Extreme rain in United States, 30 to 31 March 2022

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 30 to 31 March 2022
Start: 2022-03-30
End: 2022-03-31
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 30 to 31 March 2022: 121 records at 121 stations, peak on 31 March 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 30 to 31 March 2022 set or tied 121 station records at 121 stations.
It ran from 30 March 2022 to 31 March 2022 (2 days) and its peak day was 31 March 2022.
Status: closed.
Mattoon set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 31 March 2022.
The busiest day was 31 March 2022 with 94 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 126 years.

Footprint

30 to 31 March 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 30 to 31 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, 30 to 31 March 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Mattoon	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2022-03-31
Potosi 4 SW	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	2022-03-31
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2022-03-31
Tuscola	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	2022-03-31
Streator 2SE	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	2022-03-31
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	2022-03-31
Pana	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	2022-03-31
Kankakee Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	2022-03-31
Sullivan 3S	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	2022-03-31
Charleston	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	2022-03-30
White Hall 1 E	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	2022-03-31
Belleville Siu Rsch	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	2022-03-31
De Soto	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	2022-03-31
Mt Olive 1 E	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	2022-03-31
Champaign 3S	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	2022-03-31
Clarksville L&D 24	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2022-03-31
Carlinville	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	2022-03-31
Indiana Dunes Np	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	2022-03-31
Kent City 2 SW	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	2022-03-31
Steuben	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	2022-03-31

Records per Day

Peak day 94

Records set or tied each day from 30 March 2022 to 31 March 2022. The most in one day was 94 on 31 March 2022.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 30 to 31 March 2022 ranked by margin
Mt Olive 1 E, 03-31	38.4 mm (1.5 in)
Belleville Siu Rsch, 03-31	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
Mattoon, 03-31	30.4 mm (1.2 in)
Potosi 4 SW, 03-31	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
Indiana Dunes Np, 03-31	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D, 03-31	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
Tuscola, 03-31	25.9 mm (1.0 in)
Kankakee Wwtp, 03-31	24.6 mm (1.0 in)
Streator 2SE, 03-31	21.8 mm (0.9 in)
Kent City 2 SW, 03-31	19.9 mm (0.8 in)
De Soto, 03-31	17.3 mm (0.7 in)
Pana, 03-31	16.8 mm (0.7 in)
Clarksville L&D 24, 03-31	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
Charleston, 03-30	10.0 mm (0.4 in)
Steuben, 03-31	9.4 mm (0.37 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

121 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, 30 to 31 March 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
30	117
29	126
28	73
26	76
22	72
9	96
17	84
25	48
9	77
10	116
8	100
36	25
17	76
38	4
9	84
15	30
3	117
28	17
20	16
9	69
26	5
2	96
7	72
29	48
2	92
2	88
9	76
25	5
14	59
8	72
3	84
3	84
11	59
17	48
5	84
24	36
4	76
4	50
13	27
8	59
3	72
6	53
1	76
1	76
8	59
18	5
24	4
1	45
7	68
24	4
23	24
2	72
18	4
17	36
18	4
8	24
11	13
5	43
8	53
4	43
19	5
9	14
11	25
14	28
3	48
21	5
5	43
12	16
16	4
12	32
2	43
5	32
12	15
2	36
3	36
6	17
8	5
3	24
13	15
15	33
3	14
2	18
4	41
2	24
4	13
1	24
9	4
1	24
7	25
11	29
17	13
1	15
3	24
6	5
1	24
8	5
13	16
7	5
3	16
3	24
2	24
3	4
3	4
4	15
9	20
6	5
8	5
12	0
6	15
5	4
9	3
5	3
1	4
1	13
2	25
0	5
3	5
7	3
3	5
1	3
4	5

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 30 to 31 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, 30 to 31 March 2022 (this event)	121 records

Every Record Set

20 of 121

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 30 to 31 March 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-03-30	Charleston	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	116	49 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-31	Mattoon	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	117	73 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-31	Potosi 4 SW	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	126	61 of 100 (Major)
2022-03-31	Alton - Melvin Price L&D	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	73	58 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-31	Tuscola	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	76	58 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-31	Streator 2SE	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	72	55 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-31	Houghton Lake 6 WSW	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	96	53 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-31	Pana	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	84	52 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-31	Kankakee Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	48	50 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-31	Sullivan 3S	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	77	50 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-31	White Hall 1 E	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	100	48 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-31	Belleville Siu Rsch	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25	48 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-31	De Soto	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	76	47 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-31	Mt Olive 1 E	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	4	46 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-31	Champaign 3S	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	84	44 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-31	Clarksville L&D 24	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	30	44 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-31	Carlinville	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	117	42 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-31	Indiana Dunes Np	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17	42 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-31	Kent City 2 SW	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	16	42 of 100 (Notable)
2022-03-31	Steuben	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	69	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 121 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.

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
30	117
29	126
28	73
26	76
22	72
9	96
17	84
25	48
9	77
10	116
8	100
36	25
17	76
38	4
9	84
15	30
3	117
28	17
20	16
9	69
26	5
2	96
7	72
29	48
2	92
2	88
9	76
25	5
14	59
8	72
3	84
3	84
11	59
17	48
5	84
24	36
4	76
4	50
13	27
8	59
3	72
6	53
1	76
1	76
8	59
18	5
24	4
1	45
7	68
24	4
23	24
2	72
18	4
17	36
18	4
8	24
11	13
5	43
8	53
4	43
19	5
9	14
11	25
14	28
3	48
21	5
5	43
12	16
16	4
12	32
2	43
5	32
12	15
2	36
3	36
6	17
8	5
3	24
13	15
15	33
3	14
2	18
4	41
2	24
4	13
1	24
9	4
1	24
7	25
11	29
17	13
1	15
3	24
6	5
1	24
8	5
13	16
7	5
3	16
3	24
2	24
3	4
3	4
4	15
9	20
6	5
8	5
12	0
6	15
5	4
9	3
5	3
1	4
1	13
2	25
0	5
3	5
7	3
3	5
1	3
4	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
30	117
29	126
28	73
26	76
22	72
9	96
17	84
25	48
9	77
10	116
8	100
36	25
17	76
38	4
9	84
15	30
3	117
28	17
20	16
9	69
26	5
2	96
7	72
29	48
2	92
2	88
9	76
25	5
14	59
8	72
3	84
3	84
11	59
17	48
5	84
24	36
4	76
4	50
13	27
8	59
3	72
6	53
1	76
1	76
8	59
18	5
24	4
1	45
7	68
24	4
23	24
2	72
18	4
17	36
18	4
8	24
11	13
5	43
8	53
4	43
19	5
9	14
11	25
14	28
3	48
21	5
5	43
12	16
16	4
12	32
2	43
5	32
12	15
2	36
3	36
6	17
8	5
3	24
13	15
15	33
3	14
2	18
4	41
2	24
4	13
1	24
9	4
1	24
7	25
11	29
17	13
1	15
3	24
6	5
1	24
8	5
13	16
7	5
3	16
3	24
2	24
3	4
3	4
4	15
9	20
6	5
8	5
12	0
6	15
5	4
9	3
5	3
1	4
1	13
2	25
0	5
3	5
7	3
3	5
1	3
4	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
30	117
29	126
28	73
26	76
22	72
9	96
17	84
25	48
9	77
10	116
8	100
36	25
17	76
38	4
9	84
15	30
3	117
28	17
20	16
9	69
26	5
2	96
7	72
29	48
2	92
2	88
9	76
25	5
14	59
8	72
3	84
3	84
11	59
17	48
5	84
24	36
4	76
4	50
13	27
8	59
3	72
6	53
1	76
1	76
8	59
18	5
24	4
1	45
7	68
24	4
23	24
2	72
18	4
17	36
18	4
8	24
11	13
5	43
8	53
4	43
19	5
9	14
11	25
14	28
3	48
21	5
5	43
12	16
16	4
12	32
2	43
5	32
12	15
2	36
3	36
6	17
8	5
3	24
13	15
15	33
3	14
2	18
4	41
2	24
4	13
1	24
9	4
1	24
7	25
11	29
17	13
1	15
3	24
6	5
1	24
8	5
13	16
7	5
3	16
3	24
2	24
3	4
3	4
4	15
9	20
6	5
8	5
12	0
6	15
5	4
9	3
5	3
1	4
1	13
2	25
0	5
3	5
7	3
3	5
1	3
4	5