Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 16 to 22 September 2023

Name: Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 16 to 22 September 2023
Start: 2023-09-16
End: 2023-09-22
Location: Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Switzerland, Denmark

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 16 to 22 September 2023: 321 records at 277 stations, peak on 18 September 2023. 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, 16 to 22 September 2023 set or tied 321 station records at 277 stations.
It ran from 16 September 2023 to 22 September 2023 (7 days) and its peak day was 18 September 2023.
Status: closed.
Nottingham: Watnall set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 17 September 2023.
The busiest day was 18 September 2023 with 98 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 144 years.

Footprint

16 to 22 September 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 16 to 22 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 Netherlands and 7 other countries, 16 to 22 September 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Nottingham: Watnall	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2023-09-17
Oss	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	2023-09-16
Tunhovd	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	2023-09-18
Hurn	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	2023-09-17
Hayling Island	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	2023-09-17
Loken I Volbu	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2023-09-18
Bakke	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	2023-09-20
Bjornholt	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	2023-09-21
High Mowthorpe	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	2023-09-17
Bournemouth	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	2023-09-21
Sauda	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	2023-09-20
Soyland I Gjesdal	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	2023-09-20
Oxford	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	2023-09-17
Rauland	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	2023-09-18
Bulken	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	2023-09-20
Wijk_Aan_Zee_1	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	2023-09-22
Den Helder-1	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	2023-09-22
Falun	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	2023-09-18
Delsbo	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	2023-09-18

Records per Day

Peak day 98

Records set or tied each day from 16 September 2023 to 22 September 2023. The most in one day was 98 on 18 September 2023.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 16 to 22 September 2023 ranked by margin
Bakke, 09-20	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
Hurn, 09-20	28.8 mm (1.1 in)
Bournemouth, 09-21	25.6 mm (1.0 in)
Hurn, 09-17	24.0 mm (0.9 in)
Bulken, 09-20	23.8 mm (0.9 in)
Hayling Island, 09-17	22.5 mm (0.9 in)
Bjornholt, 09-21	21.7 mm (0.9 in)
Sauda, 09-20	21.3 mm (0.8 in)
Nottingham: Watnall, 09-17	20.9 mm (0.8 in)
High Mowthorpe, 09-17	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
Wijk_Aan_Zee_1, 09-22	18.7 mm (0.7 in)
Oss, 09-16	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
Loken I Volbu, 09-18	16.2 mm (0.6 in)
Soyland I Gjesdal, 09-20	15.6 mm (0.6 in)
Delsbo, 09-18	8.4 mm (0.33 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

321 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, 16 to 22 September 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
21	57
17	65
8	102
22	84
32	64
16	57
29	29
24	46
23	56
8	144
19	53
26	40
21	53
16	112
19	54
24	61
7	102
7	113
6	112
5	100
15	57
14	44
50	5
8	82
11	65
16	32
29	41
9	58
42	18
25	32
14	49
5	86
13	54
23	32
8	76
24	41
17	32
13	53
15	57
19	53
13	50
0	102
8	64
8	72
26	62
13	49
10	64
17	24
24	12
20	41
10	58
7	65
14	24
17	8
16	44
4	66
10	57
1	89
8	65
25	12
21	12
5	70
3	56
18	16
10	41
6	57
19	12
12	57
8	49
15	29
6	49
10	36
7	60
5	65
5	69
3	70
7	57
15	4
12	32
7	56
3	68
6	50
3	69
5	65
6	62
19	41
4	56
6	56
8	40
5	54
4	58
13	32
13	30
5	49
6	56
8	29
9	32
10	41
5	49
3	62
3	65
13	20
1	68
7	49
15	0
4	29
4	42
6	37
10	32
12	33
12	16
1	62
9	48
0	65
9	21
12	20
7	29
2	65
3	57
25	18
7	37
8	32
5	49
12	18
2	60
3	54
11	18
19	12
2	57
10	29
9	32
10	22
7	28
2	57
0	64
11	0
2	54
1	65
8	21
9	20
2	60
3	57
5	18
9	4
7	32
7	32
20	18
7	41
9	16
10	16
7	32
9	32
5	42
5	48
0	60
5	34
8	32
10	32
8	32
14	12
11	4
8	32
4	40
3	49
7	28
1	54
1	56
1	53
1	57
6	2
5	33
5	32
3	44
0	56
2	49
6	24
0	56
5	32
4	40
5	41
7	33
2	49
10	12
1	49
1	49
3	36
9	8
0	52
1	49
5	24
1	49
0	41
9	32
10	4
4	32
9	12
10	12
6	36
7	32
3	38

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 16 to 22 September 2023 compared with similar events
Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 23 February to 15 March 2019	2,223 records
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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, 16 to 22 September 2023 (this event)	321 records

Every Record Set

20 of 321

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 16 to 22 September 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-09-16	Oss	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	65	56 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-17	Nottingham: Watnall	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	57	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-17	Hurn	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	46	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-17	Hayling Island	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	56	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-17	High Mowthorpe	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	53	52 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-17	Oxford	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	113	50 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-18	Tunhovd	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	102	56 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-18	Loken I Volbu	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	57	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-18	Rauland	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	102	50 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-18	Falun	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	100	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-09-18	Delsbo	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	144	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-09-20	Bakke	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	64	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-20	Hurn	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	29	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-20	Sauda	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	53	51 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-20	Soyland I Gjesdal	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	112	51 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-20	Bulken	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	61	50 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-21	Bjornholt	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	84	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-21	Bournemouth	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	40	52 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-22	Wijk_Aan_Zee_1	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	54	50 of 100 (Notable)
2023-09-22	Den Helder-1	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	112	49 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 321 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	57
17	65
8	102
22	84
32	64
16	57
29	29
24	46
23	56
8	144
19	53
26	40
21	53
16	112
19	54
24	61
7	102
7	113
6	112
5	100
15	57
14	44
50	5
8	82
11	65
16	32
29	41
9	58
42	18
25	32
14	49
5	86
13	54
23	32
8	76
24	41
17	32
13	53
15	57
19	53
13	50
0	102
8	64
8	72
26	62
13	49
10	64
17	24
24	12
20	41
10	58
7	65
14	24
17	8
16	44
4	66
10	57
1	89
8	65
25	12
21	12
5	70
3	56
18	16
10	41
6	57
19	12
12	57
8	49
15	29
6	49
10	36
7	60
5	65
5	69
3	70
7	57
15	4
12	32
7	56
3	68
6	50
3	69
5	65
6	62
19	41
4	56
6	56
8	40
5	54
4	58
13	32
13	30
5	49
6	56
8	29
9	32
10	41
5	49
3	62
3	65
13	20
1	68
7	49
15	0
4	29
4	42
6	37
10	32
12	33
12	16
1	62
9	48
0	65
9	21
12	20
7	29
2	65
3	57
25	18
7	37
8	32
5	49
12	18
2	60
3	54
11	18
19	12
2	57
10	29
9	32
10	22
7	28
2	57
0	64
11	0
2	54
1	65
8	21
9	20
2	60
3	57
5	18
9	4
7	32
7	32
20	18
7	41
9	16
10	16
7	32
9	32
5	42
5	48
0	60
5	34
8	32
10	32
8	32
14	12
11	4
8	32
4	40
3	49
7	28
1	54
1	56
1	53
1	57
6	2
5	33
5	32
3	44
0	56
2	49
6	24
0	56
5	32
4	40
5	41
7	33
2	49
10	12
1	49
1	49
3	36
9	8
0	52
1	49
5	24
1	49
0	41
9	32
10	4
4	32
9	12
10	12
6	36
7	32
3	38

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
21	57
17	65
8	102
22	84
32	64
16	57
29	29
24	46
23	56
8	144
19	53
26	40
21	53
16	112
19	54
24	61
7	102
7	113
6	112
5	100
15	57
14	44
50	5
8	82
11	65
16	32
29	41
9	58
42	18
25	32
14	49
5	86
13	54
23	32
8	76
24	41
17	32
13	53
15	57
19	53
13	50
0	102
8	64
8	72
26	62
13	49
10	64
17	24
24	12
20	41
10	58
7	65
14	24
17	8
16	44
4	66
10	57
1	89
8	65
25	12
21	12
5	70
3	56
18	16
10	41
6	57
19	12
12	57
8	49
15	29
6	49
10	36
7	60
5	65
5	69
3	70
7	57
15	4
12	32
7	56
3	68
6	50
3	69
5	65
6	62
19	41
4	56
6	56
8	40
5	54
4	58
13	32
13	30
5	49
6	56
8	29
9	32
10	41
5	49
3	62
3	65
13	20
1	68
7	49
15	0
4	29
4	42
6	37
10	32
12	33
12	16
1	62
9	48
0	65
9	21
12	20
7	29
2	65
3	57
25	18
7	37
8	32
5	49
12	18
2	60
3	54
11	18
19	12
2	57
10	29
9	32
10	22
7	28
2	57
0	64
11	0
2	54
1	65
8	21
9	20
2	60
3	57
5	18
9	4
7	32
7	32
20	18
7	41
9	16
10	16
7	32
9	32
5	42
5	48
0	60
5	34
8	32
10	32
8	32
14	12
11	4
8	32
4	40
3	49
7	28
1	54
1	56
1	53
1	57
6	2
5	33
5	32
3	44
0	56
2	49
6	24
0	56
5	32
4	40
5	41
7	33
2	49
10	12
1	49
1	49
3	36
9	8
0	52
1	49
5	24
1	49
0	41
9	32
10	4
4	32
9	12
10	12
6	36
7	32
3	38

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
21	57
17	65
8	102
22	84
32	64
16	57
29	29
24	46
23	56
8	144
19	53
26	40
21	53
16	112
19	54
24	61
7	102
7	113
6	112
5	100
15	57
14	44
50	5
8	82
11	65
16	32
29	41
9	58
42	18
25	32
14	49
5	86
13	54
23	32
8	76
24	41
17	32
13	53
15	57
19	53
13	50
0	102
8	64
8	72
26	62
13	49
10	64
17	24
24	12
20	41
10	58
7	65
14	24
17	8
16	44
4	66
10	57
1	89
8	65
25	12
21	12
5	70
3	56
18	16
10	41
6	57
19	12
12	57
8	49
15	29
6	49
10	36
7	60
5	65
5	69
3	70
7	57
15	4
12	32
7	56
3	68
6	50
3	69
5	65
6	62
19	41
4	56
6	56
8	40
5	54
4	58
13	32
13	30
5	49
6	56
8	29
9	32
10	41
5	49
3	62
3	65
13	20
1	68
7	49
15	0
4	29
4	42
6	37
10	32
12	33
12	16
1	62
9	48
0	65
9	21
12	20
7	29
2	65
3	57
25	18
7	37
8	32
5	49
12	18
2	60
3	54
11	18
19	12
2	57
10	29
9	32
10	22
7	28
2	57
0	64
11	0
2	54
1	65
8	21
9	20
2	60
3	57
5	18
9	4
7	32
7	32
20	18
7	41
9	16
10	16
7	32
9	32
5	42
5	48
0	60
5	34
8	32
10	32
8	32
14	12
11	4
8	32
4	40
3	49
7	28
1	54
1	56
1	53
1	57
6	2
5	33
5	32
3	44
0	56
2	49
6	24
0	56
5	32
4	40
5	41
7	33
2	49
10	12
1	49
1	49
3	36
9	8
0	52
1	49
5	24
1	49
0	41
9	32
10	4
4	32
9	12
10	12
6	36
7	32
3	38