Extreme rain in Germany and 5 other countries, 2 to 11 February 2021

Name: Extreme rain in Germany and 5 other countries, 2 to 11 February 2021
Start: 2021-02-02
End: 2021-02-11
Location: Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Czech Republic, France, Poland

Extreme rain in Germany and 5 other countries, 2 to 11 February 2021: 275 records at 240 stations, peak on 3 February 2021. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Germany and 5 other countries, 2 to 11 February 2021 set or tied 275 station records at 240 stations.
It ran from 2 February 2021 to 11 February 2021 (10 days) and its peak day was 3 February 2021.
Status: closed.
Jena Sternwarte set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 7 February 2021.
The busiest day was 3 February 2021 with 149 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 145 years.

Footprint

2 to 11 February 2021

The area covered by Extreme rain in Germany and 5 other countries, 2 to 11 February 2021 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, 2 to 11 February 2021: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Jena Sternwarte	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2021-02-07
Lawica	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	2021-02-02
Grunow	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	2021-02-03
Uelzen	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	2021-02-03
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	2021-02-03
Zehdenick	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	2021-02-03
Diepholz	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	2021-02-03
Leende	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	2021-02-03
Erfurt-Bindersleben	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	2021-02-07
Artern	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	2021-02-07
Harzgerode	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	2021-02-07
Quedlinburg	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	2021-02-07
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	2021-02-07
Weimar-Schondorf	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	2021-02-07
Weissensee-Ottenhausen	Record daily precipitation	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	2021-02-07
Wernigerode	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	2021-02-07
Zeitz	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	2021-02-07
Lichtentanne	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	2021-02-07
Dachwig	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	2021-02-07
Weissenburg	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	2021-02-07

Records per Day

Peak day 149

Records set or tied each day from 2 February 2021 to 11 February 2021. The most in one day was 149 on 3 February 2021.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Germany and 5 other countries, 2 to 11 February 2021
Date	Records
2021-02-02	11
2021-02-03	149
2021-02-04	5
2021-02-05	13
2021-02-06	23
2021-02-07	64
2021-02-08	5
2021-02-09	2
2021-02-10	1
2021-02-11	2

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Germany and 5 other countries, 2 to 11 February 2021 ranked by margin
Weissensee-Ottenhausen, 02-07	21.8 mm (0.9 in)
Jena Sternwarte, 02-07	20.5 mm (0.8 in)
Dachwig, 02-07	15.9 mm (0.6 in)
Artern, 02-07	14.2 mm (0.6 in)
Grunow, 02-03	13.5 mm (0.5 in)
Uelzen, 02-03	13.4 mm (0.5 in)
Leende, 02-03	12.6 mm (0.5 in)
Zehdenick, 02-03	12.5 mm (0.5 in)
Weimar-Schondorf, 02-07	12.4 mm (0.5 in)
Erfurt-Bindersleben, 02-07	11.9 mm (0.5 in)
Harzgerode, 02-07	11.8 mm (0.5 in)
Lichtentanne, 02-07	11.2 mm (0.4 in)
Diepholz, 02-03	10.9 mm (0.4 in)
Wernigerode, 02-07	9.4 mm (0.37 in)
Zeitz, 02-07	7.3 mm (0.29 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

275 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, 2 to 11 February 2021
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
21	123
14	119
11	145
16	55
12	75
12	42
5	119
13	41
13	37
5	112
12	15
4	128
14	17
7	55
6	75
9	55
22	18
11	37
13	41
6	23
9	37
8	41
5	60
12	41
6	55
8	44
9	22
8	37
5	37
10	37
1	112
1	123
6	73
6	73
5	73
5	73
4	75
10	37
10	17
10	41
12	41
5	55
9	41
9	41
6	40
3	73
6	44
1	84
8	15
13	21
7	41
5	55
3	73
8	41
5	55
6	15
4	55
8	17
8	41
7	41
8	27
4	64
2	73
4	63
1	84
2	73
11	15
8	41
8	41
5	37
2	73
0	81
4	37
2	69
3	17
4	37
15	1
6	37
7	12
5	41
8	41
12	1
0	77
4	38
2	37
4	44
5	31
4	51
3	66
10	20
1	75
0	73
4	38
5	40
2	63
5	41
7	41
3	31
3	37
3	47
3	41
2	37
1	73
7	27
2	56
7	17
0	73
11	1
8	14
3	44
4	37
1	63
3	41
0	37
3	40
4	40
4	14
4	37
3	23
14	1
2	47
2	37
2	55
3	47
0	69
2	42
2	47
1	55
2	44
4	41
2	51
4	37
2	41
1	51
2	41
3	41
2	41
3	41
3	41
11	8
3	41
3	31
3	41
2	41
3	15
2	41
6	20
1	44
4	22
2	37
1	53
12	1
4	15
5	20
3	27
2	41
2	41
3	31
0	40
5	22
0	47
1	41
3	27
3	31
1	41
6	8
0	51
5	20
6	1
1	37
4	1
7	22
0	47
1	41
3	22
0	37
1	41
1	41
3	27
1	41
2	31
1	40
5	12
3	15
0	44
1	37
1	38
3	33
4	8
2	27
1	41
1	41
1	41
2	31
1	41
5	20
4	8
0	40
1	31
0	41

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Germany and 5 other countries, 2 to 11 February 2021 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, 2 to 11 February 2021 (this event)	275 records

Every Record Set

20 of 275

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Germany and 5 other countries, 2 to 11 February 2021, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2021-02-02	Lawica	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	23	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-02-03	Grunow	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	17	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-02-03	Uelzen	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	41	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-02-03	Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	112	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-02-03	Zehdenick	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	37	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-02-03	Diepholz	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	37	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-02-03	Leende	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	41	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-02-07	Jena Sternwarte	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	123	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2021-02-07	Erfurt-Bindersleben	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	42	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-02-07	Artern	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	119	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-02-07	Harzgerode	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	75	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-02-07	Quedlinburg	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	75	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-02-07	Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	119	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-02-07	Weimar-Schondorf	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	15	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-02-07	Weissensee-Ottenhausen	Record daily precipitation	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	18	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-02-07	Wernigerode	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	55	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-02-07	Zeitz	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	55	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-02-07	Lichtentanne	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	145	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-02-07	Dachwig	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	55	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-02-07	Weissenburg	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	128	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 275 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
21	123
14	119
11	145
16	55
12	75
12	42
5	119
13	41
13	37
5	112
12	15
4	128
14	17
7	55
6	75
9	55
22	18
11	37
13	41
6	23
9	37
8	41
5	60
12	41
6	55
8	44
9	22
8	37
5	37
10	37
1	112
1	123
6	73
6	73
5	73
5	73
4	75
10	37
10	17
10	41
12	41
5	55
9	41
9	41
6	40
3	73
6	44
1	84
8	15
13	21
7	41
5	55
3	73
8	41
5	55
6	15
4	55
8	17
8	41
7	41
8	27
4	64
2	73
4	63
1	84
2	73
11	15
8	41
8	41
5	37
2	73
0	81
4	37
2	69
3	17
4	37
15	1
6	37
7	12
5	41
8	41
12	1
0	77
4	38
2	37
4	44
5	31
4	51
3	66
10	20
1	75
0	73
4	38
5	40
2	63
5	41
7	41
3	31
3	37
3	47
3	41
2	37
1	73
7	27
2	56
7	17
0	73
11	1
8	14
3	44
4	37
1	63
3	41
0	37
3	40
4	40
4	14
4	37
3	23
14	1
2	47
2	37
2	55
3	47
0	69
2	42
2	47
1	55
2	44
4	41
2	51
4	37
2	41
1	51
2	41
3	41
2	41
3	41
3	41
11	8
3	41
3	31
3	41
2	41
3	15
2	41
6	20
1	44
4	22
2	37
1	53
12	1
4	15
5	20
3	27
2	41
2	41
3	31
0	40
5	22
0	47
1	41
3	27
3	31
1	41
6	8
0	51
5	20
6	1
1	37
4	1
7	22
0	47
1	41
3	22
0	37
1	41
1	41
3	27
1	41
2	31
1	40
5	12
3	15
0	44
1	37
1	38
3	33
4	8
2	27
1	41
1	41
1	41
2	31
1	41
5	20
4	8
0	40
1	31
0	41

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
21	123
14	119
11	145
16	55
12	75
12	42
5	119
13	41
13	37
5	112
12	15
4	128
14	17
7	55
6	75
9	55
22	18
11	37
13	41
6	23
9	37
8	41
5	60
12	41
6	55
8	44
9	22
8	37
5	37
10	37
1	112
1	123
6	73
6	73
5	73
5	73
4	75
10	37
10	17
10	41
12	41
5	55
9	41
9	41
6	40
3	73
6	44
1	84
8	15
13	21
7	41
5	55
3	73
8	41
5	55
6	15
4	55
8	17
8	41
7	41
8	27
4	64
2	73
4	63
1	84
2	73
11	15
8	41
8	41
5	37
2	73
0	81
4	37
2	69
3	17
4	37
15	1
6	37
7	12
5	41
8	41
12	1
0	77
4	38
2	37
4	44
5	31
4	51
3	66
10	20
1	75
0	73
4	38
5	40
2	63
5	41
7	41
3	31
3	37
3	47
3	41
2	37
1	73
7	27
2	56
7	17
0	73
11	1
8	14
3	44
4	37
1	63
3	41
0	37
3	40
4	40
4	14
4	37
3	23
14	1
2	47
2	37
2	55
3	47
0	69
2	42
2	47
1	55
2	44
4	41
2	51
4	37
2	41
1	51
2	41
3	41
2	41
3	41
3	41
11	8
3	41
3	31
3	41
2	41
3	15
2	41
6	20
1	44
4	22
2	37
1	53
12	1
4	15
5	20
3	27
2	41
2	41
3	31
0	40
5	22
0	47
1	41
3	27
3	31
1	41
6	8
0	51
5	20
6	1
1	37
4	1
7	22
0	47
1	41
3	22
0	37
1	41
1	41
3	27
1	41
2	31
1	40
5	12
3	15
0	44
1	37
1	38
3	33
4	8
2	27
1	41
1	41
1	41
2	31
1	41
5	20
4	8
0	40
1	31
0	41

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
21	123
14	119
11	145
16	55
12	75
12	42
5	119
13	41
13	37
5	112
12	15
4	128
14	17
7	55
6	75
9	55
22	18
11	37
13	41
6	23
9	37
8	41
5	60
12	41
6	55
8	44
9	22
8	37
5	37
10	37
1	112
1	123
6	73
6	73
5	73
5	73
4	75
10	37
10	17
10	41
12	41
5	55
9	41
9	41
6	40
3	73
6	44
1	84
8	15
13	21
7	41
5	55
3	73
8	41
5	55
6	15
4	55
8	17
8	41
7	41
8	27
4	64
2	73
4	63
1	84
2	73
11	15
8	41
8	41
5	37
2	73
0	81
4	37
2	69
3	17
4	37
15	1
6	37
7	12
5	41
8	41
12	1
0	77
4	38
2	37
4	44
5	31
4	51
3	66
10	20
1	75
0	73
4	38
5	40
2	63
5	41
7	41
3	31
3	37
3	47
3	41
2	37
1	73
7	27
2	56
7	17
0	73
11	1
8	14
3	44
4	37
1	63
3	41
0	37
3	40
4	40
4	14
4	37
3	23
14	1
2	47
2	37
2	55
3	47
0	69
2	42
2	47
1	55
2	44
4	41
2	51
4	37
2	41
1	51
2	41
3	41
2	41
3	41
3	41
11	8
3	41
3	31
3	41
2	41
3	15
2	41
6	20
1	44
4	22
2	37
1	53
12	1
4	15
5	20
3	27
2	41
2	41
3	31
0	40
5	22
0	47
1	41
3	27
3	31
1	41
6	8
0	51
5	20
6	1
1	37
4	1
7	22
0	47
1	41
3	22
0	37
1	41
1	41
3	27
1	41
2	31
1	40
5	12
3	15
0	44
1	37
1	38
3	33
4	8
2	27
1	41
1	41
1	41
2	31
1	41
5	20
4	8
0	40
1	31
0	41