Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 25 April 2022

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 25 April 2022
Start: 2022-04-10
End: 2022-04-25
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 25 April 2022: 715 records at 575 stations, peak on 11 April 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 25 April 2022 set or tied 715 station records at 575 stations.
It ran from 10 April 2022 to 25 April 2022 (16 days) and its peak day was 11 April 2022.
Status: closed.
Sierraville Rs set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 22 April 2022.
The busiest day was 11 April 2022 with 116 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 122 years.

Footprint

10 to 25 April 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 25 April 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, 10 to 25 April 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Sierraville Rs	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2022-04-22
Mahnomen	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	2022-04-22
Red Lake Falls	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	2022-04-23
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2022-04-23
Pollock	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	2022-04-23
Ridgeway 1 S	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	2022-04-23
Timber Lake	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	2022-04-23
Adel	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	2022-04-12
Bemidji	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	2022-04-23
Rochester Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	2022-04-12
Intl Falls Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	2022-04-22
Keene 3S	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	2022-04-23
Pretty Rock	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	2022-04-23
Dickinson Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	2022-04-13
Minot Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	2022-04-13
Kenmare 1 WSW	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	2022-04-24
Garrison	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2022-04-14
Waskish 4NE	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	2022-04-23
Fossil	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	2022-04-13

Records per Day

Peak day 116

Records set or tied each day from 10 April 2022 to 25 April 2022. The most in one day was 116 on 11 April 2022.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 25 April 2022
Date	Records
2022-04-10	15
2022-04-11	116
2022-04-12	73
2022-04-13	82
2022-04-14	55
2022-04-15	19
2022-04-16	39
2022-04-17	7
2022-04-18	16
2022-04-19	15
2022-04-20	7
2022-04-21	69
2022-04-22	67
2022-04-23	106
2022-04-24	27
2022-04-25	2

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 25 April 2022 ranked by margin
Red Lake Falls, 04-23	45.8 mm (1.8 in)
Pollock, 04-23	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
Mahnomen, 04-22	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
Rochester Intl AP, 04-12	35.4 mm (1.4 in)
Sierraville Rs, 04-22	31.7 mm (1.2 in)
Pretty Rock, 04-23	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
Bemidji, 04-23	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
Waskish 4NE, 04-23	27.7 mm (1.1 in)
Keene 3S, 04-23	27.4 mm (1.1 in)
Timber Lake, 04-23	25.6 mm (1.0 in)
Intl Falls Intl AP, 04-22	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
Minot Exp STN, 04-13	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
Adel, 04-12	24.2 mm (1.0 in)
Ridgeway 1 S, 04-23	23.6 mm (0.9 in)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), 04-23	23.4 mm (0.9 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, 10 to 25 April 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
32	97
44	79
46	42
23	122
46	73
24	17
26	107
24	93
28	77
17	92
35	61
27	60
31	60
25	17
9	105
18	57
23	72
25	76
28	11
20	51
27	53
6	110
46	44
24	45
31	31
32	45
17	113
25	19
59	4
49	28
15	84
15	40
15	89
12	97
54	28
16	48
9	100
10	122
38	20
23	72
53	36
33	36
31	29
17	45
66	32
27	31
35	28
19	45
20	49
12	54
18	60
13	73
21	15
26	8
5	117
14	40
5	81
16	60
9	89
36	16
46	17
22	53
27	32
11	73
7	97
19	56
22	44
6	99
8	40
46	5
25	1
27	36
4	113
33	12
41	20
17	60
3	122
41	32
41	32
8	91
19	67
19	53
8	84
16	47
9	68
5	87
16	60
18	20
12	67
25	12
36	24
23	32
38	27
9	40
5	87
13	40
20	57
4	92
3	119
16	36
2	113
36	12
18	29
9	80
44	20
23	37
24	28
26	13
20	36
3	122
12	60
7	64
13	20
18	43
27	60
13	68
14	61
8	68
17	31
14	60
6	51
13	49
24	12
12	36
31	12
2	92
43	15
9	64
12	60
7	40
0	111
10	49
10	64
7	60
19	21
23	20
6	68
10	52
3	87
38	16
23	37
14	64
4	75
20	21
13	51
15	20
28	1
4	67
18	44
8	36
13	39
13	36
5	67
11	56
9	67
17	21
1	89
9	37
11	56
12	44
19	4
10	40
10	20
7	53
10	61
7	67
12	44
7	55
8	20
9	51
12	24
8	55
1	80
3	76
6	31
3	73
8	52
3	67
15	37
0	84
13	3
8	56
11	32
13	12
5	55
11	32
3	61
4	69
8	57
13	9
18	40
17	12
20	1
5	37
10	35
13	25
8	40
2	83
10	67
6	64

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 25 April 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, 10 to 25 April 2022 (this event)	715 records

Every Record Set

20 of 715

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 25 April 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-04-12	Adel	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	93	70 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-12	Rochester Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	61	68 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-13	Dickinson Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	105	64 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-13	Minot Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	76	64 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-13	Kenmare 1 WSW	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	51	63 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-13	Fossil	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	92	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-04-14	Garrison	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	57	64 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-22	Sierraville Rs	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	97	75 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-22	Mahnomen	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	79	72 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-22	Intl Falls Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-23	Red Lake Falls	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	42	72 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-23	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	122	72 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-23	Pollock	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	73	72 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-23	Ridgeway 1 S	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	17	71 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-23	Timber Lake	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	107	71 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-23	Bemidji	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	77	69 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-23	Keene 3S	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	60	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-23	Pretty Rock	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	60	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-23	Waskish 4NE	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	11	63 of 100 (Major)
2022-04-24	Kenmare 1 WSW	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	72	64 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 715 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.

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
32	97
44	79
46	42
23	122
46	73
24	17
26	107
24	93
28	77
17	92
35	61
27	60
31	60
25	17
9	105
18	57
23	72
25	76
28	11
20	51
27	53
6	110
46	44
24	45
31	31
32	45
17	113
25	19
59	4
49	28
15	84
15	40
15	89
12	97
54	28
16	48
9	100
10	122
38	20
23	72
53	36
33	36
31	29
17	45
66	32
27	31
35	28
19	45
20	49
12	54
18	60
13	73
21	15
26	8
5	117
14	40
5	81
16	60
9	89
36	16
46	17
22	53
27	32
11	73
7	97
19	56
22	44
6	99
8	40
46	5
25	1
27	36
4	113
33	12
41	20
17	60
3	122
41	32
41	32
8	91
19	67
19	53
8	84
16	47
9	68
5	87
16	60
18	20
12	67
25	12
36	24
23	32
38	27
9	40
5	87
13	40
20	57
4	92
3	119
16	36
2	113
36	12
18	29
9	80
44	20
23	37
24	28
26	13
20	36
3	122
12	60
7	64
13	20
18	43
27	60
13	68
14	61
8	68
17	31
14	60
6	51
13	49
24	12
12	36
31	12
2	92
43	15
9	64
12	60
7	40
0	111
10	49
10	64
7	60
19	21
23	20
6	68
10	52
3	87
38	16
23	37
14	64
4	75
20	21
13	51
15	20
28	1
4	67
18	44
8	36
13	39
13	36
5	67
11	56
9	67
17	21
1	89
9	37
11	56
12	44
19	4
10	40
10	20
7	53
10	61
7	67
12	44
7	55
8	20
9	51
12	24
8	55
1	80
3	76
6	31
3	73
8	52
3	67
15	37
0	84
13	3
8	56
11	32
13	12
5	55
11	32
3	61
4	69
8	57
13	9
18	40
17	12
20	1
5	37
10	35
13	25
8	40
2	83
10	67
6	64

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
32	97
44	79
46	42
23	122
46	73
24	17
26	107
24	93
28	77
17	92
35	61
27	60
31	60
25	17
9	105
18	57
23	72
25	76
28	11
20	51
27	53
6	110
46	44
24	45
31	31
32	45
17	113
25	19
59	4
49	28
15	84
15	40
15	89
12	97
54	28
16	48
9	100
10	122
38	20
23	72
53	36
33	36
31	29
17	45
66	32
27	31
35	28
19	45
20	49
12	54
18	60
13	73
21	15
26	8
5	117
14	40
5	81
16	60
9	89
36	16
46	17
22	53
27	32
11	73
7	97
19	56
22	44
6	99
8	40
46	5
25	1
27	36
4	113
33	12
41	20
17	60
3	122
41	32
41	32
8	91
19	67
19	53
8	84
16	47
9	68
5	87
16	60
18	20
12	67
25	12
36	24
23	32
38	27
9	40
5	87
13	40
20	57
4	92
3	119
16	36
2	113
36	12
18	29
9	80
44	20
23	37
24	28
26	13
20	36
3	122
12	60
7	64
13	20
18	43
27	60
13	68
14	61
8	68
17	31
14	60
6	51
13	49
24	12
12	36
31	12
2	92
43	15
9	64
12	60
7	40
0	111
10	49
10	64
7	60
19	21
23	20
6	68
10	52
3	87
38	16
23	37
14	64
4	75
20	21
13	51
15	20
28	1
4	67
18	44
8	36
13	39
13	36
5	67
11	56
9	67
17	21
1	89
9	37
11	56
12	44
19	4
10	40
10	20
7	53
10	61
7	67
12	44
7	55
8	20
9	51
12	24
8	55
1	80
3	76
6	31
3	73
8	52
3	67
15	37
0	84
13	3
8	56
11	32
13	12
5	55
11	32
3	61
4	69
8	57
13	9
18	40
17	12
20	1
5	37
10	35
13	25
8	40
2	83
10	67
6	64

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
32	97
44	79
46	42
23	122
46	73
24	17
26	107
24	93
28	77
17	92
35	61
27	60
31	60
25	17
9	105
18	57
23	72
25	76
28	11
20	51
27	53
6	110
46	44
24	45
31	31
32	45
17	113
25	19
59	4
49	28
15	84
15	40
15	89
12	97
54	28
16	48
9	100
10	122
38	20
23	72
53	36
33	36
31	29
17	45
66	32
27	31
35	28
19	45
20	49
12	54
18	60
13	73
21	15
26	8
5	117
14	40
5	81
16	60
9	89
36	16
46	17
22	53
27	32
11	73
7	97
19	56
22	44
6	99
8	40
46	5
25	1
27	36
4	113
33	12
41	20
17	60
3	122
41	32
41	32
8	91
19	67
19	53
8	84
16	47
9	68
5	87
16	60
18	20
12	67
25	12
36	24
23	32
38	27
9	40
5	87
13	40
20	57
4	92
3	119
16	36
2	113
36	12
18	29
9	80
44	20
23	37
24	28
26	13
20	36
3	122
12	60
7	64
13	20
18	43
27	60
13	68
14	61
8	68
17	31
14	60
6	51
13	49
24	12
12	36
31	12
2	92
43	15
9	64
12	60
7	40
0	111
10	49
10	64
7	60
19	21
23	20
6	68
10	52
3	87
38	16
23	37
14	64
4	75
20	21
13	51
15	20
28	1
4	67
18	44
8	36
13	39
13	36
5	67
11	56
9	67
17	21
1	89
9	37
11	56
12	44
19	4
10	40
10	20
7	53
10	61
7	67
12	44
7	55
8	20
9	51
12	24
8	55
1	80
3	76
6	31
3	73
8	52
3	67
15	37
0	84
13	3
8	56
11	32
13	12
5	55
11	32
3	61
4	69
8	57
13	9
18	40
17	12
20	1
5	37
10	35
13	25
8	40
2	83
10	67
6	64