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A fact from August 2014 United States floods appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 November 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that multiple rainfall records were set across several states during the August 2014 United States floods, including in Michigan, Maine, and New York?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/August 2014 United States floods.

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Fritzmann2002 talk 19:15, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that during the August 2014 United States floods, 13.57 inches (345 mm) of rain fell in Islip, New York, setting a 24-hour rainfall record for the state? Source: https://www.weather.gov/okx/HistoricFlooding_081314
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Donald A. Morgan
- Comment: QPQ coming soon.

Created by Tails Wx (talk). Self-nominated at 21:13, 19 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/August 2014 United States floods; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

All article checks come clean, hook matches article and source, and hook is interesting. I wonder if it could be made more interesting, looking at the lead it says "Additionally, several rainfall records were broken". Maybe it'd be more interesting to mention that multiple records were broken instead of just the one? Everythign looks good, just waiting for QPQ. —Panamitsu (talk) 05:03, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Got the QPQ, Panamitsu. How about ALT1:

...that during the August 2014 United States floods, multiple rainfall records were set across several states, including in Michigan, Maine, and New York?

Tails Wx 02:27, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I prefer this one. It's more direct and more surprising! Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 14:30, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1 looks really interesting and QPQ is done. Happy to approve. —Panamitsu (talk) 04:35, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]