Extreme rain in United States, 7 to 13 February 2024

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 7 to 13 February 2024
Start: 2024-02-07
End: 2024-02-13
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 7 to 13 February 2024: 273 records at 261 stations, peak on 11 February 2024. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 7 to 13 February 2024 set or tied 273 station records at 261 stations.
It ran from 7 February 2024 to 13 February 2024 (7 days) and its peak day was 11 February 2024.
Status: closed.
Columbus Metro AP set a daily record precipitation of 108.7 mm (4.3 in) on 11 February 2024.
The busiest day was 11 February 2024 with 84 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 130 years.

Footprint

7 to 13 February 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 7 to 13 February 2024 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, 7 to 13 February 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Columbus Metro AP	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	2024-02-11
London Locks	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	2024-02-13
Lafayette 2W	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	2024-02-12
Summerville 4W	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	2024-02-13
Gassaway	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	2024-02-13
Hacker Valley	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	2024-02-13
Romney 1 SW	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	2024-02-13
Burnsville Lake	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	2024-02-13
St Joseph 3 N	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	2024-02-12
Sutton Lake	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2024-02-13
Apache	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2024-02-12
Mathews	Record daily precipitation	193.3 mm (7.6 in)	2024-02-12
Athens Ben Epps AP	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	2024-02-12
Sewanee	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	2024-02-11
Sandersville	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	2024-02-12
Torreon Navajo Mission	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	2024-02-10
Tucumcari Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	2024-02-10
Rocky Ford 2 SE	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	2024-02-11
Ballinger 2 NW	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	2024-02-11
Paint Rock	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	2024-02-11

Records per Day

Peak day 84

Records set or tied each day from 7 February 2024 to 13 February 2024. The most in one day was 84 on 11 February 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 7 to 13 February 2024 ranked by margin
Mathews, 02-12	118.1 mm (4.6 in)
St Joseph 3 N, 02-12	106.9 mm (4.2 in)
Columbus Metro AP, 02-11	65.5 mm (2.6 in)
Sandersville, 02-12	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
Lafayette 2W, 02-12	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
Sutton Lake, 02-13	31.3 mm (1.2 in)
London Locks, 02-13	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
Hacker Valley, 02-13	27.1 mm (1.1 in)
Athens Ben Epps AP, 02-12	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
Burnsville Lake, 02-13	23.7 mm (0.9 in)
Gassaway, 02-13	23.1 mm (0.9 in)
Apache, 02-12	20.1 mm (0.8 in)
Sewanee, 02-11	19.1 mm (0.8 in)
Summerville 4W, 02-13	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
Romney 1 SW, 02-13	12.7 mm (0.5 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

273 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, 7 to 13 February 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
66	60
12	60
29	38
51	57
16	79
23	57
27	44
13	108
24	57
5	128
107	10
31	9
20	76
118	10
9	112
25	78
19	90
8	100
11	60
53	0
10	88
23	70
8	100
51	20
29	43
19	76
66	9
8	130
8	110
3	116
3	116
4	109
4	122
14	57
4	120
5	110
3	123
5	60
5	113
47	30
4	123
4	88
3	110
8	73
3	123
4	58
34	52
15	60
1	100
20	57
1	118
57	10
1	105
4	58
40	20
10	57
25	6
28	11
8	17
2	85
2	89
1	89
40	10
15	43
10	76
5	44
20	58
36	17
20	58
1	84
13	58
7	70
3	72
4	70
31	4
7	57
17	57
20	58
21	58
8	57
12	64
26	40
7	60
25	24
11	57
13	56
11	60
16	46
5	30
4	64
18	29
10	38
4	70
9	45
12	40
1	73
5	58
1	74
9	46
6	48
19	9
10	38
0	70
3	52
1	64
6	46
6	58
2	57
35	10
17	40
6	57
8	57
5	52
23	32
16	25
7	45
10	58
3	8
2	57
2	57
17	29
4	58
4	37
4	46
0	57
17	29
10	46
2	60
7	38
8	46
22	20
24	25
2	57
5	41
3	46
1	58
4	58
32	10
3	10
17	4
15	10
4	57
7	38
2	48
8	4
13	38
12	20
6	38
3	38
5	4
24	17
4	46
17	4
4	46
4	30
10	20
2	36
4	30
9	32
13	4
12	10
16	9
6	28
1	45
7	41
17	9
7	30
8	20
5	40
1	37
6	20
4	25
2	46
8	20
5	16
15	9
18	10
19	0
23	4
9	4
4	13
3	25
13	29
18	14
5	30
12	20
8	10
7	20
6	10
25	5
1	30
3	20
6	14
2	25
7	30
11	4
2	29
2	5
2	41
3	33

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 7 to 13 February 2024 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, 7 to 13 February 2024 (this event)	273 records

Every Record Set

20 of 273

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 7 to 13 February 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-02-10	Torreon Navajo Mission	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	60	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-02-10	Tucumcari Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	60	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-02-11	Columbus Metro AP	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	60	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-02-11	Sewanee	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	90	48 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-11	Rocky Ford 2 SE	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	128	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-02-11	Ballinger 2 NW	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	112	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-02-11	Paint Rock	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	100	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-02-12	Lafayette 2W	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-12	St Joseph 3 N	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	10	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-12	Apache	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	76	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-12	Mathews	Record daily precipitation	193.3 mm (7.6 in)	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	10	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-12	Athens Ben Epps AP	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	78	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-12	Sandersville	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	0	47 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-13	London Locks	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-13	Summerville 4W	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	79	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-13	Gassaway	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	57	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-13	Hacker Valley	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	44	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-13	Romney 1 SW	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	108	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-13	Burnsville Lake	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	57	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-13	Sutton Lake	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	9	52 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 273 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 2026-10-18. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Date	Records
2024-02-07	2
2024-02-08	2
2024-02-09	1
2024-02-10	48
2024-02-11	84
2024-02-12	74
2024-02-13	62

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
66	60
12	60
29	38
51	57
16	79
23	57
27	44
13	108
24	57
5	128
107	10
31	9
20	76
118	10
9	112
25	78
19	90
8	100
11	60
53	0
10	88
23	70
8	100
51	20
29	43
19	76
66	9
8	130
8	110
3	116
3	116
4	109
4	122
14	57
4	120
5	110
3	123
5	60
5	113
47	30
4	123
4	88
3	110
8	73
3	123
4	58
34	52
15	60
1	100
20	57
1	118
57	10
1	105
4	58
40	20
10	57
25	6
28	11
8	17
2	85
2	89
1	89
40	10
15	43
10	76
5	44
20	58
36	17
20	58
1	84
13	58
7	70
3	72
4	70
31	4
7	57
17	57
20	58
21	58
8	57
12	64
26	40
7	60
25	24
11	57
13	56
11	60
16	46
5	30
4	64
18	29
10	38
4	70
9	45
12	40
1	73
5	58
1	74
9	46
6	48
19	9
10	38
0	70
3	52
1	64
6	46
6	58
2	57
35	10
17	40
6	57
8	57
5	52
23	32
16	25
7	45
10	58
3	8
2	57
2	57
17	29
4	58
4	37
4	46
0	57
17	29
10	46
2	60
7	38
8	46
22	20
24	25
2	57
5	41
3	46
1	58
4	58
32	10
3	10
17	4
15	10
4	57
7	38
2	48
8	4
13	38
12	20
6	38
3	38
5	4
24	17
4	46
17	4
4	46
4	30
10	20
2	36
4	30
9	32
13	4
12	10
16	9
6	28
1	45
7	41
17	9
7	30
8	20
5	40
1	37
6	20
4	25
2	46
8	20
5	16
15	9
18	10
19	0
23	4
9	4
4	13
3	25
13	29
18	14
5	30
12	20
8	10
7	20
6	10
25	5
1	30
3	20
6	14
2	25
7	30
11	4
2	29
2	5
2	41
3	33

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
66	60
12	60
29	38
51	57
16	79
23	57
27	44
13	108
24	57
5	128
107	10
31	9
20	76
118	10
9	112
25	78
19	90
8	100
11	60
53	0
10	88
23	70
8	100
51	20
29	43
19	76
66	9
8	130
8	110
3	116
3	116
4	109
4	122
14	57
4	120
5	110
3	123
5	60
5	113
47	30
4	123
4	88
3	110
8	73
3	123
4	58
34	52
15	60
1	100
20	57
1	118
57	10
1	105
4	58
40	20
10	57
25	6
28	11
8	17
2	85
2	89
1	89
40	10
15	43
10	76
5	44
20	58
36	17
20	58
1	84
13	58
7	70
3	72
4	70
31	4
7	57
17	57
20	58
21	58
8	57
12	64
26	40
7	60
25	24
11	57
13	56
11	60
16	46
5	30
4	64
18	29
10	38
4	70
9	45
12	40
1	73
5	58
1	74
9	46
6	48
19	9
10	38
0	70
3	52
1	64
6	46
6	58
2	57
35	10
17	40
6	57
8	57
5	52
23	32
16	25
7	45
10	58
3	8
2	57
2	57
17	29
4	58
4	37
4	46
0	57
17	29
10	46
2	60
7	38
8	46
22	20
24	25
2	57
5	41
3	46
1	58
4	58
32	10
3	10
17	4
15	10
4	57
7	38
2	48
8	4
13	38
12	20
6	38
3	38
5	4
24	17
4	46
17	4
4	46
4	30
10	20
2	36
4	30
9	32
13	4
12	10
16	9
6	28
1	45
7	41
17	9
7	30
8	20
5	40
1	37
6	20
4	25
2	46
8	20
5	16
15	9
18	10
19	0
23	4
9	4
4	13
3	25
13	29
18	14
5	30
12	20
8	10
7	20
6	10
25	5
1	30
3	20
6	14
2	25
7	30
11	4
2	29
2	5
2	41
3	33

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
66	60
12	60
29	38
51	57
16	79
23	57
27	44
13	108
24	57
5	128
107	10
31	9
20	76
118	10
9	112
25	78
19	90
8	100
11	60
53	0
10	88
23	70
8	100
51	20
29	43
19	76
66	9
8	130
8	110
3	116
3	116
4	109
4	122
14	57
4	120
5	110
3	123
5	60
5	113
47	30
4	123
4	88
3	110
8	73
3	123
4	58
34	52
15	60
1	100
20	57
1	118
57	10
1	105
4	58
40	20
10	57
25	6
28	11
8	17
2	85
2	89
1	89
40	10
15	43
10	76
5	44
20	58
36	17
20	58
1	84
13	58
7	70
3	72
4	70
31	4
7	57
17	57
20	58
21	58
8	57
12	64
26	40
7	60
25	24
11	57
13	56
11	60
16	46
5	30
4	64
18	29
10	38
4	70
9	45
12	40
1	73
5	58
1	74
9	46
6	48
19	9
10	38
0	70
3	52
1	64
6	46
6	58
2	57
35	10
17	40
6	57
8	57
5	52
23	32
16	25
7	45
10	58
3	8
2	57
2	57
17	29
4	58
4	37
4	46
0	57
17	29
10	46
2	60
7	38
8	46
22	20
24	25
2	57
5	41
3	46
1	58
4	58
32	10
3	10
17	4
15	10
4	57
7	38
2	48
8	4
13	38
12	20
6	38
3	38
5	4
24	17
4	46
17	4
4	46
4	30
10	20
2	36
4	30
9	32
13	4
12	10
16	9
6	28
1	45
7	41
17	9
7	30
8	20
5	40
1	37
6	20
4	25
2	46
8	20
5	16
15	9
18	10
19	0
23	4
9	4
4	13
3	25
13	29
18	14
5	30
12	20
8	10
7	20
6	10
25	5
1	30
3	20
6	14
2	25
7	30
11	4
2	29
2	5
2	41
3	33