Extreme rain in Sweden, 19 to 20 August 2026

Name: Extreme rain in Sweden, 19 to 20 August 2026
Start: 2026-08-19
End: 2026-08-20
Location: Sweden

Extreme rain in Sweden, 19 to 20 August 2026: 13 records at 13 stations, peak on 19 August 2026. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Sweden, 19 to 20 August 2026 set or tied 13 station records at 13 stations.
It ran from 19 August 2026 to 20 August 2026 (2 days) and its peak day was 19 August 2026.
Status: closed.
Osby set a daily record precipitation of 33.7 mm (1.3 in) on 19 August 2026 (provisional).
The busiest day was 19 August 2026 with 10 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 80 years.

Footprint

19 to 20 August 2026

The area covered by Extreme rain in Sweden, 19 to 20 August 2026 is outlined, with 13 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Sweden, 19 to 20 August 2026: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Osby	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	2026-08-19
Stromsnasbruk	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	2026-08-19
Pjatteryd	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	2026-08-19
Hoby	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	2026-08-19
Orkelljunga	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	2026-08-19
Stangsmala_D	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	2026-08-19
Prastkulla	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	2026-08-20
Horn_A	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	2026-08-20
Vinga	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	2026-08-19
Baramossa	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	2026-08-19
Ullared_A	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	2026-08-19
Brosarp_D	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	2026-08-20
Helsingborg_A	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	2026-08-19

Records per Day

Peak day 10

Records set or tied each day from 19 August 2026 to 20 August 2026. The most in one day was 10 on 19 August 2026.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Sweden, 19 to 20 August 2026 ranked by margin
Osby, 08-19	18.4 mm (0.7 in)
Pjatteryd, 08-19	13.1 mm (0.5 in)
Orkelljunga, 08-19	11.3 mm (0.4 in)
Stangsmala_D, 08-19	10.6 mm (0.4 in)
Horn_A, 08-20	10.5 mm (0.4 in)
Stromsnasbruk, 08-19	9.7 mm (0.38 in)
Baramossa, 08-19	5.4 mm (0.21 in)
Vinga, 08-19	4.3 mm (0.17 in)
Helsingborg_A, 08-19	3.6 mm (0.14 in)
Hoby, 08-19	3.4 mm (0.13 in)
Ullared_A, 08-19	0.6 mm (0.02 in)
Brosarp_D, 08-20	0.6 mm (0.02 in)
Prastkulla, 08-20	0.1 mm (0.00 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

13 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.

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Sweden, 19 to 20 August 2026 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, 19 to 20 August 2026 (this event)	13 records

Every Record Set

13 of 13

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Sweden, 19 to 20 August 2026, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2026-08-19	Osby	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	69	58 of 100 (Notable)
2026-08-19	Stromsnasbruk	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	59	36 of 100 (Notable)
2026-08-19	Pjatteryd	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	28	32 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-19	Hoby	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	24	20 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-19	Orkelljunga	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	27	20 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-19	Stangsmala_D	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	52	20 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-19	Vinga	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	8	17 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-19	Baramossa	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	8	12 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-19	Ullared_A	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	28	11 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-19	Helsingborg_A	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	3	7 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-20	Prastkulla	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	80	20 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-20	Horn_A	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	25	20 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-20	Brosarp_D	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	20	9 of 100 (Routine)

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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.