Extreme rain in Germany and 4 other countries, 9 to 14 December 2023

Name: Extreme rain in Germany and 4 other countries, 9 to 14 December 2023
Start: 2023-12-09
End: 2023-12-14
Location: Germany, Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Czech Republic

Extreme rain in Germany and 4 other countries, 9 to 14 December 2023: 137 records at 125 stations, peak on 9 December 2023. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Germany and 4 other countries, 9 to 14 December 2023 set or tied 137 station records at 125 stations.
It ran from 9 December 2023 to 14 December 2023 (6 days) and its peak day was 9 December 2023.
Status: closed.
Rottweil set a daily record precipitation of 29.9 mm (1.2 in) on 12 December 2023.
The busiest day was 9 December 2023 with 55 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 150 years.

Footprint

9 to 14 December 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in Germany and 4 other countries, 9 to 14 December 2023 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 4 other countries, 9 to 14 December 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Rottweil	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	2023-12-12
Memmingen	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	2023-12-12
Rastatt	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	2023-12-12
Klippeneck	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	2023-12-12
Freiamt-Ottoschwanden	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	2023-12-12
Rheinau-Memprechtshofen	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	2023-12-12
Elzach-Fisnacht	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2023-12-12
Oschatz	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	2023-12-09
Den Helder-1	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	2023-12-09
Le Bourget	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	2023-12-10
Wangerooge	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2023-12-10
Strasbourg-Entzheim	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	2023-12-12
Stuttgart-Schnarrenberg	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	2023-12-12
Neuburg/Kammel-Langenhaslach	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	2023-12-12
Pfullendorf	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	2023-12-12
Kreis Biberach Altheim	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	2023-12-12
Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	2023-12-12
Boos	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	2023-12-12
Metzingen	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	2023-12-13
Waren	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	2023-12-13

Records per Day

Peak day 55

Records set or tied each day from 9 December 2023 to 14 December 2023. The most in one day was 55 on 9 December 2023.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Germany and 4 other countries, 9 to 14 December 2023 ranked by margin
Elzach-Fisnacht, 12-12	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
Rastatt, 12-12	19.1 mm (0.8 in)
Freiamt-Ottoschwanden, 12-12	17.4 mm (0.7 in)
Rottweil, 12-12	16.4 mm (0.6 in)
Klippeneck, 12-12	15.3 mm (0.6 in)
Memmingen, 12-12	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
Kreis Biberach Altheim, 12-12	13.9 mm (0.5 in)
Neuburg/Kammel-Langenhaslach, 12-12	11.2 mm (0.4 in)
Stuttgart-Schnarrenberg, 12-12	10.4 mm (0.4 in)
Boos, 12-12	10.1 mm (0.4 in)
Rheinau-Memprechtshofen, 12-12	9.8 mm (0.39 in)
Pfullendorf, 12-12	9.1 mm (0.36 in)
Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach, 12-12	7.6 mm (0.30 in)
Metzingen, 12-13	5.2 mm (0.20 in)
Wangerooge, 12-10	3.6 mm (0.14 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

137 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 4 other countries, 9 to 14 December 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	64
15	60
14	46
19	56
15	40
10	57
10	45
4	88
2	116
2	150
8	61
17	32
10	57
9	45
2	81
3	64
3	72
25	25
5	61
11	30
11	32
4	65
7	64
1	82
3	72
10	12
8	32
11	32
10	33
9	45
7	44
5	49
5	45
3	64
4	30
2	66
10	25
9	32
8	25
2	57
3	57
8	20
1	52
3	61
10	2
10	8
5	56
1	57
1	65
7	25
6	40
7	25
8	13
7	1
1	61
5	24
5	40
4	40
0	57
0	65
8	24
0	56
1	56
4	41
7	10
8	4
2	44
7	12
3	25
2	30
0	57
6	25
0	57
6	12
3	33
3	24
0	52
3	30
5	24
1	44
2	44
4	24
1	44
7	25
4	24
1	13
2	40
1	44
2	16
0	32
3	24
3	6
4	24
3	29
3	6
3	25
2	24
2	24
4	24
5	2
4	6
1	25
1	25
2	25
0	24
2	25
2	25
4	10
1	28
4	4
2	4
4	12
2	24
2	16
3	12
0	25
2	13
2	10
0	16
2	12
1	25
1	10
3	4
1	10
4	2
2	13
1	12
2	4
2	4
1	10
2	5
1	10
1	10
1	9
1	6
0	6
0	4

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Germany and 4 other countries, 9 to 14 December 2023 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 4 other countries, 9 to 14 December 2023 (this event)	137 records

Every Record Set

20 of 137

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Germany and 4 other countries, 9 to 14 December 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-12-09	Oschatz	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	81	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-12-09	Den Helder-1	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	150	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-12-10	Le Bourget	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	72	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-12-10	Wangerooge	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	88	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-12-12	Rottweil	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	64	61 of 100 (Major)
2023-12-12	Memmingen	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	60	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-12-12	Rastatt	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	56	55 of 100 (Notable)
2023-12-12	Klippeneck	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	40	55 of 100 (Notable)
2023-12-12	Freiamt-Ottoschwanden	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	32	40 of 100 (Notable)
2023-12-12	Rheinau-Memprechtshofen	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	57	40 of 100 (Notable)
2023-12-12	Elzach-Fisnacht	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25	37 of 100 (Notable)
2023-12-12	Strasbourg-Entzheim	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	64	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-12-12	Stuttgart-Schnarrenberg	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	45	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-12-12	Neuburg/Kammel-Langenhaslach	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	30	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-12-12	Pfullendorf	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	45	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-12-12	Kreis Biberach Altheim	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	46	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-12-12	Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	61	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-12-12	Boos	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	57	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-12-13	Metzingen	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	61	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-12-13	Waren	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	116	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 137 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 2026-10-12. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Date	Records
2023-12-09	55
2023-12-10	11
2023-12-11	6
2023-12-12	53
2023-12-13	11
2023-12-14	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	64
15	60
14	46
19	56
15	40
10	57
10	45
4	88
2	116
2	150
8	61
17	32
10	57
9	45
2	81
3	64
3	72
25	25
5	61
11	30
11	32
4	65
7	64
1	82
3	72
10	12
8	32
11	32
10	33
9	45
7	44
5	49
5	45
3	64
4	30
2	66
10	25
9	32
8	25
2	57
3	57
8	20
1	52
3	61
10	2
10	8
5	56
1	57
1	65
7	25
6	40
7	25
8	13
7	1
1	61
5	24
5	40
4	40
0	57
0	65
8	24
0	56
1	56
4	41
7	10
8	4
2	44
7	12
3	25
2	30
0	57
6	25
0	57
6	12
3	33
3	24
0	52
3	30
5	24
1	44
2	44
4	24
1	44
7	25
4	24
1	13
2	40
1	44
2	16
0	32
3	24
3	6
4	24
3	29
3	6
3	25
2	24
2	24
4	24
5	2
4	6
1	25
1	25
2	25
0	24
2	25
2	25
4	10
1	28
4	4
2	4
4	12
2	24
2	16
3	12
0	25
2	13
2	10
0	16
2	12
1	25
1	10
3	4
1	10
4	2
2	13
1	12
2	4
2	4
1	10
2	5
1	10
1	10
1	9
1	6
0	6
0	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	64
15	60
14	46
19	56
15	40
10	57
10	45
4	88
2	116
2	150
8	61
17	32
10	57
9	45
2	81
3	64
3	72
25	25
5	61
11	30
11	32
4	65
7	64
1	82
3	72
10	12
8	32
11	32
10	33
9	45
7	44
5	49
5	45
3	64
4	30
2	66
10	25
9	32
8	25
2	57
3	57
8	20
1	52
3	61
10	2
10	8
5	56
1	57
1	65
7	25
6	40
7	25
8	13
7	1
1	61
5	24
5	40
4	40
0	57
0	65
8	24
0	56
1	56
4	41
7	10
8	4
2	44
7	12
3	25
2	30
0	57
6	25
0	57
6	12
3	33
3	24
0	52
3	30
5	24
1	44
2	44
4	24
1	44
7	25
4	24
1	13
2	40
1	44
2	16
0	32
3	24
3	6
4	24
3	29
3	6
3	25
2	24
2	24
4	24
5	2
4	6
1	25
1	25
2	25
0	24
2	25
2	25
4	10
1	28
4	4
2	4
4	12
2	24
2	16
3	12
0	25
2	13
2	10
0	16
2	12
1	25
1	10
3	4
1	10
4	2
2	13
1	12
2	4
2	4
1	10
2	5
1	10
1	10
1	9
1	6
0	6
0	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	64
15	60
14	46
19	56
15	40
10	57
10	45
4	88
2	116
2	150
8	61
17	32
10	57
9	45
2	81
3	64
3	72
25	25
5	61
11	30
11	32
4	65
7	64
1	82
3	72
10	12
8	32
11	32
10	33
9	45
7	44
5	49
5	45
3	64
4	30
2	66
10	25
9	32
8	25
2	57
3	57
8	20
1	52
3	61
10	2
10	8
5	56
1	57
1	65
7	25
6	40
7	25
8	13
7	1
1	61
5	24
5	40
4	40
0	57
0	65
8	24
0	56
1	56
4	41
7	10
8	4
2	44
7	12
3	25
2	30
0	57
6	25
0	57
6	12
3	33
3	24
0	52
3	30
5	24
1	44
2	44
4	24
1	44
7	25
4	24
1	13
2	40
1	44
2	16
0	32
3	24
3	6
4	24
3	29
3	6
3	25
2	24
2	24
4	24
5	2
4	6
1	25
1	25
2	25
0	24
2	25
2	25
4	10
1	28
4	4
2	4
4	12
2	24
2	16
3	12
0	25
2	13
2	10
0	16
2	12
1	25
1	10
3	4
1	10
4	2
2	13
1	12
2	4
2	4
1	10
2	5
1	10
1	10
1	9
1	6
0	6
0	4