A manifestation of climate change is the prolonged periods of rainlessness interspersed with short, intense downpours – the so-called “rainstorms. rainfall from storms. A good example is the rainfall distributions that occurred in Gdansk in 2022. The annual values represent approx. 75% of the average precipitation of the 1991 – 2020 multi-year period in the eastern part of Gdansk and approx. 70% in the western part. This allows the entire year to be described as dry on the border of very dry (according to the criterion of Kaczorowska, 1962). In the warm half of 2022. Measuring stations recorded 5 days with IV degree precipitation. Although the entire year is described as dry, the three summer precipitation episodes (August 15, 16 and 20) are among the nine largest in the past five years