Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 8 to 12 August 2018

Name: Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 8 to 12 August 2018
Start: 2018-08-08
End: 2018-08-12
Location: Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Germany, United Kingdom, Denmark, Estonia, Finland

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 8 to 12 August 2018: 210 records at 201 stations, peak on 10 August 2018. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 8 to 12 August 2018 set or tied 210 station records at 201 stations.
It ran from 8 August 2018 to 12 August 2018 (5 days) and its peak day was 10 August 2018.
Status: closed.
Trondheim - Voll set a daily record precipitation of 49.3 mm (1.9 in) on 10 August 2018.
The busiest day was 10 August 2018 with 89 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 122 years.

Footprint

8 to 12 August 2018

The area covered by Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 8 to 12 August 2018 is outlined, with 20 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 8 to 12 August 2018: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Trondheim - Voll	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	2018-08-10
Geilo	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	2018-08-10
Atnsjoen	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	2018-08-10
Reinli	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	2018-08-10
Myklebust I Breim	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	2018-08-10
Loksmyr	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	2018-08-10
Tunhovd	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	2018-08-10
Leinstrand	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	2018-08-10
Nordby (Fano)	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	2018-08-11
Papenburg	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	2018-08-09
Blokzijl	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	2018-08-09
Loken I Volbu	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	2018-08-10
Karlsborg_Mo	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	2018-08-11
Oldeholtpade	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	2018-08-09
Preststulen	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	2018-08-10
St. Anna Parochie	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	2018-08-09
Frederiksoord	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	2018-08-09
Fokstua	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	2018-08-10
Gol - Stake	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	2018-08-10
Atndalen - Ronningen	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	2018-08-10

Records per Day

Peak day 89

Records set or tied each day from 8 August 2018 to 12 August 2018. The most in one day was 89 on 10 August 2018.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 8 to 12 August 2018 ranked by margin
Atnsjoen, 08-10	41.3 mm (1.6 in)
Loksmyr, 08-10	39.2 mm (1.5 in)
St. Anna Parochie, 08-09	32.6 mm (1.3 in)
Oldeholtpade, 08-09	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
Reinli, 08-10	28.7 mm (1.1 in)
Leinstrand, 08-10	26.6 mm (1.0 in)
Trondheim - Voll, 08-10	25.1 mm (1.0 in)
Karlsborg_Mo, 08-11	24.2 mm (1.0 in)
Papenburg, 08-09	22.1 mm (0.9 in)
Atndalen - Ronningen, 08-10	21.8 mm (0.9 in)
Gol - Stake, 08-10	21.1 mm (0.8 in)
Geilo, 08-10	20.7 mm (0.8 in)
Blokzijl, 08-09	20.2 mm (0.8 in)
Fokstua, 08-10	19.8 mm (0.8 in)
Myklebust I Breim, 08-10	19.1 mm (0.8 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

210 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 Netherlands and 7 other countries, 8 to 12 August 2018
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
25	84
21	91
41	60
29	60
19	95
39	56
11	122
27	45
12	120
22	36
20	67
8	50
24	51
31	25
19	28
33	16
18	60
20	12
21	28
22	24
32	27
9	52
22	56
19	14
33	35
18	60
16	45
21	25
51	4
22	16
12	56
54	0
6	91
15	45
19	27
18	35
12	57
8	72
22	8
11	55
11	56
10	31
15	8
18	16
14	35
17	47
19	8
8	64
8	57
9	59
9	55
18	16
4	67
12	49
11	39
16	25
9	57
0	84
14	35
16	24
20	12
18	24
4	76
11	39
22	27
4	5
13	29
14	25
14	12
4	69
9	43
6	53
16	4
15	12
2	67
4	57
8	39
4	60
14	27
12	25
8	40
11	25
10	32
4	39
6	39
2	57
4	55
6	39
5	24
16	27
3	55
7	39
1	65
7	5
4	47
6	36
9	25
1	60
9	12
5	28
1	60
1	60
1	57
10	19
1	32
0	60
9	19
5	36
1	52
4	39
4	39
3	44
9	12
8	8
6	25
1	39
7	19
5	24
6	25
9	25
3	44
2	31
6	25
7	16
6	16
6	16
6	16
7	11
6	24
6	25
1	45
2	36
3	36
1	39
4	25
4	25
5	28
1	33
7	13
3	24
9	8
6	12
5	8
6	20
9	9
3	25
4	19
3	16
2	25
10	8
7	13
5	8
5	8
0	39
3	21
2	24
1	21
3	19
3	19
2	25
2	24
2	32
1	27
4	12
3	28
1	24
2	28
4	19
0	24
2	19
0	25
0	27
4	9
1	19
1	16
1	16
1	19
3	11
2	16
2	20
2	12
1	19
5	0
3	12
1	19
1	17
3	16
1	12
1	8
2	4
1	12
0	13
1	16
3	4
1	12
1	13
1	11
3	0
2	12
1	16

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 8 to 12 August 2018 compared with similar events
Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 23 February to 15 March 2019	2,223 records
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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 Netherlands and 7 other countries, 8 to 12 August 2018 (this event)	210 records

Every Record Set

20 of 210

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Netherlands and 7 other countries, 8 to 12 August 2018, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2018-08-09	Papenburg	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	36	55 of 100 (Notable)
2018-08-09	Blokzijl	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	67	54 of 100 (Notable)
2018-08-09	Oldeholtpade	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25	53 of 100 (Notable)
2018-08-09	St. Anna Parochie	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	16	51 of 100 (Notable)
2018-08-09	Frederiksoord	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	60	51 of 100 (Notable)
2018-08-10	Trondheim - Voll	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	84	71 of 100 (Major)
2018-08-10	Geilo	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	91	68 of 100 (Major)
2018-08-10	Atnsjoen	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	60	64 of 100 (Major)
2018-08-10	Reinli	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	60	64 of 100 (Major)
2018-08-10	Myklebust I Breim	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	95	62 of 100 (Major)
2018-08-10	Loksmyr	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	56	62 of 100 (Major)
2018-08-10	Tunhovd	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	122	58 of 100 (Notable)
2018-08-10	Leinstrand	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	45	58 of 100 (Notable)
2018-08-10	Loken I Volbu	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	50	54 of 100 (Notable)
2018-08-10	Preststulen	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	28	52 of 100 (Notable)
2018-08-10	Fokstua	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	12	51 of 100 (Notable)
2018-08-10	Gol - Stake	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28	50 of 100 (Notable)
2018-08-10	Atndalen - Ronningen	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	24	48 of 100 (Notable)
2018-08-11	Nordby (Fano)	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	120	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-08-11	Karlsborg_Mo	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	51	54 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 210 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
25	84
21	91
41	60
29	60
19	95
39	56
11	122
27	45
12	120
22	36
20	67
8	50
24	51
31	25
19	28
33	16
18	60
20	12
21	28
22	24
32	27
9	52
22	56
19	14
33	35
18	60
16	45
21	25
51	4
22	16
12	56
54	0
6	91
15	45
19	27
18	35
12	57
8	72
22	8
11	55
11	56
10	31
15	8
18	16
14	35
17	47
19	8
8	64
8	57
9	59
9	55
18	16
4	67
12	49
11	39
16	25
9	57
0	84
14	35
16	24
20	12
18	24
4	76
11	39
22	27
4	5
13	29
14	25
14	12
4	69
9	43
6	53
16	4
15	12
2	67
4	57
8	39
4	60
14	27
12	25
8	40
11	25
10	32
4	39
6	39
2	57
4	55
6	39
5	24
16	27
3	55
7	39
1	65
7	5
4	47
6	36
9	25
1	60
9	12
5	28
1	60
1	60
1	57
10	19
1	32
0	60
9	19
5	36
1	52
4	39
4	39
3	44
9	12
8	8
6	25
1	39
7	19
5	24
6	25
9	25
3	44
2	31
6	25
7	16
6	16
6	16
6	16
7	11
6	24
6	25
1	45
2	36
3	36
1	39
4	25
4	25
5	28
1	33
7	13
3	24
9	8
6	12
5	8
6	20
9	9
3	25
4	19
3	16
2	25
10	8
7	13
5	8
5	8
0	39
3	21
2	24
1	21
3	19
3	19
2	25
2	24
2	32
1	27
4	12
3	28
1	24
2	28
4	19
0	24
2	19
0	25
0	27
4	9
1	19
1	16
1	16
1	19
3	11
2	16
2	20
2	12
1	19
5	0
3	12
1	19
1	17
3	16
1	12
1	8
2	4
1	12
0	13
1	16
3	4
1	12
1	13
1	11
3	0
2	12
1	16

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
25	84
21	91
41	60
29	60
19	95
39	56
11	122
27	45
12	120
22	36
20	67
8	50
24	51
31	25
19	28
33	16
18	60
20	12
21	28
22	24
32	27
9	52
22	56
19	14
33	35
18	60
16	45
21	25
51	4
22	16
12	56
54	0
6	91
15	45
19	27
18	35
12	57
8	72
22	8
11	55
11	56
10	31
15	8
18	16
14	35
17	47
19	8
8	64
8	57
9	59
9	55
18	16
4	67
12	49
11	39
16	25
9	57
0	84
14	35
16	24
20	12
18	24
4	76
11	39
22	27
4	5
13	29
14	25
14	12
4	69
9	43
6	53
16	4
15	12
2	67
4	57
8	39
4	60
14	27
12	25
8	40
11	25
10	32
4	39
6	39
2	57
4	55
6	39
5	24
16	27
3	55
7	39
1	65
7	5
4	47
6	36
9	25
1	60
9	12
5	28
1	60
1	60
1	57
10	19
1	32
0	60
9	19
5	36
1	52
4	39
4	39
3	44
9	12
8	8
6	25
1	39
7	19
5	24
6	25
9	25
3	44
2	31
6	25
7	16
6	16
6	16
6	16
7	11
6	24
6	25
1	45
2	36
3	36
1	39
4	25
4	25
5	28
1	33
7	13
3	24
9	8
6	12
5	8
6	20
9	9
3	25
4	19
3	16
2	25
10	8
7	13
5	8
5	8
0	39
3	21
2	24
1	21
3	19
3	19
2	25
2	24
2	32
1	27
4	12
3	28
1	24
2	28
4	19
0	24
2	19
0	25
0	27
4	9
1	19
1	16
1	16
1	19
3	11
2	16
2	20
2	12
1	19
5	0
3	12
1	19
1	17
3	16
1	12
1	8
2	4
1	12
0	13
1	16
3	4
1	12
1	13
1	11
3	0
2	12
1	16

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
25	84
21	91
41	60
29	60
19	95
39	56
11	122
27	45
12	120
22	36
20	67
8	50
24	51
31	25
19	28
33	16
18	60
20	12
21	28
22	24
32	27
9	52
22	56
19	14
33	35
18	60
16	45
21	25
51	4
22	16
12	56
54	0
6	91
15	45
19	27
18	35
12	57
8	72
22	8
11	55
11	56
10	31
15	8
18	16
14	35
17	47
19	8
8	64
8	57
9	59
9	55
18	16
4	67
12	49
11	39
16	25
9	57
0	84
14	35
16	24
20	12
18	24
4	76
11	39
22	27
4	5
13	29
14	25
14	12
4	69
9	43
6	53
16	4
15	12
2	67
4	57
8	39
4	60
14	27
12	25
8	40
11	25
10	32
4	39
6	39
2	57
4	55
6	39
5	24
16	27
3	55
7	39
1	65
7	5
4	47
6	36
9	25
1	60
9	12
5	28
1	60
1	60
1	57
10	19
1	32
0	60
9	19
5	36
1	52
4	39
4	39
3	44
9	12
8	8
6	25
1	39
7	19
5	24
6	25
9	25
3	44
2	31
6	25
7	16
6	16
6	16
6	16
7	11
6	24
6	25
1	45
2	36
3	36
1	39
4	25
4	25
5	28
1	33
7	13
3	24
9	8
6	12
5	8
6	20
9	9
3	25
4	19
3	16
2	25
10	8
7	13
5	8
5	8
0	39
3	21
2	24
1	21
3	19
3	19
2	25
2	24
2	32
1	27
4	12
3	28
1	24
2	28
4	19
0	24
2	19
0	25
0	27
4	9
1	19
1	16
1	16
1	19
3	11
2	16
2	20
2	12
1	19
5	0
3	12
1	19
1	17
3	16
1	12
1	8
2	4
1	12
0	13
1	16
3	4
1	12
1	13
1	11
3	0
2	12
1	16