Extreme rain in Russia and 4 other countries, 16 to 23 December 2017

Name: Extreme rain in Russia and 4 other countries, 16 to 23 December 2017
Start: 2017-12-16
End: 2017-12-23
Location: Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Georgia

Extreme rain in Russia and 4 other countries, 16 to 23 December 2017: 102 records at 91 stations, peak on 17 December 2017. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Russia and 4 other countries, 16 to 23 December 2017 set or tied 102 station records at 91 stations.
It ran from 16 December 2017 to 23 December 2017 (8 days) and its peak day was 17 December 2017.
Status: closed.
Poltava set a monthly record daily precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 18 December 2017.
The busiest day was 17 December 2017 with 38 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 99 years.

Footprint

16 to 23 December 2017

The area covered by Extreme rain in Russia and 4 other countries, 16 to 23 December 2017 is outlined, with 20 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Russia and 4 other countries, 16 to 23 December 2017: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Poltava	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2017-12-18
Kursk	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	2017-12-18
Kluhorskij Pereval	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	2017-12-23
Verhnjaja Tojma	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	2017-12-17
Nikolo-Poloma	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	2017-12-17
Uglic	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	2017-12-17
Klin	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	2017-12-17
Livny	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	2017-12-17
Camenca	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	2017-12-18
Kornesty	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	2017-12-18
Rjazsk	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	2017-12-18
Kirovohrad	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	2017-12-18
Malojaroslavec	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	2017-12-19
Urjupinsk	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	2017-12-19
Bokovskaja	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	2017-12-19
Morozovsk	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	2017-12-19
Zhytomyr	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	2017-12-19
Kiev	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	2017-12-19
Stavropol (Amsg)	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	2017-12-22
Nevinnomyssk	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	2017-12-22

Records per Day

Peak day 38

Records set or tied each day from 16 December 2017 to 23 December 2017. The most in one day was 38 on 17 December 2017.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Russia and 4 other countries, 16 to 23 December 2017 ranked by margin
Kluhorskij Pereval, 12-23	38.3 mm (1.5 in)
Camenca, 12-18	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
Stavropol (Amsg), 12-22	15.9 mm (0.6 in)
Kornesty, 12-18	13.1 mm (0.5 in)
Kirovohrad, 12-18	11.6 mm (0.5 in)
Poltava, 12-18	11.2 mm (0.4 in)
Bokovskaja, 12-19	10.5 mm (0.4 in)
Nevinnomyssk, 12-22	9.7 mm (0.38 in)
Zhytomyr, 12-19	9.6 mm (0.38 in)
Nikolo-Poloma, 12-17	8.8 mm (0.35 in)
Malojaroslavec, 12-19	8.7 mm (0.34 in)
Verhnjaja Tojma, 12-17	7.9 mm (0.31 in)
Uglic, 12-17	7.5 mm (0.30 in)
Klin, 12-17	7.1 mm (0.28 in)
Kiev, 12-19	7.1 mm (0.28 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

102 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 Russia and 4 other countries, 16 to 23 December 2017
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
11	81
9	44
3	99
13	56
18	28
10	52
8	44
16	20
11	47
7	44
12	36
6	51
7	55
7	56
8	19
9	30
5	47
10	39
38	31
6	47
4	55
6	55
7	28
7	24
6	70
2	70
1	45
2	70
6	35
6	16
8	7
7	48
4	35
5	51
2	34
2	58
2	41
2	62
5	42
3	42
3	44
0	38
5	27
3	2
4	47
2	44
5	24
2	52
4	50
3	42
1	62
4	28
4	24
4	11
1	54
3	42
2	42
2	5
1	42
3	36
2	48
1	44
1	58
2	35
4	11
3	20
2	42
3	18
1	42
1	42
2	24
0	47
3	31
0	51
1	47
1	43
1	42
2	42
2	20
1	24
5	7
1	35
1	35
0	39
2	11
2	12
4	2
0	42
1	30
1	28
1	28
0	36
1	16
3	2
1	30
1	0
0	22
2	3
3	3
2	2
2	0
1	2

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Russia and 4 other countries, 16 to 23 December 2017 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 Russia and 4 other countries, 16 to 23 December 2017 (this event)	102 records

Every Record Set

20 of 102

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Russia and 4 other countries, 16 to 23 December 2017, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2017-12-17	Verhnjaja Tojma	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	19	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-17	Nikolo-Poloma	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	44	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-17	Uglic	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	44	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-17	Klin	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	44	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-17	Livny	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	51	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-18	Poltava	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	81	75 of 100 (Major)
2017-12-18	Kursk	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	99	58 of 100 (Notable)
2017-12-18	Camenca	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	28	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-18	Kornesty	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	56	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-18	Rjazsk	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	55	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-18	Kirovohrad	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	36	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-19	Malojaroslavec	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	30	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-19	Urjupinsk	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	47	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-19	Bokovskaja	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	47	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-19	Morozovsk	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	47	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-19	Zhytomyr	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	52	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-19	Kiev	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	56	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-22	Stavropol (Amsg)	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-22	Nevinnomyssk	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	39	20 of 100 (Routine)
2017-12-23	Kluhorskij Pereval	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	31	39 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 102 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 2026-10-12. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Date	Records
2017-12-16	2
2017-12-17	38
2017-12-18	20
2017-12-19	23
2017-12-20	2
2017-12-21	8
2017-12-22	7
2017-12-23	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
11	81
9	44
3	99
13	56
18	28
10	52
8	44
16	20
11	47
7	44
12	36
6	51
7	55
7	56
8	19
9	30
5	47
10	39
38	31
6	47
4	55
6	55
7	28
7	24
6	70
2	70
1	45
2	70
6	35
6	16
8	7
7	48
4	35
5	51
2	34
2	58
2	41
2	62
5	42
3	42
3	44
0	38
5	27
3	2
4	47
2	44
5	24
2	52
4	50
3	42
1	62
4	28
4	24
4	11
1	54
3	42
2	42
2	5
1	42
3	36
2	48
1	44
1	58
2	35
4	11
3	20
2	42
3	18
1	42
1	42
2	24
0	47
3	31
0	51
1	47
1	43
1	42
2	42
2	20
1	24
5	7
1	35
1	35
0	39
2	11
2	12
4	2
0	42
1	30
1	28
1	28
0	36
1	16
3	2
1	30
1	0
0	22
2	3
3	3
2	2
2	0
1	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
11	81
9	44
3	99
13	56
18	28
10	52
8	44
16	20
11	47
7	44
12	36
6	51
7	55
7	56
8	19
9	30
5	47
10	39
38	31
6	47
4	55
6	55
7	28
7	24
6	70
2	70
1	45
2	70
6	35
6	16
8	7
7	48
4	35
5	51
2	34
2	58
2	41
2	62
5	42
3	42
3	44
0	38
5	27
3	2
4	47
2	44
5	24
2	52
4	50
3	42
1	62
4	28
4	24
4	11
1	54
3	42
2	42
2	5
1	42
3	36
2	48
1	44
1	58
2	35
4	11
3	20
2	42
3	18
1	42
1	42
2	24
0	47
3	31
0	51
1	47
1	43
1	42
2	42
2	20
1	24
5	7
1	35
1	35
0	39
2	11
2	12
4	2
0	42
1	30
1	28
1	28
0	36
1	16
3	2
1	30
1	0
0	22
2	3
3	3
2	2
2	0
1	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
11	81
9	44
3	99
13	56
18	28
10	52
8	44
16	20
11	47
7	44
12	36
6	51
7	55
7	56
8	19
9	30
5	47
10	39
38	31
6	47
4	55
6	55
7	28
7	24
6	70
2	70
1	45
2	70
6	35
6	16
8	7
7	48
4	35
5	51
2	34
2	58
2	41
2	62
5	42
3	42
3	44
0	38
5	27
3	2
4	47
2	44
5	24
2	52
4	50
3	42
1	62
4	28
4	24
4	11
1	54
3	42
2	42
2	5
1	42
3	36
2	48
1	44
1	58
2	35
4	11
3	20
2	42
3	18
1	42
1	42
2	24
0	47
3	31
0	51
1	47
1	43
1	42
2	42
2	20
1	24
5	7
1	35
1	35
0	39
2	11
2	12
4	2
0	42
1	30
1	28
1	28
0	36
1	16
3	2
1	30
1	0
0	22
2	3
3	3
2	2
2	0
1	2