Extreme rain in Norway and Sweden, 1 to 7 March 2025

Name: Extreme rain in Norway and Sweden, 1 to 7 March 2025
Start: 2025-03-01
End: 2025-03-07
Location: Norway, Sweden

Extreme rain in Norway and Sweden, 1 to 7 March 2025: 198 records at 107 stations, peak on 4 March 2025. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Norway and Sweden, 1 to 7 March 2025 set or tied 198 station records at 107 stations.
It ran from 1 March 2025 to 7 March 2025 (7 days) and its peak day was 4 March 2025.
Status: closed.
Ostas I Hegra set a daily record precipitation of 51.4 mm (2.0 in) on 2 March 2025.
The busiest day was 4 March 2025 with 64 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 119 years.

Footprint

1 to 7 March 2025

The area covered by Extreme rain in Norway and Sweden, 1 to 7 March 2025 is outlined, with 18 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Norway and Sweden, 1 to 7 March 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Ostas I Hegra	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	2025-03-02
Geilo	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	2025-03-04
Orland	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	2025-03-05
Fet I Eidfjord	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	2025-03-03
Lavik	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	2025-03-05
Hatlestrand	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	2025-03-04
Norddal	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	2025-03-05
Sand I Ryfylke II	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	2025-03-04
Haukedal	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	2025-03-01
Hustadvatn	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	2025-03-05
Istad Kraftstasjon	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	2025-03-05
Tafjord	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	2025-03-03
Gronning	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	2025-03-03
Smola - Moldstad	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	2025-03-04
Digernaset	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2025-03-05
Sorli	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	2025-03-01
Kjobli I Snaasa	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	2025-03-01
Jarpstrommen	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	2025-03-02

Records per Day

Peak day 64

Records set or tied each day from 1 March 2025 to 7 March 2025. The most in one day was 64 on 4 March 2025.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Norway and Sweden, 1 to 7 March 2025 ranked by margin
Lavik, 03-05	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
Istad Kraftstasjon, 03-05	47.3 mm (1.9 in)
Haukedal, 03-01	41.3 mm (1.6 in)
Hustadvatn, 03-05	38.5 mm (1.5 in)
Sand I Ryfylke II, 03-04	32.9 mm (1.3 in)
Gronning, 03-03	32.9 mm (1.3 in)
Hatlestrand, 03-04	32.6 mm (1.3 in)
Ostas I Hegra, 03-02	28.5 mm (1.1 in)
Tafjord, 03-03	25.0 mm (1.0 in)
Orland, 03-05	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
Fet I Eidfjord, 03-03	22.1 mm (0.9 in)
Smola - Moldstad, 03-04	20.4 mm (0.8 in)
Digernaset, 03-05	15.9 mm (0.6 in)
Norddal, 03-05	12.7 mm (0.5 in)
Norddal, 03-04	11.7 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

198 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 Sweden, 1 to 7 March 2025
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
29	72
11	87
10	104
23	56
22	58
54	40
33	67
13	100
12	119
33	67
41	58
11	50
8	99
39	46
47	35
25	28
33	46
20	46
11	12
16	24
42	35
9	119
13	87
13	70
43	31
56	4
62	35
34	46
11	119
28	2
5	100
10	27
13	16
10	87
3	84
14	67
39	35
19	4
6	28
29	48
55	24
55	10
25	56
5	67
32	35
7	87
6	87
5	87
11	58
2	119
3	58
5	28
21	31
5	46
0	106
29	35
11	67
21	2
11	35
11	35
12	28
7	39
41	35
3	87
20	35
23	46
17	35
4	87
14	56
11	4
25	35
23	48
16	35
6	64
20	42
15	35
25	31
14	56
28	2
17	35
23	39
5	24
12	39
19	46
22	35
9	35
3	36
27	35
29	31
4	36
30	35
2	64
15	10
6	42
3	9
9	35
14	42
3	12
8	30
3	56
13	35
20	46
13	24
20	24
14	46
9	4
5	58
16	28
5	28
15	24
16	4
18	31
1	64
13	31
16	35
17	35
16	14
16	35
3	39
11	35
7	35
17	31
5	46
7	24
5	13
8	24
5	4
2	43
6	35
5	16
5	46
12	35
6	12
2	13
1	48
1	44
7	12
9	31
5	31
2	46
2	46
1	47
3	31
0	42
4	24
12	23
1	48
9	31
3	35
6	12
5	2
9	31
2	40
5	2
3	26
6	31
2	35
6	28
1	28
1	39
6	35
9	24
7	2
4	24
4	2
5	35
11	14
0	40
2	23
0	35
0	35
5	16
2	35
6	2
2	16
7	6
5	16
2	35
3	4
0	42
10	4
3	16
1	14
5	6
3	28
1	18
0	24
1	31
1	26
2	12
1	24
0	28
0	10
2	12
3	4
0	18
1	4
0	4

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Norway and Sweden, 1 to 7 March 2025 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 Sweden, 1 to 7 March 2025 (this event)	198 records

Every Record Set

20 of 198

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Norway and Sweden, 1 to 7 March 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-03-01	Haukedal	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	58	55 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-01	Sorli	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	50	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-01	Kjobli I Snaasa	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	99	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-02	Ostas I Hegra	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	72	71 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-02	Jarpstrommen	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	12	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-03	Fet I Eidfjord	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	58	60 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-03	Tafjord	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28	52 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-03	Gronning	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	46	52 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-03	Geilo	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	104	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-04	Geilo	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	87	66 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-04	Hatlestrand	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	67	58 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-04	Norddal	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	119	56 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-04	Sand I Ryfylke II	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	67	56 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-04	Smola - Moldstad	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	46	52 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-05	Orland	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	56	64 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-05	Lavik	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	40	59 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-05	Norddal	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	100	58 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-05	Hustadvatn	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	46	54 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-05	Istad Kraftstasjon	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	35	54 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-05	Digernaset	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	24	50 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 198 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
29	72
11	87
10	104
23	56
22	58
54	40
33	67
13	100
12	119
33	67
41	58
11	50
8	99
39	46
47	35
25	28
33	46
20	46
11	12
16	24
42	35
9	119
13	87
13	70
43	31
56	4
62	35
34	46
11	119
28	2
5	100
10	27
13	16
10	87
3	84
14	67
39	35
19	4
6	28
29	48
55	24
55	10
25	56
5	67
32	35
7	87
6	87
5	87
11	58
2	119
3	58
5	28
21	31
5	46
0	106
29	35
11	67
21	2
11	35
11	35
12	28
7	39
41	35
3	87
20	35
23	46
17	35
4	87
14	56
11	4
25	35
23	48
16	35
6	64
20	42
15	35
25	31
14	56
28	2
17	35
23	39
5	24
12	39
19	46
22	35
9	35
3	36
27	35
29	31
4	36
30	35
2	64
15	10
6	42
3	9
9	35
14	42
3	12
8	30
3	56
13	35
20	46
13	24
20	24
14	46
9	4
5	58
16	28
5	28
15	24
16	4
18	31
1	64
13	31
16	35
17	35
16	14
16	35
3	39
11	35
7	35
17	31
5	46
7	24
5	13
8	24
5	4
2	43
6	35
5	16
5	46
12	35
6	12
2	13
1	48
1	44
7	12
9	31
5	31
2	46
2	46
1	47
3	31
0	42
4	24
12	23
1	48
9	31
3	35
6	12
5	2
9	31
2	40
5	2
3	26
6	31
2	35
6	28
1	28
1	39
6	35
9	24
7	2
4	24
4	2
5	35
11	14
0	40
2	23
0	35
0	35
5	16
2	35
6	2
2	16
7	6
5	16
2	35
3	4
0	42
10	4
3	16
1	14
5	6
3	28
1	18
0	24
1	31
1	26
2	12
1	24
0	28
0	10
2	12
3	4
0	18
1	4
0	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
29	72
11	87
10	104
23	56
22	58
54	40
33	67
13	100
12	119
33	67
41	58
11	50
8	99
39	46
47	35
25	28
33	46
20	46
11	12
16	24
42	35
9	119
13	87
13	70
43	31
56	4
62	35
34	46
11	119
28	2
5	100
10	27
13	16
10	87
3	84
14	67
39	35
19	4
6	28
29	48
55	24
55	10
25	56
5	67
32	35
7	87
6	87
5	87
11	58
2	119
3	58
5	28
21	31
5	46
0	106
29	35
11	67
21	2
11	35
11	35
12	28
7	39
41	35
3	87
20	35
23	46
17	35
4	87
14	56
11	4
25	35
23	48
16	35
6	64
20	42
15	35
25	31
14	56
28	2
17	35
23	39
5	24
12	39
19	46
22	35
9	35
3	36
27	35
29	31
4	36
30	35
2	64
15	10
6	42
3	9
9	35
14	42
3	12
8	30
3	56
13	35
20	46
13	24
20	24
14	46
9	4
5	58
16	28
5	28
15	24
16	4
18	31
1	64
13	31
16	35
17	35
16	14
16	35
3	39
11	35
7	35
17	31
5	46
7	24
5	13
8	24
5	4
2	43
6	35
5	16
5	46
12	35
6	12
2	13
1	48
1	44
7	12
9	31
5	31
2	46
2	46
1	47
3	31
0	42
4	24
12	23
1	48
9	31
3	35
6	12
5	2
9	31
2	40
5	2
3	26
6	31
2	35
6	28
1	28
1	39
6	35
9	24
7	2
4	24
4	2
5	35
11	14
0	40
2	23
0	35
0	35
5	16
2	35
6	2
2	16
7	6
5	16
2	35
3	4
0	42
10	4
3	16
1	14
5	6
3	28
1	18
0	24
1	31
1	26
2	12
1	24
0	28
0	10
2	12
3	4
0	18
1	4
0	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
29	72
11	87
10	104
23	56
22	58
54	40
33	67
13	100
12	119
33	67
41	58
11	50
8	99
39	46
47	35
25	28
33	46
20	46
11	12
16	24
42	35
9	119
13	87
13	70
43	31
56	4
62	35
34	46
11	119
28	2
5	100
10	27
13	16
10	87
3	84
14	67
39	35
19	4
6	28
29	48
55	24
55	10
25	56
5	67
32	35
7	87
6	87
5	87
11	58
2	119
3	58
5	28
21	31
5	46
0	106
29	35
11	67
21	2
11	35
11	35
12	28
7	39
41	35
3	87
20	35
23	46
17	35
4	87
14	56
11	4
25	35
23	48
16	35
6	64
20	42
15	35
25	31
14	56
28	2
17	35
23	39
5	24
12	39
19	46
22	35
9	35
3	36
27	35
29	31
4	36
30	35
2	64
15	10
6	42
3	9
9	35
14	42
3	12
8	30
3	56
13	35
20	46
13	24
20	24
14	46
9	4
5	58
16	28
5	28
15	24
16	4
18	31
1	64
13	31
16	35
17	35
16	14
16	35
3	39
11	35
7	35
17	31
5	46
7	24
5	13
8	24
5	4
2	43
6	35
5	16
5	46
12	35
6	12
2	13
1	48
1	44
7	12
9	31
5	31
2	46
2	46
1	47
3	31
0	42
4	24
12	23
1	48
9	31
3	35
6	12
5	2
9	31
2	40
5	2
3	26
6	31
2	35
6	28
1	28
1	39
6	35
9	24
7	2
4	24
4	2
5	35
11	14
0	40
2	23
0	35
0	35
5	16
2	35
6	2
2	16
7	6
5	16
2	35
3	4
0	42
10	4
3	16
1	14
5	6
3	28
1	18
0	24
1	31
1	26
2	12
1	24
0	28
0	10
2	12
3	4
0	18
1	4
0	4