Extreme rain in Australia, 24 to 27 March 2018

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 24 to 27 March 2018
Start: 2018-03-24
End: 2018-03-27
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 24 to 27 March 2018: 126 records at 113 stations, peak on 25 March 2018. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 24 to 27 March 2018 set or tied 126 station records at 113 stations.
It ran from 24 March 2018 to 27 March 2018 (4 days) and its peak day was 25 March 2018.
Status: closed.
Renison Bell set a daily record precipitation of 43.6 mm (1.7 in) on 25 March 2018.
The busiest day was 25 March 2018 with 65 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 118 years.

Footprint

24 to 27 March 2018

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 24 to 27 March 2018 is outlined, with 20 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Australia, 24 to 27 March 2018: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Renison Bell	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	2018-03-25
Northdown (Hamley)	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	2018-03-25
Devonport Airport	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2018-03-25
Pykes Creek Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	2018-03-26
Frankford (Rossville)	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	2018-03-25
Jetsonville ( Muskfield )	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	2018-03-25
Toora	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	2018-03-26
Marysville (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	2018-03-25
East Sassafras (Elphin Grove)	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	2018-03-25
Zeehan (West Coast Pioneers Mu	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	2018-03-26
Deddington (Marathon)	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	2018-03-25
Savage River Mine	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	2018-03-26
Erica	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	2018-03-25
Lancefield	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	2018-03-25
Preston Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	2018-03-25
Ballarat Aerodrome	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	2018-03-25
Cressy House	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	2018-03-25
Lorinna	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	2018-03-25
Pioneer (Main Road)	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2018-03-25
Avoca (Railway House)	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	2018-03-26

Records per Day

Peak day 65

Records set or tied each day from 24 March 2018 to 27 March 2018. The most in one day was 65 on 25 March 2018.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 24 to 27 March 2018 ranked by margin
East Sassafras (Elphin Grove), 03-25	33.6 mm (1.3 in)
Northdown (Hamley), 03-25	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
Devonport Airport, 03-25	24.2 mm (1.0 in)
Zeehan (West Coast Pioneers Mu, 03-26	22.4 mm (0.9 in)
Pykes Creek Reservoir, 03-26	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
Jetsonville ( Muskfield ), 03-25	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
Renison Bell, 03-25	18.2 mm (0.7 in)
Savage River Mine, 03-26	14.5 mm (0.6 in)
Cressy House, 03-25	11.1 mm (0.4 in)
Lancefield, 03-25	10.8 mm (0.4 in)
Erica, 03-25	9.5 mm (0.37 in)
Deddington (Marathon), 03-25	9.4 mm (0.37 in)
Avoca (Railway House), 03-26	9.3 mm (0.37 in)
Toora, 03-26	7.6 mm (0.30 in)
Lorinna, 03-25	5.3 mm (0.21 in)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

126 records plotted by how far they beat the old record (across) and how many years the old record had stood (up). Long standing records beaten by a wide margin sit in the top right.

Margin against age of the broken record in Extreme rain in Australia, 24 to 27 March 2018
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
18	84
26	52
9	97
24	55
19	47
8	89
2	118
19	32
1	104
34	7
2	89
22	33
11	55
5	76
9	55
5	76
15	48
0	88
10	63
11	48
8	47
10	55
2	63
8	55
10	33
21	9
11	40
9	35
16	9
12	41
11	33
8	48
6	48
4	48
14	9
5	55
5	47
3	53
15	16
16	40
3	48
4	33
9	33
13	23
4	44
13	24
13	16
15	11
5	43
10	16
1	48
8	40
7	36
2	48
14	7
7	33
1	48
10	11
4	33
1	40
5	36
1	32
3	40
6	33
10	9
8	16
15	3
8	7
12	16
9	19
12	3
3	33
4	36
0	47
1	47
4	33
2	40
1	40
2	40
4	16
1	40
10	9
4	9
3	33
4	32
3	33
0	40
10	9
1	33
3	33
14	3
3	33
2	16
0	33
5	7
6	7
6	16
7	3
13	9
8	9
4	20
10	3
6	16
1	7
7	7
1	9
1	24
6	9
3	11
3	16
4	7
3	16
3	11
2	16
3	3
3	7
4	7
2	11
4	11
7	9
1	9
5	9
2	9
1	11
2	4
2	3

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 24 to 27 March 2018 compared with similar events
Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 23 February to 15 March 2019	2,223 records
Extreme rain in United States, 3 to 19 January 2024	2,133 records
Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 26 March 2021	2,099 records
Extreme rain in United States and Mexico, 29 September to 19 October 2018	1,970 records
Extreme rain in United States, 19 December 2022 to 13 January 2023	1,941 records
Extreme rain in Australia, 24 to 27 March 2018 (this event)	126 records

Every Record Set

20 of 126

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 24 to 27 March 2018, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2018-03-25	Renison Bell	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	84	55 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-25	Northdown (Hamley)	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	52	54 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-25	Devonport Airport	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	55	46 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-25	Frankford (Rossville)	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	118	42 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-25	Jetsonville ( Muskfield )	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	32	42 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-25	Marysville (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	104	41 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-25	East Sassafras (Elphin Grove)	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	7	40 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-25	Deddington (Marathon)	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	55	37 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-25	Erica	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	63	35 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-25	Lancefield	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	48	34 of 100 (Routine)
2018-03-25	Preston Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	88	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-03-25	Ballarat Aerodrome	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	89	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-03-25	Cressy House	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	55	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-03-25	Lorinna	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	76	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-03-25	Pioneer (Main Road)	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	76	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-03-26	Pykes Creek Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	47	45 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-26	Toora	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	89	42 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-26	Zeehan (West Coast Pioneers Mu	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	33	38 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-26	Savage River Mine	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	48	37 of 100 (Notable)
2018-03-26	Avoca (Railway House)	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	97	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 126 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

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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 2026-10-12. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
18	84
26	52
9	97
24	55
19	47
8	89
2	118
19	32
1	104
34	7
2	89
22	33
11	55
5	76
9	55
5	76
15	48
0	88
10	63
11	48
8	47
10	55
2	63
8	55
10	33
21	9
11	40
9	35
16	9
12	41
11	33
8	48
6	48
4	48
14	9
5	55
5	47
3	53
15	16
16	40
3	48
4	33
9	33
13	23
4	44
13	24
13	16
15	11
5	43
10	16
1	48
8	40
7	36
2	48
14	7
7	33
1	48
10	11
4	33
1	40
5	36
1	32
3	40
6	33
10	9
8	16
15	3
8	7
12	16
9	19
12	3
3	33
4	36
0	47
1	47
4	33
2	40
1	40
2	40
4	16
1	40
10	9
4	9
3	33
4	32
3	33
0	40
10	9
1	33
3	33
14	3
3	33
2	16
0	33
5	7
6	7
6	16
7	3
13	9
8	9
4	20
10	3
6	16
1	7
7	7
1	9
1	24
6	9
3	11
3	16
4	7
3	16
3	11
2	16
3	3
3	7
4	7
2	11
4	11
7	9
1	9
5	9
2	9
1	11
2	4
2	3

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
18	84
26	52
9	97
24	55
19	47
8	89
2	118
19	32
1	104
34	7
2	89
22	33
11	55
5	76
9	55
5	76
15	48
0	88
10	63
11	48
8	47
10	55
2	63
8	55
10	33
21	9
11	40
9	35
16	9
12	41
11	33
8	48
6	48
4	48
14	9
5	55
5	47
3	53
15	16
16	40
3	48
4	33
9	33
13	23
4	44
13	24
13	16
15	11
5	43
10	16
1	48
8	40
7	36
2	48
14	7
7	33
1	48
10	11
4	33
1	40
5	36
1	32
3	40
6	33
10	9
8	16
15	3
8	7
12	16
9	19
12	3
3	33
4	36
0	47
1	47
4	33
2	40
1	40
2	40
4	16
1	40
10	9
4	9
3	33
4	32
3	33
0	40
10	9
1	33
3	33
14	3
3	33
2	16
0	33
5	7
6	7
6	16
7	3
13	9
8	9
4	20
10	3
6	16
1	7
7	7
1	9
1	24
6	9
3	11
3	16
4	7
3	16
3	11
2	16
3	3
3	7
4	7
2	11
4	11
7	9
1	9
5	9
2	9
1	11
2	4
2	3

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
18	84
26	52
9	97
24	55
19	47
8	89
2	118
19	32
1	104
34	7
2	89
22	33
11	55
5	76
9	55
5	76
15	48
0	88
10	63
11	48
8	47
10	55
2	63
8	55
10	33
21	9
11	40
9	35
16	9
12	41
11	33
8	48
6	48
4	48
14	9
5	55
5	47
3	53
15	16
16	40
3	48
4	33
9	33
13	23
4	44
13	24
13	16
15	11
5	43
10	16
1	48
8	40
7	36
2	48
14	7
7	33
1	48
10	11
4	33
1	40
5	36
1	32
3	40
6	33
10	9
8	16
15	3
8	7
12	16
9	19
12	3
3	33
4	36
0	47
1	47
4	33
2	40
1	40
2	40
4	16
1	40
10	9
4	9
3	33
4	32
3	33
0	40
10	9
1	33
3	33
14	3
3	33
2	16
0	33
5	7
6	7
6	16
7	3
13	9
8	9
4	20
10	3
6	16
1	7
7	7
1	9
1	24
6	9
3	11
3	16
4	7
3	16
3	11
2	16
3	3
3	7
4	7
2	11
4	11
7	9
1	9
5	9
2	9
1	11
2	4
2	3