Extreme rain in Sweden and 9 other countries, 29 January to 5 February 2019

Name: Extreme rain in Sweden and 9 other countries, 29 January to 5 February 2019
Start: 2019-01-29
End: 2019-02-05
Location: Sweden, Russia, Germany, Finland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Norway, Slovakia, Croatia, Poland

Extreme rain in Sweden and 9 other countries, 29 January to 5 February 2019: 245 records at 214 stations, peak on 2 February 2019. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Sweden and 9 other countries, 29 January to 5 February 2019 set or tied 245 station records at 214 stations.
It ran from 29 January 2019 to 5 February 2019 (8 days) and its peak day was 2 February 2019.
Status: closed.
Liberec set a monthly record daily precipitation of 70.1 mm (2.8 in) on 2 February 2019.
The busiest day was 2 February 2019 with 101 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 109 years.

Footprint

29 January to 5 February 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in Sweden and 9 other countries, 29 January to 5 February 2019 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Sweden and 9 other countries, 29 January to 5 February 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Liberec	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	2019-02-02
Cheb	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	2019-01-31
Piestany	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	2019-01-30
Olands Sodra Udde	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	2019-02-02
Morbylanga	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	2019-02-02
Lessebo	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	2019-02-02
Gnesta	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	2019-02-02
Sandhamn	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	2019-02-02
Satra_Gard	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2019-02-02
Vasteras-Hasslo	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	2019-02-02
Dresden-Hosterwitz	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	2019-02-03
Dresden-Strehlen	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	2019-02-03
Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	2019-02-03
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	2019-02-03
Novgorod	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	2019-02-03
Holm	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	2019-02-03
Nikolaevskoe	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	2019-02-04
Vytegra	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	2019-02-05
Kargopol	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	2019-02-05

Records per Day

Peak day 101

Records set or tied each day from 29 January 2019 to 5 February 2019. The most in one day was 101 on 2 February 2019.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Sweden and 9 other countries, 29 January to 5 February 2019
Date	Records
2019-01-29	1
2019-01-30	4
2019-01-31	5
2019-02-01	29
2019-02-02	101
2019-02-03	70
2019-02-04	17
2019-02-05	18

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Sweden and 9 other countries, 29 January to 5 February 2019 ranked by margin
Cheb, 01-31	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
Liberec, 02-02	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
Piestany, 01-30	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
Morbylanga, 02-02	12.8 mm (0.5 in)
Lessebo, 02-02	12.3 mm (0.5 in)
Dresden-Hosterwitz, 02-03	12.0 mm (0.5 in)
Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz, 02-03	12.0 mm (0.5 in)
Gnesta, 02-02	11.5 mm (0.5 in)
Nikolaevskoe, 02-04	11.3 mm (0.4 in)
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg, 02-03	10.3 mm (0.4 in)
Kargopol, 02-05	10.1 mm (0.4 in)
Dresden-Strehlen, 02-03	9.9 mm (0.39 in)
Satra_Gard, 02-02	9.6 mm (0.38 in)
Novgorod, 02-04	8.6 mm (0.34 in)
Vytegra, 02-05	8.2 mm (0.32 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

245 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 Sweden and 9 other countries, 29 January to 5 February 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
8	108
9	73
12	72
10	48
46	13
12	72
48	39
11	39
7	73
10	65
10	72
6	71
13	40
10	71
20	0
4	92
12	8
12	44
6	37
8	48
12	8
2	108
7	44
26	4
6	71
6	73
32	28
7	25
3	67
11	0
9	53
8	42
1	92
19	32
8	15
1	109
4	31
5	37
6	25
37	5
4	73
6	31
11	39
10	5
4	56
8	49
7	53
5	25
7	24
6	44
6	47
34	0
6	44
10	15
1	91
5	37
5	27
5	27
2	73
6	33
6	40
1	73
3	51
8	16
18	19
4	44
5	39
1	38
5	12
4	44
2	67
2	57
7	16
1	73
4	44
8	20
4	25
4	40
5	44
4	27
6	8
1	57
8	16
2	61
6	29
5	0
3	52
2	48
38	5
7	22
3	49
8	16
6	17
2	44
1	26
7	17
5	36
3	15
2	39
2	39
2	25
2	44
0	67
3	37
3	20
0	31
8	0
2	44
0	65
4	27
2	24
0	14
2	40
0	52
1	56
2	40
5	8
4	24
3	36
0	17
7	0
4	17
5	16
5	11
6	16
4	15
19	11
1	40
5	3
2	33
3	33
3	31
1	48
3	37
2	39
2	25
2	40
0	52
1	44
1	16
4	4
10	1
2	28
0	53
1	37
3	20
5	0
4	11
2	24
4	15
8	20
0	48
1	37
3	17
1	33
3	24
3	24
13	9
0	47
5	16
4	4
1	37
3	15
2	15
4	8
3	16
3	16
1	37
3	8
1	31
13	9
2	8
1	25
2	36
2	16
1	31
2	20
4	16
3	8
1	33
2	5
3	8
3	7
3	8
3	8
2	17
0	31
1	31
0	37
2	11
1	24
0	27
2	17
0	25
1	25
4	3
0	31
6	1
2	11
0	27

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Sweden and 9 other countries, 29 January to 5 February 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 Sweden and 9 other countries, 29 January to 5 February 2019 (this event)	245 records

Every Record Set

20 of 245

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Sweden and 9 other countries, 29 January to 5 February 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-01-30	Piestany	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	0	54 of 100 (Notable)
2019-01-31	Cheb	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39	59 of 100 (Notable)
2019-02-02	Liberec	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	13	62 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-02	Olands Sodra Udde	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	73	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-02	Morbylanga	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	40	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-02	Lessebo	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	8	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-02	Gnesta	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	44	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-02	Sandhamn	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	48	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-02	Satra_Gard	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	65	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-02	Vasteras-Hasslo	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	92	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-03	Dresden-Hosterwitz	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	72	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-03	Dresden-Strehlen	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	72	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-03	Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	72	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-03	Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	71	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-03	Novgorod	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	37	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-03	Holm	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	71	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-04	Nikolaevskoe	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	39	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-04	Novgorod	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	73	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-05	Vytegra	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	108	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-02-05	Kargopol	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	48	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 245 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
8	108
9	73
12	72
10	48
46	13
12	72
48	39
11	39
7	73
10	65
10	72
6	71
13	40
10	71
20	0
4	92
12	8
12	44
6	37
8	48
12	8
2	108
7	44
26	4
6	71
6	73
32	28
7	25
3	67
11	0
9	53
8	42
1	92
19	32
8	15
1	109
4	31
5	37
6	25
37	5
4	73
6	31
11	39
10	5
4	56
8	49
7	53
5	25
7	24
6	44
6	47
34	0
6	44
10	15
1	91
5	37
5	27
5	27
2	73
6	33
6	40
1	73
3	51
8	16
18	19
4	44
5	39
1	38
5	12
4	44
2	67
2	57
7	16
1	73
4	44
8	20
4	25
4	40
5	44
4	27
6	8
1	57
8	16
2	61
6	29
5	0
3	52
2	48
38	5
7	22
3	49
8	16
6	17
2	44
1	26
7	17
5	36
3	15
2	39
2	39
2	25
2	44
0	67
3	37
3	20
0	31
8	0
2	44
0	65
4	27
2	24
0	14
2	40
0	52
1	56
2	40
5	8
4	24
3	36
0	17
7	0
4	17
5	16
5	11
6	16
4	15
19	11
1	40
5	3
2	33
3	33
3	31
1	48
3	37
2	39
2	25
2	40
0	52
1	44
1	16
4	4
10	1
2	28
0	53
1	37
3	20
5	0
4	11
2	24
4	15
8	20
0	48
1	37
3	17
1	33
3	24
3	24
13	9
0	47
5	16
4	4
1	37
3	15
2	15
4	8
3	16
3	16
1	37
3	8
1	31
13	9
2	8
1	25
2	36
2	16
1	31
2	20
4	16
3	8
1	33
2	5
3	8
3	7
3	8
3	8
2	17
0	31
1	31
0	37
2	11
1	24
0	27
2	17
0	25
1	25
4	3
0	31
6	1
2	11
0	27

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
8	108
9	73
12	72
10	48
46	13
12	72
48	39
11	39
7	73
10	65
10	72
6	71
13	40
10	71
20	0
4	92
12	8
12	44
6	37
8	48
12	8
2	108
7	44
26	4
6	71
6	73
32	28
7	25
3	67
11	0
9	53
8	42
1	92
19	32
8	15
1	109
4	31
5	37
6	25
37	5
4	73
6	31
11	39
10	5
4	56
8	49
7	53
5	25
7	24
6	44
6	47
34	0
6	44
10	15
1	91
5	37
5	27
5	27
2	73
6	33
6	40
1	73
3	51
8	16
18	19
4	44
5	39
1	38
5	12
4	44
2	67
2	57
7	16
1	73
4	44
8	20
4	25
4	40
5	44
4	27
6	8
1	57
8	16
2	61
6	29
5	0
3	52
2	48
38	5
7	22
3	49
8	16
6	17
2	44
1	26
7	17
5	36
3	15
2	39
2	39
2	25
2	44
0	67
3	37
3	20
0	31
8	0
2	44
0	65
4	27
2	24
0	14
2	40
0	52
1	56
2	40
5	8
4	24
3	36
0	17
7	0
4	17
5	16
5	11
6	16
4	15
19	11
1	40
5	3
2	33
3	33
3	31
1	48
3	37
2	39
2	25
2	40
0	52
1	44
1	16
4	4
10	1
2	28
0	53
1	37
3	20
5	0
4	11
2	24
4	15
8	20
0	48
1	37
3	17
1	33
3	24
3	24
13	9
0	47
5	16
4	4
1	37
3	15
2	15
4	8
3	16
3	16
1	37
3	8
1	31
13	9
2	8
1	25
2	36
2	16
1	31
2	20
4	16
3	8
1	33
2	5
3	8
3	7
3	8
3	8
2	17
0	31
1	31
0	37
2	11
1	24
0	27
2	17
0	25
1	25
4	3
0	31
6	1
2	11
0	27

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
8	108
9	73
12	72
10	48
46	13
12	72
48	39
11	39
7	73
10	65
10	72
6	71
13	40
10	71
20	0
4	92
12	8
12	44
6	37
8	48
12	8
2	108
7	44
26	4
6	71
6	73
32	28
7	25
3	67
11	0
9	53
8	42
1	92
19	32
8	15
1	109
4	31
5	37
6	25
37	5
4	73
6	31
11	39
10	5
4	56
8	49
7	53
5	25
7	24
6	44
6	47
34	0
6	44
10	15
1	91
5	37
5	27
5	27
2	73
6	33
6	40
1	73
3	51
8	16
18	19
4	44
5	39
1	38
5	12
4	44
2	67
2	57
7	16
1	73
4	44
8	20
4	25
4	40
5	44
4	27
6	8
1	57
8	16
2	61
6	29
5	0
3	52
2	48
38	5
7	22
3	49
8	16
6	17
2	44
1	26
7	17
5	36
3	15
2	39
2	39
2	25
2	44
0	67
3	37
3	20
0	31
8	0
2	44
0	65
4	27
2	24
0	14
2	40
0	52
1	56
2	40
5	8
4	24
3	36
0	17
7	0
4	17
5	16
5	11
6	16
4	15
19	11
1	40
5	3
2	33
3	33
3	31
1	48
3	37
2	39
2	25
2	40
0	52
1	44
1	16
4	4
10	1
2	28
0	53
1	37
3	20
5	0
4	11
2	24
4	15
8	20
0	48
1	37
3	17
1	33
3	24
3	24
13	9
0	47
5	16
4	4
1	37
3	15
2	15
4	8
3	16
3	16
1	37
3	8
1	31
13	9
2	8
1	25
2	36
2	16
1	31
2	20
4	16
3	8
1	33
2	5
3	8
3	7
3	8
3	8
2	17
0	31
1	31
0	37
2	11
1	24
0	27
2	17
0	25
1	25
4	3
0	31
6	1
2	11
0	27