Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 25 March 2022

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 25 March 2022
Start: 2022-03-18
End: 2022-03-25
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 25 March 2022: 675 records at 637 stations, peak on 22 March 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 25 March 2022 set or tied 675 station records at 637 stations.
It ran from 18 March 2022 to 25 March 2022 (8 days) and its peak day was 22 March 2022.
Status: closed.
Grand Portage set a daily record precipitation of 56.1 mm (2.2 in) on 23 March 2022.
The busiest day was 22 March 2022 with 337 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 128 years.

Footprint

18 to 25 March 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 25 March 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 25 March 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Grand Portage	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	2022-03-23
Bonham 3NNE	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	2022-03-22
Shreveport	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	2022-03-22
Keithville	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	2022-03-22
Springhill	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	2022-03-22
Jessieville	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	2022-03-22
Tecumseh 1S	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2022-03-22
Carthage	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	2022-03-22
Little Rock AP Adams Fld	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	2022-03-22
Duncan	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	2022-03-22
Columbus	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	2022-03-22
Talladega	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	2022-03-22
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	2022-03-22
Crystal Springs Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	2022-03-23
Ralston	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	2022-03-22
Monroe Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	2022-03-22
Garnett 1 E	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	2022-03-22
E Tawas	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	2022-03-24
Nashville	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	2022-03-22
Las Animas	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	2022-03-22

Records per Day

Peak day 337

Records set or tied each day from 18 March 2022 to 25 March 2022. The most in one day was 337 on 22 March 2022.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 25 March 2022 ranked by margin
Carthage, 03-22	82.0 mm (3.2 in)
Springhill, 03-22	70.4 mm (2.8 in)
Duncan, 03-22	68.1 mm (2.7 in)
Shreveport, 03-22	65.6 mm (2.6 in)
Keithville, 03-22	62.2 mm (2.4 in)
Talladega, 03-22	62.2 mm (2.4 in)
Bonham 3NNE, 03-22	49.3 mm (1.9 in)
Little Rock AP Adams Fld, 03-22	46.7 mm (1.8 in)
Jessieville, 03-22	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
Ralston, 03-22	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
Nashville, 03-22	41.7 mm (1.6 in)
Monroe Rgnl AP, 03-22	40.4 mm (1.6 in)
Grand Portage, 03-23	38.8 mm (1.5 in)
Crystal Springs Exp STN, 03-23	37.1 mm (1.5 in)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld, 03-22	36.1 mm (1.4 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, 18 to 25 March 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
39	126
49	96
66	73
62	67
70	65
46	87
21	119
82	40
47	73
68	43
32	113
62	69
37	109
36	96
46	43
40	92
9	103
29	76
24	36
42	72
15	128
8	103
21	100
25	113
47	68
40	73
35	29
10	116
40	65
83	16
22	113
21	9
10	84
22	73
90	28
52	75
20	72
35	73
51	65
53	68
19	72
63	21
22	87
13	71
53	40
26	65
59	43
34	69
6	116
38	77
16	99
23	67
18	72
17	92
24	73
20	43
10	100
31	69
40	9
8	123
5	122
8	71
36	77
19	67
7	116
30	43
8	128
79	1
31	43
8	120
36	53
5	96
14	77
14	92
32	53
25	73
18	19
4	122
13	69
16	73
9	113
17	67
8	97
25	73
6	119
14	31
19	72
23	69
3	104
63	9
18	69
9	87
13	72
8	117
20	77
4	100
27	43
15	68
26	64
22	73
2	96
2	100
29	28
3	108
2	120
3	96
20	73
10	23
32	52
3	125
2	123
36	1
29	16
2	109
42	28
24	64
39	21
2	109
24	67
12	43
1	128
11	76
18	43
9	68
31	16
50	36
20	77
37	39
23	43
28	31
18	68
60	7
29	43
10	43
41	28
17	65
48	52
20	43
7	69
21	73
49	29
25	0
8	73
32	9
5	77
4	76
19	40
8	67
12	72
11	73
29	43
3	92
9	69
9	56
13	73
16	68
16	32
5	76
35	1
21	43
30	9
8	84
10	69
13	64
23	43
14	73
9	73
28	32
6	68
13	69
44	16
8	73
18	69
46	0
22	24
4	76
7	73
3	77
46	40
46	43
6	56
8	47
13	64
10	56
16	43
35	9
25	40
11	73
25	40
8	47
59	7
9	69
10	64
38	16
47	16
28	43
7	72
5	73
3	83
2	77

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 25 March 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 25 March 2022 (this event)	675 records

Every Record Set

20 of 675

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 18 to 25 March 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-03-22	Bonham 3NNE	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	96	70 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-22	Shreveport	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	73	70 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-22	Keithville	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	67	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-22	Springhill	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	65	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-22	Jessieville	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	87	62 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-22	Tecumseh 1S	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	119	62 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-22	Carthage	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	40	62 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-22	Little Rock AP Adams Fld	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	73	62 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-22	Duncan	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	43	60 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-22	Columbus	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	113	60 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-22	Talladega	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	69	59 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-22	El Dorado Goodwin Fld	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	96	59 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-22	Ralston	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43	58 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-22	Monroe Rgnl AP	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	92	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-22	Garnett 1 E	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	76	56 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-22	Nashville	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	72	55 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-22	Las Animas	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	103	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-03-23	Grand Portage	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	126	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-03-23	Crystal Springs Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	109	59 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-24	E Tawas	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	36	56 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 675 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
2022-03-18	16
2022-03-19	35
2022-03-20	2
2022-03-21	37
2022-03-22	337
2022-03-23	175
2022-03-24	54
2022-03-25	19

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
39	126
49	96
66	73
62	67
70	65
46	87
21	119
82	40
47	73
68	43
32	113
62	69
37	109
36	96
46	43
40	92
9	103
29	76
24	36
42	72
15	128
8	103
21	100
25	113
47	68
40	73
35	29
10	116
40	65
83	16
22	113
21	9
10	84
22	73
90	28
52	75
20	72
35	73
51	65
53	68
19	72
63	21
22	87
13	71
53	40
26	65
59	43
34	69
6	116
38	77
16	99
23	67
18	72
17	92
24	73
20	43
10	100
31	69
40	9
8	123
5	122
8	71
36	77
19	67
7	116
30	43
8	128
79	1
31	43
8	120
36	53
5	96
14	77
14	92
32	53
25	73
18	19
4	122
13	69
16	73
9	113
17	67
8	97
25	73
6	119
14	31
19	72
23	69
3	104
63	9
18	69
9	87
13	72
8	117
20	77
4	100
27	43
15	68
26	64
22	73
2	96
2	100
29	28
3	108
2	120
3	96
20	73
10	23
32	52
3	125
2	123
36	1
29	16
2	109
42	28
24	64
39	21
2	109
24	67
12	43
1	128
11	76
18	43
9	68
31	16
50	36
20	77
37	39
23	43
28	31
18	68
60	7
29	43
10	43
41	28
17	65
48	52
20	43
7	69
21	73
49	29
25	0
8	73
32	9
5	77
4	76
19	40
8	67
12	72
11	73
29	43
3	92
9	69
9	56
13	73
16	68
16	32
5	76
35	1
21	43
30	9
8	84
10	69
13	64
23	43
14	73
9	73
28	32
6	68
13	69
44	16
8	73
18	69
46	0
22	24
4	76
7	73
3	77
46	40
46	43
6	56
8	47
13	64
10	56
16	43
35	9
25	40
11	73
25	40
8	47
59	7
9	69
10	64
38	16
47	16
28	43
7	72
5	73
3	83
2	77

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
39	126
49	96
66	73
62	67
70	65
46	87
21	119
82	40
47	73
68	43
32	113
62	69
37	109
36	96
46	43
40	92
9	103
29	76
24	36
42	72
15	128
8	103
21	100
25	113
47	68
40	73
35	29
10	116
40	65
83	16
22	113
21	9
10	84
22	73
90	28
52	75
20	72
35	73
51	65
53	68
19	72
63	21
22	87
13	71
53	40
26	65
59	43
34	69
6	116
38	77
16	99
23	67
18	72
17	92
24	73
20	43
10	100
31	69
40	9
8	123
5	122
8	71
36	77
19	67
7	116
30	43
8	128
79	1
31	43
8	120
36	53
5	96
14	77
14	92
32	53
25	73
18	19
4	122
13	69
16	73
9	113
17	67
8	97
25	73
6	119
14	31
19	72
23	69
3	104
63	9
18	69
9	87
13	72
8	117
20	77
4	100
27	43
15	68
26	64
22	73
2	96
2	100
29	28
3	108
2	120
3	96
20	73
10	23
32	52
3	125
2	123
36	1
29	16
2	109
42	28
24	64
39	21
2	109
24	67
12	43
1	128
11	76
18	43
9	68
31	16
50	36
20	77
37	39
23	43
28	31
18	68
60	7
29	43
10	43
41	28
17	65
48	52
20	43
7	69
21	73
49	29
25	0
8	73
32	9
5	77
4	76
19	40
8	67
12	72
11	73
29	43
3	92
9	69
9	56
13	73
16	68
16	32
5	76
35	1
21	43
30	9
8	84
10	69
13	64
23	43
14	73
9	73
28	32
6	68
13	69
44	16
8	73
18	69
46	0
22	24
4	76
7	73
3	77
46	40
46	43
6	56
8	47
13	64
10	56
16	43
35	9
25	40
11	73
25	40
8	47
59	7
9	69
10	64
38	16
47	16
28	43
7	72
5	73
3	83
2	77

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
39	126
49	96
66	73
62	67
70	65
46	87
21	119
82	40
47	73
68	43
32	113
62	69
37	109
36	96
46	43
40	92
9	103
29	76
24	36
42	72
15	128
8	103
21	100
25	113
47	68
40	73
35	29
10	116
40	65
83	16
22	113
21	9
10	84
22	73
90	28
52	75
20	72
35	73
51	65
53	68
19	72
63	21
22	87
13	71
53	40
26	65
59	43
34	69
6	116
38	77
16	99
23	67
18	72
17	92
24	73
20	43
10	100
31	69
40	9
8	123
5	122
8	71
36	77
19	67
7	116
30	43
8	128
79	1
31	43
8	120
36	53
5	96
14	77
14	92
32	53
25	73
18	19
4	122
13	69
16	73
9	113
17	67
8	97
25	73
6	119
14	31
19	72
23	69
3	104
63	9
18	69
9	87
13	72
8	117
20	77
4	100
27	43
15	68
26	64
22	73
2	96
2	100
29	28
3	108
2	120
3	96
20	73
10	23
32	52
3	125
2	123
36	1
29	16
2	109
42	28
24	64
39	21
2	109
24	67
12	43
1	128
11	76
18	43
9	68
31	16
50	36
20	77
37	39
23	43
28	31
18	68
60	7
29	43
10	43
41	28
17	65
48	52
20	43
7	69
21	73
49	29
25	0
8	73
32	9
5	77
4	76
19	40
8	67
12	72
11	73
29	43
3	92
9	69
9	56
13	73
16	68
16	32
5	76
35	1
21	43
30	9
8	84
10	69
13	64
23	43
14	73
9	73
28	32
6	68
13	69
44	16
8	73
18	69
46	0
22	24
4	76
7	73
3	77
46	40
46	43
6	56
8	47
13	64
10	56
16	43
35	9
25	40
11	73
25	40
8	47
59	7
9	69
10	64
38	16
47	16
28	43
7	72
5	73
3	83
2	77