Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 25 March 2024

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 25 March 2024
Start: 2024-03-22
End: 2024-03-25
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 25 March 2024: 243 records at 239 stations, peak on 23 March 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 25 March 2024 set or tied 243 station records at 239 stations.
It ran from 22 March 2024 to 25 March 2024 (4 days) and its peak day was 23 March 2024.
Status: closed.
World Trade Ctr set a daily record precipitation of 72.1 mm (2.8 in) on 24 March 2024.
The busiest day was 23 March 2024 with 132 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 112 years.

Footprint

22 to 25 March 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 25 March 2024 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 25 March 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
World Trade Ctr	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	2024-03-24
Ny City Cntrl Park	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	2024-03-23
Hightstown 2 W	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	2024-03-24
Neshaminy Falls	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	2024-03-23
Amherst	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	2024-03-24
Ashland	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	2024-03-23
Poughkeepsie AP	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	2024-03-23
Newark Liberty Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	2024-03-23
Keene	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	2024-03-24
Newark Ag Farm	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	2024-03-23
Phoenixville 1 E	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	2024-03-23
Moorestown 4 E	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	2024-03-24
Greenville Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2024-03-23
Rutland	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	2024-03-24
Gilman	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2024-03-25
Warsaw 2 NW	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	2024-03-23
Albany Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	2024-03-23
Port Jervis	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	2024-03-24
Wilmington 7 N	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	2024-03-23

Records per Day

Peak day 132

Records set or tied each day from 22 March 2024 to 25 March 2024. The most in one day was 132 on 23 March 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 25 March 2024 ranked by margin
Ny City Cntrl Park, 03-23	52.4 mm (2.1 in)
Neshaminy Falls, 03-23	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
World Trade Ctr, 03-24	44.4 mm (1.7 in)
Wilmington 7 N, 03-23	42.7 mm (1.7 in)
Moorestown 4 E, 03-24	40.7 mm (1.6 in)
Newark Liberty Intl AP, 03-23	40.1 mm (1.6 in)
Poughkeepsie AP, 03-23	37.6 mm (1.5 in)
Hightstown 2 W, 03-24	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
Ashland, 03-23	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
Amherst, 03-24	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
Keene, 03-24	31.7 mm (1.2 in)
Newark Ag Farm, 03-23	31.3 mm (1.2 in)
Phoenixville 1 E, 03-23	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
Rutland, 03-24	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
Warsaw 2 NW, 03-23	24.1 mm (0.9 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

243 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 25 March 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
44	112
52	95
36	112
34	112
47	75
36	75
38	56
40	63
32	56
31	74
41	35
29	75
23	69
17	58
25	31
18	71
21	71
24	72
22	56
43	43
20	71
17	57
34	14
21	56
27	63
31	4
38	19
52	4
30	31
17	74
17	75
46	23
35	31
29	31
37	19
43	14
46	4
8	95
20	14
17	63
20	56
15	72
27	14
25	33
6	74
37	35
31	4
23	31
12	75
13	72
15	74
45	4
20	4
16	31
17	50
11	72
25	62
37	4
32	19
37	4
9	71
0	95
19	39
6	75
8	47
12	56
25	19
34	4
7	75
37	4
26	14
23	19
12	14
3	74
26	19
25	33
17	25
4	72
33	4
6	74
7	56
25	19
13	14
28	4
28	19
5	75
25	19
16	31
6	72
18	39
29	4
26	4
26	2
7	56
24	4
31	4
23	32
15	43
32	4
1	49
13	35
16	13
7	23
14	9
22	4
6	63
18	39
5	29
25	14
25	4
23	4
12	31
5	19
18	4
18	19
9	25
26	14
30	4
17	19
6	33
11	14
18	39
13	43
18	14
16	19
14	33
19	2
11	13
6	43
9	35
2	13
36	4
10	31
10	43
6	43
11	43
24	4
9	35
14	14
15	14
7	31
14	19
23	14
3	43
14	14
8	14
16	4
7	23
22	4
12	14
6	31
20	4
11	33
2	43
10	14
1	56
21	4
9	35
3	31
4	9
8	35
8	35
3	45
16	4
6	43
22	4
9	35
12	35
8	19
15	4
11	4
1	35
3	43
13	19
14	19
18	14
6	33
2	39
7	19
1	43
16	4
17	4
8	14
18	4
1	43
10	4
1	43
4	32
5	14
5	14
6	19
7	4
0	43
12	4
2	35
2	35
4	14
5	14
10	4
12	14

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 25 March 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, 22 to 25 March 2024 (this event)	243 records

Every Record Set

20 of 243

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 22 to 25 March 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-03-23	Ny City Cntrl Park	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	95	78 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-23	Neshaminy Falls	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	75	72 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-23	Ashland	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	75	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-23	Poughkeepsie AP	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	56	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-23	Newark Liberty Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	63	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-23	Newark Ag Farm	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	74	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-23	Phoenixville 1 E	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	75	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-23	Greenville Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	69	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-23	Warsaw 2 NW	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	72	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-23	Albany Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	56	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-23	Wilmington 7 N	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-24	World Trade Ctr	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	112	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-03-24	Hightstown 2 W	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	112	74 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-24	Amherst	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	112	72 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-24	Keene	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	56	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-24	Moorestown 4 E	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	35	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-24	Rutland	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	31	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-24	Greenville Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	71	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-24	Port Jervis	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	71	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-25	Gilman	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	58	54 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 243 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	112
52	95
36	112
34	112
47	75
36	75
38	56
40	63
32	56
31	74
41	35
29	75
23	69
17	58
25	31
18	71
21	71
24	72
22	56
43	43
20	71
17	57
34	14
21	56
27	63
31	4
38	19
52	4
30	31
17	74
17	75
46	23
35	31
29	31
37	19
43	14
46	4
8	95
20	14
17	63
20	56
15	72
27	14
25	33
6	74
37	35
31	4
23	31
12	75
13	72
15	74
45	4
20	4
16	31
17	50
11	72
25	62
37	4
32	19
37	4
9	71
0	95
19	39
6	75
8	47
12	56
25	19
34	4
7	75
37	4
26	14
23	19
12	14
3	74
26	19
25	33
17	25
4	72
33	4
6	74
7	56
25	19
13	14
28	4
28	19
5	75
25	19
16	31
6	72
18	39
29	4
26	4
26	2
7	56
24	4
31	4
23	32
15	43
32	4
1	49
13	35
16	13
7	23
14	9
22	4
6	63
18	39
5	29
25	14
25	4
23	4
12	31
5	19
18	4
18	19
9	25
26	14
30	4
17	19
6	33
11	14
18	39
13	43
18	14
16	19
14	33
19	2
11	13
6	43
9	35
2	13
36	4
10	31
10	43
6	43
11	43
24	4
9	35
14	14
15	14
7	31
14	19
23	14
3	43
14	14
8	14
16	4
7	23
22	4
12	14
6	31
20	4
11	33
2	43
10	14
1	56
21	4
9	35
3	31
4	9
8	35
8	35
3	45
16	4
6	43
22	4
9	35
12	35
8	19
15	4
11	4
1	35
3	43
13	19
14	19
18	14
6	33
2	39
7	19
1	43
16	4
17	4
8	14
18	4
1	43
10	4
1	43
4	32
5	14
5	14
6	19
7	4
0	43
12	4
2	35
2	35
4	14
5	14
10	4
12	14

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
44	112
52	95
36	112
34	112
47	75
36	75
38	56
40	63
32	56
31	74
41	35
29	75
23	69
17	58
25	31
18	71
21	71
24	72
22	56
43	43
20	71
17	57
34	14
21	56
27	63
31	4
38	19
52	4
30	31
17	74
17	75
46	23
35	31
29	31
37	19
43	14
46	4
8	95
20	14
17	63
20	56
15	72
27	14
25	33
6	74
37	35
31	4
23	31
12	75
13	72
15	74
45	4
20	4
16	31
17	50
11	72
25	62
37	4
32	19
37	4
9	71
0	95
19	39
6	75
8	47
12	56
25	19
34	4
7	75
37	4
26	14
23	19
12	14
3	74
26	19
25	33
17	25
4	72
33	4
6	74
7	56
25	19
13	14
28	4
28	19
5	75
25	19
16	31
6	72
18	39
29	4
26	4
26	2
7	56
24	4
31	4
23	32
15	43
32	4
1	49
13	35
16	13
7	23
14	9
22	4
6	63
18	39
5	29
25	14
25	4
23	4
12	31
5	19
18	4
18	19
9	25
26	14
30	4
17	19
6	33
11	14
18	39
13	43
18	14
16	19
14	33
19	2
11	13
6	43
9	35
2	13
36	4
10	31
10	43
6	43
11	43
24	4
9	35
14	14
15	14
7	31
14	19
23	14
3	43
14	14
8	14
16	4
7	23
22	4
12	14
6	31
20	4
11	33
2	43
10	14
1	56
21	4
9	35
3	31
4	9
8	35
8	35
3	45
16	4
6	43
22	4
9	35
12	35
8	19
15	4
11	4
1	35
3	43
13	19
14	19
18	14
6	33
2	39
7	19
1	43
16	4
17	4
8	14
18	4
1	43
10	4
1	43
4	32
5	14
5	14
6	19
7	4
0	43
12	4
2	35
2	35
4	14
5	14
10	4
12	14

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
44	112
52	95
36	112
34	112
47	75
36	75
38	56
40	63
32	56
31	74
41	35
29	75
23	69
17	58
25	31
18	71
21	71
24	72
22	56
43	43
20	71
17	57
34	14
21	56
27	63
31	4
38	19
52	4
30	31
17	74
17	75
46	23
35	31
29	31
37	19
43	14
46	4
8	95
20	14
17	63
20	56
15	72
27	14
25	33
6	74
37	35
31	4
23	31
12	75
13	72
15	74
45	4
20	4
16	31
17	50
11	72
25	62
37	4
32	19
37	4
9	71
0	95
19	39
6	75
8	47
12	56
25	19
34	4
7	75
37	4
26	14
23	19
12	14
3	74
26	19
25	33
17	25
4	72
33	4
6	74
7	56
25	19
13	14
28	4
28	19
5	75
25	19
16	31
6	72
18	39
29	4
26	4
26	2
7	56
24	4
31	4
23	32
15	43
32	4
1	49
13	35
16	13
7	23
14	9
22	4
6	63
18	39
5	29
25	14
25	4
23	4
12	31
5	19
18	4
18	19
9	25
26	14
30	4
17	19
6	33
11	14
18	39
13	43
18	14
16	19
14	33
19	2
11	13
6	43
9	35
2	13
36	4
10	31
10	43
6	43
11	43
24	4
9	35
14	14
15	14
7	31
14	19
23	14
3	43
14	14
8	14
16	4
7	23
22	4
12	14
6	31
20	4
11	33
2	43
10	14
1	56
21	4
9	35
3	31
4	9
8	35
8	35
3	45
16	4
6	43
22	4
9	35
12	35
8	19
15	4
11	4
1	35
3	43
13	19
14	19
18	14
6	33
2	39
7	19
1	43
16	4
17	4
8	14
18	4
1	43
10	4
1	43
4	32
5	14
5	14
6	19
7	4
0	43
12	4
2	35
2	35
4	14
5	14
10	4
12	14