Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 30 April to 7 May 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 30 April to 7 May 2024
Start: 2024-04-30
End: 2024-05-07
Location: Netherlands, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Austria

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 30 April to 7 May 2024: 338 records at 297 stations, peak on 2 May 2024. 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, 30 April to 7 May 2024 set or tied 338 station records at 297 stations.
It ran from 30 April 2024 to 7 May 2024 (8 days) and its peak day was 2 May 2024.
Status: closed.
Roermond set a daily record precipitation of 36.6 mm (1.4 in) on 2 May 2024.
The busiest day was 2 May 2024 with 163 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 130 years.

Footprint

30 April to 7 May 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 30 April to 7 May 2024 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 5 other countries, 30 April to 7 May 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Roermond	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	2024-05-02
Kirchdorf/Poel	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	2024-05-03
Venlo	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	2024-05-02
Valkenburg (L)	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	2024-05-02
Noorbeek	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	2024-05-02
Homburg/Saar	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	2024-05-02
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	2024-05-02
Kahl/Main	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	2024-05-02
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	2024-05-02
Duiven	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	2024-05-02
Wageningen (Pd)	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	2024-05-02
Koln-Stammheim	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	2024-05-02
Bamberg	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2024-05-02
Koln-Bonn	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	2024-05-02
Someren	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	2024-05-02
St Anthonis	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	2024-05-02
Aldersbach-Kriestorf	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	2024-05-06
Kall-Sistig	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	2024-05-02
Leeuwarden_1	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	2024-05-04
Philippine	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	2024-05-06

Records per Day

Peak day 163

Records set or tied each day from 30 April 2024 to 7 May 2024. The most in one day was 163 on 2 May 2024.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 30 April to 7 May 2024
Date	Records
2024-04-30	1
2024-05-01	9
2024-05-02	163
2024-05-03	10
2024-05-04	70
2024-05-05	11
2024-05-06	65
2024-05-07	9

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 30 April to 7 May 2024 ranked by margin
Valkenburg (L), 05-02	45.8 mm (1.8 in)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus, 05-02	41.2 mm (1.6 in)
Someren, 05-02	31.4 mm (1.2 in)
Bamberg, 05-02	30.9 mm (1.2 in)
Homburg/Saar, 05-02	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
Duiven, 05-02	29.1 mm (1.1 in)
Kahl/Main, 05-02	26.3 mm (1.0 in)
Roermond, 05-02	26.1 mm (1.0 in)
Noorbeek, 05-02	24.0 mm (0.9 in)
Kall-Sistig, 05-02	23.7 mm (0.9 in)
Venlo, 05-02	23.5 mm (0.9 in)
St Anthonis, 05-02	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
Aldersbach-Kriestorf, 05-06	22.2 mm (0.9 in)
Koln-Bonn, 05-02	21.7 mm (0.9 in)
Wageningen (Pd), 05-02	21.4 mm (0.8 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

338 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, 30 April to 7 May 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
26	105
15	130
24	39
46	59
24	59
30	56
41	51
26	46
18	2
29	45
21	49
16	39
31	28
15	73
22	39
22	66
31	36
23	36
8	111
24	28
22	54
30	26
18	46
24	24
10	92
14	66
18	49
23	20
23	23
23	21
29	21
28	21
25	40
13	51
24	27
9	92
19	12
26	14
13	56
9	64
25	14
22	36
27	12
21	24
28	12
15	41
16	39
10	67
11	63
29	9
11	39
8	59
12	39
13	41
21	7
14	69
20	7
22	20
20	36
4	120
19	14
1	57
3	117
23	7
13	66
10	74
17	20
9	39
5	63
22	7
11	47
20	7
10	59
16	21
15	39
19	33
28	7
20	21
17	12
16	12
9	66
19	14
15	24
8	63
16	7
7	73
4	92
1	108
17	7
7	39
13	21
12	17
15	39
15	26
8	28
8	59
11	36
18	7
7	60
6	59
7	55
5	39
7	59
12	38
9	58
22	20
7	56
12	44
15	20
1	84
8	45
5	67
13	19
10	46
7	59
3	76
2	51
6	14
4	69
9	7
7	38
16	12
9	41
6	63
12	28
1	52
5	59
6	56
12	36
10	7
10	49
6	30
11	12
4	56
4	60
8	37
5	59
16	20
4	70
9	24
9	27
7	38
12	14
13	12
13	14
8	28
11	10
6	28
6	46
5	16
8	38
4	56
3	59
5	49
11	14
3	60
12	36
5	51
8	54
10	26
7	51
2	59
10	19
8	19
3	59
9	12
13	22
1	63
6	51
6	38
1	67
3	56
4	51
3	58
9	10
3	51
14	4
6	31
1	63
1	66
5	17
2	59
1	56
2	60
3	56
9	27
7	37
12	20
1	66
12	14
6	36
2	56
2	59
9	28
5	6
2	51
9	14
6	20
1	57
10	7

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 30 April to 7 May 2024 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, 30 April to 7 May 2024 (this event)	338 records

Every Record Set

20 of 338

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 30 April to 7 May 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-05-02	Roermond	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	105	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-05-02	Venlo	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	39	68 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-02	Valkenburg (L)	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	59	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-02	Noorbeek	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	59	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-02	Homburg/Saar	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	56	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-02	Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	51	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-02	Kahl/Main	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	46	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-02	Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	2	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-02	Duiven	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	45	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-02	Wageningen (Pd)	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	49	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-02	Koln-Stammheim	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	39	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-02	Bamberg	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	28	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-02	Koln-Bonn	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	39	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-02	Someren	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	36	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-02	St Anthonis	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	36	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-02	Kall-Sistig	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	28	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-03	Kirchdorf/Poel	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	130	69 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-04	Leeuwarden_1	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	111	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-05-06	Aldersbach-Kriestorf	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	66	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-06	Philippine	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	73	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 338 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
26	105
15	130
24	39
46	59
24	59
30	56
41	51
26	46
18	2
29	45
21	49
16	39
31	28
15	73
22	39
22	66
31	36
23	36
8	111
24	28
22	54
30	26
18	46
24	24
10	92
14	66
18	49
23	20
23	23
23	21
29	21
28	21
25	40
13	51
24	27
9	92
19	12
26	14
13	56
9	64
25	14
22	36
27	12
21	24
28	12
15	41
16	39
10	67
11	63
29	9
11	39
8	59
12	39
13	41
21	7
14	69
20	7
22	20
20	36
4	120
19	14
1	57
3	117
23	7
13	66
10	74
17	20
9	39
5	63
22	7
11	47
20	7
10	59
16	21
15	39
19	33
28	7
20	21
17	12
16	12
9	66
19	14
15	24
8	63
16	7
7	73
4	92
1	108
17	7
7	39
13	21
12	17
15	39
15	26
8	28
8	59
11	36
18	7
7	60
6	59
7	55
5	39
7	59
12	38
9	58
22	20
7	56
12	44
15	20
1	84
8	45
5	67
13	19
10	46
7	59
3	76
2	51
6	14
4	69
9	7
7	38
16	12
9	41
6	63
12	28
1	52
5	59
6	56
12	36
10	7
10	49
6	30
11	12
4	56
4	60
8	37
5	59
16	20
4	70
9	24
9	27
7	38
12	14
13	12
13	14
8	28
11	10
6	28
6	46
5	16
8	38
4	56
3	59
5	49
11	14
3	60
12	36
5	51
8	54
10	26
7	51
2	59
10	19
8	19
3	59
9	12
13	22
1	63
6	51
6	38
1	67
3	56
4	51
3	58
9	10
3	51
14	4
6	31
1	63
1	66
5	17
2	59
1	56
2	60
3	56
9	27
7	37
12	20
1	66
12	14
6	36
2	56
2	59
9	28
5	6
2	51
9	14
6	20
1	57
10	7

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
26	105
15	130
24	39
46	59
24	59
30	56
41	51
26	46
18	2
29	45
21	49
16	39
31	28
15	73
22	39
22	66
31	36
23	36
8	111
24	28
22	54
30	26
18	46
24	24
10	92
14	66
18	49
23	20
23	23
23	21
29	21
28	21
25	40
13	51
24	27
9	92
19	12
26	14
13	56
9	64
25	14
22	36
27	12
21	24
28	12
15	41
16	39
10	67
11	63
29	9
11	39
8	59
12	39
13	41
21	7
14	69
20	7
22	20
20	36
4	120
19	14
1	57
3	117
23	7
13	66
10	74
17	20
9	39
5	63
22	7
11	47
20	7
10	59
16	21
15	39
19	33
28	7
20	21
17	12
16	12
9	66
19	14
15	24
8	63
16	7
7	73
4	92
1	108
17	7
7	39
13	21
12	17
15	39
15	26
8	28
8	59
11	36
18	7
7	60
6	59
7	55
5	39
7	59
12	38
9	58
22	20
7	56
12	44
15	20
1	84
8	45
5	67
13	19
10	46
7	59
3	76
2	51
6	14
4	69
9	7
7	38
16	12
9	41
6	63
12	28
1	52
5	59
6	56
12	36
10	7
10	49
6	30
11	12
4	56
4	60
8	37
5	59
16	20
4	70
9	24
9	27
7	38
12	14
13	12
13	14
8	28
11	10
6	28
6	46
5	16
8	38
4	56
3	59
5	49
11	14
3	60
12	36
5	51
8	54
10	26
7	51
2	59
10	19
8	19
3	59
9	12
13	22
1	63
6	51
6	38
1	67
3	56
4	51
3	58
9	10
3	51
14	4
6	31
1	63
1	66
5	17
2	59
1	56
2	60
3	56
9	27
7	37
12	20
1	66
12	14
6	36
2	56
2	59
9	28
5	6
2	51
9	14
6	20
1	57
10	7

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
26	105
15	130
24	39
46	59
24	59
30	56
41	51
26	46
18	2
29	45
21	49
16	39
31	28
15	73
22	39
22	66
31	36
23	36
8	111
24	28
22	54
30	26
18	46
24	24
10	92
14	66
18	49
23	20
23	23
23	21
29	21
28	21
25	40
13	51
24	27
9	92
19	12
26	14
13	56
9	64
25	14
22	36
27	12
21	24
28	12
15	41
16	39
10	67
11	63
29	9
11	39
8	59
12	39
13	41
21	7
14	69
20	7
22	20
20	36
4	120
19	14
1	57
3	117
23	7
13	66
10	74
17	20
9	39
5	63
22	7
11	47
20	7
10	59
16	21
15	39
19	33
28	7
20	21
17	12
16	12
9	66
19	14
15	24
8	63
16	7
7	73
4	92
1	108
17	7
7	39
13	21
12	17
15	39
15	26
8	28
8	59
11	36
18	7
7	60
6	59
7	55
5	39
7	59
12	38
9	58
22	20
7	56
12	44
15	20
1	84
8	45
5	67
13	19
10	46
7	59
3	76
2	51
6	14
4	69
9	7
7	38
16	12
9	41
6	63
12	28
1	52
5	59
6	56
12	36
10	7
10	49
6	30
11	12
4	56
4	60
8	37
5	59
16	20
4	70
9	24
9	27
7	38
12	14
13	12
13	14
8	28
11	10
6	28
6	46
5	16
8	38
4	56
3	59
5	49
11	14
3	60
12	36
5	51
8	54
10	26
7	51
2	59
10	19
8	19
3	59
9	12
13	22
1	63
6	51
6	38
1	67
3	56
4	51
3	58
9	10
3	51
14	4
6	31
1	63
1	66
5	17
2	59
1	56
2	60
3	56
9	27
7	37
12	20
1	66
12	14
6	36
2	56
2	59
9	28
5	6
2	51
9	14
6	20
1	57
10	7