Esens Weather Records (GME00121942)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Esens (GME00121942), Germany, with 59 years of record.

Key Facts for Esens

Esens (GME00121942) is a weather station in Germany at 53.65 latitude and 7.61 longitude, 3 m (10 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1941 to 1999, 59 years of record.
1,464 records set at Esens still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Esens set a daily record precipitation of 17.0 mm (0.7 in) on 30 September 1999.

About the Station

Location: Germany, 53.65 latitude, 7.61 longitude.
Elevation: 3 m (10 ft).
Period of record: 1941 to 1999, 59 years.
Eligible elements: prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Esens. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Esens, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	12.8 C (55.0 F)	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	15.5 C (59.9 F)	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	22.6 C (72.7 F)	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	26.2 C (79.2 F)	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	n/a	n/a
May	30.6 C (87.1 F)	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	32.1 C (89.8 F)	2.0 C (35.6 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	33.2 C (91.8 F)	7.0 C (44.6 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	34.6 C (94.3 F)	5.2 C (41.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	29.3 C (84.7 F)	2.8 C (37.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	24.7 C (76.5 F)	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	16.7 C (62.1 F)	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	13.4 C (56.1 F)	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Esens still stand. 1996 holds the most, with 103.

Standing records at Esens by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1979	24
1980	67
1981	82
1982	62
1983	52
1984	54
1985	88
1986	83
1987	100
1988	35
1989	79
1990	92
1991	49
1992	60
1993	82
1994	73
1995	65
1996	103
1997	71
1998	79
1999	64

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jun: 65.7 mm (2.6 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Esens. The most was 65.7 mm (2.6 in) on 18 June 1953.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Esens
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	2 January 1984
Feb	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	8 February 1966
Mar	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	10 March 1981
Apr	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 April 1965
May	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 May 1953
Jun	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	18 June 1953
Jul	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	7 July 1994
Aug	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	28 August 1960
Sep	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	4 September 1995
Oct	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	8 October 1983
Nov	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14 November 1977
Dec	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	3 December 1960

Period of Record Coverage

1979 to 1999

21 years of record at Esens, 1979 to 1999. 2 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1979, 1999.

Days with data per year at Esens
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1979	122	33%	No
1980	366	100%	Yes
1981	365	100%	Yes
1982	365	100%	Yes
1983	365	100%	Yes
1984	366	100%	Yes
1985	365	100%	Yes
1986	365	100%	Yes
1987	365	100%	Yes
1988	366	100%	Yes
1989	365	100%	Yes
1990	365	100%	Yes
1991	365	100%	Yes
1992	366	100%	Yes
1993	365	100%	Yes
1994	365	100%	Yes
1995	365	100%	Yes
1996	366	100%	Yes
1997	365	100%	Yes
1998	365	100%	Yes
1999	304	83%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at Esens
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 September 1999	Esens, DE	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	21 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
15 August 1999	Esens, DE	daily rain	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	24 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1999	Esens, DE	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	28 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1999	Esens, DE	daily rain	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	44 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1999	Esens, DE	daily rain (Tie)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	tie	0 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1998	Esens, DE	daily rain	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	12 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1998	Esens, DE	daily rain	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1998	Esens, DE	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1998	Esens, DE	daily rain	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	5 years	7 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1998	Esens, DE	daily rain	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1998	Esens, DE	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1998	Esens, DE	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1998	Esens, DE	daily rain	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	12 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1998	Esens, DE	daily rain	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1998	Esens, DE	daily rain	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1998	Esens, DE	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1998	Esens, DE	daily rain	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1998	Esens, DE	daily rain	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1998	Esens, DE	daily rain	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	53 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 January 1998	Esens, DE	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	28 years	15 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

19 complete years, 1980 to 1998

One stripe for each of 19 complete years at Esens, 1980 to 1998. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 9.1 C (48.4 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1996, at 7.8 C (46.1 F), and the warmest was 1990, at 10.2 C (50.4 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.3 C (2.3 F).

Annual mean temperature at Esens as warming stripes, 1980 to 1998
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1980	8.4 C	-0.66 C
1981	8.6 C	-0.50 C
1982	9.1 C	+0.03 C
1983	9.6 C	+0.46 C
1984	8.6 C	-0.47 C
1985	7.9 C	-1.18 C
1986	8.3 C	-0.77 C
1987	8.0 C	-1.11 C
1988	9.7 C	+0.60 C
1989	10.1 C	+0.99 C
1990	10.2 C	+1.14 C
1991	9.0 C	-0.12 C
1992	10.1 C	+0.96 C
1993	8.8 C	-0.32 C
1994	9.8 C	+0.73 C
1995	9.6 C	+0.46 C
1996	7.8 C	-1.25 C
1997	9.6 C	+0.49 C
1998	9.7 C	+0.61 C

This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.

A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.

Extremes by Year

1941 to 1999

Yearly extremes at Esens: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	34.6 C (94.3 F)	1992	31.2 C (88.2 F)	21
Coldest night (TNn)	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	1981	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	21
Wettest day (Rx1day)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	1953	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	57
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	1957	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	57
Longest dry spell (CDD)	37 days	1943	19 days	57

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Esens, 1941 to 1999. The record is 34.6 C (94.3 F) in 1992, marked on the chart; the median year is 31.2 C (88.2 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Esens by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1941	n/a
1942	n/a
1943	n/a
1944	n/a
1947	n/a
1948	n/a
1949	n/a
1950	n/a
1951	n/a
1952	n/a
1953	n/a
1954	n/a
1955	n/a
1956	n/a
1957	n/a
1958	n/a
1959	n/a
1960	n/a
1961	n/a
1962	n/a
1963	n/a
1964	n/a
1965	n/a
1966	n/a
1967	n/a
1968	n/a
1969	n/a
1970	n/a
1971	n/a
1972	n/a
1973	n/a
1974	n/a
1975	n/a
1976	n/a
1977	n/a
1978	n/a
1979	25.6 C (78.1 F)
1980	28.7 C (83.7 F)
1981	28.7 C (83.7 F)
1982	31.8 C (89.2 F)
1983	31.4 C (88.5 F)
1984	30.7 C (87.3 F)
1985	30.6 C (87.1 F)
1986	30.4 C (86.7 F)
1987	29.2 C (84.6 F)
1988	27.8 C (82.0 F)
1989	31.9 C (89.4 F)
1990	33.0 C (91.4 F)
1991	30.9 C (87.6 F)
1992	34.6 C (94.3 F)
1993	29.5 C (85.1 F)
1994	33.2 C (91.8 F)
1995	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1996	32.1 C (89.8 F)
1997	32.0 C (89.6 F)
1998	31.2 C (88.2 F)
1999	31.6 C (88.9 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Esens, 1941 to 1999. The record is -15.9 C (3.4 F) in 1981, marked on the chart; the median year is -10.2 C (13.6 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Esens by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1941	n/a
1942	n/a
1943	n/a
1944	n/a
1947	n/a
1948	n/a
1949	n/a
1950	n/a
1951	n/a
1952	n/a
1953	n/a
1954	n/a
1955	n/a
1956	n/a
1957	n/a
1958	n/a
1959	n/a
1960	n/a
1961	n/a
1962	n/a
1963	n/a
1964	n/a
1965	n/a
1966	n/a
1967	n/a
1968	n/a
1969	n/a
1970	n/a
1971	n/a
1972	n/a
1973	n/a
1974	n/a
1975	n/a
1976	n/a
1977	n/a
1978	n/a
1979	-4.3 C (24.3 F)
1980	-10.2 C (13.6 F)
1981	-15.9 C (3.4 F)
1982	-13.2 C (8.2 F)
1983	-8.0 C (17.6 F)
1984	-6.5 C (20.3 F)
1985	-13.2 C (8.2 F)
1986	-12.7 C (9.1 F)
1987	-15.5 C (4.1 F)
1988	-4.1 C (24.6 F)
1989	-6.4 C (20.5 F)
1990	-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1991	-9.7 C (14.5 F)
1992	-8.2 C (17.2 F)
1993	-11.4 C (11.5 F)
1994	-10.5 C (13.1 F)
1995	-10.5 C (13.1 F)
1996	-13.4 C (7.9 F)
1997	-14.8 C (5.4 F)
1998	-7.7 C (18.1 F)
1999	-9.6 C (14.7 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Esens, 1941 to 1999. The record is 65.7 mm (2.6 in) in 1953, marked on the chart; the median year is 29.8 mm (1.2 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Esens by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1941	31.1 mm (1.2 in)
1942	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1943	22.2 mm (0.9 in)
1944	22.2 mm (0.9 in)
1947	38.8 mm (1.5 in)
1948	33.4 mm (1.3 in)
1949	35.8 mm (1.4 in)
1950	50.4 mm (2.0 in)
1951	21.3 mm (0.8 in)
1952	27.2 mm (1.1 in)
1953	65.7 mm (2.6 in)
1954	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1955	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
1956	24.0 mm (0.9 in)
1957	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
1958	42.5 mm (1.7 in)
1959	19.4 mm (0.8 in)
1960	53.2 mm (2.1 in)
1961	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1962	21.8 mm (0.9 in)
1963	30.1 mm (1.2 in)
1964	27.5 mm (1.1 in)
1965	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1966	28.3 mm (1.1 in)
1967	27.3 mm (1.1 in)
1968	39.3 mm (1.5 in)
1969	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1970	29.1 mm (1.1 in)
1971	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1972	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1973	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1974	24.3 mm (1.0 in)
1975	26.3 mm (1.0 in)
1976	35.7 mm (1.4 in)
1977	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1978	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1979	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1980	29.8 mm (1.2 in)
1981	51.3 mm (2.0 in)
1982	38.6 mm (1.5 in)
1983	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1984	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1985	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1986	29.3 mm (1.2 in)
1987	25.8 mm (1.0 in)
1988	32.1 mm (1.3 in)
1989	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1990	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1991	29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1992	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1993	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1994	65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1995	54.9 mm (2.2 in)
1996	32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1997	29.6 mm (1.2 in)
1998	44.6 mm (1.8 in)
1999	20.5 mm (0.8 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Esens, 1941 to 1999. The record is 111.4 mm (4.4 in) in 1957, marked on the chart; the median year is 62.4 mm (2.5 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Esens by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1941	49.3 mm (1.9 in)
1942	58.6 mm (2.3 in)
1943	79.6 mm (3.1 in)
1944	50.2 mm (2.0 in)
1947	61.8 mm (2.4 in)
1948	59.9 mm (2.4 in)
1949	58.9 mm (2.3 in)
1950	91.5 mm (3.6 in)
1951	62.4 mm (2.5 in)
1952	60.6 mm (2.4 in)
1953	74.9 mm (2.9 in)
1954	79.4 mm (3.1 in)
1955	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1956	56.1 mm (2.2 in)
1957	111.4 mm (4.4 in)
1958	52.7 mm (2.1 in)
1959	53.9 mm (2.1 in)
1960	93.4 mm (3.7 in)
1961	49.1 mm (1.9 in)
1962	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1963	61.6 mm (2.4 in)
1964	42.1 mm (1.7 in)
1965	84.0 mm (3.3 in)
1966	45.6 mm (1.8 in)
1967	43.3 mm (1.7 in)
1968	82.9 mm (3.3 in)
1969	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1970	75.3 mm (3.0 in)
1971	40.8 mm (1.6 in)
1972	66.4 mm (2.6 in)
1973	77.9 mm (3.1 in)
1974	71.0 mm (2.8 in)
1975	42.9 mm (1.7 in)
1976	51.2 mm (2.0 in)
1977	95.8 mm (3.8 in)
1978	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1979	62.8 mm (2.5 in)
1980	62.9 mm (2.5 in)
1981	87.5 mm (3.4 in)
1982	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1983	81.1 mm (3.2 in)
1984	66.9 mm (2.6 in)
1985	56.0 mm (2.2 in)
1986	66.1 mm (2.6 in)
1987	55.7 mm (2.2 in)
1988	62.9 mm (2.5 in)
1989	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1990	81.4 mm (3.2 in)
1991	63.9 mm (2.5 in)
1992	68.5 mm (2.7 in)
1993	82.0 mm (3.2 in)
1994	108.6 mm (4.3 in)
1995	60.1 mm (2.4 in)
1996	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1997	49.9 mm (2.0 in)
1998	84.8 mm (3.3 in)
1999	56.1 mm (2.2 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Esens, 1941 to 1999. The record is 37 days in 1943, marked on the chart; the median year is 19 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Esens by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1941	23 days
1942	21 days
1943	37 days
1944	20 days
1947	26 days
1948	22 days
1949	16 days
1950	16 days
1951	27 days
1952	15 days
1953	23 days
1954	19 days
1955	30 days
1956	14 days
1957	15 days
1958	18 days
1959	33 days
1960	25 days
1961	17 days
1962	21 days
1963	19 days
1964	24 days
1965	18 days
1966	17 days
1967	16 days
1968	20 days
1969	19 days
1970	22 days
1971	22 days
1972	22 days
1973	21 days
1974	33 days
1975	20 days
1976	24 days
1977	24 days
1978	18 days
1979	14 days
1980	19 days
1981	16 days
1982	19 days
1983	17 days
1984	22 days
1985	22 days
1986	16 days
1987	13 days
1988	17 days
1989	16 days
1990	17 days
1991	28 days
1992	21 days
1993	27 days
1994	17 days
1995	16 days
1996	18 days
1997	23 days
1998	17 days
1999	14 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Rainfall Return Levels

56 years, 1941 to 1998

A day with at least 30.9 mm (1.2 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 79.8 mm (3.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Esens: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	30.9 mm (1.2 in)
5 years	40.3 mm (1.6 in)
10 years	47.8 mm (1.9 in)
25 years	59.0 mm (2.3 in)
50 years	68.7 mm (2.7 in)
100 years	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	Longer than the 56 years of record

The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 56 years of values from 1941 to 1998.

A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.

The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 65.7 mm (2.6 in) in 1953; 65.5 mm (2.6 in) in 1994; 60.5 mm (2.4 in) in 1973.

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Data for Esens threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).