Extreme rain in Germany and 13 other countries, 12 to 17 May 2018

Name: Extreme rain in Germany and 13 other countries, 12 to 17 May 2018
Start: 2018-05-12
End: 2018-05-17
Location: Germany, Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Austria, Spain, Croatia, Switzerland, Hungary, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia

Extreme rain in Germany and 13 other countries, 12 to 17 May 2018: 162 records at 158 stations, peak on 13 May 2018. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Germany and 13 other countries, 12 to 17 May 2018 set or tied 162 station records at 158 stations.
It ran from 12 May 2018 to 17 May 2018 (6 days) and its peak day was 13 May 2018.
Status: closed.
Eext set a monthly record daily precipitation of 72.6 mm (2.9 in) on 13 May 2018.
The busiest day was 13 May 2018 with 88 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 117 years.

Footprint

12 to 17 May 2018

The area covered by Extreme rain in Germany and 13 other countries, 12 to 17 May 2018 is outlined, with 20 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Germany and 13 other countries, 12 to 17 May 2018: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Eext	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	2018-05-13
Assen	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	2018-05-13
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	2018-05-13
Schluchtern-Herolz	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	2018-05-13
Dachwig	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	2018-05-12
Miltenberg	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	2018-05-13
Ter Apel	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	2018-05-13
Rollbach	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	2018-05-13
Schotten	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	2018-05-13
Finsterwolde	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	2018-05-13
Kr. Marburg-Biedenkopf Colbe	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	2018-05-13
Schoonloo	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	2018-05-13
Gieterveen	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	2018-05-13
Bad Rothenfelde	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	2018-05-13
Emmen	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	2018-05-13
Eslohe	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	2018-05-13
Nieuw Buinen	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	2018-05-13
Altastenberg	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	2018-05-13
Denekamp	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	2018-05-13
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	2018-05-15

Records per Day

Peak day 88

Records set or tied each day from 12 May 2018 to 17 May 2018. The most in one day was 88 on 13 May 2018.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Germany and 13 other countries, 12 to 17 May 2018 ranked by margin
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim, 05-13	45.3 mm (1.8 in)
Eext, 05-13	33.1 mm (1.3 in)
Kr. Marburg-Biedenkopf Colbe, 05-13	29.6 mm (1.2 in)
Rollbach, 05-13	26.2 mm (1.0 in)
Miltenberg, 05-13	25.6 mm (1.0 in)
Gieterveen, 05-13	25.5 mm (1.0 in)
Schotten, 05-13	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
Assen, 05-13	18.6 mm (0.7 in)
Finsterwolde, 05-13	17.4 mm (0.7 in)
Schoonloo, 05-13	17.4 mm (0.7 in)
Bad Rothenfelde, 05-13	17.3 mm (0.7 in)
Eslohe, 05-13	16.6 mm (0.7 in)
Schluchtern-Herolz, 05-13	15.3 mm (0.6 in)
Altastenberg, 05-13	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
Emmen, 05-13	14.4 mm (0.6 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

162 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 Germany and 13 other countries, 12 to 17 May 2018
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
33	63
19	63
45	68
15	76
14	117
10	62
26	57
6	104
26	47
23	53
17	24
30	36
17	57
26	36
17	44
14	63
17	57
6	103
12	42
15	44
29	4
30	4
2	57
12	44
3	101
15	32
13	40
22	24
2	100
9	69
7	68
13	40
22	12
11	56
12	36
6	79
6	72
5	72
18	24
10	44
2	59
7	65
21	4
16	15
8	69
15	33
25	24
22	28
1	62
10	45
1	83
13	11
5	51
16	7
15	31
15	21
12	20
10	32
15	23
4	63
5	20
7	12
5	57
7	40
6	48
3	24
9	40
8	32
5	57
9	32
8	31
14	20
11	23
8	32
3	60
6	40
16	23
3	52
3	19
2	63
2	63
5	45
8	56
17	24
2	60
3	60
12	16
11	8
4	14
2	48
6	24
2	48
1	60
4	40
4	51
3	48
5	35
8	24
12	11
0	60
7	32
6	32
6	45
8	37
1	47
3	43
2	44
2	44
9	4
4	32
3	32
3	40
6	16
7	29
2	33
5	36
0	51
11	12
6	21
0	32
3	32
12	1
5	29
3	28
2	33
1	40
7	20
3	35
4	32
7	29
9	19
0	32
8	13
3	32
4	19
6	8
2	32
5	4
3	11
3	12
1	24
5	12
10	8
0	32
2	23
0	32
6	8
2	13
2	11
2	19
4	19
2	4
3	1
0	23
3	12
4	12
3	5
1	8
3	3
1	11
1	9
0	8

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Germany and 13 other countries, 12 to 17 May 2018 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 Germany and 13 other countries, 12 to 17 May 2018 (this event)	162 records

Every Record Set

20 of 162

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Germany and 13 other countries, 12 to 17 May 2018, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2018-05-12	Dachwig	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	62	63 of 100 (Major)
2018-05-13	Eext	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	63	75 of 100 (Major)
2018-05-13	Assen	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	63	72 of 100 (Major)
2018-05-13	Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	68	70 of 100 (Major)
2018-05-13	Schluchtern-Herolz	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	76	67 of 100 (Major)
2018-05-13	Miltenberg	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	57	61 of 100 (Major)
2018-05-13	Ter Apel	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	104	61 of 100 (Major)
2018-05-13	Rollbach	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47	60 of 100 (Major)
2018-05-13	Schotten	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	53	59 of 100 (Notable)
2018-05-13	Finsterwolde	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	24	59 of 100 (Notable)
2018-05-13	Kr. Marburg-Biedenkopf Colbe	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	36	58 of 100 (Notable)
2018-05-13	Schoonloo	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	57	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-05-13	Gieterveen	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	36	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-05-13	Bad Rothenfelde	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	44	54 of 100 (Notable)
2018-05-13	Emmen	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	63	54 of 100 (Notable)
2018-05-13	Eslohe	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	57	51 of 100 (Notable)
2018-05-13	Nieuw Buinen	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	42	51 of 100 (Notable)
2018-05-13	Altastenberg	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	44	48 of 100 (Notable)
2018-05-13	Denekamp	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	103	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-05-15	Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	117	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 162 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
2018-05-12	12
2018-05-13	88
2018-05-14	15
2018-05-15	18
2018-05-16	25
2018-05-17	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
33	63
19	63
45	68
15	76
14	117
10	62
26	57
6	104
26	47
23	53
17	24
30	36
17	57
26	36
17	44
14	63
17	57
6	103
12	42
15	44
29	4
30	4
2	57
12	44
3	101
15	32
13	40
22	24
2	100
9	69
7	68
13	40
22	12
11	56
12	36
6	79
6	72
5	72
18	24
10	44
2	59
7	65
21	4
16	15
8	69
15	33
25	24
22	28
1	62
10	45
1	83
13	11
5	51
16	7
15	31
15	21
12	20
10	32
15	23
4	63
5	20
7	12
5	57
7	40
6	48
3	24
9	40
8	32
5	57
9	32
8	31
14	20
11	23
8	32
3	60
6	40
16	23
3	52
3	19
2	63
2	63
5	45
8	56
17	24
2	60
3	60
12	16
11	8
4	14
2	48
6	24
2	48
1	60
4	40
4	51
3	48
5	35
8	24
12	11
0	60
7	32
6	32
6	45
8	37
1	47
3	43
2	44
2	44
9	4
4	32
3	32
3	40
6	16
7	29
2	33
5	36
0	51
11	12
6	21
0	32
3	32
12	1
5	29
3	28
2	33
1	40
7	20
3	35
4	32
7	29
9	19
0	32
8	13
3	32
4	19
6	8
2	32
5	4
3	11
3	12
1	24
5	12
10	8
0	32
2	23
0	32
6	8
2	13
2	11
2	19
4	19
2	4
3	1
0	23
3	12
4	12
3	5
1	8
3	3
1	11
1	9
0	8

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
33	63
19	63
45	68
15	76
14	117
10	62
26	57
6	104
26	47
23	53
17	24
30	36
17	57
26	36
17	44
14	63
17	57
6	103
12	42
15	44
29	4
30	4
2	57
12	44
3	101
15	32
13	40
22	24
2	100
9	69
7	68
13	40
22	12
11	56
12	36
6	79
6	72
5	72
18	24
10	44
2	59
7	65
21	4
16	15
8	69
15	33
25	24
22	28
1	62
10	45
1	83
13	11
5	51
16	7
15	31
15	21
12	20
10	32
15	23
4	63
5	20
7	12
5	57
7	40
6	48
3	24
9	40
8	32
5	57
9	32
8	31
14	20
11	23
8	32
3	60
6	40
16	23
3	52
3	19
2	63
2	63
5	45
8	56
17	24
2	60
3	60
12	16
11	8
4	14
2	48
6	24
2	48
1	60
4	40
4	51
3	48
5	35
8	24
12	11
0	60
7	32
6	32
6	45
8	37
1	47
3	43
2	44
2	44
9	4
4	32
3	32
3	40
6	16
7	29
2	33
5	36
0	51
11	12
6	21
0	32
3	32
12	1
5	29
3	28
2	33
1	40
7	20
3	35
4	32
7	29
9	19
0	32
8	13
3	32
4	19
6	8
2	32
5	4
3	11
3	12
1	24
5	12
10	8
0	32
2	23
0	32
6	8
2	13
2	11
2	19
4	19
2	4
3	1
0	23
3	12
4	12
3	5
1	8
3	3
1	11
1	9
0	8

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
33	63
19	63
45	68
15	76
14	117
10	62
26	57
6	104
26	47
23	53
17	24
30	36
17	57
26	36
17	44
14	63
17	57
6	103
12	42
15	44
29	4
30	4
2	57
12	44
3	101
15	32
13	40
22	24
2	100
9	69
7	68
13	40
22	12
11	56
12	36
6	79
6	72
5	72
18	24
10	44
2	59
7	65
21	4
16	15
8	69
15	33
25	24
22	28
1	62
10	45
1	83
13	11
5	51
16	7
15	31
15	21
12	20
10	32
15	23
4	63
5	20
7	12
5	57
7	40
6	48
3	24
9	40
8	32
5	57
9	32
8	31
14	20
11	23
8	32
3	60
6	40
16	23
3	52
3	19
2	63
2	63
5	45
8	56
17	24
2	60
3	60
12	16
11	8
4	14
2	48
6	24
2	48
1	60
4	40
4	51
3	48
5	35
8	24
12	11
0	60
7	32
6	32
6	45
8	37
1	47
3	43
2	44
2	44
9	4
4	32
3	32
3	40
6	16
7	29
2	33
5	36
0	51
11	12
6	21
0	32
3	32
12	1
5	29
3	28
2	33
1	40
7	20
3	35
4	32
7	29
9	19
0	32
8	13
3	32
4	19
6	8
2	32
5	4
3	11
3	12
1	24
5	12
10	8
0	32
2	23
0	32
6	8
2	13
2	11
2	19
4	19
2	4
3	1
0	23
3	12
4	12
3	5
1	8
3	3
1	11
1	9
0	8