Extreme rain in Germany and 11 other countries, 13 to 20 September 2022

Name: Extreme rain in Germany and 11 other countries, 13 to 20 September 2022
Start: 2022-09-13
End: 2022-09-20
Location: Germany, Netherlands, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, France, Italy, Moldova, Serbia

Extreme rain in Germany and 11 other countries, 13 to 20 September 2022: 341 records at 289 stations, peak on 18 September 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Germany and 11 other countries, 13 to 20 September 2022 set or tied 341 station records at 289 stations.
It ran from 13 September 2022 to 20 September 2022 (8 days) and its peak day was 18 September 2022.
Status: closed.
Rotenburg (Wumme) set a daily record precipitation of 30.4 mm (1.2 in) on 17 September 2022.
The busiest day was 18 September 2022 with 139 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 129 years.

Footprint

13 to 20 September 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in Germany and 11 other countries, 13 to 20 September 2022 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 11 other countries, 13 to 20 September 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	2022-09-17
Lichtentanne	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	2022-09-14
Kr. Cuxhaven Steinau	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	2022-09-17
Eenrum	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	2022-09-18
Grundau-Breitenborn	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	2022-09-14
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	2022-09-14
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Record daily precipitation	156.9 mm (6.2 in)	2022-09-15
Eelde-1	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	2022-09-18
Geisenheim	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	2022-09-14
Vojsko	Record daily precipitation	148.2 mm (5.8 in)	2022-09-16
Rostock-Warnemunde	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	2022-09-17
Freiberg	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	2022-09-14
Zeitz	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	2022-09-14
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	2022-09-14
Fichtelberg	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	2022-09-19
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf)	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	2022-09-14
Sandberg	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	2022-09-18
Rheinstetten	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	2022-09-14
Bad Nauheim	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	2022-09-14
Aschaffenburg	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	2022-09-14

Records per Day

Peak day 139

Records set or tied each day from 13 September 2022 to 20 September 2022. The most in one day was 139 on 18 September 2022.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Germany and 11 other countries, 13 to 20 September 2022
Date	Records
2022-09-13	15
2022-09-14	66
2022-09-15	26
2022-09-16	47
2022-09-17	30
2022-09-18	139
2022-09-19	17
2022-09-20	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Germany and 11 other countries, 13 to 20 September 2022 ranked by margin
Vojsko, 09-16	96.5 mm (3.8 in)
Eenrum, 09-18	30.1 mm (1.2 in)
Kr. Cuxhaven Steinau, 09-17	25.6 mm (1.0 in)
Zeitz, 09-14	24.2 mm (1.0 in)
Rostock-Warnemunde, 09-17	22.3 mm (0.9 in)
Lichtentanne, 09-14	22.2 mm (0.9 in)
Freiberg, 09-14	20.6 mm (0.8 in)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus, 09-14	20.5 mm (0.8 in)
Rotenburg (Wumme), 09-17	20.2 mm (0.8 in)
Eelde-1, 09-18	20.1 mm (0.8 in)
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg, 09-14	15.9 mm (0.6 in)
Sandberg, 09-18	15.8 mm (0.6 in)
Geisenheim, 09-14	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
Aschaffenburg, 09-14	14.5 mm (0.6 in)
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf), 09-14	13.7 mm (0.5 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

341 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 11 other countries, 13 to 20 September 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	112
22	116
26	80
30	69
9	74
21	54
4	95
20	64
16	55
97	39
22	35
11	103
21	45
24	24
16	67
14	55
16	68
13	81
14	55
15	55
6	108
18	24
19	24
6	126
35	20
8	80
9	89
20	20
4	129
20	29
18	69
13	81
12	72
13	64
13	35
12	53
89	16
11	68
12	35
9	76
14	41
17	12
10	64
11	64
14	31
51	12
28	11
4	89
18	28
5	83
6	84
6	83
9	64
12	53
17	24
6	76
0	128
20	28
23	8
8	60
8	60
7	55
7	68
23	15
25	8
3	80
9	49
2	83
19	29
10	39
7	55
8	30
17	24
10	15
2	80
16	4
7	60
2	54
12	44
12	40
20	8
4	64
14	4
3	72
7	55
5	69
5	64
16	24
13	24
2	72
4	60
12	20
14	29
8	49
16	12
10	24
0	76
6	47
2	76
2	72
11	12
10	40
9	47
6	55
4	64
5	60
9	48
11	32
12	40
16	7
23	39
6	41
6	36
12	12
10	37
14	24
5	53
6	21
11	29
11	51
5	56
3	69
4	60
9	52
54	12
6	52
11	36
0	76
12	24
8	55
10	29
7	49
12	4
3	69
13	4
4	60
9	24
1	35
2	64
1	68
8	24
1	68
1	68
32	16
15	21
10	12
10	8
7	35
4	49
8	24
11	24
6	45
11	12
3	60
6	43
16	4
8	24
5	49
1	64
8	24
1	64
2	60
6	48
2	60
10	8
0	60
1	60
1	60
1	60
1	55
9	32
12	8
6	24
5	29
10	12
5	41
7	28
7	31
3	49
5	39
30	5
14	39
1	56
6	20
4	44
7	20
6	28
2	52
2	48
12	4
8	32
8	8
3	35
7	24
7	24
2	48
9	8
6	21
20	20
6	27

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Germany and 11 other countries, 13 to 20 September 2022 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 11 other countries, 13 to 20 September 2022 (this event)	341 records

Every Record Set

20 of 341

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Germany and 11 other countries, 13 to 20 September 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-09-14	Lichtentanne	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	116	76 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-14	Grundau-Breitenborn	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	74	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-14	Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	54	64 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-14	Geisenheim	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	55	58 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-14	Freiberg	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	45	54 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-14	Zeitz	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	24	54 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-14	Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	67	54 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-14	Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf)	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	55	53 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-14	Rheinstetten	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	81	51 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-14	Bad Nauheim	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	55	51 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-14	Aschaffenburg	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	55	50 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-15	Ljubljana Bezigrad	Record daily precipitation	156.9 mm (6.2 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	95	60 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-16	Vojsko	Record daily precipitation	148.2 mm (5.8 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	39	56 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-17	Rotenburg (Wumme)	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	112	77 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-17	Kr. Cuxhaven Steinau	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	80	73 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-17	Rostock-Warnemunde	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	35	55 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-18	Eenrum	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	69	67 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-18	Eelde-1	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	64	59 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-18	Sandberg	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	68	52 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-19	Fichtelberg	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	103	54 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 341 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
20	112
22	116
26	80
30	69
9	74
21	54
4	95
20	64
16	55
97	39
22	35
11	103
21	45
24	24
16	67
14	55
16	68
13	81
14	55
15	55
6	108
18	24
19	24
6	126
35	20
8	80
9	89
20	20
4	129
20	29
18	69
13	81
12	72
13	64
13	35
12	53
89	16
11	68
12	35
9	76
14	41
17	12
10	64
11	64
14	31
51	12
28	11
4	89
18	28
5	83
6	84
6	83
9	64
12	53
17	24
6	76
0	128
20	28
23	8
8	60
8	60
7	55
7	68
23	15
25	8
3	80
9	49
2	83
19	29
10	39
7	55
8	30
17	24
10	15
2	80
16	4
7	60
2	54
12	44
12	40
20	8
4	64
14	4
3	72
7	55
5	69
5	64
16	24
13	24
2	72
4	60
12	20
14	29
8	49
16	12
10	24
0	76
6	47
2	76
2	72
11	12
10	40
9	47
6	55
4	64
5	60
9	48
11	32
12	40
16	7
23	39
6	41
6	36
12	12
10	37
14	24
5	53
6	21
11	29
11	51
5	56
3	69
4	60
9	52
54	12
6	52
11	36
0	76
12	24
8	55
10	29
7	49
12	4
3	69
13	4
4	60
9	24
1	35
2	64
1	68
8	24
1	68
1	68
32	16
15	21
10	12
10	8
7	35
4	49
8	24
11	24
6	45
11	12
3	60
6	43
16	4
8	24
5	49
1	64
8	24
1	64
2	60
6	48
2	60
10	8
0	60
1	60
1	60
1	60
1	55
9	32
12	8
6	24
5	29
10	12
5	41
7	28
7	31
3	49
5	39
30	5
14	39
1	56
6	20
4	44
7	20
6	28
2	52
2	48
12	4
8	32
8	8
3	35
7	24
7	24
2	48
9	8
6	21
20	20
6	27

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	112
22	116
26	80
30	69
9	74
21	54
4	95
20	64
16	55
97	39
22	35
11	103
21	45
24	24
16	67
14	55
16	68
13	81
14	55
15	55
6	108
18	24
19	24
6	126
35	20
8	80
9	89
20	20
4	129
20	29
18	69
13	81
12	72
13	64
13	35
12	53
89	16
11	68
12	35
9	76
14	41
17	12
10	64
11	64
14	31
51	12
28	11
4	89
18	28
5	83
6	84
6	83
9	64
12	53
17	24
6	76
0	128
20	28
23	8
8	60
8	60
7	55
7	68
23	15
25	8
3	80
9	49
2	83
19	29
10	39
7	55
8	30
17	24
10	15
2	80
16	4
7	60
2	54
12	44
12	40
20	8
4	64
14	4
3	72
7	55
5	69
5	64
16	24
13	24
2	72
4	60
12	20
14	29
8	49
16	12
10	24
0	76
6	47
2	76
2	72
11	12
10	40
9	47
6	55
4	64
5	60
9	48
11	32
12	40
16	7
23	39
6	41
6	36
12	12
10	37
14	24
5	53
6	21
11	29
11	51
5	56
3	69
4	60
9	52
54	12
6	52
11	36
0	76
12	24
8	55
10	29
7	49
12	4
3	69
13	4
4	60
9	24
1	35
2	64
1	68
8	24
1	68
1	68
32	16
15	21
10	12
10	8
7	35
4	49
8	24
11	24
6	45
11	12
3	60
6	43
16	4
8	24
5	49
1	64
8	24
1	64
2	60
6	48
2	60
10	8
0	60
1	60
1	60
1	60
1	55
9	32
12	8
6	24
5	29
10	12
5	41
7	28
7	31
3	49
5	39
30	5
14	39
1	56
6	20
4	44
7	20
6	28
2	52
2	48
12	4
8	32
8	8
3	35
7	24
7	24
2	48
9	8
6	21
20	20
6	27

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	112
22	116
26	80
30	69
9	74
21	54
4	95
20	64
16	55
97	39
22	35
11	103
21	45
24	24
16	67
14	55
16	68
13	81
14	55
15	55
6	108
18	24
19	24
6	126
35	20
8	80
9	89
20	20
4	129
20	29
18	69
13	81
12	72
13	64
13	35
12	53
89	16
11	68
12	35
9	76
14	41
17	12
10	64
11	64
14	31
51	12
28	11
4	89
18	28
5	83
6	84
6	83
9	64
12	53
17	24
6	76
0	128
20	28
23	8
8	60
8	60
7	55
7	68
23	15
25	8
3	80
9	49
2	83
19	29
10	39
7	55
8	30
17	24
10	15
2	80
16	4
7	60
2	54
12	44
12	40
20	8
4	64
14	4
3	72
7	55
5	69
5	64
16	24
13	24
2	72
4	60
12	20
14	29
8	49
16	12
10	24
0	76
6	47
2	76
2	72
11	12
10	40
9	47
6	55
4	64
5	60
9	48
11	32
12	40
16	7
23	39
6	41
6	36
12	12
10	37
14	24
5	53
6	21
11	29
11	51
5	56
3	69
4	60
9	52
54	12
6	52
11	36
0	76
12	24
8	55
10	29
7	49
12	4
3	69
13	4
4	60
9	24
1	35
2	64
1	68
8	24
1	68
1	68
32	16
15	21
10	12
10	8
7	35
4	49
8	24
11	24
6	45
11	12
3	60
6	43
16	4
8	24
5	49
1	64
8	24
1	64
2	60
6	48
2	60
10	8
0	60
1	60
1	60
1	60
1	55
9	32
12	8
6	24
5	29
10	12
5	41
7	28
7	31
3	49
5	39
30	5
14	39
1	56
6	20
4	44
7	20
6	28
2	52
2	48
12	4
8	32
8	8
3	35
7	24
7	24
2	48
9	8
6	21
20	20
6	27