Extreme rain in Sweden and 4 other countries, 27 January to 1 February 2025

Name: Extreme rain in Sweden and 4 other countries, 27 January to 1 February 2025
Start: 2025-01-27
End: 2025-02-01
Location: Sweden, Finland, Russia, Norway, Estonia

Extreme rain in Sweden and 4 other countries, 27 January to 1 February 2025: 127 records at 115 stations, peak on 29 January 2025. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Sweden and 4 other countries, 27 January to 1 February 2025 set or tied 127 station records at 115 stations.
It ran from 27 January 2025 to 1 February 2025 (6 days) and its peak day was 29 January 2025.
Status: closed.
Lovanger set a daily record precipitation of 29.5 mm (1.2 in) on 29 January 2025.
The busiest day was 29 January 2025 with 54 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 157 years.

Footprint

27 January to 1 February 2025

The area covered by Extreme rain in Sweden and 4 other countries, 27 January to 1 February 2025 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 4 other countries, 27 January to 1 February 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Lovanger	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	2025-01-29
Reboly	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2025-01-30
Medvezegorsk	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2025-01-30
Ljuban	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	2025-01-27
Gdov	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	2025-01-27
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	2025-01-28
Vasteras-Hasslo	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	2025-01-28
Enonkoski Simanala	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	2025-01-29
Juuka Niemela	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	2025-01-29
Haapavesi Mustikkamaki	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	2025-01-29
Kuusamo Kiutakongas	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	2025-01-30
Sihccajavri	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	2025-01-30
Kovda	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	2025-01-30
Kem-Port	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	2025-01-30
Kondopoga	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	2025-01-30
Petrozawodsk	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	2025-01-30
Tihvin	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	2025-01-30
Borovici	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	2025-01-30
Kiruna	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	2025-01-30

Records per Day

Peak day 54

Records set or tied each day from 27 January 2025 to 1 February 2025. The most in one day was 54 on 29 January 2025.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Sweden and 4 other countries, 27 January to 1 February 2025 ranked by margin
Lovanger, 01-29	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
Gdov, 01-27	12.8 mm (0.5 in)
Medvezegorsk, 01-30	11.0 mm (0.4 in)
Reboly, 01-30	10.3 mm (0.4 in)
Borovici, 01-30	10.3 mm (0.4 in)
Enonkoski Simanala, 01-29	7.9 mm (0.31 in)
Ljuban, 01-27	7.8 mm (0.31 in)
Kem-Port, 01-30	7.6 mm (0.30 in)
Haapavesi Mustikkamaki, 01-29	6.8 mm (0.27 in)
Petrozawodsk, 01-30	6.8 mm (0.27 in)
Tihvin, 01-30	6.7 mm (0.26 in)
Kondopoga, 01-30	6.6 mm (0.26 in)
Juuka Niemela, 01-29	6.5 mm (0.26 in)
Kuusamo Kiutakongas, 01-30	6.3 mm (0.25 in)
Kovda, 01-30	6.1 mm (0.24 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

127 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 4 other countries, 27 January to 1 February 2025
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	77
10	17
10	54
11	10
8	30
13	30
7	44
6	62
2	105
8	30
8	30
2	157
5	64
7	42
2	121
7	35
6	25
7	14
7	35
1	87
7	47
4	64
13	3
6	7
2	54
6	50
3	54
1	64
3	59
6	25
5	25
7	25
6	27
6	4
4	10
2	54
6	12
3	28
2	51
5	3
6	3
5	4
2	42
6	14
2	25
3	19
1	54
4	9
3	7
5	23
3	9
3	35
2	30
6	4
10	3
1	47
1	51
2	30
1	50
1	34
4	9
0	56
2	35
0	47
3	2
1	37
0	47
4	3
2	3
5	3
0	47
3	14
2	17
3	4
3	3
13	11
0	30
2	18
5	3
1	30
1	27
4	12
1	35
1	9
0	35
3	25
2	25
0	23
1	27
0	25
2	25
3	3
1	9
3	3
3	3
3	3
1	20
1	20
1	11
0	9
1	12
3	4
2	5
2	2
2	5
1	14
1	17
2	3
2	3
1	4
1	12
2	9
0	9
1	2
1	12
1	12
1	2
2	11
1	5
0	17
2	3
0	4
0	5
2	3
0	3
1	5
0	4

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Sweden and 4 other countries, 27 January to 1 February 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 Sweden and 4 other countries, 27 January to 1 February 2025 (this event)	127 records

Every Record Set

20 of 127

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Sweden and 4 other countries, 27 January to 1 February 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-01-27	Ljuban	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	30	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-27	Gdov	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	30	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-28	Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	157	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-28	Vasteras-Hasslo	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	121	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-29	Lovanger	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	77	67 of 100 (Major)
2025-01-29	Enonkoski Simanala	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	30	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-29	Juuka Niemela	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	35	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-29	Haapavesi Mustikkamaki	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	35	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-30	Reboly	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	17	65 of 100 (Major)
2025-01-30	Medvezegorsk	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	10	58 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-30	Kuusamo Kiutakongas	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	25	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-30	Sihccajavri	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	105	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-30	Kovda	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	62	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-30	Kem-Port	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	30	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-30	Kondopoga	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	44	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-30	Petrozawodsk	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	14	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-30	Ljuban	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	64	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-30	Tihvin	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	42	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-30	Borovici	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	54	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-01-30	Kiruna	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	87	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 127 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
16	77
10	17
10	54
11	10
8	30
13	30
7	44
6	62
2	105
8	30
8	30
2	157
5	64
7	42
2	121
7	35
6	25
7	14
7	35
1	87
7	47
4	64
13	3
6	7
2	54
6	50
3	54
1	64
3	59
6	25
5	25
7	25
6	27
6	4
4	10
2	54
6	12
3	28
2	51
5	3
6	3
5	4
2	42
6	14
2	25
3	19
1	54
4	9
3	7
5	23
3	9
3	35
2	30
6	4
10	3
1	47
1	51
2	30
1	50
1	34
4	9
0	56
2	35
0	47
3	2
1	37
0	47
4	3
2	3
5	3
0	47
3	14
2	17
3	4
3	3
13	11
0	30
2	18
5	3
1	30
1	27
4	12
1	35
1	9
0	35
3	25
2	25
0	23
1	27
0	25
2	25
3	3
1	9
3	3
3	3
3	3
1	20
1	20
1	11
0	9
1	12
3	4
2	5
2	2
2	5
1	14
1	17
2	3
2	3
1	4
1	12
2	9
0	9
1	2
1	12
1	12
1	2
2	11
1	5
0	17
2	3
0	4
0	5
2	3
0	3
1	5
0	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	77
10	17
10	54
11	10
8	30
13	30
7	44
6	62
2	105
8	30
8	30
2	157
5	64
7	42
2	121
7	35
6	25
7	14
7	35
1	87
7	47
4	64
13	3
6	7
2	54
6	50
3	54
1	64
3	59
6	25
5	25
7	25
6	27
6	4
4	10
2	54
6	12
3	28
2	51
5	3
6	3
5	4
2	42
6	14
2	25
3	19
1	54
4	9
3	7
5	23
3	9
3	35
2	30
6	4
10	3
1	47
1	51
2	30
1	50
1	34
4	9
0	56
2	35
0	47
3	2
1	37
0	47
4	3
2	3
5	3
0	47
3	14
2	17
3	4
3	3
13	11
0	30
2	18
5	3
1	30
1	27
4	12
1	35
1	9
0	35
3	25
2	25
0	23
1	27
0	25
2	25
3	3
1	9
3	3
3	3
3	3
1	20
1	20
1	11
0	9
1	12
3	4
2	5
2	2
2	5
1	14
1	17
2	3
2	3
1	4
1	12
2	9
0	9
1	2
1	12
1	12
1	2
2	11
1	5
0	17
2	3
0	4
0	5
2	3
0	3
1	5
0	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
16	77
10	17
10	54
11	10
8	30
13	30
7	44
6	62
2	105
8	30
8	30
2	157
5	64
7	42
2	121
7	35
6	25
7	14
7	35
1	87
7	47
4	64
13	3
6	7
2	54
6	50
3	54
1	64
3	59
6	25
5	25
7	25
6	27
6	4
4	10
2	54
6	12
3	28
2	51
5	3
6	3
5	4
2	42
6	14
2	25
3	19
1	54
4	9
3	7
5	23
3	9
3	35
2	30
6	4
10	3
1	47
1	51
2	30
1	50
1	34
4	9
0	56
2	35
0	47
3	2
1	37
0	47
4	3
2	3
5	3
0	47
3	14
2	17
3	4
3	3
13	11
0	30
2	18
5	3
1	30
1	27
4	12
1	35
1	9
0	35
3	25
2	25
0	23
1	27
0	25
2	25
3	3
1	9
3	3
3	3
3	3
1	20
1	20
1	11
0	9
1	12
3	4
2	5
2	2
2	5
1	14
1	17
2	3
2	3
1	4
1	12
2	9
0	9
1	2
1	12
1	12
1	2
2	11
1	5
0	17
2	3
0	4
0	5
2	3
0	3
1	5
0	4