Extreme rain in Norway and 8 other countries, 26 to 30 April 2019

Name: Extreme rain in Norway and 8 other countries, 26 to 30 April 2019
Start: 2019-04-26
End: 2019-04-30
Location: Norway, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Denmark, Croatia, Poland

Extreme rain in Norway and 8 other countries, 26 to 30 April 2019: 125 records at 117 stations, peak on 27 April 2019. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Norway and 8 other countries, 26 to 30 April 2019 set or tied 125 station records at 117 stations.
It ran from 26 April 2019 to 30 April 2019 (5 days) and its peak day was 27 April 2019.
Status: closed.
Rjukan set a daily record precipitation of 36.0 mm (1.4 in) on 27 April 2019.
The busiest day was 27 April 2019 with 70 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 104 years.

Footprint

26 to 30 April 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in Norway and 8 other countries, 26 to 30 April 2019 is outlined, with 20 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Norway and 8 other countries, 26 to 30 April 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Rjukan	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	2019-04-27
Tuddal	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	2019-04-27
Stavanger - Valand	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	2019-04-26
Sola	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	2019-04-26
Foldsae	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	2019-04-27
Hyltan	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	2019-04-27
Ljungby	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	2019-04-27
Rossared	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	2019-04-27
Tovdal	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	2019-04-27
Vinga	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	2019-04-27
Pjatteryd	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	2019-04-27
Grimeli I Krodsherad	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	2019-04-27
Sviland	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	2019-04-26
Tveitsund	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	2019-04-27
Karlskrona-Soderstj.	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	2019-04-27
Ronneby-Bredakra	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	2019-04-27
Halmstad	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	2019-04-27
Aby	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	2019-04-27
Varberg	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	2019-04-27
Nossen	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	2019-04-29

Records per Day

Peak day 70

Records set or tied each day from 26 April 2019 to 30 April 2019. The most in one day was 70 on 27 April 2019.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Norway and 8 other countries, 26 to 30 April 2019 ranked by margin
Rossared, 04-27	30.4 mm (1.2 in)
Rjukan, 04-27	21.0 mm (0.8 in)
Sola, 04-26	20.6 mm (0.8 in)
Pjatteryd, 04-27	17.6 mm (0.7 in)
Stavanger - Valand, 04-26	17.4 mm (0.7 in)
Tovdal, 04-27	17.4 mm (0.7 in)
Tuddal, 04-27	16.3 mm (0.6 in)
Hyltan, 04-27	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
Aby, 04-27	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
Ljungby, 04-27	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
Ronneby-Bredakra, 04-27	14.7 mm (0.6 in)
Grimeli I Krodsherad, 04-27	11.8 mm (0.5 in)
Foldsae, 04-27	11.1 mm (0.4 in)
Karlskrona-Soderstj., 04-27	10.1 mm (0.4 in)
Tveitsund, 04-27	9.5 mm (0.37 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

125 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 Norway and 8 other countries, 26 to 30 April 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
21	96
16	98
16	66
17	49
21	33
7	98
11	46
15	33
16	16
15	16
30	16
17	64
10	53
5	98
18	16
4	98
12	60
4	93
3	104
10	31
2	88
3	60
11	9
9	38
1	93
10	10
22	26
27	33
1	93
6	60
6	58
5	68
15	16
4	72
4	50
3	62
10	33
6	33
7	16
6	36
1	72
3	60
19	33
3	64
18	16
14	2
1	73
1	53
8	26
13	16
10	36
2	60
4	20
13	21
17	1
6	37
9	9
11	16
6	36
8	16
2	49
7	9
4	37
10	1
1	57
4	16
0	57
6	9
8	10
8	24
1	20
6	10
0	53
4	12
6	28
5	16
1	33
2	36
1	36
6	28
6	16
3	33
4	16
10	1
3	33
4	10
3	9
7	16
3	21
0	29
2	32
1	16
1	21
5	16
0	24
7	1
4	16
0	36
4	2
4	8
2	9
2	9
1	5
5	10
1	16
1	13
2	1
2	16
2	16
1	6
6	1
4	9
2	2
2	9
1	20
3	5
2	8
1	9
4	9
2	5
0	16
1	16
0	16
1	9
0	2

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Norway and 8 other countries, 26 to 30 April 2019 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 Norway and 8 other countries, 26 to 30 April 2019 (this event)	125 records

Every Record Set

20 of 125

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Norway and 8 other countries, 26 to 30 April 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-04-26	Stavanger - Valand	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	49	58 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-26	Sola	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	33	57 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-26	Sviland	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	104	44 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-27	Rjukan	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	96	79 of 100 (Major)
2019-04-27	Tuddal	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	98	72 of 100 (Major)
2019-04-27	Foldsae	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	46	54 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-27	Hyltan	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	16	52 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-27	Ljungby	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16	51 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-27	Rossared	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	16	51 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-27	Tovdal	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	64	50 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-27	Vinga	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	98	50 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-27	Pjatteryd	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	16	49 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-27	Grimeli I Krodsherad	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	60	46 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-27	Tveitsund	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	31	43 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-27	Karlskrona-Soderstj.	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	53	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-04-27	Ronneby-Bredakra	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	33	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-04-27	Halmstad	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	98	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-04-27	Aby	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	66	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-04-27	Varberg	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	98	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-04-29	Nossen	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	93	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 125 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
21	96
16	98
16	66
17	49
21	33
7	98
11	46
15	33
16	16
15	16
30	16
17	64
10	53
5	98
18	16
4	98
12	60
4	93
3	104
10	31
2	88
3	60
11	9
9	38
1	93
10	10
22	26
27	33
1	93
6	60
6	58
5	68
15	16
4	72
4	50
3	62
10	33
6	33
7	16
6	36
1	72
3	60
19	33
3	64
18	16
14	2
1	73
1	53
8	26
13	16
10	36
2	60
4	20
13	21
17	1
6	37
9	9
11	16
6	36
8	16
2	49
7	9
4	37
10	1
1	57
4	16
0	57
6	9
8	10
8	24
1	20
6	10
0	53
4	12
6	28
5	16
1	33
2	36
1	36
6	28
6	16
3	33
4	16
10	1
3	33
4	10
3	9
7	16
3	21
0	29
2	32
1	16
1	21
5	16
0	24
7	1
4	16
0	36
4	2
4	8
2	9
2	9
1	5
5	10
1	16
1	13
2	1
2	16
2	16
1	6
6	1
4	9
2	2
2	9
1	20
3	5
2	8
1	9
4	9
2	5
0	16
1	16
0	16
1	9
0	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
21	96
16	98
16	66
17	49
21	33
7	98
11	46
15	33
16	16
15	16
30	16
17	64
10	53
5	98
18	16
4	98
12	60
4	93
3	104
10	31
2	88
3	60
11	9
9	38
1	93
10	10
22	26
27	33
1	93
6	60
6	58
5	68
15	16
4	72
4	50
3	62
10	33
6	33
7	16
6	36
1	72
3	60
19	33
3	64
18	16
14	2
1	73
1	53
8	26
13	16
10	36
2	60
4	20
13	21
17	1
6	37
9	9
11	16
6	36
8	16
2	49
7	9
4	37
10	1
1	57
4	16
0	57
6	9
8	10
8	24
1	20
6	10
0	53
4	12
6	28
5	16
1	33
2	36
1	36
6	28
6	16
3	33
4	16
10	1
3	33
4	10
3	9
7	16
3	21
0	29
2	32
1	16
1	21
5	16
0	24
7	1
4	16
0	36
4	2
4	8
2	9
2	9
1	5
5	10
1	16
1	13
2	1
2	16
2	16
1	6
6	1
4	9
2	2
2	9
1	20
3	5
2	8
1	9
4	9
2	5
0	16
1	16
0	16
1	9
0	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
21	96
16	98
16	66
17	49
21	33
7	98
11	46
15	33
16	16
15	16
30	16
17	64
10	53
5	98
18	16
4	98
12	60
4	93
3	104
10	31
2	88
3	60
11	9
9	38
1	93
10	10
22	26
27	33
1	93
6	60
6	58
5	68
15	16
4	72
4	50
3	62
10	33
6	33
7	16
6	36
1	72
3	60
19	33
3	64
18	16
14	2
1	73
1	53
8	26
13	16
10	36
2	60
4	20
13	21
17	1
6	37
9	9
11	16
6	36
8	16
2	49
7	9
4	37
10	1
1	57
4	16
0	57
6	9
8	10
8	24
1	20
6	10
0	53
4	12
6	28
5	16
1	33
2	36
1	36
6	28
6	16
3	33
4	16
10	1
3	33
4	10
3	9
7	16
3	21
0	29
2	32
1	16
1	21
5	16
0	24
7	1
4	16
0	36
4	2
4	8
2	9
2	9
1	5
5	10
1	16
1	13
2	1
2	16
2	16
1	6
6	1
4	9
2	2
2	9
1	20
3	5
2	8
1	9
4	9
2	5
0	16
1	16
0	16
1	9
0	2