Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 26 October 2022

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 26 October 2022
Start: 2022-10-21
End: 2022-10-26
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 26 October 2022: 685 records at 631 stations, peak on 25 October 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 26 October 2022 set or tied 685 station records at 631 stations.
It ran from 21 October 2022 to 26 October 2022 (6 days) and its peak day was 25 October 2022.
Status: closed.
Dunn Ctr 1E set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 24 October 2022.
The busiest day was 25 October 2022 with 177 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 128 years.

Footprint

21 to 26 October 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 26 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, 21 to 26 October 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Dunn Ctr 1E	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2022-10-24
Ennis	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	2022-10-23
Lead Hill	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	2022-10-25
Concordia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	2022-10-25
Summit	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	2022-10-23
Whitewater	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2022-10-23
Jensen	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2022-10-23
Houston	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	2022-10-25
Keene 3S	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2022-10-24
Divide	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	2022-10-22
Alton	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	2022-10-23
Wanatah 2 WNW	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	2022-10-26
Benton Harbor AP	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	2022-10-26
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	2022-10-25
Petoskey	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	2022-10-26
Knox Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	2022-10-26
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2022-10-22
Kennewick	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	2022-10-22
Bozeman Gallatin Fld AP	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	2022-10-22
Minot Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2022-10-24

Records per Day

Peak day 177

Records set or tied each day from 21 October 2022 to 26 October 2022. The most in one day was 177 on 25 October 2022.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 26 October 2022 ranked by margin
Wanatah 2 WNW, 10-26	53.6 mm (2.1 in)
Lead Hill, 10-25	50.6 mm (2.0 in)
Concordia, 10-25	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
Divide, 10-22	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP, 10-25	27.7 mm (1.1 in)
Whitewater, 10-23	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
Ennis, 10-23	24.6 mm (1.0 in)
Houston, 10-25	23.9 mm (0.9 in)
Keene 3S, 10-24	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
Minot Intl AP, 10-24	21.9 mm (0.9 in)
Summit, 10-23	20.8 mm (0.8 in)
Alton, 10-23	20.5 mm (0.8 in)
Jensen, 10-23	18.5 mm (0.7 in)
Dunn Ctr 1E, 10-24	17.7 mm (0.7 in)
Benton Harbor AP, 10-26	17.6 mm (0.7 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, 21 to 26 October 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	64
18	103
25	39
9	99
51	68
35	89
21	68
24	116
25	68
19	57
22	68
23	68
13	67
54	31
18	128
21	80
33	36
12	105
28	75
15	104
32	61
25	31
14	103
23	101
10	68
26	24
15	41
12	68
34	44
33	75
12	89
24	99
20	31
28	36
28	36
17	101
22	75
45	35
7	88
12	68
13	80
66	20
23	36
56	20
23	89
26	65
51	17
16	122
22	89
18	89
13	103
12	79
14	60
5	116
28	24
9	104
25	75
45	16
25	75
17	48
12	63
7	91
24	48
24	36
56	12
14	88
10	123
40	9
9	68
14	47
18	85
9	89
6	120
22	75
10	103
22	75
14	68
2	111
12	47
7	115
32	24
4	99
23	36
4	105
3	120
5	100
45	20
15	9
11	64
3	120
12	47
8	89
23	36
2	99
4	76
3	122
28	21
19	31
36	47
4	104
5	47
7	79
7	89
10	37
18	35
1	124
6	64
2	115
40	47
1	101
1	108
10	64
31	31
13	15
3	101
10	32
8	89
22	60
10	7
12	39
5	68
11	25
32	20
23	68
16	0
1	99
4	80
8	65
1	91
29	36
36	37
16	61
4	89
55	0
10	10
3	76
15	37
18	39
32	16
9	75
32	37
38	37
14	76
13	9
0	68
8	65
6	65
17	45
7	68
8	28
2	89
2	80
3	30
13	43
7	48
19	47
33	9
19	31
7	75
5	64
6	71
17	31
6	65
4	68
31	27
23	12
20	60
12	31
1	83
20	44
21	9
9	65
23	47
1	89
39	20
4	63
13	48
22	11
34	45
6	60
2	80
15	27
5	14
10	39
10	31
15	36
24	37
18	36
34	19
16	47
29	31
3	68
17	21
17	21
12	24
10	36
31	45
25	31
7	65
32	37

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 26 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, 21 to 26 October 2022 (this event)	685 records

Every Record Set

20 of 685

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 21 to 26 October 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-10-22	Divide	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36	55 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-22	Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	64	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-10-22	Kennewick	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	99	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-10-22	Bozeman Gallatin Fld AP	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	67	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-10-23	Ennis	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	39	61 of 100 (Major)
2022-10-23	Summit	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	68	58 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-23	Whitewater	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	68	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-23	Jensen	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	57	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-23	Alton	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	80	55 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-24	Dunn Ctr 1E	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	103	62 of 100 (Major)
2022-10-24	Keene 3S	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	68	56 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-24	Minot Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	68	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-10-25	Lead Hill	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	68	60 of 100 (Major)
2022-10-25	Concordia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	89	59 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-25	Houston	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	116	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-25	St Louis Lambert Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	75	54 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-26	Wanatah 2 WNW	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31	55 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-26	Benton Harbor AP	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	128	55 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-26	Petoskey	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	105	54 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-26	Knox Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	104	53 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 685 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.

Date	Records
2022-10-21	18
2022-10-22	169
2022-10-23	138
2022-10-24	97
2022-10-25	177
2022-10-26	86

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	64
18	103
25	39
9	99
51	68
35	89
21	68
24	116
25	68
19	57
22	68
23	68
13	67
54	31
18	128
21	80
33	36
12	105
28	75
15	104
32	61
25	31
14	103
23	101
10	68
26	24
15	41
12	68
34	44
33	75
12	89
24	99
20	31
28	36
28	36
17	101
22	75
45	35
7	88
12	68
13	80
66	20
23	36
56	20
23	89
26	65
51	17
16	122
22	89
18	89
13	103
12	79
14	60
5	116
28	24
9	104
25	75
45	16
25	75
17	48
12	63
7	91
24	48
24	36
56	12
14	88
10	123
40	9
9	68
14	47
18	85
9	89
6	120
22	75
10	103
22	75
14	68
2	111
12	47
7	115
32	24
4	99
23	36
4	105
3	120
5	100
45	20
15	9
11	64
3	120
12	47
8	89
23	36
2	99
4	76
3	122
28	21
19	31
36	47
4	104
5	47
7	79
7	89
10	37
18	35
1	124
6	64
2	115
40	47
1	101
1	108
10	64
31	31
13	15
3	101
10	32
8	89
22	60
10	7
12	39
5	68
11	25
32	20
23	68
16	0
1	99
4	80
8	65
1	91
29	36
36	37
16	61
4	89
55	0
10	10
3	76
15	37
18	39
32	16
9	75
32	37
38	37
14	76
13	9
0	68
8	65
6	65
17	45
7	68
8	28
2	89
2	80
3	30
13	43
7	48
19	47
33	9
19	31
7	75
5	64
6	71
17	31
6	65
4	68
31	27
23	12
20	60
12	31
1	83
20	44
21	9
9	65
23	47
1	89
39	20
4	63
13	48
22	11
34	45
6	60
2	80
15	27
5	14
10	39
10	31
15	36
24	37
18	36
34	19
16	47
29	31
3	68
17	21
17	21
12	24
10	36
31	45
25	31
7	65
32	37

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	64
18	103
25	39
9	99
51	68
35	89
21	68
24	116
25	68
19	57
22	68
23	68
13	67
54	31
18	128
21	80
33	36
12	105
28	75
15	104
32	61
25	31
14	103
23	101
10	68
26	24
15	41
12	68
34	44
33	75
12	89
24	99
20	31
28	36
28	36
17	101
22	75
45	35
7	88
12	68
13	80
66	20
23	36
56	20
23	89
26	65
51	17
16	122
22	89
18	89
13	103
12	79
14	60
5	116
28	24
9	104
25	75
45	16
25	75
17	48
12	63
7	91
24	48
24	36
56	12
14	88
10	123
40	9
9	68
14	47
18	85
9	89
6	120
22	75
10	103
22	75
14	68
2	111
12	47
7	115
32	24
4	99
23	36
4	105
3	120
5	100
45	20
15	9
11	64
3	120
12	47
8	89
23	36
2	99
4	76
3	122
28	21
19	31
36	47
4	104
5	47
7	79
7	89
10	37
18	35
1	124
6	64
2	115
40	47
1	101
1	108
10	64
31	31
13	15
3	101
10	32
8	89
22	60
10	7
12	39
5	68
11	25
32	20
23	68
16	0
1	99
4	80
8	65
1	91
29	36
36	37
16	61
4	89
55	0
10	10
3	76
15	37
18	39
32	16
9	75
32	37
38	37
14	76
13	9
0	68
8	65
6	65
17	45
7	68
8	28
2	89
2	80
3	30
13	43
7	48
19	47
33	9
19	31
7	75
5	64
6	71
17	31
6	65
4	68
31	27
23	12
20	60
12	31
1	83
20	44
21	9
9	65
23	47
1	89
39	20
4	63
13	48
22	11
34	45
6	60
2	80
15	27
5	14
10	39
10	31
15	36
24	37
18	36
34	19
16	47
29	31
3	68
17	21
17	21
12	24
10	36
31	45
25	31
7	65
32	37

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	64
18	103
25	39
9	99
51	68
35	89
21	68
24	116
25	68
19	57
22	68
23	68
13	67
54	31
18	128
21	80
33	36
12	105
28	75
15	104
32	61
25	31
14	103
23	101
10	68
26	24
15	41
12	68
34	44
33	75
12	89
24	99
20	31
28	36
28	36
17	101
22	75
45	35
7	88
12	68
13	80
66	20
23	36
56	20
23	89
26	65
51	17
16	122
22	89
18	89
13	103
12	79
14	60
5	116
28	24
9	104
25	75
45	16
25	75
17	48
12	63
7	91
24	48
24	36
56	12
14	88
10	123
40	9
9	68
14	47
18	85
9	89
6	120
22	75
10	103
22	75
14	68
2	111
12	47
7	115
32	24
4	99
23	36
4	105
3	120
5	100
45	20
15	9
11	64
3	120
12	47
8	89
23	36
2	99
4	76
3	122
28	21
19	31
36	47
4	104
5	47
7	79
7	89
10	37
18	35
1	124
6	64
2	115
40	47
1	101
1	108
10	64
31	31
13	15
3	101
10	32
8	89
22	60
10	7
12	39
5	68
11	25
32	20
23	68
16	0
1	99
4	80
8	65
1	91
29	36
36	37
16	61
4	89
55	0
10	10
3	76
15	37
18	39
32	16
9	75
32	37
38	37
14	76
13	9
0	68
8	65
6	65
17	45
7	68
8	28
2	89
2	80
3	30
13	43
7	48
19	47
33	9
19	31
7	75
5	64
6	71
17	31
6	65
4	68
31	27
23	12
20	60
12	31
1	83
20	44
21	9
9	65
23	47
1	89
39	20
4	63
13	48
22	11
34	45
6	60
2	80
15	27
5	14
10	39
10	31
15	36
24	37
18	36
34	19
16	47
29	31
3	68
17	21
17	21
12	24
10	36
31	45
25	31
7	65
32	37