Houston has a long history of extreme rainfall events, from tropical systems to stubborn weather patterns. It is pretty much becoming America's flooding capital.

As someone who lives in Georgia, I see a lot of flooding, but it is rare and over pretty quickly. But Houstonians seem to have experienced flooding multiple times, even sometimes in the same year.

Here's a rundown of some of the more notable flood events Houston has faced.

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Notable events

- Hurricane Beryl (July 2024): Hurricane Beryl set many records, including becoming the first Category 4 hurricane in June and the farthest east hurricane in the Atlantic. By the time it got to Texas, it had weakened to a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 80 mph.

Gusty winds and heavy rain slammed Houston. The metro area saw as much as 14.88 inches near Hilshire Village. Several other locations in Harris County picked up 10 or more inches of rain.

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(MORE: Beryl Recap)

-San Jacinto River flooding (May 2024): Heavy rainfall hit southeastern Texas in early May 2024, which brought rainfall totals over a foot in some areas. This led rivers to reach major flood stages, and some said this was the worst rainfall since Harvey in 2017.

(MORE: Flooding event May 2024)

-Hurricane Nicholas (September 2021): Another Category 1 hurricane brought substantial rainfall to the greater Houston area. Heavy rainfall soaked the region, where again areas near Houston saw around a foot of rainfall.

(MORE: Hurricane Nicholas recap)

-Tropical Storm Beta (September 2020): Tropical Storm Beta triggered widespread moderate to major flooding in the southern Houston metro area, according to a National Hurricane Center report. This was one of the many Greek letter storms of that season, which eventually led the National Hurricane Center to stop using Greek letters for named storms.

-Tropical Storm Imelda (September 2019): Although the storm was only at 45 mph when it made landfall, it slowed to a crawl over east Texas. That slow movement produced over 30 inches of rain in several counties across southeast Texas, including from near Houston to the Beaumont area.

-Hurricane Harvey (August 2017): Hurricane Harvey is, of course, the most extreme flood in Houston's history. Nederland, Texas, measured 60.58 inches of rain from Harvey — the heaviest rainfall total from any tropical cyclone in the U.S. on record — which resulted in massive flooding and 68 deaths in Texas alone.

(MORE: Hurricane Harvey Recap)

-"Tax Day" (April 2016): Up to 17 inches of rain fell during the April 18, 2016, "Tax Day" Houston flood. Freeways, vehicles, homes and buildings were inundated with water, and more than 1,800 water rescues were performed. The resulting damage cost $2.7 billion, according to NOAA.

As this century began, Tropical Storm Allison in June 2001 became one of the most disastrous floods to strike the Houston area. By the time the rains ended, parts of the Houston metro had picked up more than 35 inches of rainfall over a five-day period.It is one of the few tropical storms to get its name retired.

Twenty-three lives in Texas were lost due to the flooding from Allison.

Four to five times a year

According to NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information, there were 96 days with at least one report of flooding or flash flooding in Harris County from 1996 through 2015.

That roughly means about four to five days of flooding happened each year over that time. They don't all have to be Harvey levels to still be significant.

Because of Houston's southern location, these events can happen in all seasons, even in winter. And it doesn't just have to be a tropical system. The "Tax Day" flooding was not a tropical system. Thunderstorms and clusters of storms can slow to a crawl near the Gulf Coast.

Why Houston?

Houston's geography has a part to play in flooding.

"We now force rainwater into streets, and then into bayous, which flush out to Galveston Bay and the Gulf (of Mexico)," said Matt Lanza, an operational meteorologist in energy based in Houston.

Lanza says the streets, therefore, are part of the flood control system. "It's a good idea in theory because you'd rather flood roads and cars than houses. But I'm not sure any method of flood protection can prevent what unfolded over us in April 2016."

Then, there's Houston's notorious urban sprawl.

"The population has exploded here in the last 10 years, much of it settling north and west of the city," said Lanza.

"What was once farm or wetlands is now pavement and suburbia. Thus, there is less barren land to suck up the rain now, and that further exacerbates flooding."

Houston also sits only about 43 feet above sea level, so the flat system of bayous drains very slowly.