Extreme rain in Germany and 7 other countries, 9 to 13 March 2020

Name: Extreme rain in Germany and 7 other countries, 9 to 13 March 2020
Start: 2020-03-09
End: 2020-03-13
Location: Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, Czech Republic, France, Norway, Switzerland, Denmark

Extreme rain in Germany and 7 other countries, 9 to 13 March 2020: 239 records at 225 stations, peak on 10 March 2020. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Germany and 7 other countries, 9 to 13 March 2020 set or tied 239 station records at 225 stations.
It ran from 9 March 2020 to 13 March 2020 (5 days) and its peak day was 10 March 2020.
Status: closed.
Kleiner Inselsberg set a daily record precipitation of 41.8 mm (1.6 in) on 11 March 2020.
The busiest day was 10 March 2020 with 126 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 175 years.

Footprint

9 to 13 March 2020

The area covered by Extreme rain in Germany and 7 other countries, 9 to 13 March 2020 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 7 other countries, 9 to 13 March 2020: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Kleiner Inselsberg	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	2020-03-11
Aue	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	2020-03-11
Zugspitze	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	2020-03-10
Marienberg	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	2020-03-11
Nurnberg	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	2020-03-10
Altentreptow	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	2020-03-10
Kleve	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	2020-03-10
Pelzerhaken	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	2020-03-10
Tirschenreuth-Lodermuhl	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	2020-03-10
Basel Binningen	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	2020-03-10
Neukirchen-Hauptschwenda	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	2020-03-11
Lichtentanne	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	2020-03-11
Ruzyne	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	2020-03-12
Huskvarna	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	2020-03-12
Fagre	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	2020-03-12
Gnesta	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	2020-03-12
Svenska Hogarna	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	2020-03-12
Krakemala	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	2020-03-13
Ungsberg	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	2020-03-13
Hassleby	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	2020-03-13

Records per Day

Peak day 126

Records set or tied each day from 9 March 2020 to 13 March 2020. The most in one day was 126 on 10 March 2020.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Germany and 7 other countries, 9 to 13 March 2020 ranked by margin
Kleiner Inselsberg, 03-11	25.9 mm (1.0 in)
Zugspitze, 03-10	21.2 mm (0.8 in)
Ruzyne, 03-12	15.7 mm (0.6 in)
Ungsberg, 03-13	13.9 mm (0.5 in)
Krakemala, 03-13	13.7 mm (0.5 in)
Marienberg, 03-11	13.0 mm (0.5 in)
Hassleby, 03-13	12.7 mm (0.5 in)
Gnesta, 03-12	11.8 mm (0.5 in)
Aue, 03-11	10.5 mm (0.4 in)
Fagre, 03-12	10.1 mm (0.4 in)
Huskvarna, 03-12	9.3 mm (0.37 in)
Neukirchen-Hauptschwenda, 03-11	8.8 mm (0.35 in)
Pelzerhaken, 03-10	6.8 mm (0.27 in)
Tirschenreuth-Lodermuhl, 03-10	5.7 mm (0.22 in)
Lichtentanne, 03-11	4.9 mm (0.19 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

239 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 7 other countries, 9 to 13 March 2020
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	60
14	39
26	32
13	26
4	125
11	34
21	73
5	138
10	41
14	23
2	106
3	115
13	41
9	28
12	28
3	106
1	128
9	41
7	54
6	73
9	41
1	175
20	17
9	48
10	12
0	106
2	83
3	69
5	70
12	39
8	19
10	39
2	68
6	52
6	39
3	73
5	58
6	48
6	48
7	28
7	39
2	73
7	15
6	39
8	38
3	69
8	1
9	1
6	38
2	68
9	32
2	73
6	38
4	54
6	28
5	39
2	73
3	41
5	38
6	39
7	39
7	23
5	28
2	73
6	38
1	70
4	38
0	73
1	68
5	41
5	39
5	41
3	54
3	54
6	26
6	19
6	28
3	54
6	12
1	42
6	38
0	73
3	54
5	39
6	39
6	19
5	19
3	48
6	28
3	41
2	54
5	3
4	38
2	58
4	39
3	48
5	19
3	48
3	41
4	39
6	39
3	41
6	38
7	14
4	39
3	42
11	20
3	39
9	11
2	48
3	39
2	48
3	38
1	33
2	41
2	41
9	1
4	39
4	39
1	52
9	11
11	1
2	41
7	14
0	54
2	41
2	30
3	31
4	26
1	41
3	39
2	39
2	39
1	48
0	54
3	19
1	48
1	39
4	21
6	19
5	7
2	39
3	39
4	17
2	28
1	30
4	28
5	14
6	15
6	11
1	41
0	41
3	12
3	28
4	19
1	21
1	38
1	39
4	7
4	14
4	7
6	1
2	19
3	19
0	39
5	1
2	19
1	28
3	28
4	21
4	1
4	9
3	7
2	28
5	2
1	38
0	38
4	12
0	30
3	1
2	28
2	26
1	26
4	15
1	28
3	2
1	28
1	20
3	19
3	7
5	1
1	31
0	37
0	28
1	19
3	1
6	11
3	19
0	26
0	26

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Germany and 7 other countries, 9 to 13 March 2020 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 7 other countries, 9 to 13 March 2020 (this event)	239 records

Every Record Set

20 of 239

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Germany and 7 other countries, 9 to 13 March 2020, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2020-03-10	Zugspitze	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	73	51 of 100 (Notable)
2020-03-10	Nurnberg	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	106	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-03-10	Altentreptow	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	128	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-03-10	Kleve	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	115	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-03-10	Pelzerhaken	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	54	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-03-10	Tirschenreuth-Lodermuhl	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	73	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-03-10	Basel Binningen	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	106	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-03-11	Kleiner Inselsberg	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32	55 of 100 (Notable)
2020-03-11	Aue	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	34	52 of 100 (Notable)
2020-03-11	Marienberg	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	41	46 of 100 (Notable)
2020-03-11	Neukirchen-Hauptschwenda	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	41	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-03-11	Lichtentanne	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	138	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-03-12	Ruzyne	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	60	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-03-12	Huskvarna	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	28	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-03-12	Fagre	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	41	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-03-12	Gnesta	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	28	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-03-12	Svenska Hogarna	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	125	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-03-13	Krakemala	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	23	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-03-13	Ungsberg	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	39	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-03-13	Hassleby	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	26	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 239 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
2020-03-09	20
2020-03-10	126
2020-03-11	33
2020-03-12	47
2020-03-13	13

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	60
14	39
26	32
13	26
4	125
11	34
21	73
5	138
10	41
14	23
2	106
3	115
13	41
9	28
12	28
3	106
1	128
9	41
7	54
6	73
9	41
1	175
20	17
9	48
10	12
0	106
2	83
3	69
5	70
12	39
8	19
10	39
2	68
6	52
6	39
3	73
5	58
6	48
6	48
7	28
7	39
2	73
7	15
6	39
8	38
3	69
8	1
9	1
6	38
2	68
9	32
2	73
6	38
4	54
6	28
5	39
2	73
3	41
5	38
6	39
7	39
7	23
5	28
2	73
6	38
1	70
4	38
0	73
1	68
5	41
5	39
5	41
3	54
3	54
6	26
6	19
6	28
3	54
6	12
1	42
6	38
0	73
3	54
5	39
6	39
6	19
5	19
3	48
6	28
3	41
2	54
5	3
4	38
2	58
4	39
3	48
5	19
3	48
3	41
4	39
6	39
3	41
6	38
7	14
4	39
3	42
11	20
3	39
9	11
2	48
3	39
2	48
3	38
1	33
2	41
2	41
9	1
4	39
4	39
1	52
9	11
11	1
2	41
7	14
0	54
2	41
2	30
3	31
4	26
1	41
3	39
2	39
2	39
1	48
0	54
3	19
1	48
1	39
4	21
6	19
5	7
2	39
3	39
4	17
2	28
1	30
4	28
5	14
6	15
6	11
1	41
0	41
3	12
3	28
4	19
1	21
1	38
1	39
4	7
4	14
4	7
6	1
2	19
3	19
0	39
5	1
2	19
1	28
3	28
4	21
4	1
4	9
3	7
2	28
5	2
1	38
0	38
4	12
0	30
3	1
2	28
2	26
1	26
4	15
1	28
3	2
1	28
1	20
3	19
3	7
5	1
1	31
0	37
0	28
1	19
3	1
6	11
3	19
0	26
0	26

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	60
14	39
26	32
13	26
4	125
11	34
21	73
5	138
10	41
14	23
2	106
3	115
13	41
9	28
12	28
3	106
1	128
9	41
7	54
6	73
9	41
1	175
20	17
9	48
10	12
0	106
2	83
3	69
5	70
12	39
8	19
10	39
2	68
6	52
6	39
3	73
5	58
6	48
6	48
7	28
7	39
2	73
7	15
6	39
8	38
3	69
8	1
9	1
6	38
2	68
9	32
2	73
6	38
4	54
6	28
5	39
2	73
3	41
5	38
6	39
7	39
7	23
5	28
2	73
6	38
1	70
4	38
0	73
1	68
5	41
5	39
5	41
3	54
3	54
6	26
6	19
6	28
3	54
6	12
1	42
6	38
0	73
3	54
5	39
6	39
6	19
5	19
3	48
6	28
3	41
2	54
5	3
4	38
2	58
4	39
3	48
5	19
3	48
3	41
4	39
6	39
3	41
6	38
7	14
4	39
3	42
11	20
3	39
9	11
2	48
3	39
2	48
3	38
1	33
2	41
2	41
9	1
4	39
4	39
1	52
9	11
11	1
2	41
7	14
0	54
2	41
2	30
3	31
4	26
1	41
3	39
2	39
2	39
1	48
0	54
3	19
1	48
1	39
4	21
6	19
5	7
2	39
3	39
4	17
2	28
1	30
4	28
5	14
6	15
6	11
1	41
0	41
3	12
3	28
4	19
1	21
1	38
1	39
4	7
4	14
4	7
6	1
2	19
3	19
0	39
5	1
2	19
1	28
3	28
4	21
4	1
4	9
3	7
2	28
5	2
1	38
0	38
4	12
0	30
3	1
2	28
2	26
1	26
4	15
1	28
3	2
1	28
1	20
3	19
3	7
5	1
1	31
0	37
0	28
1	19
3	1
6	11
3	19
0	26
0	26

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	60
14	39
26	32
13	26
4	125
11	34
21	73
5	138
10	41
14	23
2	106
3	115
13	41
9	28
12	28
3	106
1	128
9	41
7	54
6	73
9	41
1	175
20	17
9	48
10	12
0	106
2	83
3	69
5	70
12	39
8	19
10	39
2	68
6	52
6	39
3	73
5	58
6	48
6	48
7	28
7	39
2	73
7	15
6	39
8	38
3	69
8	1
9	1
6	38
2	68
9	32
2	73
6	38
4	54
6	28
5	39
2	73
3	41
5	38
6	39
7	39
7	23
5	28
2	73
6	38
1	70
4	38
0	73
1	68
5	41
5	39
5	41
3	54
3	54
6	26
6	19
6	28
3	54
6	12
1	42
6	38
0	73
3	54
5	39
6	39
6	19
5	19
3	48
6	28
3	41
2	54
5	3
4	38
2	58
4	39
3	48
5	19
3	48
3	41
4	39
6	39
3	41
6	38
7	14
4	39
3	42
11	20
3	39
9	11
2	48
3	39
2	48
3	38
1	33
2	41
2	41
9	1
4	39
4	39
1	52
9	11
11	1
2	41
7	14
0	54
2	41
2	30
3	31
4	26
1	41
3	39
2	39
2	39
1	48
0	54
3	19
1	48
1	39
4	21
6	19
5	7
2	39
3	39
4	17
2	28
1	30
4	28
5	14
6	15
6	11
1	41
0	41
3	12
3	28
4	19
1	21
1	38
1	39
4	7
4	14
4	7
6	1
2	19
3	19
0	39
5	1
2	19
1	28
3	28
4	21
4	1
4	9
3	7
2	28
5	2
1	38
0	38
4	12
0	30
3	1
2	28
2	26
1	26
4	15
1	28
3	2
1	28
1	20
3	19
3	7
5	1
1	31
0	37
0	28
1	19
3	1
6	11
3	19
0	26
0	26