Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 26 December 2022

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 26 December 2022
Start: 2022-12-22
End: 2022-12-26
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 26 December 2022: 225 records at 217 stations, peak on 23 December 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 26 December 2022 set or tied 225 station records at 217 stations.
It ran from 22 December 2022 to 26 December 2022 (5 days) and its peak day was 23 December 2022.
Status: closed.
Berlin set a daily record precipitation of 75.2 mm (3.0 in) on 24 December 2022.
The busiest day was 23 December 2022 with 151 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 152 years.

Footprint

22 to 26 December 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 26 December 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, 22 to 26 December 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Berlin	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	2022-12-24
Lockport 2SE	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2022-12-24
W Pt	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	2022-12-23
Alcove Dam	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	2022-12-23
Elizabethtown	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	2022-12-23
Theresa 4NW	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2022-12-24
Carlisle Wtp	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	2022-12-23
State College	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	2022-12-23
Emmitsburg 2 SE	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	2022-12-23
Mt Washington	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	2022-12-23
Dover-Foxcroft Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	2022-12-24
Massabesic Lake	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	2022-12-23
Durham	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	2022-12-23
Everett	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	2022-12-23
Charlottesville 2W	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	2022-12-23
Indian Lake 2SW	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	2022-12-23
Lakeport 2	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	2022-12-24
Newport	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	2022-12-24
Hagerstown 1E	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	2022-12-22

Records per Day

Peak day 151

Records set or tied each day from 22 December 2022 to 26 December 2022. The most in one day was 151 on 23 December 2022.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 26 December 2022 ranked by margin
Dover-Foxcroft Wwtp, 12-24	51.3 mm (2.0 in)
Alcove Dam, 12-23	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
Berlin, 12-24	43.4 mm (1.7 in)
Mt Washington, 12-23	41.2 mm (1.6 in)
Emmitsburg 2 SE, 12-23	40.1 mm (1.6 in)
W Pt, 12-23	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
Theresa 4NW, 12-24	37.6 mm (1.5 in)
Lockport 2SE, 12-24	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
Elizabethtown, 12-23	30.7 mm (1.2 in)
Carlisle Wtp, 12-23	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
Massabesic Lake, 12-23	24.4 mm (1.0 in)
Newport, 12-24	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
Lakeport 2, 12-24	19.3 mm (0.8 in)
State College, 12-23	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
Berlin, 12-23	15.7 mm (0.6 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

225 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, 22 to 26 December 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
43	135
33	92
38	115
48	53
31	69
38	52
25	152
17	138
40	59
41	69
16	130
51	32
24	69
14	111
9	115
12	115
19	69
9	92
22	17
7	104
12	92
7	115
31	16
33	39
35	52
7	115
16	32
25	52
24	17
4	115
26	32
32	16
6	108
5	137
6	115
16	69
21	52
6	91
2	111
2	115
25	52
14	52
13	32
1	108
31	16
6	45
8	72
19	52
1	113
26	16
13	44
12	56
23	53
3	92
32	7
6	65
27	11
25	17
17	15
18	52
16	20
21	17
1	91
0	92
7	75
2	80
21	16
19	16
16	52
20	52
19	39
11	40
32	16
13	52
19	17
25	7
18	52
19	17
17	16
13	49
26	11
12	53
10	52
15	35
26	11
28	17
2	73
6	53
25	16
5	69
10	55
9	52
1	69
11	39
7	49
5	55
4	69
11	39
20	17
20	17
22	16
12	52
3	53
25	8
20	17
11	17
19	11
11	39
15	11
18	16
8	55
11	2
18	17
17	17
9	52
1	65
15	11
14	41
12	4
23	24
11	39
11	16
10	49
20	11
3	49
18	16
4	52
8	39
13	39
15	17
6	49
23	16
21	11
13	17
7	32
9	11
4	55
17	16
8	24
14	16
10	16
16	17
8	17
14	16
18	8
13	24
9	39
9	20
22	11
18	7
3	49
7	16
15	16
11	16
10	16
9	17
7	39
12	32
3	24
6	39
4	32
12	11
2	32
9	28
16	8
3	40
9	17
5	39
1	22
3	20
6	11
8	11
11	4
12	8
9	17
9	11
2	24
4	16
5	16
5	7
6	16
5	24
8	16
1	1
2	17
7	11
2	32
7	8
6	16
7	16
4	16
4	24
6	16
2	17
3	32
2	16
3	24
0	17
9	16
5	16

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 26 December 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, 22 to 26 December 2022 (this event)	225 records

Every Record Set

20 of 225

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 26 December 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-12-22	Hagerstown 1E	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	104	47 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-23	W Pt	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	115	68 of 100 (Major)
2022-12-23	Alcove Dam	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	53	64 of 100 (Major)
2022-12-23	Elizabethtown	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	69	64 of 100 (Major)
2022-12-23	Carlisle Wtp	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	152	61 of 100 (Major)
2022-12-23	State College	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	138	61 of 100 (Major)
2022-12-23	Emmitsburg 2 SE	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	59	58 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-23	Mt Washington	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	69	58 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-23	Berlin	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	130	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-23	Massabesic Lake	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	69	52 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-23	Durham	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	111	51 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-23	Everett	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	115	49 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-23	Charlottesville 2W	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	115	49 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-23	Indian Lake 2SW	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	92	48 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-24	Berlin	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	135	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-12-24	Lockport 2SE	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	92	77 of 100 (Major)
2022-12-24	Theresa 4NW	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	52	63 of 100 (Major)
2022-12-24	Dover-Foxcroft Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32	54 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-24	Lakeport 2	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	69	48 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-24	Newport	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17	48 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 225 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
43	135
33	92
38	115
48	53
31	69
38	52
25	152
17	138
40	59
41	69
16	130
51	32
24	69
14	111
9	115
12	115
19	69
9	92
22	17
7	104
12	92
7	115
31	16
33	39
35	52
7	115
16	32
25	52
24	17
4	115
26	32
32	16
6	108
5	137
6	115
16	69
21	52
6	91
2	111
2	115
25	52
14	52
13	32
1	108
31	16
6	45
8	72
19	52
1	113
26	16
13	44
12	56
23	53
3	92
32	7
6	65
27	11
25	17
17	15
18	52
16	20
21	17
1	91
0	92
7	75
2	80
21	16
19	16
16	52
20	52
19	39
11	40
32	16
13	52
19	17
25	7
18	52
19	17
17	16
13	49
26	11
12	53
10	52
15	35
26	11
28	17
2	73
6	53
25	16
5	69
10	55
9	52
1	69
11	39
7	49
5	55
4	69
11	39
20	17
20	17
22	16
12	52
3	53
25	8
20	17
11	17
19	11
11	39
15	11
18	16
8	55
11	2
18	17
17	17
9	52
1	65
15	11
14	41
12	4
23	24
11	39
11	16
10	49
20	11
3	49
18	16
4	52
8	39
13	39
15	17
6	49
23	16
21	11
13	17
7	32
9	11
4	55
17	16
8	24
14	16
10	16
16	17
8	17
14	16
18	8
13	24
9	39
9	20
22	11
18	7
3	49
7	16
15	16
11	16
10	16
9	17
7	39
12	32
3	24
6	39
4	32
12	11
2	32
9	28
16	8
3	40
9	17
5	39
1	22
3	20
6	11
8	11
11	4
12	8
9	17
9	11
2	24
4	16
5	16
5	7
6	16
5	24
8	16
1	1
2	17
7	11
2	32
7	8
6	16
7	16
4	16
4	24
6	16
2	17
3	32
2	16
3	24
0	17
9	16
5	16

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
43	135
33	92
38	115
48	53
31	69
38	52
25	152
17	138
40	59
41	69
16	130
51	32
24	69
14	111
9	115
12	115
19	69
9	92
22	17
7	104
12	92
7	115
31	16
33	39
35	52
7	115
16	32
25	52
24	17
4	115
26	32
32	16
6	108
5	137
6	115
16	69
21	52
6	91
2	111
2	115
25	52
14	52
13	32
1	108
31	16
6	45
8	72
19	52
1	113
26	16
13	44
12	56
23	53
3	92
32	7
6	65
27	11
25	17
17	15
18	52
16	20
21	17
1	91
0	92
7	75
2	80
21	16
19	16
16	52
20	52
19	39
11	40
32	16
13	52
19	17
25	7
18	52
19	17
17	16
13	49
26	11
12	53
10	52
15	35
26	11
28	17
2	73
6	53
25	16
5	69
10	55
9	52
1	69
11	39
7	49
5	55
4	69
11	39
20	17
20	17
22	16
12	52
3	53
25	8
20	17
11	17
19	11
11	39
15	11
18	16
8	55
11	2
18	17
17	17
9	52
1	65
15	11
14	41
12	4
23	24
11	39
11	16
10	49
20	11
3	49
18	16
4	52
8	39
13	39
15	17
6	49
23	16
21	11
13	17
7	32
9	11
4	55
17	16
8	24
14	16
10	16
16	17
8	17
14	16
18	8
13	24
9	39
9	20
22	11
18	7
3	49
7	16
15	16
11	16
10	16
9	17
7	39
12	32
3	24
6	39
4	32
12	11
2	32
9	28
16	8
3	40
9	17
5	39
1	22
3	20
6	11
8	11
11	4
12	8
9	17
9	11
2	24
4	16
5	16
5	7
6	16
5	24
8	16
1	1
2	17
7	11
2	32
7	8
6	16
7	16
4	16
4	24
6	16
2	17
3	32
2	16
3	24
0	17
9	16
5	16

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
43	135
33	92
38	115
48	53
31	69
38	52
25	152
17	138
40	59
41	69
16	130
51	32
24	69
14	111
9	115
12	115
19	69
9	92
22	17
7	104
12	92
7	115
31	16
33	39
35	52
7	115
16	32
25	52
24	17
4	115
26	32
32	16
6	108
5	137
6	115
16	69
21	52
6	91
2	111
2	115
25	52
14	52
13	32
1	108
31	16
6	45
8	72
19	52
1	113
26	16
13	44
12	56
23	53
3	92
32	7
6	65
27	11
25	17
17	15
18	52
16	20
21	17
1	91
0	92
7	75
2	80
21	16
19	16
16	52
20	52
19	39
11	40
32	16
13	52
19	17
25	7
18	52
19	17
17	16
13	49
26	11
12	53
10	52
15	35
26	11
28	17
2	73
6	53
25	16
5	69
10	55
9	52
1	69
11	39
7	49
5	55
4	69
11	39
20	17
20	17
22	16
12	52
3	53
25	8
20	17
11	17
19	11
11	39
15	11
18	16
8	55
11	2
18	17
17	17
9	52
1	65
15	11
14	41
12	4
23	24
11	39
11	16
10	49
20	11
3	49
18	16
4	52
8	39
13	39
15	17
6	49
23	16
21	11
13	17
7	32
9	11
4	55
17	16
8	24
14	16
10	16
16	17
8	17
14	16
18	8
13	24
9	39
9	20
22	11
18	7
3	49
7	16
15	16
11	16
10	16
9	17
7	39
12	32
3	24
6	39
4	32
12	11
2	32
9	28
16	8
3	40
9	17
5	39
1	22
3	20
6	11
8	11
11	4
12	8
9	17
9	11
2	24
4	16
5	16
5	7
6	16
5	24
8	16
1	1
2	17
7	11
2	32
7	8
6	16
7	16
4	16
4	24
6	16
2	17
3	32
2	16
3	24
0	17
9	16
5	16