Extreme rain in United Kingdom and 4 other countries, 30 September to 5 October 2020

Name: Extreme rain in United Kingdom and 4 other countries, 30 September to 5 October 2020
Start: 2020-09-30
End: 2020-10-05
Location: United Kingdom, France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy

Extreme rain in United Kingdom and 4 other countries, 30 September to 5 October 2020: 109 records at 79 stations, peak on 3 October 2020. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in United Kingdom and 4 other countries, 30 September to 5 October 2020 set or tied 109 station records at 79 stations.
It ran from 30 September 2020 to 5 October 2020 (6 days) and its peak day was 3 October 2020.
Status: closed.
Oxford set a monthly record daily precipitation of 60.0 mm (2.4 in) on 3 October 2020.
The busiest day was 3 October 2020 with 43 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 144 years.

Footprint

30 September to 5 October 2020

The area covered by Extreme rain in United Kingdom and 4 other countries, 30 September to 5 October 2020 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in United Kingdom and 4 other countries, 30 September to 5 October 2020: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Oxford	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	2020-10-03
Dijon-Longvic	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	2020-10-02
Lugano	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	2020-10-02
Rothamsted	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	2020-10-03
Keele	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	2020-10-03
Longvic	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	2020-10-03
Asturias/Aviles	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	2020-10-01
Waddington	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	2020-10-03
Pte de Chassiron	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	2020-10-01
Wellesbourne	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	2020-10-03
Pte de la Hague	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	2020-10-02
Cape Mele	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	2020-10-02
Balmoral	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	2020-10-03
Kinloss	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2020-10-04
Lyon - St Exupery	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	2020-10-02
Embrun	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	2020-10-02
Jersey: Airport	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	2020-10-02
Payerne	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	2020-10-02
Wick	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	2020-10-03

Records per Day

Peak day 43

Records set or tied each day from 30 September 2020 to 5 October 2020. The most in one day was 43 on 3 October 2020.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in United Kingdom and 4 other countries, 30 September to 5 October 2020 ranked by margin
Lugano, 10-02	74.3 mm (2.9 in)
Cape Mele, 10-02	64.0 mm (2.5 in)
Asturias/Aviles, 10-01	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
Longvic, 10-03	35.1 mm (1.4 in)
Wellesbourne, 10-03	33.9 mm (1.3 in)
Waddington, 10-03	33.1 mm (1.3 in)
Lyon - St Exupery, 10-02	30.8 mm (1.2 in)
Payerne, 10-02	22.5 mm (0.9 in)
Keele, 10-03	18.9 mm (0.7 in)
Embrun, 10-02	18.9 mm (0.7 in)
Jersey: Airport, 10-02	18.9 mm (0.7 in)
Dijon-Longvic, 10-02	17.4 mm (0.7 in)
Kinloss, 10-04	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
Rothamsted, 10-03	14.4 mm (0.6 in)
Balmoral, 10-03	12.7 mm (0.5 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

109 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 United Kingdom and 4 other countries, 30 September to 5 October 2020
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
12	144
17	67
74	57
14	82
19	53
9	114
35	0
37	48
33	16
7	126
34	16
6	127
64	27
13	43
16	41
31	17
19	57
19	38
23	27
9	53
10	40
2	97
10	60
15	38
19	16
9	54
27	6
12	38
14	27
20	59
21	26
3	52
7	65
12	10
20	36
24	42
6	71
9	7
3	26
10	28
9	41
3	54
7	54
20	36
12	10
10	10
11	16
13	10
13	16
4	58
24	39
5	18
12	6
13	17
14	10
0	71
1	39
13	36
10	16
10	36
2	56
11	16
10	16
12	10
6	38
9	27
5	36
7	27
8	10
2	44
2	47
7	19
9	26
3	44
7	17
6	16
8	22
7	24
3	28
3	28
1	39
1	38
6	10
0	44
5	25
5	27
4	6
5	16
5	12
4	16
1	38
2	25
6	7
3	27
1	27
6	14
6	14
7	7
4	10
5	3
1	17
3	10
1	14
3	12
0	16
1	10
1	8
1	1
1	5

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in United Kingdom and 4 other countries, 30 September to 5 October 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 United Kingdom and 4 other countries, 30 September to 5 October 2020 (this event)	109 records

Every Record Set

20 of 109

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in United Kingdom and 4 other countries, 30 September to 5 October 2020, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2020-10-01	Asturias/Aviles	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	48	52 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-01	Pte de Chassiron	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	126	50 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-02	Dijon-Longvic	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	67	67 of 100 (Major)
2020-10-02	Lugano	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	57	65 of 100 (Major)
2020-10-02	Oxford	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	114	55 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-02	Pte de la Hague	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	127	49 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-02	Cape Mele	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	27	49 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-02	Lyon - St Exupery	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	17	45 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-02	Embrun	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	57	45 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-02	Jersey: Airport	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	38	45 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-02	Payerne	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	27	43 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-03	Oxford	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	144	70 of 100 (Major)
2020-10-03	Rothamsted	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	82	59 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-03	Keele	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	53	56 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-03	Longvic	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	0	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-03	Waddington	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	16	51 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-03	Wellesbourne	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	16	50 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-03	Balmoral	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	43	48 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-03	Wick	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	53	42 of 100 (Notable)
2020-10-04	Kinloss	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	41	47 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 109 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
2020-09-30	5
2020-10-01	12
2020-10-02	34
2020-10-03	43
2020-10-04	12
2020-10-05	3

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
12	144
17	67
74	57
14	82
19	53
9	114
35	0
37	48
33	16
7	126
34	16
6	127
64	27
13	43
16	41
31	17
19	57
19	38
23	27
9	53
10	40
2	97
10	60
15	38
19	16
9	54
27	6
12	38
14	27
20	59
21	26
3	52
7	65
12	10
20	36
24	42
6	71
9	7
3	26
10	28
9	41
3	54
7	54
20	36
12	10
10	10
11	16
13	10
13	16
4	58
24	39
5	18
12	6
13	17
14	10
0	71
1	39
13	36
10	16
10	36
2	56
11	16
10	16
12	10
6	38
9	27
5	36
7	27
8	10
2	44
2	47
7	19
9	26
3	44
7	17
6	16
8	22
7	24
3	28
3	28
1	39
1	38
6	10
0	44
5	25
5	27
4	6
5	16
5	12
4	16
1	38
2	25
6	7
3	27
1	27
6	14
6	14
7	7
4	10
5	3
1	17
3	10
1	14
3	12
0	16
1	10
1	8
1	1
1	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
12	144
17	67
74	57
14	82
19	53
9	114
35	0
37	48
33	16
7	126
34	16
6	127
64	27
13	43
16	41
31	17
19	57
19	38
23	27
9	53
10	40
2	97
10	60
15	38
19	16
9	54
27	6
12	38
14	27
20	59
21	26
3	52
7	65
12	10
20	36
24	42
6	71
9	7
3	26
10	28
9	41
3	54
7	54
20	36
12	10
10	10
11	16
13	10
13	16
4	58
24	39
5	18
12	6
13	17
14	10
0	71
1	39
13	36
10	16
10	36
2	56
11	16
10	16
12	10
6	38
9	27
5	36
7	27
8	10
2	44
2	47
7	19
9	26
3	44
7	17
6	16
8	22
7	24
3	28
3	28
1	39
1	38
6	10
0	44
5	25
5	27
4	6
5	16
5	12
4	16
1	38
2	25
6	7
3	27
1	27
6	14
6	14
7	7
4	10
5	3
1	17
3	10
1	14
3	12
0	16
1	10
1	8
1	1
1	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
12	144
17	67
74	57
14	82
19	53
9	114
35	0
37	48
33	16
7	126
34	16
6	127
64	27
13	43
16	41
31	17
19	57
19	38
23	27
9	53
10	40
2	97
10	60
15	38
19	16
9	54
27	6
12	38
14	27
20	59
21	26
3	52
7	65
12	10
20	36
24	42
6	71
9	7
3	26
10	28
9	41
3	54
7	54
20	36
12	10
10	10
11	16
13	10
13	16
4	58
24	39
5	18
12	6
13	17
14	10
0	71
1	39
13	36
10	16
10	36
2	56
11	16
10	16
12	10
6	38
9	27
5	36
7	27
8	10
2	44
2	47
7	19
9	26
3	44
7	17
6	16
8	22
7	24
3	28
3	28
1	39
1	38
6	10
0	44
5	25
5	27
4	6
5	16
5	12
4	16
1	38
2	25
6	7
3	27
1	27
6	14
6	14
7	7
4	10
5	3
1	17
3	10
1	14
3	12
0	16
1	10
1	8
1	1
1	5