Extreme rain in Germany and 5 other countries, 20 to 24 September 2018

Name: Extreme rain in Germany and 5 other countries, 20 to 24 September 2018
Start: 2018-09-20
End: 2018-09-24
Location: Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Czech Republic, Poland

Extreme rain in Germany and 5 other countries, 20 to 24 September 2018: 185 records at 183 stations, peak on 23 September 2018. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Germany and 5 other countries, 20 to 24 September 2018 set or tied 185 station records at 183 stations.
It ran from 20 September 2018 to 24 September 2018 (5 days) and its peak day was 23 September 2018.
Status: closed.
Cottbus set a daily record precipitation of 28.3 mm (1.1 in) on 23 September 2018.
The busiest day was 23 September 2018 with 145 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 146 years.

Footprint

20 to 24 September 2018

The area covered by Extreme rain in Germany and 5 other countries, 20 to 24 September 2018 is outlined, with 20 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Germany and 5 other countries, 20 to 24 September 2018: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Cottbus	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	2018-09-23
Kr. Marburg-Biedenkopf Colbe	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	2018-09-23
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	2018-09-23
Gorlitz	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	2018-09-23
Giessen/Wettenberg	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	2018-09-23
Bad Muskau	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	2018-09-23
High Mowthorpe	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	2018-09-20
Altgeringswalde	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	2018-09-23
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2018-09-23
Jena Sternwarte	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	2018-09-23
Erfurt-Bindersleben	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	2018-09-23
Neukirchen-Hauptschwenda	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	2018-09-23
Weissenfels	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	2018-09-23
Bad Nauheim	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	2018-09-23
Waltershausen	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	2018-09-23
Nossen	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	2018-09-23
Miltenberg	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	2018-09-23
Birx/Rhon	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	2018-09-23
Osterfeld	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	2018-09-23
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	2018-09-23

Records per Day

Peak day 145

Records set or tied each day from 20 September 2018 to 24 September 2018. The most in one day was 145 on 23 September 2018.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Germany and 5 other countries, 20 to 24 September 2018 ranked by margin
High Mowthorpe, 09-20	32.4 mm (1.3 in)
Erfurt-Bindersleben, 09-23	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
Osterfeld, 09-23	25.9 mm (1.0 in)
Waltershausen, 09-23	25.6 mm (1.0 in)
Neukirchen-Hauptschwenda, 09-23	25.0 mm (1.0 in)
Kr. Marburg-Biedenkopf Colbe, 09-23	23.9 mm (0.9 in)
Birx/Rhon, 09-23	23.6 mm (0.9 in)
Weissenfels, 09-23	21.4 mm (0.8 in)
Altgeringswalde, 09-23	20.4 mm (0.8 in)
Garsebach Bei Meissen, 09-23	20.1 mm (0.8 in)
Bad Muskau, 09-23	19.4 mm (0.8 in)
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr, 09-23	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
Giessen/Wettenberg, 09-23	16.6 mm (0.7 in)
Gorlitz, 09-23	16.1 mm (0.6 in)
Cottbus, 09-23	15.0 mm (0.6 in)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

185 records plotted by how far they beat the old record (across) and how many years the old record had stood (up). Long standing records beaten by a wide margin sit in the top right.

Margin against age of the broken record in Extreme rain in Germany and 5 other countries, 20 to 24 September 2018
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
15	123
24	60
17	85
16	80
17	67
19	56
20	60
32	49
20	60
9	135
29	31
25	31
21	31
13	67
26	31
12	96
8	146
13	77
24	31
26	31
30	28
19	31
26	9
18	60
13	60
15	49
17	37
19	31
16	44
22	37
3	100
14	31
9	68
3	64
2	91
6	56
18	44
8	60
9	60
1	45
2	91
1	68
6	67
14	31
13	31
12	39
3	67
10	31
7	60
19	13
12	31
7	60
9	31
5	60
10	44
11	31
10	39
9	52
5	65
12	44
4	67
2	67
5	67
8	31
11	44
0	73
3	60
6	60
12	13
4	67
3	67
13	31
6	52
3	24
6	49
1	67
3	60
2	67
8	49
0	73
4	60
8	44
4	40
5	31
2	60
2	60
9	49
6	36
0	60
9	31
2	41
1	60
11	13
8	13
10	31
2	60
7	29
1	60
10	13
7	36
8	13
3	37
1	60
9	31
10	31
11	13
3	44
10	13
5	36
6	31
7	31
10	9
6	28
6	19
0	60
6	28
0	60
2	44
2	31
5	31
1	44
3	44
2	49
3	31
9	16
4	36
15	5
4	41
3	37
6	28
8	19
8	9
0	49
3	33
3	31
5	13
7	9
8	13
5	16
1	31
5	19
9	5
9	13
3	25
1	44
7	16
3	31
1	31
2	13
2	36
4	13
4	19
3	16
1	31
5	16
4	13
5	8
3	28
0	16
2	16
1	16
2	16
3	0
1	13
4	13
5	5
4	11
0	31
0	31
1	13
0	28
3	13
4	8
3	5
1	19
1	13
1	8
1	13
1	5
0	13
0	5
0	5
0	5
1	5
1	5

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Germany and 5 other countries, 20 to 24 September 2018 compared with similar events
Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 23 February to 15 March 2019	2,223 records
Extreme rain in United States, 3 to 19 January 2024	2,133 records
Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 26 March 2021	2,099 records
Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 29 September to 19 October 2018	1,970 records
Extreme rain in United States, 19 December 2022 to 13 January 2023	1,941 records
Extreme rain in Germany and 5 other countries, 20 to 24 September 2018 (this event)	185 records

Every Record Set

20 of 185

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Germany and 5 other countries, 20 to 24 September 2018, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2018-09-20	High Mowthorpe	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	49	59 of 100 (Notable)
2018-09-23	Cottbus	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	123	67 of 100 (Major)
2018-09-23	Kr. Marburg-Biedenkopf Colbe	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	60	65 of 100 (Major)
2018-09-23	Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	85	63 of 100 (Major)
2018-09-23	Gorlitz	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	80	60 of 100 (Major)
2018-09-23	Giessen/Wettenberg	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	67	60 of 100 (Major)
2018-09-23	Bad Muskau	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	56	60 of 100 (Major)
2018-09-23	Altgeringswalde	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	60	59 of 100 (Notable)
2018-09-23	Garsebach Bei Meissen	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	60	58 of 100 (Notable)
2018-09-23	Jena Sternwarte	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	135	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-09-23	Erfurt-Bindersleben	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-09-23	Neukirchen-Hauptschwenda	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-09-23	Weissenfels	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	31	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-09-23	Bad Nauheim	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	67	55 of 100 (Notable)
2018-09-23	Waltershausen	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	31	55 of 100 (Notable)
2018-09-23	Nossen	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	96	55 of 100 (Notable)
2018-09-23	Miltenberg	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	77	53 of 100 (Notable)
2018-09-23	Birx/Rhon	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	31	52 of 100 (Notable)
2018-09-23	Osterfeld	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31	52 of 100 (Notable)
2018-09-23	Leipzig-Holzhausen	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	146	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 185 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-12. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Date	Records
2018-09-20	15
2018-09-21	11
2018-09-22	10
2018-09-23	145
2018-09-24	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
15	123
24	60
17	85
16	80
17	67
19	56
20	60
32	49
20	60
9	135
29	31
25	31
21	31
13	67
26	31
12	96
8	146
13	77
24	31
26	31
30	28
19	31
26	9
18	60
13	60
15	49
17	37
19	31
16	44
22	37
3	100
14	31
9	68
3	64
2	91
6	56
18	44
8	60
9	60
1	45
2	91
1	68
6	67
14	31
13	31
12	39
3	67
10	31
7	60
19	13
12	31
7	60
9	31
5	60
10	44
11	31
10	39
9	52
5	65
12	44
4	67
2	67
5	67
8	31
11	44
0	73
3	60
6	60
12	13
4	67
3	67
13	31
6	52
3	24
6	49
1	67
3	60
2	67
8	49
0	73
4	60
8	44
4	40
5	31
2	60
2	60
9	49
6	36
0	60
9	31
2	41
1	60
11	13
8	13
10	31
2	60
7	29
1	60
10	13
7	36
8	13
3	37
1	60
9	31
10	31
11	13
3	44
10	13
5	36
6	31
7	31
10	9
6	28
6	19
0	60
6	28
0	60
2	44
2	31
5	31
1	44
3	44
2	49
3	31
9	16
4	36
15	5
4	41
3	37
6	28
8	19
8	9
0	49
3	33
3	31
5	13
7	9
8	13
5	16
1	31
5	19
9	5
9	13
3	25
1	44
7	16
3	31
1	31
2	13
2	36
4	13
4	19
3	16
1	31
5	16
4	13
5	8
3	28
0	16
2	16
1	16
2	16
3	0
1	13
4	13
5	5
4	11
0	31
0	31
1	13
0	28
3	13
4	8
3	5
1	19
1	13
1	8
1	13
1	5
0	13
0	5
0	5
0	5
1	5
1	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
15	123
24	60
17	85
16	80
17	67
19	56
20	60
32	49
20	60
9	135
29	31
25	31
21	31
13	67
26	31
12	96
8	146
13	77
24	31
26	31
30	28
19	31
26	9
18	60
13	60
15	49
17	37
19	31
16	44
22	37
3	100
14	31
9	68
3	64
2	91
6	56
18	44
8	60
9	60
1	45
2	91
1	68
6	67
14	31
13	31
12	39
3	67
10	31
7	60
19	13
12	31
7	60
9	31
5	60
10	44
11	31
10	39
9	52
5	65
12	44
4	67
2	67
5	67
8	31
11	44
0	73
3	60
6	60
12	13
4	67
3	67
13	31
6	52
3	24
6	49
1	67
3	60
2	67
8	49
0	73
4	60
8	44
4	40
5	31
2	60
2	60
9	49
6	36
0	60
9	31
2	41
1	60
11	13
8	13
10	31
2	60
7	29
1	60
10	13
7	36
8	13
3	37
1	60
9	31
10	31
11	13
3	44
10	13
5	36
6	31
7	31
10	9
6	28
6	19
0	60
6	28
0	60
2	44
2	31
5	31
1	44
3	44
2	49
3	31
9	16
4	36
15	5
4	41
3	37
6	28
8	19
8	9
0	49
3	33
3	31
5	13
7	9
8	13
5	16
1	31
5	19
9	5
9	13
3	25
1	44
7	16
3	31
1	31
2	13
2	36
4	13
4	19
3	16
1	31
5	16
4	13
5	8
3	28
0	16
2	16
1	16
2	16
3	0
1	13
4	13
5	5
4	11
0	31
0	31
1	13
0	28
3	13
4	8
3	5
1	19
1	13
1	8
1	13
1	5
0	13
0	5
0	5
0	5
1	5
1	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
15	123
24	60
17	85
16	80
17	67
19	56
20	60
32	49
20	60
9	135
29	31
25	31
21	31
13	67
26	31
12	96
8	146
13	77
24	31
26	31
30	28
19	31
26	9
18	60
13	60
15	49
17	37
19	31
16	44
22	37
3	100
14	31
9	68
3	64
2	91
6	56
18	44
8	60
9	60
1	45
2	91
1	68
6	67
14	31
13	31
12	39
3	67
10	31
7	60
19	13
12	31
7	60
9	31
5	60
10	44
11	31
10	39
9	52
5	65
12	44
4	67
2	67
5	67
8	31
11	44
0	73
3	60
6	60
12	13
4	67
3	67
13	31
6	52
3	24
6	49
1	67
3	60
2	67
8	49
0	73
4	60
8	44
4	40
5	31
2	60
2	60
9	49
6	36
0	60
9	31
2	41
1	60
11	13
8	13
10	31
2	60
7	29
1	60
10	13
7	36
8	13
3	37
1	60
9	31
10	31
11	13
3	44
10	13
5	36
6	31
7	31
10	9
6	28
6	19
0	60
6	28
0	60
2	44
2	31
5	31
1	44
3	44
2	49
3	31
9	16
4	36
15	5
4	41
3	37
6	28
8	19
8	9
0	49
3	33
3	31
5	13
7	9
8	13
5	16
1	31
5	19
9	5
9	13
3	25
1	44
7	16
3	31
1	31
2	13
2	36
4	13
4	19
3	16
1	31
5	16
4	13
5	8
3	28
0	16
2	16
1	16
2	16
3	0
1	13
4	13
5	5
4	11
0	31
0	31
1	13
0	28
3	13
4	8
3	5
1	19
1	13
1	8
1	13
1	5
0	13
0	5
0	5
0	5
1	5
1	5