Extreme rain in United States, 14 to 18 October 2022

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 14 to 18 October 2022
Start: 2022-10-14
End: 2022-10-18
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 14 to 18 October 2022: 102 records at 96 stations, peak on 16 October 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 14 to 18 October 2022 set or tied 102 station records at 96 stations.
It ran from 14 October 2022 to 18 October 2022 (5 days) and its peak day was 16 October 2022.
Status: closed.
Apache set a daily record precipitation of 56.4 mm (2.2 in) on 16 October 2022.
The busiest day was 16 October 2022 with 50 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 117 years.

Footprint

14 to 18 October 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 14 to 18 October 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, 14 to 18 October 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Apache	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	2022-10-16
Tolleson 1 E	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	2022-10-15
Quemado	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2022-10-16
Walnut Grove	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	2022-10-15
McCamey	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	2022-10-17
Natural Brg	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	2022-10-16
Elmore City 3 SW	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	2022-10-16
Heber (Black Mesa) Rs	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2022-10-16
Youngtown	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	2022-10-17
Parker	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	2022-10-15
Covina City Yard Fc387B	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	2022-10-15
Imperial	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2022-10-15
Indio Fire STN	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	2022-10-15
U C L A	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	2022-10-15
March AFB	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	2022-10-15
Sunset Crater Nm	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	2022-10-16
Parker Rsvr	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	2022-10-16
Tucumcari Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	2022-10-16
Caballo Dam	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	2022-10-17
Pecos Nm	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	2022-10-18

Records per Day

Peak day 50

Records set or tied each day from 14 October 2022 to 18 October 2022. The most in one day was 50 on 16 October 2022.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 14 to 18 October 2022 ranked by margin
McCamey, 10-17	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
Apache, 10-16	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
Youngtown, 10-17	25.7 mm (1.0 in)
Tolleson 1 E, 10-15	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
Imperial, 10-15	18.3 mm (0.7 in)
Pecos Nm, 10-18	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
Elmore City 3 SW, 10-16	15.0 mm (0.6 in)
Caballo Dam, 10-17	13.4 mm (0.5 in)
Sunset Crater Nm, 10-16	11.5 mm (0.5 in)
Heber (Black Mesa) Rs, 10-16	11.1 mm (0.4 in)
March AFB, 10-15	10.2 mm (0.4 in)
Natural Brg, 10-16	10.1 mm (0.4 in)
Tucumcari Muni AP, 10-16	9.9 mm (0.39 in)
Parker Rsvr, 10-16	7.6 mm (0.30 in)
Quemado, 10-16	7.3 mm (0.29 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

102 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, 14 to 18 October 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
31	108
10	57
16	65
25	33
7	84
5	115
6	115
13	61
18	57
8	88
1	117
36	36
10	64
15	75
11	56
26	7
1	87
1	87
10	60
12	51
4	75
11	41
4	61
2	80
12	51
17	7
10	61
3	64
4	60
25	51
1	77
2	60
6	51
1	73
17	40
4	61
3	64
15	28
6	28
7	41
1	61
0	61
28	23
34	23
12	4
8	37
5	52
42	4
1	68
14	28
8	28
6	28
2	56
21	28
10	28
6	24
13	23
0	51
13	12
4	28
9	36
10	23
6	31
3	36
5	36
4	36
2	41
9	16
6	37
1	28
19	4
2	36
2	28
2	28
2	16
6	16
7	28
3	41
1	41
0	43
5	28
9	24
3	7
5	28
4	24
5	7
2	28
3	7
4	7
2	28
3	28
3	7
1	7
0	28
0	28
5	16
9	16
1	16
3	7
9	4
9	16
7	23

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 14 to 18 October 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, 14 to 18 October 2022 (this event)	102 records

Every Record Set

20 of 102

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 14 to 18 October 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-10-15	Tolleson 1 E	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33	47 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-15	Walnut Grove	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	115	45 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-15	Parker	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	115	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-10-15	Covina City Yard Fc387B	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	87	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-10-15	Imperial	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	57	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-10-15	Indio Fire STN	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	117	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-10-15	U C L A	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	87	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-10-15	March AFB	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	57	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-10-16	Apache	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	108	56 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-16	Quemado	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	84	47 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-16	Natural Brg	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	64	36 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-16	Elmore City 3 SW	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	75	36 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-16	Heber (Black Mesa) Rs	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	56	35 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-16	Sunset Crater Nm	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	51	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-10-16	Parker Rsvr	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	88	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-10-16	Tucumcari Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	60	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-10-17	McCamey	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36	37 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-17	Youngtown	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	7	35 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-17	Caballo Dam	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	61	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-10-18	Pecos Nm	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	65	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 102 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
31	108
10	57
16	65
25	33
7	84
5	115
6	115
13	61
18	57
8	88
1	117
36	36
10	64
15	75
11	56
26	7
1	87
1	87
10	60
12	51
4	75
11	41
4	61
2	80
12	51
17	7
10	61
3	64
4	60
25	51
1	77
2	60
6	51
1	73
17	40
4	61
3	64
15	28
6	28
7	41
1	61
0	61
28	23
34	23
12	4
8	37
5	52
42	4
1	68
14	28
8	28
6	28
2	56
21	28
10	28
6	24
13	23
0	51
13	12
4	28
9	36
10	23
6	31
3	36
5	36
4	36
2	41
9	16
6	37
1	28
19	4
2	36
2	28
2	28
2	16
6	16
7	28
3	41
1	41
0	43
5	28
9	24
3	7
5	28
4	24
5	7
2	28
3	7
4	7
2	28
3	28
3	7
1	7
0	28
0	28
5	16
9	16
1	16
3	7
9	4
9	16
7	23

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
31	108
10	57
16	65
25	33
7	84
5	115
6	115
13	61
18	57
8	88
1	117
36	36
10	64
15	75
11	56
26	7
1	87
1	87
10	60
12	51
4	75
11	41
4	61
2	80
12	51
17	7
10	61
3	64
4	60
25	51
1	77
2	60
6	51
1	73
17	40
4	61
3	64
15	28
6	28
7	41
1	61
0	61
28	23
34	23
12	4
8	37
5	52
42	4
1	68
14	28
8	28
6	28
2	56
21	28
10	28
6	24
13	23
0	51
13	12
4	28
9	36
10	23
6	31
3	36
5	36
4	36
2	41
9	16
6	37
1	28
19	4
2	36
2	28
2	28
2	16
6	16
7	28
3	41
1	41
0	43
5	28
9	24
3	7
5	28
4	24
5	7
2	28
3	7
4	7
2	28
3	28
3	7
1	7
0	28
0	28
5	16
9	16
1	16
3	7
9	4
9	16
7	23

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
31	108
10	57
16	65
25	33
7	84
5	115
6	115
13	61
18	57
8	88
1	117
36	36
10	64
15	75
11	56
26	7
1	87
1	87
10	60
12	51
4	75
11	41
4	61
2	80
12	51
17	7
10	61
3	64
4	60
25	51
1	77
2	60
6	51
1	73
17	40
4	61
3	64
15	28
6	28
7	41
1	61
0	61
28	23
34	23
12	4
8	37
5	52
42	4
1	68
14	28
8	28
6	28
2	56
21	28
10	28
6	24
13	23
0	51
13	12
4	28
9	36
10	23
6	31
3	36
5	36
4	36
2	41
9	16
6	37
1	28
19	4
2	36
2	28
2	28
2	16
6	16
7	28
3	41
1	41
0	43
5	28
9	24
3	7
5	28
4	24
5	7
2	28
3	7
4	7
2	28
3	28
3	7
1	7
0	28
0	28
5	16
9	16
1	16
3	7
9	4
9	16
7	23