Extreme rain in United States, 24 April to 4 May 2024

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 24 April to 4 May 2024
Start: 2024-04-24
End: 2024-05-04
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 24 April to 4 May 2024: 598 records at 548 stations, peak on 26 April 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 24 April to 4 May 2024 set or tied 598 station records at 548 stations.
It ran from 24 April 2024 to 4 May 2024 (11 days) and its peak day was 26 April 2024.
Status: closed.
Estes Park set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 27 April 2024.
The busiest day was 26 April 2024 with 178 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 128 years.

Footprint

24 April to 4 May 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 24 April to 4 May 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, 24 April to 4 May 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Concordia ASOS	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	2024-04-25
Ft Scott	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	2024-04-26
Osceola	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	2024-04-26
Estes Park	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2024-04-27
Kearney 4 NE	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	2024-04-26
Parsons 2 NW	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	2024-04-26
Howard 2SE	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	2024-04-28
Fredonia	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	2024-04-28
La Harpe	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	2024-04-27
Bradshaw	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2024-04-26
Saint Paul	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	2024-04-26
Boulder	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	2024-04-27
Eldorado Springs	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	2024-04-26
Milford Lake	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	2024-04-26
Miltonvale	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	2024-04-26
Ravenna	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	2024-04-26
Rosser	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	2024-04-26
Manhattan	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	2024-04-26
Bolivar 1 NE	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	2024-04-26

Records per Day

Peak day 178

Records set or tied each day from 24 April 2024 to 4 May 2024. The most in one day was 178 on 26 April 2024.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States, 24 April to 4 May 2024
Date	Records
2024-04-24	1
2024-04-25	21
2024-04-26	178
2024-04-27	129
2024-04-28	137
2024-04-29	92
2024-04-30	14
2024-05-01	5
2024-05-02	8
2024-05-03	10
2024-05-04	3

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 24 April to 4 May 2024 ranked by margin
Fredonia, 04-28	106.7 mm (4.2 in)
Rosser, 04-26	73.4 mm (2.9 in)
Parsons 2 NW, 04-26	70.3 mm (2.8 in)
Ft Scott, 04-26	59.4 mm (2.3 in)
Milford Lake, 04-26	56.7 mm (2.2 in)
Osceola, 04-26	54.1 mm (2.1 in)
Kearney 4 NE, 04-26	45.5 mm (1.8 in)
Miltonvale, 04-26	41.6 mm (1.6 in)
Howard 2SE, 04-28	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
Concordia ASOS, 04-25	38.6 mm (1.5 in)
Estes Park, 04-27	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
Eldorado Springs, 04-26	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
La Harpe, 04-27	30.4 mm (1.2 in)
Bradshaw, 04-26	29.7 mm (1.2 in)
Bolivar 1 NE, 04-26	29.2 mm (1.1 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

500 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, 24 April to 4 May 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
35	106
59	112
54	101
39	109
46	119
70	94
41	79
107	30
30	124
27	105
30	109
26	101
35	112
57	55
42	52
24	101
73	58
24	109
29	106
15	120
24	80
71	30
22	98
56	61
39	36
55	57
24	112
48	39
22	109
19	101
23	74
92	25
6	105
7	128
81	30
20	67
22	94
37	39
32	38
48	20
12	110
24	81
17	101
15	110
25	52
20	73
28	51
56	25
58	49
50	25
45	30
16	78
14	94
12	109
58	64
32	60
48	8
24	60
35	39
102	18
6	93
44	25
11	109
10	97
37	26
23	52
24	55
31	78
9	54
19	30
22	52
25	60
8	127
28	39
39	51
27	30
56	7
7	110
38	28
10	44
13	47
21	42
6	109
43	28
6	101
6	109
9	89
6	93
83	4
41	9
6	110
25	62
22	52
49	32
15	3
16	79
22	51
6	72
16	65
5	113
44	17
32	53
31	17
13	35
7	61
29	48
3	109
14	61
3	118
33	30
21	68
13	76
10	84
44	30
4	107
1	101
15	10
4	72
3	112
6	65
14	51
1	118
2	107
21	55
20	61
22	39
26	48
30	67
3	92
15	61
14	76
0	124
1	112
8	77
7	80
28	30
1	98
23	70
15	34
9	70
4	86
11	61
20	10
11	61
27	4
8	74
36	13
33	10
34	13
27	39
25	26
6	69
13	49
20	5
33	7
42	17
19	55
5	80
12	51
33	39
3	68
22	30
2	86
12	40
16	29
16	33
13	41
7	55
26	25
11	65
7	67
33	13
19	22
5	75
17	66
11	66
10	71
5	61
13	58
14	55
12	60
16	33
18	33
22	22
5	43
1	81
21	30
22	26
10	38
7	60
8	71
15	8
6	37
27	13
9	57
6	65
14	10
20	26
5	62
10	49

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 24 April to 4 May 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, 24 April to 4 May 2024 (this event)	598 records

Every Record Set

20 of 598

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 24 April to 4 May 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-04-25	Concordia ASOS	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	109	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-04-26	Ft Scott	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	112	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-04-26	Osceola	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	101	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-04-26	Kearney 4 NE	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	119	79 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-26	Parsons 2 NW	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	94	78 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-26	Bradshaw	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	109	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-26	Saint Paul	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	101	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-26	Eldorado Springs	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	112	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-26	Milford Lake	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	55	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-26	Miltonvale	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	52	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-26	Ravenna	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	101	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-26	Rosser	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	58	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-26	Manhattan	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	109	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-26	Bolivar 1 NE	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	106	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-27	Estes Park	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	106	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-04-27	La Harpe	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	124	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-27	Boulder	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	105	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-28	Howard 2SE	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	79	71 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-28	Fredonia	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	30	69 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-28	Ft Scott	Record daily precipitation	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	120	60 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 598 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
35	106
59	112
54	101
39	109
46	119
70	94
41	79
107	30
30	124
27	105
30	109
26	101
35	112
57	55
42	52
24	101
73	58
24	109
29	106
15	120
24	80
71	30
22	98
56	61
39	36
55	57
24	112
48	39
22	109
19	101
23	74
92	25
6	105
7	128
81	30
20	67
22	94
37	39
32	38
48	20
12	110
24	81
17	101
15	110
25	52
20	73
28	51
56	25
58	49
50	25
45	30
16	78
14	94
12	109
58	64
32	60
48	8
24	60
35	39
102	18
6	93
44	25
11	109
10	97
37	26
23	52
24	55
31	78
9	54
19	30
22	52
25	60
8	127
28	39
39	51
27	30
56	7
7	110
38	28
10	44
13	47
21	42
6	109
43	28
6	101
6	109
9	89
6	93
83	4
41	9
6	110
25	62
22	52
49	32
15	3
16	79
22	51
6	72
16	65
5	113
44	17
32	53
31	17
13	35
7	61
29	48
3	109
14	61
3	118
33	30
21	68
13	76
10	84
44	30
4	107
1	101
15	10
4	72
3	112
6	65
14	51
1	118
2	107
21	55
20	61
22	39
26	48
30	67
3	92
15	61
14	76
0	124
1	112
8	77
7	80
28	30
1	98
23	70
15	34
9	70
4	86
11	61
20	10
11	61
27	4
8	74
36	13
33	10
34	13
27	39
25	26
6	69
13	49
20	5
33	7
42	17
19	55
5	80
12	51
33	39
3	68
22	30
2	86
12	40
16	29
16	33
13	41
7	55
26	25
11	65
7	67
33	13
19	22
5	75
17	66
11	66
10	71
5	61
13	58
14	55
12	60
16	33
18	33
22	22
5	43
1	81
21	30
22	26
10	38
7	60
8	71
15	8
6	37
27	13
9	57
6	65
14	10
20	26
5	62
10	49

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
35	106
59	112
54	101
39	109
46	119
70	94
41	79
107	30
30	124
27	105
30	109
26	101
35	112
57	55
42	52
24	101
73	58
24	109
29	106
15	120
24	80
71	30
22	98
56	61
39	36
55	57
24	112
48	39
22	109
19	101
23	74
92	25
6	105
7	128
81	30
20	67
22	94
37	39
32	38
48	20
12	110
24	81
17	101
15	110
25	52
20	73
28	51
56	25
58	49
50	25
45	30
16	78
14	94
12	109
58	64
32	60
48	8
24	60
35	39
102	18
6	93
44	25
11	109
10	97
37	26
23	52
24	55
31	78
9	54
19	30
22	52
25	60
8	127
28	39
39	51
27	30
56	7
7	110
38	28
10	44
13	47
21	42
6	109
43	28
6	101
6	109
9	89
6	93
83	4
41	9
6	110
25	62
22	52
49	32
15	3
16	79
22	51
6	72
16	65
5	113
44	17
32	53
31	17
13	35
7	61
29	48
3	109
14	61
3	118
33	30
21	68
13	76
10	84
44	30
4	107
1	101
15	10
4	72
3	112
6	65
14	51
1	118
2	107
21	55
20	61
22	39
26	48
30	67
3	92
15	61
14	76
0	124
1	112
8	77
7	80
28	30
1	98
23	70
15	34
9	70
4	86
11	61
20	10
11	61
27	4
8	74
36	13
33	10
34	13
27	39
25	26
6	69
13	49
20	5
33	7
42	17
19	55
5	80
12	51
33	39
3	68
22	30
2	86
12	40
16	29
16	33
13	41
7	55
26	25
11	65
7	67
33	13
19	22
5	75
17	66
11	66
10	71
5	61
13	58
14	55
12	60
16	33
18	33
22	22
5	43
1	81
21	30
22	26
10	38
7	60
8	71
15	8
6	37
27	13
9	57
6	65
14	10
20	26
5	62
10	49

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
35	106
59	112
54	101
39	109
46	119
70	94
41	79
107	30
30	124
27	105
30	109
26	101
35	112
57	55
42	52
24	101
73	58
24	109
29	106
15	120
24	80
71	30
22	98
56	61
39	36
55	57
24	112
48	39
22	109
19	101
23	74
92	25
6	105
7	128
81	30
20	67
22	94
37	39
32	38
48	20
12	110
24	81
17	101
15	110
25	52
20	73
28	51
56	25
58	49
50	25
45	30
16	78
14	94
12	109
58	64
32	60
48	8
24	60
35	39
102	18
6	93
44	25
11	109
10	97
37	26
23	52
24	55
31	78
9	54
19	30
22	52
25	60
8	127
28	39
39	51
27	30
56	7
7	110
38	28
10	44
13	47
21	42
6	109
43	28
6	101
6	109
9	89
6	93
83	4
41	9
6	110
25	62
22	52
49	32
15	3
16	79
22	51
6	72
16	65
5	113
44	17
32	53
31	17
13	35
7	61
29	48
3	109
14	61
3	118
33	30
21	68
13	76
10	84
44	30
4	107
1	101
15	10
4	72
3	112
6	65
14	51
1	118
2	107
21	55
20	61
22	39
26	48
30	67
3	92
15	61
14	76
0	124
1	112
8	77
7	80
28	30
1	98
23	70
15	34
9	70
4	86
11	61
20	10
11	61
27	4
8	74
36	13
33	10
34	13
27	39
25	26
6	69
13	49
20	5
33	7
42	17
19	55
5	80
12	51
33	39
3	68
22	30
2	86
12	40
16	29
16	33
13	41
7	55
26	25
11	65
7	67
33	13
19	22
5	75
17	66
11	66
10	71
5	61
13	58
14	55
12	60
16	33
18	33
22	22
5	43
1	81
21	30
22	26
10	38
7	60
8	71
15	8
6	37
27	13
9	57
6	65
14	10
20	26
5	62
10	49