Extreme rain in Sweden and 4 other countries, 13 to 19 July 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Sweden and 4 other countries, 13 to 19 July 2024
Start: 2024-07-13
End: 2024-07-19
Location: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Poland

Extreme rain in Sweden and 4 other countries, 13 to 19 July 2024: 142 records at 133 stations, peak on 17 July 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Sweden and 4 other countries, 13 to 19 July 2024 set or tied 142 station records at 133 stations.
It ran from 13 July 2024 to 19 July 2024 (7 days) and its peak day was 17 July 2024.
Status: closed.
Skedemosse set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 13 July 2024.
The busiest day was 17 July 2024 with 70 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 132 years.

Footprint

13 to 19 July 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Sweden and 4 other countries, 13 to 19 July 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 4 other countries, 13 to 19 July 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Skedemosse	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2024-07-13
Hoburg	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	2024-07-13
Mora_A	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	2024-07-17
Malmagen	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	2024-07-17
Ludvika	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	2024-07-17
Nyhammar	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	2024-07-17
Postmyr I Drangedal	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	2024-07-13
Godegard	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	2024-07-13
Dala-Jarna	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	2024-07-17
Oskarshamn	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2024-07-13
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	2024-07-16
Glommerstrask	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	2024-07-18
Krakemala	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	2024-07-13
Hellero	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	2024-07-13
Norra_Mockleby	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	2024-07-13
Storbron	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	2024-07-17
Sarna	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	2024-07-17
Haggarda	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	2024-07-13
Spansberget	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	2024-07-17
Lulea Flygplats	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2024-07-19

Records per Day

Peak day 70

Records set or tied each day from 13 July 2024 to 19 July 2024. The most in one day was 70 on 17 July 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Sweden and 4 other countries, 13 to 19 July 2024 ranked by margin
Hellero, 07-13	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
Ludvika, 07-17	41.7 mm (1.6 in)
Skedemosse, 07-13	41.6 mm (1.6 in)
Mora_A, 07-17	35.8 mm (1.4 in)
Krakemala, 07-13	32.9 mm (1.3 in)
Norra_Mockleby, 07-13	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
Nyhammar, 07-17	28.8 mm (1.1 in)
Spansberget, 07-17	27.4 mm (1.1 in)
Dala-Jarna, 07-17	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
Postmyr I Drangedal, 07-13	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
Malmagen, 07-17	24.4 mm (1.0 in)
Glommerstrask, 07-18	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
Godegard, 07-13	22.2 mm (0.9 in)
Hoburg, 07-13	21.8 mm (0.9 in)
Storbron, 07-17	19.5 mm (0.8 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

142 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 4 other countries, 13 to 19 July 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
42	76
22	88
36	48
24	51
42	33
29	48
25	66
22	47
27	36
19	62
8	132
23	41
33	20
47	23
33	10
20	48
6	97
13	72
27	25
18	41
19	39
35	3
14	44
27	16
17	44
16	66
16	52
23	19
24	3
14	55
22	13
12	55
20	29
19	24
15	41
23	33
10	55
9	64
16	29
17	35
11	58
9	66
12	48
11	52
10	48
8	44
9	53
21	13
9	47
6	67
21	3
8	52
3	74
18	29
3	66
21	14
11	31
7	47
3	67
5	47
15	17
9	55
10	43
13	29
12	29
21	13
4	63
11	31
1	69
6	45
8	40
9	50
16	29
7	51
13	31
4	48
19	1
7	44
8	27
11	19
14	10
2	51
14	14
8	35
9	25
8	24
11	22
1	53
2	55
14	3
10	10
11	12
1	48
3	44
4	29
1	41
8	10
6	29
5	24
0	44
9	23
2	42
0	37
8	29
7	25
2	43
3	25
7	6
9	10
1	29
10	1
10	13
1	36
8	17
5	25
3	29
1	41
1	24
3	23
1	36
2	32
3	24
4	24
0	25
1	9
2	29
5	14
7	5
1	19
1	14
1	14
5	13
2	23
6	3
3	1
2	15
1	14
1	12
0	14
3	9
0	13
0	10

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Sweden and 4 other countries, 13 to 19 July 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 4 other countries, 13 to 19 July 2024 (this event)	142 records

Every Record Set

20 of 142

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Sweden and 4 other countries, 13 to 19 July 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-07-13	Skedemosse	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	76	70 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-13	Hoburg	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	88	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-13	Postmyr I Drangedal	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	66	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-13	Godegard	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	47	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-13	Oskarshamn	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	62	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-13	Krakemala	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	20	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-13	Hellero	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-13	Norra_Mockleby	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	10	48 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-13	Haggarda	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	72	47 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-16	Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	132	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-17	Mora_A	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-17	Malmagen	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	51	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-17	Ludvika	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-17	Nyhammar	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	48	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-17	Dala-Jarna	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-17	Storbron	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	48	48 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-17	Sarna	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	97	48 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-17	Spansberget	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25	46 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-18	Glommerstrask	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	41	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-19	Lulea Flygplats	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	41	46 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 142 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
2024-07-13	43
2024-07-14	4
2024-07-15	1
2024-07-16	13
2024-07-17	70
2024-07-18	6
2024-07-19	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
42	76
22	88
36	48
24	51
42	33
29	48
25	66
22	47
27	36
19	62
8	132
23	41
33	20
47	23
33	10
20	48
6	97
13	72
27	25
18	41
19	39
35	3
14	44
27	16
17	44
16	66
16	52
23	19
24	3
14	55
22	13
12	55
20	29
19	24
15	41
23	33
10	55
9	64
16	29
17	35
11	58
9	66
12	48
11	52
10	48
8	44
9	53
21	13
9	47
6	67
21	3
8	52
3	74
18	29
3	66
21	14
11	31
7	47
3	67
5	47
15	17
9	55
10	43
13	29
12	29
21	13
4	63
11	31
1	69
6	45
8	40
9	50
16	29
7	51
13	31
4	48
19	1
7	44
8	27
11	19
14	10
2	51
14	14
8	35
9	25
8	24
11	22
1	53
2	55
14	3
10	10
11	12
1	48
3	44
4	29
1	41
8	10
6	29
5	24
0	44
9	23
2	42
0	37
8	29
7	25
2	43
3	25
7	6
9	10
1	29
10	1
10	13
1	36
8	17
5	25
3	29
1	41
1	24
3	23
1	36
2	32
3	24
4	24
0	25
1	9
2	29
5	14
7	5
1	19
1	14
1	14
5	13
2	23
6	3
3	1
2	15
1	14
1	12
0	14
3	9
0	13
0	10

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
42	76
22	88
36	48
24	51
42	33
29	48
25	66
22	47
27	36
19	62
8	132
23	41
33	20
47	23
33	10
20	48
6	97
13	72
27	25
18	41
19	39
35	3
14	44
27	16
17	44
16	66
16	52
23	19
24	3
14	55
22	13
12	55
20	29
19	24
15	41
23	33
10	55
9	64
16	29
17	35
11	58
9	66
12	48
11	52
10	48
8	44
9	53
21	13
9	47
6	67
21	3
8	52
3	74
18	29
3	66
21	14
11	31
7	47
3	67
5	47
15	17
9	55
10	43
13	29
12	29
21	13
4	63
11	31
1	69
6	45
8	40
9	50
16	29
7	51
13	31
4	48
19	1
7	44
8	27
11	19
14	10
2	51
14	14
8	35
9	25
8	24
11	22
1	53
2	55
14	3
10	10
11	12
1	48
3	44
4	29
1	41
8	10
6	29
5	24
0	44
9	23
2	42
0	37
8	29
7	25
2	43
3	25
7	6
9	10
1	29
10	1
10	13
1	36
8	17
5	25
3	29
1	41
1	24
3	23
1	36
2	32
3	24
4	24
0	25
1	9
2	29
5	14
7	5
1	19
1	14
1	14
5	13
2	23
6	3
3	1
2	15
1	14
1	12
0	14
3	9
0	13
0	10

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
42	76
22	88
36	48
24	51
42	33
29	48
25	66
22	47
27	36
19	62
8	132
23	41
33	20
47	23
33	10
20	48
6	97
13	72
27	25
18	41
19	39
35	3
14	44
27	16
17	44
16	66
16	52
23	19
24	3
14	55
22	13
12	55
20	29
19	24
15	41
23	33
10	55
9	64
16	29
17	35
11	58
9	66
12	48
11	52
10	48
8	44
9	53
21	13
9	47
6	67
21	3
8	52
3	74
18	29
3	66
21	14
11	31
7	47
3	67
5	47
15	17
9	55
10	43
13	29
12	29
21	13
4	63
11	31
1	69
6	45
8	40
9	50
16	29
7	51
13	31
4	48
19	1
7	44
8	27
11	19
14	10
2	51
14	14
8	35
9	25
8	24
11	22
1	53
2	55
14	3
10	10
11	12
1	48
3	44
4	29
1	41
8	10
6	29
5	24
0	44
9	23
2	42
0	37
8	29
7	25
2	43
3	25
7	6
9	10
1	29
10	1
10	13
1	36
8	17
5	25
3	29
1	41
1	24
3	23
1	36
2	32
3	24
4	24
0	25
1	9
2	29
5	14
7	5
1	19
1	14
1	14
5	13
2	23
6	3
3	1
2	15
1	14
1	12
0	14
3	9
0	13
0	10