Recklinghausen Weather Records (GME00127630)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Recklinghausen (GME00127630), Germany, with 43 years of record.

Key Facts for Recklinghausen

Recklinghausen (GME00127630) is a weather station in Germany at 51.63 latitude and 7.18 longitude, 109 m (358 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1931 to 1973, 43 years of record.
1,464 records set at Recklinghausen still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Recklinghausen set a daily record precipitation of 10.9 mm (0.4 in) on 16 December 1973.

About the Station

Location: Germany, 51.63 latitude, 7.18 longitude.
Elevation: 109 m (358 ft).
Period of record: 1931 to 1973, 43 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 Recklinghausen. 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 Recklinghausen, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	13.6 C (56.5 F)	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	20.0 C (68.0 F)	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	24.4 C (75.9 F)	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	30.2 C (86.4 F)	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	n/a	n/a
May	31.2 C (88.2 F)	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	34.0 C (93.2 F)	1.4 C (34.5 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	34.9 C (94.8 F)	5.2 C (41.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	34.7 C (94.5 F)	6.0 C (42.8 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	31.2 C (88.2 F)	2.8 C (37.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	26.0 C (78.8 F)	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	21.4 C (70.5 F)	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	14.5 C (58.1 F)	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Recklinghausen still stand. 1961 holds the most, with 108.

Standing records at Recklinghausen by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1954	69
1955	76
1956	94
1957	92
1958	70
1959	86
1960	62
1961	108
1962	82
1963	75
1964	80
1965	61
1966	81
1967	50
1968	60
1969	89
1970	37
1971	70
1972	69
1973	53

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jul: 92.0 mm (3.6 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Recklinghausen. The most was 92.0 mm (3.6 in) on 8 July 1952.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Recklinghausen
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	13 January 1938
Feb	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8 February 1946
Mar	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	14 March 1940
Apr	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	17 April 1936
May	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	29 May 1954
Jun	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	13 June 1950
Jul	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	8 July 1952
Aug	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	30 August 1968
Sep	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	15 September 1964
Oct	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	20 October 1932
Nov	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	3 November 1940
Dec	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	3 December 1960

Period of Record Coverage

1954 to 1973

20 years of record at Recklinghausen, 1954 to 1973. Every year has data for at least 90 percent of its days.

Days with data per year at Recklinghausen
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1954	364	100%	Yes
1955	365	100%	Yes
1956	366	100%	Yes
1957	365	100%	Yes
1958	365	100%	Yes
1959	365	100%	Yes
1960	366	100%	Yes
1961	365	100%	Yes
1962	365	100%	Yes
1963	365	100%	Yes
1964	366	100%	Yes
1965	365	100%	Yes
1966	365	100%	Yes
1967	365	100%	Yes
1968	366	100%	Yes
1969	365	100%	Yes
1970	365	100%	Yes
1971	365	100%	Yes
1972	366	100%	Yes
1973	365	100%	Yes

Latest Records

Latest records at Recklinghausen
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1973	Recklinghausen, DE	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	24 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
21 September 1973	Recklinghausen, DE	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	6 years	6 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1973	Recklinghausen, DE	daily rain	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	0 years	4 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1973	Recklinghausen, DE	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	11 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
18 February 1973	Recklinghausen, DE	daily rain	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	10 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1973	Recklinghausen, DE	daily rain	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	11 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1972	Recklinghausen, DE	daily rain	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 November 1972	Recklinghausen, DE	daily rain	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	9 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1972	Recklinghausen, DE	daily rain	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	17 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1972	Recklinghausen, DE	daily rain	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1972	Recklinghausen, DE	daily rain	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 June 1972	Recklinghausen, DE	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1972	Recklinghausen, DE	daily rain	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	8 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1972	Recklinghausen, DE	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	5 years	6 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1972	Recklinghausen, DE	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	3 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 1971	Recklinghausen, DE	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1971	Recklinghausen, DE	daily rain	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
11 June 1971	Recklinghausen, DE	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 June 1971	Recklinghausen, DE	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	37 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1971	Recklinghausen, DE	daily rain	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	4 years	14 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

19 complete years, 1955 to 1973

One stripe for each of 19 complete years at Recklinghausen, 1955 to 1973. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 9.5 C (49.1 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1956, at 8.3 C (47.0 F), and the warmest was 1959, at 10.6 C (51.1 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.2 C (2.2 F).

Annual mean temperature at Recklinghausen as warming stripes, 1955 to 1973
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1955	9.0 C	-0.45 C
1956	8.3 C	-1.17 C
1957	10.1 C	+0.59 C
1958	9.6 C	+0.10 C
1959	10.6 C	+1.10 C
1960	9.9 C	+0.40 C
1961	10.4 C	+0.89 C
1962	8.5 C	-1.02 C
1963	8.6 C	-0.91 C
1964	9.6 C	+0.14 C
1965	9.0 C	-0.49 C
1966	9.9 C	+0.37 C
1967	10.1 C	+0.58 C
1968	9.4 C	-0.05 C
1969	9.4 C	-0.08 C
1970	9.2 C	-0.25 C
1971	9.8 C	+0.32 C
1972	9.3 C	-0.20 C
1973	9.6 C	+0.14 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

1931 to 1973

Yearly extremes at Recklinghausen: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	34.9 C (94.8 F)	1959	31.2 C (88.1 F)	20
Coldest night (TNn)	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	1956	-11.9 C (10.5 F)	20
Wettest day (Rx1day)	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	1952	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	118.7 mm (4.7 in)	1965	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	43
Longest dry spell (CDD)	34 days	1954	18 days	43

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Recklinghausen, 1931 to 1973. The record is 34.9 C (94.8 F) in 1959, marked on the chart; the median year is 31.2 C (88.1 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Recklinghausen by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1931	n/a
1932	n/a
1933	n/a
1934	n/a
1935	n/a
1936	n/a
1937	n/a
1938	n/a
1939	n/a
1940	n/a
1941	n/a
1942	n/a
1943	n/a
1944	n/a
1945	n/a
1946	n/a
1947	n/a
1948	n/a
1949	n/a
1950	n/a
1951	n/a
1952	n/a
1953	n/a
1954	29.5 C (85.1 F)
1955	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1956	28.6 C (83.5 F)
1957	34.8 C (94.6 F)
1958	30.4 C (86.7 F)
1959	34.9 C (94.8 F)
1960	29.2 C (84.6 F)
1961	33.0 C (91.4 F)
1962	29.9 C (85.8 F)
1963	34.1 C (93.4 F)
1964	34.9 C (94.8 F)
1965	28.1 C (82.6 F)
1966	31.5 C (88.7 F)
1967	30.7 C (87.3 F)
1968	34.2 C (93.6 F)
1969	32.1 C (89.8 F)
1970	30.8 C (87.4 F)
1971	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1972	32.6 C (90.7 F)
1973	31.8 C (89.2 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Recklinghausen, 1931 to 1973. The record is -18.2 C (-0.8 F) in 1956, marked on the chart; the median year is -11.9 C (10.5 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Recklinghausen by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1931	n/a
1932	n/a
1933	n/a
1934	n/a
1935	n/a
1936	n/a
1937	n/a
1938	n/a
1939	n/a
1940	n/a
1941	n/a
1942	n/a
1943	n/a
1944	n/a
1945	n/a
1946	n/a
1947	n/a
1948	n/a
1949	n/a
1950	n/a
1951	n/a
1952	n/a
1953	n/a
1954	-16.5 C (2.3 F)
1955	-10.3 C (13.5 F)
1956	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)
1957	-11.3 C (11.7 F)
1958	-9.3 C (15.3 F)
1959	-6.4 C (20.5 F)
1960	-12.7 C (9.1 F)
1961	-11.0 C (12.2 F)
1962	-14.8 C (5.4 F)
1963	-17.0 C (1.4 F)
1964	-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1965	-8.0 C (17.6 F)
1966	-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1967	-7.0 C (19.4 F)
1968	-14.0 C (6.8 F)
1969	-11.7 C (10.9 F)
1970	-14.3 C (6.3 F)
1971	-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1972	-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1973	-11.7 C (10.9 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Recklinghausen, 1931 to 1973. The record is 92.0 mm (3.6 in) in 1952, marked on the chart; the median year is 32.8 mm (1.3 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Recklinghausen by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1931	23.3 mm (0.9 in)
1932	56.5 mm (2.2 in)
1933	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1934	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1935	38.4 mm (1.5 in)
1936	55.2 mm (2.2 in)
1937	26.8 mm (1.1 in)
1938	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1939	28.8 mm (1.1 in)
1940	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1941	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1942	31.7 mm (1.2 in)
1943	22.8 mm (0.9 in)
1944	32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1945	45.8 mm (1.8 in)
1946	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
1947	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1948	34.7 mm (1.4 in)
1949	55.2 mm (2.2 in)
1950	63.6 mm (2.5 in)
1951	37.7 mm (1.5 in)
1952	92.0 mm (3.6 in)
1953	24.5 mm (1.0 in)
1954	48.9 mm (1.9 in)
1955	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1956	30.8 mm (1.2 in)
1957	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1958	33.2 mm (1.3 in)
1959	25.6 mm (1.0 in)
1960	55.7 mm (2.2 in)
1961	31.6 mm (1.2 in)
1962	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1963	22.5 mm (0.9 in)
1964	46.4 mm (1.8 in)
1965	79.5 mm (3.1 in)
1966	31.7 mm (1.2 in)
1967	38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1968	61.4 mm (2.4 in)
1969	27.3 mm (1.1 in)
1970	27.7 mm (1.1 in)
1971	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1972	24.3 mm (1.0 in)
1973	21.7 mm (0.9 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Recklinghausen, 1931 to 1973. The record is 118.7 mm (4.7 in) in 1965, marked on the chart; the median year is 67.9 mm (2.7 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Recklinghausen by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1931	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1932	87.0 mm (3.4 in)
1933	48.4 mm (1.9 in)
1934	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1935	67.9 mm (2.7 in)
1936	77.7 mm (3.1 in)
1937	41.7 mm (1.6 in)
1938	68.7 mm (2.7 in)
1939	90.7 mm (3.6 in)
1940	87.2 mm (3.4 in)
1941	67.1 mm (2.6 in)
1942	64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1943	37.4 mm (1.5 in)
1944	63.8 mm (2.5 in)
1945	91.9 mm (3.6 in)
1946	87.6 mm (3.4 in)
1947	54.8 mm (2.2 in)
1948	70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1949	103.4 mm (4.1 in)
1950	64.7 mm (2.5 in)
1951	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1952	103.3 mm (4.1 in)
1953	46.9 mm (1.8 in)
1954	72.3 mm (2.8 in)
1955	56.2 mm (2.2 in)
1956	62.9 mm (2.5 in)
1957	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1958	59.4 mm (2.3 in)
1959	77.4 mm (3.0 in)
1960	83.1 mm (3.3 in)
1961	73.4 mm (2.9 in)
1962	72.8 mm (2.9 in)
1963	65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1964	77.0 mm (3.0 in)
1965	118.7 mm (4.7 in)
1966	72.7 mm (2.9 in)
1967	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1968	110.7 mm (4.4 in)
1969	60.6 mm (2.4 in)
1970	52.9 mm (2.1 in)
1971	75.5 mm (3.0 in)
1972	71.0 mm (2.8 in)
1973	50.4 mm (2.0 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Recklinghausen, 1931 to 1973. The record is 34 days in 1954, marked on the chart; the median year is 18 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Recklinghausen by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1931	13 days
1932	19 days
1933	18 days
1934	21 days
1935	19 days
1936	17 days
1937	16 days
1938	14 days
1939	24 days
1940	16 days
1941	24 days
1942	22 days
1943	18 days
1944	17 days
1945	14 days
1946	20 days
1947	19 days
1948	22 days
1949	18 days
1950	13 days
1951	21 days
1952	14 days
1953	25 days
1954	34 days
1955	12 days
1956	27 days
1957	15 days
1958	13 days
1959	27 days
1960	22 days
1961	16 days
1962	17 days
1963	18 days
1964	20 days
1965	17 days
1966	15 days
1967	12 days
1968	25 days
1969	19 days
1970	13 days
1971	20 days
1972	22 days
1973	20 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

43 years, 1931 to 1973

A day with at least 33.2 mm (1.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 105.9 mm (4.2 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Recklinghausen: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	33.2 mm (1.3 in)
5 years	45.8 mm (1.8 in)
10 years	56.3 mm (2.2 in)
25 years	72.8 mm (2.9 in)
50 years	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	Longer than the 43 years of record
100 years	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	Longer than the 43 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, 43 years of values from 1931 to 1973.

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: 92.0 mm (3.6 in) in 1952; 79.5 mm (3.1 in) in 1965; 63.6 mm (2.5 in) in 1950.

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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 (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).