Extreme rain in Germany and 9 other countries, 24 August to 1 September 2020

Name: Extreme rain in Germany and 9 other countries, 24 August to 1 September 2020
Start: 2020-08-24
End: 2020-09-01
Location: Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Italy, Slovenia, Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Switzerland, Croatia

Extreme rain in Germany and 9 other countries, 24 August to 1 September 2020: 229 records at 213 stations, peak on 30 August 2020. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Germany and 9 other countries, 24 August to 1 September 2020 set or tied 229 station records at 213 stations.
It ran from 24 August 2020 to 1 September 2020 (9 days) and its peak day was 30 August 2020.
Status: closed.
Plauen set a daily record precipitation of 54.2 mm (2.1 in) on 30 August 2020.
The busiest day was 30 August 2020 with 127 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 183 years.

Footprint

24 August to 1 September 2020

The area covered by Extreme rain in Germany and 9 other countries, 24 August to 1 September 2020 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 9 other countries, 24 August to 1 September 2020: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Plauen	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	2020-08-30
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	2020-08-30
Bamberg	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	2020-08-30
Schleiz	Record daily precipitation	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	2020-08-30
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	2020-08-30
Chemnitz	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	2020-08-30
Lichtentanne	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	2020-08-30
Nossen	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	2020-08-30
Dresden-Strehlen	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	2020-08-30
Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	2020-08-30
Nurnberg	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	2020-08-30
Altgeringswalde	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	2020-08-30
Freiberg	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	2020-08-30
Schmieritz-Weltwitz	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	2020-08-30
Hof	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	2020-08-30
Zeitz	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	2020-08-30
Schwandorf	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	2020-08-30
Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	2020-08-30
Jena Sternwarte	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	2020-08-30
Dresden-Hosterwitz	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	2020-08-30

Records per Day

Peak day 127

Records set or tied each day from 24 August 2020 to 1 September 2020. The most in one day was 127 on 30 August 2020.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Germany and 9 other countries, 24 August to 1 September 2020
Date	Records
2020-08-24	16
2020-08-25	11
2020-08-26	1
2020-08-27	16
2020-08-28	33
2020-08-29	10
2020-08-30	127
2020-08-31	11
2020-09-01	4

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Germany and 9 other countries, 24 August to 1 September 2020 ranked by margin
Altgeringswalde, 08-30	56.2 mm (2.2 in)
Chemnitz, 08-30	45.9 mm (1.8 in)
Garsebach Bei Meissen, 08-30	44.8 mm (1.8 in)
Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach, 08-30	41.5 mm (1.6 in)
Lichtentanne, 08-30	40.8 mm (1.6 in)
Schmieritz-Weltwitz, 08-30	39.0 mm (1.5 in)
Dresden-Strehlen, 08-30	35.2 mm (1.4 in)
Freiberg, 08-30	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
Plauen, 08-30	32.6 mm (1.3 in)
Nossen, 08-30	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
Jena Sternwarte, 08-30	31.7 mm (1.2 in)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, 08-30	28.9 mm (1.1 in)
Dresden-Hosterwitz, 08-30	27.1 mm (1.1 in)
Zeitz, 08-30	26.3 mm (1.0 in)
Nurnberg, 08-30	24.1 mm (0.9 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

229 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 9 other countries, 24 August to 1 September 2020
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
33	108
29	96
21	101
20	67
45	54
46	54
41	52
32	51
35	54
42	52
24	52
56	54
35	47
39	47
15	28
26	42
17	77
21	52
32	10
27	54
33	10
30	8
31	43
36	10
31	10
9	135
18	52
34	10
21	51
8	138
39	3
41	8
22	52
28	3
17	47
59	34
18	43
39	8
4	110
29	3
27	8
11	57
5	96
15	54
31	3
23	36
20	47
29	3
15	51
22	10
13	57
20	27
2	110
16	30
24	47
26	8
20	47
21	3
1	183
10	68
6	10
7	69
22	8
15	33
3	81
2	82
12	43
10	30
24	8
16	30
15	30
5	68
5	64
9	42
25	40
13	28
3	77
7	52
12	24
42	6
4	63
9	52
6	51
14	16
18	24
9	54
6	43
5	62
11	43
5	47
9	52
6	47
14	27
5	51
4	60
19	40
14	23
1	68
4	52
5	44
26	10
5	51
33	21
11	26
0	64
14	8
5	52
8	47
5	52
7	30
9	40
5	43
2	35
3	44
4	52
5	51
3	47
6	47
7	51
12	17
2	49
14	10
3	52
18	8
1	57
4	37
14	19
9	50
7	32
5	43
9	16
11	9
1	47
10	43
21	47
2	51
6	34
7	34
3	53
17	14
6	24
10	16
0	57
1	47
8	28
12	8
11	16
4	27
4	34
7	23
30	21
10	8
1	47
1	47
11	6
1	47
10	6
1	44
9	27
8	4
10	8
8	14
9	14
0	52
6	10
4	34
10	10
0	47
9	10
11	21
2	43
9	8
6	16
1	40
1	18
7	6
9	8
8	19
8	8
3	37
6	17
1	43
9	6
4	24
5	21
0	43
7	8
1	43
6	8
0	28
4	17
4	14
3	23
8	8
2	23
3	24
2	8
3	17
0	24
1	24

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Germany and 9 other countries, 24 August to 1 September 2020 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 9 other countries, 24 August to 1 September 2020 (this event)	229 records

Every Record Set

20 of 229

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Germany and 9 other countries, 24 August to 1 September 2020, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2020-08-30	Plauen	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	108	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2020-08-30	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	96	75 of 100 (Major)
2020-08-30	Bamberg	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	101	74 of 100 (Major)
2020-08-30	Schleiz	Record daily precipitation	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	67	67 of 100 (Major)
2020-08-30	Garsebach Bei Meissen	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	54	66 of 100 (Major)
2020-08-30	Chemnitz	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	54	66 of 100 (Major)
2020-08-30	Lichtentanne	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	52	65 of 100 (Major)
2020-08-30	Nossen	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51	65 of 100 (Major)
2020-08-30	Dresden-Strehlen	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	54	64 of 100 (Major)
2020-08-30	Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	52	64 of 100 (Major)
2020-08-30	Nurnberg	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	52	62 of 100 (Major)
2020-08-30	Altgeringswalde	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	54	62 of 100 (Major)
2020-08-30	Freiberg	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47	59 of 100 (Notable)
2020-08-30	Schmieritz-Weltwitz	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	47	58 of 100 (Notable)
2020-08-30	Hof	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	28	56 of 100 (Notable)
2020-08-30	Zeitz	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	42	56 of 100 (Notable)
2020-08-30	Schwandorf	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	77	55 of 100 (Notable)
2020-08-30	Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	52	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-08-30	Jena Sternwarte	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	10	53 of 100 (Notable)
2020-08-30	Dresden-Hosterwitz	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	54	53 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 229 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 2026-10-17. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
33	108
29	96
21	101
20	67
45	54
46	54
41	52
32	51
35	54
42	52
24	52
56	54
35	47
39	47
15	28
26	42
17	77
21	52
32	10
27	54
33	10
30	8
31	43
36	10
31	10
9	135
18	52
34	10
21	51
8	138
39	3
41	8
22	52
28	3
17	47
59	34
18	43
39	8
4	110
29	3
27	8
11	57
5	96
15	54
31	3
23	36
20	47
29	3
15	51
22	10
13	57
20	27
2	110
16	30
24	47
26	8
20	47
21	3
1	183
10	68
6	10
7	69
22	8
15	33
3	81
2	82
12	43
10	30
24	8
16	30
15	30
5	68
5	64
9	42
25	40
13	28
3	77
7	52
12	24
42	6
4	63
9	52
6	51
14	16
18	24
9	54
6	43
5	62
11	43
5	47
9	52
6	47
14	27
5	51
4	60
19	40
14	23
1	68
4	52
5	44
26	10
5	51
33	21
11	26
0	64
14	8
5	52
8	47
5	52
7	30
9	40
5	43
2	35
3	44
4	52
5	51
3	47
6	47
7	51
12	17
2	49
14	10
3	52
18	8
1	57
4	37
14	19
9	50
7	32
5	43
9	16
11	9
1	47
10	43
21	47
2	51
6	34
7	34
3	53
17	14
6	24
10	16
0	57
1	47
8	28
12	8
11	16
4	27
4	34
7	23
30	21
10	8
1	47
1	47
11	6
1	47
10	6
1	44
9	27
8	4
10	8
8	14
9	14
0	52
6	10
4	34
10	10
0	47
9	10
11	21
2	43
9	8
6	16
1	40
1	18
7	6
9	8
8	19
8	8
3	37
6	17
1	43
9	6
4	24
5	21
0	43
7	8
1	43
6	8
0	28
4	17
4	14
3	23
8	8
2	23
3	24
2	8
3	17
0	24
1	24

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
33	108
29	96
21	101
20	67
45	54
46	54
41	52
32	51
35	54
42	52
24	52
56	54
35	47
39	47
15	28
26	42
17	77
21	52
32	10
27	54
33	10
30	8
31	43
36	10
31	10
9	135
18	52
34	10
21	51
8	138
39	3
41	8
22	52
28	3
17	47
59	34
18	43
39	8
4	110
29	3
27	8
11	57
5	96
15	54
31	3
23	36
20	47
29	3
15	51
22	10
13	57
20	27
2	110
16	30
24	47
26	8
20	47
21	3
1	183
10	68
6	10
7	69
22	8
15	33
3	81
2	82
12	43
10	30
24	8
16	30
15	30
5	68
5	64
9	42
25	40
13	28
3	77
7	52
12	24
42	6
4	63
9	52
6	51
14	16
18	24
9	54
6	43
5	62
11	43
5	47
9	52
6	47
14	27
5	51
4	60
19	40
14	23
1	68
4	52
5	44
26	10
5	51
33	21
11	26
0	64
14	8
5	52
8	47
5	52
7	30
9	40
5	43
2	35
3	44
4	52
5	51
3	47
6	47
7	51
12	17
2	49
14	10
3	52
18	8
1	57
4	37
14	19
9	50
7	32
5	43
9	16
11	9
1	47
10	43
21	47
2	51
6	34
7	34
3	53
17	14
6	24
10	16
0	57
1	47
8	28
12	8
11	16
4	27
4	34
7	23
30	21
10	8
1	47
1	47
11	6
1	47
10	6
1	44
9	27
8	4
10	8
8	14
9	14
0	52
6	10
4	34
10	10
0	47
9	10
11	21
2	43
9	8
6	16
1	40
1	18
7	6
9	8
8	19
8	8
3	37
6	17
1	43
9	6
4	24
5	21
0	43
7	8
1	43
6	8
0	28
4	17
4	14
3	23
8	8
2	23
3	24
2	8
3	17
0	24
1	24

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
33	108
29	96
21	101
20	67
45	54
46	54
41	52
32	51
35	54
42	52
24	52
56	54
35	47
39	47
15	28
26	42
17	77
21	52
32	10
27	54
33	10
30	8
31	43
36	10
31	10
9	135
18	52
34	10
21	51
8	138
39	3
41	8
22	52
28	3
17	47
59	34
18	43
39	8
4	110
29	3
27	8
11	57
5	96
15	54
31	3
23	36
20	47
29	3
15	51
22	10
13	57
20	27
2	110
16	30
24	47
26	8
20	47
21	3
1	183
10	68
6	10
7	69
22	8
15	33
3	81
2	82
12	43
10	30
24	8
16	30
15	30
5	68
5	64
9	42
25	40
13	28
3	77
7	52
12	24
42	6
4	63
9	52
6	51
14	16
18	24
9	54
6	43
5	62
11	43
5	47
9	52
6	47
14	27
5	51
4	60
19	40
14	23
1	68
4	52
5	44
26	10
5	51
33	21
11	26
0	64
14	8
5	52
8	47
5	52
7	30
9	40
5	43
2	35
3	44
4	52
5	51
3	47
6	47
7	51
12	17
2	49
14	10
3	52
18	8
1	57
4	37
14	19
9	50
7	32
5	43
9	16
11	9
1	47
10	43
21	47
2	51
6	34
7	34
3	53
17	14
6	24
10	16
0	57
1	47
8	28
12	8
11	16
4	27
4	34
7	23
30	21
10	8
1	47
1	47
11	6
1	47
10	6
1	44
9	27
8	4
10	8
8	14
9	14
0	52
6	10
4	34
10	10
0	47
9	10
11	21
2	43
9	8
6	16
1	40
1	18
7	6
9	8
8	19
8	8
3	37
6	17
1	43
9	6
4	24
5	21
0	43
7	8
1	43
6	8
0	28
4	17
4	14
3	23
8	8
2	23
3	24
2	8
3	17
0	24
1	24