Extreme rain in Sweden and 5 other countries, 9 to 13 April 2021

Name: Extreme rain in Sweden and 5 other countries, 9 to 13 April 2021
Start: 2021-04-09
End: 2021-04-13
Location: Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, France, Norway, Luxembourg

Extreme rain in Sweden and 5 other countries, 9 to 13 April 2021: 285 records at 278 stations, peak on 10 April 2021. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Sweden and 5 other countries, 9 to 13 April 2021 set or tied 285 station records at 278 stations.
It ran from 9 April 2021 to 13 April 2021 (5 days) and its peak day was 10 April 2021.
Status: closed.
Hogemalen set a daily record precipitation of 25.0 mm (1.0 in) on 11 April 2021.
The busiest day was 10 April 2021 with 132 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 161 years.

Footprint

9 to 13 April 2021

The area covered by Extreme rain in Sweden and 5 other countries, 9 to 13 April 2021 is outlined, with 20 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Sweden and 5 other countries, 9 to 13 April 2021: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Hogemalen	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	2021-04-11
Bocholt	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	2021-04-10
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	2021-04-11
Ljungby	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	2021-04-11
Skillingaryd	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	2021-04-11
Prastkulla	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	2021-04-11
Jonkoping	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	2021-04-11
Kisa_D	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	2021-04-11
Malexander	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	2021-04-11
Odeshog	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	2021-04-11
Vadstena	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	2021-04-11
Motala	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	2021-04-11
Finspang	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	2021-04-11
Tjallmo	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	2021-04-11
Zinkgruvan	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	2021-04-11
Hjortkvarn	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	2021-04-11
Vasteras-Hasslo	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	2021-04-11
Skultuna	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	2021-04-11
Riddarhyttan	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	2021-04-11
Norberg	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	2021-04-11

Records per Day

Peak day 132

Records set or tied each day from 9 April 2021 to 13 April 2021. The most in one day was 132 on 10 April 2021.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Sweden and 5 other countries, 9 to 13 April 2021 ranked by margin
Zinkgruvan, 04-11	17.6 mm (0.7 in)
Hjortkvarn, 04-11	16.6 mm (0.7 in)
Tjallmo, 04-11	14.8 mm (0.6 in)
Norberg, 04-11	12.5 mm (0.5 in)
Odeshog, 04-11	12.3 mm (0.5 in)
Malexander, 04-11	11.9 mm (0.5 in)
Prastkulla, 04-11	11.7 mm (0.5 in)
Hogemalen, 04-11	11.3 mm (0.4 in)
Motala, 04-11	11.0 mm (0.4 in)
Kisa_D, 04-11	10.9 mm (0.4 in)
Skillingaryd, 04-11	10.0 mm (0.4 in)
Vadstena, 04-11	9.7 mm (0.38 in)
Finspang, 04-11	9.7 mm (0.38 in)
Skultuna, 04-11	8.9 mm (0.35 in)
Bocholt, 04-10	8.5 mm (0.33 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

285 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 5 other countries, 9 to 13 April 2021
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
12	72
12	72
11	72
12	58
13	75
11	72
10	72
9	70
11	72
15	34
17	34
9	75
5	107
4	161
10	48
4	108
18	20
10	59
3	121
7	75
10	56
7	72
7	59
10	48
7	72
2	121
19	0
8	58
7	67
1	116
13	3
1	128
9	48
6	59
11	32
1	100
1	69
8	56
7	58
7	48
14	20
11	20
15	6
5	60
1	84
5	66
14	8
6	54
12	24
4	71
12	22
4	70
6	48
4	72
8	43
5	54
7	38
9	23
5	60
3	60
9	23
6	58
8	42
9	32
2	70
4	54
14	16
6	48
4	54
2	70
2	70
9	23
10	23
2	71
6	46
6	48
2	71
6	38
6	38
2	70
9	20
11	0
4	59
8	34
12	18
2	60
7	20
8	23
1	70
4	43
10	8
5	43
8	22
1	71
4	58
2	60
4	38
7	23
5	31
9	12
8	23
3	48
1	54
6	24
2	54
3	48
7	20
4	38
7	24
0	72
1	64
6	39
6	32
1	62
8	3
2	54
7	3
3	48
4	32
2	56
3	52
4	42
6	23
2	48
3	38
3	38
3	38
5	34
1	60
1	42
1	55
4	28
1	52
1	54
1	54
3	43
4	32
8	27
1	52
2	48
3	38
1	54
7	23
2	43
2	48
6	22
1	56
6	8
7	8
4	20
6	12
1	38
0	54
2	38
1	43
4	34
8	27
2	38
1	51
4	24
7	8
4	8
2	38
0	55
3	23
1	48
2	38
6	3
2	43
2	38
4	23
4	34
0	48
7	8
5	3
3	32
5	8
6	3
5	8
2	38
4	22
7	8
8	18
3	32
2	38
4	8
0	38
5	8
1	43
5	22
5	20
7	8
2	38
2	38
0	43
4	8
1	38
1	38
1	44
4	8

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Sweden and 5 other countries, 9 to 13 April 2021 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 5 other countries, 9 to 13 April 2021 (this event)	285 records

Every Record Set

20 of 285

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Sweden and 5 other countries, 9 to 13 April 2021, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2021-04-10	Bocholt	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	70	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-11	Hogemalen	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	72	56 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-11	Weilerswist-Lommersum	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	108	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-11	Ljungby	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	107	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-11	Skillingaryd	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	59	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-11	Prastkulla	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	72	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-11	Jonkoping	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	161	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-11	Kisa_D	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	72	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-11	Malexander	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	72	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-11	Odeshog	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	58	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-11	Vadstena	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	72	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-11	Motala	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	72	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-11	Finspang	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	48	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-11	Tjallmo	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	34	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-11	Zinkgruvan	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-11	Hjortkvarn	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	34	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-11	Vasteras-Hasslo	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	121	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-11	Skultuna	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	75	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-11	Riddarhyttan	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	75	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-11	Norberg	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	75	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 285 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

Related Headlines

Third party news, headline and link only

Download the Data

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
2021-04-09	9
2021-04-10	132
2021-04-11	114
2021-04-12	25
2021-04-13	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
12	72
12	72
11	72
12	58
13	75
11	72
10	72
9	70
11	72
15	34
17	34
9	75
5	107
4	161
10	48
4	108
18	20
10	59
3	121
7	75
10	56
7	72
7	59
10	48
7	72
2	121
19	0
8	58
7	67
1	116
13	3
1	128
9	48
6	59
11	32
1	100
1	69
8	56
7	58
7	48
14	20
11	20
15	6
5	60
1	84
5	66
14	8
6	54
12	24
4	71
12	22
4	70
6	48
4	72
8	43
5	54
7	38
9	23
5	60
3	60
9	23
6	58
8	42
9	32
2	70
4	54
14	16
6	48
4	54
2	70
2	70
9	23
10	23
2	71
6	46
6	48
2	71
6	38
6	38
2	70
9	20
11	0
4	59
8	34
12	18
2	60
7	20
8	23
1	70
4	43
10	8
5	43
8	22
1	71
4	58
2	60
4	38
7	23
5	31
9	12
8	23
3	48
1	54
6	24
2	54
3	48
7	20
4	38
7	24
0	72
1	64
6	39
6	32
1	62
8	3
2	54
7	3
3	48
4	32
2	56
3	52
4	42
6	23
2	48
3	38
3	38
3	38
5	34
1	60
1	42
1	55
4	28
1	52
1	54
1	54
3	43
4	32
8	27
1	52
2	48
3	38
1	54
7	23
2	43
2	48
6	22
1	56
6	8
7	8
4	20
6	12
1	38
0	54
2	38
1	43
4	34
8	27
2	38
1	51
4	24
7	8
4	8
2	38
0	55
3	23
1	48
2	38
6	3
2	43
2	38
4	23
4	34
0	48
7	8
5	3
3	32
5	8
6	3
5	8
2	38
4	22
7	8
8	18
3	32
2	38
4	8
0	38
5	8
1	43
5	22
5	20
7	8
2	38
2	38
0	43
4	8
1	38
1	38
1	44
4	8

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
12	72
12	72
11	72
12	58
13	75
11	72
10	72
9	70
11	72
15	34
17	34
9	75
5	107
4	161
10	48
4	108
18	20
10	59
3	121
7	75
10	56
7	72
7	59
10	48
7	72
2	121
19	0
8	58
7	67
1	116
13	3
1	128
9	48
6	59
11	32
1	100
1	69
8	56
7	58
7	48
14	20
11	20
15	6
5	60
1	84
5	66
14	8
6	54
12	24
4	71
12	22
4	70
6	48
4	72
8	43
5	54
7	38
9	23
5	60
3	60
9	23
6	58
8	42
9	32
2	70
4	54
14	16
6	48
4	54
2	70
2	70
9	23
10	23
2	71
6	46
6	48
2	71
6	38
6	38
2	70
9	20
11	0
4	59
8	34
12	18
2	60
7	20
8	23
1	70
4	43
10	8
5	43
8	22
1	71
4	58
2	60
4	38
7	23
5	31
9	12
8	23
3	48
1	54
6	24
2	54
3	48
7	20
4	38
7	24
0	72
1	64
6	39
6	32
1	62
8	3
2	54
7	3
3	48
4	32
2	56
3	52
4	42
6	23
2	48
3	38
3	38
3	38
5	34
1	60
1	42
1	55
4	28
1	52
1	54
1	54
3	43
4	32
8	27
1	52
2	48
3	38
1	54
7	23
2	43
2	48
6	22
1	56
6	8
7	8
4	20
6	12
1	38
0	54
2	38
1	43
4	34
8	27
2	38
1	51
4	24
7	8
4	8
2	38
0	55
3	23
1	48
2	38
6	3
2	43
2	38
4	23
4	34
0	48
7	8
5	3
3	32
5	8
6	3
5	8
2	38
4	22
7	8
8	18
3	32
2	38
4	8
0	38
5	8
1	43
5	22
5	20
7	8
2	38
2	38
0	43
4	8
1	38
1	38
1	44
4	8

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
12	72
12	72
11	72
12	58
13	75
11	72
10	72
9	70
11	72
15	34
17	34
9	75
5	107
4	161
10	48
4	108
18	20
10	59
3	121
7	75
10	56
7	72
7	59
10	48
7	72
2	121
19	0
8	58
7	67
1	116
13	3
1	128
9	48
6	59
11	32
1	100
1	69
8	56
7	58
7	48
14	20
11	20
15	6
5	60
1	84
5	66
14	8
6	54
12	24
4	71
12	22
4	70
6	48
4	72
8	43
5	54
7	38
9	23
5	60
3	60
9	23
6	58
8	42
9	32
2	70
4	54
14	16
6	48
4	54
2	70
2	70
9	23
10	23
2	71
6	46
6	48
2	71
6	38
6	38
2	70
9	20
11	0
4	59
8	34
12	18
2	60
7	20
8	23
1	70
4	43
10	8
5	43
8	22
1	71
4	58
2	60
4	38
7	23
5	31
9	12
8	23
3	48
1	54
6	24
2	54
3	48
7	20
4	38
7	24
0	72
1	64
6	39
6	32
1	62
8	3
2	54
7	3
3	48
4	32
2	56
3	52
4	42
6	23
2	48
3	38
3	38
3	38
5	34
1	60
1	42
1	55
4	28
1	52
1	54
1	54
3	43
4	32
8	27
1	52
2	48
3	38
1	54
7	23
2	43
2	48
6	22
1	56
6	8
7	8
4	20
6	12
1	38
0	54
2	38
1	43
4	34
8	27
2	38
1	51
4	24
7	8
4	8
2	38
0	55
3	23
1	48
2	38
6	3
2	43
2	38
4	23
4	34
0	48
7	8
5	3
3	32
5	8
6	3
5	8
2	38
4	22
7	8
8	18
3	32
2	38
4	8
0	38
5	8
1	43
5	22
5	20
7	8
2	38
2	38
0	43
4	8
1	38
1	38
1	44
4	8