Extreme rain in United States, 15 to 19 April 2024

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 15 to 19 April 2024
Start: 2024-04-15
End: 2024-04-19
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 15 to 19 April 2024: 241 records at 235 stations, peak on 17 April 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 15 to 19 April 2024 set or tied 241 station records at 235 stations.
It ran from 15 April 2024 to 19 April 2024 (5 days) and its peak day was 17 April 2024.
Status: closed.
Wakefield 3NW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 102.9 mm (4.1 in) on 16 April 2024.
The busiest day was 17 April 2024 with 150 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 129 years.

Footprint

15 to 19 April 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 15 to 19 April 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, 15 to 19 April 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Wakefield 3NW	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	2024-04-16
Friendship	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	2024-04-17
Clarinda	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	2024-04-17
Redwood Falls Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	2024-04-16
St Peter	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	2024-04-17
Vermillion 2 SE	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	2024-04-16
Marion	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	2024-04-17
Forest City 2 NNE	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	2024-04-17
Burlington Junction	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	2024-04-17
Portage Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	2024-04-17
Highmore	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	2024-04-16
Yankton 2 E	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	2024-04-17
Osage	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	2024-04-17
Canton	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	2024-04-17
Wessington Springs	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	2024-04-17
Le Mars	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	2024-04-16
Lake Sharpe Prj	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	2024-04-16
Cloquet	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	2024-04-17
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	2024-04-17
Newell	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	2024-04-16

Records per Day

Peak day 150

Records set or tied each day from 15 April 2024 to 19 April 2024. The most in one day was 150 on 17 April 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 15 to 19 April 2024 ranked by margin
Burlington Junction, 04-17	56.7 mm (2.2 in)
Wakefield 3NW, 04-16	43.7 mm (1.7 in)
Yankton 2 E, 04-17	39.2 mm (1.5 in)
Friendship, 04-17	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
Vermillion 2 SE, 04-16	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
Forest City 2 NNE, 04-17	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
Clarinda, 04-17	30.7 mm (1.2 in)
Redwood Falls Muni AP, 04-16	29.9 mm (1.2 in)
Lake Sharpe Prj, 04-16	27.7 mm (1.1 in)
Highmore, 04-16	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
St Peter, 04-17	25.6 mm (1.0 in)
Portage Wwtp, 04-17	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
Marion, 04-17	24.4 mm (1.0 in)
Le Mars, 04-16	15.0 mm (0.6 in)
Wessington Springs, 04-17	13.0 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

241 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, 15 to 19 April 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
44	111
35	86
31	125
26	116
30	79
34	79
24	94
31	65
57	48
25	64
27	47
39	21
12	116
12	127
13	127
12	84
15	86
12	85
13	85
28	48
4	96
10	103
13	79
6	97
11	86
31	25
7	95
6	116
11	86
17	64
10	85
24	21
4	99
23	42
14	65
15	18
3	114
14	64
9	86
3	124
3	116
3	124
23	21
26	1
13	48
20	13
3	114
11	8
1	106
12	65
15	18
1	124
12	64
27	10
1	129
33	4
16	64
6	83
13	64
8	65
19	49
4	85
4	85
33	21
12	64
3	85
20	38
2	79
19	48
23	10
24	4
22	21
9	32
0	86
21	24
15	15
17	42
7	64
26	13
10	57
6	64
8	65
2	79
11	46
15	49
10	49
16	34
7	65
13	38
8	4
2	77
15	34
15	21
3	69
5	57
0	76
22	4
5	65
3	53
4	57
4	28
8	48
10	15
17	10
9	38
13	21
6	28
13	24
17	12
5	64
2	65
4	53
18	8
2	57
21	8
11	42
26	9
24	19
14	22
13	10
20	1
3	48
5	49
13	24
4	46
9	38
15	21
9	29
16	12
12	21
19	20
0	55
6	49
3	56
8	26
2	57
12	18
5	48
12	19
11	21
17	5
3	48
4	21
10	18
1	48
6	48
19	5
1	58
3	48
9	21
6	21
3	43
6	21
9	10
0	54
7	21
8	18
10	19
2	47
7	21
12	24
10	11
9	22
6	21
14	10
10	21
10	8
6	24
3	29
10	21
6	8
9	24
5	21
8	24
5	8
10	21
7	18
8	4
9	18
5	24
12	12
5	21
4	19
9	18
10	21
5	10
3	38
5	24
8	18
8	4
3	21
1	21
5	4
8	9
5	18
5	18
3	33
12	4
10	13
8	21

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 15 to 19 April 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, 15 to 19 April 2024 (this event)	241 records

Every Record Set

20 of 241

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 15 to 19 April 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-04-16	Wakefield 3NW	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	111	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-04-16	Redwood Falls Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	79	68 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-16	Vermillion 2 SE	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	79	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-16	Highmore	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-16	Le Mars	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	86	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-16	Lake Sharpe Prj	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-16	Newell	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	84	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-04-17	Friendship	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	86	72 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-17	Clarinda	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	125	69 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-17	St Peter	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	116	68 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-17	Marion	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	94	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-17	Forest City 2 NNE	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	65	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-17	Burlington Junction	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	48	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-17	Portage Wwtp	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	64	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-17	Yankton 2 E	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	21	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-17	Osage	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	116	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-17	Canton	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	127	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-17	Wessington Springs	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	127	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-17	Cloquet	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	85	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-04-17	Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	85	49 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 241 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	111
35	86
31	125
26	116
30	79
34	79
24	94
31	65
57	48
25	64
27	47
39	21
12	116
12	127
13	127
12	84
15	86
12	85
13	85
28	48
4	96
10	103
13	79
6	97
11	86
31	25
7	95
6	116
11	86
17	64
10	85
24	21
4	99
23	42
14	65
15	18
3	114
14	64
9	86
3	124
3	116
3	124
23	21
26	1
13	48
20	13
3	114
11	8
1	106
12	65
15	18
1	124
12	64
27	10
1	129
33	4
16	64
6	83
13	64
8	65
19	49
4	85
4	85
33	21
12	64
3	85
20	38
2	79
19	48
23	10
24	4
22	21
9	32
0	86
21	24
15	15
17	42
7	64
26	13
10	57
6	64
8	65
2	79
11	46
15	49
10	49
16	34
7	65
13	38
8	4
2	77
15	34
15	21
3	69
5	57
0	76
22	4
5	65
3	53
4	57
4	28
8	48
10	15
17	10
9	38
13	21
6	28
13	24
17	12
5	64
2	65
4	53
18	8
2	57
21	8
11	42
26	9
24	19
14	22
13	10
20	1
3	48
5	49
13	24
4	46
9	38
15	21
9	29
16	12
12	21
19	20
0	55
6	49
3	56
8	26
2	57
12	18
5	48
12	19
11	21
17	5
3	48
4	21
10	18
1	48
6	48
19	5
1	58
3	48
9	21
6	21
3	43
6	21
9	10
0	54
7	21
8	18
10	19
2	47
7	21
12	24
10	11
9	22
6	21
14	10
10	21
10	8
6	24
3	29
10	21
6	8
9	24
5	21
8	24
5	8
10	21
7	18
8	4
9	18
5	24
12	12
5	21
4	19
9	18
10	21
5	10
3	38
5	24
8	18
8	4
3	21
1	21
5	4
8	9
5	18
5	18
3	33
12	4
10	13
8	21

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
44	111
35	86
31	125
26	116
30	79
34	79
24	94
31	65
57	48
25	64
27	47
39	21
12	116
12	127
13	127
12	84
15	86
12	85
13	85
28	48
4	96
10	103
13	79
6	97
11	86
31	25
7	95
6	116
11	86
17	64
10	85
24	21
4	99
23	42
14	65
15	18
3	114
14	64
9	86
3	124
3	116
3	124
23	21
26	1
13	48
20	13
3	114
11	8
1	106
12	65
15	18
1	124
12	64
27	10
1	129
33	4
16	64
6	83
13	64
8	65
19	49
4	85
4	85
33	21
12	64
3	85
20	38
2	79
19	48
23	10
24	4
22	21
9	32
0	86
21	24
15	15
17	42
7	64
26	13
10	57
6	64
8	65
2	79
11	46
15	49
10	49
16	34
7	65
13	38
8	4
2	77
15	34
15	21
3	69
5	57
0	76
22	4
5	65
3	53
4	57
4	28
8	48
10	15
17	10
9	38
13	21
6	28
13	24
17	12
5	64
2	65
4	53
18	8
2	57
21	8
11	42
26	9
24	19
14	22
13	10
20	1
3	48
5	49
13	24
4	46
9	38
15	21
9	29
16	12
12	21
19	20
0	55
6	49
3	56
8	26
2	57
12	18
5	48
12	19
11	21
17	5
3	48
4	21
10	18
1	48
6	48
19	5
1	58
3	48
9	21
6	21
3	43
6	21
9	10
0	54
7	21
8	18
10	19
2	47
7	21
12	24
10	11
9	22
6	21
14	10
10	21
10	8
6	24
3	29
10	21
6	8
9	24
5	21
8	24
5	8
10	21
7	18
8	4
9	18
5	24
12	12
5	21
4	19
9	18
10	21
5	10
3	38
5	24
8	18
8	4
3	21
1	21
5	4
8	9
5	18
5	18
3	33
12	4
10	13
8	21

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
44	111
35	86
31	125
26	116
30	79
34	79
24	94
31	65
57	48
25	64
27	47
39	21
12	116
12	127
13	127
12	84
15	86
12	85
13	85
28	48
4	96
10	103
13	79
6	97
11	86
31	25
7	95
6	116
11	86
17	64
10	85
24	21
4	99
23	42
14	65
15	18
3	114
14	64
9	86
3	124
3	116
3	124
23	21
26	1
13	48
20	13
3	114
11	8
1	106
12	65
15	18
1	124
12	64
27	10
1	129
33	4
16	64
6	83
13	64
8	65
19	49
4	85
4	85
33	21
12	64
3	85
20	38
2	79
19	48
23	10
24	4
22	21
9	32
0	86
21	24
15	15
17	42
7	64
26	13
10	57
6	64
8	65
2	79
11	46
15	49
10	49
16	34
7	65
13	38
8	4
2	77
15	34
15	21
3	69
5	57
0	76
22	4
5	65
3	53
4	57
4	28
8	48
10	15
17	10
9	38
13	21
6	28
13	24
17	12
5	64
2	65
4	53
18	8
2	57
21	8
11	42
26	9
24	19
14	22
13	10
20	1
3	48
5	49
13	24
4	46
9	38
15	21
9	29
16	12
12	21
19	20
0	55
6	49
3	56
8	26
2	57
12	18
5	48
12	19
11	21
17	5
3	48
4	21
10	18
1	48
6	48
19	5
1	58
3	48
9	21
6	21
3	43
6	21
9	10
0	54
7	21
8	18
10	19
2	47
7	21
12	24
10	11
9	22
6	21
14	10
10	21
10	8
6	24
3	29
10	21
6	8
9	24
5	21
8	24
5	8
10	21
7	18
8	4
9	18
5	24
12	12
5	21
4	19
9	18
10	21
5	10
3	38
5	24
8	18
8	4
3	21
1	21
5	4
8	9
5	18
5	18
3	33
12	4
10	13
8	21