This was a soggy week for central Iowa with numerous rounds of showers and thunderstorms over the last seven days.

Records for 24-hour rainfall in the United States range from less than 6 inches to more than 4 feet, according to NOAA. Hawaii has the most extreme 24-hour rainfall total on record for all 50 states.

National Weather Service and Hawaiian officials have designated a new U.S. precipitation record—49.69 inches within a 24-hour period in Waipā Garden, Kauai.

Being estimated, these are not considered as official and thus fall short of the ‘official Dutch national 24-hour precipitation record’ of 208 mm (8.19”) set at Voorthuizen on August 2-3, 1948.

For example, on the morning of Aug. 27, the gauge at Taylor Lake and Port Road indicated it received 1.60 inches of rain in the previous 24 hours. One tab breaks down that rainfall by the hour ...

Kansas City rainfall: See how much rain fell across the metro, including Northland and Wyandotte County, with detailed 24-hour storm data.

SEE ALSO: The National Weather Service had to add a new color to its maps to show Harvey's rainfall The current record is 43 inches, set on July 25-26, 1979, in Alvin, Texas.