Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 26 February 2022

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 26 February 2022
Start: 2022-02-18
End: 2022-02-26
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 26 February 2022: 409 records at 379 stations, peak on 23 February 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 26 February 2022 set or tied 409 station records at 379 stations.
It ran from 18 February 2022 to 26 February 2022 (9 days) and its peak day was 23 February 2022.
Status: closed.
Elizabethton set a daily record precipitation of 34.5 mm (1.4 in) on 25 February 2022.
The busiest day was 23 February 2022 with 151 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 126 years.

Footprint

18 to 26 February 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 26 February 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, 18 to 26 February 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Kingsport	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	2022-02-24
Elizabethton	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	2022-02-25
Newport 1 NW	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	2022-02-24
Bolivar Wtr Wks	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	2022-02-24
Marquette	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	2022-02-22
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	2022-02-23
Trenton Falls	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	2022-02-23
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	2022-02-21
Billings Wtp	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	2022-02-21
Brandenberg	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	2022-02-21
Broadus	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	2022-02-21
Hysham	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	2022-02-21
Ingomar 9 E	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	2022-02-21
Mystic Lake	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	2022-02-21
Camp Crook	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	2022-02-21
Maybell	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	2022-02-22
Cass Lake	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	2022-02-22
Wright 3 E	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	2022-02-22
Vernal	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	2022-02-22
Twin Lakes Rsvr	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	2022-02-24

Records per Day

Peak day 151

Records set or tied each day from 18 February 2022 to 26 February 2022. The most in one day was 151 on 23 February 2022.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 26 February 2022
Date	Records
2022-02-18	1
2022-02-19	1
2022-02-20	11
2022-02-21	54
2022-02-22	110
2022-02-23	151
2022-02-24	38
2022-02-25	42
2022-02-26	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 26 February 2022 ranked by margin
Kingsport, 02-24	26.2 mm (1.0 in)
Marquette, 02-22	24.8 mm (1.0 in)
Bolivar Wtr Wks, 02-24	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
Elizabethton, 02-25	14.2 mm (0.6 in)
Wright 3 E, 02-22	13.2 mm (0.5 in)
Newport 1 NW, 02-24	12.4 mm (0.5 in)
Maybell, 02-22	11.2 mm (0.4 in)
Trenton Falls, 02-23	10.2 mm (0.4 in)
Mystic Lake, 02-21	10.1 mm (0.4 in)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5, 02-23	8.9 mm (0.35 in)
Brandenberg, 02-21	7.2 mm (0.28 in)
Billings Wtp, 02-21	7.1 mm (0.28 in)
Twin Lakes Rsvr, 02-24	6.1 mm (0.24 in)
Hysham, 02-21	6.0 mm (0.24 in)
Broadus, 02-21	4.1 mm (0.16 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

409 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 26 February 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
7	126
10	95
7	62
14	120
26	60
13	40
12	95
4	106
18	91
3	96
25	4
11	42
2	112
9	78
6	66
2	100
4	62
6	59
4	62
10	72
2	100
5	124
11	91
7	96
1	100
12	47
2	103
2	95
6	95
3	78
2	84
2	91
18	51
1	100
3	72
37	28
4	74
2	92
1	100
23	51
52	3
0	116
0	112
0	122
13	51
12	60
3	88
13	12
11	60
4	88
22	44
31	28
22	44
5	64
10	43
14	47
0	94
9	26
5	50
3	78
13	44
7	24
11	51
4	56
31	28
41	7
17	52
2	82
4	64
3	60
1	88
3	80
4	54
8	67
1	76
7	40
13	60
5	47
31	10
23	28
1	76
33	6
7	60
35	28
7	40
2	54
6	22
18	35
4	68
13	52
3	66
8	43
18	43
7	48
2	66
11	50
4	53
23	19
9	51
3	63
6	40
3	43
4	36
3	50
3	52
3	72
4	40
3	52
38	3
4	60
10	40
25	11
7	60
7	52
22	19
1	67
1	63
23	28
18	43
28	6
5	44
5	40
0	64
3	42
3	47
18	4
4	36
3	43
16	28
29	6
36	4
21	28
6	40
8	4
7	60
1	60
2	30
6	48
2	52
2	54
2	42
5	51
14	11
25	16
18	4
1	50
2	47
4	47
1	50
0	56
22	6
18	28
22	4
11	28
5	43
13	24
5	20
8	30
1	52
5	48
2	43
5	51
4	44
2	43
12	28
4	47
17	6
25	6
4	51
25	16
3	24
11	6
1	56
5	19
16	36
13	28
33	6
11	15
8	4
8	28
18	16
1	54
0	48
5	16
2	43
2	44
11	28
7	44
5	28
3	43
4	48
6	36
2	34
3	28
11	28
14	28
4	48
3	40
17	28
3	24

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 26 February 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, 18 to 26 February 2022 (this event)	409 records

Every Record Set

20 of 409

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 26 February 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-02-21	Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	100	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-02-21	Billings Wtp	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	126	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-02-21	Brandenberg	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	62	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-02-21	Broadus	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	62	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-02-21	Hysham	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	59	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-02-21	Ingomar 9 E	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	62	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-02-21	Mystic Lake	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	95	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-02-21	Camp Crook	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	96	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-02-22	Marquette	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	4	47 of 100 (Notable)
2022-02-22	Maybell	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	42	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-02-22	Cass Lake	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	112	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-02-22	Wright 3 E	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	40	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-02-22	Vernal	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	106	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-02-23	Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	78	46 of 100 (Notable)
2022-02-23	Trenton Falls	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	72	45 of 100 (Notable)
2022-02-24	Kingsport	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	60	55 of 100 (Notable)
2022-02-24	Newport 1 NW	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	95	50 of 100 (Notable)
2022-02-24	Bolivar Wtr Wks	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	91	49 of 100 (Notable)
2022-02-24	Twin Lakes Rsvr	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	66	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-02-25	Elizabethton	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	120	55 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 409 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.

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
7	126
10	95
7	62
14	120
26	60
13	40
12	95
4	106
18	91
3	96
25	4
11	42
2	112
9	78
6	66
2	100
4	62
6	59
4	62
10	72
2	100
5	124
11	91
7	96
1	100
12	47
2	103
2	95
6	95
3	78
2	84
2	91
18	51
1	100
3	72
37	28
4	74
2	92
1	100
23	51
52	3
0	116
0	112
0	122
13	51
12	60
3	88
13	12
11	60
4	88
22	44
31	28
22	44
5	64
10	43
14	47
0	94
9	26
5	50
3	78
13	44
7	24
11	51
4	56
31	28
41	7
17	52
2	82
4	64
3	60
1	88
3	80
4	54
8	67
1	76
7	40
13	60
5	47
31	10
23	28
1	76
33	6
7	60
35	28
7	40
2	54
6	22
18	35
4	68
13	52
3	66
8	43
18	43
7	48
2	66
11	50
4	53
23	19
9	51
3	63
6	40
3	43
4	36
3	50
3	52
3	72
4	40
3	52
38	3
4	60
10	40
25	11
7	60
7	52
22	19
1	67
1	63
23	28
18	43
28	6
5	44
5	40
0	64
3	42
3	47
18	4
4	36
3	43
16	28
29	6
36	4
21	28
6	40
8	4
7	60
1	60
2	30
6	48
2	52
2	54
2	42
5	51
14	11
25	16
18	4
1	50
2	47
4	47
1	50
0	56
22	6
18	28
22	4
11	28
5	43
13	24
5	20
8	30
1	52
5	48
2	43
5	51
4	44
2	43
12	28
4	47
17	6
25	6
4	51
25	16
3	24
11	6
1	56
5	19
16	36
13	28
33	6
11	15
8	4
8	28
18	16
1	54
0	48
5	16
2	43
2	44
11	28
7	44
5	28
3	43
4	48
6	36
2	34
3	28
11	28
14	28
4	48
3	40
17	28
3	24

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
7	126
10	95
7	62
14	120
26	60
13	40
12	95
4	106
18	91
3	96
25	4
11	42
2	112
9	78
6	66
2	100
4	62
6	59
4	62
10	72
2	100
5	124
11	91
7	96
1	100
12	47
2	103
2	95
6	95
3	78
2	84
2	91
18	51
1	100
3	72
37	28
4	74
2	92
1	100
23	51
52	3
0	116
0	112
0	122
13	51
12	60
3	88
13	12
11	60
4	88
22	44
31	28
22	44
5	64
10	43
14	47
0	94
9	26
5	50
3	78
13	44
7	24
11	51
4	56
31	28
41	7
17	52
2	82
4	64
3	60
1	88
3	80
4	54
8	67
1	76
7	40
13	60
5	47
31	10
23	28
1	76
33	6
7	60
35	28
7	40
2	54
6	22
18	35
4	68
13	52
3	66
8	43
18	43
7	48
2	66
11	50
4	53
23	19
9	51
3	63
6	40
3	43
4	36
3	50
3	52
3	72
4	40
3	52
38	3
4	60
10	40
25	11
7	60
7	52
22	19
1	67
1	63
23	28
18	43
28	6
5	44
5	40
0	64
3	42
3	47
18	4
4	36
3	43
16	28
29	6
36	4
21	28
6	40
8	4
7	60
1	60
2	30
6	48
2	52
2	54
2	42
5	51
14	11
25	16
18	4
1	50
2	47
4	47
1	50
0	56
22	6
18	28
22	4
11	28
5	43
13	24
5	20
8	30
1	52
5	48
2	43
5	51
4	44
2	43
12	28
4	47
17	6
25	6
4	51
25	16
3	24
11	6
1	56
5	19
16	36
13	28
33	6
11	15
8	4
8	28
18	16
1	54
0	48
5	16
2	43
2	44
11	28
7	44
5	28
3	43
4	48
6	36
2	34
3	28
11	28
14	28
4	48
3	40
17	28
3	24

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
7	126
10	95
7	62
14	120
26	60
13	40
12	95
4	106
18	91
3	96
25	4
11	42
2	112
9	78
6	66
2	100
4	62
6	59
4	62
10	72
2	100
5	124
11	91
7	96
1	100
12	47
2	103
2	95
6	95
3	78
2	84
2	91
18	51
1	100
3	72
37	28
4	74
2	92
1	100
23	51
52	3
0	116
0	112
0	122
13	51
12	60
3	88
13	12
11	60
4	88
22	44
31	28
22	44
5	64
10	43
14	47
0	94
9	26
5	50
3	78
13	44
7	24
11	51
4	56
31	28
41	7
17	52
2	82
4	64
3	60
1	88
3	80
4	54
8	67
1	76
7	40
13	60
5	47
31	10
23	28
1	76
33	6
7	60
35	28
7	40
2	54
6	22
18	35
4	68
13	52
3	66
8	43
18	43
7	48
2	66
11	50
4	53
23	19
9	51
3	63
6	40
3	43
4	36
3	50
3	52
3	72
4	40
3	52
38	3
4	60
10	40
25	11
7	60
7	52
22	19
1	67
1	63
23	28
18	43
28	6
5	44
5	40
0	64
3	42
3	47
18	4
4	36
3	43
16	28
29	6
36	4
21	28
6	40
8	4
7	60
1	60
2	30
6	48
2	52
2	54
2	42
5	51
14	11
25	16
18	4
1	50
2	47
4	47
1	50
0	56
22	6
18	28
22	4
11	28
5	43
13	24
5	20
8	30
1	52
5	48
2	43
5	51
4	44
2	43
12	28
4	47
17	6
25	6
4	51
25	16
3	24
11	6
1	56
5	19
16	36
13	28
33	6
11	15
8	4
8	28
18	16
1	54
0	48
5	16
2	43
2	44
11	28
7	44
5	28
3	43
4	48
6	36
2	34
3	28
11	28
14	28
4	48
3	40
17	28
3	24