Extreme rain in Sweden and 13 other countries, 12 to 19 March 2019

Name: Extreme rain in Sweden and 13 other countries, 12 to 19 March 2019
Start: 2019-03-12
End: 2019-03-19
Location: Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Finland, Russia, France, Czech Republic, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Estonia, United Kingdom, Italy

Extreme rain in Sweden and 13 other countries, 12 to 19 March 2019: 887 records at 680 stations, peak on 14 March 2019. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Sweden and 13 other countries, 12 to 19 March 2019 set or tied 887 station records at 680 stations.
It ran from 12 March 2019 to 19 March 2019 (8 days) and its peak day was 14 March 2019.
Status: closed.
Schaesberg set a monthly record daily precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 15 March 2019.
The busiest day was 14 March 2019 with 227 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 159 years.

Footprint

12 to 19 March 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in Sweden and 13 other countries, 12 to 19 March 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 Sweden and 13 other countries, 12 to 19 March 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Schaesberg	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	2019-03-15
Lille-Lesquin	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	2019-03-14
Hudiksvall	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	2019-03-17
Hedrum	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	2019-03-12
Melsom	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	2019-03-12
Montabaur	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	2019-03-15
Ebrach	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2019-03-15
Delsbo	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	2019-03-17
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	2019-03-15
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	2019-03-15
Beito	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	2019-03-12
Biri	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	2019-03-12
Vang I Valdres	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	2019-03-12
Rauland	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	2019-03-12
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	2019-03-15
Helgoland	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	2019-03-16
Eggebek	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	2019-03-16
Rodkallen_A	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	2019-03-16
Luhanka Tammijarvi	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	2019-03-17
Ostanvik	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	2019-03-17

Records per Day

Peak day 227

Records set or tied each day from 12 March 2019 to 19 March 2019. The most in one day was 227 on 14 March 2019.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Sweden and 13 other countries, 12 to 19 March 2019
Date	Records
2019-03-12	98
2019-03-13	102
2019-03-14	227
2019-03-15	178
2019-03-16	96
2019-03-17	159
2019-03-18	25
2019-03-19	2

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Sweden and 13 other countries, 12 to 19 March 2019 ranked by margin
Melsom, 03-12	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
Schaesberg, 03-15	24.2 mm (1.0 in)
Hudiksvall, 03-17	22.5 mm (0.9 in)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, 03-15	19.3 mm (0.8 in)
Delsbo, 03-17	18.8 mm (0.7 in)
Eggebek, 03-16	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
Hedrum, 03-12	17.2 mm (0.7 in)
Lille-Lesquin, 03-14	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
Ebrach, 03-15	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus, 03-15	15.6 mm (0.6 in)
Helgoland, 03-16	14.0 mm (0.6 in)
Beito, 03-12	13.6 mm (0.5 in)
Weilerswist-Lommersum, 03-15	12.3 mm (0.5 in)
Montabaur, 03-15	11.2 mm (0.4 in)
Rauland, 03-12	10.4 mm (0.4 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

500 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 13 other countries, 12 to 19 March 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
14	88
9	108
24	38
17	69
23	61
10	88
10	108
17	108
31	58
14	56
11	77
16	50
12	44
19	36
10	48
9	41
10	40
18	40
19	58
16	50
2	109
6	66
14	58
14	40
8	70
18	24
13	36
55	20
3	98
13	44
17	40
17	40
11	58
5	159
30	29
12	50
10	54
12	69
3	108
20	17
18	69
12	44
6	61
5	98
11	37
9	69
5	84
11	44
14	17
15	24
3	124
9	50
6	61
35	8
14	30
9	72
19	17
1	78
26	9
14	4
24	21
9	50
5	101
14	13
8	44
8	50
3	142
15	30
5	41
13	41
7	48
18	78
17	40
14	20
2	129
8	41
6	57
11	29
9	24
13	4
7	48
13	20
12	74
5	81
9	10
9	50
16	24
7	68
6	44
18	36
2	108
7	18
8	50
4	78
6	69
14	26
8	29
14	29
5	69
13	24
9	10
4	51
6	69
11	30
2	63
7	24
13	36
3	40
10	40
9	10
9	60
6	52
6	40
10	17
8	10
5	53
5	69
1	85
8	41
12	17
5	61
5	57
9	24
6	48
5	69
6	41
6	41
6	52
13	17
10	24
6	69
23	36
23	9
3	53
1	84
4	69
14	24
13	24
10	24
5	40
9	24
4	69
4	69
7	40
6	50
10	18
8	40
14	9
5	69
3	53
4	57
8	12
7	4
12	13
6	40
6	40
5	40
22	30
8	24
15	38
8	32
9	30
4	57
6	50
8	24
3	38
9	18
2	72
20	17
10	17
7	10
4	40
12	24
6	24
4	48
7	1
1	72
11	24
5	53
9	18
4	60
6	24
4	16
1	68
5	29
2	52
6	50
8	29
8	24
9	14
1	69
3	48
4	48
4	41
4	44
2	69
9	21
10	26
12	30
0	78

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Sweden and 13 other countries, 12 to 19 March 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 13 other countries, 12 to 19 March 2019 (this event)	887 records

Every Record Set

20 of 887

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Sweden and 13 other countries, 12 to 19 March 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-03-12	Hedrum	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	108	63 of 100 (Major)
2019-03-12	Melsom	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	58	63 of 100 (Major)
2019-03-12	Beito	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	88	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-03-12	Biri	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	108	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-03-12	Vang I Valdres	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	108	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-03-12	Rauland	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	88	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-03-14	Lille-Lesquin	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	69	67 of 100 (Major)
2019-03-15	Schaesberg	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	38	68 of 100 (Major)
2019-03-15	Montabaur	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	77	62 of 100 (Major)
2019-03-15	Ebrach	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	50	61 of 100 (Major)
2019-03-15	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	58	56 of 100 (Notable)
2019-03-15	Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	50	56 of 100 (Notable)
2019-03-15	Weilerswist-Lommersum	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	44	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-03-16	Helgoland	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	56	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-03-16	Eggebek	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	40	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-03-16	Rodkallen_A	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	41	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-03-17	Hudiksvall	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	61	65 of 100 (Major)
2019-03-17	Delsbo	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	36	61 of 100 (Major)
2019-03-17	Luhanka Tammijarvi	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	40	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-03-17	Ostanvik	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	10.2 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 887 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
14	88
9	108
24	38
17	69
23	61
10	88
10	108
17	108
31	58
14	56
11	77
16	50
12	44
19	36
10	48
9	41
10	40
18	40
19	58
16	50
2	109
6	66
14	58
14	40
8	70
18	24
13	36
55	20
3	98
13	44
17	40
17	40
11	58
5	159
30	29
12	50
10	54
12	69
3	108
20	17
18	69
12	44
6	61
5	98
11	37
9	69
5	84
11	44
14	17
15	24
3	124
9	50
6	61
35	8
14	30
9	72
19	17
1	78
26	9
14	4
24	21
9	50
5	101
14	13
8	44
8	50
3	142
15	30
5	41
13	41
7	48
18	78
17	40
14	20
2	129
8	41
6	57
11	29
9	24
13	4
7	48
13	20
12	74
5	81
9	10
9	50
16	24
7	68
6	44
18	36
2	108
7	18
8	50
4	78
6	69
14	26
8	29
14	29
5	69
13	24
9	10
4	51
6	69
11	30
2	63
7	24
13	36
3	40
10	40
9	10
9	60
6	52
6	40
10	17
8	10
5	53
5	69
1	85
8	41
12	17
5	61
5	57
9	24
6	48
5	69
6	41
6	41
6	52
13	17
10	24
6	69
23	36
23	9
3	53
1	84
4	69
14	24
13	24
10	24
5	40
9	24
4	69
4	69
7	40
6	50
10	18
8	40
14	9
5	69
3	53
4	57
8	12
7	4
12	13
6	40
6	40
5	40
22	30
8	24
15	38
8	32
9	30
4	57
6	50
8	24
3	38
9	18
2	72
20	17
10	17
7	10
4	40
12	24
6	24
4	48
7	1
1	72
11	24
5	53
9	18
4	60
6	24
4	16
1	68
5	29
2	52
6	50
8	29
8	24
9	14
1	69
3	48
4	48
4	41
4	44
2	69
9	21
10	26
12	30
0	78

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
14	88
9	108
24	38
17	69
23	61
10	88
10	108
17	108
31	58
14	56
11	77
16	50
12	44
19	36
10	48
9	41
10	40
18	40
19	58
16	50
2	109
6	66
14	58
14	40
8	70
18	24
13	36
55	20
3	98
13	44
17	40
17	40
11	58
5	159
30	29
12	50
10	54
12	69
3	108
20	17
18	69
12	44
6	61
5	98
11	37
9	69
5	84
11	44
14	17
15	24
3	124
9	50
6	61
35	8
14	30
9	72
19	17
1	78
26	9
14	4
24	21
9	50
5	101
14	13
8	44
8	50
3	142
15	30
5	41
13	41
7	48
18	78
17	40
14	20
2	129
8	41
6	57
11	29
9	24
13	4
7	48
13	20
12	74
5	81
9	10
9	50
16	24
7	68
6	44
18	36
2	108
7	18
8	50
4	78
6	69
14	26
8	29
14	29
5	69
13	24
9	10
4	51
6	69
11	30
2	63
7	24
13	36
3	40
10	40
9	10
9	60
6	52
6	40
10	17
8	10
5	53
5	69
1	85
8	41
12	17
5	61
5	57
9	24
6	48
5	69
6	41
6	41
6	52
13	17
10	24
6	69
23	36
23	9
3	53
1	84
4	69
14	24
13	24
10	24
5	40
9	24
4	69
4	69
7	40
6	50
10	18
8	40
14	9
5	69
3	53
4	57
8	12
7	4
12	13
6	40
6	40
5	40
22	30
8	24
15	38
8	32
9	30
4	57
6	50
8	24
3	38
9	18
2	72
20	17
10	17
7	10
4	40
12	24
6	24
4	48
7	1
1	72
11	24
5	53
9	18
4	60
6	24
4	16
1	68
5	29
2	52
6	50
8	29
8	24
9	14
1	69
3	48
4	48
4	41
4	44
2	69
9	21
10	26
12	30
0	78

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
14	88
9	108
24	38
17	69
23	61
10	88
10	108
17	108
31	58
14	56
11	77
16	50
12	44
19	36
10	48
9	41
10	40
18	40
19	58
16	50
2	109
6	66
14	58
14	40
8	70
18	24
13	36
55	20
3	98
13	44
17	40
17	40
11	58
5	159
30	29
12	50
10	54
12	69
3	108
20	17
18	69
12	44
6	61
5	98
11	37
9	69
5	84
11	44
14	17
15	24
3	124
9	50
6	61
35	8
14	30
9	72
19	17
1	78
26	9
14	4
24	21
9	50
5	101
14	13
8	44
8	50
3	142
15	30
5	41
13	41
7	48
18	78
17	40
14	20
2	129
8	41
6	57
11	29
9	24
13	4
7	48
13	20
12	74
5	81
9	10
9	50
16	24
7	68
6	44
18	36
2	108
7	18
8	50
4	78
6	69
14	26
8	29
14	29
5	69
13	24
9	10
4	51
6	69
11	30
2	63
7	24
13	36
3	40
10	40
9	10
9	60
6	52
6	40
10	17
8	10
5	53
5	69
1	85
8	41
12	17
5	61
5	57
9	24
6	48
5	69
6	41
6	41
6	52
13	17
10	24
6	69
23	36
23	9
3	53
1	84
4	69
14	24
13	24
10	24
5	40
9	24
4	69
4	69
7	40
6	50
10	18
8	40
14	9
5	69
3	53
4	57
8	12
7	4
12	13
6	40
6	40
5	40
22	30
8	24
15	38
8	32
9	30
4	57
6	50
8	24
3	38
9	18
2	72
20	17
10	17
7	10
4	40
12	24
6	24
4	48
7	1
1	72
11	24
5	53
9	18
4	60
6	24
4	16
1	68
5	29
2	52
6	50
8	29
8	24
9	14
1	69
3	48
4	48
4	41
4	44
2	69
9	21
10	26
12	30
0	78