Storm day · 2018-12-21
The storm of 21 December 2018 — what the instruments recorded
21 December 2018: 56 German weather stations recorded gusts at wind force 9 or above, the strongest 158 km/h at Zugspitze. Every figure names its station.
- 158km/hstrongest gust
- 12Bftwind force
- 56stations at force 9+
- 109districts reached
The strongest gusts measured that day
| Station | Peak gust | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Zugspitze 05792 | 158 km/h · Bft 12 | 14:00 |
| Brocken 00722 | 156 km/h · Bft 12 | 21:00 |
| Feldberg/Schwarzwald 01346 | 137 km/h · Bft 12 | 11:00 |
| Weinbiet 05426 | 112 km/h · Bft 11 | 11:00 |
| Fichtelberg 01358 | 105 km/h · Bft 11 | 23:00 |
| Kahler Asten 02483 | 100 km/h · Bft 10 | 18:00 |
| Wasserkuppe 05371 | 94 km/h · Bft 10 | 13:00 |
| Großer Arber 01832 | 94 km/h · Bft 10 | 16:00 |
| Hornisgrinde 02349 | 93 km/h · Bft 10 | 12:00 |
| Freudenstadt 01468 | 93 km/h · Bft 10 | 12:00 |
| Frankenberg-Geismar 05851 | 90 km/h · Bft 10 | 21:00 |
| Eschwege-Eltmannshausen 13701 | 89 km/h · Bft 10 | 22:00 |
| Hohenpeißenberg 02290 | 87 km/h · Bft 9 | 22:00 |
| Schmücke 04501 | 86 km/h · Bft 9 | 22:00 |
| Dörrmoschel-Felsbergerhof 01011 | 85 km/h · Bft 9 | 12:00 |
| Aachen-Orsbach 15000 | 85 km/h · Bft 9 | 17:00 |
| Wunsiedel-Schönbrunn 07394 | 83 km/h · Bft 9 | 22:00 |
| Kall-Sistig 02497 | 82 km/h · Bft 9 | 16:00 |
| Birkelbach 07416 | 81 km/h · Bft 9 | 20:00 |
| Warburg 05347 | 81 km/h · Bft 9 | 21:00 |
Districts where a station nearby reached storm force
- Landkreis Garmisch-Partenkirchen158
- Landkreis Goslar156
- Landkreis Harz156
- Freiburg im Breisgau137
- Landkreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald137
- Frankenthal (Pfalz), kreisfreie Stadt112
- Kreisfreie Stadt Landau in der Pfalz112
- Neustadt an der Weinstraße, kreisfreie Stadt112
- Speyer, kreisfreie Stadt112
- Landkreis Bad Dürkheim112
- Landkreis Südliche Weinstraße112
- Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis112
Show the remaining 97 districts
- Erzgebirgskreis105
- Hochsauerlandkreis100
- Fulda94
- Landkreis Regen94
- Baden-Baden93
- Rastatt93
- Freudenstadt93
- Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg90
- Werra-Meißner-Kreis89
- Landkreis Weilheim-Schongau87
- Kreisfreie Stadt Suhl86
- Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen86
- Landkreis Hildburghausen86
- Ilm-Kreis86
- Städteregion Aachen85
- Kaiserslautern, kreisfreie Stadt85
- Donnersbergkreis85
- Landkreis Kaiserslautern85
- Landkreis Kusel85
- Landkreis Tirschenreuth83
- Wunsiedel i.Fichtelgebirge83
- Euskirchen82
- Remscheid, Stadt81
- Solingen, Stadt81
- Wuppertal, Stadt81
- Mettmann81
- Höxter81
- Hagen, Stadt81
- Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis81
- Olpe81
- Siegen-Wittgenstein81
- Vogelsbergkreis81
- Landkreis Hildesheim80
- Landkreis Holzminden80
- Göppingen80
- Landkreis Heidenheim80
- Ostalbkreis80
- Erding80
- Landkreis Freising80
- Landkreis Donau-Ries80
- Mansfeld-Südharz80
- Landkreis Sonneberg80
- Saalfeld-Rudolstadt80
- Märkischer Kreis79
- Soest79
- Landkreis Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim79
- Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg78
- Landkreis Lüneburg78
- Frankfurt am Main, Stadt78
- Wiesbaden, Landeshauptstadt78
- Hochtaunuskreis78
- Main-Taunus-Kreis78
- Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis78
- Marburg-Biedenkopf78
- Zweibrücken, kreisfreie Stadt78
- Konstanz78
- Regionalverband Saarbrücken78
- Merzig-Wadern78
- Neunkirchen78
- Saarlouis78
- Saarpfalz-Kreis78
- Osnabrück, Stadt77
- Landkreis Osnabrück77
- Münster, Stadt77
- Steinfurt77
- Hamm, Stadt77
- Unna77
- Landkreis Cochem-Zell77
- Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis77
- Trier, kreisfreie Stadt77
- Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich77
- Landkreis Trier-Saarburg77
- Ulm77
- Landkreis Dillingen an der Donau77
- Landkreis Günzburg77
- Neu-Ulm77
- Landkreis Mittelsachsen77
- Landkreis Meißen77
- Gießen76
- Lahn-Dill-Kreis76
- Rottweil76
- Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis76
- Landkreis Tuttlingen76
- Zollernalbkreis76
- Augsburg76
- Landkreis Aichach-Friedberg76
- Landkreis Augsburg76
- Chemnitz, Stadt76
- Zwickau76
- Erfurt, Stadt76
- Landkreis Gotha76
- Landkreis Sömmerda76
- Wolfsburg, Stadt75
- Landkreis Helmstedt75
- Landkreis Birkenfeld75
- Straubing75
- Dingolfing-Landau75
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 9 December 2018 — what the instruments recorded
- the storm afterThe storm of 22 December 2018 — what the instruments recorded
- 2018-09-23The storm of 23 September 2018 — what the instruments recorded
- 2018-10-23The storm of 23 October 2018 — what the instruments recorded
- 2018-10-30The storm of 30 October 2018 — what the instruments recorded
- 2018-12-07The storm of 7 December 2018 — what the instruments recorded
- 2018-12-08The storm of 8 December 2018 — what the instruments recorded