Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 18 September 2024

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 18 September 2024
Start: 2024-09-10
End: 2024-09-18
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 18 September 2024: 151 records at 138 stations, peak on 12 September 2024. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 18 September 2024 set or tied 151 station records at 138 stations.
It ran from 10 September 2024 to 18 September 2024 (9 days) and its peak day was 12 September 2024.
Status: closed.
Selma set a daily record precipitation of 154.4 mm (6.1 in) on 14 September 2024.
The busiest day was 12 September 2024 with 43 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 135 years.

Footprint

10 to 18 September 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 18 September 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, 10 to 18 September 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Selma	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	2024-09-14
Idabel	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	2024-09-12
Ft Benning Lawson Fld	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	2024-09-14
Wynne	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	2024-09-13
Maud	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	2024-09-12
Jonesboro 3 SSE	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	2024-09-13
Addison	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	2024-09-14
Canton 4N	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	2024-09-12
Kosciusko	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	2024-09-12
Birmingham AP	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	2024-09-14
Apalachicola AP	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	2024-09-12
Columbus Metro AP	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	2024-09-13
New Orleans Audubon	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	2024-09-12
University	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	2024-09-13
Plumfield	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	2024-09-14
Muscle Shoals AP	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	2024-09-14
Sylacauga 4 NE	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2024-09-15
Marianna Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	2024-09-15
Newport	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	2024-09-13
Hernando	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	2024-09-13

Records per Day

Peak day 43

Records set or tied each day from 10 September 2024 to 18 September 2024. The most in one day was 43 on 12 September 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 18 September 2024 ranked by margin
Marianna Muni AP, 09-15	99.6 mm (3.9 in)
Idabel, 09-12	97.3 mm (3.8 in)
Apalachicola AP, 09-12	91.5 mm (3.6 in)
Muscle Shoals AP, 09-14	90.7 mm (3.6 in)
New Orleans Audubon, 09-12	90.4 mm (3.6 in)
Addison, 09-14	84.6 mm (3.3 in)
Selma, 09-14	81.0 mm (3.2 in)
Maud, 09-12	72.4 mm (2.9 in)
Ft Benning Lawson Fld, 09-14	71.4 mm (2.8 in)
Birmingham AP, 09-14	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
Plumfield, 09-14	56.7 mm (2.2 in)
Sylacauga 4 NE, 09-15	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
Jonesboro 3 SSE, 09-13	54.1 mm (2.1 in)
Columbus Metro AP, 09-13	51.1 mm (2.0 in)
Wynne, 09-13	50.6 mm (2.0 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

151 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, 10 to 18 September 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
81	124
97	67
71	73
51	100
72	79
54	79
85	13
36	129
35	129
63	63
92	65
51	58
56	65
57	42
37	79
100	22
90	26
91	17
33	79
32	79
44	63
60	29
36	80
46	60
46	37
50	34
56	26
82	7
76	26
28	19
47	42
25	79
6	102
43	34
4	135
51	21
31	47
74	7
30	58
1	123
23	56
12	73
25	63
25	41
51	26
16	67
35	45
10	73
31	50
12	60
4	79
12	75
2	81
43	26
33	26
34	53
20	42
5	77
18	58
3	77
26	34
5	67
39	4
8	67
13	65
25	29
8	64
40	15
10	53
25	26
27	15
21	35
16	37
30	26
25	13
10	58
36	18
7	56
1	73
44	26
18	29
30	20
52	4
40	1
12	21
27	26
10	43
6	45
30	17
26	26
29	17
7	18
20	42
28	4
9	35
2	14
4	47
18	26
16	26
19	36
5	45
14	45
26	29
13	41
6	50
19	20
1	42
21	21
17	26
15	31
3	35
6	46
19	26
9	16
7	32
4	42
3	36
9	21
3	41
22	26
3	26
0	43
2	37
11	21
1	26
10	30
4	28
2	42
1	17
18	3
2	35
4	19
3	21
1	20
3	23
8	7
3	18
6	26
6	17
1	21
4	17
3	21
9	7
7	7
1	26
3	18
4	4
2	7
3	7
3	7
0	1

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 18 September 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, 10 to 18 September 2024 (this event)	151 records

Every Record Set

20 of 151

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 10 to 18 September 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-09-12	Idabel	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	67	70 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-12	Maud	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	79	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-12	Canton 4N	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	129	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-12	Kosciusko	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	129	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-12	Apalachicola AP	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	65	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-12	New Orleans Audubon	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	26	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-13	Wynne	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	100	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-13	Jonesboro 3 SSE	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	79	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-13	Columbus Metro AP	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	58	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-13	University	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	79	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-13	Newport	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	79	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-13	Hernando	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	79	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-14	Selma	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	124	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-09-14	Ft Benning Lawson Fld	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	73	68 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-14	Addison	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	13	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-14	Birmingham AP	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	63	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-14	Plumfield	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	42	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-14	Muscle Shoals AP	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	17	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-15	Sylacauga 4 NE	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	65	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-15	Marianna Muni AP	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	22	53 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 151 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 2026-10-12. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Date	Records
2024-09-10	1
2024-09-11	14
2024-09-12	43
2024-09-13	40
2024-09-14	21
2024-09-15	18
2024-09-16	12
2024-09-17	1
2024-09-18	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
81	124
97	67
71	73
51	100
72	79
54	79
85	13
36	129
35	129
63	63
92	65
51	58
56	65
57	42
37	79
100	22
90	26
91	17
33	79
32	79
44	63
60	29
36	80
46	60
46	37
50	34
56	26
82	7
76	26
28	19
47	42
25	79
6	102
43	34
4	135
51	21
31	47
74	7
30	58
1	123
23	56
12	73
25	63
25	41
51	26
16	67
35	45
10	73
31	50
12	60
4	79
12	75
2	81
43	26
33	26
34	53
20	42
5	77
18	58
3	77
26	34
5	67
39	4
8	67
13	65
25	29
8	64
40	15
10	53
25	26
27	15
21	35
16	37
30	26
25	13
10	58
36	18
7	56
1	73
44	26
18	29
30	20
52	4
40	1
12	21
27	26
10	43
6	45
30	17
26	26
29	17
7	18
20	42
28	4
9	35
2	14
4	47
18	26
16	26
19	36
5	45
14	45
26	29
13	41
6	50
19	20
1	42
21	21
17	26
15	31
3	35
6	46
19	26
9	16
7	32
4	42
3	36
9	21
3	41
22	26
3	26
0	43
2	37
11	21
1	26
10	30
4	28
2	42
1	17
18	3
2	35
4	19
3	21
1	20
3	23
8	7
3	18
6	26
6	17
1	21
4	17
3	21
9	7
7	7
1	26
3	18
4	4
2	7
3	7
3	7
0	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
81	124
97	67
71	73
51	100
72	79
54	79
85	13
36	129
35	129
63	63
92	65
51	58
56	65
57	42
37	79
100	22
90	26
91	17
33	79
32	79
44	63
60	29
36	80
46	60
46	37
50	34
56	26
82	7
76	26
28	19
47	42
25	79
6	102
43	34
4	135
51	21
31	47
74	7
30	58
1	123
23	56
12	73
25	63
25	41
51	26
16	67
35	45
10	73
31	50
12	60
4	79
12	75
2	81
43	26
33	26
34	53
20	42
5	77
18	58
3	77
26	34
5	67
39	4
8	67
13	65
25	29
8	64
40	15
10	53
25	26
27	15
21	35
16	37
30	26
25	13
10	58
36	18
7	56
1	73
44	26
18	29
30	20
52	4
40	1
12	21
27	26
10	43
6	45
30	17
26	26
29	17
7	18
20	42
28	4
9	35
2	14
4	47
18	26
16	26
19	36
5	45
14	45
26	29
13	41
6	50
19	20
1	42
21	21
17	26
15	31
3	35
6	46
19	26
9	16
7	32
4	42
3	36
9	21
3	41
22	26
3	26
0	43
2	37
11	21
1	26
10	30
4	28
2	42
1	17
18	3
2	35
4	19
3	21
1	20
3	23
8	7
3	18
6	26
6	17
1	21
4	17
3	21
9	7
7	7
1	26
3	18
4	4
2	7
3	7
3	7
0	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
81	124
97	67
71	73
51	100
72	79
54	79
85	13
36	129
35	129
63	63
92	65
51	58
56	65
57	42
37	79
100	22
90	26
91	17
33	79
32	79
44	63
60	29
36	80
46	60
46	37
50	34
56	26
82	7
76	26
28	19
47	42
25	79
6	102
43	34
4	135
51	21
31	47
74	7
30	58
1	123
23	56
12	73
25	63
25	41
51	26
16	67
35	45
10	73
31	50
12	60
4	79
12	75
2	81
43	26
33	26
34	53
20	42
5	77
18	58
3	77
26	34
5	67
39	4
8	67
13	65
25	29
8	64
40	15
10	53
25	26
27	15
21	35
16	37
30	26
25	13
10	58
36	18
7	56
1	73
44	26
18	29
30	20
52	4
40	1
12	21
27	26
10	43
6	45
30	17
26	26
29	17
7	18
20	42
28	4
9	35
2	14
4	47
18	26
16	26
19	36
5	45
14	45
26	29
13	41
6	50
19	20
1	42
21	21
17	26
15	31
3	35
6	46
19	26
9	16
7	32
4	42
3	36
9	21
3	41
22	26
3	26
0	43
2	37
11	21
1	26
10	30
4	28
2	42
1	17
18	3
2	35
4	19
3	21
1	20
3	23
8	7
3	18
6	26
6	17
1	21
4	17
3	21
9	7
7	7
1	26
3	18
4	4
2	7
3	7
3	7
0	1