Extreme rain in Australia, 26 to 29 June 2018

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 26 to 29 June 2018
Start: 2018-06-26
End: 2018-06-29
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 26 to 29 June 2018: 138 records at 129 stations, peak on 28 June 2018. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 26 to 29 June 2018 set or tied 138 station records at 129 stations.
It ran from 26 June 2018 to 29 June 2018 (4 days) and its peak day was 28 June 2018.
Status: closed.
Tottenham (Burdenda) set a daily record precipitation of 40.0 mm (1.6 in) on 28 June 2018.
The busiest day was 28 June 2018 with 78 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 129 years.

Footprint

26 to 29 June 2018

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 26 to 29 June 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, 26 to 29 June 2018: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	2018-06-28
Tottenham Post Office	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	2018-06-28
Nyngan Airport	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	2018-06-28
Green Cape Lighthouse	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	2018-06-28
Brewarrina (Yappalee)	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	2018-06-28
Mt Moffatt National Park	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	2018-06-27
Running Stream (Brooklyn)	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	2018-06-26
Kinnoul	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2018-06-27
Brewarrina Hospital	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	2018-06-27
Albion Park Post Office	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	2018-06-28
Bobadah (Pretty View)	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	2018-06-28
Nyngan (the Plains)	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2018-06-28
Windamere Dam	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2018-06-29
Imbil Post Office	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	2018-06-28
Eurombah	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	2018-06-27
Tanbar Station	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	2018-06-27
Lowan Hills	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	2018-06-27
La Palma	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	2018-06-28
Hatfield (Clare)	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	2018-06-28
Maude Post Office	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	2018-06-28

Records per Day

Peak day 78

Records set or tied each day from 26 June 2018 to 29 June 2018. The most in one day was 78 on 28 June 2018.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 26 to 29 June 2018 ranked by margin
Brewarrina (Yappalee), 06-28	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
Mt Moffatt National Park, 06-27	32.6 mm (1.3 in)
Tottenham Post Office, 06-28	30.9 mm (1.2 in)
Bobadah (Pretty View), 06-28	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
Tottenham (Burdenda), 06-28	27.8 mm (1.1 in)
Green Cape Lighthouse, 06-28	23.6 mm (0.9 in)
Nyngan Airport, 06-28	20.7 mm (0.8 in)
Nyngan (the Plains), 06-28	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
Windamere Dam, 06-29	18.8 mm (0.7 in)
Eurombah, 06-27	18.7 mm (0.7 in)
La Palma, 06-28	13.9 mm (0.5 in)
Kinnoul, 06-27	7.7 mm (0.30 in)
Running Stream (Brooklyn), 06-26	7.2 mm (0.28 in)
Tanbar Station, 06-27	6.0 mm (0.24 in)
Hatfield (Clare), 06-28	4.4 mm (0.17 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

138 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, 26 to 29 June 2018
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
28	101
31	49
21	80
24	108
46	37
33	59
7	104
14	88
6	129
8	88
2	101
2	112
1	121
1	101
28	11
20	37
19	37
19	51
3	88
4	71
13	37
4	80
23	12
6	63
18	11
5	76
19	41
23	12
2	71
34	5
15	11
2	68
7	37
6	39
11	11
5	60
17	11
4	60
4	60
10	51
2	60
7	37
16	15
7	56
8	41
5	37
4	37
7	41
7	44
4	40
3	41
1	44
2	39
8	11
19	11
12	19
7	41
8	37
1	44
7	52
9	44
6	41
25	5
20	11
1	37
24	25
2	37
4	37
19	5
3	41
5	41
4	41
0	51
3	52
5	44
4	44
4	20
5	15
3	37
3	32
6	19
18	5
5	15
8	4
13	15
18	15
4	11
1	40
6	15
1	35
1	44
11	11
1	35
10	0
7	28
5	19
9	5
19	4
8	25
2	12
8	11
2	19
4	8
3	8
1	11
3	5
5	19
10	1
1	11
5	15
2	12
7	5
2	5
2	4
2	25
1	11
1	23
6	12
4	11
5	5
3	8
3	19
0	4
3	4
5	5
6	1
4	5
0	1
3	11
3	11
6	5
1	11
7	5
3	4
4	5
0	11
0	8
2	5

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 26 to 29 June 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, 26 to 29 June 2018 (this event)	138 records

Every Record Set

20 of 138

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 26 to 29 June 2018, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2018-06-26	Running Stream (Brooklyn)	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	104	48 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-27	Mt Moffatt National Park	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	59	49 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-27	Kinnoul	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	88	41 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-27	Brewarrina Hospital	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	101	41 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-27	Eurombah	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	51	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-06-27	Tanbar Station	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	129	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-06-27	Lowan Hills	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	101	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-06-28	Tottenham (Burdenda)	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	101	70 of 100 (Major)
2018-06-28	Tottenham Post Office	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	49	59 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-28	Nyngan Airport	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	80	58 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-28	Green Cape Lighthouse	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	108	58 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-28	Brewarrina (Yappalee)	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37	56 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-28	Albion Park Post Office	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	112	41 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-28	Bobadah (Pretty View)	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	11	40 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-28	Nyngan (the Plains)	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	37	40 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-28	Imbil Post Office	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	88	37 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-28	La Palma	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	88	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-06-28	Hatfield (Clare)	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	71	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-06-28	Maude Post Office	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	121	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-06-29	Windamere Dam	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	37	39 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 138 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 2026-10-17. 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
28	101
31	49
21	80
24	108
46	37
33	59
7	104
14	88
6	129
8	88
2	101
2	112
1	121
1	101
28	11
20	37
19	37
19	51
3	88
4	71
13	37
4	80
23	12
6	63
18	11
5	76
19	41
23	12
2	71
34	5
15	11
2	68
7	37
6	39
11	11
5	60
17	11
4	60
4	60
10	51
2	60
7	37
16	15
7	56
8	41
5	37
4	37
7	41
7	44
4	40
3	41
1	44
2	39
8	11
19	11
12	19
7	41
8	37
1	44
7	52
9	44
6	41
25	5
20	11
1	37
24	25
2	37
4	37
19	5
3	41
5	41
4	41
0	51
3	52
5	44
4	44
4	20
5	15
3	37
3	32
6	19
18	5
5	15
8	4
13	15
18	15
4	11
1	40
6	15
1	35
1	44
11	11
1	35
10	0
7	28
5	19
9	5
19	4
8	25
2	12
8	11
2	19
4	8
3	8
1	11
3	5
5	19
10	1
1	11
5	15
2	12
7	5
2	5
2	4
2	25
1	11
1	23
6	12
4	11
5	5
3	8
3	19
0	4
3	4
5	5
6	1
4	5
0	1
3	11
3	11
6	5
1	11
7	5
3	4
4	5
0	11
0	8
2	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
28	101
31	49
21	80
24	108
46	37
33	59
7	104
14	88
6	129
8	88
2	101
2	112
1	121
1	101
28	11
20	37
19	37
19	51
3	88
4	71
13	37
4	80
23	12
6	63
18	11
5	76
19	41
23	12
2	71
34	5
15	11
2	68
7	37
6	39
11	11
5	60
17	11
4	60
4	60
10	51
2	60
7	37
16	15
7	56
8	41
5	37
4	37
7	41
7	44
4	40
3	41
1	44
2	39
8	11
19	11
12	19
7	41
8	37
1	44
7	52
9	44
6	41
25	5
20	11
1	37
24	25
2	37
4	37
19	5
3	41
5	41
4	41
0	51
3	52
5	44
4	44
4	20
5	15
3	37
3	32
6	19
18	5
5	15
8	4
13	15
18	15
4	11
1	40
6	15
1	35
1	44
11	11
1	35
10	0
7	28
5	19
9	5
19	4
8	25
2	12
8	11
2	19
4	8
3	8
1	11
3	5
5	19
10	1
1	11
5	15
2	12
7	5
2	5
2	4
2	25
1	11
1	23
6	12
4	11
5	5
3	8
3	19
0	4
3	4
5	5
6	1
4	5
0	1
3	11
3	11
6	5
1	11
7	5
3	4
4	5
0	11
0	8
2	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
28	101
31	49
21	80
24	108
46	37
33	59
7	104
14	88
6	129
8	88
2	101
2	112
1	121
1	101
28	11
20	37
19	37
19	51
3	88
4	71
13	37
4	80
23	12
6	63
18	11
5	76
19	41
23	12
2	71
34	5
15	11
2	68
7	37
6	39
11	11
5	60
17	11
4	60
4	60
10	51
2	60
7	37
16	15
7	56
8	41
5	37
4	37
7	41
7	44
4	40
3	41
1	44
2	39
8	11
19	11
12	19
7	41
8	37
1	44
7	52
9	44
6	41
25	5
20	11
1	37
24	25
2	37
4	37
19	5
3	41
5	41
4	41
0	51
3	52
5	44
4	44
4	20
5	15
3	37
3	32
6	19
18	5
5	15
8	4
13	15
18	15
4	11
1	40
6	15
1	35
1	44
11	11
1	35
10	0
7	28
5	19
9	5
19	4
8	25
2	12
8	11
2	19
4	8
3	8
1	11
3	5
5	19
10	1
1	11
5	15
2	12
7	5
2	5
2	4
2	25
1	11
1	23
6	12
4	11
5	5
3	8
3	19
0	4
3	4
5	5
6	1
4	5
0	1
3	11
3	11
6	5
1	11
7	5
3	4
4	5
0	11
0	8
2	5