Extreme rain in Sweden and 3 other countries, 13 to 17 March 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Sweden and 3 other countries, 13 to 17 March 2024
Start: 2024-03-13
End: 2024-03-17
Location: Sweden, Finland, Norway, Russia

Extreme rain in Sweden and 3 other countries, 13 to 17 March 2024: 208 records at 181 stations, peak on 15 March 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Sweden and 3 other countries, 13 to 17 March 2024 set or tied 208 station records at 181 stations.
It ran from 13 March 2024 to 17 March 2024 (5 days) and its peak day was 15 March 2024.
Status: closed.
Olonec set a monthly record daily precipitation of 32.0 mm (1.3 in) on 15 March 2024.
The busiest day was 15 March 2024 with 106 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 118 years.

Footprint

13 to 17 March 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Sweden and 3 other countries, 13 to 17 March 2024 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 3 other countries, 13 to 17 March 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Olonec	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	2024-03-15
Einavatn	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	2024-03-15
Lodejnoe Pole	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2024-03-15
Kise Pa Hedmark	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	2024-03-15
Biri	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	2024-03-15
Tunhovd	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	2024-03-15
Vea	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	2024-03-15
Oslo Blindern	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	2024-03-15
Leksand	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	2024-03-15
Ostanvik	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	2024-03-15
Helsinki Kaisaniemi AWS	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	2024-03-16
Vantaa Helsinki-Vantaan Lentoa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	2024-03-16
Poytya Ylane	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	2024-03-16
Vihti Hiiskula	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	2024-03-16
Heinola Asemantaus	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	2024-03-16
Kouvola Voikoski	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	2024-03-16
Kangasniemi Kirkonkyla	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	2024-03-16
Joutsa Parnamaki	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	2024-03-16
Vattholma	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	2024-03-16
Kondopoga	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	2024-03-17

Records per Day

Peak day 106

Records set or tied each day from 13 March 2024 to 17 March 2024. The most in one day was 106 on 15 March 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Sweden and 3 other countries, 13 to 17 March 2024 ranked by margin
Einavatn, 03-15	14.6 mm (0.6 in)
Vea, 03-15	13.3 mm (0.5 in)
Vihti Hiiskula, 03-16	12.6 mm (0.5 in)
Poytya Ylane, 03-16	12.5 mm (0.5 in)
Ostanvik, 03-15	12.4 mm (0.5 in)
Oslo Blindern, 03-15	12.3 mm (0.5 in)
Olonec, 03-15	12.0 mm (0.5 in)
Kise Pa Hedmark, 03-15	12.0 mm (0.5 in)
Kouvola Voikoski, 03-16	11.4 mm (0.4 in)
Helsinki Kaisaniemi AWS, 03-16	10.9 mm (0.4 in)
Joutsa Parnamaki, 03-16	9.7 mm (0.38 in)
Leksand, 03-15	9.4 mm (0.37 in)
Heinola Asemantaus, 03-16	9.3 mm (0.37 in)
Kangasniemi Kirkonkyla, 03-16	8.9 mm (0.35 in)
Vattholma, 03-16	7.9 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

208 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 3 other countries, 13 to 17 March 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
12	34
11	49
12	46
13	46
15	46
13	41
11	41
8	72
13	28
9	49
8	76
12	23
9	53
12	53
9	49
10	49
5	118
7	35
7	5
7	40
10	53
4	49
5	87
12	53
4	61
6	76
7	68
8	41
12	7
12	4
8	56
8	41
9	41
9	46
7	41
7	49
3	87
13	46
2	110
11	53
6	53
5	76
6	35
10	5
6	53
7	46
12	23
11	23
11	53
2	49
5	49
6	47
3	76
12	4
8	39
5	49
5	53
3	73
7	47
5	47
2	49
5	49
7	53
3	59
8	26
8	46
5	47
1	61
8	15
6	53
6	53
4	23
5	23
4	49
6	41
5	41
10	5
4	49
4	47
4	41
6	24
5	24
7	42
0	77
5	46
7	19
6	53
3	33
4	47
9	19
0	79
4	41
1	49
3	46
1	58
5	23
3	53
5	53
1	58
4	47
3	35
3	49
4	24
0	67
4	24
2	26
6	29
3	23
4	23
2	34
4	28
4	24
2	49
1	63
5	19
3	46
2	28
5	19
5	1
6	4
2	49
6	4
0	53
3	29
5	34
4	46
3	26
5	23
2	42
3	42
2	53
3	23
2	46
1	47
5	19
6	1
4	26
2	34
3	24
1	53
1	46
1	46
2	46
4	19
3	19
4	23
5	5
3	26
1	49
1	53
4	34
0	41
1	46
1	46
2	41
3	29
4	1
1	46
0	46
1	41
1	16
3	3
0	46
2	26
4	4
6	4
1	13
5	5
1	0
4	7
2	24
2	20
2	23
0	46
3	3
3	19
4	4
3	19
2	23
0	3
2	23
0	34
1	23
1	29
4	4
3	7
1	29
4	5
1	23
2	20
2	7
2	7
0	23
2	11
2	4
2	23
3	1
1	16
0	23
2	4

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Sweden and 3 other countries, 13 to 17 March 2024 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 3 other countries, 13 to 17 March 2024 (this event)	208 records

Every Record Set

20 of 208

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Sweden and 3 other countries, 13 to 17 March 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-03-15	Olonec	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	34	68 of 100 (Major)
2024-03-15	Einavatn	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	46	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-15	Lodejnoe Pole	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	40	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-15	Kise Pa Hedmark	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	46	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-03-15	Biri	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	118	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-03-15	Tunhovd	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	5	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-03-15	Vea	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	46	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-03-15	Oslo Blindern	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	53	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-03-15	Leksand	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	53	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-03-15	Ostanvik	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	23	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-03-16	Helsinki Kaisaniemi AWS	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	41	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-03-16	Vantaa Helsinki-Vantaan Lentoa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	72	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-03-16	Poytya Ylane	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	28	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-03-16	Vihti Hiiskula	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	41	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-03-16	Heinola Asemantaus	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	49	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-03-16	Kouvola Voikoski	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	49	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-03-16	Kangasniemi Kirkonkyla	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	49	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-03-16	Joutsa Parnamaki	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	49	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-03-16	Vattholma	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	76	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-03-17	Kondopoga	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	35	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 208 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
12	34
11	49
12	46
13	46
15	46
13	41
11	41
8	72
13	28
9	49
8	76
12	23
9	53
12	53
9	49
10	49
5	118
7	35
7	5
7	40
10	53
4	49
5	87
12	53
4	61
6	76
7	68
8	41
12	7
12	4
8	56
8	41
9	41
9	46
7	41
7	49
3	87
13	46
2	110
11	53
6	53
5	76
6	35
10	5
6	53
7	46
12	23
11	23
11	53
2	49
5	49
6	47
3	76
12	4
8	39
5	49
5	53
3	73
7	47
5	47
2	49
5	49
7	53
3	59
8	26
8	46
5	47
1	61
8	15
6	53
6	53
4	23
5	23
4	49
6	41
5	41
10	5
4	49
4	47
4	41
6	24
5	24
7	42
0	77
5	46
7	19
6	53
3	33
4	47
9	19
0	79
4	41
1	49
3	46
1	58
5	23
3	53
5	53
1	58
4	47
3	35
3	49
4	24
0	67
4	24
2	26
6	29
3	23
4	23
2	34
4	28
4	24
2	49
1	63
5	19
3	46
2	28
5	19
5	1
6	4
2	49
6	4
0	53
3	29
5	34
4	46
3	26
5	23
2	42
3	42
2	53
3	23
2	46
1	47
5	19
6	1
4	26
2	34
3	24
1	53
1	46
1	46
2	46
4	19
3	19
4	23
5	5
3	26
1	49
1	53
4	34
0	41
1	46
1	46
2	41
3	29
4	1
1	46
0	46
1	41
1	16
3	3
0	46
2	26
4	4
6	4
1	13
5	5
1	0
4	7
2	24
2	20
2	23
0	46
3	3
3	19
4	4
3	19
2	23
0	3
2	23
0	34
1	23
1	29
4	4
3	7
1	29
4	5
1	23
2	20
2	7
2	7
0	23
2	11
2	4
2	23
3	1
1	16
0	23
2	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
12	34
11	49
12	46
13	46
15	46
13	41
11	41
8	72
13	28
9	49
8	76
12	23
9	53
12	53
9	49
10	49
5	118
7	35
7	5
7	40
10	53
4	49
5	87
12	53
4	61
6	76
7	68
8	41
12	7
12	4
8	56
8	41
9	41
9	46
7	41
7	49
3	87
13	46
2	110
11	53
6	53
5	76
6	35
10	5
6	53
7	46
12	23
11	23
11	53
2	49
5	49
6	47
3	76
12	4
8	39
5	49
5	53
3	73
7	47
5	47
2	49
5	49
7	53
3	59
8	26
8	46
5	47
1	61
8	15
6	53
6	53
4	23
5	23
4	49
6	41
5	41
10	5
4	49
4	47
4	41
6	24
5	24
7	42
0	77
5	46
7	19
6	53
3	33
4	47
9	19
0	79
4	41
1	49
3	46
1	58
5	23
3	53
5	53
1	58
4	47
3	35
3	49
4	24
0	67
4	24
2	26
6	29
3	23
4	23
2	34
4	28
4	24
2	49
1	63
5	19
3	46
2	28
5	19
5	1
6	4
2	49
6	4
0	53
3	29
5	34
4	46
3	26
5	23
2	42
3	42
2	53
3	23
2	46
1	47
5	19
6	1
4	26
2	34
3	24
1	53
1	46
1	46
2	46
4	19
3	19
4	23
5	5
3	26
1	49
1	53
4	34
0	41
1	46
1	46
2	41
3	29
4	1
1	46
0	46
1	41
1	16
3	3
0	46
2	26
4	4
6	4
1	13
5	5
1	0
4	7
2	24
2	20
2	23
0	46
3	3
3	19
4	4
3	19
2	23
0	3
2	23
0	34
1	23
1	29
4	4
3	7
1	29
4	5
1	23
2	20
2	7
2	7
0	23
2	11
2	4
2	23
3	1
1	16
0	23
2	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
12	34
11	49
12	46
13	46
15	46
13	41
11	41
8	72
13	28
9	49
8	76
12	23
9	53
12	53
9	49
10	49
5	118
7	35
7	5
7	40
10	53
4	49
5	87
12	53
4	61
6	76
7	68
8	41
12	7
12	4
8	56
8	41
9	41
9	46
7	41
7	49
3	87
13	46
2	110
11	53
6	53
5	76
6	35
10	5
6	53
7	46
12	23
11	23
11	53
2	49
5	49
6	47
3	76
12	4
8	39
5	49
5	53
3	73
7	47
5	47
2	49
5	49
7	53
3	59
8	26
8	46
5	47
1	61
8	15
6	53
6	53
4	23
5	23
4	49
6	41
5	41
10	5
4	49
4	47
4	41
6	24
5	24
7	42
0	77
5	46
7	19
6	53
3	33
4	47
9	19
0	79
4	41
1	49
3	46
1	58
5	23
3	53
5	53
1	58
4	47
3	35
3	49
4	24
0	67
4	24
2	26
6	29
3	23
4	23
2	34
4	28
4	24
2	49
1	63
5	19
3	46
2	28
5	19
5	1
6	4
2	49
6	4
0	53
3	29
5	34
4	46
3	26
5	23
2	42
3	42
2	53
3	23
2	46
1	47
5	19
6	1
4	26
2	34
3	24
1	53
1	46
1	46
2	46
4	19
3	19
4	23
5	5
3	26
1	49
1	53
4	34
0	41
1	46
1	46
2	41
3	29
4	1
1	46
0	46
1	41
1	16
3	3
0	46
2	26
4	4
6	4
1	13
5	5
1	0
4	7
2	24
2	20
2	23
0	46
3	3
3	19
4	4
3	19
2	23
0	3
2	23
0	34
1	23
1	29
4	4
3	7
1	29
4	5
1	23
2	20
2	7
2	7
0	23
2	11
2	4
2	23
3	1
1	16
0	23
2	4