Storm day · 2016-02-21
The storm of 21 February 2016 — what the instruments recorded
21 February 2016: 50 German weather stations recorded gusts at wind force 9 or above, the strongest 138 km/h at Brocken. Every figure names its station.
- 138km/hstrongest gust
- 12Bftwind force
- 50stations at force 9+
- 82districts reached
The strongest gusts measured that day
| Station | Peak gust | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Brocken 00722 | 138 km/h · Bft 12 | 23:00 |
| Zugspitze 05792 | 125 km/h · Bft 12 | 02:00 |
| Fichtelberg 01358 | 123 km/h · Bft 12 | 18:00 |
| Feldberg/Schwarzwald 01346 | 117 km/h · Bft 11 | 00:00 |
| Hohenpeißenberg 02290 | 110 km/h · Bft 11 | 03:00 |
| Weinbiet 05426 | 107 km/h · Bft 11 | 03:00 |
| Großer Arber 01832 | 103 km/h · Bft 11 | 06:00 |
| Leuchtturm Alte Weser 00102 | 97 km/h · Bft 10 | 22:00 |
| Stötten 04887 | 96 km/h · Bft 10 | 02:00 |
| Hornisgrinde 02349 | 96 km/h · Bft 10 | 05:00 |
| Kahler Asten 02483 | 95 km/h · Bft 10 | 20:00 |
| Spiekeroog (SWN) 06091 | 92 km/h · Bft 10 | 23:00 |
| Büsum 00788 | 88 km/h · Bft 10 | 23:00 |
| Wernigerode 05490 | 87 km/h · Bft 9 | 20:00 |
| Zinnwald-Georgenfeld 05779 | 86 km/h · Bft 9 | 21:00 |
| Wasserkuppe 05371 | 85 km/h · Bft 9 | 15:00 |
| Roth bei Prüm 04279 | 84 km/h · Bft 9 | 03:00 |
| Dörrmoschel-Felsbergerhof 01011 | 84 km/h · Bft 9 | 01:00 |
| München-Flughafen 01262 | 83 km/h · Bft 9 | 03:00 |
| Querfurt-Mühle Lodersleben 04036 | 81 km/h · Bft 9 | 23:00 |
Districts where a station nearby reached storm force
- Landkreis Goslar138
- Landkreis Harz138
- Landkreis Garmisch-Partenkirchen125
- Erzgebirgskreis123
- Freiburg im Breisgau117
- Landkreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald117
- Landkreis Weilheim-Schongau110
- Frankenthal (Pfalz), kreisfreie Stadt107
- Kreisfreie Stadt Landau in der Pfalz107
- Neustadt an der Weinstraße, kreisfreie Stadt107
- Speyer, kreisfreie Stadt107
- Landkreis Bad Dürkheim107
Show the remaining 70 districts
- Landkreis Südliche Weinstraße107
- Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis107
- Landkreis Regen103
- Göppingen96
- Landkreis Heidenheim96
- Ostalbkreis96
- Baden-Baden96
- Rastatt96
- Hochsauerlandkreis95
- Landkreis Wittmund92
- Kreis Dithmarschen88
- Fulda85
- Kaiserslautern, kreisfreie Stadt84
- Donnersbergkreis84
- Landkreis Kaiserslautern84
- Landkreis Kusel84
- Erding83
- Landkreis Freising83
- Landkreis Heilbronn81
- Heidelberg81
- Rhein-Neckar-Kreis81
- Mansfeld-Südharz81
- Märkischer Kreis80
- Soest80
- Erfurt, Stadt80
- Landkreis Gotha80
- Landkreis Sömmerda80
- Landkreis Cuxhaven79
- Wesermarsch79
- Bremerhaven, Stadt79
- Landkreis Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim79
- Chemnitz, Stadt79
- Landkreis Mittelsachsen79
- Zwickau79
- Borken78
- Vogelsbergkreis78
- Landkreis Dachau78
- Kreisfreie Stadt Leipzig78
- Kreisfreie Stadt Halle78
- Saalekreis78
- Landkreis Hildesheim77
- Landkreis Holzminden77
- Städteregion Aachen77
- Landkreis Birkenfeld77
- Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich77
- Kreisfreie Stadt München77
- Fürstenfeldbruck77
- Landkreis München77
- Starnberg77
- Regionalverband Saarbrücken77
- Merzig-Wadern77
- Saarlouis77
- Remscheid, Stadt76
- Solingen, Stadt76
- Wuppertal, Stadt76
- Mettmann76
- Hagen, Stadt76
- Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis76
- Freudenstadt76
- Landkreis Traunstein76
- Aschaffenburg76
- Landkreis Aschaffenburg76
- Main-Spessart76
- Olpe75
- Siegen-Wittgenstein75
- Augsburg75
- Landkreis Aichach-Friedberg75
- Landkreis Augsburg75
- Landkreis Sonneberg75
- Saalfeld-Rudolstadt75
Check what was measured at your address
Questions people ask first
- Was this storm strong enough to count for an insurance claim?
- Standard German conditions name wind force 8 — 62 km/h as a gust. The table on this page lists what each station recorded that day; if the stations near your address reached it, the measurement supports your claim. The check on your own address answers it exactly.
- How do I prove the storm reached MY street?
- By naming the station, its distance and what it measured — which is what a record about your address does. Stations are a median 11.6 km apart across Germany, so the nearest one is usually close enough to be evidence; past 25 km we refuse to sell a record rather than stretch it.
- Where do these numbers come from?
- The national weather service's own open archive. Every figure on this page comes from a station file published by the Deutscher Wetterdienst, and the paid record prints the archive file's address next to each number.
Also in the archive
- the storm beforeThe storm of 10 February 2016 — what the instruments recorded
- the storm afterThe storm of 28 March 2016 — what the instruments recorded
- 2016-02-08The storm of 8 February 2016 — what the instruments recorded
- 2016-02-09The storm of 9 February 2016 — what the instruments recorded
- 2016-11-20The storm of 20 November 2016 — what the instruments recorded
- 2016-12-26The storm of 26 December 2016 — what the instruments recorded
- 2016-12-27The storm of 27 December 2016 — what the instruments recorded