Extreme rain in Russia and 3 other countries, 18 to 23 July 2018

Name: Extreme rain in Russia and 3 other countries, 18 to 23 July 2018
Start: 2018-07-18
End: 2018-07-23
Location: Russia, Finland, Sweden, Belarus

Extreme rain in Russia and 3 other countries, 18 to 23 July 2018: 109 records at 100 stations, peak on 21 July 2018. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Russia and 3 other countries, 18 to 23 July 2018 set or tied 109 station records at 100 stations.
It ran from 18 July 2018 to 23 July 2018 (6 days) and its peak day was 21 July 2018.
Status: closed.
Kamennaja-Step set an all-time record daily precipitation of 101.2 mm (4.0 in) on 23 July 2018.
The busiest day was 21 July 2018 with 50 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 117 years.

Footprint

18 to 23 July 2018

The area covered by Extreme rain in Russia and 3 other countries, 18 to 23 July 2018 is outlined, with 20 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Russia and 3 other countries, 18 to 23 July 2018: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Kamennaja-Step	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	2018-07-23
Kouvola Anjala	Record daily precipitation	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	2018-07-21
Kalix_D	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	2018-07-21
Staraja_Russa	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	2018-07-21
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	2018-07-22
Novgorod	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2018-07-21
Krasnaja_Gora	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	2018-07-21
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	2018-07-22
Tjallmo	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	2018-07-19
Siikalatva Kestila	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	2018-07-21
Rovaniemi Apukka	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	2018-07-22
Kolsva	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	2018-07-20
Janiskoski	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	2018-07-22
Orel	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2018-07-22
Oraatjarnarna_D	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2018-07-21
Lobonas_D	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	2018-07-19
Gomel	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	2018-07-21
Sodankyla AWS	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2018-07-22
Enonkoski Simanala	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	2018-07-21
Aleksandrov Gaj	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	2018-07-21

Records per Day

Peak day 50

Records set or tied each day from 18 July 2018 to 23 July 2018. The most in one day was 50 on 21 July 2018.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Russia and 3 other countries, 18 to 23 July 2018 ranked by margin
Staraja_Russa, 07-21	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
Krasnaja_Gora, 07-21	38.2 mm (1.5 in)
Kouvola Anjala, 07-21	34.9 mm (1.4 in)
Gomel, 07-21	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
Oraatjarnarna_D, 07-21	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
Tjallmo, 07-19	28.3 mm (1.1 in)
Novgorod, 07-21	26.2 mm (1.0 in)
Kalix_D, 07-21	25.1 mm (1.0 in)
Lobonas_D, 07-19	22.4 mm (0.9 in)
Rovaniemi Apukka, 07-22	22.1 mm (0.9 in)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, 07-22	21.4 mm (0.8 in)
Siikalatva Kestila, 07-21	21.0 mm (0.8 in)
Janiskoski, 07-22	15.7 mm (0.6 in)
Orel, 07-22	15.3 mm (0.6 in)
Kolsva, 07-20	15.2 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

109 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 Russia and 3 other countries, 18 to 23 July 2018
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
12	102
35	29
25	64
50	44
12	117
26	68
38	17
21	43
28	17
21	32
22	25
16	55
15	68
15	65
10	72
28	8
33	4
22	17
7	30
13	56
5	25
13	48
3	22
17	23
5	68
18	28
10	48
18	0
14	32
11	52
11	36
19	9
11	36
11	8
7	16
12	23
7	48
8	56
0	40
14	17
16	4
9	28
2	68
14	28
15	4
3	56
1	69
9	39
10	28
2	64
2	65
1	64
5	52
3	40
4	47
3	55
6	44
2	48
14	15
2	48
10	16
6	28
4	39
5	33
2	40
11	3
2	44
4	33
5	33
4	32
11	3
2	47
5	32
1	44
1	44
5	20
3	37
2	36
3	39
6	19
1	40
2	40
4	23
5	32
2	28
2	32
1	5
2	27
0	33
1	37
7	8
4	19
1	29
4	9
1	21
4	20
4	7
2	20
1	20
1	29
2	21
4	12
5	9
2	17
3	17
3	8
2	1
1	9
1	8

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Russia and 3 other countries, 18 to 23 July 2018 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 Russia and 3 other countries, 18 to 23 July 2018 (this event)	109 records

Every Record Set

20 of 109

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Russia and 3 other countries, 18 to 23 July 2018, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2018-07-19	Tjallmo	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	17	49 of 100 (Notable)
2018-07-19	Lobonas_D	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	17	42 of 100 (Notable)
2018-07-20	Kolsva	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	65	46 of 100 (Notable)
2018-07-21	Kouvola Anjala	Record daily precipitation	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	29	74 of 100 (Major)
2018-07-21	Kalix_D	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	64	66 of 100 (Major)
2018-07-21	Staraja_Russa	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44	61 of 100 (Major)
2018-07-21	Novgorod	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	68	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-07-21	Krasnaja_Gora	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	17	53 of 100 (Notable)
2018-07-21	Siikalatva Kestila	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	32	47 of 100 (Notable)
2018-07-21	Oraatjarnarna_D	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8	43 of 100 (Notable)
2018-07-21	Gomel	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	4	42 of 100 (Notable)
2018-07-21	Enonkoski Simanala	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	56	40 of 100 (Notable)
2018-07-21	Aleksandrov Gaj	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	72	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-07-22	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	117	60 of 100 (Major)
2018-07-22	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	43	50 of 100 (Notable)
2018-07-22	Rovaniemi Apukka	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	25	47 of 100 (Notable)
2018-07-22	Janiskoski	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	55	46 of 100 (Notable)
2018-07-22	Orel	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	68	46 of 100 (Notable)
2018-07-22	Sodankyla AWS	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	30	41 of 100 (Notable)
2018-07-23	Kamennaja-Step	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	102	76 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 109 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.

Date	Records
2018-07-18	5
2018-07-19	4
2018-07-20	15
2018-07-21	50
2018-07-22	25
2018-07-23	10

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
12	102
35	29
25	64
50	44
12	117
26	68
38	17
21	43
28	17
21	32
22	25
16	55
15	68
15	65
10	72
28	8
33	4
22	17
7	30
13	56
5	25
13	48
3	22
17	23
5	68
18	28
10	48
18	0
14	32
11	52
11	36
19	9
11	36
11	8
7	16
12	23
7	48
8	56
0	40
14	17
16	4
9	28
2	68
14	28
15	4
3	56
1	69
9	39
10	28
2	64
2	65
1	64
5	52
3	40
4	47
3	55
6	44
2	48
14	15
2	48
10	16
6	28
4	39
5	33
2	40
11	3
2	44
4	33
5	33
4	32
11	3
2	47
5	32
1	44
1	44
5	20
3	37
2	36
3	39
6	19
1	40
2	40
4	23
5	32
2	28
2	32
1	5
2	27
0	33
1	37
7	8
4	19
1	29
4	9
1	21
4	20
4	7
2	20
1	20
1	29
2	21
4	12
5	9
2	17
3	17
3	8
2	1
1	9
1	8

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
12	102
35	29
25	64
50	44
12	117
26	68
38	17
21	43
28	17
21	32
22	25
16	55
15	68
15	65
10	72
28	8
33	4
22	17
7	30
13	56
5	25
13	48
3	22
17	23
5	68
18	28
10	48
18	0
14	32
11	52
11	36
19	9
11	36
11	8
7	16
12	23
7	48
8	56
0	40
14	17
16	4
9	28
2	68
14	28
15	4
3	56
1	69
9	39
10	28
2	64
2	65
1	64
5	52
3	40
4	47
3	55
6	44
2	48
14	15
2	48
10	16
6	28
4	39
5	33
2	40
11	3
2	44
4	33
5	33
4	32
11	3
2	47
5	32
1	44
1	44
5	20
3	37
2	36
3	39
6	19
1	40
2	40
4	23
5	32
2	28
2	32
1	5
2	27
0	33
1	37
7	8
4	19
1	29
4	9
1	21
4	20
4	7
2	20
1	20
1	29
2	21
4	12
5	9
2	17
3	17
3	8
2	1
1	9
1	8

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
12	102
35	29
25	64
50	44
12	117
26	68
38	17
21	43
28	17
21	32
22	25
16	55
15	68
15	65
10	72
28	8
33	4
22	17
7	30
13	56
5	25
13	48
3	22
17	23
5	68
18	28
10	48
18	0
14	32
11	52
11	36
19	9
11	36
11	8
7	16
12	23
7	48
8	56
0	40
14	17
16	4
9	28
2	68
14	28
15	4
3	56
1	69
9	39
10	28
2	64
2	65
1	64
5	52
3	40
4	47
3	55
6	44
2	48
14	15
2	48
10	16
6	28
4	39
5	33
2	40
11	3
2	44
4	33
5	33
4	32
11	3
2	47
5	32
1	44
1	44
5	20
3	37
2	36
3	39
6	19
1	40
2	40
4	23
5	32
2	28
2	32
1	5
2	27
0	33
1	37
7	8
4	19
1	29
4	9
1	21
4	20
4	7
2	20
1	20
1	29
2	21
4	12
5	9
2	17
3	17
3	8
2	1
1	9
1	8