Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 22 November 2024

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 22 November 2024
Start: 2024-11-17
End: 2024-11-22
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 22 November 2024: 600 records at 581 stations, peak on 19 November 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 22 November 2024 set or tied 600 station records at 581 stations.
It ran from 17 November 2024 to 22 November 2024 (6 days) and its peak day was 19 November 2024.
Status: closed.
Dodge City set a daily record precipitation of 55.1 mm (2.2 in) on 18 November 2024.
The busiest day was 19 November 2024 with 315 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 131 years.

Footprint

17 to 22 November 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 22 November 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, 17 to 22 November 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Dodge City	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	2024-11-18
Clarendon	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	2024-11-18
Olton	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	2024-11-18
Mc Leod 3 E	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2024-11-19
Crookston NW Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2024-11-20
Tatum	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2024-11-18
Albion	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	2024-11-19
Brownfield	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	2024-11-18
Hart	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	2024-11-18
Lakefield 2NE	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2024-11-19
Portales	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	2024-11-18
Plainview	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	2024-11-18
Silverton	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2024-11-18
Britton	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	2024-11-19
Canyon	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2024-11-18
Friona	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	2024-11-18
Munising	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2024-11-21
Morton	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2024-11-18
Thief River Falls	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	2024-11-19
Jamestown State Hosp	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	2024-11-19

Records per Day

Peak day 315

Records set or tied each day from 17 November 2024 to 22 November 2024. The most in one day was 315 on 19 November 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 22 November 2024 ranked by margin
Clarendon, 11-18	51.6 mm (2.0 in)
Silverton, 11-18	48.2 mm (1.9 in)
Plainview, 11-18	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
Hart, 11-18	43.9 mm (1.7 in)
Dodge City, 11-18	42.9 mm (1.7 in)
Olton, 11-18	40.2 mm (1.6 in)
Brownfield, 11-18	38.8 mm (1.5 in)
Friona, 11-18	35.1 mm (1.4 in)
Morton, 11-18	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
Portales, 11-18	30.2 mm (1.2 in)
Lakefield 2NE, 11-19	26.2 mm (1.0 in)
Albion, 11-19	25.1 mm (1.0 in)
Tatum, 11-18	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
Canyon, 11-18	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
Munising, 11-21	22.3 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

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, 17 to 22 November 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
43	107
52	96
40	96
17	124
22	102
15	131
25	94
24	77
26	76
39	33
44	66
30	52
17	74
47	52
48	52
22	68
23	96
35	52
31	52
14	113
21	66
32	41
46	40
34	40
48	40
30	52
30	52
52	50
27	39
25	76
19	49
35	40
31	41
10	124
14	124
31	0
32	71
24	67
24	52
23	32
16	90
19	76
36	52
44	72
20	89
24	76
40	20
26	76
65	53
12	111
20	39
3	127
16	94
12	94
18	77
16	39
34	20
35	40
17	90
11	94
21	42
6	102
22	80
21	62
21	67
37	20
10	118
19	42
33	40
24	52
58	23
14	83
21	41
31	26
18	38
15	76
8	96
13	76
17	76
15	76
27	41
29	52
16	124
32	40
37	20
28	60
14	107
27	39
31	8
15	76
24	19
17	41
23	43
7	111
16	67
15	52
17	71
22	26
29	20
19	32
14	71
28	60
13	41
5	94
24	49
6	96
23	39
5	124
12	70
13	90
13	80
11	76
29	32
31	76
22	80
20	66
4	131
11	76
8	90
8	90
6	93
14	39
21	76
27	26
14	80
24	41
20	67
21	40
15	51
13	67
13	76
5	94
7	94
15	42
14	77
30	32
9	53
5	111
10	76
12	67
27	60
24	20
22	41
2	107
14	18
29	8
5	94
13	52
13	32
16	39
5	47
16	52
19	41
12	76
13	67
8	68
19	41
6	84
11	47
20	67
6	67
34	41
1	124
64	27
9	68
22	26
10	67
1	104
32	52
16	49
26	40
27	9
14	80
52	23
21	33
20	41
37	52
23	76
23	72
3	54
10	67
5	54
3	94
16	26
18	40
14	61
1	98
7	71
8	67
37	42
6	76
14	67
10	67
21	20
9	76
23	40
5	80
22	41
26	23
9	67

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 22 November 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, 17 to 22 November 2024 (this event)	600 records

Every Record Set

20 of 600

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 17 to 22 November 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-11-18	Dodge City	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	107	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-11-18	Clarendon	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	96	78 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-18	Olton	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	96	77 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-18	Tatum	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	77	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-18	Brownfield	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	33	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-18	Hart	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	66	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-18	Portales	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	52	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-18	Plainview	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-18	Silverton	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	52	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-18	Canyon	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	96	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-18	Friona	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	52	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-18	Morton	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-19	Mc Leod 3 E	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	102	76 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-19	Albion	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	94	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-19	Lakefield 2NE	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	76	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-19	Britton	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	74	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-19	Thief River Falls	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	113	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-19	Jamestown State Hosp	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	124	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-20	Crookston NW Exp STN	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	131	69 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-21	Munising	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	68	64 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 600 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
2024-11-17	12
2024-11-18	214
2024-11-19	315
2024-11-20	41
2024-11-21	13
2024-11-22	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
43	107
52	96
40	96
17	124
22	102
15	131
25	94
24	77
26	76
39	33
44	66
30	52
17	74
47	52
48	52
22	68
23	96
35	52
31	52
14	113
21	66
32	41
46	40
34	40
48	40
30	52
30	52
52	50
27	39
25	76
19	49
35	40
31	41
10	124
14	124
31	0
32	71
24	67
24	52
23	32
16	90
19	76
36	52
44	72
20	89
24	76
40	20
26	76
65	53
12	111
20	39
3	127
16	94
12	94
18	77
16	39
34	20
35	40
17	90
11	94
21	42
6	102
22	80
21	62
21	67
37	20
10	118
19	42
33	40
24	52
58	23
14	83
21	41
31	26
18	38
15	76
8	96
13	76
17	76
15	76
27	41
29	52
16	124
32	40
37	20
28	60
14	107
27	39
31	8
15	76
24	19
17	41
23	43
7	111
16	67
15	52
17	71
22	26
29	20
19	32
14	71
28	60
13	41
5	94
24	49
6	96
23	39
5	124
12	70
13	90
13	80
11	76
29	32
31	76
22	80
20	66
4	131
11	76
8	90
8	90
6	93
14	39
21	76
27	26
14	80
24	41
20	67
21	40
15	51
13	67
13	76
5	94
7	94
15	42
14	77
30	32
9	53
5	111
10	76
12	67
27	60
24	20
22	41
2	107
14	18
29	8
5	94
13	52
13	32
16	39
5	47
16	52
19	41
12	76
13	67
8	68
19	41
6	84
11	47
20	67
6	67
34	41
1	124
64	27
9	68
22	26
10	67
1	104
32	52
16	49
26	40
27	9
14	80
52	23
21	33
20	41
37	52
23	76
23	72
3	54
10	67
5	54
3	94
16	26
18	40
14	61
1	98
7	71
8	67
37	42
6	76
14	67
10	67
21	20
9	76
23	40
5	80
22	41
26	23
9	67

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
43	107
52	96
40	96
17	124
22	102
15	131
25	94
24	77
26	76
39	33
44	66
30	52
17	74
47	52
48	52
22	68
23	96
35	52
31	52
14	113
21	66
32	41
46	40
34	40
48	40
30	52
30	52
52	50
27	39
25	76
19	49
35	40
31	41
10	124
14	124
31	0
32	71
24	67
24	52
23	32
16	90
19	76
36	52
44	72
20	89
24	76
40	20
26	76
65	53
12	111
20	39
3	127
16	94
12	94
18	77
16	39
34	20
35	40
17	90
11	94
21	42
6	102
22	80
21	62
21	67
37	20
10	118
19	42
33	40
24	52
58	23
14	83
21	41
31	26
18	38
15	76
8	96
13	76
17	76
15	76
27	41
29	52
16	124
32	40
37	20
28	60
14	107
27	39
31	8
15	76
24	19
17	41
23	43
7	111
16	67
15	52
17	71
22	26
29	20
19	32
14	71
28	60
13	41
5	94
24	49
6	96
23	39
5	124
12	70
13	90
13	80
11	76
29	32
31	76
22	80
20	66
4	131
11	76
8	90
8	90
6	93
14	39
21	76
27	26
14	80
24	41
20	67
21	40
15	51
13	67
13	76
5	94
7	94
15	42
14	77
30	32
9	53
5	111
10	76
12	67
27	60
24	20
22	41
2	107
14	18
29	8
5	94
13	52
13	32
16	39
5	47
16	52
19	41
12	76
13	67
8	68
19	41
6	84
11	47
20	67
6	67
34	41
1	124
64	27
9	68
22	26
10	67
1	104
32	52
16	49
26	40
27	9
14	80
52	23
21	33
20	41
37	52
23	76
23	72
3	54
10	67
5	54
3	94
16	26
18	40
14	61
1	98
7	71
8	67
37	42
6	76
14	67
10	67
21	20
9	76
23	40
5	80
22	41
26	23
9	67

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
43	107
52	96
40	96
17	124
22	102
15	131
25	94
24	77
26	76
39	33
44	66
30	52
17	74
47	52
48	52
22	68
23	96
35	52
31	52
14	113
21	66
32	41
46	40
34	40
48	40
30	52
30	52
52	50
27	39
25	76
19	49
35	40
31	41
10	124
14	124
31	0
32	71
24	67
24	52
23	32
16	90
19	76
36	52
44	72
20	89
24	76
40	20
26	76
65	53
12	111
20	39
3	127
16	94
12	94
18	77
16	39
34	20
35	40
17	90
11	94
21	42
6	102
22	80
21	62
21	67
37	20
10	118
19	42
33	40
24	52
58	23
14	83
21	41
31	26
18	38
15	76
8	96
13	76
17	76
15	76
27	41
29	52
16	124
32	40
37	20
28	60
14	107
27	39
31	8
15	76
24	19
17	41
23	43
7	111
16	67
15	52
17	71
22	26
29	20
19	32
14	71
28	60
13	41
5	94
24	49
6	96
23	39
5	124
12	70
13	90
13	80
11	76
29	32
31	76
22	80
20	66
4	131
11	76
8	90
8	90
6	93
14	39
21	76
27	26
14	80
24	41
20	67
21	40
15	51
13	67
13	76
5	94
7	94
15	42
14	77
30	32
9	53
5	111
10	76
12	67
27	60
24	20
22	41
2	107
14	18
29	8
5	94
13	52
13	32
16	39
5	47
16	52
19	41
12	76
13	67
8	68
19	41
6	84
11	47
20	67
6	67
34	41
1	124
64	27
9	68
22	26
10	67
1	104
32	52
16	49
26	40
27	9
14	80
52	23
21	33
20	41
37	52
23	76
23	72
3	54
10	67
5	54
3	94
16	26
18	40
14	61
1	98
7	71
8	67
37	42
6	76
14	67
10	67
21	20
9	76
23	40
5	80
22	41
26	23
9	67