Extreme rain in United States, 26 June to 3 July 2024

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 26 June to 3 July 2024
Start: 2024-06-26
End: 2024-07-03
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 26 June to 3 July 2024: 113 records at 110 stations, peak on 30 June 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 26 June to 3 July 2024 set or tied 113 station records at 110 stations.
It ran from 26 June 2024 to 3 July 2024 (8 days) and its peak day was 30 June 2024.
Status: closed.
Moultrie 2 ESE set a daily record precipitation of 74.7 mm (2.9 in) on 30 June 2024.
The busiest day was 30 June 2024 with 53 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 128 years.

Footprint

26 June to 3 July 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 26 June to 3 July 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, 26 June to 3 July 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Moultrie 2 ESE	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	2024-06-30
Buffalo	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	2024-06-29
Allegany Sp	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	2024-06-30
Hemlock	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	2024-06-30
Elizabeth City	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	2024-07-01
Mt Vernon	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	2024-06-29
Highmarket 2W	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	2024-06-30
Clayton	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2024-06-28
Indian Mills 2 W	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	2024-07-01
Mt Clemens Ang Base	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	2024-06-29
Mt Sterling	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	2024-06-30
New Rvr McAf	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	2024-07-01
Newark Ag Farm	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	2024-06-30
Chelsea	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	2024-06-29
Williamsburg 2 N	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	2024-06-30
Rockville	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	2024-06-29
Angelica	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	2024-06-30
Rochester Gtr Intl	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	2024-06-29
Quicksand	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2024-07-01
Gadsden	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	2024-06-29

Records per Day

Peak day 53

Records set or tied each day from 26 June 2024 to 3 July 2024. The most in one day was 53 on 30 June 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 26 June to 3 July 2024 ranked by margin
New Rvr McAf, 07-01	54.4 mm (2.1 in)
Moultrie 2 ESE, 06-30	38.6 mm (1.5 in)
Allegany Sp, 06-30	37.8 mm (1.5 in)
Clayton, 06-28	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
Chelsea, 06-29	33.7 mm (1.3 in)
Mt Vernon, 06-29	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
Williamsburg 2 N, 06-30	27.4 mm (1.1 in)
Buffalo, 06-29	23.1 mm (0.9 in)
Highmarket 2W, 06-30	23.1 mm (0.9 in)
Indian Mills 2 W, 07-01	20.1 mm (0.8 in)
Elizabeth City, 07-01	19.6 mm (0.8 in)
Gadsden, 06-29	19.3 mm (0.8 in)
Hemlock, 06-30	13.9 mm (0.5 in)
Mt Sterling, 06-30	12.4 mm (0.5 in)
Mt Clemens Ang Base, 06-29	9.6 mm (0.38 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

113 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, 26 June to 3 July 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
39	75
38	37
14	117
23	76
20	103
30	75
23	64
34	61
20	91
12	96
10	116
54	34
8	128
34	42
27	64
6	122
5	104
6	95
7	85
19	67
27	49
21	59
11	64
30	16
7	78
18	45
13	48
17	57
13	56
30	31
14	52
33	29
41	25
9	59
10	52
6	67
22	28
12	57
31	1
20	48
1	76
8	52
21	5
9	68
16	55
9	57
7	58
1	73
12	42
1	73
15	38
23	12
6	15
18	20
10	42
6	52
16	26
7	42
10	30
1	60
16	27
22	21
3	53
11	26
11	30
31	1
3	45
21	29
13	11
7	37
4	47
3	45
5	34
12	16
6	34
4	29
8	32
6	40
10	30
8	17
5	41
10	26
12	28
2	30
4	41
11	14
14	5
15	11
4	18
3	26
10	7
6	28
6	10
5	29
5	20
12	9
5	20
1	26
5	11
12	9
5	21
6	12
3	11
3	3
3	12
4	12
3	16
3	9
2	16
5	2
4	4
1	7
0	7

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 26 June to 3 July 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, 26 June to 3 July 2024 (this event)	113 records

Every Record Set

20 of 113

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 26 June to 3 July 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-06-28	Clayton	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	61	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-29	Buffalo	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	76	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-29	Mt Vernon	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	75	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-29	Mt Clemens Ang Base	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	116	48 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-29	Chelsea	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	42	45 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-29	Rockville	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	122	44 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-29	Rochester Gtr Intl	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	85	42 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-29	Gadsden	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	67	41 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-30	Moultrie 2 ESE	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	75	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-30	Allegany Sp	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-30	Hemlock	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	117	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-30	Highmarket 2W	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	64	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-30	Mt Sterling	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	96	48 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-30	Newark Ag Farm	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	128	46 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-30	Williamsburg 2 N	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	64	45 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-30	Angelica	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	104	44 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-01	Elizabeth City	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	103	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-01	Indian Mills 2 W	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	91	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-01	New Rvr McAf	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34	47 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-01	Quicksand	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	95	42 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 113 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.

Date	Records
2024-06-26	2
2024-06-27	2
2024-06-28	4
2024-06-29	24
2024-06-30	53
2024-07-01	25
2024-07-02	2
2024-07-03	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
39	75
38	37
14	117
23	76
20	103
30	75
23	64
34	61
20	91
12	96
10	116
54	34
8	128
34	42
27	64
6	122
5	104
6	95
7	85
19	67
27	49
21	59
11	64
30	16
7	78
18	45
13	48
17	57
13	56
30	31
14	52
33	29
41	25
9	59
10	52
6	67
22	28
12	57
31	1
20	48
1	76
8	52
21	5
9	68
16	55
9	57
7	58
1	73
12	42
1	73
15	38
23	12
6	15
18	20
10	42
6	52
16	26
7	42
10	30
1	60
16	27
22	21
3	53
11	26
11	30
31	1
3	45
21	29
13	11
7	37
4	47
3	45
5	34
12	16
6	34
4	29
8	32
6	40
10	30
8	17
5	41
10	26
12	28
2	30
4	41
11	14
14	5
15	11
4	18
3	26
10	7
6	28
6	10
5	29
5	20
12	9
5	20
1	26
5	11
12	9
5	21
6	12
3	11
3	3
3	12
4	12
3	16
3	9
2	16
5	2
4	4
1	7
0	7

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
39	75
38	37
14	117
23	76
20	103
30	75
23	64
34	61
20	91
12	96
10	116
54	34
8	128
34	42
27	64
6	122
5	104
6	95
7	85
19	67
27	49
21	59
11	64
30	16
7	78
18	45
13	48
17	57
13	56
30	31
14	52
33	29
41	25
9	59
10	52
6	67
22	28
12	57
31	1
20	48
1	76
8	52
21	5
9	68
16	55
9	57
7	58
1	73
12	42
1	73
15	38
23	12
6	15
18	20
10	42
6	52
16	26
7	42
10	30
1	60
16	27
22	21
3	53
11	26
11	30
31	1
3	45
21	29
13	11
7	37
4	47
3	45
5	34
12	16
6	34
4	29
8	32
6	40
10	30
8	17
5	41
10	26
12	28
2	30
4	41
11	14
14	5
15	11
4	18
3	26
10	7
6	28
6	10
5	29
5	20
12	9
5	20
1	26
5	11
12	9
5	21
6	12
3	11
3	3
3	12
4	12
3	16
3	9
2	16
5	2
4	4
1	7
0	7

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
39	75
38	37
14	117
23	76
20	103
30	75
23	64
34	61
20	91
12	96
10	116
54	34
8	128
34	42
27	64
6	122
5	104
6	95
7	85
19	67
27	49
21	59
11	64
30	16
7	78
18	45
13	48
17	57
13	56
30	31
14	52
33	29
41	25
9	59
10	52
6	67
22	28
12	57
31	1
20	48
1	76
8	52
21	5
9	68
16	55
9	57
7	58
1	73
12	42
1	73
15	38
23	12
6	15
18	20
10	42
6	52
16	26
7	42
10	30
1	60
16	27
22	21
3	53
11	26
11	30
31	1
3	45
21	29
13	11
7	37
4	47
3	45
5	34
12	16
6	34
4	29
8	32
6	40
10	30
8	17
5	41
10	26
12	28
2	30
4	41
11	14
14	5
15	11
4	18
3	26
10	7
6	28
6	10
5	29
5	20
12	9
5	20
1	26
5	11
12	9
5	21
6	12
3	11
3	3
3	12
4	12
3	16
3	9
2	16
5	2
4	4
1	7
0	7