Extreme rain in United States, 28 March to 1 April 2025

Name: Extreme rain in United States, 28 March to 1 April 2025
Start: 2025-03-28
End: 2025-04-01
Location: United States

Extreme rain in United States, 28 March to 1 April 2025: 145 records at 136 stations, peak on 30 March 2025. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United States, 28 March to 1 April 2025 set or tied 145 station records at 136 stations.
It ran from 28 March 2025 to 1 April 2025 (5 days) and its peak day was 30 March 2025.
Status: closed.
Winnebago set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.4 mm (2.9 in) on 30 March 2025.
The busiest day was 30 March 2025 with 76 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 133 years.

Footprint

28 March to 1 April 2025

The area covered by Extreme rain in United States, 28 March to 1 April 2025 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in United States, 28 March to 1 April 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Winnebago	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	2025-03-30
Vanderbilt 11ENE	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	2025-03-29
Zumbrota	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	2025-03-30
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	2025-03-29
Owatonna	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	2025-03-30
Frankfort 2NE	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	2025-03-29
Petoskey	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2025-03-29
Brule Rs	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	2025-03-31
Charlevoix	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	2025-03-29
Dawson	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	2025-03-30
Medford	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2025-03-29
Boyne Falls	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	2025-03-29
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	2025-03-30
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	2025-03-29
Osage	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	2025-03-30
Willow Rsvr	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2025-03-30
Hale Loud Dam	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	2025-03-29
Cheboygan	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2025-03-30
White Lake 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	2025-03-30

Records per Day

Peak day 76

Records set or tied each day from 28 March 2025 to 1 April 2025. The most in one day was 76 on 30 March 2025.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United States, 28 March to 1 April 2025 ranked by margin
Dawson, 03-30	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
Owatonna, 03-30	33.3 mm (1.3 in)
Winnebago, 03-30	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
Vanderbilt 11ENE, 03-29	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr, 03-30	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP, 03-29	18.8 mm (0.7 in)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, 03-29	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
Brule Rs, 03-31	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
Frankfort 2NE, 03-29	14.5 mm (0.6 in)
Zumbrota, 03-30	13.7 mm (0.5 in)
Boyne Falls, 03-29	13.2 mm (0.5 in)
Cheboygan, 03-30	13.2 mm (0.5 in)
Petoskey, 03-29	12.7 mm (0.5 in)
Willow Rsvr, 03-30	12.7 mm (0.5 in)
Petoskey, 03-30	11.4 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

145 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 March to 1 April 2025
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
33	107
20	111
14	101
33	35
17	87
15	118
13	100
11	102
16	76
9	100
34	8
10	87
10	91
13	38
20	46
8	91
19	27
13	48
13	48
7	80
20	3
3	124
21	18
19	18
16	48
5	90
2	104
6	82
10	48
4	87
16	48
3	87
7	49
14	46
2	92
1	133
5	76
1	98
13	52
2	91
7	76
3	90
34	2
4	84
10	48
11	46
17	44
14	32
0	87
17	18
16	19
11	46
10	36
4	26
10	48
10	48
9	48
6	48
7	46
11	27
7	46
6	27
14	18
16	28
8	48
8	20
2	75
6	63
10	44
6	48
17	4
7	1
7	48
16	20
6	48
14	2
5	44
13	12
4	48
4	46
5	36
14	18
7	48
3	48
10	32
10	20
2	54
4	36
10	18
4	48
5	46
7	16
8	16
11	18
3	48
7	19
2	44
1	48
9	4
1	48
2	48
3	46
6	27
10	8
12	18
1	36
12	3
9	3
4	38
15	3
5	0
5	19
0	48
24	8
4	32
12	12
5	18
6	14
15	8
3	16
4	27
3	20
3	27
2	27
1	38
3	18
1	18
6	8
4	31
5	3
5	4
1	19
3	3
9	4
2	4
9	2
7	6
8	12
4	23
3	20
2	3
0	6
1	8
1	8
1	4

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United States, 28 March to 1 April 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 March to 1 April 2025 (this event)	145 records

Every Record Set

20 of 145

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United States, 28 March to 1 April 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-03-29	Vanderbilt 11ENE	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	111	76 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-29	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	87	66 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-29	Frankfort 2NE	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	118	62 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-29	Petoskey	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	100	59 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-29	Charlevoix	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	100	53 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-29	Medford	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	87	51 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-29	Boyne Falls	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	38	48 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-29	Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	27	46 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-29	Hale Loud Dam	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	80	43 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-30	Winnebago	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	107	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
2025-03-30	Zumbrota	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	101	68 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-30	Owatonna	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35	66 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-30	Dawson	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8	52 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-30	Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	46	47 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-30	Osage	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	91	46 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-30	Willow Rsvr	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	48	44 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-30	Cheboygan	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	48	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-30	Petoskey	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	102	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-30	White Lake 1 SE	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	91	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-31	Brule Rs	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	76	54 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 145 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
33	107
20	111
14	101
33	35
17	87
15	118
13	100
11	102
16	76
9	100
34	8
10	87
10	91
13	38
20	46
8	91
19	27
13	48
13	48
7	80
20	3
3	124
21	18
19	18
16	48
5	90
2	104
6	82
10	48
4	87
16	48
3	87
7	49
14	46
2	92
1	133
5	76
1	98
13	52
2	91
7	76
3	90
34	2
4	84
10	48
11	46
17	44
14	32
0	87
17	18
16	19
11	46
10	36
4	26
10	48
10	48
9	48
6	48
7	46
11	27
7	46
6	27
14	18
16	28
8	48
8	20
2	75
6	63
10	44
6	48
17	4
7	1
7	48
16	20
6	48
14	2
5	44
13	12
4	48
4	46
5	36
14	18
7	48
3	48
10	32
10	20
2	54
4	36
10	18
4	48
5	46
7	16
8	16
11	18
3	48
7	19
2	44
1	48
9	4
1	48
2	48
3	46
6	27
10	8
12	18
1	36
12	3
9	3
4	38
15	3
5	0
5	19
0	48
24	8
4	32
12	12
5	18
6	14
15	8
3	16
4	27
3	20
3	27
2	27
1	38
3	18
1	18
6	8
4	31
5	3
5	4
1	19
3	3
9	4
2	4
9	2
7	6
8	12
4	23
3	20
2	3
0	6
1	8
1	8
1	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
33	107
20	111
14	101
33	35
17	87
15	118
13	100
11	102
16	76
9	100
34	8
10	87
10	91
13	38
20	46
8	91
19	27
13	48
13	48
7	80
20	3
3	124
21	18
19	18
16	48
5	90
2	104
6	82
10	48
4	87
16	48
3	87
7	49
14	46
2	92
1	133
5	76
1	98
13	52
2	91
7	76
3	90
34	2
4	84
10	48
11	46
17	44
14	32
0	87
17	18
16	19
11	46
10	36
4	26
10	48
10	48
9	48
6	48
7	46
11	27
7	46
6	27
14	18
16	28
8	48
8	20
2	75
6	63
10	44
6	48
17	4
7	1
7	48
16	20
6	48
14	2
5	44
13	12
4	48
4	46
5	36
14	18
7	48
3	48
10	32
10	20
2	54
4	36
10	18
4	48
5	46
7	16
8	16
11	18
3	48
7	19
2	44
1	48
9	4
1	48
2	48
3	46
6	27
10	8
12	18
1	36
12	3
9	3
4	38
15	3
5	0
5	19
0	48
24	8
4	32
12	12
5	18
6	14
15	8
3	16
4	27
3	20
3	27
2	27
1	38
3	18
1	18
6	8
4	31
5	3
5	4
1	19
3	3
9	4
2	4
9	2
7	6
8	12
4	23
3	20
2	3
0	6
1	8
1	8
1	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
33	107
20	111
14	101
33	35
17	87
15	118
13	100
11	102
16	76
9	100
34	8
10	87
10	91
13	38
20	46
8	91
19	27
13	48
13	48
7	80
20	3
3	124
21	18
19	18
16	48
5	90
2	104
6	82
10	48
4	87
16	48
3	87
7	49
14	46
2	92
1	133
5	76
1	98
13	52
2	91
7	76
3	90
34	2
4	84
10	48
11	46
17	44
14	32
0	87
17	18
16	19
11	46
10	36
4	26
10	48
10	48
9	48
6	48
7	46
11	27
7	46
6	27
14	18
16	28
8	48
8	20
2	75
6	63
10	44
6	48
17	4
7	1
7	48
16	20
6	48
14	2
5	44
13	12
4	48
4	46
5	36
14	18
7	48
3	48
10	32
10	20
2	54
4	36
10	18
4	48
5	46
7	16
8	16
11	18
3	48
7	19
2	44
1	48
9	4
1	48
2	48
3	46
6	27
10	8
12	18
1	36
12	3
9	3
4	38
15	3
5	0
5	19
0	48
24	8
4	32
12	12
5	18
6	14
15	8
3	16
4	27
3	20
3	27
2	27
1	38
3	18
1	18
6	8
4	31
5	3
5	4
1	19
3	3
9	4
2	4
9	2
7	6
8	12
4	23
3	20
2	3
0	6
1	8
1	8
1	4