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THE WEATHER BEAT · OCT 31

Jasper's wettest day on record: 10.2 inches of rain on October 31, 2013

On Halloween 2013 the Jasper, Texas, gauge measured 10.2 inches of rain, the wettest day in our archive of NOAA station records.

Journalist Weather Rock, the editor. By the Weather Rock October 31, 2026, 7:40 a.m. · 2 min read
GOES satellite view of the event region
Afternoon satellite view of East Texas on October 30, 2026, over the Jasper gauge that set its wettest-day record on October 31, 2013. Image: NOAA GOES-East GeoColor via NASA GIBS, 2026-10-30 20:00Z.

Key points

  • On October 31, 2013, the Jasper, Texas, gauge measured 10.2 inches of rain in one day. That is the wettest day on record there in our archive.
  • The gauge's span runs 1968 to 2026, so the record sits well inside the years we hold.
  • Jasper and Kirbyville share that gauge. The figure comes from our archive of NOAA daily station reports.

On Halloween in 2013, the rain gauge at Jasper, Texas, collected 10.2 inches in a single day. In our archive that is the wettest day ever recorded at the station. The gauge's span runs from 1968 to 2026, and no day in those years has beaten it.

Two Texas towns lean on this gauge in our archive: Jasper, which sits closest, and Kirbyville. Both carry the same record with us.

Our archive does not give that day a name or a cause, and this story does not give one either. All the archive says is that October 31, 2013, was the heaviest rain day in the station's history.

DateTownGaugeRecordRecord with us
Oct 31, 2013Jasper TXJasper10.2 in, wettest day1968 to 2026

*Source: myweatherrock's archive of NOAA daily station records (GHCN-Daily), station USC00414563.*

Look at the Record column. Then ask the question the table lets you test: the next time a slow, soaking autumn rain settles over East Texas, does the Jasper gauge ever come close to that number?

This is a look back at a historic weather day, not emergency information. For current conditions and warnings see weather.gov and your local officials.

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