Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 24 June 2023

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 24 June 2023
Start: 2023-06-17
End: 2023-06-24
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 24 June 2023: 178 records at 162 stations, peak on 20 June 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 24 June 2023 set or tied 178 station records at 162 stations.
It ran from 17 June 2023 to 24 June 2023 (8 days) and its peak day was 20 June 2023.
Status: closed.
Little Mtn set a daily record precipitation of 93.0 mm (3.7 in) on 21 June 2023.
The busiest day was 20 June 2023 with 52 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 130 years.

Footprint

17 to 24 June 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 24 June 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, 17 to 24 June 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Little Mtn	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	2023-06-21
Laurens	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	2023-06-22
Mt Airy 2 W	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	2023-06-20
Yadkinville 6 E	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	2023-06-20
Copper Hill	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	2023-06-20
Knoxville Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	2023-06-20
Woolwine 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	2023-06-20
Kosciusko	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	2023-06-19
Elkin	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	2023-06-20
Orangeburg 2	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	2023-06-20
Usher Twr	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	2023-06-23
Lenoir	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	2023-06-20
Bamberg	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	2023-06-21
Cross City AP	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	2023-06-22
Salisbury 9 WNW	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	2023-06-20
Mt Mitchell	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	2023-06-22
Smithfield	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	2023-06-22
Cross City 1 E	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	2023-06-23
Martinsville Fltr Plt	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	2023-06-20
Henderson 2 NNW	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	2023-06-23

Records per Day

Peak day 52

Records set or tied each day from 17 June 2023 to 24 June 2023. The most in one day was 52 on 20 June 2023.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 24 June 2023 ranked by margin
Usher Twr, 06-23	80.3 mm (3.2 in)
Cross City AP, 06-22	79.8 mm (3.1 in)
Woolwine 1 SE, 06-20	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
Bamberg, 06-21	74.4 mm (2.9 in)
Knoxville Exp STN, 06-20	57.1 mm (2.2 in)
Martinsville Fltr Plt, 06-20	52.8 mm (2.1 in)
Mt Mitchell, 06-22	52.4 mm (2.1 in)
Little Mtn, 06-21	51.1 mm (2.0 in)
Salisbury 9 WNW, 06-20	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
Copper Hill, 06-20	48.8 mm (1.9 in)
Yadkinville 6 E, 06-20	47.7 mm (1.9 in)
Cross City 1 E, 06-23	47.3 mm (1.9 in)
Orangeburg 2, 06-20	46.5 mm (1.8 in)
Elkin, 06-20	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
Laurens, 06-22	41.9 mm (1.6 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

178 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, 17 to 24 June 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
51	100
42	120
32	102
48	50
49	76
57	46
78	40
26	128
45	56
47	50
80	32
39	56
74	22
80	21
51	32
47	64
52	36
19	98
23	80
53	5
30	46
45	50
11	130
11	96
24	50
58	8
41	50
36	46
27	60
39	0
53	20
15	80
35	48
5	122
5	102
27	50
8	88
48	1
33	50
15	41
10	56
1	122
21	64
14	76
45	29
21	62
25	50
59	1
25	50
21	49
31	18
24	25
14	46
25	48
4	84
3	84
6	72
3	84
10	73
4	74
19	32
33	36
18	50
22	40
36	42
15	46
13	62
17	46
47	16
20	49
13	58
16	45
15	44
16	45
10	50
4	72
19	49
8	65
10	50
23	46
8	50
7	60
7	60
11	58
11	58
7	48
13	33
26	2
11	33
0	60
19	4
10	52
17	26
1	58
31	18
6	60
8	46
17	37
26	24
9	36
4	49
32	5
13	46
19	16
14	33
0	50
19	5
21	29
22	22
7	49
25	4
6	38
14	22
6	7
16	8
26	16
5	40
4	48
22	5
2	56
16	29
11	33
1	45
14	5
4	40
17	20
5	49
20	6
17	29
23	8
3	46
5	37
4	33
4	45
10	21
19	4
13	21
14	18
14	5
5	16
6	30
5	28
2	33
8	4
3	37
10	18
5	24
8	9
10	4
7	2
2	24
12	18
4	28
2	12
7	20
7	12
5	1
3	22
0	18
2	29
11	1
3	16
1	6
8	1
1	18
5	8
8	16
5	14
3	18
4	2
3	8
4	5
2	13
1	12
3	1
4	5
4	5
1	5

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 24 June 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, 17 to 24 June 2023 (this event)	178 records

Every Record Set

20 of 178

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 24 June 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-06-19	Kosciusko	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	128	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-20	Mt Airy 2 W	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	102	62 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-20	Yadkinville 6 E	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	50	62 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-20	Copper Hill	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	76	61 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-20	Knoxville Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	46	59 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-20	Woolwine 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40	59 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-20	Elkin	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56	57 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-20	Orangeburg 2	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50	56 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-20	Lenoir	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	56	53 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-20	Salisbury 9 WNW	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32	52 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-20	Martinsville Fltr Plt	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	5	50 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-21	Little Mtn	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	100	76 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-21	Bamberg	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	22	53 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-22	Laurens	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	120	68 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-22	Cross City AP	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	21	53 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-22	Mt Mitchell	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	36	51 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-22	Smithfield	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	98	51 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-23	Usher Twr	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	32	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-23	Cross City 1 E	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	64	51 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-23	Henderson 2 NNW	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	80	50 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 178 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.

Date	Records
2023-06-17	1
2023-06-18	7
2023-06-19	27
2023-06-20	52
2023-06-21	42
2023-06-22	24
2023-06-23	21
2023-06-24	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
51	100
42	120
32	102
48	50
49	76
57	46
78	40
26	128
45	56
47	50
80	32
39	56
74	22
80	21
51	32
47	64
52	36
19	98
23	80
53	5
30	46
45	50
11	130
11	96
24	50
58	8
41	50
36	46
27	60
39	0
53	20
15	80
35	48
5	122
5	102
27	50
8	88
48	1
33	50
15	41
10	56
1	122
21	64
14	76
45	29
21	62
25	50
59	1
25	50
21	49
31	18
24	25
14	46
25	48
4	84
3	84
6	72
3	84
10	73
4	74
19	32
33	36
18	50
22	40
36	42
15	46
13	62
17	46
47	16
20	49
13	58
16	45
15	44
16	45
10	50
4	72
19	49
8	65
10	50
23	46
8	50
7	60
7	60
11	58
11	58
7	48
13	33
26	2
11	33
0	60
19	4
10	52
17	26
1	58
31	18
6	60
8	46
17	37
26	24
9	36
4	49
32	5
13	46
19	16
14	33
0	50
19	5
21	29
22	22
7	49
25	4
6	38
14	22
6	7
16	8
26	16
5	40
4	48
22	5
2	56
16	29
11	33
1	45
14	5
4	40
17	20
5	49
20	6
17	29
23	8
3	46
5	37
4	33
4	45
10	21
19	4
13	21
14	18
14	5
5	16
6	30
5	28
2	33
8	4
3	37
10	18
5	24
8	9
10	4
7	2
2	24
12	18
4	28
2	12
7	20
7	12
5	1
3	22
0	18
2	29
11	1
3	16
1	6
8	1
1	18
5	8
8	16
5	14
3	18
4	2
3	8
4	5
2	13
1	12
3	1
4	5
4	5
1	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
51	100
42	120
32	102
48	50
49	76
57	46
78	40
26	128
45	56
47	50
80	32
39	56
74	22
80	21
51	32
47	64
52	36
19	98
23	80
53	5
30	46
45	50
11	130
11	96
24	50
58	8
41	50
36	46
27	60
39	0
53	20
15	80
35	48
5	122
5	102
27	50
8	88
48	1
33	50
15	41
10	56
1	122
21	64
14	76
45	29
21	62
25	50
59	1
25	50
21	49
31	18
24	25
14	46
25	48
4	84
3	84
6	72
3	84
10	73
4	74
19	32
33	36
18	50
22	40
36	42
15	46
13	62
17	46
47	16
20	49
13	58
16	45
15	44
16	45
10	50
4	72
19	49
8	65
10	50
23	46
8	50
7	60
7	60
11	58
11	58
7	48
13	33
26	2
11	33
0	60
19	4
10	52
17	26
1	58
31	18
6	60
8	46
17	37
26	24
9	36
4	49
32	5
13	46
19	16
14	33
0	50
19	5
21	29
22	22
7	49
25	4
6	38
14	22
6	7
16	8
26	16
5	40
4	48
22	5
2	56
16	29
11	33
1	45
14	5
4	40
17	20
5	49
20	6
17	29
23	8
3	46
5	37
4	33
4	45
10	21
19	4
13	21
14	18
14	5
5	16
6	30
5	28
2	33
8	4
3	37
10	18
5	24
8	9
10	4
7	2
2	24
12	18
4	28
2	12
7	20
7	12
5	1
3	22
0	18
2	29
11	1
3	16
1	6
8	1
1	18
5	8
8	16
5	14
3	18
4	2
3	8
4	5
2	13
1	12
3	1
4	5
4	5
1	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
51	100
42	120
32	102
48	50
49	76
57	46
78	40
26	128
45	56
47	50
80	32
39	56
74	22
80	21
51	32
47	64
52	36
19	98
23	80
53	5
30	46
45	50
11	130
11	96
24	50
58	8
41	50
36	46
27	60
39	0
53	20
15	80
35	48
5	122
5	102
27	50
8	88
48	1
33	50
15	41
10	56
1	122
21	64
14	76
45	29
21	62
25	50
59	1
25	50
21	49
31	18
24	25
14	46
25	48
4	84
3	84
6	72
3	84
10	73
4	74
19	32
33	36
18	50
22	40
36	42
15	46
13	62
17	46
47	16
20	49
13	58
16	45
15	44
16	45
10	50
4	72
19	49
8	65
10	50
23	46
8	50
7	60
7	60
11	58
11	58
7	48
13	33
26	2
11	33
0	60
19	4
10	52
17	26
1	58
31	18
6	60
8	46
17	37
26	24
9	36
4	49
32	5
13	46
19	16
14	33
0	50
19	5
21	29
22	22
7	49
25	4
6	38
14	22
6	7
16	8
26	16
5	40
4	48
22	5
2	56
16	29
11	33
1	45
14	5
4	40
17	20
5	49
20	6
17	29
23	8
3	46
5	37
4	33
4	45
10	21
19	4
13	21
14	18
14	5
5	16
6	30
5	28
2	33
8	4
3	37
10	18
5	24
8	9
10	4
7	2
2	24
12	18
4	28
2	12
7	20
7	12
5	1
3	22
0	18
2	29
11	1
3	16
1	6
8	1
1	18
5	8
8	16
5	14
3	18
4	2
3	8
4	5
2	13
1	12
3	1
4	5
4	5
1	5