Extreme rain in United States, 28 January to 10 February 2025

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 28 January to 10 February 2025
Start: 2025-01-28
End: 2025-02-10
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 28 January to 10 February 2025: 537 records at 411 stations, peak on 2 February 2025. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 28 January to 10 February 2025 set or tied 537 station records at 411 stations.
It ran from 28 January 2025 to 10 February 2025 (14 days) and its peak day was 2 February 2025.
Status: closed.
Cedarville set a daily record precipitation of 52.3 mm (2.1 in) on 3 February 2025.
The busiest day was 2 February 2025 with 140 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 147 years.

Footprint

28 January to 10 February 2025

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 28 January to 10 February 2025 is outlined, with 17 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in United States, 28 January to 10 February 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Ft Bidwell	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	2025-02-02
Cedarville	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	2025-02-03
Joseph	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	2025-02-05
Rome 2 NW	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	2025-02-03
Boise Lucky Peak Dam	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2025-02-06
San Francisco Dwtn	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	2025-02-04
Fall Rvr Mills	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2025-02-05
San Francisco Oceanside	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	2025-02-04
Shoshone 1 WNW	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2025-02-03
Shasta Dam	Record daily precipitation	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	2025-02-04
New Meadows Rs	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	2025-02-05
Ft Ross	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	2025-02-05
Scotia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	2025-02-03
Ryegate	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	2025-02-02
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	2025-02-04
Hart Mtn Refuge	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	2025-02-05
Big Timber	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	2025-02-07

Records per Day

Peak day 140

Records set or tied each day from 28 January 2025 to 10 February 2025. The most in one day was 140 on 2 February 2025.

Records per day during Extreme rain in United States, 28 January to 10 February 2025
Date	Records
2025-01-28	1
2025-01-29	9
2025-01-30	8
2025-01-31	15
2025-02-01	69
2025-02-02	140
2025-02-03	83
2025-02-04	73
2025-02-05	56
2025-02-06	28
2025-02-07	31
2025-02-08	19
2025-02-09	2
2025-02-10	3

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 28 January to 10 February 2025 ranked by margin
Shasta Dam, 02-04	94.7 mm (3.7 in)
Ft Bidwell, 02-02	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
San Francisco Oceanside, 02-04	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
San Francisco Dwtn, 02-04	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
Ft Ross, 02-05	35.8 mm (1.4 in)
Scotia, 02-03	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
Cedarville, 02-03	30.7 mm (1.2 in)
Fall Rvr Mills, 02-05	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
Ft Bidwell, 02-03	26.1 mm (1.0 in)
Joseph, 02-05	19.5 mm (0.8 in)
Boise Lucky Peak Dam, 02-06	17.8 mm (0.7 in)
New Meadows Rs, 02-05	17.3 mm (0.7 in)
Cedarville, 02-02	13.4 mm (0.5 in)
Rome 2 NW, 02-03	12.2 mm (0.5 in)
Ft Bidwell, 02-06	11.2 mm (0.4 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, 28 January to 10 February 2025
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
31	118
44	147
20	121
26	98
10	79
18	72
12	38
29	77
36	74
38	74
7	87
95	59
17	75
11	72
13	38
36	107
8	115
34	87
11	140
11	50
24	20
19	22
12	10
48	29
8	79
13	21
15	38
8	39
28	36
23	27
18	30
25	30
20	26
4	99
6	100
26	21
5	89
7	24
20	88
13	72
5	74
3	88
31	26
23	20
26	29
23	26
41	35
74	8
7	64
18	10
9	25
11	25
9	24
3	109
2	100
13	29
25	8
15	26
25	8
18	39
8	6
16	19
3	114
18	36
5	64
1	126
28	8
23	7
20	6
15	38
1	123
6	39
4	78
6	72
2	93
18	7
23	7
9	51
28	75
22	75
6	25
1	103
27	80
20	74
3	64
1	133
0	101
18	7
9	4
0	110
10	38
18	36
1	93
9	35
14	80
4	87
0	71
33	44
41	36
60	27
31	29
16	81
2	81
8	47
8	17
13	12
5	74
2	70
6	75
2	74
4	15
15	17
18	26
15	36
5	52
3	73
4	64
5	28
10	39
53	36
11	17
10	29
7	45
4	6
17	65
8	76
19	34
7	8
5	7
2	70
8	12
23	8
25	29
38	27
61	27
38	6
52	29
42	50
17	1
2	72
4	62
5	43
20	10
20	8
15	40
18	27
56	27
18	6
4	75
7	75
2	66
5	1
8	15
18	8
13	22
15	8
23	7
18	39
13	39
15	39
31	39
13	35
2	52
1	75
26	50
15	52
2	62
3	49
4	43
9	5
7	5
12	6
10	6
10	36
25	7
31	36
31	27
15	10
16	47
2	65
17	6
9	75
1	73
22	29
2	72
8	54
8	7
3	38
8	24
31	27
6	56
1	75
4	19
1	63
1	58
2	56
2	50
5	39
7	37
6	39

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 28 January to 10 February 2025 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, 28 January to 10 February 2025 (this event)	537 records

Every Record Set

20 of 537

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 28 January to 10 February 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-02-02	Ft Bidwell	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	147	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2025-02-02	Cedarville	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	38	59 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-02	Ryegate	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	115	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-03	Cedarville	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	118	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2025-02-03	Ft Bidwell	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	98	76 of 100 (Major)
2025-02-03	Rome 2 NW	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	38	68 of 100 (Major)
2025-02-03	Shoshone 1 WNW	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	87	61 of 100 (Major)
2025-02-03	Scotia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	87	57 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-04	San Francisco Dwtn	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	74	67 of 100 (Major)
2025-02-04	San Francisco Oceanside	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	74	66 of 100 (Major)
2025-02-04	Shasta Dam	Record daily precipitation	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	59	60 of 100 (Major)
2025-02-04	Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	79	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-05	Joseph	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	121	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2025-02-05	Fall Rvr Mills	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	77	67 of 100 (Major)
2025-02-05	New Meadows Rs	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	75	60 of 100 (Major)
2025-02-05	Ft Ross	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	107	59 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-05	Hart Mtn Refuge	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	72	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-06	Boise Lucky Peak Dam	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	72	68 of 100 (Major)
2025-02-06	Ft Bidwell	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	140	56 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-07	Big Timber	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	50	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 537 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
31	118
44	147
20	121
26	98
10	79
18	72
12	38
29	77
36	74
38	74
7	87
95	59
17	75
11	72
13	38
36	107
8	115
34	87
11	140
11	50
24	20
19	22
12	10
48	29
8	79
13	21
15	38
8	39
28	36
23	27
18	30
25	30
20	26
4	99
6	100
26	21
5	89
7	24
20	88
13	72
5	74
3	88
31	26
23	20
26	29
23	26
41	35
74	8
7	64
18	10
9	25
11	25
9	24
3	109
2	100
13	29
25	8
15	26
25	8
18	39
8	6
16	19
3	114
18	36
5	64
1	126
28	8
23	7
20	6
15	38
1	123
6	39
4	78
6	72
2	93
18	7
23	7
9	51
28	75
22	75
6	25
1	103
27	80
20	74
3	64
1	133
0	101
18	7
9	4
0	110
10	38
18	36
1	93
9	35
14	80
4	87
0	71
33	44
41	36
60	27
31	29
16	81
2	81
8	47
8	17
13	12
5	74
2	70
6	75
2	74
4	15
15	17
18	26
15	36
5	52
3	73
4	64
5	28
10	39
53	36
11	17
10	29
7	45
4	6
17	65
8	76
19	34
7	8
5	7
2	70
8	12
23	8
25	29
38	27
61	27
38	6
52	29
42	50
17	1
2	72
4	62
5	43
20	10
20	8
15	40
18	27
56	27
18	6
4	75
7	75
2	66
5	1
8	15
18	8
13	22
15	8
23	7
18	39
13	39
15	39
31	39
13	35
2	52
1	75
26	50
15	52
2	62
3	49
4	43
9	5
7	5
12	6
10	6
10	36
25	7
31	36
31	27
15	10
16	47
2	65
17	6
9	75
1	73
22	29
2	72
8	54
8	7
3	38
8	24
31	27
6	56
1	75
4	19
1	63
1	58
2	56
2	50
5	39
7	37
6	39

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
31	118
44	147
20	121
26	98
10	79
18	72
12	38
29	77
36	74
38	74
7	87
95	59
17	75
11	72
13	38
36	107
8	115
34	87
11	140
11	50
24	20
19	22
12	10
48	29
8	79
13	21
15	38
8	39
28	36
23	27
18	30
25	30
20	26
4	99
6	100
26	21
5	89
7	24
20	88
13	72
5	74
3	88
31	26
23	20
26	29
23	26
41	35
74	8
7	64
18	10
9	25
11	25
9	24
3	109
2	100
13	29
25	8
15	26
25	8
18	39
8	6
16	19
3	114
18	36
5	64
1	126
28	8
23	7
20	6
15	38
1	123
6	39
4	78
6	72
2	93
18	7
23	7
9	51
28	75
22	75
6	25
1	103
27	80
20	74
3	64
1	133
0	101
18	7
9	4
0	110
10	38
18	36
1	93
9	35
14	80
4	87
0	71
33	44
41	36
60	27
31	29
16	81
2	81
8	47
8	17
13	12
5	74
2	70
6	75
2	74
4	15
15	17
18	26
15	36
5	52
3	73
4	64
5	28
10	39
53	36
11	17
10	29
7	45
4	6
17	65
8	76
19	34
7	8
5	7
2	70
8	12
23	8
25	29
38	27
61	27
38	6
52	29
42	50
17	1
2	72
4	62
5	43
20	10
20	8
15	40
18	27
56	27
18	6
4	75
7	75
2	66
5	1
8	15
18	8
13	22
15	8
23	7
18	39
13	39
15	39
31	39
13	35
2	52
1	75
26	50
15	52
2	62
3	49
4	43
9	5
7	5
12	6
10	6
10	36
25	7
31	36
31	27
15	10
16	47
2	65
17	6
9	75
1	73
22	29
2	72
8	54
8	7
3	38
8	24
31	27
6	56
1	75
4	19
1	63
1	58
2	56
2	50
5	39
7	37
6	39

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
31	118
44	147
20	121
26	98
10	79
18	72
12	38
29	77
36	74
38	74
7	87
95	59
17	75
11	72
13	38
36	107
8	115
34	87
11	140
11	50
24	20
19	22
12	10
48	29
8	79
13	21
15	38
8	39
28	36
23	27
18	30
25	30
20	26
4	99
6	100
26	21
5	89
7	24
20	88
13	72
5	74
3	88
31	26
23	20
26	29
23	26
41	35
74	8
7	64
18	10
9	25
11	25
9	24
3	109
2	100
13	29
25	8
15	26
25	8
18	39
8	6
16	19
3	114
18	36
5	64
1	126
28	8
23	7
20	6
15	38
1	123
6	39
4	78
6	72
2	93
18	7
23	7
9	51
28	75
22	75
6	25
1	103
27	80
20	74
3	64
1	133
0	101
18	7
9	4
0	110
10	38
18	36
1	93
9	35
14	80
4	87
0	71
33	44
41	36
60	27
31	29
16	81
2	81
8	47
8	17
13	12
5	74
2	70
6	75
2	74
4	15
15	17
18	26
15	36
5	52
3	73
4	64
5	28
10	39
53	36
11	17
10	29
7	45
4	6
17	65
8	76
19	34
7	8
5	7
2	70
8	12
23	8
25	29
38	27
61	27
38	6
52	29
42	50
17	1
2	72
4	62
5	43
20	10
20	8
15	40
18	27
56	27
18	6
4	75
7	75
2	66
5	1
8	15
18	8
13	22
15	8
23	7
18	39
13	39
15	39
31	39
13	35
2	52
1	75
26	50
15	52
2	62
3	49
4	43
9	5
7	5
12	6
10	6
10	36
25	7
31	36
31	27
15	10
16	47
2	65
17	6
9	75
1	73
22	29
2	72
8	54
8	7
3	38
8	24
31	27
6	56
1	75
4	19
1	63
1	58
2	56
2	50
5	39
7	37
6	39