Extreme rain in Netherlands and 2 other countries, 5 to 8 December 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Netherlands and 2 other countries, 5 to 8 December 2024
Start: 2024-12-05
End: 2024-12-08
Location: Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 2 other countries, 5 to 8 December 2024: 380 records at 362 stations, peak on 5 December 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 2 other countries, 5 to 8 December 2024 set or tied 380 station records at 362 stations.
It ran from 5 December 2024 to 8 December 2024 (4 days) and its peak day was 5 December 2024.
Status: closed.
Denekamp set a daily record precipitation of 27.5 mm (1.1 in) on 5 December 2024.
The busiest day was 5 December 2024 with 340 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 124 years.

Footprint

5 to 8 December 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Netherlands and 2 other countries, 5 to 8 December 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 2 other countries, 5 to 8 December 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Denekamp	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	2024-12-05
Lemmer (Gemaal Buma)	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	2024-12-05
Petten	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	2024-12-05
Appelscha	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	2024-12-05
Bergen (Nh)	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	2024-12-05
Blokzijl	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	2024-12-05
Frederiksoord	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	2024-12-05
Schagen	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	2024-12-05
Oudemirdum	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	2024-12-05
Winterswijk	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	2024-12-05
Enschede	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	2024-12-05
Aalten	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	2024-12-05
Ammerzoden	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	2024-12-05
Dokkum	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	2024-12-05
Kreileroord	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	2024-12-05
Stavoren_1	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	2024-12-05
Kuinre	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	2024-12-05
Rouveen	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	2024-12-05
Roelofarendsveen	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	2024-12-05
Gutersloh	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	2024-12-06

Records per Day

Peak day 340

Records set or tied each day from 5 December 2024 to 8 December 2024. The most in one day was 340 on 5 December 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Netherlands and 2 other countries, 5 to 8 December 2024 ranked by margin
Appelscha, 12-05	23.3 mm (0.9 in)
Aalten, 12-05	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
Frederiksoord, 12-05	21.3 mm (0.8 in)
Blokzijl, 12-05	20.4 mm (0.8 in)
Bergen (Nh), 12-05	20.1 mm (0.8 in)
Lemmer (Gemaal Buma), 12-05	19.5 mm (0.8 in)
Enschede, 12-05	18.9 mm (0.7 in)
Schagen, 12-05	18.7 mm (0.7 in)
Petten, 12-05	18.2 mm (0.7 in)
Oudemirdum, 12-05	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
Denekamp, 12-05	16.6 mm (0.7 in)
Winterswijk, 12-05	16.5 mm (0.6 in)
Ammerzoden, 12-05	16.4 mm (0.6 in)
Dokkum, 12-05	16.1 mm (0.6 in)
Kuinre, 12-05	15.5 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

380 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 2 other countries, 5 to 8 December 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
17	115
20	59
18	59
23	59
20	59
20	59
21	59
19	59
18	59
17	59
13	84
19	59
23	42
16	59
16	59
15	59
14	59
11	82
16	59
15	59
14	59
17	59
14	44
14	59
15	59
10	88
20	23
14	59
20	23
13	59
19	23
20	42
15	44
14	59
14	59
21	16
12	59
15	44
14	43
13	59
10	74
16	42
18	23
17	23
12	59
12	59
14	44
13	59
20	17
6	82
18	23
12	59
17	23
16	23
18	13
19	13
11	59
16	11
10	63
13	43
16	16
17	23
12	44
14	44
16	23
11	59
18	11
12	44
11	59
13	41
11	59
13	44
11	59
18	13
16	23
13	44
9	59
9	57
2	124
12	44
9	59
10	59
12	44
14	23
10	59
12	44
13	23
15	23
16	11
9	59
15	23
12	44
10	59
15	23
13	44
10	59
13	23
16	11
11	39
5	74
12	17
10	23
8	59
15	11
9	59
16	11
8	59
12	23
12	23
9	44
9	44
7	59
13	23
10	44
9	44
2	84
3	74
2	82
12	44
7	57
9	59
14	10
9	59
7	59
9	44
5	70
13	23
10	44
2	75
6	57
12	23
10	44
9	44
14	15
11	13
14	11
9	43
12	19
12	23
8	44
8	23
8	42
11	23
5	59
13	11
14	11
15	13
10	50
6	51
13	13
12	11
7	44
11	23
15	15
11	23
10	23
14	16
10	23
10	23
7	44
4	51
9	23
12	11
12	11
7	44
7	44
7	44
7	44
5	44
4	59
11	11
11	11
6	44
4	59
2	70
7	44
8	44
9	23
10	17
9	23
6	43
11	11
6	44
4	59
9	23
10	11
5	44
7	43
2	59
8	18
10	15
9	11
10	11
10	11
3	57
10	11
5	44
10	11
8	26
9	19

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Netherlands and 2 other countries, 5 to 8 December 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 2 other countries, 5 to 8 December 2024 (this event)	380 records

Every Record Set

20 of 380

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Netherlands and 2 other countries, 5 to 8 December 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-12-05	Denekamp	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	115	74 of 100 (Major)
2024-12-05	Lemmer (Gemaal Buma)	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	59	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-12-05	Petten	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	59	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-12-05	Appelscha	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	59	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-12-05	Bergen (Nh)	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	59	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-12-05	Blokzijl	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	59	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-12-05	Frederiksoord	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	59	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-12-05	Schagen	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	59	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-12-05	Oudemirdum	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	59	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-12-05	Winterswijk	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	59	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-12-05	Enschede	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	59	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-12-05	Aalten	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	42	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-05	Ammerzoden	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	59	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-05	Dokkum	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	59	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-05	Kreileroord	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	59	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-05	Stavoren_1	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	59	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-05	Kuinre	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	59	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-05	Rouveen	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	59	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-05	Roelofarendsveen	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	82	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-12-06	Gutersloh	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	84	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 380 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
17	115
20	59
18	59
23	59
20	59
20	59
21	59
19	59
18	59
17	59
13	84
19	59
23	42
16	59
16	59
15	59
14	59
11	82
16	59
15	59
14	59
17	59
14	44
14	59
15	59
10	88
20	23
14	59
20	23
13	59
19	23
20	42
15	44
14	59
14	59
21	16
12	59
15	44
14	43
13	59
10	74
16	42
18	23
17	23
12	59
12	59
14	44
13	59
20	17
6	82
18	23
12	59
17	23
16	23
18	13
19	13
11	59
16	11
10	63
13	43
16	16
17	23
12	44
14	44
16	23
11	59
18	11
12	44
11	59
13	41
11	59
13	44
11	59
18	13
16	23
13	44
9	59
9	57
2	124
12	44
9	59
10	59
12	44
14	23
10	59
12	44
13	23
15	23
16	11
9	59
15	23
12	44
10	59
15	23
13	44
10	59
13	23
16	11
11	39
5	74
12	17
10	23
8	59
15	11
9	59
16	11
8	59
12	23
12	23
9	44
9	44
7	59
13	23
10	44
9	44
2	84
3	74
2	82
12	44
7	57
9	59
14	10
9	59
7	59
9	44
5	70
13	23
10	44
2	75
6	57
12	23
10	44
9	44
14	15
11	13
14	11
9	43
12	19
12	23
8	44
8	23
8	42
11	23
5	59
13	11
14	11
15	13
10	50
6	51
13	13
12	11
7	44
11	23
15	15
11	23
10	23
14	16
10	23
10	23
7	44
4	51
9	23
12	11
12	11
7	44
7	44
7	44
7	44
5	44
4	59
11	11
11	11
6	44
4	59
2	70
7	44
8	44
9	23
10	17
9	23
6	43
11	11
6	44
4	59
9	23
10	11
5	44
7	43
2	59
8	18
10	15
9	11
10	11
10	11
3	57
10	11
5	44
10	11
8	26
9	19

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
17	115
20	59
18	59
23	59
20	59
20	59
21	59
19	59
18	59
17	59
13	84
19	59
23	42
16	59
16	59
15	59
14	59
11	82
16	59
15	59
14	59
17	59
14	44
14	59
15	59
10	88
20	23
14	59
20	23
13	59
19	23
20	42
15	44
14	59
14	59
21	16
12	59
15	44
14	43
13	59
10	74
16	42
18	23
17	23
12	59
12	59
14	44
13	59
20	17
6	82
18	23
12	59
17	23
16	23
18	13
19	13
11	59
16	11
10	63
13	43
16	16
17	23
12	44
14	44
16	23
11	59
18	11
12	44
11	59
13	41
11	59
13	44
11	59
18	13
16	23
13	44
9	59
9	57
2	124
12	44
9	59
10	59
12	44
14	23
10	59
12	44
13	23
15	23
16	11
9	59
15	23
12	44
10	59
15	23
13	44
10	59
13	23
16	11
11	39
5	74
12	17
10	23
8	59
15	11
9	59
16	11
8	59
12	23
12	23
9	44
9	44
7	59
13	23
10	44
9	44
2	84
3	74
2	82
12	44
7	57
9	59
14	10
9	59
7	59
9	44
5	70
13	23
10	44
2	75
6	57
12	23
10	44
9	44
14	15
11	13
14	11
9	43
12	19
12	23
8	44
8	23
8	42
11	23
5	59
13	11
14	11
15	13
10	50
6	51
13	13
12	11
7	44
11	23
15	15
11	23
10	23
14	16
10	23
10	23
7	44
4	51
9	23
12	11
12	11
7	44
7	44
7	44
7	44
5	44
4	59
11	11
11	11
6	44
4	59
2	70
7	44
8	44
9	23
10	17
9	23
6	43
11	11
6	44
4	59
9	23
10	11
5	44
7	43
2	59
8	18
10	15
9	11
10	11
10	11
3	57
10	11
5	44
10	11
8	26
9	19

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
17	115
20	59
18	59
23	59
20	59
20	59
21	59
19	59
18	59
17	59
13	84
19	59
23	42
16	59
16	59
15	59
14	59
11	82
16	59
15	59
14	59
17	59
14	44
14	59
15	59
10	88
20	23
14	59
20	23
13	59
19	23
20	42
15	44
14	59
14	59
21	16
12	59
15	44
14	43
13	59
10	74
16	42
18	23
17	23
12	59
12	59
14	44
13	59
20	17
6	82
18	23
12	59
17	23
16	23
18	13
19	13
11	59
16	11
10	63
13	43
16	16
17	23
12	44
14	44
16	23
11	59
18	11
12	44
11	59
13	41
11	59
13	44
11	59
18	13
16	23
13	44
9	59
9	57
2	124
12	44
9	59
10	59
12	44
14	23
10	59
12	44
13	23
15	23
16	11
9	59
15	23
12	44
10	59
15	23
13	44
10	59
13	23
16	11
11	39
5	74
12	17
10	23
8	59
15	11
9	59
16	11
8	59
12	23
12	23
9	44
9	44
7	59
13	23
10	44
9	44
2	84
3	74
2	82
12	44
7	57
9	59
14	10
9	59
7	59
9	44
5	70
13	23
10	44
2	75
6	57
12	23
10	44
9	44
14	15
11	13
14	11
9	43
12	19
12	23
8	44
8	23
8	42
11	23
5	59
13	11
14	11
15	13
10	50
6	51
13	13
12	11
7	44
11	23
15	15
11	23
10	23
14	16
10	23
10	23
7	44
4	51
9	23
12	11
12	11
7	44
7	44
7	44
7	44
5	44
4	59
11	11
11	11
6	44
4	59
2	70
7	44
8	44
9	23
10	17
9	23
6	43
11	11
6	44
4	59
9	23
10	11
5	44
7	43
2	59
8	18
10	15
9	11
10	11
10	11
3	57
10	11
5	44
10	11
8	26
9	19