Extreme rain in Germany and Netherlands, 11 to 13 September 2023

Name: Extreme rain in Germany and Netherlands, 11 to 13 September 2023
Start: 2023-09-11
End: 2023-09-13
Location: Germany, Netherlands

Extreme rain in Germany and Netherlands, 11 to 13 September 2023: 121 records at 117 stations, peak on 12 September 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Germany and Netherlands, 11 to 13 September 2023 set or tied 121 station records at 117 stations.
It ran from 11 September 2023 to 13 September 2023 (3 days) and its peak day was 12 September 2023.
Status: closed.
Marnitz set a daily record precipitation of 30.1 mm (1.2 in) on 12 September 2023.
The busiest day was 12 September 2023 with 94 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 120 years.

Footprint

11 to 13 September 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in Germany and Netherlands, 11 to 13 September 2023 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Germany and Netherlands, 11 to 13 September 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Marnitz	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	2023-09-12
Bad Salzuflen	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	2023-09-12
Lenzen/Elbe	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	2023-09-12
Waren	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	2023-09-13
Buckeburg	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	2023-09-12
Bad Rothenfelde	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2023-09-11
Hannover	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	2023-09-12
Almen	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	2023-09-12
Markelo	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	2023-09-12
Gutersloh	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	2023-09-12
Boskoop	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	2023-09-12
Hankensbuttel	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	2023-09-12
Celle (Stadt)	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	2023-09-12
Celle	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	2023-09-12
Diepholz	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	2023-09-12
Lennestadt-Theten	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	2023-09-12
Salzwedel	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	2023-09-12
Goldberg	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	2023-09-12
Melle	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	2023-09-11

Records per Day

Peak day 94

Records set or tied each day from 11 September 2023 to 13 September 2023. The most in one day was 94 on 12 September 2023.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Germany and Netherlands, 11 to 13 September 2023 ranked by margin
Hannover, 09-12	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
Bad Salzuflen, 09-12	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
Celle, 09-12	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
Boskoop, 09-12	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
Buckeburg, 09-12	25.2 mm (1.0 in)
Hankensbuttel, 09-12	22.3 mm (0.9 in)
Lenzen/Elbe, 09-12	22.2 mm (0.9 in)
Markelo, 09-12	21.3 mm (0.8 in)
Almen, 09-12	19.6 mm (0.8 in)
Celle (Stadt), 09-12	19.6 mm (0.8 in)
Melle, 09-11	18.8 mm (0.7 in)
Bad Rothenfelde, 09-11	18.4 mm (0.7 in)
Marnitz, 09-12	17.8 mm (0.7 in)
Salzwedel, 09-12	17.1 mm (0.7 in)
Diepholz, 09-12	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

121 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 Netherlands, 11 to 13 September 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
18	120
31	36
22	68
13	118
25	33
32	41
18	66
20	68
21	65
13	67
28	40
22	28
20	28
29	26
14	65
9	63
17	24
13	65
10	56
19	9
12	68
25	14
16	40
16	52
20	14
19	25
2	120
18	14
11	65
8	68
8	68
19	14
8	65
11	54
20	26
16	12
14	33
8	65
13	24
17	14
18	21
7	65
6	65
12	26
3	34
14	36
8	36
8	48
9	40
5	65
15	20
8	26
4	56
4	65
5	28
7	40
16	10
3	65
8	40
6	48
12	14
9	42
11	21
14	5
12	25
2	65
7	33
12	10
3	36
8	41
2	54
8	26
2	54
4	20
10	17
2	48
4	41
1	52
2	48
3	26
8	8
8	14
6	12
5	24
2	44
8	5
4	40
5	26
6	12
0	40
4	29
2	24
5	26
2	28
1	34
5	5
1	36
3	14
1	34
4	29
3	24
1	29
4	8
0	28
2	21
1	24
3	14
3	14
2	26
5	5
1	14
1	9
4	8
1	5
1	21
4	5
2	9
3	5
3	5
1	14
1	10

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Germany and Netherlands, 11 to 13 September 2023 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 Netherlands, 11 to 13 September 2023 (this event)	121 records

Every Record Set

20 of 121

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Germany and Netherlands, 11 to 13 September 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-09-11	Bad Rothenfelde	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	66	60 of 100 (Major)
2023-09-11	Melle	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	9	46 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-12	Marnitz	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	120	76 of 100 (Major)
2023-09-12	Bad Salzuflen	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36	68 of 100 (Major)
2023-09-12	Lenzen/Elbe	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	68	67 of 100 (Major)
2023-09-12	Buckeburg	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	33	64 of 100 (Major)
2023-09-12	Hannover	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41	60 of 100 (Major)
2023-09-12	Almen	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	68	60 of 100 (Major)
2023-09-12	Markelo	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	65	60 of 100 (Major)
2023-09-12	Gutersloh	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	67	59 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-12	Boskoop	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40	59 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-12	Hankensbuttel	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	28	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-12	Celle (Stadt)	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	28	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-12	Celle	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26	52 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-12	Diepholz	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	65	52 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-12	Lennestadt-Theten	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	63	51 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-12	Salzwedel	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	24	50 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-12	Bad Rothenfelde	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	65	49 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-12	Goldberg	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	56	47 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-13	Waren	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	118	65 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 121 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
18	120
31	36
22	68
13	118
25	33
32	41
18	66
20	68
21	65
13	67
28	40
22	28
20	28
29	26
14	65
9	63
17	24
13	65
10	56
19	9
12	68
25	14
16	40
16	52
20	14
19	25
2	120
18	14
11	65
8	68
8	68
19	14
8	65
11	54
20	26
16	12
14	33
8	65
13	24
17	14
18	21
7	65
6	65
12	26
3	34
14	36
8	36
8	48
9	40
5	65
15	20
8	26
4	56
4	65
5	28
7	40
16	10
3	65
8	40
6	48
12	14
9	42
11	21
14	5
12	25
2	65
7	33
12	10
3	36
8	41
2	54
8	26
2	54
4	20
10	17
2	48
4	41
1	52
2	48
3	26
8	8
8	14
6	12
5	24
2	44
8	5
4	40
5	26
6	12
0	40
4	29
2	24
5	26
2	28
1	34
5	5
1	36
3	14
1	34
4	29
3	24
1	29
4	8
0	28
2	21
1	24
3	14
3	14
2	26
5	5
1	14
1	9
4	8
1	5
1	21
4	5
2	9
3	5
3	5
1	14
1	10

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
18	120
31	36
22	68
13	118
25	33
32	41
18	66
20	68
21	65
13	67
28	40
22	28
20	28
29	26
14	65
9	63
17	24
13	65
10	56
19	9
12	68
25	14
16	40
16	52
20	14
19	25
2	120
18	14
11	65
8	68
8	68
19	14
8	65
11	54
20	26
16	12
14	33
8	65
13	24
17	14
18	21
7	65
6	65
12	26
3	34
14	36
8	36
8	48
9	40
5	65
15	20
8	26
4	56
4	65
5	28
7	40
16	10
3	65
8	40
6	48
12	14
9	42
11	21
14	5
12	25
2	65
7	33
12	10
3	36
8	41
2	54
8	26
2	54
4	20
10	17
2	48
4	41
1	52
2	48
3	26
8	8
8	14
6	12
5	24
2	44
8	5
4	40
5	26
6	12
0	40
4	29
2	24
5	26
2	28
1	34
5	5
1	36
3	14
1	34
4	29
3	24
1	29
4	8
0	28
2	21
1	24
3	14
3	14
2	26
5	5
1	14
1	9
4	8
1	5
1	21
4	5
2	9
3	5
3	5
1	14
1	10

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
18	120
31	36
22	68
13	118
25	33
32	41
18	66
20	68
21	65
13	67
28	40
22	28
20	28
29	26
14	65
9	63
17	24
13	65
10	56
19	9
12	68
25	14
16	40
16	52
20	14
19	25
2	120
18	14
11	65
8	68
8	68
19	14
8	65
11	54
20	26
16	12
14	33
8	65
13	24
17	14
18	21
7	65
6	65
12	26
3	34
14	36
8	36
8	48
9	40
5	65
15	20
8	26
4	56
4	65
5	28
7	40
16	10
3	65
8	40
6	48
12	14
9	42
11	21
14	5
12	25
2	65
7	33
12	10
3	36
8	41
2	54
8	26
2	54
4	20
10	17
2	48
4	41
1	52
2	48
3	26
8	8
8	14
6	12
5	24
2	44
8	5
4	40
5	26
6	12
0	40
4	29
2	24
5	26
2	28
1	34
5	5
1	36
3	14
1	34
4	29
3	24
1	29
4	8
0	28
2	21
1	24
3	14
3	14
2	26
5	5
1	14
1	9
4	8
1	5
1	21
4	5
2	9
3	5
3	5
1	14
1	10