Extreme rain in Netherlands and 3 other countries, 23 to 27 January 2025

Name: Extreme rain in Netherlands and 3 other countries, 23 to 27 January 2025
Start: 2025-01-23
End: 2025-01-27
Location: Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, France

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 3 other countries, 23 to 27 January 2025: 137 records at 125 stations, peak on 24 January 2025. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 3 other countries, 23 to 27 January 2025 set or tied 137 station records at 125 stations.
It ran from 23 January 2025 to 27 January 2025 (5 days) and its peak day was 24 January 2025.
Status: closed.
Rennes-St Jacques set a daily record precipitation of 36.5 mm (1.4 in) on 24 January 2025.
The busiest day was 24 January 2025 with 87 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 90 years.

Footprint

23 to 27 January 2025

The area covered by Extreme rain in Netherlands and 3 other countries, 23 to 27 January 2025 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Netherlands and 3 other countries, 23 to 27 January 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Rennes-St Jacques	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	2025-01-24
Waddington	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	2025-01-26
Yeovilton	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	2025-01-26
Essen-Bredeney	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	2025-01-24
Wuppertal-Buchenhofen	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	2025-01-24
Nijmegen	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	2025-01-24
Helmond	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	2025-01-24
Aalten	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	2025-01-24
Eersel	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	2025-01-24
Gemert	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	2025-01-24
Herwen	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2025-01-24
Maarheeze	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	2025-01-24
Mill	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	2025-01-24
Woold	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	2025-01-24
Kaiserslautern	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	2025-01-25
Gottingen	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	2025-01-25
Oost Maarland	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	2025-01-25
High Mowthorpe	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	2025-01-26
Wisley	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	2025-01-26

Records per Day

Peak day 87

Records set or tied each day from 23 January 2025 to 27 January 2025. The most in one day was 87 on 24 January 2025.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Netherlands and 3 other countries, 23 to 27 January 2025 ranked by margin
Rennes-St Jacques, 01-24	24.4 mm (1.0 in)
Woold, 01-24	16.1 mm (0.6 in)
Oost Maarland, 01-25	14.5 mm (0.6 in)
Waddington, 01-26	12.1 mm (0.5 in)
Eersel, 01-24	9.3 mm (0.37 in)
Herwen, 01-24	9.1 mm (0.36 in)
High Mowthorpe, 01-26	8.5 mm (0.33 in)
Gemert, 01-24	8.0 mm (0.31 in)
Mill, 01-24	8.0 mm (0.31 in)
Nijmegen, 01-24	7.3 mm (0.29 in)
Aalten, 01-24	7.2 mm (0.28 in)
Essen-Bredeney, 01-24	6.6 mm (0.26 in)
Helmond, 01-24	5.6 mm (0.22 in)
Maarheeze, 01-24	5.4 mm (0.21 in)
Wuppertal-Buchenhofen, 01-24	4.6 mm (0.18 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

137 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 3 other countries, 23 to 27 January 2025
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
24	11
6	83
16	32
12	30
5	81
15	7
9	53
3	90
7	63
7	63
7	63
1	90
5	86
9	37
5	63
4	48
8	37
9	32
8	37
1	85
5	63
5	63
4	63
4	63
3	63
12	23
7	37
6	30
0	83
8	37
6	40
7	37
8	7
3	60
6	37
7	37
6	39
11	37
5	54
9	30
2	63
6	37
6	37
9	23
6	30
7	13
3	57
5	37
5	40
5	37
7	26
3	63
8	30
5	37
3	63
3	54
5	30
4	40
2	63
6	30
5	37
6	37
6	26
7	26
10	14
4	40
4	39
5	37
9	14
7	26
1	63
4	37
1	63
5	35
1	43
9	14
4	39
1	63
4	40
1	63
3	37
3	35
3	37
4	32
0	63
1	63
8	11
0	57
2	31
3	37
6	17
6	31
2	35
2	37
2	26
2	28
2	37
1	40
2	31
3	30
3	41
1	37
2	32
1	35
1	30
0	37
7	23
0	31
1	31
0	39
1	35
1	37
2	32
0	31
0	39
4	14
0	35
1	39
0	35
1	37
0	35
1	26
1	23
1	31
3	21
2	26
2	24
1	32
0	26
3	13
1	31
3	14
3	7
2	12
0	7
1	7
1	7

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Netherlands and 3 other countries, 23 to 27 January 2025 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 3 other countries, 23 to 27 January 2025 (this event)	137 records

Every Record Set

20 of 137

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Netherlands and 3 other countries, 23 to 27 January 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-01-24	Rennes-St Jacques	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	11	51 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-24	Essen-Bredeney	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	63	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-24	Wuppertal-Buchenhofen	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	86	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-24	Nijmegen	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	63	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-24	Helmond	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	83	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-24	Aalten	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	63	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-24	Eersel	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	37	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-24	Gemert	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	37	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-24	Herwen	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	32	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-24	Maarheeze	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	63	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-24	Mill	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	37	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-24	Woold	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	32	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-25	Kaiserslautern	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	81	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-25	Essen-Bredeney	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	90	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-25	Gottingen	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	90	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-25	Oost Maarland	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	7	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-26	Waddington	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	30	46 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-26	Yeovilton	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	48	38 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-26	High Mowthorpe	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	53	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-26	Wisley	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	85	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 137 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
24	11
6	83
16	32
12	30
5	81
15	7
9	53
3	90
7	63
7	63
7	63
1	90
5	86
9	37
5	63
4	48
8	37
9	32
8	37
1	85
5	63
5	63
4	63
4	63
3	63
12	23
7	37
6	30
0	83
8	37
6	40
7	37
8	7
3	60
6	37
7	37
6	39
11	37
5	54
9	30
2	63
6	37
6	37
9	23
6	30
7	13
3	57
5	37
5	40
5	37
7	26
3	63
8	30
5	37
3	63
3	54
5	30
4	40
2	63
6	30
5	37
6	37
6	26
7	26
10	14
4	40
4	39
5	37
9	14
7	26
1	63
4	37
1	63
5	35
1	43
9	14
4	39
1	63
4	40
1	63
3	37
3	35
3	37
4	32
0	63
1	63
8	11
0	57
2	31
3	37
6	17
6	31
2	35
2	37
2	26
2	28
2	37
1	40
2	31
3	30
3	41
1	37
2	32
1	35
1	30
0	37
7	23
0	31
1	31
0	39
1	35
1	37
2	32
0	31
0	39
4	14
0	35
1	39
0	35
1	37
0	35
1	26
1	23
1	31
3	21
2	26
2	24
1	32
0	26
3	13
1	31
3	14
3	7
2	12
0	7
1	7
1	7

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
24	11
6	83
16	32
12	30
5	81
15	7
9	53
3	90
7	63
7	63
7	63
1	90
5	86
9	37
5	63
4	48
8	37
9	32
8	37
1	85
5	63
5	63
4	63
4	63
3	63
12	23
7	37
6	30
0	83
8	37
6	40
7	37
8	7
3	60
6	37
7	37
6	39
11	37
5	54
9	30
2	63
6	37
6	37
9	23
6	30
7	13
3	57
5	37
5	40
5	37
7	26
3	63
8	30
5	37
3	63
3	54
5	30
4	40
2	63
6	30
5	37
6	37
6	26
7	26
10	14
4	40
4	39
5	37
9	14
7	26
1	63
4	37
1	63
5	35
1	43
9	14
4	39
1	63
4	40
1	63
3	37
3	35
3	37
4	32
0	63
1	63
8	11
0	57
2	31
3	37
6	17
6	31
2	35
2	37
2	26
2	28
2	37
1	40
2	31
3	30
3	41
1	37
2	32
1	35
1	30
0	37
7	23
0	31
1	31
0	39
1	35
1	37
2	32
0	31
0	39
4	14
0	35
1	39
0	35
1	37
0	35
1	26
1	23
1	31
3	21
2	26
2	24
1	32
0	26
3	13
1	31
3	14
3	7
2	12
0	7
1	7
1	7

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
24	11
6	83
16	32
12	30
5	81
15	7
9	53
3	90
7	63
7	63
7	63
1	90
5	86
9	37
5	63
4	48
8	37
9	32
8	37
1	85
5	63
5	63
4	63
4	63
3	63
12	23
7	37
6	30
0	83
8	37
6	40
7	37
8	7
3	60
6	37
7	37
6	39
11	37
5	54
9	30
2	63
6	37
6	37
9	23
6	30
7	13
3	57
5	37
5	40
5	37
7	26
3	63
8	30
5	37
3	63
3	54
5	30
4	40
2	63
6	30
5	37
6	37
6	26
7	26
10	14
4	40
4	39
5	37
9	14
7	26
1	63
4	37
1	63
5	35
1	43
9	14
4	39
1	63
4	40
1	63
3	37
3	35
3	37
4	32
0	63
1	63
8	11
0	57
2	31
3	37
6	17
6	31
2	35
2	37
2	26
2	28
2	37
1	40
2	31
3	30
3	41
1	37
2	32
1	35
1	30
0	37
7	23
0	31
1	31
0	39
1	35
1	37
2	32
0	31
0	39
4	14
0	35
1	39
0	35
1	37
0	35
1	26
1	23
1	31
3	21
2	26
2	24
1	32
0	26
3	13
1	31
3	14
3	7
2	12
0	7
1	7
1	7