Extreme rain in Norway and 4 other countries, 7 to 12 August 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Norway and 4 other countries, 7 to 12 August 2024
Start: 2024-08-07
End: 2024-08-12
Location: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Russia

Extreme rain in Norway and 4 other countries, 7 to 12 August 2024: 142 records at 131 stations, peak on 9 August 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Norway and 4 other countries, 7 to 12 August 2024 set or tied 142 station records at 131 stations.
It ran from 7 August 2024 to 12 August 2024 (6 days) and its peak day was 9 August 2024.
Status: closed.
Briksdal set a daily record precipitation of 63.9 mm (2.5 in) on 10 August 2024.
The busiest day was 9 August 2024 with 74 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 122 years.

Footprint

7 to 12 August 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Norway and 4 other countries, 7 to 12 August 2024 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Norway and 4 other countries, 7 to 12 August 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Briksdal	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	2024-08-10
Vesanto Sonkari	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	2024-08-10
Hornindal	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	2024-08-10
Hemavan	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	2024-08-08
Avasjo-Borgafjall_D	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2024-08-08
Haukedal	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	2024-08-10
Aanekoski Kalaniemi	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	2024-08-10
Varberg	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	2024-08-09
Eikemo	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	2024-08-10
Bulken	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	2024-08-09
Suldalsvatn	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	2024-08-09
Ovstedal	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	2024-08-09
Otteroy	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	2024-08-11
Biri	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	2024-08-09
Veitastrond	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	2024-08-10
Botnen I Forde	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	2024-08-10
Bodoe VI	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	2024-08-08
Fet I Eidfjord	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	2024-08-10
Gallivare_A	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	2024-08-10

Records per Day

Peak day 74

Records set or tied each day from 7 August 2024 to 12 August 2024. The most in one day was 74 on 9 August 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Norway and 4 other countries, 7 to 12 August 2024 ranked by margin
Eikemo, 08-10	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
Vesanto Sonkari, 08-10	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
Hemavan, 08-08	32.8 mm (1.3 in)
Briksdal, 08-10	27.8 mm (1.1 in)
Avasjo-Borgafjall_D, 08-08	27.2 mm (1.1 in)
Ovstedal, 08-09	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
Veitastrond, 08-10	20.4 mm (0.8 in)
Otteroy, 08-11	20.2 mm (0.8 in)
Aanekoski Kalaniemi, 08-10	18.1 mm (0.7 in)
Veitastrond, 08-09	14.7 mm (0.6 in)
Hornindal, 08-10	14.4 mm (0.6 in)
Fet I Eidfjord, 08-10	13.8 mm (0.5 in)
Haukedal, 08-10	12.6 mm (0.5 in)
Bodoe VI, 08-08	10.7 mm (0.4 in)
Suldalsvatn, 08-09	8.0 mm (0.31 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

142 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 Norway and 4 other countries, 7 to 12 August 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
28	101
34	58
14	101
14	64
33	8
27	13
13	61
18	44
36	42
4	102
4	121
8	89
23	63
20	39
1	122
2	101
20	33
4	80
11	51
15	51
5	70
16	34
11	63
13	44
12	45
6	76
4	52
18	10
5	45
8	75
18	23
9	44
9	52
13	27
9	63
22	33
6	58
4	64
1	71
13	31
12	31
10	31
2	73
8	53
10	53
3	64
11	31
13	19
1	63
22	33
0	73
11	31
18	5
7	33
4	58
10	13
18	27
7	31
11	25
12	14
13	3
12	27
7	45
13	27
6	31
4	44
13	27
14	27
14	8
13	15
1	54
5	38
4	10
14	27
1	63
3	45
10	33
8	23
19	5
18	6
4	31
9	19
2	15
5	39
5	19
5	39
9	27
7	33
10	6
4	31
6	23
3	31
2	42
5	25
4	33
5	32
2	31
10	2
2	26
1	39
5	33
2	42
8	8
1	35
5	25
1	36
2	31
4	19
5	10
4	25
2	25
3	6
1	31
5	6
6	6
3	13
4	19
3	3
3	13
1	14
5	1
3	5
4	7
2	16
0	19
1	19
1	25
2	13
4	1
4	6
1	5
1	25
1	19
4	5
0	12
2	1
1	6
0	1
1	1
0	13
1	4
0	2

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Norway and 4 other countries, 7 to 12 August 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 Norway and 4 other countries, 7 to 12 August 2024 (this event)	142 records

Every Record Set

20 of 142

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Norway and 4 other countries, 7 to 12 August 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-08-08	Hemavan	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	8	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-08	Avasjo-Borgafjall_D	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-08	Bodoe VI	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	51	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-08-09	Varberg	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	102	45 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-09	Bulken	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	121	44 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-09	Suldalsvatn	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	89	44 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-09	Ovstedal	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	63	42 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-09	Biri	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	122	41 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-09	Veitastrond	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	51	39 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-10	Briksdal	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	101	76 of 100 (Major)
2024-08-10	Vesanto Sonkari	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	58	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-08-10	Hornindal	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	101	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-10	Haukedal	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	61	47 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-10	Aanekoski Kalaniemi	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	44	46 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-10	Eikemo	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42	45 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-10	Botnen I Forde	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	101	41 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-10	Veitastrond	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	33	41 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-10	Fet I Eidfjord	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	64	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-08-10	Gallivare_A	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	80	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-08-11	Otteroy	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	39	42 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 142 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
2024-08-07	1
2024-08-08	11
2024-08-09	74
2024-08-10	47
2024-08-11	8
2024-08-12	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
28	101
34	58
14	101
14	64
33	8
27	13
13	61
18	44
36	42
4	102
4	121
8	89
23	63
20	39
1	122
2	101
20	33
4	80
11	51
15	51
5	70
16	34
11	63
13	44
12	45
6	76
4	52
18	10
5	45
8	75
18	23
9	44
9	52
13	27
9	63
22	33
6	58
4	64
1	71
13	31
12	31
10	31
2	73
8	53
10	53
3	64
11	31
13	19
1	63
22	33
0	73
11	31
18	5
7	33
4	58
10	13
18	27
7	31
11	25
12	14
13	3
12	27
7	45
13	27
6	31
4	44
13	27
14	27
14	8
13	15
1	54
5	38
4	10
14	27
1	63
3	45
10	33
8	23
19	5
18	6
4	31
9	19
2	15
5	39
5	19
5	39
9	27
7	33
10	6
4	31
6	23
3	31
2	42
5	25
4	33
5	32
2	31
10	2
2	26
1	39
5	33
2	42
8	8
1	35
5	25
1	36
2	31
4	19
5	10
4	25
2	25
3	6
1	31
5	6
6	6
3	13
4	19
3	3
3	13
1	14
5	1
3	5
4	7
2	16
0	19
1	19
1	25
2	13
4	1
4	6
1	5
1	25
1	19
4	5
0	12
2	1
1	6
0	1
1	1
0	13
1	4
0	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
28	101
34	58
14	101
14	64
33	8
27	13
13	61
18	44
36	42
4	102
4	121
8	89
23	63
20	39
1	122
2	101
20	33
4	80
11	51
15	51
5	70
16	34
11	63
13	44
12	45
6	76
4	52
18	10
5	45
8	75
18	23
9	44
9	52
13	27
9	63
22	33
6	58
4	64
1	71
13	31
12	31
10	31
2	73
8	53
10	53
3	64
11	31
13	19
1	63
22	33
0	73
11	31
18	5
7	33
4	58
10	13
18	27
7	31
11	25
12	14
13	3
12	27
7	45
13	27
6	31
4	44
13	27
14	27
14	8
13	15
1	54
5	38
4	10
14	27
1	63
3	45
10	33
8	23
19	5
18	6
4	31
9	19
2	15
5	39
5	19
5	39
9	27
7	33
10	6
4	31
6	23
3	31
2	42
5	25
4	33
5	32
2	31
10	2
2	26
1	39
5	33
2	42
8	8
1	35
5	25
1	36
2	31
4	19
5	10
4	25
2	25
3	6
1	31
5	6
6	6
3	13
4	19
3	3
3	13
1	14
5	1
3	5
4	7
2	16
0	19
1	19
1	25
2	13
4	1
4	6
1	5
1	25
1	19
4	5
0	12
2	1
1	6
0	1
1	1
0	13
1	4
0	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
28	101
34	58
14	101
14	64
33	8
27	13
13	61
18	44
36	42
4	102
4	121
8	89
23	63
20	39
1	122
2	101
20	33
4	80
11	51
15	51
5	70
16	34
11	63
13	44
12	45
6	76
4	52
18	10
5	45
8	75
18	23
9	44
9	52
13	27
9	63
22	33
6	58
4	64
1	71
13	31
12	31
10	31
2	73
8	53
10	53
3	64
11	31
13	19
1	63
22	33
0	73
11	31
18	5
7	33
4	58
10	13
18	27
7	31
11	25
12	14
13	3
12	27
7	45
13	27
6	31
4	44
13	27
14	27
14	8
13	15
1	54
5	38
4	10
14	27
1	63
3	45
10	33
8	23
19	5
18	6
4	31
9	19
2	15
5	39
5	19
5	39
9	27
7	33
10	6
4	31
6	23
3	31
2	42
5	25
4	33
5	32
2	31
10	2
2	26
1	39
5	33
2	42
8	8
1	35
5	25
1	36
2	31
4	19
5	10
4	25
2	25
3	6
1	31
5	6
6	6
3	13
4	19
3	3
3	13
1	14
5	1
3	5
4	7
2	16
0	19
1	19
1	25
2	13
4	1
4	6
1	5
1	25
1	19
4	5
0	12
2	1
1	6
0	1
1	1
0	13
1	4
0	2