2012 Event Twenty inches of rainfall in Escambia County, Florida damages roadways and bridges, and leaving parts of the Florida Panhandle and coastal Alabama under water 1989 Event 48 cm rainfall at Rockport, West Virginia, state record 1987 Event Violent rainfall/floods in Bangladesh, kills 100s 1985 Event 15.4 cm rainfall at Cheyenne, Wyoming (state record) 1982 Event 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record) 1982 Event 38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon Alaska (state record) 1979 Event 109 cm rainfall at Alvin Texas (state record) 1975 Event 8.5" (21.6 cm) of rainfall, Dover, Delaware (state record) 1975 Event 8.10" (20.57 cm) of rainfall, Litchville No Dakota (state 24-hour rec) 1972 Event 10.84" (27.53 cm) of rainfall, Fort Ripley, Mn (state 24-hour record) 1972 Event 27.5 cm rainfall at Fort Ripley, Minnesota, state record 1970 Event Estimated 15 cm (6") of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record) 1970 Event 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mount Washington, New Hampshire (state 24-hour rec) 1969 Event 69 cm rainfall in Nelson Co., Virginia (state record) 1968 Event 15.68" (39.83 cm) of rainfall, Columbus, Miss (state 24-hour record) 1966 Event 10.51" (26.70 cm) of rainfall, Sandusky Ohio (state record) 1965 Event 18.18" (46.18 cm) of rainfall, Edgarton, Missouri (state 24-hour record) 1965 Event 11.08" (28.14 cm) of rainfall, Holly, Colorado (state 24-hour record) 1962 Event 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana, state record 1960 Event 10.40" (26.42 cm) of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour record) 1959 Event 42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record) 1957 Event 42.01 cm (16.54") of rainfall, East St. Louis, Illinois (state record) 1956 Event 96.5 cm (38.0") of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, HI (state record) 1955 Event 46.1 cm rainfall at Westfield, Massachusetts (state record) 1955 Event 20.33" (51.64 cm) of rainfall, Axis, Alabama (state record) 1954 Event 20.4 cm rainfall at Brunswick, Maine (state record) 1952 Event Greatest 24-hour rainfall begins: 187 cm at La Reunion, Indian Ocean 1950 Event 98.3 cm rainfall at Yankeetown, Florida (state record) 1950 Event 13.15" (33.40 cm) of rainfall, York, Nebraska (state 24-hour record) 1946 Event 11.72" (29.77 cm) of rainfall at Mellen Wisconsin (state 24-hour record) 1945 Event 20.6 cm rainfall at Litchville North Dakota (state record) 1942 Event Estimated 34.5" (87.5 cm) of rainfall, Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record) 1941 Event 12.59" (31.98 cm) rainfall, Burlington Kansas (state 24-hour record) 1940 Event 39.4 CM rainfall at Sapulpa Oklahoma (state record) 1939 Event 37.6 cm rainfall at Tuckerton, New Jersey (state record) 1932 Event 30.8 cm rainfall at Westerly, Rhode Island (state record) 1927 Event 22.3 cm rainfall at Somerset, Vermont (state record) 1921 Event 11.5" (29.2 cm) of rainfall, Circle, Montana (state record) 1916 Event 33.6 cm rainfall at Effingham South Carolina (state record) 1915 Event 10.17" (25.83 cm) of rainfall, Glenora, Oregon (state record) 1914 Event 24.8 cm rainfall at Bloomingdale, Michigan, state record 1911 Event 45.7 cm rainfall at St. George, Georgia (state record) 1909 Event 7.17" (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec) 1906 Birthday Andre Demedts, Flemish writer, Rainfall of the Days 1905 Event 26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record) 1903 Event 11" (28.4 cm) rainfall in 24 hours (New York City) 1900 Event 20.3 cm rainfall at Elk Point, South Dakota (state record) 1897 Event 14.75" (37.5 cm) of rainfall, Jewell, Maryland (state 24-hhourr record) 1897 Event 37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record) 1888 Event Pennsylvania's Monongehela River rises 32' after 24 hour rainfall 1861 Event 9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam: world record
