Extreme rain in Netherlands and 20 other countries, 24 October to 11 November 2023

Name: Extreme rain in Netherlands and 20 other countries, 24 October to 11 November 2023
Start: 2023-10-24
End: 2023-11-11
Location: Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, France, United Kingdom, Slovakia, Belarus, Czech Republic, Russia, Austria, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Romania, Croatia, Denmark, Slovenia, Switzerland, Lithuania

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 20 other countries, 24 October to 11 November 2023: 633 records at 490 stations, peak on 2 November 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 20 other countries, 24 October to 11 November 2023 set or tied 633 station records at 490 stations.
It ran from 24 October 2023 to 11 November 2023 (19 days) and its peak day was 2 November 2023.
Status: closed.
Kaiserslautern set a daily record precipitation of 35.7 mm (1.4 in) on 29 October 2023.
The busiest day was 29 October 2023 with 97 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 142 years.

Footprint

24 October to 11 November 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in Netherlands and 20 other countries, 24 October to 11 November 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 20 other countries, 24 October to 11 November 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Kaiserslautern	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	2023-10-29
Ponferrada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2023-10-25
Oost Vlieland	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	2023-11-02
Zhlobin	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	2023-10-28
Vasilevici	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	2023-10-28
Slavgorod	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	2023-10-28
Wattisham	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	2023-10-28
Hoorn	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2023-11-02
Roelofarendsveen	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	2023-11-02
Delft	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	2023-11-02
Orrefors_D	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	2023-10-31
Kerkwerve	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	2023-11-02
Haamstede	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	2023-11-02
Castricum	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	2023-11-02
Wolphaartsdijk	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	2023-11-02
Zhitckovichi	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2023-10-28
Kortgene	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	2023-11-02
Erfde	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	2023-11-08
Anklam	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	2023-10-24
Ruppertsecken	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	2023-10-29

Records per Day

Peak day 97

Records set or tied each day from 24 October 2023 to 11 November 2023. The most in one day was 97 on 29 October 2023.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Netherlands and 20 other countries, 24 October to 11 November 2023
Date	Records
2023-10-24	20
2023-10-25	68
2023-10-26	38
2023-10-27	22
2023-10-28	47
2023-10-29	97
2023-10-30	70
2023-10-31	49
2023-11-01	14
2023-11-02	97
2023-11-03	14
2023-11-04	27
2023-11-05	23
2023-11-06	4
2023-11-07	5
2023-11-08	20
2023-11-09	2
2023-11-10	11
2023-11-11	5

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Netherlands and 20 other countries, 24 October to 11 November 2023 ranked by margin
Ponferrada, 10-25	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
Zhlobin, 10-28	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
Oost Vlieland, 11-02	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
Wattisham, 10-28	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
Slavgorod, 10-28	18.9 mm (0.7 in)
Haamstede, 11-02	18.3 mm (0.7 in)
Kaiserslautern, 10-29	17.9 mm (0.7 in)
Ruppertsecken, 10-29	15.4 mm (0.6 in)
Zhitckovichi, 10-28	15.1 mm (0.6 in)
Wolphaartsdijk, 11-02	14.6 mm (0.6 in)
Orrefors_D, 10-31	14.5 mm (0.6 in)
Delft, 11-02	14.3 mm (0.6 in)
Erfde, 11-08	14.3 mm (0.6 in)
Vasilevici, 10-28	13.5 mm (0.5 in)
Kortgene, 11-02	13.2 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

500 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 20 other countries, 24 October to 11 November 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
18	93
30	60
19	65
23	56
14	92
19	56
19	54
12	82
13	82
9	88
14	39
9	92
18	45
12	82
15	70
15	72
15	56
14	53
15	62
13	70
23	24
20	48
10	120
10	37
13	70
15	42
21	20
22	41
19	56
11	70
10	82
10	86
13	61
12	61
16	28
6	74
10	46
5	105
25	10
10	64
20	44
11	65
14	45
14	52
11	70
15	56
4	131
6	88
14	42
11	64
21	32
28	8
18	30
18	20
12	64
4	113
19	32
13	62
2	135
6	90
19	6
21	32
3	129
9	62
4	90
13	46
17	20
9	61
23	22
15	26
5	92
10	53
3	88
17	33
3	88
8	65
9	72
11	56
2	142
9	64
10	17
17	32
11	52
12	49
11	52
7	68
8	70
7	72
3	88
16	44
2	96
8	65
19	28
29	2
29	2
1	132
8	22
15	20
14	20
16	32
2	89
15	12
3	82
11	4
7	65
14	21
14	41
7	68
8	56
7	68
11	30
6	70
26	61
5	72
5	64
14	24
4	77
5	77
7	69
3	82
11	30
5	70
5	70
14	20
5	62
16	10
16	41
7	52
17	46
39	4
2	82
1	89
9	12
6	65
13	24
37	32
9	56
12	41
7	56
11	32
2	74
13	32
9	32
9	30
5	61
8	46
8	45
13	24
12	14
3	70
11	28
4	61
1	51
6	48
4	70
4	70
10	22
0	76
1	82
12	30
14	28
4	61
3	35
3	70
5	60
5	61
4	61
6	49
5	60
0	82
5	52
7	44
6	52
14	21
9	54
8	44
12	30
0	80
14	24
5	52
11	28
10	22
10	24
3	61
13	18
2	70
22	10
2	70
4	64
8	30
9	20
4	61
6	22
9	24
3	65
3	64
3	64
10	21
4	48
1	60

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Netherlands and 20 other countries, 24 October to 11 November 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 20 other countries, 24 October to 11 November 2023 (this event)	633 records

Every Record Set

20 of 633

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Netherlands and 20 other countries, 24 October to 11 November 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-10-24	Anklam	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	88	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-10-25	Ponferrada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	60	65 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-28	Zhlobin	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	56	63 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-28	Vasilevici	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	92	63 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-28	Slavgorod	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	56	60 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-28	Wattisham	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	54	59 of 100 (Notable)
2023-10-28	Zhitckovichi	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	56	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-10-29	Kaiserslautern	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	93	70 of 100 (Major)
2023-10-29	Ruppertsecken	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	62	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-10-31	Orrefors_D	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	72	55 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-02	Oost Vlieland	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	65	64 of 100 (Major)
2023-11-02	Hoorn	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	82	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-02	Roelofarendsveen	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	82	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-02	Delft	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	39	56 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-02	Kerkwerve	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	92	55 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-02	Haamstede	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	45	55 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-02	Castricum	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	82	55 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-02	Wolphaartsdijk	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	70	55 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-02	Kortgene	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	70	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-08	Erfde	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	53	54 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 633 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	93
30	60
19	65
23	56
14	92
19	56
19	54
12	82
13	82
9	88
14	39
9	92
18	45
12	82
15	70
15	72
15	56
14	53
15	62
13	70
23	24
20	48
10	120
10	37
13	70
15	42
21	20
22	41
19	56
11	70
10	82
10	86
13	61
12	61
16	28
6	74
10	46
5	105
25	10
10	64
20	44
11	65
14	45
14	52
11	70
15	56
4	131
6	88
14	42
11	64
21	32
28	8
18	30
18	20
12	64
4	113
19	32
13	62
2	135
6	90
19	6
21	32
3	129
9	62
4	90
13	46
17	20
9	61
23	22
15	26
5	92
10	53
3	88
17	33
3	88
8	65
9	72
11	56
2	142
9	64
10	17
17	32
11	52
12	49
11	52
7	68
8	70
7	72
3	88
16	44
2	96
8	65
19	28
29	2
29	2
1	132
8	22
15	20
14	20
16	32
2	89
15	12
3	82
11	4
7	65
14	21
14	41
7	68
8	56
7	68
11	30
6	70
26	61
5	72
5	64
14	24
4	77
5	77
7	69
3	82
11	30
5	70
5	70
14	20
5	62
16	10
16	41
7	52
17	46
39	4
2	82
1	89
9	12
6	65
13	24
37	32
9	56
12	41
7	56
11	32
2	74
13	32
9	32
9	30
5	61
8	46
8	45
13	24
12	14
3	70
11	28
4	61
1	51
6	48
4	70
4	70
10	22
0	76
1	82
12	30
14	28
4	61
3	35
3	70
5	60
5	61
4	61
6	49
5	60
0	82
5	52
7	44
6	52
14	21
9	54
8	44
12	30
0	80
14	24
5	52
11	28
10	22
10	24
3	61
13	18
2	70
22	10
2	70
4	64
8	30
9	20
4	61
6	22
9	24
3	65
3	64
3	64
10	21
4	48
1	60

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
18	93
30	60
19	65
23	56
14	92
19	56
19	54
12	82
13	82
9	88
14	39
9	92
18	45
12	82
15	70
15	72
15	56
14	53
15	62
13	70
23	24
20	48
10	120
10	37
13	70
15	42
21	20
22	41
19	56
11	70
10	82
10	86
13	61
12	61
16	28
6	74
10	46
5	105
25	10
10	64
20	44
11	65
14	45
14	52
11	70
15	56
4	131
6	88
14	42
11	64
21	32
28	8
18	30
18	20
12	64
4	113
19	32
13	62
2	135
6	90
19	6
21	32
3	129
9	62
4	90
13	46
17	20
9	61
23	22
15	26
5	92
10	53
3	88
17	33
3	88
8	65
9	72
11	56
2	142
9	64
10	17
17	32
11	52
12	49
11	52
7	68
8	70
7	72
3	88
16	44
2	96
8	65
19	28
29	2
29	2
1	132
8	22
15	20
14	20
16	32
2	89
15	12
3	82
11	4
7	65
14	21
14	41
7	68
8	56
7	68
11	30
6	70
26	61
5	72
5	64
14	24
4	77
5	77
7	69
3	82
11	30
5	70
5	70
14	20
5	62
16	10
16	41
7	52
17	46
39	4
2	82
1	89
9	12
6	65
13	24
37	32
9	56
12	41
7	56
11	32
2	74
13	32
9	32
9	30
5	61
8	46
8	45
13	24
12	14
3	70
11	28
4	61
1	51
6	48
4	70
4	70
10	22
0	76
1	82
12	30
14	28
4	61
3	35
3	70
5	60
5	61
4	61
6	49
5	60
0	82
5	52
7	44
6	52
14	21
9	54
8	44
12	30
0	80
14	24
5	52
11	28
10	22
10	24
3	61
13	18
2	70
22	10
2	70
4	64
8	30
9	20
4	61
6	22
9	24
3	65
3	64
3	64
10	21
4	48
1	60

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
18	93
30	60
19	65
23	56
14	92
19	56
19	54
12	82
13	82
9	88
14	39
9	92
18	45
12	82
15	70
15	72
15	56
14	53
15	62
13	70
23	24
20	48
10	120
10	37
13	70
15	42
21	20
22	41
19	56
11	70
10	82
10	86
13	61
12	61
16	28
6	74
10	46
5	105
25	10
10	64
20	44
11	65
14	45
14	52
11	70
15	56
4	131
6	88
14	42
11	64
21	32
28	8
18	30
18	20
12	64
4	113
19	32
13	62
2	135
6	90
19	6
21	32
3	129
9	62
4	90
13	46
17	20
9	61
23	22
15	26
5	92
10	53
3	88
17	33
3	88
8	65
9	72
11	56
2	142
9	64
10	17
17	32
11	52
12	49
11	52
7	68
8	70
7	72
3	88
16	44
2	96
8	65
19	28
29	2
29	2
1	132
8	22
15	20
14	20
16	32
2	89
15	12
3	82
11	4
7	65
14	21
14	41
7	68
8	56
7	68
11	30
6	70
26	61
5	72
5	64
14	24
4	77
5	77
7	69
3	82
11	30
5	70
5	70
14	20
5	62
16	10
16	41
7	52
17	46
39	4
2	82
1	89
9	12
6	65
13	24
37	32
9	56
12	41
7	56
11	32
2	74
13	32
9	32
9	30
5	61
8	46
8	45
13	24
12	14
3	70
11	28
4	61
1	51
6	48
4	70
4	70
10	22
0	76
1	82
12	30
14	28
4	61
3	35
3	70
5	60
5	61
4	61
6	49
5	60
0	82
5	52
7	44
6	52
14	21
9	54
8	44
12	30
0	80
14	24
5	52
11	28
10	22
10	24
3	61
13	18
2	70
22	10
2	70
4	64
8	30
9	20
4	61
6	22
9	24
3	65
3	64
3	64
10	21
4	48
1	60