Snow event in Netherlands and 3 other countries, 17 to 24 March 2018

Name: Snow event in Netherlands and 3 other countries, 17 to 24 March 2018
Start: 2018-03-17
End: 2018-03-24
Location: Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland

Snow event in Netherlands and 3 other countries, 17 to 24 March 2018: 142 records at 102 stations, peak on 17 March 2018. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Snow event in Netherlands and 3 other countries, 17 to 24 March 2018 set or tied 142 station records at 102 stations.
It ran from 17 March 2018 to 24 March 2018 (8 days) and its peak day was 17 March 2018.
Status: closed.
Wattisham set a daily record snow depth of 14.0 cm (5.5 in) on 18 March 2018.
The busiest day was 17 March 2018 with 66 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 73 years.

Footprint

17 to 24 March 2018

The area covered by Snow event in Netherlands and 3 other countries, 17 to 24 March 2018 is outlined, with 13 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Snow event in Netherlands and 3 other countries, 17 to 24 March 2018: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Wattisham	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	2018-03-18
Kothen (Anhalt)	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	2018-03-17
Bad Lauchstadt	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	2018-03-18
Quedlinburg	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	2018-03-17
Mehringen	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	2018-03-17
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	2018-03-18
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	2018-03-17
Noordgouwe	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	2018-03-17
Asslar Klein-Altenstadten	Record snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	2018-03-18
Miltenberg	Record snow depth	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	2018-03-18
Schwabisch Hall-Bibersfeld	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	2018-03-18
Bramsche	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	2018-03-20
Mallersdorf/Niederbayern	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	2018-03-24

Records per Day

Peak day 66

Records set or tied each day from 17 March 2018 to 24 March 2018. The most in one day was 66 on 17 March 2018.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Snow event in Netherlands and 3 other countries, 17 to 24 March 2018 ranked by margin
Wattisham, 03-18	14.0 cm (5.5 in)
Kothen (Anhalt), 03-17	14.0 cm (5.5 in)
Bad Lauchstadt, 03-17	13.0 cm (5.1 in)
Quedlinburg, 03-17	12.0 cm (4.7 in)
Bad Lauchstadt, 03-18	11.0 cm (4.3 in)
Mehringen, 03-17	11.0 cm (4.3 in)
Kothen (Anhalt), 03-18	10.0 cm (3.9 in)
Mehringen, 03-18	9.0 cm (3.5 in)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz, 03-18	8.0 cm (3.1 in)
Quedlinburg, 03-18	8.0 cm (3.1 in)
Asslar Klein-Altenstadten, 03-18	7.0 cm (2.8 in)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord), 03-17	5.0 cm (2.0 in)
Asslar Klein-Altenstadten, 03-19	4.0 cm (1.6 in)
Mallersdorf/Niederbayern, 03-24	4.0 cm (1.6 in)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord), 03-18	4.0 cm (1.6 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 Snow event in Netherlands and 3 other countries, 17 to 24 March 2018
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
140	57
140	48
110	63
130	48
100	48
120	48
30	61
110	48
30	57
80	32
70	4
90	48
30	63
80	48
50	48
40	64
40	48
10	73
10	71
40	32
40	57
10	63
100	31
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	60
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
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10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	63
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
20	61
40	61
10	61
40	32
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	57
20	60
70	32
30	36
20	57
40	32
20	61
10	61
10	61
40	57
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	48
30	31
70	31
70	31
20	57
20	47
10	56
30	32
30	36
30	32
20	32
20	32
20	32
30	32
30	32
20	43
30	32
10	32
20	32
30	31
30	31
10	40
20	32
30	32
30	39
40	29
50	31
10	40
10	32
20	32
50	16
10	36
10	32
10	32
10	32
20	29
10	29
10	29

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Snow event in Netherlands and 3 other countries, 17 to 24 March 2018 compared with similar events
Snow event in United States, 3 to 27 January 2024	2,190 records
Snow event in United States, 24 November to 22 December 2025	1,539 records
Snow event in United States, 9 to 29 April 2022	1,475 records
Snow event in United States, 27 September to 17 October 2018	1,247 records
Snow event in United States, 26 September to 23 October 2019	1,194 records
Snow event in Netherlands and 3 other countries, 17 to 24 March 2018 (this event)	142 records

Every Record Set

20 of 142

Every record set or tied during Snow event in Netherlands and 3 other countries, 17 to 24 March 2018, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2018-03-17	Kothen (Anhalt)	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	48	51 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-17	Bad Lauchstadt	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	48	45 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-17	Quedlinburg	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	48	40 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-17	Mehringen	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	48	37 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-17	Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	48	33 of 100 (Routine)
2018-03-17	Noordgouwe	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	61	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-03-18	Wattisham	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	57	62 of 100 (Major)
2018-03-18	Bad Lauchstadt	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	63	46 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-18	Kothen (Anhalt)	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	48	42 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-18	Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	32	36 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-18	Mehringen	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	48	34 of 100 (Routine)
2018-03-18	Quedlinburg	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	48	33 of 100 (Routine)
2018-03-18	Asslar Klein-Altenstadten	Record snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	4	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-03-18	Miltenberg	Record snow depth	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	63	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-03-18	Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Record snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	48	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-03-18	Schwabisch Hall-Bibersfeld	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	73	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-03-19	Asslar Klein-Altenstadten	Record snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	32	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-03-19	Wattisham	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	57	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-03-20	Bramsche	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	71	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-03-24	Mallersdorf/Niederbayern	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	64	20 of 100 (Routine)

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.

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
140	57
140	48
110	63
130	48
100	48
120	48
30	61
110	48
30	57
80	32
70	4
90	48
30	63
80	48
50	48
40	64
40	48
10	73
10	71
40	32
40	57
10	63
100	31
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	60
10	61
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10	61
10	61
10	63
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
20	61
40	61
10	61
40	32
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	57
20	60
70	32
30	36
20	57
40	32
20	61
10	61
10	61
40	57
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	48
30	31
70	31
70	31
20	57
20	47
10	56
30	32
30	36
30	32
20	32
20	32
20	32
30	32
30	32
20	43
30	32
10	32
20	32
30	31
30	31
10	40
20	32
30	32
30	39
40	29
50	31
10	40
10	32
20	32
50	16
10	36
10	32
10	32
10	32
20	29
10	29
10	29

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
140	57
140	48
110	63
130	48
100	48
120	48
30	61
110	48
30	57
80	32
70	4
90	48
30	63
80	48
50	48
40	64
40	48
10	73
10	71
40	32
40	57
10	63
100	31
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	60
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
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10	63
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
20	61
40	61
10	61
40	32
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	57
20	60
70	32
30	36
20	57
40	32
20	61
10	61
10	61
40	57
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
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10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	48
30	31
70	31
70	31
20	57
20	47
10	56
30	32
30	36
30	32
20	32
20	32
20	32
30	32
30	32
20	43
30	32
10	32
20	32
30	31
30	31
10	40
20	32
30	32
30	39
40	29
50	31
10	40
10	32
20	32
50	16
10	36
10	32
10	32
10	32
20	29
10	29
10	29

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
140	57
140	48
110	63
130	48
100	48
120	48
30	61
110	48
30	57
80	32
70	4
90	48
30	63
80	48
50	48
40	64
40	48
10	73
10	71
40	32
40	57
10	63
100	31
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	60
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	63
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
20	61
40	61
10	61
40	32
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	57
20	60
70	32
30	36
20	57
40	32
20	61
10	61
10	61
40	57
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	61
10	48
30	31
70	31
70	31
20	57
20	47
10	56
30	32
30	36
30	32
20	32
20	32
20	32
30	32
30	32
20	43
30	32
10	32
20	32
30	31
30	31
10	40
20	32
30	32
30	39
40	29
50	31
10	40
10	32
20	32
50	16
10	36
10	32
10	32
10	32
20	29
10	29
10	29