Extreme rain in Netherlands and 6 other countries, 4 to 11 May 2023

Name: Extreme rain in Netherlands and 6 other countries, 4 to 11 May 2023
Start: 2023-05-04
End: 2023-05-11
Location: Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Austria, Switzerland, Italy

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 6 other countries, 4 to 11 May 2023: 294 records at 244 stations, peak on 9 May 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Netherlands and 6 other countries, 4 to 11 May 2023 set or tied 294 station records at 244 stations.
It ran from 4 May 2023 to 11 May 2023 (8 days) and its peak day was 9 May 2023.
Status: closed.
Yeovilton set a daily record precipitation of 35.8 mm (1.4 in) on 9 May 2023.
The busiest day was 9 May 2023 with 126 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 207 years.

Footprint

4 to 11 May 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in Netherlands and 6 other countries, 4 to 11 May 2023 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Netherlands and 6 other countries, 4 to 11 May 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Yeovilton	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	2023-05-09
Bad Rothenfelde	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	2023-05-09
Ginneken	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	2023-05-05
Kreis Biberach Altheim	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	2023-05-07
Muenster/Osnabrueck (Airport)	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	2023-05-09
Rhein Main	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	2023-05-09
Zeerijp	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	2023-05-05
Hohenpeissenberg	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	2023-05-10
Eindhoven	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	2023-05-10
Groningen-1	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	2023-05-06
Memmingen	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	2023-05-09
Terneuzen	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	2023-05-10
Vaals	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	2023-05-09
Innsbruck	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	2023-05-10
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2023-05-09
Sappemeer	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	2023-05-06
Lennestadt-Theten	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	2023-05-09
Waldems-Reinborn	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	2023-05-09
Bramsche	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	2023-05-09

Records per Day

Peak day 126

Records set or tied each day from 4 May 2023 to 11 May 2023. The most in one day was 126 on 9 May 2023.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Netherlands and 6 other countries, 4 to 11 May 2023
Date	Records
2023-05-04	1
2023-05-05	46
2023-05-06	11
2023-05-07	18
2023-05-08	16
2023-05-09	126
2023-05-10	55
2023-05-11	21

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Netherlands and 6 other countries, 4 to 11 May 2023 ranked by margin
Kreis Biberach Altheim, 05-07	26.5 mm (1.0 in)
Yeovilton, 05-09	23.8 mm (0.9 in)
Muenster/Osnabrueck (Airport), 05-09	22.6 mm (0.9 in)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus, 05-09	22.5 mm (0.9 in)
Memmingen, 05-09	19.4 mm (0.8 in)
Ginneken, 05-05	18.9 mm (0.7 in)
Eindhoven, 05-10	18.2 mm (0.7 in)
Zeerijp, 05-05	17.7 mm (0.7 in)
Bad Rothenfelde, 05-09	17.5 mm (0.7 in)
Terneuzen, 05-10	17.2 mm (0.7 in)
Vaals, 05-09	17.2 mm (0.7 in)
Rhein Main, 05-09	13.9 mm (0.5 in)
Waldems-Reinborn, 05-09	10.7 mm (0.4 in)
Ginneken, 05-07	10.3 mm (0.4 in)
Lennestadt-Theten, 05-09	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

294 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 6 other countries, 4 to 11 May 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
24	48
18	57
27	26
19	38
23	30
14	64
18	25
8	207
10	43
18	34
19	60
8	72
17	22
5	112
17	34
8	70
9	72
23	16
10	60
11	60
23	16
12	50
9	66
18	29
14	32
8	29
11	92
10	72
12	52
10	56
11	49
10	50
2	122
15	30
21	1
16	18
1	69
16	6
8	60
14	32
17	32
16	37
6	60
4	74
8	64
8	50
17	10
14	22
12	40
17	13
10	57
5	51
8	72
9	56
15	16
16	16
19	16
15	30
5	49
7	57
9	48
6	50
5	29
8	36
7	54
3	72
8	49
5	56
16	4
1	80
10	25
5	57
7	50
4	6
10	25
14	9
10	24
6	54
1	44
3	60
5	61
3	64
13	12
5	54
11	24
3	60
5	50
6	40
5	56
5	49
4	50
12	36
9	30
3	25
1	72
0	72
5	4
6	30
6	30
4	50
4	50
1	70
12	17
3	54
6	30
6	30
2	60
8	36
5	41
3	50
5	33
6	40
7	22
1	60
4	50
5	34
8	28
3	48
4	40
3	48
5	36
6	34
2	52
8	16
4	30
1	60
7	25
7	22
10	8
5	30
4	34
8	16
3	40
4	30
2	40
11	40
4	34
8	16
8	8
4	30
1	56
0	60
4	41
2	54
2	41
7	40
5	8
3	34
3	38
1	50
2	6
5	20
1	53
1	54
0	40
1	52
8	16
4	30
4	30
7	16
1	48
3	30
2	32
6	16
4	30
3	41
5	13
1	44
3	32
2	36
3	34
6	8
6	24
4	30
7	8
5	1
6	8
1	29
5	8
7	8
2	37
1	40
2	36
5	29
5	16
2	30
2	30
6	4
6	8
9	1
1	33
4	16
1	38
5	8
3	24
2	25
2	30
6	16
1	37
2	20

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Netherlands and 6 other countries, 4 to 11 May 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 6 other countries, 4 to 11 May 2023 (this event)	294 records

Every Record Set

20 of 294

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Netherlands and 6 other countries, 4 to 11 May 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-05-05	Ginneken	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	38	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-05-05	Zeerijp	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	25	51 of 100 (Notable)
2023-05-06	Groningen-1	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	72	48 of 100 (Notable)
2023-05-06	Sappemeer	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	72	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-05-07	Kreis Biberach Altheim	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	26	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-05-07	Ginneken	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	43	49 of 100 (Notable)
2023-05-09	Yeovilton	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	48	60 of 100 (Major)
2023-05-09	Bad Rothenfelde	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	57	59 of 100 (Notable)
2023-05-09	Muenster/Osnabrueck (Airport)	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	30	52 of 100 (Notable)
2023-05-09	Rhein Main	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	64	52 of 100 (Notable)
2023-05-09	Memmingen	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	60	48 of 100 (Notable)
2023-05-09	Vaals	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	34	47 of 100 (Notable)
2023-05-09	Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	16	45 of 100 (Notable)
2023-05-09	Lennestadt-Theten	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	60	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-05-09	Waldems-Reinborn	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	60	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-05-09	Bramsche	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	70	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-05-10	Hohenpeissenberg	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	207	49 of 100 (Notable)
2023-05-10	Eindhoven	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	34	49 of 100 (Notable)
2023-05-10	Terneuzen	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	22	48 of 100 (Notable)
2023-05-10	Innsbruck	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	112	47 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 294 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	48
18	57
27	26
19	38
23	30
14	64
18	25
8	207
10	43
18	34
19	60
8	72
17	22
5	112
17	34
8	70
9	72
23	16
10	60
11	60
23	16
12	50
9	66
18	29
14	32
8	29
11	92
10	72
12	52
10	56
11	49
10	50
2	122
15	30
21	1
16	18
1	69
16	6
8	60
14	32
17	32
16	37
6	60
4	74
8	64
8	50
17	10
14	22
12	40
17	13
10	57
5	51
8	72
9	56
15	16
16	16
19	16
15	30
5	49
7	57
9	48
6	50
5	29
8	36
7	54
3	72
8	49
5	56
16	4
1	80
10	25
5	57
7	50
4	6
10	25
14	9
10	24
6	54
1	44
3	60
5	61
3	64
13	12
5	54
11	24
3	60
5	50
6	40
5	56
5	49
4	50
12	36
9	30
3	25
1	72
0	72
5	4
6	30
6	30
4	50
4	50
1	70
12	17
3	54
6	30
6	30
2	60
8	36
5	41
3	50
5	33
6	40
7	22
1	60
4	50
5	34
8	28
3	48
4	40
3	48
5	36
6	34
2	52
8	16
4	30
1	60
7	25
7	22
10	8
5	30
4	34
8	16
3	40
4	30
2	40
11	40
4	34
8	16
8	8
4	30
1	56
0	60
4	41
2	54
2	41
7	40
5	8
3	34
3	38
1	50
2	6
5	20
1	53
1	54
0	40
1	52
8	16
4	30
4	30
7	16
1	48
3	30
2	32
6	16
4	30
3	41
5	13
1	44
3	32
2	36
3	34
6	8
6	24
4	30
7	8
5	1
6	8
1	29
5	8
7	8
2	37
1	40
2	36
5	29
5	16
2	30
2	30
6	4
6	8
9	1
1	33
4	16
1	38
5	8
3	24
2	25
2	30
6	16
1	37
2	20

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
24	48
18	57
27	26
19	38
23	30
14	64
18	25
8	207
10	43
18	34
19	60
8	72
17	22
5	112
17	34
8	70
9	72
23	16
10	60
11	60
23	16
12	50
9	66
18	29
14	32
8	29
11	92
10	72
12	52
10	56
11	49
10	50
2	122
15	30
21	1
16	18
1	69
16	6
8	60
14	32
17	32
16	37
6	60
4	74
8	64
8	50
17	10
14	22
12	40
17	13
10	57
5	51
8	72
9	56
15	16
16	16
19	16
15	30
5	49
7	57
9	48
6	50
5	29
8	36
7	54
3	72
8	49
5	56
16	4
1	80
10	25
5	57
7	50
4	6
10	25
14	9
10	24
6	54
1	44
3	60
5	61
3	64
13	12
5	54
11	24
3	60
5	50
6	40
5	56
5	49
4	50
12	36
9	30
3	25
1	72
0	72
5	4
6	30
6	30
4	50
4	50
1	70
12	17
3	54
6	30
6	30
2	60
8	36
5	41
3	50
5	33
6	40
7	22
1	60
4	50
5	34
8	28
3	48
4	40
3	48
5	36
6	34
2	52
8	16
4	30
1	60
7	25
7	22
10	8
5	30
4	34
8	16
3	40
4	30
2	40
11	40
4	34
8	16
8	8
4	30
1	56
0	60
4	41
2	54
2	41
7	40
5	8
3	34
3	38
1	50
2	6
5	20
1	53
1	54
0	40
1	52
8	16
4	30
4	30
7	16
1	48
3	30
2	32
6	16
4	30
3	41
5	13
1	44
3	32
2	36
3	34
6	8
6	24
4	30
7	8
5	1
6	8
1	29
5	8
7	8
2	37
1	40
2	36
5	29
5	16
2	30
2	30
6	4
6	8
9	1
1	33
4	16
1	38
5	8
3	24
2	25
2	30
6	16
1	37
2	20

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
24	48
18	57
27	26
19	38
23	30
14	64
18	25
8	207
10	43
18	34
19	60
8	72
17	22
5	112
17	34
8	70
9	72
23	16
10	60
11	60
23	16
12	50
9	66
18	29
14	32
8	29
11	92
10	72
12	52
10	56
11	49
10	50
2	122
15	30
21	1
16	18
1	69
16	6
8	60
14	32
17	32
16	37
6	60
4	74
8	64
8	50
17	10
14	22
12	40
17	13
10	57
5	51
8	72
9	56
15	16
16	16
19	16
15	30
5	49
7	57
9	48
6	50
5	29
8	36
7	54
3	72
8	49
5	56
16	4
1	80
10	25
5	57
7	50
4	6
10	25
14	9
10	24
6	54
1	44
3	60
5	61
3	64
13	12
5	54
11	24
3	60
5	50
6	40
5	56
5	49
4	50
12	36
9	30
3	25
1	72
0	72
5	4
6	30
6	30
4	50
4	50
1	70
12	17
3	54
6	30
6	30
2	60
8	36
5	41
3	50
5	33
6	40
7	22
1	60
4	50
5	34
8	28
3	48
4	40
3	48
5	36
6	34
2	52
8	16
4	30
1	60
7	25
7	22
10	8
5	30
4	34
8	16
3	40
4	30
2	40
11	40
4	34
8	16
8	8
4	30
1	56
0	60
4	41
2	54
2	41
7	40
5	8
3	34
3	38
1	50
2	6
5	20
1	53
1	54
0	40
1	52
8	16
4	30
4	30
7	16
1	48
3	30
2	32
6	16
4	30
3	41
5	13
1	44
3	32
2	36
3	34
6	8
6	24
4	30
7	8
5	1
6	8
1	29
5	8
7	8
2	37
1	40
2	36
5	29
5	16
2	30
2	30
6	4
6	8
9	1
1	33
4	16
1	38
5	8
3	24
2	25
2	30
6	16
1	37
2	20