Extreme rain in United States, 20 to 23 November 2023

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 20 to 23 November 2023
Start: 2023-11-20
End: 2023-11-23
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 20 to 23 November 2023: 305 records at 302 stations, peak on 22 November 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 20 to 23 November 2023 set or tied 305 station records at 302 stations.
It ran from 20 November 2023 to 23 November 2023 (4 days) and its peak day was 22 November 2023.
Status: closed.
Pedlar Dam set a daily record precipitation of 79.8 mm (3.1 in) on 22 November 2023.
The busiest day was 22 November 2023 with 179 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 124 years.

Footprint

20 to 23 November 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 20 to 23 November 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, 20 to 23 November 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Pedlar Dam	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	2023-11-22
Glenmoore	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2023-11-22
Brockport	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	2023-11-22
New Castle	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	2023-11-22
Free Union	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	2023-11-22
Natchez	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	2023-11-21
World Trade Ctr	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	2023-11-22
Charlottesville 2W	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	2023-11-22
Hot Springs	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	2023-11-22
Clarksburg Benedum AP	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	2023-11-21
Somerset	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2023-11-22
Columbia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	2023-11-21
Crystal Springs Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	2023-11-21
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	2023-11-22
Natl Arboretum Dc	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2023-11-22
Stevensville 2SW	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	2023-11-22
Kane 1NNE	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	2023-11-22
Sines Deep Creek	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	2023-11-22
Everett	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	2023-11-22
Cacapon St Pk #2	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	2023-11-22

Records per Day

Peak day 179

Records set or tied each day from 20 November 2023 to 23 November 2023. The most in one day was 179 on 22 November 2023.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 20 to 23 November 2023 ranked by margin
Charlottesville 2W, 11-22	61.8 mm (2.4 in)
Free Union, 11-22	58.9 mm (2.3 in)
Somerset, 11-22	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
Pedlar Dam, 11-22	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
Glenmoore, 11-22	43.1 mm (1.7 in)
Cacapon St Pk #2, 11-22	42.7 mm (1.7 in)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld, 11-22	37.4 mm (1.5 in)
New Castle, 11-22	30.7 mm (1.2 in)
Natchez, 11-21	30.4 mm (1.2 in)
Natl Arboretum Dc, 11-22	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
Stevensville 2SW, 11-22	21.3 mm (0.8 in)
Hot Springs, 11-22	20.9 mm (0.8 in)
Crystal Springs Exp STN, 11-21	20.4 mm (0.8 in)
Columbia, 11-21	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
Clarksburg Benedum AP, 11-21	19.1 mm (0.8 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

305 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, 20 to 23 November 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
44	77
43	60
13	113
31	77
59	37
30	124
18	98
62	17
21	98
19	77
52	17
20	116
20	124
37	32
28	60
21	70
14	72
5	70
17	69
43	32
37	60
24	60
16	77
36	17
34	40
20	70
41	32
19	60
19	70
18	30
39	17
44	17
28	49
3	94
11	69
26	52
22	57
27	60
27	32
0	122
38	28
4	84
28	32
1	98
34	17
12	70
31	28
29	37
22	37
31	17
4	88
25	32
5	70
15	32
5	70
18	28
6	70
5	70
29	33
31	36
19	49
12	77
6	70
3	80
4	70
5	66
31	18
45	17
21	33
32	17
15	60
19	36
20	17
8	70
5	68
7	52
2	77
4	72
5	77
25	32
17	37
4	40
7	66
20	12
22	32
12	60
3	70
5	60
3	70
11	40
4	70
4	70
21	17
13	32
2	70
5	66
12	44
27	28
1	70
2	66
4	69
1	72
2	70
16	40
4	70
18	45
18	37
24	37
4	60
1	70
4	70
5	70
4	68
3	66
1	70
10	32
20	37
9	60
7	69
3	70
26	25
3	60
3	69
9	28
26	17
3	60
19	17
10	32
19	37
12	30
37	30
12	32
1	60
22	34
7	30
21	28
9	32
28	17
24	17
17	49
12	49
19	25
16	16
23	17
15	32
9	45
11	16
2	60
12	30
5	37
3	60
10	36
9	49
7	37
6	40
8	30
9	30
12	33
3	49
3	54
8	30
7	40
3	40
10	30
13	37
10	30
7	45
8	32
11	30
7	30
4	37
18	28
14	33
9	25
4	48
14	28
9	28
4	44
0	44
7	49
3	37
13	1
3	40
1	57
9	37
11	30
12	37
15	30
2	44
44	18
8	49
5	22
2	37
9	30
10	28
5	32
7	45
3	45
12	16
5	30

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 20 to 23 November 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, 20 to 23 November 2023 (this event)	305 records

Every Record Set

20 of 305

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 20 to 23 November 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-11-21	Natchez	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	124	55 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-21	Clarksburg Benedum AP	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	77	53 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-21	Columbia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	116	51 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-21	Crystal Springs Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	124	51 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-22	Pedlar Dam	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	77	65 of 100 (Major)
2023-11-22	Glenmoore	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	60	59 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-22	Brockport	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	113	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-22	New Castle	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	77	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-22	Free Union	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37	57 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-22	World Trade Ctr	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	98	55 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-22	Charlottesville 2W	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	17	55 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-22	Hot Springs	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	98	55 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-22	Somerset	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	17	52 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-22	Aberdeen Phillips Fld	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	32	49 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-22	Natl Arboretum Dc	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	60	48 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-22	Stevensville 2SW	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	70	48 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-22	Kane 1NNE	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	72	48 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-22	Sines Deep Creek	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	70	47 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-22	Everett	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	69	46 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-22	Cacapon St Pk #2	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32	45 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 305 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
44	77
43	60
13	113
31	77
59	37
30	124
18	98
62	17
21	98
19	77
52	17
20	116
20	124
37	32
28	60
21	70
14	72
5	70
17	69
43	32
37	60
24	60
16	77
36	17
34	40
20	70
41	32
19	60
19	70
18	30
39	17
44	17
28	49
3	94
11	69
26	52
22	57
27	60
27	32
0	122
38	28
4	84
28	32
1	98
34	17
12	70
31	28
29	37
22	37
31	17
4	88
25	32
5	70
15	32
5	70
18	28
6	70
5	70
29	33
31	36
19	49
12	77
6	70
3	80
4	70
5	66
31	18
45	17
21	33
32	17
15	60
19	36
20	17
8	70
5	68
7	52
2	77
4	72
5	77
25	32
17	37
4	40
7	66
20	12
22	32
12	60
3	70
5	60
3	70
11	40
4	70
4	70
21	17
13	32
2	70
5	66
12	44
27	28
1	70
2	66
4	69
1	72
2	70
16	40
4	70
18	45
18	37
24	37
4	60
1	70
4	70
5	70
4	68
3	66
1	70
10	32
20	37
9	60
7	69
3	70
26	25
3	60
3	69
9	28
26	17
3	60
19	17
10	32
19	37
12	30
37	30
12	32
1	60
22	34
7	30
21	28
9	32
28	17
24	17
17	49
12	49
19	25
16	16
23	17
15	32
9	45
11	16
2	60
12	30
5	37
3	60
10	36
9	49
7	37
6	40
8	30
9	30
12	33
3	49
3	54
8	30
7	40
3	40
10	30
13	37
10	30
7	45
8	32
11	30
7	30
4	37
18	28
14	33
9	25
4	48
14	28
9	28
4	44
0	44
7	49
3	37
13	1
3	40
1	57
9	37
11	30
12	37
15	30
2	44
44	18
8	49
5	22
2	37
9	30
10	28
5	32
7	45
3	45
12	16
5	30

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
44	77
43	60
13	113
31	77
59	37
30	124
18	98
62	17
21	98
19	77
52	17
20	116
20	124
37	32
28	60
21	70
14	72
5	70
17	69
43	32
37	60
24	60
16	77
36	17
34	40
20	70
41	32
19	60
19	70
18	30
39	17
44	17
28	49
3	94
11	69
26	52
22	57
27	60
27	32
0	122
38	28
4	84
28	32
1	98
34	17
12	70
31	28
29	37
22	37
31	17
4	88
25	32
5	70
15	32
5	70
18	28
6	70
5	70
29	33
31	36
19	49
12	77
6	70
3	80
4	70
5	66
31	18
45	17
21	33
32	17
15	60
19	36
20	17
8	70
5	68
7	52
2	77
4	72
5	77
25	32
17	37
4	40
7	66
20	12
22	32
12	60
3	70
5	60
3	70
11	40
4	70
4	70
21	17
13	32
2	70
5	66
12	44
27	28
1	70
2	66
4	69
1	72
2	70
16	40
4	70
18	45
18	37
24	37
4	60
1	70
4	70
5	70
4	68
3	66
1	70
10	32
20	37
9	60
7	69
3	70
26	25
3	60
3	69
9	28
26	17
3	60
19	17
10	32
19	37
12	30
37	30
12	32
1	60
22	34
7	30
21	28
9	32
28	17
24	17
17	49
12	49
19	25
16	16
23	17
15	32
9	45
11	16
2	60
12	30
5	37
3	60
10	36
9	49
7	37
6	40
8	30
9	30
12	33
3	49
3	54
8	30
7	40
3	40
10	30
13	37
10	30
7	45
8	32
11	30
7	30
4	37
18	28
14	33
9	25
4	48
14	28
9	28
4	44
0	44
7	49
3	37
13	1
3	40
1	57
9	37
11	30
12	37
15	30
2	44
44	18
8	49
5	22
2	37
9	30
10	28
5	32
7	45
3	45
12	16
5	30

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
44	77
43	60
13	113
31	77
59	37
30	124
18	98
62	17
21	98
19	77
52	17
20	116
20	124
37	32
28	60
21	70
14	72
5	70
17	69
43	32
37	60
24	60
16	77
36	17
34	40
20	70
41	32
19	60
19	70
18	30
39	17
44	17
28	49
3	94
11	69
26	52
22	57
27	60
27	32
0	122
38	28
4	84
28	32
1	98
34	17
12	70
31	28
29	37
22	37
31	17
4	88
25	32
5	70
15	32
5	70
18	28
6	70
5	70
29	33
31	36
19	49
12	77
6	70
3	80
4	70
5	66
31	18
45	17
21	33
32	17
15	60
19	36
20	17
8	70
5	68
7	52
2	77
4	72
5	77
25	32
17	37
4	40
7	66
20	12
22	32
12	60
3	70
5	60
3	70
11	40
4	70
4	70
21	17
13	32
2	70
5	66
12	44
27	28
1	70
2	66
4	69
1	72
2	70
16	40
4	70
18	45
18	37
24	37
4	60
1	70
4	70
5	70
4	68
3	66
1	70
10	32
20	37
9	60
7	69
3	70
26	25
3	60
3	69
9	28
26	17
3	60
19	17
10	32
19	37
12	30
37	30
12	32
1	60
22	34
7	30
21	28
9	32
28	17
24	17
17	49
12	49
19	25
16	16
23	17
15	32
9	45
11	16
2	60
12	30
5	37
3	60
10	36
9	49
7	37
6	40
8	30
9	30
12	33
3	49
3	54
8	30
7	40
3	40
10	30
13	37
10	30
7	45
8	32
11	30
7	30
4	37
18	28
14	33
9	25
4	48
14	28
9	28
4	44
0	44
7	49
3	37
13	1
3	40
1	57
9	37
11	30
12	37
15	30
2	44
44	18
8	49
5	22
2	37
9	30
10	28
5	32
7	45
3	45
12	16
5	30