Extreme rain in United States, 25 to 31 January 2023

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 25 to 31 January 2023
Start: 2023-01-25
End: 2023-01-31
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 25 to 31 January 2023: 237 records at 213 stations, peak on 27 January 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 25 to 31 January 2023 set or tied 237 station records at 213 stations.
It ran from 25 January 2023 to 31 January 2023 (7 days) and its peak day was 27 January 2023.
Status: closed.
Adel set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 27 January 2023.
The busiest day was 27 January 2023 with 92 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 123 years.

Footprint

25 to 31 January 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 25 to 31 January 2023 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, 25 to 31 January 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Adel	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2023-01-27
Hebgen Dam	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	2023-01-27
Agate 3 E	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2023-01-29
N Fk Elk Creek	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2023-01-27
Emigrant Summit	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	2023-01-28
Oshkosh	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2023-01-29
Hayden	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	2023-01-27
Missoula 6 NW WFO	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	2023-01-27
Skq Dam	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	2023-01-27
Ryegate	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	2023-01-27
Divide	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2023-01-27
Dillon U of Montana Western	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	2023-01-28
Gibson 2 NE	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2023-01-28
Lewistown 11 SSE	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	2023-01-28
Bloomfield	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	2023-01-28
Ft Meade	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	2023-01-28
Wood	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	2023-01-28
Diversion Dam	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2023-01-28
Rochelle 7ENE	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	2023-01-28
Shoshoni	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	2023-01-28

Records per Day

Peak day 92

Records set or tied each day from 25 January 2023 to 31 January 2023. The most in one day was 92 on 27 January 2023.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 25 to 31 January 2023 ranked by margin
Emigrant Summit, 01-28	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
Hebgen Dam, 01-27	18.8 mm (0.7 in)
N Fk Elk Creek, 01-27	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
Diversion Dam, 01-28	13.0 mm (0.5 in)
Gibson 2 NE, 01-28	12.7 mm (0.5 in)
Ryegate, 01-27	12.7 mm (0.5 in)
Adel, 01-27	11.4 mm (0.4 in)
Skq Dam, 01-27	10.7 mm (0.4 in)
Divide, 01-27	10.2 mm (0.4 in)
Wood, 01-28	10.1 mm (0.4 in)
Lewistown 11 SSE, 01-28	9.6 mm (0.38 in)
Hayden, 01-27	8.1 mm (0.32 in)
Shoshoni, 01-28	8.1 mm (0.32 in)
Ft Meade, 01-28	7.9 mm (0.31 in)
Dillon U of Montana Western, 01-28	7.7 mm (0.30 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

237 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, 25 to 31 January 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
13	112
8	107
13	64
11	123
19	55
13	55
10	97
8	105
7	49
8	48
10	40
8	67
8	67
5	116
3	84
25	41
15	27
10	45
4	117
11	24
7	64
13	28
2	100
13	20
4	89
10	27
5	80
14	9
4	112
8	64
9	23
23	9
6	44
1	105
1	107
2	107
5	72
9	53
10	40
10	26
1	111
4	73
3	80
1	100
3	57
8	28
10	27
2	81
8	27
10	27
0	107
4	76
0	119
10	40
9	33
7	48
11	20
13	25
8	41
12	9
8	27
13	28
15	36
0	85
0	89
13	36
8	33
10	13
0	80
9	28
1	76
3	27
10	13
8	40
10	7
13	15
3	49
8	3
8	43
10	27
8	24
10	27
1	67
1	72
5	25
1	57
6	20
13	20
0	72
8	23
10	3
10	6
0	72
5	3
3	39
8	23
8	28
10	27
2	52
2	28
5	28
6	20
2	45
3	43
8	9
0	56
4	32
1	48
1	48
1	26
5	44
8	40
8	40
5	27
1	44
1	43
5	28
2	40
0	57
3	36
8	20
13	27
20	13
5	16
1	52
1	44
1	48
3	32
1	49
5	11
3	33
1	45
3	28
1	43
8	27
3	40
4	8
2	19
2	32
3	36
5	27
5	32
3	40
8	32
20	12
5	11
4	25
3	28
0	45
0	49
5	27
10	25
5	25
8	25
5	28
5	27
2	28
2	20
2	28
1	28
3	23
5	20
5	24
3	40
3	27
2	20
3	20
3	20
3	27
3	25
3	44
3	43
1	32
2	21
1	24
3	28
3	35
5	27
3	43
3	43
3	20
3	25
3	32
5	27
5	15
5	15
2	20
2	9
3	8
1	28
3	9
3	28
3	13
3	25
3	32
5	15
5	9
3	27
5	36
6	0

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 25 to 31 January 2023 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, 25 to 31 January 2023 (this event)	237 records

Every Record Set

20 of 237

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 25 to 31 January 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-01-27	Adel	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	123	67 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-27	Hebgen Dam	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	55	66 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-27	N Fk Elk Creek	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	27	52 of 100 (Notable)
2023-01-27	Hayden	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	67	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-27	Missoula 6 NW WFO	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	117	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-27	Skq Dam	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	24	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-27	Ryegate	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	112	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-27	Divide	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	40	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-28	Emigrant Summit	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41	52 of 100 (Notable)
2023-01-28	Dillon U of Montana Western	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	105	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-28	Gibson 2 NE	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	55	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-28	Lewistown 11 SSE	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	45	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-28	Bloomfield	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	116	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-28	Ft Meade	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	107	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-28	Wood	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	97	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-28	Diversion Dam	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	64	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-28	Rochelle 7ENE	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	48	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-28	Shoshoni	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	67	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-29	Agate 3 E	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	49	61 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-29	Oshkosh	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	84	52 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 237 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
2023-01-25	6
2023-01-26	30
2023-01-27	92
2023-01-28	70
2023-01-29	26
2023-01-30	11
2023-01-31	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
13	112
8	107
13	64
11	123
19	55
13	55
10	97
8	105
7	49
8	48
10	40
8	67
8	67
5	116
3	84
25	41
15	27
10	45
4	117
11	24
7	64
13	28
2	100
13	20
4	89
10	27
5	80
14	9
4	112
8	64
9	23
23	9
6	44
1	105
1	107
2	107
5	72
9	53
10	40
10	26
1	111
4	73
3	80
1	100
3	57
8	28
10	27
2	81
8	27
10	27
0	107
4	76
0	119
10	40
9	33
7	48
11	20
13	25
8	41
12	9
8	27
13	28
15	36
0	85
0	89
13	36
8	33
10	13
0	80
9	28
1	76
3	27
10	13
8	40
10	7
13	15
3	49
8	3
8	43
10	27
8	24
10	27
1	67
1	72
5	25
1	57
6	20
13	20
0	72
8	23
10	3
10	6
0	72
5	3
3	39
8	23
8	28
10	27
2	52
2	28
5	28
6	20
2	45
3	43
8	9
0	56
4	32
1	48
1	48
1	26
5	44
8	40
8	40
5	27
1	44
1	43
5	28
2	40
0	57
3	36
8	20
13	27
20	13
5	16
1	52
1	44
1	48
3	32
1	49
5	11
3	33
1	45
3	28
1	43
8	27
3	40
4	8
2	19
2	32
3	36
5	27
5	32
3	40
8	32
20	12
5	11
4	25
3	28
0	45
0	49
5	27
10	25
5	25
8	25
5	28
5	27
2	28
2	20
2	28
1	28
3	23
5	20
5	24
3	40
3	27
2	20
3	20
3	20
3	27
3	25
3	44
3	43
1	32
2	21
1	24
3	28
3	35
5	27
3	43
3	43
3	20
3	25
3	32
5	27
5	15
5	15
2	20
2	9
3	8
1	28
3	9
3	28
3	13
3	25
3	32
5	15
5	9
3	27
5	36
6	0

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
13	112
8	107
13	64
11	123
19	55
13	55
10	97
8	105
7	49
8	48
10	40
8	67
8	67
5	116
3	84
25	41
15	27
10	45
4	117
11	24
7	64
13	28
2	100
13	20
4	89
10	27
5	80
14	9
4	112
8	64
9	23
23	9
6	44
1	105
1	107
2	107
5	72
9	53
10	40
10	26
1	111
4	73
3	80
1	100
3	57
8	28
10	27
2	81
8	27
10	27
0	107
4	76
0	119
10	40
9	33
7	48
11	20
13	25
8	41
12	9
8	27
13	28
15	36
0	85
0	89
13	36
8	33
10	13
0	80
9	28
1	76
3	27
10	13
8	40
10	7
13	15
3	49
8	3
8	43
10	27
8	24
10	27
1	67
1	72
5	25
1	57
6	20
13	20
0	72
8	23
10	3
10	6
0	72
5	3
3	39
8	23
8	28
10	27
2	52
2	28
5	28
6	20
2	45
3	43
8	9
0	56
4	32
1	48
1	48
1	26
5	44
8	40
8	40
5	27
1	44
1	43
5	28
2	40
0	57
3	36
8	20
13	27
20	13
5	16
1	52
1	44
1	48
3	32
1	49
5	11
3	33
1	45
3	28
1	43
8	27
3	40
4	8
2	19
2	32
3	36
5	27
5	32
3	40
8	32
20	12
5	11
4	25
3	28
0	45
0	49
5	27
10	25
5	25
8	25
5	28
5	27
2	28
2	20
2	28
1	28
3	23
5	20
5	24
3	40
3	27
2	20
3	20
3	20
3	27
3	25
3	44
3	43
1	32
2	21
1	24
3	28
3	35
5	27
3	43
3	43
3	20
3	25
3	32
5	27
5	15
5	15
2	20
2	9
3	8
1	28
3	9
3	28
3	13
3	25
3	32
5	15
5	9
3	27
5	36
6	0

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
13	112
8	107
13	64
11	123
19	55
13	55
10	97
8	105
7	49
8	48
10	40
8	67
8	67
5	116
3	84
25	41
15	27
10	45
4	117
11	24
7	64
13	28
2	100
13	20
4	89
10	27
5	80
14	9
4	112
8	64
9	23
23	9
6	44
1	105
1	107
2	107
5	72
9	53
10	40
10	26
1	111
4	73
3	80
1	100
3	57
8	28
10	27
2	81
8	27
10	27
0	107
4	76
0	119
10	40
9	33
7	48
11	20
13	25
8	41
12	9
8	27
13	28
15	36
0	85
0	89
13	36
8	33
10	13
0	80
9	28
1	76
3	27
10	13
8	40
10	7
13	15
3	49
8	3
8	43
10	27
8	24
10	27
1	67
1	72
5	25
1	57
6	20
13	20
0	72
8	23
10	3
10	6
0	72
5	3
3	39
8	23
8	28
10	27
2	52
2	28
5	28
6	20
2	45
3	43
8	9
0	56
4	32
1	48
1	48
1	26
5	44
8	40
8	40
5	27
1	44
1	43
5	28
2	40
0	57
3	36
8	20
13	27
20	13
5	16
1	52
1	44
1	48
3	32
1	49
5	11
3	33
1	45
3	28
1	43
8	27
3	40
4	8
2	19
2	32
3	36
5	27
5	32
3	40
8	32
20	12
5	11
4	25
3	28
0	45
0	49
5	27
10	25
5	25
8	25
5	28
5	27
2	28
2	20
2	28
1	28
3	23
5	20
5	24
3	40
3	27
2	20
3	20
3	20
3	27
3	25
3	44
3	43
1	32
2	21
1	24
3	28
3	35
5	27
3	43
3	43
3	20
3	25
3	32
5	27
5	15
5	15
2	20
2	9
3	8
1	28
3	9
3	28
3	13
3	25
3	32
5	15
5	9
3	27
5	36
6	0