Extreme rain in Germany and 6 other countries, 1 to 4 December 2018

Name: Extreme rain in Germany and 6 other countries, 1 to 4 December 2018
Start: 2018-12-01
End: 2018-12-04
Location: Germany, Netherlands, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg

Extreme rain in Germany and 6 other countries, 1 to 4 December 2018: 260 records at 200 stations, peak on 2 December 2018. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Germany and 6 other countries, 1 to 4 December 2018 set or tied 260 station records at 200 stations.
It ran from 1 December 2018 to 4 December 2018 (4 days) and its peak day was 2 December 2018.
Status: closed.
Weissenburg set a daily record precipitation of 43.4 mm (1.7 in) on 3 December 2018.
The busiest day was 2 December 2018 with 150 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 117 years.

Footprint

1 to 4 December 2018

The area covered by Extreme rain in Germany and 6 other countries, 1 to 4 December 2018 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Germany and 6 other countries, 1 to 4 December 2018: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Weissenburg	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	2018-12-03
Rhein Main	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	2018-12-02
Gollhofen	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	2018-12-03
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	2018-12-03
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	2018-12-03
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2018-12-03
Eppingen-Elsenz	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	2018-12-03
Schwabisch Hall-Bibersfeld	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	2018-12-03
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	2018-12-03
Deuselbach	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	2018-12-03
Coleman	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	2018-12-03
Reimlingen	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2018-12-03
Grundau-Breitenborn	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	2018-12-02
Pirmasens	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	2018-12-03
Ebrach	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	2018-12-02
Ohringen	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	2018-12-03
Beerfelden	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	2018-12-03
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	2018-12-02
Nurnberg	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	2018-12-02

Records per Day

Peak day 150

Records set or tied each day from 1 December 2018 to 4 December 2018. The most in one day was 150 on 2 December 2018.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Germany and 6 other countries, 1 to 4 December 2018 ranked by margin
Feldberg/Schwarzwald, 12-02	41.2 mm (1.6 in)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim, 12-03	41.0 mm (1.6 in)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber, 12-03	33.1 mm (1.3 in)
Eppingen-Elsenz, 12-03	32.4 mm (1.3 in)
Grundau-Breitenborn, 12-02	31.1 mm (1.2 in)
Weissenburg, 12-03	29.6 mm (1.2 in)
Gollhofen, 12-03	29.4 mm (1.2 in)
Beerfelden, 12-03	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
Coleman, 12-03	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen, 12-03	26.6 mm (1.0 in)
Schwabisch Hall-Bibersfeld, 12-03	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
Deuselbach, 12-03	23.6 mm (0.9 in)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach, 12-03	23.3 mm (0.9 in)
Rhein Main, 12-02	19.7 mm (0.8 in)
Pirmasens, 12-03	19.6 mm (0.8 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

260 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 6 other countries, 1 to 4 December 2018
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
30	80
23	73
41	73
33	73
29	73
20	81
32	73
24	73
27	73
24	73
28	73
18	73
12	103
11	116
31	68
20	73
14	117
12	116
28	73
41	56
21	36
27	52
20	24
23	52
21	68
16	52
12	68
16	48
29	36
12	73
11	81
8	108
11	103
22	43
13	63
16	48
12	63
24	36
10	80
29	29
16	48
30	36
7	116
32	52
16	36
10	68
5	103
26	12
22	29
10	68
21	11
20	11
10	68
18	11
17	68
15	72
27	5
10	81
19	9
10	73
10	68
17	48
30	9
8	84
5	88
30	11
9	73
9	80
17	25
17	52
12	81
7	72
39	8
7	73
16	43
7	73
11	48
10	80
1	108
11	8
4	68
10	37
5	84
4	112
1	112
6	72
13	48
17	61
10	56
10	52
11	29
7	61
6	68
1	103
5	68
10	73
16	11
10	48
3	80
3	76
6	68
5	73
11	65
7	36
13	11
4	24
8	36
24	11
4	73
7	61
6	67
9	37
8	43
13	21
3	73
13	11
9	43
5	68
12	25
9	43
1	80
4	68
14	9
15	24
11	11
17	11
8	43
12	52
9	11
15	11
9	21
3	68
2	68
18	11
14	5
1	80
9	25
10	48
5	52
10	9
14	11
5	52
11	11
3	52
23	11
1	68
4	24
8	11
7	21
10	11
6	29
7	29
11	11
10	11
9	11
0	68
10	9
1	67
7	20
4	48
15	11
2	48
6	21
4	48
16	7
13	5
0	52
6	11
0	61
1	24
5	43
1	56
16	11
2	37
11	5
2	53
4	21
7	11
1	24
1	52
4	36
9	11
1	48
2	36
6	11
2	40
4	36
2	36
12	7
4	29
2	1
7	11
6	8
0	48
1	48
1	48
0	52
4	25
7	11
5	11

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Germany and 6 other countries, 1 to 4 December 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 6 other countries, 1 to 4 December 2018 (this event)	260 records

Every Record Set

20 of 260

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Germany and 6 other countries, 1 to 4 December 2018, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2018-12-02	Rhein Main	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	81	72 of 100 (Major)
2018-12-02	Grundau-Breitenborn	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	68	67 of 100 (Major)
2018-12-02	Ebrach	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	116	65 of 100 (Major)
2018-12-02	Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	56	64 of 100 (Major)
2018-12-02	Nurnberg	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	116	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-12-02	Gollhofen	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	103	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-12-03	Weissenburg	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	80	74 of 100 (Major)
2018-12-03	Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	73	72 of 100 (Major)
2018-12-03	Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	73	72 of 100 (Major)
2018-12-03	Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	73	72 of 100 (Major)
2018-12-03	Gollhofen	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	73	72 of 100 (Major)
2018-12-03	Eppingen-Elsenz	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	73	70 of 100 (Major)
2018-12-03	Schwabisch Hall-Bibersfeld	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	73	70 of 100 (Major)
2018-12-03	Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	73	70 of 100 (Major)
2018-12-03	Deuselbach	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	73	70 of 100 (Major)
2018-12-03	Coleman	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	73	70 of 100 (Major)
2018-12-03	Reimlingen	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	73	69 of 100 (Major)
2018-12-03	Pirmasens	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	73	66 of 100 (Major)
2018-12-03	Ohringen	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	117	65 of 100 (Major)
2018-12-03	Beerfelden	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	73	65 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 260 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
30	80
23	73
41	73
33	73
29	73
20	81
32	73
24	73
27	73
24	73
28	73
18	73
12	103
11	116
31	68
20	73
14	117
12	116
28	73
41	56
21	36
27	52
20	24
23	52
21	68
16	52
12	68
16	48
29	36
12	73
11	81
8	108
11	103
22	43
13	63
16	48
12	63
24	36
10	80
29	29
16	48
30	36
7	116
32	52
16	36
10	68
5	103
26	12
22	29
10	68
21	11
20	11
10	68
18	11
17	68
15	72
27	5
10	81
19	9
10	73
10	68
17	48
30	9
8	84
5	88
30	11
9	73
9	80
17	25
17	52
12	81
7	72
39	8
7	73
16	43
7	73
11	48
10	80
1	108
11	8
4	68
10	37
5	84
4	112
1	112
6	72
13	48
17	61
10	56
10	52
11	29
7	61
6	68
1	103
5	68
10	73
16	11
10	48
3	80
3	76
6	68
5	73
11	65
7	36
13	11
4	24
8	36
24	11
4	73
7	61
6	67
9	37
8	43
13	21
3	73
13	11
9	43
5	68
12	25
9	43
1	80
4	68
14	9
15	24
11	11
17	11
8	43
12	52
9	11
15	11
9	21
3	68
2	68
18	11
14	5
1	80
9	25
10	48
5	52
10	9
14	11
5	52
11	11
3	52
23	11
1	68
4	24
8	11
7	21
10	11
6	29
7	29
11	11
10	11
9	11
0	68
10	9
1	67
7	20
4	48
15	11
2	48
6	21
4	48
16	7
13	5
0	52
6	11
0	61
1	24
5	43
1	56
16	11
2	37
11	5
2	53
4	21
7	11
1	24
1	52
4	36
9	11
1	48
2	36
6	11
2	40
4	36
2	36
12	7
4	29
2	1
7	11
6	8
0	48
1	48
1	48
0	52
4	25
7	11
5	11

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
30	80
23	73
41	73
33	73
29	73
20	81
32	73
24	73
27	73
24	73
28	73
18	73
12	103
11	116
31	68
20	73
14	117
12	116
28	73
41	56
21	36
27	52
20	24
23	52
21	68
16	52
12	68
16	48
29	36
12	73
11	81
8	108
11	103
22	43
13	63
16	48
12	63
24	36
10	80
29	29
16	48
30	36
7	116
32	52
16	36
10	68
5	103
26	12
22	29
10	68
21	11
20	11
10	68
18	11
17	68
15	72
27	5
10	81
19	9
10	73
10	68
17	48
30	9
8	84
5	88
30	11
9	73
9	80
17	25
17	52
12	81
7	72
39	8
7	73
16	43
7	73
11	48
10	80
1	108
11	8
4	68
10	37
5	84
4	112
1	112
6	72
13	48
17	61
10	56
10	52
11	29
7	61
6	68
1	103
5	68
10	73
16	11
10	48
3	80
3	76
6	68
5	73
11	65
7	36
13	11
4	24
8	36
24	11
4	73
7	61
6	67
9	37
8	43
13	21
3	73
13	11
9	43
5	68
12	25
9	43
1	80
4	68
14	9
15	24
11	11
17	11
8	43
12	52
9	11
15	11
9	21
3	68
2	68
18	11
14	5
1	80
9	25
10	48
5	52
10	9
14	11
5	52
11	11
3	52
23	11
1	68
4	24
8	11
7	21
10	11
6	29
7	29
11	11
10	11
9	11
0	68
10	9
1	67
7	20
4	48
15	11
2	48
6	21
4	48
16	7
13	5
0	52
6	11
0	61
1	24
5	43
1	56
16	11
2	37
11	5
2	53
4	21
7	11
1	24
1	52
4	36
9	11
1	48
2	36
6	11
2	40
4	36
2	36
12	7
4	29
2	1
7	11
6	8
0	48
1	48
1	48
0	52
4	25
7	11
5	11

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
30	80
23	73
41	73
33	73
29	73
20	81
32	73
24	73
27	73
24	73
28	73
18	73
12	103
11	116
31	68
20	73
14	117
12	116
28	73
41	56
21	36
27	52
20	24
23	52
21	68
16	52
12	68
16	48
29	36
12	73
11	81
8	108
11	103
22	43
13	63
16	48
12	63
24	36
10	80
29	29
16	48
30	36
7	116
32	52
16	36
10	68
5	103
26	12
22	29
10	68
21	11
20	11
10	68
18	11
17	68
15	72
27	5
10	81
19	9
10	73
10	68
17	48
30	9
8	84
5	88
30	11
9	73
9	80
17	25
17	52
12	81
7	72
39	8
7	73
16	43
7	73
11	48
10	80
1	108
11	8
4	68
10	37
5	84
4	112
1	112
6	72
13	48
17	61
10	56
10	52
11	29
7	61
6	68
1	103
5	68
10	73
16	11
10	48
3	80
3	76
6	68
5	73
11	65
7	36
13	11
4	24
8	36
24	11
4	73
7	61
6	67
9	37
8	43
13	21
3	73
13	11
9	43
5	68
12	25
9	43
1	80
4	68
14	9
15	24
11	11
17	11
8	43
12	52
9	11
15	11
9	21
3	68
2	68
18	11
14	5
1	80
9	25
10	48
5	52
10	9
14	11
5	52
11	11
3	52
23	11
1	68
4	24
8	11
7	21
10	11
6	29
7	29
11	11
10	11
9	11
0	68
10	9
1	67
7	20
4	48
15	11
2	48
6	21
4	48
16	7
13	5
0	52
6	11
0	61
1	24
5	43
1	56
16	11
2	37
11	5
2	53
4	21
7	11
1	24
1	52
4	36
9	11
1	48
2	36
6	11
2	40
4	36
2	36
12	7
4	29
2	1
7	11
6	8
0	48
1	48
1	48
0	52
4	25
7	11
5	11