Extreme rain in Sweden and 3 other countries, 28 July to 6 August 2018

Name: Extreme rain in Sweden and 3 other countries, 28 July to 6 August 2018
Start: 2018-07-28
End: 2018-08-06
Location: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia

Extreme rain in Sweden and 3 other countries, 28 July to 6 August 2018: 192 records at 172 stations, peak on 28 July 2018. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Sweden and 3 other countries, 28 July to 6 August 2018 set or tied 192 station records at 172 stations.
It ran from 28 July 2018 to 6 August 2018 (10 days) and its peak day was 28 July 2018.
Status: closed.
Kittila Pulju set an all-time record daily precipitation of 107.6 mm (4.2 in) on 3 August 2018.
The busiest day was 28 July 2018 with 52 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 161 years.

Footprint

28 July to 6 August 2018

The area covered by Extreme rain in Sweden and 3 other countries, 28 July to 6 August 2018 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Sweden and 3 other countries, 28 July to 6 August 2018: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Kittila Pulju	Record daily precipitation	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	2018-08-03
Rauland	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	2018-07-28
Preststulen	Record daily precipitation	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	2018-07-28
Uppsala_Aut	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	2018-07-29
Norberg	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	2018-07-30
Gordalen	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	2018-07-28
Mustasaari Riimala	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	2018-07-29
Tunhovd	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	2018-07-28
Lainio	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	2018-08-02
Segeza	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	2018-08-04
Medvezegorsk	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	2018-08-04
Atnsjoen	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	2018-07-28
Drevsjo	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	2018-07-28
Ornskoldsvik	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	2018-07-29
Nyhammar	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	2018-07-28
Hofors	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	2018-07-28
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	2018-07-31
Lulea-Bergnaset	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	2018-08-05
Lulea Flygplats	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	2018-08-05

Records per Day

Peak day 52

Records set or tied each day from 28 July 2018 to 6 August 2018. The most in one day was 52 on 28 July 2018.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Sweden and 3 other countries, 28 July to 6 August 2018
Date	Records
2018-07-28	52
2018-07-29	43
2018-07-30	14
2018-07-31	11
2018-08-01	3
2018-08-02	14
2018-08-03	31
2018-08-04	9
2018-08-05	14
2018-08-06	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Sweden and 3 other countries, 28 July to 6 August 2018 ranked by margin
Mustasaari Riimala, 07-29	52.9 mm (2.1 in)
Kittila Pulju, 08-03	44.6 mm (1.8 in)
Tunhovd, 07-28	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
Norberg, 07-30	39.5 mm (1.6 in)
Segeza, 08-04	35.9 mm (1.4 in)
Lainio, 08-02	33.4 mm (1.3 in)
Gordalen, 07-28	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
Lulea Flygplats, 08-05	30.3 mm (1.2 in)
Medvezegorsk, 08-04	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
Kittila Pulju, 08-02	28.3 mm (1.1 in)
Lulea-Bergnaset, 08-05	27.8 mm (1.1 in)
Rauland, 07-28	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
Nyhammar, 07-28	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
Ornskoldsvik, 07-29	25.0 mm (1.0 in)
Drevsjo, 07-28	24.8 mm (1.0 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

192 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 Sweden and 3 other countries, 28 July to 6 August 2018
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
45	35
25	91
17	55
13	161
40	72
31	68
53	1
42	45
36	52
30	52
33	56
20	14
25	60
25	72
25	68
24	68
21	60
28	44
28	36
30	29
34	29
35	32
10	40
34	20
26	45
19	65
24	45
14	68
24	39
31	11
26	8
8	91
25	45
31	39
11	16
26	24
6	91
6	115
16	43
17	52
18	24
23	3
8	51
17	44
33	8
7	32
3	93
7	45
14	52
12	47
2	91
21	5
23	3
20	24
9	68
7	46
2	30
12	8
11	43
18	20
1	28
11	40
21	15
11	40
9	14
16	20
20	0
11	25
7	30
16	15
11	23
8	52
13	24
2	68
16	20
11	28
15	24
8	39
16	1
4	59
2	68
2	68
15	20
6	45
3	53
7	43
5	52
8	2
4	44
10	32
10	21
6	44
3	56
13	5
16	5
6	39
6	40
7	21
10	12
5	41
13	3
12	4
13	5
6	29
10	21
3	41
6	32
10	11
17	0
2	25
6	31
7	29
9	9
8	25
4	41
9	24
7	24
7	39
7	24
9	15
6	36
14	4
11	1
5	39
4	29
3	36
7	24
10	5
1	41
7	15
7	12
6	12
9	5
12	5
6	24
5	31
5	24
6	28
2	32
2	4
10	5
0	39
2	32
1	40
1	28
5	29
4	20
4	21
3	28
4	29
1	28
1	31
8	0
4	23
9	5
0	36
7	0
6	8
4	8
1	20
1	24
8	8
7	0
3	20
0	33
2	24
1	20
1	21
5	0
4	11
1	29
9	3
7	5
1	15
0	16
2	21
4	3
4	8
4	3
3	5
0	4
1	15
2	12
2	7
0	15
2	5
3	4
0	11
2	4
1	1
3	0
1	0

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Sweden and 3 other countries, 28 July to 6 August 2018 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 Sweden and 3 other countries, 28 July to 6 August 2018 (this event)	192 records

Every Record Set

20 of 192

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Sweden and 3 other countries, 28 July to 6 August 2018, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2018-07-28	Rauland	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	91	73 of 100 (Major)
2018-07-28	Preststulen	Record daily precipitation	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	55	71 of 100 (Major)
2018-07-28	Gordalen	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	68	67 of 100 (Major)
2018-07-28	Tunhovd	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45	63 of 100 (Major)
2018-07-28	Atnsjoen	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	14	60 of 100 (Major)
2018-07-28	Drevsjo	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	60	60 of 100 (Major)
2018-07-28	Nyhammar	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	68	58 of 100 (Notable)
2018-07-28	Hofors	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	68	58 of 100 (Notable)
2018-07-29	Uppsala_Aut	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	161	68 of 100 (Major)
2018-07-29	Mustasaari Riimala	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	1	65 of 100 (Major)
2018-07-29	Ornskoldsvik	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	72	59 of 100 (Notable)
2018-07-30	Norberg	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	72	68 of 100 (Major)
2018-07-31	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	60	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-08-02	Lainio	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	56	62 of 100 (Major)
2018-08-02	Kittila Pulju	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	36	55 of 100 (Notable)
2018-08-03	Kittila Pulju	Record daily precipitation	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	35	74 of 100 (Major)
2018-08-04	Segeza	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	52	62 of 100 (Major)
2018-08-04	Medvezegorsk	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52	62 of 100 (Major)
2018-08-05	Lulea-Bergnaset	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	44	56 of 100 (Notable)
2018-08-05	Lulea Flygplats	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	29	55 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 192 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
45	35
25	91
17	55
13	161
40	72
31	68
53	1
42	45
36	52
30	52
33	56
20	14
25	60
25	72
25	68
24	68
21	60
28	44
28	36
30	29
34	29
35	32
10	40
34	20
26	45
19	65
24	45
14	68
24	39
31	11
26	8
8	91
25	45
31	39
11	16
26	24
6	91
6	115
16	43
17	52
18	24
23	3
8	51
17	44
33	8
7	32
3	93
7	45
14	52
12	47
2	91
21	5
23	3
20	24
9	68
7	46
2	30
12	8
11	43
18	20
1	28
11	40
21	15
11	40
9	14
16	20
20	0
11	25
7	30
16	15
11	23
8	52
13	24
2	68
16	20
11	28
15	24
8	39
16	1
4	59
2	68
2	68
15	20
6	45
3	53
7	43
5	52
8	2
4	44
10	32
10	21
6	44
3	56
13	5
16	5
6	39
6	40
7	21
10	12
5	41
13	3
12	4
13	5
6	29
10	21
3	41
6	32
10	11
17	0
2	25
6	31
7	29
9	9
8	25
4	41
9	24
7	24
7	39
7	24
9	15
6	36
14	4
11	1
5	39
4	29
3	36
7	24
10	5
1	41
7	15
7	12
6	12
9	5
12	5
6	24
5	31
5	24
6	28
2	32
2	4
10	5
0	39
2	32
1	40
1	28
5	29
4	20
4	21
3	28
4	29
1	28
1	31
8	0
4	23
9	5
0	36
7	0
6	8
4	8
1	20
1	24
8	8
7	0
3	20
0	33
2	24
1	20
1	21
5	0
4	11
1	29
9	3
7	5
1	15
0	16
2	21
4	3
4	8
4	3
3	5
0	4
1	15
2	12
2	7
0	15
2	5
3	4
0	11
2	4
1	1
3	0
1	0

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
45	35
25	91
17	55
13	161
40	72
31	68
53	1
42	45
36	52
30	52
33	56
20	14
25	60
25	72
25	68
24	68
21	60
28	44
28	36
30	29
34	29
35	32
10	40
34	20
26	45
19	65
24	45
14	68
24	39
31	11
26	8
8	91
25	45
31	39
11	16
26	24
6	91
6	115
16	43
17	52
18	24
23	3
8	51
17	44
33	8
7	32
3	93
7	45
14	52
12	47
2	91
21	5
23	3
20	24
9	68
7	46
2	30
12	8
11	43
18	20
1	28
11	40
21	15
11	40
9	14
16	20
20	0
11	25
7	30
16	15
11	23
8	52
13	24
2	68
16	20
11	28
15	24
8	39
16	1
4	59
2	68
2	68
15	20
6	45
3	53
7	43
5	52
8	2
4	44
10	32
10	21
6	44
3	56
13	5
16	5
6	39
6	40
7	21
10	12
5	41
13	3
12	4
13	5
6	29
10	21
3	41
6	32
10	11
17	0
2	25
6	31
7	29
9	9
8	25
4	41
9	24
7	24
7	39
7	24
9	15
6	36
14	4
11	1
5	39
4	29
3	36
7	24
10	5
1	41
7	15
7	12
6	12
9	5
12	5
6	24
5	31
5	24
6	28
2	32
2	4
10	5
0	39
2	32
1	40
1	28
5	29
4	20
4	21
3	28
4	29
1	28
1	31
8	0
4	23
9	5
0	36
7	0
6	8
4	8
1	20
1	24
8	8
7	0
3	20
0	33
2	24
1	20
1	21
5	0
4	11
1	29
9	3
7	5
1	15
0	16
2	21
4	3
4	8
4	3
3	5
0	4
1	15
2	12
2	7
0	15
2	5
3	4
0	11
2	4
1	1
3	0
1	0

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
45	35
25	91
17	55
13	161
40	72
31	68
53	1
42	45
36	52
30	52
33	56
20	14
25	60
25	72
25	68
24	68
21	60
28	44
28	36
30	29
34	29
35	32
10	40
34	20
26	45
19	65
24	45
14	68
24	39
31	11
26	8
8	91
25	45
31	39
11	16
26	24
6	91
6	115
16	43
17	52
18	24
23	3
8	51
17	44
33	8
7	32
3	93
7	45
14	52
12	47
2	91
21	5
23	3
20	24
9	68
7	46
2	30
12	8
11	43
18	20
1	28
11	40
21	15
11	40
9	14
16	20
20	0
11	25
7	30
16	15
11	23
8	52
13	24
2	68
16	20
11	28
15	24
8	39
16	1
4	59
2	68
2	68
15	20
6	45
3	53
7	43
5	52
8	2
4	44
10	32
10	21
6	44
3	56
13	5
16	5
6	39
6	40
7	21
10	12
5	41
13	3
12	4
13	5
6	29
10	21
3	41
6	32
10	11
17	0
2	25
6	31
7	29
9	9
8	25
4	41
9	24
7	24
7	39
7	24
9	15
6	36
14	4
11	1
5	39
4	29
3	36
7	24
10	5
1	41
7	15
7	12
6	12
9	5
12	5
6	24
5	31
5	24
6	28
2	32
2	4
10	5
0	39
2	32
1	40
1	28
5	29
4	20
4	21
3	28
4	29
1	28
1	31
8	0
4	23
9	5
0	36
7	0
6	8
4	8
1	20
1	24
8	8
7	0
3	20
0	33
2	24
1	20
1	21
5	0
4	11
1	29
9	3
7	5
1	15
0	16
2	21
4	3
4	8
4	3
3	5
0	4
1	15
2	12
2	7
0	15
2	5
3	4
0	11
2	4
1	1
3	0
1	0