
2	112
5	82
8	68
8	98
6	80
15	63
18	28
21	44
10	70
3	124
17	68
14	80
28	63
10	80
9	60
2	116
1	116
7	72
7	87
1	115
15	40
10	76
6	87
16	66
15	0
14	0
1	116
2	129
8	80
14	31
15	20
28	28
30	28
36	12
4	25
3	70
18	43
17	28
7	84
27	8
10	76
5	72
0	123
1	112
17	68
11	68
6	70
29	24
1	98
8	76
18	36
3	70
17	31
4	72
10	62
5	70
13	31
36	8
7	75
16	67
14	15
4	72
7	52
6	72
26	24
14	24
15	24
13	44
18	68
5	80
21	31
11	74
18	63
3	68
25	31
5	76
15	6
20	31
4	72
15	31
4	76
9	60
9	66
2	72
6	62
7	72
3	68
8	62
6	70
24	24
9	62
5	80
30	0
3	75
19	36
4	62
5	74
11	67
1	84
1	80
14	4
20	24
3	76
4	70
13	44
12	28
3	70
15	36
9	68
10	67
15	63
2	70
9	0
11	15
11	44
15	31
2	67
13	28
5	68
21	8
26	24
5	68
7	43
2	70
9	68
4	68
10	0
6	52