Extreme rain in Sweden and 6 other countries, 25 to 30 January 2022

Name: Extreme rain in Sweden and 6 other countries, 25 to 30 January 2022
Start: 2022-01-25
End: 2022-01-30
Location: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, Lithuania

Extreme rain in Sweden and 6 other countries, 25 to 30 January 2022: 164 records at 151 stations, peak on 29 January 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Sweden and 6 other countries, 25 to 30 January 2022 set or tied 164 station records at 151 stations.
It ran from 25 January 2022 to 30 January 2022 (6 days) and its peak day was 29 January 2022.
Status: closed.
Sviland set a daily record precipitation of 69.0 mm (2.7 in) on 28 January 2022.
The busiest day was 29 January 2022 with 102 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 138 years.

Footprint

25 to 30 January 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in Sweden and 6 other countries, 25 to 30 January 2022 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 6 other countries, 25 to 30 January 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Sviland	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	2022-01-28
Norrveda	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2022-01-29
Soyland I Gjesdal	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	2022-01-28
Bergen/Flesland	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	2022-01-28
Norrby_S	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	2022-01-29
Kouvola Anjala	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	2022-01-29
Parainen Uto	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	2022-01-29
Stadlandet	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	2022-01-26
Vantaa Helsinki-Vantaan Lentoa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	2022-01-29
Orskar_A	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	2022-01-29
Dodre	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	2022-01-29
Stockholm	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	2022-01-29
Vilsandi	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	2022-01-30
Parnu	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	2022-01-30
Ristna	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	2022-01-30
Turi	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	2022-01-30
Virtsu	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	2022-01-30
Kolka	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	2022-01-30
Liepaja	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	2022-01-30
Saldus	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	2022-01-30

Records per Day

Peak day 102

Records set or tied each day from 25 January 2022 to 30 January 2022. The most in one day was 102 on 29 January 2022.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Sweden and 6 other countries, 25 to 30 January 2022 ranked by margin
Stadlandet, 01-26	29.7 mm (1.2 in)
Bergen/Flesland, 01-28	27.5 mm (1.1 in)
Sviland, 01-28	26.4 mm (1.0 in)
Soyland I Gjesdal, 01-28	26.3 mm (1.0 in)
Norrveda, 01-29	18.4 mm (0.7 in)
Kouvola Anjala, 01-29	16.9 mm (0.7 in)
Norrby_S, 01-29	13.0 mm (0.5 in)
Turi, 01-30	11.6 mm (0.5 in)
Saldus, 01-30	9.1 mm (0.36 in)
Orskar_A, 01-29	8.7 mm (0.34 in)
Vantaa Helsinki-Vantaan Lentoa, 01-29	8.5 mm (0.33 in)
Parainen Uto, 01-29	8.3 mm (0.33 in)
Stockholm, 01-29	8.2 mm (0.32 in)
Parnu, 01-30	7.9 mm (0.31 in)
Ristna, 01-30	7.8 mm (0.31 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

164 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 6 other countries, 25 to 30 January 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
8	96
26	100
18	56
9	56
26	100
28	64
13	56
12	14
8	56
9	56
17	22
7	60
8	17
9	36
6	40
5	76
8	28
1	138
30	24
3	60
7	48
7	52
2	84
40	7
1	74
7	48
5	54
6	16
7	48
5	54
8	20
36	14
3	37
8	22
9	22
41	7
8	3
5	52
5	56
5	15
9	0
14	64
10	22
7	1
37	20
26	22
17	13
10	2
8	64
25	12
5	34
2	39
6	39
3	52
27	7
3	52
30	7
13	7
8	4
3	56
6	22
5	44
7	22
8	20
5	1
6	22
9	48
2	56
2	56
6	22
5	22
3	52
8	44
13	40
5	15
6	4
0	56
2	52
2	52
3	58
30	20
5	2
5	4
7	3
3	27
8	4
6	14
3	44
4	22
1	43
1	52
5	22
10	12
12	40
8	39
1	56
1	56
10	39
0	56
1	36
3	24
2	36
5	32
6	32
2	0
2	32
1	39
2	32
18	6
5	22
6	7
7	7
2	32
4	22
4	22
1	20
1	22
10	32
2	1
3	22
2	27
2	22
1	20
1	24
2	20
2	32
1	22
1	27
3	7
3	22
7	7
3	14
2	22
0	22
3	0
1	22
1	24
8	14
3	4
0	22
0	12
3	11
7	6
8	6
1	22
5	2
4	6
6	6
0	24
3	14
1	4
0	16
0	22
0	22
0	15
0	22
1	7
2	2
2	2
4	6
2	7
1	7
1	0
1	4

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Sweden and 6 other countries, 25 to 30 January 2022 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 6 other countries, 25 to 30 January 2022 (this event)	164 records

Every Record Set

20 of 164

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Sweden and 6 other countries, 25 to 30 January 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-01-26	Stadlandet	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24	44 of 100 (Notable)
2022-01-28	Sviland	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	100	67 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-28	Soyland I Gjesdal	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	100	60 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-28	Bergen/Flesland	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	64	60 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-29	Norrveda	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	56	63 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-29	Norrby_S	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	56	55 of 100 (Notable)
2022-01-29	Kouvola Anjala	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	22	52 of 100 (Notable)
2022-01-29	Parainen Uto	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	17	47 of 100 (Notable)
2022-01-29	Vantaa Helsinki-Vantaan Lentoa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	56	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-29	Orskar_A	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	56	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-29	Dodre	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	60	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-29	Stockholm	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	56	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-30	Vilsandi	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	40	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-30	Parnu	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	96	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-30	Ristna	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	28	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-30	Turi	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	14	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-30	Virtsu	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	76	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-30	Kolka	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	60	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-30	Liepaja	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	138	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-01-30	Saldus	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	36	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 164 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
2022-01-25	1
2022-01-26	9
2022-01-27	3
2022-01-28	27
2022-01-29	102
2022-01-30	22

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
8	96
26	100
18	56
9	56
26	100
28	64
13	56
12	14
8	56
9	56
17	22
7	60
8	17
9	36
6	40
5	76
8	28
1	138
30	24
3	60
7	48
7	52
2	84
40	7
1	74
7	48
5	54
6	16
7	48
5	54
8	20
36	14
3	37
8	22
9	22
41	7
8	3
5	52
5	56
5	15
9	0
14	64
10	22
7	1
37	20
26	22
17	13
10	2
8	64
25	12
5	34
2	39
6	39
3	52
27	7
3	52
30	7
13	7
8	4
3	56
6	22
5	44
7	22
8	20
5	1
6	22
9	48
2	56
2	56
6	22
5	22
3	52
8	44
13	40
5	15
6	4
0	56
2	52
2	52
3	58
30	20
5	2
5	4
7	3
3	27
8	4
6	14
3	44
4	22
1	43
1	52
5	22
10	12
12	40
8	39
1	56
1	56
10	39
0	56
1	36
3	24
2	36
5	32
6	32
2	0
2	32
1	39
2	32
18	6
5	22
6	7
7	7
2	32
4	22
4	22
1	20
1	22
10	32
2	1
3	22
2	27
2	22
1	20
1	24
2	20
2	32
1	22
1	27
3	7
3	22
7	7
3	14
2	22
0	22
3	0
1	22
1	24
8	14
3	4
0	22
0	12
3	11
7	6
8	6
1	22
5	2
4	6
6	6
0	24
3	14
1	4
0	16
0	22
0	22
0	15
0	22
1	7
2	2
2	2
4	6
2	7
1	7
1	0
1	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
8	96
26	100
18	56
9	56
26	100
28	64
13	56
12	14
8	56
9	56
17	22
7	60
8	17
9	36
6	40
5	76
8	28
1	138
30	24
3	60
7	48
7	52
2	84
40	7
1	74
7	48
5	54
6	16
7	48
5	54
8	20
36	14
3	37
8	22
9	22
41	7
8	3
5	52
5	56
5	15
9	0
14	64
10	22
7	1
37	20
26	22
17	13
10	2
8	64
25	12
5	34
2	39
6	39
3	52
27	7
3	52
30	7
13	7
8	4
3	56
6	22
5	44
7	22
8	20
5	1
6	22
9	48
2	56
2	56
6	22
5	22
3	52
8	44
13	40
5	15
6	4
0	56
2	52
2	52
3	58
30	20
5	2
5	4
7	3
3	27
8	4
6	14
3	44
4	22
1	43
1	52
5	22
10	12
12	40
8	39
1	56
1	56
10	39
0	56
1	36
3	24
2	36
5	32
6	32
2	0
2	32
1	39
2	32
18	6
5	22
6	7
7	7
2	32
4	22
4	22
1	20
1	22
10	32
2	1
3	22
2	27
2	22
1	20
1	24
2	20
2	32
1	22
1	27
3	7
3	22
7	7
3	14
2	22
0	22
3	0
1	22
1	24
8	14
3	4
0	22
0	12
3	11
7	6
8	6
1	22
5	2
4	6
6	6
0	24
3	14
1	4
0	16
0	22
0	22
0	15
0	22
1	7
2	2
2	2
4	6
2	7
1	7
1	0
1	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
8	96
26	100
18	56
9	56
26	100
28	64
13	56
12	14
8	56
9	56
17	22
7	60
8	17
9	36
6	40
5	76
8	28
1	138
30	24
3	60
7	48
7	52
2	84
40	7
1	74
7	48
5	54
6	16
7	48
5	54
8	20
36	14
3	37
8	22
9	22
41	7
8	3
5	52
5	56
5	15
9	0
14	64
10	22
7	1
37	20
26	22
17	13
10	2
8	64
25	12
5	34
2	39
6	39
3	52
27	7
3	52
30	7
13	7
8	4
3	56
6	22
5	44
7	22
8	20
5	1
6	22
9	48
2	56
2	56
6	22
5	22
3	52
8	44
13	40
5	15
6	4
0	56
2	52
2	52
3	58
30	20
5	2
5	4
7	3
3	27
8	4
6	14
3	44
4	22
1	43
1	52
5	22
10	12
12	40
8	39
1	56
1	56
10	39
0	56
1	36
3	24
2	36
5	32
6	32
2	0
2	32
1	39
2	32
18	6
5	22
6	7
7	7
2	32
4	22
4	22
1	20
1	22
10	32
2	1
3	22
2	27
2	22
1	20
1	24
2	20
2	32
1	22
1	27
3	7
3	22
7	7
3	14
2	22
0	22
3	0
1	22
1	24
8	14
3	4
0	22
0	12
3	11
7	6
8	6
1	22
5	2
4	6
6	6
0	24
3	14
1	4
0	16
0	22
0	22
0	15
0	22
1	7
2	2
2	2
4	6
2	7
1	7
1	0
1	4