Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 11 to 21 August 2020

Name: Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 11 to 21 August 2020
Start: 2020-08-11
End: 2020-08-21
Location: Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Czech Republic, Austria

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 11 to 21 August 2020: 251 records at 216 stations, peak on 16 August 2020. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 11 to 21 August 2020 set or tied 251 station records at 216 stations.
It ran from 11 August 2020 to 21 August 2020 (11 days) and its peak day was 16 August 2020.
Status: closed.
Hilgenroth set a daily record precipitation of 57.5 mm (2.3 in) on 12 August 2020.
The busiest day was 16 August 2020 with 58 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 111 years.

Footprint

11 to 21 August 2020

The area covered by Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 11 to 21 August 2020 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 11 to 21 August 2020: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Hilgenroth	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	2020-08-12
Zweelo	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	2020-08-14
Culemborg	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	2020-08-11
Lunteren	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	2020-08-11
Papenburg	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	2020-08-15
Rothamsted	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	2020-08-15
Seesen	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	2020-08-16
Martinroda	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	2020-08-14
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	2020-08-14
Shawbury	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	2020-08-12
Schleiz	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	2020-08-15
Oudenbosch	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	2020-08-11
Obersulm-Willsbach	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2020-08-11
Kootwijk	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	2020-08-15
Dirksland	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	2020-08-16
Stavoren_1	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	2020-08-13
Lippstadt-Bokenforde	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	2020-08-14
Keele	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	2020-08-12
Oberndorf/Neckar-Aistaig	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	2020-08-16

Records per Day

Peak day 58

Records set or tied each day from 11 August 2020 to 21 August 2020. The most in one day was 58 on 16 August 2020.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 11 to 21 August 2020
Date	Records
2020-08-11	22
2020-08-12	14
2020-08-13	43
2020-08-14	39
2020-08-15	21
2020-08-16	58
2020-08-17	29
2020-08-18	11
2020-08-19	3
2020-08-20	7
2020-08-21	4

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 11 to 21 August 2020 ranked by margin
Papenburg, 08-15	42.9 mm (1.7 in)
Seesen, 08-16	41.4 mm (1.6 in)
Stavoren_1, 08-13	36.9 mm (1.5 in)
Hilgenroth, 08-12	33.6 mm (1.3 in)
Martinroda, 08-14	31.9 mm (1.3 in)
Lippstadt-Bokenforde, 08-14	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
Culemborg, 08-11	28.3 mm (1.1 in)
Keele, 08-12	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
Kootwijk, 08-15	26.5 mm (1.0 in)
Zweelo, 08-14	23.9 mm (0.9 in)
Shawbury, 08-12	23.7 mm (0.9 in)
Oberndorf/Neckar-Aistaig, 08-16	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
Rothamsted, 08-15	22.8 mm (0.9 in)
Obersulm-Willsbach, 08-11	20.5 mm (0.8 in)
Schleiz, 08-15	19.0 mm (0.7 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

251 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 Netherlands and 5 other countries, 11 to 21 August 2020
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
34	82
24	66
28	62
43	23
11	67
41	42
23	36
32	22
16	56
19	61
24	35
11	83
13	79
21	60
19	63
27	19
32	21
37	12
23	38
28	10
15	62
17	16
13	62
32	13
13	66
24	31
13	58
15	53
16	51
19	35
2	111
14	53
12	62
12	52
20	24
16	43
10	59
11	63
20	14
23	9
0	99
15	40
19	12
19	29
3	29
12	53
18	12
0	96
9	56
7	71
10	53
26	11
9	51
1	93
10	63
16	34
1	89
9	34
16	12
9	59
2	21
19	21
21	5
8	65
2	74
19	4
8	14
15	28
8	63
9	37
15	30
16	9
9	48
16	30
19	13
17	6
9	15
3	42
7	59
8	62
2	82
6	62
5	66
4	65
6	62
15	18
16	5
15	10
19	1
5	63
20	5
6	63
17	10
16	12
2	70
5	57
2	72
6	45
4	61
4	51
19	12
10	40
5	52
7	43
5	55
6	51
15	5
6	45
11	26
1	70
3	66
3	51
3	59
2	62
3	57
4	59
5	21
3	56
4	58
4	50
1	0
3	52
7	35
13	21
9	30
5	45
6	37
3	48
5	4
8	25
11	28
11	2
15	5
12	6
5	43
10	12
10	14
3	52
11	9
1	63
3	53
3	35
6	28
9	14
12	13
1	51
9	9
2	56
7	18
16	9
8	15
5	33
7	16
2	46
4	6
1	23
7	26
1	50
6	30
1	56
4	43
6	31
7	16
10	4
8	5
0	51
10	15
1	40
8	12
3	37
7	10
6	19
8	16
7	5
4	28
8	5
9	2
5	15
10	5
7	14
5	32
9	4
2	38
3	36
4	21
4	32
6	19
1	46
4	27
4	16
3	31
4	20
7	5
8	5
11	5
4	32
7	5
7	10
2	21
0	35

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 11 to 21 August 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 Netherlands and 5 other countries, 11 to 21 August 2020 (this event)	251 records

Every Record Set

20 of 251

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 11 to 21 August 2020, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2020-08-11	Culemborg	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	62	65 of 100 (Major)
2020-08-11	Lunteren	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	67	64 of 100 (Major)
2020-08-11	Oudenbosch	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	79	52 of 100 (Notable)
2020-08-11	Obersulm-Willsbach	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	60	51 of 100 (Notable)
2020-08-12	Hilgenroth	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	82	72 of 100 (Major)
2020-08-12	Shawbury	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	35	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-08-12	Keele	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	10	49 of 100 (Notable)
2020-08-13	Rothamsted	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	83	53 of 100 (Notable)
2020-08-13	Stavoren_1	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	12	50 of 100 (Notable)
2020-08-14	Zweelo	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	66	66 of 100 (Major)
2020-08-14	Martinroda	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	22	59 of 100 (Notable)
2020-08-14	Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	56	59 of 100 (Notable)
2020-08-14	Lippstadt-Bokenforde	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21	50 of 100 (Notable)
2020-08-15	Papenburg	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23	64 of 100 (Major)
2020-08-15	Rothamsted	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	36	60 of 100 (Major)
2020-08-15	Schleiz	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	61	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-08-15	Kootwijk	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	19	51 of 100 (Notable)
2020-08-16	Seesen	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42	60 of 100 (Major)
2020-08-16	Dirksland	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	63	51 of 100 (Notable)
2020-08-16	Oberndorf/Neckar-Aistaig	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	38	49 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 251 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
34	82
24	66
28	62
43	23
11	67
41	42
23	36
32	22
16	56
19	61
24	35
11	83
13	79
21	60
19	63
27	19
32	21
37	12
23	38
28	10
15	62
17	16
13	62
32	13
13	66
24	31
13	58
15	53
16	51
19	35
2	111
14	53
12	62
12	52
20	24
16	43
10	59
11	63
20	14
23	9
0	99
15	40
19	12
19	29
3	29
12	53
18	12
0	96
9	56
7	71
10	53
26	11
9	51
1	93
10	63
16	34
1	89
9	34
16	12
9	59
2	21
19	21
21	5
8	65
2	74
19	4
8	14
15	28
8	63
9	37
15	30
16	9
9	48
16	30
19	13
17	6
9	15
3	42
7	59
8	62
2	82
6	62
5	66
4	65
6	62
15	18
16	5
15	10
19	1
5	63
20	5
6	63
17	10
16	12
2	70
5	57
2	72
6	45
4	61
4	51
19	12
10	40
5	52
7	43
5	55
6	51
15	5
6	45
11	26
1	70
3	66
3	51
3	59
2	62
3	57
4	59
5	21
3	56
4	58
4	50
1	0
3	52
7	35
13	21
9	30
5	45
6	37
3	48
5	4
8	25
11	28
11	2
15	5
12	6
5	43
10	12
10	14
3	52
11	9
1	63
3	53
3	35
6	28
9	14
12	13
1	51
9	9
2	56
7	18
16	9
8	15
5	33
7	16
2	46
4	6
1	23
7	26
1	50
6	30
1	56
4	43
6	31
7	16
10	4
8	5
0	51
10	15
1	40
8	12
3	37
7	10
6	19
8	16
7	5
4	28
8	5
9	2
5	15
10	5
7	14
5	32
9	4
2	38
3	36
4	21
4	32
6	19
1	46
4	27
4	16
3	31
4	20
7	5
8	5
11	5
4	32
7	5
7	10
2	21
0	35

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
34	82
24	66
28	62
43	23
11	67
41	42
23	36
32	22
16	56
19	61
24	35
11	83
13	79
21	60
19	63
27	19
32	21
37	12
23	38
28	10
15	62
17	16
13	62
32	13
13	66
24	31
13	58
15	53
16	51
19	35
2	111
14	53
12	62
12	52
20	24
16	43
10	59
11	63
20	14
23	9
0	99
15	40
19	12
19	29
3	29
12	53
18	12
0	96
9	56
7	71
10	53
26	11
9	51
1	93
10	63
16	34
1	89
9	34
16	12
9	59
2	21
19	21
21	5
8	65
2	74
19	4
8	14
15	28
8	63
9	37
15	30
16	9
9	48
16	30
19	13
17	6
9	15
3	42
7	59
8	62
2	82
6	62
5	66
4	65
6	62
15	18
16	5
15	10
19	1
5	63
20	5
6	63
17	10
16	12
2	70
5	57
2	72
6	45
4	61
4	51
19	12
10	40
5	52
7	43
5	55
6	51
15	5
6	45
11	26
1	70
3	66
3	51
3	59
2	62
3	57
4	59
5	21
3	56
4	58
4	50
1	0
3	52
7	35
13	21
9	30
5	45
6	37
3	48
5	4
8	25
11	28
11	2
15	5
12	6
5	43
10	12
10	14
3	52
11	9
1	63
3	53
3	35
6	28
9	14
12	13
1	51
9	9
2	56
7	18
16	9
8	15
5	33
7	16
2	46
4	6
1	23
7	26
1	50
6	30
1	56
4	43
6	31
7	16
10	4
8	5
0	51
10	15
1	40
8	12
3	37
7	10
6	19
8	16
7	5
4	28
8	5
9	2
5	15
10	5
7	14
5	32
9	4
2	38
3	36
4	21
4	32
6	19
1	46
4	27
4	16
3	31
4	20
7	5
8	5
11	5
4	32
7	5
7	10
2	21
0	35

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
34	82
24	66
28	62
43	23
11	67
41	42
23	36
32	22
16	56
19	61
24	35
11	83
13	79
21	60
19	63
27	19
32	21
37	12
23	38
28	10
15	62
17	16
13	62
32	13
13	66
24	31
13	58
15	53
16	51
19	35
2	111
14	53
12	62
12	52
20	24
16	43
10	59
11	63
20	14
23	9
0	99
15	40
19	12
19	29
3	29
12	53
18	12
0	96
9	56
7	71
10	53
26	11
9	51
1	93
10	63
16	34
1	89
9	34
16	12
9	59
2	21
19	21
21	5
8	65
2	74
19	4
8	14
15	28
8	63
9	37
15	30
16	9
9	48
16	30
19	13
17	6
9	15
3	42
7	59
8	62
2	82
6	62
5	66
4	65
6	62
15	18
16	5
15	10
19	1
5	63
20	5
6	63
17	10
16	12
2	70
5	57
2	72
6	45
4	61
4	51
19	12
10	40
5	52
7	43
5	55
6	51
15	5
6	45
11	26
1	70
3	66
3	51
3	59
2	62
3	57
4	59
5	21
3	56
4	58
4	50
1	0
3	52
7	35
13	21
9	30
5	45
6	37
3	48
5	4
8	25
11	28
11	2
15	5
12	6
5	43
10	12
10	14
3	52
11	9
1	63
3	53
3	35
6	28
9	14
12	13
1	51
9	9
2	56
7	18
16	9
8	15
5	33
7	16
2	46
4	6
1	23
7	26
1	50
6	30
1	56
4	43
6	31
7	16
10	4
8	5
0	51
10	15
1	40
8	12
3	37
7	10
6	19
8	16
7	5
4	28
8	5
9	2
5	15
10	5
7	14
5	32
9	4
2	38
3	36
4	21
4	32
6	19
1	46
4	27
4	16
3	31
4	20
7	5
8	5
11	5
4	32
7	5
7	10
2	21
0	35