Extreme rain in Germany and 4 other countries, 16 to 18 January 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Germany and 4 other countries, 16 to 18 January 2024
Start: 2024-01-16
End: 2024-01-18
Location: Germany, France, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Luxembourg

Extreme rain in Germany and 4 other countries, 16 to 18 January 2024: 101 records at 98 stations, peak on 17 January 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Germany and 4 other countries, 16 to 18 January 2024 set or tied 101 station records at 98 stations.
It ran from 16 January 2024 to 18 January 2024 (3 days) and its peak day was 17 January 2024.
Status: closed.
Trier-Zewen set a daily record precipitation of 29.3 mm (1.2 in) on 17 January 2024.
The busiest day was 17 January 2024 with 85 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 106 years.

Footprint

16 to 18 January 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Germany and 4 other countries, 16 to 18 January 2024 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, 16 to 18 January 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Trier-Zewen	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	2024-01-17
Trier-Petrisberg	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2024-01-17
Caen-Carpiquet	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	2024-01-17
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	2024-01-17
Carpiquet	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	2024-01-18
Brest-Guipavas	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	2024-01-16
Strasbourg-Entzheim	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	2024-01-17
Rheinstetten	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	2024-01-17
Geisenheim	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	2024-01-17
Grundau-Breitenborn	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	2024-01-17
Bad Konigshofen	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	2024-01-17
Bad Kreuznach	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	2024-01-17
Simmern-Wahlbach	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	2024-01-17
Waghausel-Kirrlach	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	2024-01-17
Worms	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	2024-01-17
Lichtentanne	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	2024-01-17
Dachwig	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	2024-01-17
Deuselbach	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	2024-01-17
Weinbiet	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	2024-01-17
Luxembourg Airport	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	2024-01-17

Records per Day

Peak day 85

Records set or tied each day from 16 January 2024 to 18 January 2024. The most in one day was 85 on 17 January 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Germany and 4 other countries, 16 to 18 January 2024 ranked by margin
Trier-Petrisberg, 01-17	16.6 mm (0.7 in)
Carpiquet, 01-18	16.3 mm (0.6 in)
Trier-Zewen, 01-17	15.7 mm (0.6 in)
Simmern-Wahlbach, 01-17	14.2 mm (0.6 in)
Waghausel-Kirrlach, 01-17	13.6 mm (0.5 in)
Brest-Guipavas, 01-16	12.8 mm (0.5 in)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald, 01-17	12.7 mm (0.5 in)
Caen-Carpiquet, 01-17	10.3 mm (0.4 in)
Deuselbach, 01-17	9.3 mm (0.37 in)
Weinbiet, 01-17	9.0 mm (0.35 in)
Geisenheim, 01-17	8.5 mm (0.33 in)
Bad Kreuznach, 01-17	8.1 mm (0.32 in)
Worms, 01-17	7.3 mm (0.29 in)
Luxembourg Airport, 01-17	6.4 mm (0.25 in)
Grundau-Breitenborn, 01-17	5.3 mm (0.21 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

101 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, 16 to 18 January 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	72
17	58
9	72
5	106
14	36
9	84
14	13
8	58
7	58
10	58
13	84
5	58
6	72
16	16
5	72
4	72
2	84
9	16
13	40
4	58
4	58
9	17
14	20
8	17
6	58
2	58
3	58
3	72
2	72
4	49
3	58
4	58
8	13
2	72
4	42
2	72
3	58
14	17
4	58
6	40
2	58
2	58
3	58
1	58
3	49
2	58
14	4
10	16
4	25
2	58
3	37
7	17
9	17
2	42
7	17
2	42
2	49
8	16
1	58
2	16
5	17
13	0
1	48
1	48
20	5
6	9
4	29
5	16
2	42
2	42
4	10
4	16
1	42
5	17
1	40
4	17
3	20
3	17
3	17
6	5
1	17
1	17
3	17
3	20
3	13
2	14
4	16
2	17
1	24
0	16
1	24
3	17
2	14
0	17
2	17
3	16
1	17
1	17
0	17
0	16
2	5

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Germany and 4 other countries, 16 to 18 January 2024 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, 16 to 18 January 2024 (this event)	101 records

Every Record Set

20 of 101

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Germany and 4 other countries, 16 to 18 January 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-01-16	Brest-Guipavas	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	40	38 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-17	Trier-Zewen	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	72	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-17	Trier-Petrisberg	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	58	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-17	Caen-Carpiquet	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	58	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-17	Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	84	46 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-17	Strasbourg-Entzheim	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	58	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-17	Rheinstetten	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	84	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-17	Geisenheim	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	72	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-17	Grundau-Breitenborn	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	72	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-17	Bad Konigshofen	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	72	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-17	Bad Kreuznach	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	58	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-17	Simmern-Wahlbach	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	13	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-17	Waghausel-Kirrlach	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	36	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-17	Worms	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	58	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-17	Lichtentanne	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	106	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-17	Dachwig	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	58	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-17	Deuselbach	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	84	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-17	Weinbiet	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	16	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-17	Luxembourg Airport	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	72	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-18	Carpiquet	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	16	40 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 101 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
16	72
17	58
9	72
5	106
14	36
9	84
14	13
8	58
7	58
10	58
13	84
5	58
6	72
16	16
5	72
4	72
2	84
9	16
13	40
4	58
4	58
9	17
14	20
8	17
6	58
2	58
3	58
3	72
2	72
4	49
3	58
4	58
8	13
2	72
4	42
2	72
3	58
14	17
4	58
6	40
2	58
2	58
3	58
1	58
3	49
2	58
14	4
10	16
4	25
2	58
3	37
7	17
9	17
2	42
7	17
2	42
2	49
8	16
1	58
2	16
5	17
13	0
1	48
1	48
20	5
6	9
4	29
5	16
2	42
2	42
4	10
4	16
1	42
5	17
1	40
4	17
3	20
3	17
3	17
6	5
1	17
1	17
3	17
3	20
3	13
2	14
4	16
2	17
1	24
0	16
1	24
3	17
2	14
0	17
2	17
3	16
1	17
1	17
0	17
0	16
2	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	72
17	58
9	72
5	106
14	36
9	84
14	13
8	58
7	58
10	58
13	84
5	58
6	72
16	16
5	72
4	72
2	84
9	16
13	40
4	58
4	58
9	17
14	20
8	17
6	58
2	58
3	58
3	72
2	72
4	49
3	58
4	58
8	13
2	72
4	42
2	72
3	58
14	17
4	58
6	40
2	58
2	58
3	58
1	58
3	49
2	58
14	4
10	16
4	25
2	58
3	37
7	17
9	17
2	42
7	17
2	42
2	49
8	16
1	58
2	16
5	17
13	0
1	48
1	48
20	5
6	9
4	29
5	16
2	42
2	42
4	10
4	16
1	42
5	17
1	40
4	17
3	20
3	17
3	17
6	5
1	17
1	17
3	17
3	20
3	13
2	14
4	16
2	17
1	24
0	16
1	24
3	17
2	14
0	17
2	17
3	16
1	17
1	17
0	17
0	16
2	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	72
17	58
9	72
5	106
14	36
9	84
14	13
8	58
7	58
10	58
13	84
5	58
6	72
16	16
5	72
4	72
2	84
9	16
13	40
4	58
4	58
9	17
14	20
8	17
6	58
2	58
3	58
3	72
2	72
4	49
3	58
4	58
8	13
2	72
4	42
2	72
3	58
14	17
4	58
6	40
2	58
2	58
3	58
1	58
3	49
2	58
14	4
10	16
4	25
2	58
3	37
7	17
9	17
2	42
7	17
2	42
2	49
8	16
1	58
2	16
5	17
13	0
1	48
1	48
20	5
6	9
4	29
5	16
2	42
2	42
4	10
4	16
1	42
5	17
1	40
4	17
3	20
3	17
3	17
6	5
1	17
1	17
3	17
3	20
3	13
2	14
4	16
2	17
1	24
0	16
1	24
3	17
2	14
0	17
2	17
3	16
1	17
1	17
0	17
0	16
2	5