Extreme rain in Germany and 8 other countries, 15 to 23 August 2022

Name: Extreme rain in Germany and 8 other countries, 15 to 23 August 2022
Start: 2022-08-15
End: 2022-08-23
Location: Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, France, Slovenia

Extreme rain in Germany and 8 other countries, 15 to 23 August 2022: 108 records at 90 stations, peak on 19 August 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Germany and 8 other countries, 15 to 23 August 2022 set or tied 108 station records at 90 stations.
It ran from 15 August 2022 to 23 August 2022 (9 days) and its peak day was 19 August 2022.
Status: closed.
Weissenburg set a daily record precipitation of 56.1 mm (2.2 in) on 19 August 2022.
The busiest day was 19 August 2022 with 48 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 119 years.

Footprint

15 to 23 August 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in Germany and 8 other countries, 15 to 23 August 2022 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 8 other countries, 15 to 23 August 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Weissenburg	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	2022-08-19
Basel Binningen	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	2022-08-17
Trostberg	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	2022-08-19
Saentis	Record daily precipitation	145.6 mm (5.7 in)	2022-08-19
Klippeneck	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	2022-08-18
Pfullendorf	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	2022-08-18
Kreis Biberach Altheim	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	2022-08-19
Dillingen/Donau-Fristingen	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	2022-08-19
Boos	Record daily precipitation	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	2022-08-19
Plauen	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	2022-08-18
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	2022-08-19
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	2022-08-19
Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	2022-08-20
Ebersberg-Halbing	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	2022-08-19
Konstanz	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	2022-08-19
Rosenheim	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	2022-08-19
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	2022-08-19
Oberstdorf	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	2022-08-19
Reimlingen	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	2022-08-19
Kr. Ravensburg Weingarten	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	2022-08-19

Records per Day

Peak day 48

Records set or tied each day from 15 August 2022 to 23 August 2022. The most in one day was 48 on 19 August 2022.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Germany and 8 other countries, 15 to 23 August 2022
Date	Records
2022-08-15	1
2022-08-16	1
2022-08-17	5
2022-08-18	26
2022-08-19	48
2022-08-20	11
2022-08-21	6
2022-08-22	4
2022-08-23	6

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Germany and 8 other countries, 15 to 23 August 2022 ranked by margin
Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz, 08-20	59.9 mm (2.4 in)
Rosenheim, 08-19	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
Ebersberg-Halbing, 08-19	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
Saentis, 08-19	47.8 mm (1.9 in)
Trostberg, 08-19	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
Klippeneck, 08-18	41.2 mm (1.6 in)
Plauen, 08-18	40.5 mm (1.6 in)
Pfullendorf, 08-18	39.0 mm (1.5 in)
Boos, 08-19	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
Dillingen/Donau-Fristingen, 08-19	31.7 mm (1.2 in)
Weissenburg, 08-19	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
Reimlingen, 08-19	29.9 mm (1.2 in)
Basel Binningen, 08-17	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
Kreis Biberach Altheim, 08-19	27.1 mm (1.1 in)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler, 08-19	23.8 mm (0.9 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

108 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 8 other countries, 15 to 23 August 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
32	104
28	116
45	76
48	119
41	64
39	61
27	55
32	7
36	56
13	119
41	24
7	86
60	29
50	16
22	64
54	16
24	81
17	92
30	8
16	81
20	52
34	16
9	47
18	61
33	29
39	3
36	5
37	4
7	81
5	92
12	57
21	16
26	17
13	60
23	16
7	68
22	24
17	28
25	29
12	45
7	73
5	76
8	64
13	43
7	61
18	3
2	81
17	8
15	16
9	60
18	15
9	52
5	65
15	47
13	16
13	21
12	23
11	28
14	4
9	28
2	59
18	13
1	64
10	21
12	8
19	3
5	45
0	56
20	45
14	3
13	15
1	36
8	17
9	25
3	44
10	17
18	3
5	47
10	15
4	2
11	8
9	5
4	44
2	45
8	16
7	29
8	3
2	33
0	43
2	29
7	21
3	13
0	45
8	4
1	33
4	16
1	23
5	13
4	5
3	16
5	4
4	20
2	17
0	21
5	4
1	12
1	4
1	8

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Germany and 8 other countries, 15 to 23 August 2022 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 8 other countries, 15 to 23 August 2022 (this event)	108 records

Every Record Set

20 of 108

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Germany and 8 other countries, 15 to 23 August 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-08-17	Basel Binningen	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	116	75 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-18	Klippeneck	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	64	66 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-18	Pfullendorf	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	61	64 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-18	Plauen	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	24	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-19	Weissenburg	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	104	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-08-19	Trostberg	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	76	70 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-19	Saentis	Record daily precipitation	145.6 mm (5.7 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	119	67 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-19	Kreis Biberach Altheim	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	55	61 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-19	Dillingen/Donau-Fristingen	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	7	59 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-19	Boos	Record daily precipitation	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	56	58 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-19	Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	119	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-19	Eichstatt-Landershofen	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	86	56 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-19	Ebersberg-Halbing	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	16	54 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-19	Konstanz	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	64	52 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-19	Rosenheim	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	16	52 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-19	Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	81	51 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-19	Oberstdorf	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	92	50 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-19	Reimlingen	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	8	50 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-19	Kr. Ravensburg Weingarten	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	81	50 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-20	Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	29	55 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 108 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
32	104
28	116
45	76
48	119
41	64
39	61
27	55
32	7
36	56
13	119
41	24
7	86
60	29
50	16
22	64
54	16
24	81
17	92
30	8
16	81
20	52
34	16
9	47
18	61
33	29
39	3
36	5
37	4
7	81
5	92
12	57
21	16
26	17
13	60
23	16
7	68
22	24
17	28
25	29
12	45
7	73
5	76
8	64
13	43
7	61
18	3
2	81
17	8
15	16
9	60
18	15
9	52
5	65
15	47
13	16
13	21
12	23
11	28
14	4
9	28
2	59
18	13
1	64
10	21
12	8
19	3
5	45
0	56
20	45
14	3
13	15
1	36
8	17
9	25
3	44
10	17
18	3
5	47
10	15
4	2
11	8
9	5
4	44
2	45
8	16
7	29
8	3
2	33
0	43
2	29
7	21
3	13
0	45
8	4
1	33
4	16
1	23
5	13
4	5
3	16
5	4
4	20
2	17
0	21
5	4
1	12
1	4
1	8

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
32	104
28	116
45	76
48	119
41	64
39	61
27	55
32	7
36	56
13	119
41	24
7	86
60	29
50	16
22	64
54	16
24	81
17	92
30	8
16	81
20	52
34	16
9	47
18	61
33	29
39	3
36	5
37	4
7	81
5	92
12	57
21	16
26	17
13	60
23	16
7	68
22	24
17	28
25	29
12	45
7	73
5	76
8	64
13	43
7	61
18	3
2	81
17	8
15	16
9	60
18	15
9	52
5	65
15	47
13	16
13	21
12	23
11	28
14	4
9	28
2	59
18	13
1	64
10	21
12	8
19	3
5	45
0	56
20	45
14	3
13	15
1	36
8	17
9	25
3	44
10	17
18	3
5	47
10	15
4	2
11	8
9	5
4	44
2	45
8	16
7	29
8	3
2	33
0	43
2	29
7	21
3	13
0	45
8	4
1	33
4	16
1	23
5	13
4	5
3	16
5	4
4	20
2	17
0	21
5	4
1	12
1	4
1	8

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
32	104
28	116
45	76
48	119
41	64
39	61
27	55
32	7
36	56
13	119
41	24
7	86
60	29
50	16
22	64
54	16
24	81
17	92
30	8
16	81
20	52
34	16
9	47
18	61
33	29
39	3
36	5
37	4
7	81
5	92
12	57
21	16
26	17
13	60
23	16
7	68
22	24
17	28
25	29
12	45
7	73
5	76
8	64
13	43
7	61
18	3
2	81
17	8
15	16
9	60
18	15
9	52
5	65
15	47
13	16
13	21
12	23
11	28
14	4
9	28
2	59
18	13
1	64
10	21
12	8
19	3
5	45
0	56
20	45
14	3
13	15
1	36
8	17
9	25
3	44
10	17
18	3
5	47
10	15
4	2
11	8
9	5
4	44
2	45
8	16
7	29
8	3
2	33
0	43
2	29
7	21
3	13
0	45
8	4
1	33
4	16
1	23
5	13
4	5
3	16
5	4
4	20
2	17
0	21
5	4
1	12
1	4
1	8