Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 13 December 2024

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 13 December 2024
Start: 2024-12-08
End: 2024-12-13
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 13 December 2024: 185 records at 181 stations, peak on 11 December 2024. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 13 December 2024 set or tied 185 station records at 181 stations.
It ran from 8 December 2024 to 13 December 2024 (6 days) and its peak day was 11 December 2024.
Status: closed.
Brassua Dam set a daily record precipitation of 55.1 mm (2.2 in) on 12 December 2024.
The busiest day was 11 December 2024 with 104 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 129 years.

Footprint

8 to 13 December 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 13 December 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, 8 to 13 December 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Brassua Dam	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	2024-12-12
Clayton	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	2024-12-11
First Connecticut Lake	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	2024-12-12
Walhalla	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	2024-12-11
Colebrook 3SW	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	2024-12-12
Providence	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	2024-12-11
Elkin	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	2024-12-11
N Wilkesboro	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	2024-12-11
Clarks Hill 1 W	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	2024-12-11
Ft Kent	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	2024-12-12
Napoleonville	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	2024-12-10
Jackman	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	2024-12-12
Hurtsboro	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	2024-12-10
Pickens	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	2024-12-11
Rocky Mt	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	2024-12-11
Harris STN	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	2024-12-12
Cooperstown	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	2024-12-11
Pisgah Forest 3 NE	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	2024-12-11
Kingston	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	2024-12-11
Anderson	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	2024-12-11

Records per Day

Peak day 104

Records set or tied each day from 8 December 2024 to 13 December 2024. The most in one day was 104 on 11 December 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 13 December 2024 ranked by margin
Clayton, 12-11	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
Pickens, 12-11	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
Hurtsboro, 12-10	52.3 mm (2.1 in)
Clarks Hill 1 W, 12-11	38.3 mm (1.5 in)
Pisgah Forest 3 NE, 12-11	37.9 mm (1.5 in)
N Wilkesboro, 12-11	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
Harris STN, 12-12	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
Brassua Dam, 12-12	28.9 mm (1.1 in)
Walhalla, 12-11	28.7 mm (1.1 in)
Providence, 12-11	28.7 mm (1.1 in)
Rocky Mt, 12-11	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
Napoleonville, 12-10	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
First Connecticut Lake, 12-12	27.7 mm (1.1 in)
Colebrook 3SW, 12-12	24.6 mm (1.0 in)
Ft Kent, 12-12	19.0 mm (0.7 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

185 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, 8 to 13 December 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
29	74
61	66
28	31
25	23
29	124
29	54
19	74
19	65
36	55
38	55
28	106
15	72
52	44
34	16
56	16
28	55
13	72
38	57
18	88
17	92
14	72
38	16
14	72
40	63
20	63
65	20
12	88
8	129
7	80
36	16
17	33
5	65
28	57
26	16
29	16
13	72
4	129
37	21
42	23
8	72
22	64
13	60
52	16
38	22
34	52
41	22
19	63
20	57
25	63
12	64
43	16
14	63
21	48
13	57
12	41
2	80
18	57
39	16
16	57
8	62
12	63
17	58
16	55
37	41
29	16
10	55
23	1
41	16
33	16
8	55
27	23
20	41
50	16
13	57
4	72
26	32
3	72
10	63
16	41
14	29
15	57
3	72
1	72
19	57
21	41
11	55
0	72
10	55
3	72
2	63
21	16
35	23
2	23
26	1
16	41
30	15
3	57
3	60
16	41
18	23
29	1
14	16
22	32
19	16
45	16
26	16
17	12
9	13
5	55
29	16
14	16
1	63
11	46
17	1
22	32
16	16
6	32
31	1
20	1
9	31
18	16
16	3
10	21
10	38
17	32
8	32
15	16
10	16
6	16
1	32
1	15
3	32
7	44
13	21
4	17
15	16
8	16
6	23
13	21
12	16
12	16
6	23
5	21
10	1
7	16
3	38
4	23
8	21
3	16
7	16
6	32
1	16
4	22
8	1
1	22
5	16
4	16
3	30
9	16
3	32
1	21
0	16
1	16
9	1
4	16
11	12
8	1
2	16
10	3
4	14
1	30
0	16
5	1
2	21
3	12
1	16
1	16
2	1
3	22
3	16
0	1
4	3
1	15
1	16
3	6

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 13 December 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, 8 to 13 December 2024 (this event)	185 records

Every Record Set

20 of 185

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 8 to 13 December 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-12-10	Napoleonville	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	106	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-10	Hurtsboro	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-11	Clayton	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	66	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-11	Walhalla	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	124	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-11	Providence	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	54	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-11	Elkin	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	65	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-11	N Wilkesboro	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	55	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-11	Clarks Hill 1 W	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	55	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-11	Pickens	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	16	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-11	Rocky Mt	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	55	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-11	Cooperstown	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	72	48 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-11	Pisgah Forest 3 NE	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	57	48 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-11	Kingston	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	88	48 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-11	Anderson	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	92	48 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-12	Brassua Dam	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	74	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-12-12	First Connecticut Lake	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-12	Colebrook 3SW	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	23	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-12	Ft Kent	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	74	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-12	Jackman	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	72	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-12	Harris STN	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16	49 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 185 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 2026-10-18. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Date	Records
2024-12-08	1
2024-12-09	5
2024-12-10	21
2024-12-11	104
2024-12-12	52
2024-12-13	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
29	74
61	66
28	31
25	23
29	124
29	54
19	74
19	65
36	55
38	55
28	106
15	72
52	44
34	16
56	16
28	55
13	72
38	57
18	88
17	92
14	72
38	16
14	72
40	63
20	63
65	20
12	88
8	129
7	80
36	16
17	33
5	65
28	57
26	16
29	16
13	72
4	129
37	21
42	23
8	72
22	64
13	60
52	16
38	22
34	52
41	22
19	63
20	57
25	63
12	64
43	16
14	63
21	48
13	57
12	41
2	80
18	57
39	16
16	57
8	62
12	63
17	58
16	55
37	41
29	16
10	55
23	1
41	16
33	16
8	55
27	23
20	41
50	16
13	57
4	72
26	32
3	72
10	63
16	41
14	29
15	57
3	72
1	72
19	57
21	41
11	55
0	72
10	55
3	72
2	63
21	16
35	23
2	23
26	1
16	41
30	15
3	57
3	60
16	41
18	23
29	1
14	16
22	32
19	16
45	16
26	16
17	12
9	13
5	55
29	16
14	16
1	63
11	46
17	1
22	32
16	16
6	32
31	1
20	1
9	31
18	16
16	3
10	21
10	38
17	32
8	32
15	16
10	16
6	16
1	32
1	15
3	32
7	44
13	21
4	17
15	16
8	16
6	23
13	21
12	16
12	16
6	23
5	21
10	1
7	16
3	38
4	23
8	21
3	16
7	16
6	32
1	16
4	22
8	1
1	22
5	16
4	16
3	30
9	16
3	32
1	21
0	16
1	16
9	1
4	16
11	12
8	1
2	16
10	3
4	14
1	30
0	16
5	1
2	21
3	12
1	16
1	16
2	1
3	22
3	16
0	1
4	3
1	15
1	16
3	6

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
29	74
61	66
28	31
25	23
29	124
29	54
19	74
19	65
36	55
38	55
28	106
15	72
52	44
34	16
56	16
28	55
13	72
38	57
18	88
17	92
14	72
38	16
14	72
40	63
20	63
65	20
12	88
8	129
7	80
36	16
17	33
5	65
28	57
26	16
29	16
13	72
4	129
37	21
42	23
8	72
22	64
13	60
52	16
38	22
34	52
41	22
19	63
20	57
25	63
12	64
43	16
14	63
21	48
13	57
12	41
2	80
18	57
39	16
16	57
8	62
12	63
17	58
16	55
37	41
29	16
10	55
23	1
41	16
33	16
8	55
27	23
20	41
50	16
13	57
4	72
26	32
3	72
10	63
16	41
14	29
15	57
3	72
1	72
19	57
21	41
11	55
0	72
10	55
3	72
2	63
21	16
35	23
2	23
26	1
16	41
30	15
3	57
3	60
16	41
18	23
29	1
14	16
22	32
19	16
45	16
26	16
17	12
9	13
5	55
29	16
14	16
1	63
11	46
17	1
22	32
16	16
6	32
31	1
20	1
9	31
18	16
16	3
10	21
10	38
17	32
8	32
15	16
10	16
6	16
1	32
1	15
3	32
7	44
13	21
4	17
15	16
8	16
6	23
13	21
12	16
12	16
6	23
5	21
10	1
7	16
3	38
4	23
8	21
3	16
7	16
6	32
1	16
4	22
8	1
1	22
5	16
4	16
3	30
9	16
3	32
1	21
0	16
1	16
9	1
4	16
11	12
8	1
2	16
10	3
4	14
1	30
0	16
5	1
2	21
3	12
1	16
1	16
2	1
3	22
3	16
0	1
4	3
1	15
1	16
3	6

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
29	74
61	66
28	31
25	23
29	124
29	54
19	74
19	65
36	55
38	55
28	106
15	72
52	44
34	16
56	16
28	55
13	72
38	57
18	88
17	92
14	72
38	16
14	72
40	63
20	63
65	20
12	88
8	129
7	80
36	16
17	33
5	65
28	57
26	16
29	16
13	72
4	129
37	21
42	23
8	72
22	64
13	60
52	16
38	22
34	52
41	22
19	63
20	57
25	63
12	64
43	16
14	63
21	48
13	57
12	41
2	80
18	57
39	16
16	57
8	62
12	63
17	58
16	55
37	41
29	16
10	55
23	1
41	16
33	16
8	55
27	23
20	41
50	16
13	57
4	72
26	32
3	72
10	63
16	41
14	29
15	57
3	72
1	72
19	57
21	41
11	55
0	72
10	55
3	72
2	63
21	16
35	23
2	23
26	1
16	41
30	15
3	57
3	60
16	41
18	23
29	1
14	16
22	32
19	16
45	16
26	16
17	12
9	13
5	55
29	16
14	16
1	63
11	46
17	1
22	32
16	16
6	32
31	1
20	1
9	31
18	16
16	3
10	21
10	38
17	32
8	32
15	16
10	16
6	16
1	32
1	15
3	32
7	44
13	21
4	17
15	16
8	16
6	23
13	21
12	16
12	16
6	23
5	21
10	1
7	16
3	38
4	23
8	21
3	16
7	16
6	32
1	16
4	22
8	1
1	22
5	16
4	16
3	30
9	16
3	32
1	21
0	16
1	16
9	1
4	16
11	12
8	1
2	16
10	3
4	14
1	30
0	16
5	1
2	21
3	12
1	16
1	16
2	1
3	22
3	16
0	1
4	3
1	15
1	16
3	6