Extreme rain in Netherlands and 25 other countries, 9 to 24 January 2023

Name: Extreme rain in Netherlands and 25 other countries, 9 to 24 January 2023
Start: 2023-01-09
End: 2023-01-24
Location: Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Norway, Slovenia, Finland, United Kingdom, Hungary, Croatia, France, Estonia, Russia, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Latvia, Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 25 other countries, 9 to 24 January 2023: 649 records at 507 stations, peak on 14 January 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 25 other countries, 9 to 24 January 2023 set or tied 649 station records at 507 stations.
It ran from 9 January 2023 to 24 January 2023 (16 days) and its peak day was 14 January 2023.
Status: closed.
De Bilt set a daily record precipitation of 40.0 mm (1.6 in) on 12 January 2023.
The busiest day was 14 January 2023 with 160 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 170 years.

Footprint

9 to 24 January 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in Netherlands and 25 other countries, 9 to 24 January 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 Netherlands and 25 other countries, 9 to 24 January 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
De Bilt	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	2023-01-12
Zagreb-Gric	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	2023-01-17
Numansdorp	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	2023-01-11
Varazdin	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	2023-01-23
Murska Sobota-Rakican	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	2023-01-15
Oud Alblas	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	2023-01-11
Barendrecht	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	2023-01-11
Schierke	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	2023-01-12
Lisca	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	2023-01-15
Strijen	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	2023-01-11
Lennestadt-Theten	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	2023-01-12
Eslohe	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	2023-01-12
Graz	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	2023-01-23
Delft	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	2023-01-11
Noordgouwe	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	2023-01-11
Westkapelle	Record daily precipitation	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	2023-01-11
Oxford	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	2023-01-11
Sortavala	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	2023-01-12
Vasteras-Hasslo	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	2023-01-14
Ange-Parteboda D	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	2023-01-15

Records per Day

Peak day 160

Records set or tied each day from 9 January 2023 to 24 January 2023. The most in one day was 160 on 14 January 2023.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Netherlands and 25 other countries, 9 to 24 January 2023
Date	Records
2023-01-09	1
2023-01-10	9
2023-01-11	99
2023-01-12	75
2023-01-13	17
2023-01-14	160
2023-01-15	108
2023-01-16	49
2023-01-17	53
2023-01-18	17
2023-01-19	6
2023-01-20	20
2023-01-21	12
2023-01-22	11
2023-01-23	9
2023-01-24	3

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Netherlands and 25 other countries, 9 to 24 January 2023 ranked by margin
Lisca, 01-15	26.5 mm (1.0 in)
De Bilt, 01-12	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
Varazdin, 01-23	21.1 mm (0.8 in)
Murska Sobota-Rakican, 01-15	18.7 mm (0.7 in)
Strijen, 01-11	18.4 mm (0.7 in)
Schierke, 01-12	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
Graz, 01-23	17.1 mm (0.7 in)
Zagreb-Gric, 01-17	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
Numansdorp, 01-11	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
Eslohe, 01-12	14.5 mm (0.6 in)
Oud Alblas, 01-11	14.4 mm (0.6 in)
Barendrecht, 01-11	14.3 mm (0.6 in)
Lennestadt-Theten, 01-12	13.1 mm (0.5 in)
Westkapelle, 01-11	10.9 mm (0.4 in)
Sortavala, 01-12	10.0 mm (0.4 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

500 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 25 other countries, 9 to 24 January 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
24	67
15	104
15	64
21	60
19	53
14	72
14	64
7	72
18	84
10	39
11	72
27	36
18	16
13	75
9	75
5	170
15	75
9	72
17	1
3	100
25	24
13	41
17	16
9	72
12	27
13	49
8	72
9	67
5	81
15	19
19	1
21	43
7	41
26	12
8	72
14	15
28	57
18	13
9	55
15	39
8	64
7	72
5	87
18	19
13	68
6	72
8	68
5	75
5	67
4	131
2	116
14	16
15	1
10	18
5	75
16	28
1	104
2	125
6	72
14	16
8	41
13	60
14	1
6	72
5	76
10	18
8	39
6	68
14	36
3	80
5	72
6	72
28	9
6	53
5	68
32	16
3	71
6	48
5	56
22	52
22	39
12	16
5	68
5	68
8	48
16	5
6	64
4	60
5	68
7	44
12	16
11	16
16	44
3	76
14	29
5	68
12	8
10	1
7	44
15	24
16	15
3	73
7	20
4	68
6	48
10	19
2	72
9	28
5	48
5	56
10	29
16	47
18	28
8	49
9	60
3	68
3	68
12	5
4	64
36	9
6	41
5	57
4	55
7	19
9	29
11	1
11	1
11	1
10	16
2	72
7	39
6	44
6	16
5	45
1	67
7	45
7	53
8	24
9	3
4	39
5	28
9	39
1	72
11	1
1	75
11	12
17	31
11	45
11	39
12	36
16	16
4	55
5	41
8	3
2	67
1	72
4	41
7	20
3	48
12	24
3	48
10	24
6	49
10	49
1	67
7	39
1	72
6	41
6	36
10	1
9	19
5	45
5	41
1	75
1	68
4	47
7	28
7	4
9	57
3	72
12	52
1	68
5	49
1	64
4	41
4	41
9	39
7	24
11	32
6	45
3	28
2	48
9	1
10	1
3	27
8	35
11	8
4	20
5	12
5	24

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Netherlands and 25 other countries, 9 to 24 January 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 Netherlands and 25 other countries, 9 to 24 January 2023 (this event)	649 records

Every Record Set

20 of 649

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Netherlands and 25 other countries, 9 to 24 January 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-01-11	Numansdorp	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	64	62 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-11	Oud Alblas	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	72	59 of 100 (Notable)
2023-01-11	Barendrecht	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	64	57 of 100 (Notable)
2023-01-11	Strijen	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	16	53 of 100 (Notable)
2023-01-11	Delft	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	75	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-11	Noordgouwe	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	72	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-11	Westkapelle	Record daily precipitation	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	72	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-11	Oxford	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	170	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-12	De Bilt	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	67	70 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-12	Schierke	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	84	56 of 100 (Notable)
2023-01-12	Lennestadt-Theten	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	75	52 of 100 (Notable)
2023-01-12	Eslohe	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	75	51 of 100 (Notable)
2023-01-12	Sortavala	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	39	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-14	Vasteras-Hasslo	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	100	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-15	Murska Sobota-Rakican	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	53	60 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-15	Lisca	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	36	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-01-15	Ange-Parteboda D	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	72	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-01-17	Zagreb-Gric	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	104	66 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-23	Varazdin	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	60	61 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-23	Graz	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	1	50 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 649 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
24	67
15	104
15	64
21	60
19	53
14	72
14	64
7	72
18	84
10	39
11	72
27	36
18	16
13	75
9	75
5	170
15	75
9	72
17	1
3	100
25	24
13	41
17	16
9	72
12	27
13	49
8	72
9	67
5	81
15	19
19	1
21	43
7	41
26	12
8	72
14	15
28	57
18	13
9	55
15	39
8	64
7	72
5	87
18	19
13	68
6	72
8	68
5	75
5	67
4	131
2	116
14	16
15	1
10	18
5	75
16	28
1	104
2	125
6	72
14	16
8	41
13	60
14	1
6	72
5	76
10	18
8	39
6	68
14	36
3	80
5	72
6	72
28	9
6	53
5	68
32	16
3	71
6	48
5	56
22	52
22	39
12	16
5	68
5	68
8	48
16	5
6	64
4	60
5	68
7	44
12	16
11	16
16	44
3	76
14	29
5	68
12	8
10	1
7	44
15	24
16	15
3	73
7	20
4	68
6	48
10	19
2	72
9	28
5	48
5	56
10	29
16	47
18	28
8	49
9	60
3	68
3	68
12	5
4	64
36	9
6	41
5	57
4	55
7	19
9	29
11	1
11	1
11	1
10	16
2	72
7	39
6	44
6	16
5	45
1	67
7	45
7	53
8	24
9	3
4	39
5	28
9	39
1	72
11	1
1	75
11	12
17	31
11	45
11	39
12	36
16	16
4	55
5	41
8	3
2	67
1	72
4	41
7	20
3	48
12	24
3	48
10	24
6	49
10	49
1	67
7	39
1	72
6	41
6	36
10	1
9	19
5	45
5	41
1	75
1	68
4	47
7	28
7	4
9	57
3	72
12	52
1	68
5	49
1	64
4	41
4	41
9	39
7	24
11	32
6	45
3	28
2	48
9	1
10	1
3	27
8	35
11	8
4	20
5	12
5	24

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
24	67
15	104
15	64
21	60
19	53
14	72
14	64
7	72
18	84
10	39
11	72
27	36
18	16
13	75
9	75
5	170
15	75
9	72
17	1
3	100
25	24
13	41
17	16
9	72
12	27
13	49
8	72
9	67
5	81
15	19
19	1
21	43
7	41
26	12
8	72
14	15
28	57
18	13
9	55
15	39
8	64
7	72
5	87
18	19
13	68
6	72
8	68
5	75
5	67
4	131
2	116
14	16
15	1
10	18
5	75
16	28
1	104
2	125
6	72
14	16
8	41
13	60
14	1
6	72
5	76
10	18
8	39
6	68
14	36
3	80
5	72
6	72
28	9
6	53
5	68
32	16
3	71
6	48
5	56
22	52
22	39
12	16
5	68
5	68
8	48
16	5
6	64
4	60
5	68
7	44
12	16
11	16
16	44
3	76
14	29
5	68
12	8
10	1
7	44
15	24
16	15
3	73
7	20
4	68
6	48
10	19
2	72
9	28
5	48
5	56
10	29
16	47
18	28
8	49
9	60
3	68
3	68
12	5
4	64
36	9
6	41
5	57
4	55
7	19
9	29
11	1
11	1
11	1
10	16
2	72
7	39
6	44
6	16
5	45
1	67
7	45
7	53
8	24
9	3
4	39
5	28
9	39
1	72
11	1
1	75
11	12
17	31
11	45
11	39
12	36
16	16
4	55
5	41
8	3
2	67
1	72
4	41
7	20
3	48
12	24
3	48
10	24
6	49
10	49
1	67
7	39
1	72
6	41
6	36
10	1
9	19
5	45
5	41
1	75
1	68
4	47
7	28
7	4
9	57
3	72
12	52
1	68
5	49
1	64
4	41
4	41
9	39
7	24
11	32
6	45
3	28
2	48
9	1
10	1
3	27
8	35
11	8
4	20
5	12
5	24

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
24	67
15	104
15	64
21	60
19	53
14	72
14	64
7	72
18	84
10	39
11	72
27	36
18	16
13	75
9	75
5	170
15	75
9	72
17	1
3	100
25	24
13	41
17	16
9	72
12	27
13	49
8	72
9	67
5	81
15	19
19	1
21	43
7	41
26	12
8	72
14	15
28	57
18	13
9	55
15	39
8	64
7	72
5	87
18	19
13	68
6	72
8	68
5	75
5	67
4	131
2	116
14	16
15	1
10	18
5	75
16	28
1	104
2	125
6	72
14	16
8	41
13	60
14	1
6	72
5	76
10	18
8	39
6	68
14	36
3	80
5	72
6	72
28	9
6	53
5	68
32	16
3	71
6	48
5	56
22	52
22	39
12	16
5	68
5	68
8	48
16	5
6	64
4	60
5	68
7	44
12	16
11	16
16	44
3	76
14	29
5	68
12	8
10	1
7	44
15	24
16	15
3	73
7	20
4	68
6	48
10	19
2	72
9	28
5	48
5	56
10	29
16	47
18	28
8	49
9	60
3	68
3	68
12	5
4	64
36	9
6	41
5	57
4	55
7	19
9	29
11	1
11	1
11	1
10	16
2	72
7	39
6	44
6	16
5	45
1	67
7	45
7	53
8	24
9	3
4	39
5	28
9	39
1	72
11	1
1	75
11	12
17	31
11	45
11	39
12	36
16	16
4	55
5	41
8	3
2	67
1	72
4	41
7	20
3	48
12	24
3	48
10	24
6	49
10	49
1	67
7	39
1	72
6	41
6	36
10	1
9	19
5	45
5	41
1	75
1	68
4	47
7	28
7	4
9	57
3	72
12	52
1	68
5	49
1	64
4	41
4	41
9	39
7	24
11	32
6	45
3	28
2	48
9	1
10	1
3	27
8	35
11	8
4	20
5	12
5	24