Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 17 to 23 November 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 17 to 23 November 2024
Start: 2024-11-17
End: 2024-11-23
Location: Netherlands, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Sweden

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 17 to 23 November 2024: 265 records at 234 stations, peak on 19 November 2024. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 17 to 23 November 2024 set or tied 265 station records at 234 stations.
It ran from 17 November 2024 to 23 November 2024 (7 days) and its peak day was 19 November 2024.
Status: closed.
Rottweil set a daily record precipitation of 31.9 mm (1.3 in) on 19 November 2024.
The busiest day was 19 November 2024 with 117 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 98 years.

Footprint

17 to 23 November 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 17 to 23 November 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, 17 to 23 November 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Rottweil	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	2024-11-19
Delfzijl	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	2024-11-21
Kaiserslautern	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	2024-11-19
Stiege	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	2024-11-19
Finsterwolde	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	2024-11-21
Hechingen	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	2024-11-19
Troyes-Barberey	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	2024-11-19
Harzgerode	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	2024-11-19
Nieuwolda	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	2024-11-21
Mauth-Finsterau	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	2024-11-19
Herzberg	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	2024-11-19
Messstetten	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	2024-11-19
Wilhelminadorp-1	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	2024-11-20
Oberndorf/Neckar-Aistaig	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	2024-11-19
Eindhoven	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	2024-11-20
Schleswig-Jagel	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	2024-11-22
Gottingen	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	2024-11-19
Klippeneck	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	2024-11-19
Sion 2	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	2024-11-19
Rilland	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	2024-11-20

Records per Day

Peak day 117

Records set or tied each day from 17 November 2024 to 23 November 2024. The most in one day was 117 on 19 November 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 17 to 23 November 2024 ranked by margin
Mauth-Finsterau, 11-19	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
Nieuwolda, 11-21	25.0 mm (1.0 in)
Messstetten, 11-19	20.6 mm (0.8 in)
Troyes-Barberey, 11-19	20.4 mm (0.8 in)
Rottweil, 11-19	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
Oberndorf/Neckar-Aistaig, 11-19	19.8 mm (0.8 in)
Eindhoven, 11-20	18.7 mm (0.7 in)
Stiege, 11-19	17.9 mm (0.7 in)
Delfzijl, 11-21	17.6 mm (0.7 in)
Finsterwolde, 11-21	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
Klippeneck, 11-19	15.0 mm (0.6 in)
Schleswig-Jagel, 11-22	14.0 mm (0.6 in)
Hechingen, 11-19	11.6 mm (0.5 in)
Harzgerode, 11-19	11.3 mm (0.4 in)
Rilland, 11-20	10.8 mm (0.4 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

265 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, 17 to 23 November 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	53
18	47
4	97
18	61
17	40
12	85
20	33
15	61
11	61
10	61
25	23
33	20
11	73
7	85
21	20
9	73
5	98
14	28
20	29
19	7
6	73
17	28
12	61
9	53
4	74
9	61
11	37
15	9
9	49
6	61
2	85
8	53
2	85
5	61
12	18
18	18
8	49
14	11
8	49
10	61
2	85
3	73
8	37
13	34
8	37
15	9
8	47
6	53
11	27
5	53
18	1
13	33
4	61
2	73
7	47
8	47
11	23
4	53
0	85
5	61
6	37
22	11
10	11
6	47
4	61
5	49
11	9
2	73
5	47
5	52
6	49
8	49
7	59
5	47
11	29
12	18
12	9
6	33
14	11
3	61
1	73
7	49
3	61
2	61
5	37
6	42
5	40
12	9
4	53
5	37
11	9
0	73
7	21
0	73
4	53
3	47
3	47
7	34
10	20
9	16
4	49
4	49
1	61
9	9
7	23
5	34
9	9
6	40
8	11
0	64
13	9
5	37
8	9
2	53
5	34
5	9
3	40
4	24
3	40
6	11
9	11
9	11
9	34
10	20
4	40
2	47
4	37
2	47
2	47
2	49
7	9
9	9
6	28
2	47
7	7
4	37
7	16
6	21
2	47
4	37
3	37
2	47
2	47
11	1
4	34
6	11
6	11
1	40
13	1
1	47
0	47
2	42
2	40
7	7
3	43
2	40
5	23
1	47
1	47
6	18
1	47
0	54
3	34
0	52
2	34
0	47
0	47
6	9
6	16
4	28
1	42
6	18
2	28
1	37
2	34
6	11
1	33
0	40
6	30
2	28
5	8
5	7
0	42
0	40
0	40
1	37
1	40
2	29
1	37
3	18
1	36
1	34
4	7
4	7
5	16
5	11
4	9
4	16
3	18
3	21

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 17 to 23 November 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, 17 to 23 November 2024 (this event)	265 records

Every Record Set

20 of 265

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Netherlands and 5 other countries, 17 to 23 November 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-11-19	Rottweil	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	53	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-19	Kaiserslautern	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	97	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-19	Stiege	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	61	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-19	Hechingen	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	85	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-19	Troyes-Barberey	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	33	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-19	Harzgerode	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	61	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-19	Mauth-Finsterau	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20	48 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-19	Herzberg	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	85	46 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-19	Messstetten	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20	45 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-19	Oberndorf/Neckar-Aistaig	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	29	42 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-19	Gottingen	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	61	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-19	Klippeneck	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	61	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-19	Sion 2	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	98	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-20	Wilhelminadorp-1	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	73	44 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-20	Eindhoven	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	7	42 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-20	Rilland	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	73	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-21	Delfzijl	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	47	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-21	Finsterwolde	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	40	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-21	Nieuwolda	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	23	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-22	Schleswig-Jagel	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	28	42 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 265 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 2026-10-12. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Date	Records
2024-11-17	5
2024-11-18	10
2024-11-19	117
2024-11-20	72
2024-11-21	41
2024-11-22	7
2024-11-23	13

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	53
18	47
4	97
18	61
17	40
12	85
20	33
15	61
11	61
10	61
25	23
33	20
11	73
7	85
21	20
9	73
5	98
14	28
20	29
19	7
6	73
17	28
12	61
9	53
4	74
9	61
11	37
15	9
9	49
6	61
2	85
8	53
2	85
5	61
12	18
18	18
8	49
14	11
8	49
10	61
2	85
3	73
8	37
13	34
8	37
15	9
8	47
6	53
11	27
5	53
18	1
13	33
4	61
2	73
7	47
8	47
11	23
4	53
0	85
5	61
6	37
22	11
10	11
6	47
4	61
5	49
11	9
2	73
5	47
5	52
6	49
8	49
7	59
5	47
11	29
12	18
12	9
6	33
14	11
3	61
1	73
7	49
3	61
2	61
5	37
6	42
5	40
12	9
4	53
5	37
11	9
0	73
7	21
0	73
4	53
3	47
3	47
7	34
10	20
9	16
4	49
4	49
1	61
9	9
7	23
5	34
9	9
6	40
8	11
0	64
13	9
5	37
8	9
2	53
5	34
5	9
3	40
4	24
3	40
6	11
9	11
9	11
9	34
10	20
4	40
2	47
4	37
2	47
2	47
2	49
7	9
9	9
6	28
2	47
7	7
4	37
7	16
6	21
2	47
4	37
3	37
2	47
2	47
11	1
4	34
6	11
6	11
1	40
13	1
1	47
0	47
2	42
2	40
7	7
3	43
2	40
5	23
1	47
1	47
6	18
1	47
0	54
3	34
0	52
2	34
0	47
0	47
6	9
6	16
4	28
1	42
6	18
2	28
1	37
2	34
6	11
1	33
0	40
6	30
2	28
5	8
5	7
0	42
0	40
0	40
1	37
1	40
2	29
1	37
3	18
1	36
1	34
4	7
4	7
5	16
5	11
4	9
4	16
3	18
3	21

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	53
18	47
4	97
18	61
17	40
12	85
20	33
15	61
11	61
10	61
25	23
33	20
11	73
7	85
21	20
9	73
5	98
14	28
20	29
19	7
6	73
17	28
12	61
9	53
4	74
9	61
11	37
15	9
9	49
6	61
2	85
8	53
2	85
5	61
12	18
18	18
8	49
14	11
8	49
10	61
2	85
3	73
8	37
13	34
8	37
15	9
8	47
6	53
11	27
5	53
18	1
13	33
4	61
2	73
7	47
8	47
11	23
4	53
0	85
5	61
6	37
22	11
10	11
6	47
4	61
5	49
11	9
2	73
5	47
5	52
6	49
8	49
7	59
5	47
11	29
12	18
12	9
6	33
14	11
3	61
1	73
7	49
3	61
2	61
5	37
6	42
5	40
12	9
4	53
5	37
11	9
0	73
7	21
0	73
4	53
3	47
3	47
7	34
10	20
9	16
4	49
4	49
1	61
9	9
7	23
5	34
9	9
6	40
8	11
0	64
13	9
5	37
8	9
2	53
5	34
5	9
3	40
4	24
3	40
6	11
9	11
9	11
9	34
10	20
4	40
2	47
4	37
2	47
2	47
2	49
7	9
9	9
6	28
2	47
7	7
4	37
7	16
6	21
2	47
4	37
3	37
2	47
2	47
11	1
4	34
6	11
6	11
1	40
13	1
1	47
0	47
2	42
2	40
7	7
3	43
2	40
5	23
1	47
1	47
6	18
1	47
0	54
3	34
0	52
2	34
0	47
0	47
6	9
6	16
4	28
1	42
6	18
2	28
1	37
2	34
6	11
1	33
0	40
6	30
2	28
5	8
5	7
0	42
0	40
0	40
1	37
1	40
2	29
1	37
3	18
1	36
1	34
4	7
4	7
5	16
5	11
4	9
4	16
3	18
3	21

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	53
18	47
4	97
18	61
17	40
12	85
20	33
15	61
11	61
10	61
25	23
33	20
11	73
7	85
21	20
9	73
5	98
14	28
20	29
19	7
6	73
17	28
12	61
9	53
4	74
9	61
11	37
15	9
9	49
6	61
2	85
8	53
2	85
5	61
12	18
18	18
8	49
14	11
8	49
10	61
2	85
3	73
8	37
13	34
8	37
15	9
8	47
6	53
11	27
5	53
18	1
13	33
4	61
2	73
7	47
8	47
11	23
4	53
0	85
5	61
6	37
22	11
10	11
6	47
4	61
5	49
11	9
2	73
5	47
5	52
6	49
8	49
7	59
5	47
11	29
12	18
12	9
6	33
14	11
3	61
1	73
7	49
3	61
2	61
5	37
6	42
5	40
12	9
4	53
5	37
11	9
0	73
7	21
0	73
4	53
3	47
3	47
7	34
10	20
9	16
4	49
4	49
1	61
9	9
7	23
5	34
9	9
6	40
8	11
0	64
13	9
5	37
8	9
2	53
5	34
5	9
3	40
4	24
3	40
6	11
9	11
9	11
9	34
10	20
4	40
2	47
4	37
2	47
2	47
2	49
7	9
9	9
6	28
2	47
7	7
4	37
7	16
6	21
2	47
4	37
3	37
2	47
2	47
11	1
4	34
6	11
6	11
1	40
13	1
1	47
0	47
2	42
2	40
7	7
3	43
2	40
5	23
1	47
1	47
6	18
1	47
0	54
3	34
0	52
2	34
0	47
0	47
6	9
6	16
4	28
1	42
6	18
2	28
1	37
2	34
6	11
1	33
0	40
6	30
2	28
5	8
5	7
0	42
0	40
0	40
1	37
1	40
2	29
1	37
3	18
1	36
1	34
4	7
4	7
5	16
5	11
4	9
4	16
3	18
3	21