Extreme rain in Netherlands and 9 other countries, 11 to 17 October 2023

Name: Extreme rain in Netherlands and 9 other countries, 11 to 17 October 2023
Start: 2023-10-11
End: 2023-10-17
Location: Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia, United Kingdom, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 9 other countries, 11 to 17 October 2023: 360 records at 310 stations, peak on 13 October 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 9 other countries, 11 to 17 October 2023 set or tied 360 station records at 310 stations.
It ran from 11 October 2023 to 17 October 2023 (7 days) and its peak day was 13 October 2023.
Status: closed.
Borken In Westfalen set a daily record precipitation of 31.9 mm (1.3 in) on 13 October 2023.
The busiest day was 13 October 2023 with 196 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 122 years.

Footprint

11 to 17 October 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in Netherlands and 9 other countries, 11 to 17 October 2023 is outlined, with 20 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Netherlands and 9 other countries, 11 to 17 October 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Borken In Westfalen	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	2023-10-13
Haukedal	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	2023-10-16
Melle	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	2023-10-13
Bocholt	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2023-10-13
Orland	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	2023-10-16
Schleswig	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	2023-10-13
Kleve	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	2023-10-13
Schleswig-Jagel	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	2023-10-13
Eresfjord	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	2023-10-16
Alfhausen	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	2023-10-13
Eggebek	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2023-10-13
Volkel_1	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	2023-10-13
Wattisham	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	2023-10-13
Glucksburg-Meierwik	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	2023-10-13
Oudenbosch	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	2023-10-13
Hornindal	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2023-10-16
Rostock-Warnemunde	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	2023-10-11
Hannover	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	2023-10-13
Muenster/Osnabrueck (Airport)	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	2023-10-13
Bochum	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	2023-10-13

Records per Day

Peak day 196

Records set or tied each day from 11 October 2023 to 17 October 2023. The most in one day was 196 on 13 October 2023.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Netherlands and 9 other countries, 11 to 17 October 2023 ranked by margin
Haukedal, 10-16	54.4 mm (2.1 in)
Eresfjord, 10-16	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
Schleswig-Jagel, 10-13	25.8 mm (1.0 in)
Borken In Westfalen, 10-13	22.8 mm (0.9 in)
Orland, 10-16	20.8 mm (0.8 in)
Glucksburg-Meierwik, 10-13	19.6 mm (0.8 in)
Schleswig, 10-13	19.3 mm (0.8 in)
Eggebek, 10-13	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
Bocholt, 10-13	18.3 mm (0.7 in)
Melle, 10-13	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
Muenster/Osnabrueck (Airport), 10-13	16.8 mm (0.7 in)
Kleve, 10-13	16.6 mm (0.7 in)
Volkel_1, 10-13	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
Alfhausen, 10-13	15.4 mm (0.6 in)
Wattisham, 10-13	14.2 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

360 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 9 other countries, 11 to 17 October 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
23	41
54	53
18	46
18	41
21	57
19	46
17	40
26	33
8	90
36	50
15	46
13	25
17	33
19	41
16	40
14	20
20	29
3	112
6	113
7	70
12	46
12	48
10	62
13	10
13	46
13	33
11	46
7	64
2	122
15	41
1	117
7	70
8	62
8	70
1	106
19	29
1	117
9	40
15	29
15	29
10	46
10	46
11	40
42	24
13	25
11	41
11	57
2	84
0	93
7	56
7	54
2	82
1	90
9	41
20	53
26	36
7	46
18	53
10	42
6	60
7	46
5	62
10	29
17	10
15	53
6	46
4	62
10	36
10	9
12	10
3	70
15	4
4	57
6	40
1	77
5	40
10	10
4	62
6	40
10	29
5	56
9	24
4	40
6	44
2	64
5	41
7	44
12	9
6	40
9	33
11	41
8	36
1	69
7	8
8	41
6	25
2	64
7	41
8	29
3	62
9	10
9	61
4	48
21	24
5	48
9	28
4	44
7	13
3	52
7	29
6	40
10	10
8	25
4	28
5	41
8	22
6	24
6	42
3	46
4	46
4	41
5	44
11	9
10	9
13	10
12	53
8	18
7	24
4	42
8	8
6	32
6	41
4	40
10	9
7	29
5	40
6	36
10	9
3	41
7	30
3	40
4	40
1	60
4	40
10	9
9	10
7	29
6	29
11	12
6	53
1	58
3	56
4	40
4	26
3	40
2	54
5	29
4	41
3	41
8	25
6	40
2	40
0	62
6	29
1	54
3	41
11	12
11	36
1	44
1	40
5	40
7	17
11	8
5	30
2	44
2	46
1	48
0	52
2	40
5	29
3	41
3	40
3	41
3	44
6	29
5	29
9	10
9	9
23	0
2	40
2	40
2	40
7	24
2	14
5	25
2	52
10	28
3	36
1	40
3	41

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Netherlands and 9 other countries, 11 to 17 October 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 Netherlands and 9 other countries, 11 to 17 October 2023 (this event)	360 records

Every Record Set

20 of 360

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Netherlands and 9 other countries, 11 to 17 October 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-10-11	Rostock-Warnemunde	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	25	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-10-13	Borken In Westfalen	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	41	60 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-13	Melle	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	46	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-10-13	Bocholt	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	41	57 of 100 (Notable)
2023-10-13	Schleswig	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	46	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-10-13	Kleve	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	40	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-10-13	Schleswig-Jagel	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	33	53 of 100 (Notable)
2023-10-13	Alfhausen	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	46	47 of 100 (Notable)
2023-10-13	Eggebek	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	41	46 of 100 (Notable)
2023-10-13	Volkel_1	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	40	46 of 100 (Notable)
2023-10-13	Wattisham	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20	46 of 100 (Notable)
2023-10-13	Glucksburg-Meierwik	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	29	45 of 100 (Notable)
2023-10-13	Oudenbosch	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	112	45 of 100 (Notable)
2023-10-13	Hannover	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	70	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-10-13	Muenster/Osnabrueck (Airport)	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	33	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-10-13	Bochum	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	90	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-10-16	Haukedal	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	53	60 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-16	Orland	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	57	57 of 100 (Notable)
2023-10-16	Eresfjord	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50	52 of 100 (Notable)
2023-10-16	Hornindal	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	113	45 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 360 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.

Date	Records
2023-10-11	32
2023-10-12	36
2023-10-13	196
2023-10-14	49
2023-10-15	20
2023-10-16	25
2023-10-17	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
23	41
54	53
18	46
18	41
21	57
19	46
17	40
26	33
8	90
36	50
15	46
13	25
17	33
19	41
16	40
14	20
20	29
3	112
6	113
7	70
12	46
12	48
10	62
13	10
13	46
13	33
11	46
7	64
2	122
15	41
1	117
7	70
8	62
8	70
1	106
19	29
1	117
9	40
15	29
15	29
10	46
10	46
11	40
42	24
13	25
11	41
11	57
2	84
0	93
7	56
7	54
2	82
1	90
9	41
20	53
26	36
7	46
18	53
10	42
6	60
7	46
5	62
10	29
17	10
15	53
6	46
4	62
10	36
10	9
12	10
3	70
15	4
4	57
6	40
1	77
5	40
10	10
4	62
6	40
10	29
5	56
9	24
4	40
6	44
2	64
5	41
7	44
12	9
6	40
9	33
11	41
8	36
1	69
7	8
8	41
6	25
2	64
7	41
8	29
3	62
9	10
9	61
4	48
21	24
5	48
9	28
4	44
7	13
3	52
7	29
6	40
10	10
8	25
4	28
5	41
8	22
6	24
6	42
3	46
4	46
4	41
5	44
11	9
10	9
13	10
12	53
8	18
7	24
4	42
8	8
6	32
6	41
4	40
10	9
7	29
5	40
6	36
10	9
3	41
7	30
3	40
4	40
1	60
4	40
10	9
9	10
7	29
6	29
11	12
6	53
1	58
3	56
4	40
4	26
3	40
2	54
5	29
4	41
3	41
8	25
6	40
2	40
0	62
6	29
1	54
3	41
11	12
11	36
1	44
1	40
5	40
7	17
11	8
5	30
2	44
2	46
1	48
0	52
2	40
5	29
3	41
3	40
3	41
3	44
6	29
5	29
9	10
9	9
23	0
2	40
2	40
2	40
7	24
2	14
5	25
2	52
10	28
3	36
1	40
3	41

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
23	41
54	53
18	46
18	41
21	57
19	46
17	40
26	33
8	90
36	50
15	46
13	25
17	33
19	41
16	40
14	20
20	29
3	112
6	113
7	70
12	46
12	48
10	62
13	10
13	46
13	33
11	46
7	64
2	122
15	41
1	117
7	70
8	62
8	70
1	106
19	29
1	117
9	40
15	29
15	29
10	46
10	46
11	40
42	24
13	25
11	41
11	57
2	84
0	93
7	56
7	54
2	82
1	90
9	41
20	53
26	36
7	46
18	53
10	42
6	60
7	46
5	62
10	29
17	10
15	53
6	46
4	62
10	36
10	9
12	10
3	70
15	4
4	57
6	40
1	77
5	40
10	10
4	62
6	40
10	29
5	56
9	24
4	40
6	44
2	64
5	41
7	44
12	9
6	40
9	33
11	41
8	36
1	69
7	8
8	41
6	25
2	64
7	41
8	29
3	62
9	10
9	61
4	48
21	24
5	48
9	28
4	44
7	13
3	52
7	29
6	40
10	10
8	25
4	28
5	41
8	22
6	24
6	42
3	46
4	46
4	41
5	44
11	9
10	9
13	10
12	53
8	18
7	24
4	42
8	8
6	32
6	41
4	40
10	9
7	29
5	40
6	36
10	9
3	41
7	30
3	40
4	40
1	60
4	40
10	9
9	10
7	29
6	29
11	12
6	53
1	58
3	56
4	40
4	26
3	40
2	54
5	29
4	41
3	41
8	25
6	40
2	40
0	62
6	29
1	54
3	41
11	12
11	36
1	44
1	40
5	40
7	17
11	8
5	30
2	44
2	46
1	48
0	52
2	40
5	29
3	41
3	40
3	41
3	44
6	29
5	29
9	10
9	9
23	0
2	40
2	40
2	40
7	24
2	14
5	25
2	52
10	28
3	36
1	40
3	41

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
23	41
54	53
18	46
18	41
21	57
19	46
17	40
26	33
8	90
36	50
15	46
13	25
17	33
19	41
16	40
14	20
20	29
3	112
6	113
7	70
12	46
12	48
10	62
13	10
13	46
13	33
11	46
7	64
2	122
15	41
1	117
7	70
8	62
8	70
1	106
19	29
1	117
9	40
15	29
15	29
10	46
10	46
11	40
42	24
13	25
11	41
11	57
2	84
0	93
7	56
7	54
2	82
1	90
9	41
20	53
26	36
7	46
18	53
10	42
6	60
7	46
5	62
10	29
17	10
15	53
6	46
4	62
10	36
10	9
12	10
3	70
15	4
4	57
6	40
1	77
5	40
10	10
4	62
6	40
10	29
5	56
9	24
4	40
6	44
2	64
5	41
7	44
12	9
6	40
9	33
11	41
8	36
1	69
7	8
8	41
6	25
2	64
7	41
8	29
3	62
9	10
9	61
4	48
21	24
5	48
9	28
4	44
7	13
3	52
7	29
6	40
10	10
8	25
4	28
5	41
8	22
6	24
6	42
3	46
4	46
4	41
5	44
11	9
10	9
13	10
12	53
8	18
7	24
4	42
8	8
6	32
6	41
4	40
10	9
7	29
5	40
6	36
10	9
3	41
7	30
3	40
4	40
1	60
4	40
10	9
9	10
7	29
6	29
11	12
6	53
1	58
3	56
4	40
4	26
3	40
2	54
5	29
4	41
3	41
8	25
6	40
2	40
0	62
6	29
1	54
3	41
11	12
11	36
1	44
1	40
5	40
7	17
11	8
5	30
2	44
2	46
1	48
0	52
2	40
5	29
3	41
3	40
3	41
3	44
6	29
5	29
9	10
9	9
23	0
2	40
2	40
2	40
7	24
2	14
5	25
2	52
10	28
3	36
1	40
3	41