Cold outbreak in Germany and 28 other countries, 28 March to 8 April 2022

Name: Cold outbreak in Germany and 28 other countries, 28 March to 8 April 2022
Start: 2022-03-28
End: 2022-04-08
Location: Germany, Spain, France, Sweden, Netherlands, Finland, Norway, Italy, Romania, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Algeria, Slovenia, Croatia, Ireland, Poland, Ukraine, Austria, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Russia, Morocco, Portugal, Slovakia, Belarus, Denmark, Luxembourg

Cold outbreak in Germany and 28 other countries, 28 March to 8 April 2022: 911 records at 518 stations, peak on 3 April 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Cold outbreak in Germany and 28 other countries, 28 March to 8 April 2022 set or tied 911 station records at 518 stations.
It ran from 28 March 2022 to 8 April 2022 (12 days) and its peak day was 3 April 2022.
Status: closed.
Daroca set a monthly record low minimum temperature of -5.7 C (21.7 F) on 4 April 2022.
The busiest day was 3 April 2022 with 253 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 130 years.

Footprint

28 March to 8 April 2022

The area covered by Cold outbreak in Germany and 28 other countries, 28 March to 8 April 2022 is outlined, with 18 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Cold outbreak in Germany and 28 other countries, 28 March to 8 April 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Daroca	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	2022-04-04
Reus/Aeropuerto	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	2022-04-03
Albacete Los Llanos	Record low maximum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	2022-04-05
Orly	Record low maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	2022-04-01
Freiburg	Record low maximum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	2022-04-02
Magdeburg	Record low minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	2022-04-03
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	2022-04-03
Eelde	Record low minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	2022-04-03
Clermont-Ferrand	Record low maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	2022-04-02
Nurnberg	Record low maximum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	2022-04-02
Budapest	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	2022-04-04
Le Bourget	Record low maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	2022-04-01
Arad	Record low maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	2022-04-03
Karlstad	Record low minimum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	2022-04-02
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Record low minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	2022-04-03
Gollhofen	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	2022-04-03
Strasbourg-Entzheim	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	2022-04-04
Cottbus	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	2022-04-03

Records per Day

Peak day 253

Records set or tied each day from 28 March 2022 to 8 April 2022. The most in one day was 253 on 3 April 2022.

Records per day during Cold outbreak in Germany and 28 other countries, 28 March to 8 April 2022
Date	Records
2022-03-28	3
2022-03-29	7
2022-03-30	9
2022-03-31	19
2022-04-01	170
2022-04-02	187
2022-04-03	253
2022-04-04	143
2022-04-05	86
2022-04-06	16
2022-04-07	7
2022-04-08	11

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Cold outbreak in Germany and 28 other countries, 28 March to 8 April 2022 ranked by margin
Gollhofen, 04-03	4.9 C (8.8 F)
Reus/Aeropuerto, 04-03	3.5 C (6.3 F)
Albacete Los Llanos, 04-05	2.6 C (4.7 F)
Freiburg, 04-02	2.3 C (4.1 F)
Orly, 04-01	2.1 C (3.8 F)
Magdeburg, 04-03	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord), 04-03	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Eelde, 04-03	1.6 C (2.9 F)
Clermont-Ferrand, 04-02	1.6 C (2.9 F)
Strasbourg-Entzheim, 04-04	1.6 C (2.9 F)
Nurnberg, 04-02	1.1 C (2.0 F)
Budapest, 04-04	1.0 C (1.8 F)
Arad, 04-03	1.0 C (1.8 F)
Le Bourget, 04-01	0.6 C (1.1 F)
Daroca, 04-04	0.2 C (0.4 F)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

500 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 Cold outbreak in Germany and 28 other countries, 28 March to 8 April 2022
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.2	86
2.6	112
3.5	47
2.1	100
1.7	121
2.3	125
1.7	121
1.6	100
1.6	97
1.1	121
1.0	109
0.6	100
1.0	112
1.6	92
0.2	130
4.9	67
0.1	116
0.2	112
0.2	109
0.1	99
0.3	99
1.8	87
3.4	64
3.4	65
5.0	75
0.7	80
3.3	69
0.6	80
3.0	65
0.5	57
3.7	59
2.0	47
2.9	59
0.4	46
2.3	69
0.9	55
3.6	59
2.7	64
2.5	69
0.1	77
1.2	48
1.9	69
0.9	71
1.1	69
2.1	69
2.2	64
2.7	69
2.3	65
2.2	69
1.2	65
1.3	69
2.6	52
1.0	69
0.3	80
4.9	36
0.3	46
2.9	52
3.5	59
1.3	69
2.8	59
2.0	69
1.1	69
2.4	69
0.7	64
0.5	69
1.7	69
0.8	65
2.8	47
0.1	77
1.8	64
0.1	43
5.6	47
0.4	69
1.1	69
1.4	69
3.5	59
1.3	69
1.2	69
3.0	52
2.4	64
1.4	59
1.1	69
1.6	69
1.7	64
1.5	65
1.7	64
1.1	69
1.6	59
1.6	69
3.2	56
1.7	52
0.2	48
0.4	43
0.6	45
0.8	35
0.8	69
1.0	69
0.3	64
2.1	59
1.8	59
1.1	69
1.0	67
1.2	69
0.9	69
1.2	69
1.1	69
1.1	69
1.5	69
1.1	69
1.1	69
4.1	52
0.8	64
2.1	52
4.3	25
0.9	64
1.3	64
2.1	52
4.3	47
3.9	32
0.5	69
0.4	37
1.8	59
0.1	69
2.3	52
0.8	69
0.1	35
0.2	35
1.0	35
2.8	59
0.4	69
0.7	69
0.9	69
2.6	59
1.4	64
0.4	35
0.7	35
1.7	59
1.8	59
0.7	35
1.0	65
1.1	64
0.9	69
1.2	64
0.6	69
1.7	52
0.4	67
1.1	65
1.9	52
0.1	35
1.3	52
0.4	53
0.1	69
1.5	57
0.8	37
0.2	64
0.1	69
2.6	52
0.2	69
2.6	59
1.1	59
0.6	64
1.9	52
0.1	37
2.3	59
2.1	52
0.1	69
0.6	64
1.7	59
0.3	69
0.8	64
0.1	69
1.4	59
0.1	69
0.3	64
0.4	31
1.6	51
2.3	53
0.6	52
0.1	69
1.4	52
0.2	69
0.9	35
2.5	47
2.4	47
1.2	52
0.3	26
2.6	47
1.2	55
1.9	47
1.4	47
1.0	35
0.1	35
2.0	59
1.7	52
0.4	52
2.5	52
0.1	65
1.7	55
1.5	52
1.5	52

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Cold outbreak in Germany and 28 other countries, 28 March to 8 April 2022 compared with similar events
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 6 February to 5 March 2021	12,118 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 13 October to 5 November 2020	9,841 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 23 December 2017 to 8 January 2018	8,263 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 3 to 23 January 2024	7,675 records
Cold outbreak in United States, 15 January to 10 February 2026	5,568 records
Cold outbreak in Germany and 28 other countries, 28 March to 8 April 2022 (this event)	911 records

Every Record Set

20 of 911

Every record set or tied during Cold outbreak in Germany and 28 other countries, 28 March to 8 April 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-04-01	Orly	Record low maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	100	44 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-01	Le Bourget	Record low maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100	41 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-02	Freiburg	Record low maximum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	125	44 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-02	Clermont-Ferrand	Record low maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	97	42 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-02	Nurnberg	Record low maximum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	121	42 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-02	Budapest	Record low maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	116	40 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-02	Karlstad	Record low minimum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	109	40 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-03	Reus/Aeropuerto	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	47	45 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-03	Magdeburg	Record low minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	121	44 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-03	Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	121	44 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-03	Eelde	Record low minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	100	44 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-03	Arad	Record low maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	112	41 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-03	Leipzig-Holzhausen	Record low minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	130	40 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-03	Gollhofen	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	67	40 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-03	Cottbus	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	99	39 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-04	Daroca	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	86	46 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-04	Budapest	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	109	42 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-04	Strasbourg-Entzheim	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	92	40 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-04	Albacete Los Llanos	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	112	40 of 100 (Notable)
2022-04-05	Albacete Los Llanos	Record low maximum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	112	45 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 911 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 (C)	Years the old record stood
0.2	86
2.6	112
3.5	47
2.1	100
1.7	121
2.3	125
1.7	121
1.6	100
1.6	97
1.1	121
1.0	109
0.6	100
1.0	112
1.6	92
0.2	130
4.9	67
0.1	116
0.2	112
0.2	109
0.1	99
0.3	99
1.8	87
3.4	64
3.4	65
5.0	75
0.7	80
3.3	69
0.6	80
3.0	65
0.5	57
3.7	59
2.0	47
2.9	59
0.4	46
2.3	69
0.9	55
3.6	59
2.7	64
2.5	69
0.1	77
1.2	48
1.9	69
0.9	71
1.1	69
2.1	69
2.2	64
2.7	69
2.3	65
2.2	69
1.2	65
1.3	69
2.6	52
1.0	69
0.3	80
4.9	36
0.3	46
2.9	52
3.5	59
1.3	69
2.8	59
2.0	69
1.1	69
2.4	69
0.7	64
0.5	69
1.7	69
0.8	65
2.8	47
0.1	77
1.8	64
0.1	43
5.6	47
0.4	69
1.1	69
1.4	69
3.5	59
1.3	69
1.2	69
3.0	52
2.4	64
1.4	59
1.1	69
1.6	69
1.7	64
1.5	65
1.7	64
1.1	69
1.6	59
1.6	69
3.2	56
1.7	52
0.2	48
0.4	43
0.6	45
0.8	35
0.8	69
1.0	69
0.3	64
2.1	59
1.8	59
1.1	69
1.0	67
1.2	69
0.9	69
1.2	69
1.1	69
1.1	69
1.5	69
1.1	69
1.1	69
4.1	52
0.8	64
2.1	52
4.3	25
0.9	64
1.3	64
2.1	52
4.3	47
3.9	32
0.5	69
0.4	37
1.8	59
0.1	69
2.3	52
0.8	69
0.1	35
0.2	35
1.0	35
2.8	59
0.4	69
0.7	69
0.9	69
2.6	59
1.4	64
0.4	35
0.7	35
1.7	59
1.8	59
0.7	35
1.0	65
1.1	64
0.9	69
1.2	64
0.6	69
1.7	52
0.4	67
1.1	65
1.9	52
0.1	35
1.3	52
0.4	53
0.1	69
1.5	57
0.8	37
0.2	64
0.1	69
2.6	52
0.2	69
2.6	59
1.1	59
0.6	64
1.9	52
0.1	37
2.3	59
2.1	52
0.1	69
0.6	64
1.7	59
0.3	69
0.8	64
0.1	69
1.4	59
0.1	69
0.3	64
0.4	31
1.6	51
2.3	53
0.6	52
0.1	69
1.4	52
0.2	69
0.9	35
2.5	47
2.4	47
1.2	52
0.3	26
2.6	47
1.2	55
1.9	47
1.4	47
1.0	35
0.1	35
2.0	59
1.7	52
0.4	52
2.5	52
0.1	65
1.7	55
1.5	52
1.5	52

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.2	86
2.6	112
3.5	47
2.1	100
1.7	121
2.3	125
1.7	121
1.6	100
1.6	97
1.1	121
1.0	109
0.6	100
1.0	112
1.6	92
0.2	130
4.9	67
0.1	116
0.2	112
0.2	109
0.1	99
0.3	99
1.8	87
3.4	64
3.4	65
5.0	75
0.7	80
3.3	69
0.6	80
3.0	65
0.5	57
3.7	59
2.0	47
2.9	59
0.4	46
2.3	69
0.9	55
3.6	59
2.7	64
2.5	69
0.1	77
1.2	48
1.9	69
0.9	71
1.1	69
2.1	69
2.2	64
2.7	69
2.3	65
2.2	69
1.2	65
1.3	69
2.6	52
1.0	69
0.3	80
4.9	36
0.3	46
2.9	52
3.5	59
1.3	69
2.8	59
2.0	69
1.1	69
2.4	69
0.7	64
0.5	69
1.7	69
0.8	65
2.8	47
0.1	77
1.8	64
0.1	43
5.6	47
0.4	69
1.1	69
1.4	69
3.5	59
1.3	69
1.2	69
3.0	52
2.4	64
1.4	59
1.1	69
1.6	69
1.7	64
1.5	65
1.7	64
1.1	69
1.6	59
1.6	69
3.2	56
1.7	52
0.2	48
0.4	43
0.6	45
0.8	35
0.8	69
1.0	69
0.3	64
2.1	59
1.8	59
1.1	69
1.0	67
1.2	69
0.9	69
1.2	69
1.1	69
1.1	69
1.5	69
1.1	69
1.1	69
4.1	52
0.8	64
2.1	52
4.3	25
0.9	64
1.3	64
2.1	52
4.3	47
3.9	32
0.5	69
0.4	37
1.8	59
0.1	69
2.3	52
0.8	69
0.1	35
0.2	35
1.0	35
2.8	59
0.4	69
0.7	69
0.9	69
2.6	59
1.4	64
0.4	35
0.7	35
1.7	59
1.8	59
0.7	35
1.0	65
1.1	64
0.9	69
1.2	64
0.6	69
1.7	52
0.4	67
1.1	65
1.9	52
0.1	35
1.3	52
0.4	53
0.1	69
1.5	57
0.8	37
0.2	64
0.1	69
2.6	52
0.2	69
2.6	59
1.1	59
0.6	64
1.9	52
0.1	37
2.3	59
2.1	52
0.1	69
0.6	64
1.7	59
0.3	69
0.8	64
0.1	69
1.4	59
0.1	69
0.3	64
0.4	31
1.6	51
2.3	53
0.6	52
0.1	69
1.4	52
0.2	69
0.9	35
2.5	47
2.4	47
1.2	52
0.3	26
2.6	47
1.2	55
1.9	47
1.4	47
1.0	35
0.1	35
2.0	59
1.7	52
0.4	52
2.5	52
0.1	65
1.7	55
1.5	52
1.5	52

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
0.2	86
2.6	112
3.5	47
2.1	100
1.7	121
2.3	125
1.7	121
1.6	100
1.6	97
1.1	121
1.0	109
0.6	100
1.0	112
1.6	92
0.2	130
4.9	67
0.1	116
0.2	112
0.2	109
0.1	99
0.3	99
1.8	87
3.4	64
3.4	65
5.0	75
0.7	80
3.3	69
0.6	80
3.0	65
0.5	57
3.7	59
2.0	47
2.9	59
0.4	46
2.3	69
0.9	55
3.6	59
2.7	64
2.5	69
0.1	77
1.2	48
1.9	69
0.9	71
1.1	69
2.1	69
2.2	64
2.7	69
2.3	65
2.2	69
1.2	65
1.3	69
2.6	52
1.0	69
0.3	80
4.9	36
0.3	46
2.9	52
3.5	59
1.3	69
2.8	59
2.0	69
1.1	69
2.4	69
0.7	64
0.5	69
1.7	69
0.8	65
2.8	47
0.1	77
1.8	64
0.1	43
5.6	47
0.4	69
1.1	69
1.4	69
3.5	59
1.3	69
1.2	69
3.0	52
2.4	64
1.4	59
1.1	69
1.6	69
1.7	64
1.5	65
1.7	64
1.1	69
1.6	59
1.6	69
3.2	56
1.7	52
0.2	48
0.4	43
0.6	45
0.8	35
0.8	69
1.0	69
0.3	64
2.1	59
1.8	59
1.1	69
1.0	67
1.2	69
0.9	69
1.2	69
1.1	69
1.1	69
1.5	69
1.1	69
1.1	69
4.1	52
0.8	64
2.1	52
4.3	25
0.9	64
1.3	64
2.1	52
4.3	47
3.9	32
0.5	69
0.4	37
1.8	59
0.1	69
2.3	52
0.8	69
0.1	35
0.2	35
1.0	35
2.8	59
0.4	69
0.7	69
0.9	69
2.6	59
1.4	64
0.4	35
0.7	35
1.7	59
1.8	59
0.7	35
1.0	65
1.1	64
0.9	69
1.2	64
0.6	69
1.7	52
0.4	67
1.1	65
1.9	52
0.1	35
1.3	52
0.4	53
0.1	69
1.5	57
0.8	37
0.2	64
0.1	69
2.6	52
0.2	69
2.6	59
1.1	59
0.6	64
1.9	52
0.1	37
2.3	59
2.1	52
0.1	69
0.6	64
1.7	59
0.3	69
0.8	64
0.1	69
1.4	59
0.1	69
0.3	64
0.4	31
1.6	51
2.3	53
0.6	52
0.1	69
1.4	52
0.2	69
0.9	35
2.5	47
2.4	47
1.2	52
0.3	26
2.6	47
1.2	55
1.9	47
1.4	47
1.0	35
0.1	35
2.0	59
1.7	52
0.4	52
2.5	52
0.1	65
1.7	55
1.5	52
1.5	52