Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 2 to 11 September 2022

Name: Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 2 to 11 September 2022
Start: 2022-09-02
End: 2022-09-11
Location: Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Poland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Sweden

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 2 to 11 September 2022: 241 records at 202 stations, peak on 8 September 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 2 to 11 September 2022 set or tied 241 station records at 202 stations.
It ran from 2 September 2022 to 11 September 2022 (10 days) and its peak day was 8 September 2022.
Status: closed.
Altentreptow set a daily record precipitation of 46.5 mm (1.8 in) on 8 September 2022.
The busiest day was 8 September 2022 with 56 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 127 years.

Footprint

2 to 11 September 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 2 to 11 September 2022 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 7 other countries, 2 to 11 September 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Altentreptow	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	2022-09-08
Kirchdorf/Poel	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	2022-09-08
Marnitz	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	2022-09-08
Angermunde	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	2022-09-08
Lugano	Record daily precipitation	156.1 mm (6.1 in)	2022-09-07
Kerkwerve	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	2022-09-09
Teterow	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	2022-09-08
Tiree	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	2022-09-03
Kyritz	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	2022-09-08
Armagh	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	2022-09-03
Klundert	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	2022-09-06
Sandberg	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	2022-09-10
Tiree	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	2022-09-04
Wismar	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	2022-09-08
Chaam	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	2022-09-05
Grunow	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	2022-09-08
Abbeville	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	2022-09-10
Bergen Op Zoom	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	2022-09-06
Fichtelberg	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2022-09-08

Records per Day

Peak day 56

Records set or tied each day from 2 September 2022 to 11 September 2022. The most in one day was 56 on 8 September 2022.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 2 to 11 September 2022
Date	Records
2022-09-02	2
2022-09-03	6
2022-09-04	9
2022-09-05	16
2022-09-06	36
2022-09-07	55
2022-09-08	56
2022-09-09	40
2022-09-10	20
2022-09-11	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 2 to 11 September 2022 ranked by margin
Lugano, 09-07	80.7 mm (3.2 in)
Tiree, 09-04	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
Sandberg, 09-10	30.1 mm (1.2 in)
Kerkwerve, 09-09	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
Grunow, 09-08	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
Tiree, 09-03	27.3 mm (1.1 in)
Klundert, 09-06	25.2 mm (1.0 in)
Abbeville, 09-10	25.1 mm (1.0 in)
Kirchdorf/Poel, 09-08	19.3 mm (0.8 in)
Bergen Op Zoom, 09-06	19.2 mm (0.8 in)
Chaam, 09-05	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
Tiree, 09-03	17.5 mm (0.7 in)
Kyritz, 09-08	16.8 mm (0.7 in)
Altentreptow, 09-08	16.5 mm (0.6 in)
Wismar, 09-08	15.0 mm (0.6 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

241 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 7 other countries, 2 to 11 September 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
17	85
19	64
10	91
13	112
28	49
81	55
14	85
17	75
27	55
25	60
5	108
30	39
15	72
33	41
18	38
25	28
28	28
19	57
9	122
19	64
18	48
27	20
18	64
9	85
14	56
31	8
33	8
30	8
6	109
1	88
13	60
12	60
19	48
15	37
22	37
3	127
22	32
11	41
12	72
14	37
19	28
10	60
8	5
14	8
13	37
1	40
18	20
15	1
15	29
10	49
14	37
6	72
8	60
20	4
9	57
12	27
10	44
20	8
10	37
8	60
2	17
1	85
13	44
12	28
12	20
13	35
19	11
4	67
14	37
8	55
8	39
5	56
6	60
11	16
9	37
5	60
14	19
21	19
5	44
9	37
11	28
18	8
4	64
8	39
9	27
16	13
2	57
13	16
13	20
7	48
6	48
9	28
1	67
6	44
3	60
5	49
4	57
5	56
8	27
1	64
9	37
7	37
4	49
2	64
10	28
5	47
7	24
6	28
8	20
2	60
5	48
6	28
1	60
6	37
2	57
13	8
1	60
2	61
7	24
4	28
14	4
4	41
7	35
0	56
7	20
12	8
11	11
3	49
6	27
1	30
3	41
0	59
2	49
6	28
10	20
1	41
1	48
2	49
1	44
10	12
3	40
5	35
2	44
5	27
3	35
12	3
0	37
9	8
8	4
2	28
4	24
3	35
3	28
7	32
1	37
1	37
7	8
8	12
9	8
7	24
1	48
5	28
7	8
5	32
3	28
7	8
7	8
7	8
1	36
8	8
1	28
1	32
3	28
4	28
2	28
6	8
5	16
4	20
3	27
2	35
8	7
1	20
1	39
5	15
2	28
3	28
1	37
3	27
1	28
3	16
5	8
1	27
5	8
4	8
3	8
4	8
0	27
4	12
5	8
2	20

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 2 to 11 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 Netherlands and 7 other countries, 2 to 11 September 2022 (this event)	241 records

Every Record Set

20 of 241

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 2 to 11 September 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-09-03	Tiree	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	55	62 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-03	Armagh	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	108	60 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-03	Tiree	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	38	54 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-04	Tiree	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-05	Chaam	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	57	53 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-06	Klundert	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	60	60 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-06	Bergen Op Zoom	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	64	51 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-07	Lugano	Record daily precipitation	156.1 mm (6.1 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	55	64 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-08	Altentreptow	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	85	69 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-08	Kirchdorf/Poel	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	64	69 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-08	Marnitz	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	91	67 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-08	Angermunde	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	112	66 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-08	Teterow	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	85	63 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-08	Kyritz	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	75	62 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-08	Wismar	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	72	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-08	Grunow	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28	53 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-08	Fichtelberg	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	122	51 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-09	Kerkwerve	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49	64 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-10	Sandberg	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	39	59 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-10	Abbeville	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28	53 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 241 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
17	85
19	64
10	91
13	112
28	49
81	55
14	85
17	75
27	55
25	60
5	108
30	39
15	72
33	41
18	38
25	28
28	28
19	57
9	122
19	64
18	48
27	20
18	64
9	85
14	56
31	8
33	8
30	8
6	109
1	88
13	60
12	60
19	48
15	37
22	37
3	127
22	32
11	41
12	72
14	37
19	28
10	60
8	5
14	8
13	37
1	40
18	20
15	1
15	29
10	49
14	37
6	72
8	60
20	4
9	57
12	27
10	44
20	8
10	37
8	60
2	17
1	85
13	44
12	28
12	20
13	35
19	11
4	67
14	37
8	55
8	39
5	56
6	60
11	16
9	37
5	60
14	19
21	19
5	44
9	37
11	28
18	8
4	64
8	39
9	27
16	13
2	57
13	16
13	20
7	48
6	48
9	28
1	67
6	44
3	60
5	49
4	57
5	56
8	27
1	64
9	37
7	37
4	49
2	64
10	28
5	47
7	24
6	28
8	20
2	60
5	48
6	28
1	60
6	37
2	57
13	8
1	60
2	61
7	24
4	28
14	4
4	41
7	35
0	56
7	20
12	8
11	11
3	49
6	27
1	30
3	41
0	59
2	49
6	28
10	20
1	41
1	48
2	49
1	44
10	12
3	40
5	35
2	44
5	27
3	35
12	3
0	37
9	8
8	4
2	28
4	24
3	35
3	28
7	32
1	37
1	37
7	8
8	12
9	8
7	24
1	48
5	28
7	8
5	32
3	28
7	8
7	8
7	8
1	36
8	8
1	28
1	32
3	28
4	28
2	28
6	8
5	16
4	20
3	27
2	35
8	7
1	20
1	39
5	15
2	28
3	28
1	37
3	27
1	28
3	16
5	8
1	27
5	8
4	8
3	8
4	8
0	27
4	12
5	8
2	20

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
17	85
19	64
10	91
13	112
28	49
81	55
14	85
17	75
27	55
25	60
5	108
30	39
15	72
33	41
18	38
25	28
28	28
19	57
9	122
19	64
18	48
27	20
18	64
9	85
14	56
31	8
33	8
30	8
6	109
1	88
13	60
12	60
19	48
15	37
22	37
3	127
22	32
11	41
12	72
14	37
19	28
10	60
8	5
14	8
13	37
1	40
18	20
15	1
15	29
10	49
14	37
6	72
8	60
20	4
9	57
12	27
10	44
20	8
10	37
8	60
2	17
1	85
13	44
12	28
12	20
13	35
19	11
4	67
14	37
8	55
8	39
5	56
6	60
11	16
9	37
5	60
14	19
21	19
5	44
9	37
11	28
18	8
4	64
8	39
9	27
16	13
2	57
13	16
13	20
7	48
6	48
9	28
1	67
6	44
3	60
5	49
4	57
5	56
8	27
1	64
9	37
7	37
4	49
2	64
10	28
5	47
7	24
6	28
8	20
2	60
5	48
6	28
1	60
6	37
2	57
13	8
1	60
2	61
7	24
4	28
14	4
4	41
7	35
0	56
7	20
12	8
11	11
3	49
6	27
1	30
3	41
0	59
2	49
6	28
10	20
1	41
1	48
2	49
1	44
10	12
3	40
5	35
2	44
5	27
3	35
12	3
0	37
9	8
8	4
2	28
4	24
3	35
3	28
7	32
1	37
1	37
7	8
8	12
9	8
7	24
1	48
5	28
7	8
5	32
3	28
7	8
7	8
7	8
1	36
8	8
1	28
1	32
3	28
4	28
2	28
6	8
5	16
4	20
3	27
2	35
8	7
1	20
1	39
5	15
2	28
3	28
1	37
3	27
1	28
3	16
5	8
1	27
5	8
4	8
3	8
4	8
0	27
4	12
5	8
2	20

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
17	85
19	64
10	91
13	112
28	49
81	55
14	85
17	75
27	55
25	60
5	108
30	39
15	72
33	41
18	38
25	28
28	28
19	57
9	122
19	64
18	48
27	20
18	64
9	85
14	56
31	8
33	8
30	8
6	109
1	88
13	60
12	60
19	48
15	37
22	37
3	127
22	32
11	41
12	72
14	37
19	28
10	60
8	5
14	8
13	37
1	40
18	20
15	1
15	29
10	49
14	37
6	72
8	60
20	4
9	57
12	27
10	44
20	8
10	37
8	60
2	17
1	85
13	44
12	28
12	20
13	35
19	11
4	67
14	37
8	55
8	39
5	56
6	60
11	16
9	37
5	60
14	19
21	19
5	44
9	37
11	28
18	8
4	64
8	39
9	27
16	13
2	57
13	16
13	20
7	48
6	48
9	28
1	67
6	44
3	60
5	49
4	57
5	56
8	27
1	64
9	37
7	37
4	49
2	64
10	28
5	47
7	24
6	28
8	20
2	60
5	48
6	28
1	60
6	37
2	57
13	8
1	60
2	61
7	24
4	28
14	4
4	41
7	35
0	56
7	20
12	8
11	11
3	49
6	27
1	30
3	41
0	59
2	49
6	28
10	20
1	41
1	48
2	49
1	44
10	12
3	40
5	35
2	44
5	27
3	35
12	3
0	37
9	8
8	4
2	28
4	24
3	35
3	28
7	32
1	37
1	37
7	8
8	12
9	8
7	24
1	48
5	28
7	8
5	32
3	28
7	8
7	8
7	8
1	36
8	8
1	28
1	32
3	28
4	28
2	28
6	8
5	16
4	20
3	27
2	35
8	7
1	20
1	39
5	15
2	28
3	28
1	37
3	27
1	28
3	16
5	8
1	27
5	8
4	8
3	8
4	8
0	27
4	12
5	8
2	20