Estonia: Weather Records and Extremes

237 weather records set or tied in Estonia in 2026: 137 highs and 13 lows, with a calendar heatmap, ratio by decade and record map.

Key Facts for Estonia

Estonia has 43 stations in the data, on Europe.
237 weather records were set or tied in Estonia in 2026: 137 record highs and 13 record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
In the 2020s, record highs outnumbered record lows 13.03 to 1 in Estonia.
2025 holds the most standing records in Estonia: 3,458.
Vilsandi set an all-time record daily precipitation of 131.9 mm (5.2 in) on 1 August 2026.

Record Highs and Lows in 2026

129 highs, 10 lows

Each square is a day of 2026. Warm squares had more record highs than record lows in Estonia, cold squares more lows. The busiest day was 14 March 2026 with 28 highs and 0 lows.

Record highs and lows per day in Estonia in 2026
Date	Value
2026-01-15	1 more record lows than highs
2026-02-01	4 more record lows than highs
2026-02-28	4 more record highs than lows
2026-03-01	2 more record highs than lows
2026-03-05	1 more record highs than lows
2026-03-09	3 more record highs than lows
2026-03-10	3 more record highs than lows
2026-03-11	10 more record highs than lows
2026-03-12	14 more record highs than lows
2026-03-13	6 more record highs than lows
2026-03-14	28 more record highs than lows
2026-03-15	11 more record highs than lows
2026-03-20	1 more record highs than lows
2026-03-21	3 more record highs than lows
2026-03-22	1 more record highs than lows
2026-03-23	2 more record highs than lows
2026-03-25	12 more record highs than lows
2026-03-26	11 more record highs than lows
2026-04-02	1 more record highs than lows
2026-04-15	3 more record highs than lows
2026-04-17	1 more record highs than lows
2026-05-02	2 more record highs than lows
2026-05-08	1 more record lows than highs
2026-05-13	1 more record highs than lows
2026-06-04	2 more record highs than lows
2026-06-05	2 more record highs than lows
2026-06-06	1 more record highs than lows
2026-06-30	2 more record highs than lows
2026-07-13	2 more record highs than lows
2026-07-21	1 more record lows than highs
2026-07-22	2 more record lows than highs
2026-07-23	1 more record lows than highs

Records per Year, by Type

1896 to 2026

Records set or tied in Estonia each year from 1896 to 2026, stacked by record type. 2026 had 237.

Weather records per year in Estonia, stacked by type
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Deepest snow cover	Total
1896	0	0	0	0	7	0	7
1897	0	0	0	0	7	0	7
1898	0	0	0	0	14	0	14
1899	0	0	0	0	15	0	15
1900	0	0	0	0	8	0	8
1901	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
1902	0	0	0	0	19	0	19
1903	0	0	0	0	15	0	15
1904	0	0	0	0	17	0	17
1905	0	0	0	0	17	0	17
1906	0	0	0	0	20	0	20
1907	0	0	0	0	15	0	15
1908	0	0	0	0	14	0	14
1909	0	0	0	0	13	0	13
1910	0	0	0	0	13	0	13
1911	0	0	0	0	19	0	19
1912	0	0	13	6	27	0	46
1913	0	0	23	3	26	0	52
1914	0	0	24	6	30	0	60
1915	0	0	2	9	24	0	35
1916	0	0	26	20	24	0	70
1917	0	0	12	40	21	0	73
1918	0	0	14	7	5	0	26
1919	0	0	6	8	3	0	17
1920	0	0	35	11	16	0	62
1921	0	0	21	15	26	0	62
1922	0	0	7	2	20	0	29
1923	0	0	19	8	46	0	73
1924	12	12	21	6	37	0	88
1925	21	1	41	4	62	0	129
1926	8	8	27	10	45	0	98
1927	2	10	20	11	54	0	97
1928	2	9	8	3	59	0	81
1929	6	17	25	21	34	0	103
1930	14	6	29	8	48	0	105
1931	5	13	13	11	52	0	94
1932	27	8	52	9	41	0	137
1933	10	11	13	13	26	0	73
1934	27	2	55	0	58	0	142
1935	26	29	36	18	61	0	170
1936	26	5	36	3	65	0	135
1937	24	8	45	2	67	0	146
1938	37	6	66	4	51	0	164
1939	27	2	18	20	45	0	112
1940	12	34	9	46	38	0	139
1941	7	24	19	44	21	0	115
1942	4	24	8	48	27	0	111
1943	10	5	41	1	44	0	101
1944	10	9	12	7	33	0	71
1945	2	15	20	9	40	0	86
1946	0	4	5	5	14	0	28
1947	10	12	23	19	23	0	87
1948	15	2	28	0	51	0	96
1949	39	10	28	6	89	0	172
1950	22	22	28	34	87	0	193
1951	31	26	38	39	54	0	188
1952	22	62	11	48	81	0	224
1953	59	20	53	20	79	0	231
1954	22	24	25	26	79	0	176
1955	27	95	63	100	103	0	388
1956	27	118	34	142	118	0	439
1957	71	65	61	45	158	0	400
1958	34	37	26	96	110	0	303
1959	95	81	61	79	121	0	437
1960	31	43	52	70	150	0	346
1961	96	25	110	29	190	0	450
1962	30	42	36	45	179	0	332
1963	73	33	45	118	101	0	370
1964	34	19	16	66	86	0	221
1965	18	93	31	125	102	0	369
1966	26	102	33	125	201	1	488
1967	100	74	115	102	207	10	608
1968	92	113	76	131	160	0	572
1969	22	52	15	126	172	7	394
1970	20	51	15	80	211	1	378
1971	102	116	125	134	191	4	672
1972	169	58	188	72	153	0	640
1973	145	135	83	150	218	9	740
1974	109	18	83	46	163	0	419
1975	237	39	269	94	172	0	811
1976	32	141	48	230	157	10	618
1977	112	143	122	166	213	1	757
1978	74	235	70	211	287	11	888
1979	92	168	66	176	192	31	725
1980	79	93	58	102	212	8	552
1981	111	90	59	59	301	13	633
1982	139	102	123	104	224	19	711
1983	207	13	213	26	278	5	742
1984	174	37	102	69	153	1	536
1985	45	101	64	136	232	1	579
1986	146	78	127	40	214	2	607
1987	32	296	39	235	226	3	831
1988	123	74	155	72	213	18	655
1989	414	15	419	42	233	3	1,126
1990	355	37	376	29	373	5	1,175
1991	181	28	133	30	247	0	619
1992	205	82	161	97	207	7	759
1993	179	189	136	205	254	6	969
1994	173	42	118	67	238	13	651
1995	242	20	275	103	246	3	889
1996	145	72	50	103	195	63	628
1997	272	29	156	95	205	21	778
1998	126	127	180	137	211	11	792
1999	299	12	279	101	252	1	944
2000	279	9	331	51	165	0	835
2001	138	17	202	37	279	3	676
2002	236	189	224	95	193	10	947
2003	140	83	164	102	190	10	689
2004	87	2	116	22	209	7	443
2005	176	13	168	22	138	1	518
2006	392	66	382	69	93	1	1,003
2007	407	19	282	30	148	0	886
2008	180	35	215	34	209	1	674
2009	22	53	80	41	225	7	428
2010	205	96	291	74	194	72	932
2011	195	38	200	44	154	1	632
2012	41	67	83	60	289	20	560
2013	183	18	311	48	109	7	676
2014	238	32	180	70	155	0	675
2015	355	3	243	38	101	0	740
2016	85	59	95	38	274	3	554
2017	73	18	43	69	170	1	374
2018	283	27	231	9	74	0	624
2019	221	26	188	47	156	0	638
2020	451	3	485	8	121	0	1,068
2021	207	36	233	50	105	1	632
2022	299	2	244	35	87	12	679
2023	118	13	125	35	142	10	443
2024	308	35	360	14	95	0	812
2025	234	26	390	8	119	0	777
2026	66	7	62	3	86	0	224

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Estonia: 1910s 1.2 to 1, 1920s 1.9 to 1, 1930s 3.3 to 1, 1940s 0.9 to 1, 1950s 0.7 to 1, 1960s 0.7 to 1, 1970s 0.9 to 1, 1980s 1.6 to 1, 1990s 2.5 to 1, 2000s 4.3 to 1, 2010s 4.3 to 1, 2020s 13 to 1. A ratio above 1 means more record highs than record lows.

Record highs per record low in Estonia, by decade
Decade	Highs per low
1910s	1.21 to 1
1920s	1.86 to 1
1930s	3.30 to 1
1940s	0.93 to 1
1950s	0.69 to 1
1960s	0.69 to 1
1970s	0.88 to 1
1980s	1.59 to 1
1990s	2.53 to 1
2000s	4.30 to 1
2010s	4.27 to 1
2020s	13.03 to 1

Which Years Hold the Most Standing Records

2025: 3,458

Records still standing in Estonia, by the year they were set. 2025 holds the most with 3,458.

Standing records in Estonia by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1865	1
1866	4
1867	5
1868	4
1869	4
1870	3
1871	7
1872	8
1873	7
1874	4
1875	1
1876	8
1877	6
1878	9
1879	16
1880	24
1881	24
1882	12
1883	3
1884	5
1885	9
1886	8
1887	21
1888	25
1889	24
1890	28
1891	15
1892	33
1893	20
1894	21
1895	19
1896	35
1897	14
1898	39
1899	27
1900	38
1901	31
1902	70
1903	39
1904	27
1905	31
1906	53
1907	57
1908	52
1909	55
1910	34
1911	48
1912	55
1913	38
1914	54
1915	45
1916	49
1917	59
1918	22
1919	34
1920	102
1921	279
1922	39
1923	105
1924	76
1925	168
1926	110
1927	97
1928	177
1929	199
1930	129
1931	102
1932	114
1933	68
1934	142
1935	200
1936	168
1937	201
1938	223
1939	202
1940	240
1941	342
1942	465
1943	307
1944	118
1945	140
1946	95
1947	183
1948	161
1949	304
1950	216
1951	290
1952	386
1953	288
1954	198
1955	606
1956	566
1957	337
1958	310
1959	399
1960	318
1961	425
1962	415
1963	555
1964	287
1965	633
1966	791
1967	781
1968	747
1969	675
1970	761
1971	531
1972	434
1973	1,014
1974	696
1975	638
1976	661
1977	862
1978	982
1979	725
1980	546
1981	632
1982	515
1983	531
1984	413
1985	670
1986	621
1987	1,062
1988	605
1989	714
1990	1,024
1991	594
1992	680
1993	933
1994	619
1995	848
1996	1,006
1997	808
1998	864
1999	849
2000	748
2001	741
2002	1,284
2003	923
2004	672
2005	592
2006	1,455
2007	1,070
2008	790
2009	689
2010	1,871
2011	1,328
2012	921
2013	1,103
2014	1,002
2015	1,060
2016	893
2017	595
2018	987
2019	991
2020	1,608
2021	1,014
2022	1,223
2023	932
2024	1,246
2025	3,458
2026	1,687

Record Map for 2026

402 stations

The 402 highest significance station records of 2026 in Estonia, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records in Estonia in 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	131.9 mm (5.2 in)	100 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	91 of 100 (Exceptional)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	133.8 mm (5.3 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Ainazi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Virtsu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Ainazi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ainazi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ainazi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ainazi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ainazi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kunda	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Laane-Nigula	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valga	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kuressaare	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valga	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Top Records by Significance

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Top 10 records in Estonia by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 2026	Vilsandi, EE	all-time rain	131.9 mm (5.2 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	102 years	100 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 July 2026	Tooma, EE	all-time rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	77 years	91 of 100 (Exceptional)
1 October 2026	Vilsandi, EE	monthly rain (Provisional)	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	90 years	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 July 2026	Ristna, EE	all-time rain	133.8 mm (5.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
22 August 2026	Tooma, EE	monthly rain (Provisional)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	79 of 100 (Major)
4 July 2026	Ainazi, EE	all-time rain	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	76 of 100 (Major)
5 July 2026	Virtsu, EE	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
20 September 2026	Tooma, EE	daily rain (Provisional)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2026	Ainazi, EE	all-time rain (Provisional)	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	67 of 100 (Major)
20 August 2026	Ristna, EE	daily rain (Provisional)	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)

Estonia by Year

Stations

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Stations in Estonia
Station	Region	Record from	Years	Thresholds
Tartu	n/a	1865	132 years	Threshold days
Tallinn	n/a	1870	157 years	Threshold days
Parnu	n/a	1877	150 years	Threshold days
Pakri	n/a	1886	141 years	Threshold days
Sorve	n/a	1886	141 years	Threshold days
Vilsandi	n/a	1898	129 years	Threshold days
Tartu-Toravere	n/a	1901	126 years	Threshold days
Narva	n/a	1905	122 years	Threshold days
Viljandi	n/a	1905	122 years	Threshold days
Virtsu	n/a	1910	117 years	Threshold days
Voru	n/a	1911	116 years	Threshold days
Kunda	n/a	1915	112 years	Threshold days
Tooma	n/a	1915	112 years	Threshold days
Viljandi	n/a	1920	106 years	Threshold days
Jogeva	n/a	1922	105 years	Threshold days
Ristna	n/a	1922	105 years	Threshold days
Kuusiku	n/a	1924	103 years	Threshold days
Turi	n/a	1925	102 years	Threshold days
Johvi	n/a	1926	101 years	Threshold days
Tiirikoja	n/a	1928	99 years	Threshold days
Kihnu	n/a	1931	96 years	Threshold days
Pjarnu	n/a	1936	69 years	Threshold days
Tallinn	n/a	1936	90 years	Threshold days
Kuusiku	n/a	1941	86 years	Threshold days
Valga	n/a	1941	86 years	Threshold days
Tooma	n/a	1945	82 years	Threshold days
Kuressaare	n/a	1948	79 years	Threshold days
Heltermaa	n/a	1951	76 years	Threshold days
Ainazi	n/a	1955	72 years	Threshold days
Kuressaare-Roomassaa	n/a	1955	46 years	Threshold days
Ristna	n/a	1955	72 years	Threshold days
Turi	n/a	1955	72 years	Threshold days
Jeckhvy	n/a	1959	33 years	Threshold days
Kihnu	n/a	1959	68 years	Threshold days
Laane-Nigula	n/a	1959	67 years	Threshold days
Naissaar Island	n/a	1959	33 years	Threshold days
Pakri	n/a	1959	68 years	Threshold days
Tijrikoja	n/a	1959	68 years	Threshold days
Virtsu	n/a	1959	68 years	Threshold days
Vaike-Maarja	n/a	1962	65 years	Threshold days
Valke-Maarja	n/a	1962	64 years	Threshold days
Kardla	n/a	1963	37 years	Threshold days
Laane-Nigula	n/a	1963	64 years	Threshold days

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Sources: 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)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).