Largest Floods
The following table lists the 50 largest floods between 1703 and 2003. The largest flood occurred in 1824 and killed several hundred people. This flood inspired the poem The Bronze Horseman by Alexander Pushkin.
A recent large flood (239 cm) occurred on 8–9 January 2005 caused by the cyclone Erwin. Six metro stations were closed. There were three floods in 2008, all below 200 centimeters.
| Chronological No. |
Date |
Water level cm |
Peak hour | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 84 | 7 November 1824 | 421 | 14:00 |
| 2 | 210 | 23 September 1924 | 380 | 19:15 |
| 3 | 71 | 9 September 1777 | 321 | morning |
| 4 | 244 | 15 October 1955 | 293 | 20:45 |
| 5 | 264 | 29 September 1975 | 281 | 4:00 |
| 6 | 39 | 22 October 1752 | 280 | 10:00 |
| 7 | 9 | 2 October 1723 | 272 | – |
| 8 | 14 | 1 November 1726 | 270 | – |
| 9 | 183 | 13 November 1903 | 269 | 9:00 |
| 10 | 7 | 5 November 1721 | 265 | daytime |
| 11 | 86 | 20 August 1831 | 264 | night |
| 12 | 3 | 9 September 1706 | 262 | daytime |
| 13 | 319 | 30 November 1999 | 262 | 4:35 |
| 14 | 25 | 10 September 1736 | 261 | |
| 15 | 298 | 6 December 1986 | 260 | 13:30 |
| 16 | 215 | 15 October 1929 | 258 | 17:15 |
| 18 | 83 | 24 January 1822 | 254 | night |
| 19 | 144 | 29 October 1874 | 252 | 4:00 |
| 20 | 55 | 20 November 1764 | 244 | – |
| 21 | 201 | 17 November 1917 | 244 | 6:50 |
| 22 | 254 | 18 October 1967 | 244 | 13:30 |
| 23 | 45 | 29 September 1756 | 242 | |
| 24 | 136 | 20 October 1873 | 242 | – |
| 25 | 175 | 4 November 1897 | 242 | 12:00 |
| 26 | 261 | 17 November 1974 | 242 | 1:00 |
| 27 | 177 | 26 November 1898 | 240 | 23:30 |
| 28 | 260 | 20 December 1973 | 240 | 7:15 |
| 29 | 219 | 8 January 1932 | 239 | 3:00 |
| 30 | 225 | 8 October 1935 | 239 | 5:50 |
| 31 | 18 | 12 October 1729 | 237 | 10:00 |
| 32 | 76 | 29 September 1788 | 237 | – |
| 33 | 145 | 26 November 1874 | 237 | 4:00 |
| 34 | 171 | 2 November 1895 | 237 | 3:00 |
| 35 | 227 | 9 September 1937 | 236 | 5:30 |
| 36 | 37 | 17 October 1744 | 234 | – |
| 37 | 41 | 26 October 1752 | 234 | 12:00 |
| 38 | 43 | 11 December 1752 | 234 | night |
| 39 | 228 | 14 September 1938 | 233 | 2:25 |
| 40 | 269 | 7 September 1977 | 231 | 16:50 |
| 41 | 292 | 1 January 1984 | 231 | 21:20 |
| 42 | 125 | 19 January 1866 | 229 | 10:00 |
| 43 | 208 | 24 November 1922 | 228 | 19:15 |
| 44 | 315 | 12 October 1994 | 228 | 13:50 |
| 45 | 116 | 8 October 1863 | 227 | 2:00 |
| 46 | 211 | 3 January 1925 | 225 | 21:30 |
| 47 | 81 | 6 September 1802 | 224 | daytime |
| 48 | 122 | 19 May 1865 | 224 | 9:10 |
| 49 | 202 | 24 August 1918 | 224 | 9:10 |
| 50 | 242 | 14 October 1954 | 222 | 21:00 |
Read more about this topic: Floods In Saint Petersburg
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