Extreme rain in Australia, 30 April to 6 May 2019

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 30 April to 6 May 2019
Start: 2019-04-30
End: 2019-05-06
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 30 April to 6 May 2019: 422 records at 414 stations, peak on 4 May 2019. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 30 April to 6 May 2019 set or tied 422 station records at 414 stations.
It ran from 30 April 2019 to 6 May 2019 (7 days) and its peak day was 4 May 2019.
Status: closed.
Wallabadah (Woodton) set a daily record precipitation of 61.2 mm (2.4 in) on 4 May 2019.
The busiest day was 4 May 2019 with 145 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 143 years.

Footprint

30 April to 6 May 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 30 April to 6 May 2019 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, 30 April to 6 May 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	2019-05-04
Curlewis Post Office	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	2019-05-04
Gunnedah Pool	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	2019-05-04
Flinders Chase (Rocky River)	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	2019-05-01
Barnawartha	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	2019-05-03
Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station)	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	2019-05-02
Walwa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	2019-05-03
Corowa Airport	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	2019-05-03
Moorabool Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	2019-05-02
Oaklands General Store	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	2019-05-03
Uplands (Gibbo River Park)	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	2019-05-03
Gundowring Upper	Record daily precipitation	124.6 mm (4.9 in)	2019-05-03
Tullaroop Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2019-05-02
Koetong	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	2019-05-03
Quirindi Post Office	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	2019-05-04
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	2019-05-02
Maroona (Hillenvale)	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	2019-05-02
Glenorchy	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	2019-05-02
Blackville Post Office	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	2019-05-04
Gunnedah Resource Centre	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	2019-05-04

Records per Day

Peak day 145

Records set or tied each day from 30 April 2019 to 6 May 2019. The most in one day was 145 on 4 May 2019.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 30 April to 6 May 2019 ranked by margin
Gundowring Upper, 05-03	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
Wallabadah (Woodton), 05-04	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
Uplands (Gibbo River Park), 05-03	47.1 mm (1.9 in)
Moorabool Reservoir, 05-02	43.9 mm (1.7 in)
Maroona (Hillenvale), 05-02	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
Curlewis Post Office, 05-04	42.3 mm (1.7 in)
Oaklands General Store, 05-03	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
Gunnedah Pool, 05-04	40.4 mm (1.6 in)
Barnawartha, 05-03	37.6 mm (1.5 in)
Gunnedah Resource Centre, 05-04	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station), 05-02	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
Walwa, 05-03	30.9 mm (1.2 in)
Flinders Chase (Rocky River), 05-01	27.4 mm (1.1 in)
Quirindi Post Office, 05-04	26.9 mm (1.1 in)
Blackville Post Office, 05-04	26.8 mm (1.1 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

422 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, 30 April to 6 May 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
52	120
42	113
40	122
27	58
38	74
32	69
31	92
15	100
42	62
47	62
54	44
44	62
27	122
22	126
27	62
23	105
43	35
15	105
27	105
37	70
30	62
23	62
19	61
24	62
24	62
35	36
43	36
53	49
22	76
51	32
33	70
42	40
31	41
42	52
21	74
33	36
9	100
24	48
39	24
24	62
18	61
13	80
27	70
40	45
52	45
21	62
11	114
43	32
24	18
25	74
27	36
8	96
23	70
3	100
35	36
23	76
28	36
11	55
15	120
34	57
42	24
15	105
16	62
13	130
16	62
68	45
14	90
22	45
25	70
5	124
9	113
40	22
34	24
18	80
23	36
24	52
11	45
27	58
25	27
20	36
16	61
22	45
28	6
8	110
42	18
22	57
14	80
11	74
15	14
16	62
12	76
22	24
20	36
14	62
16	10
18	21
6	122
24	70
5	105
18	54
23	36
28	24
20	24
7	92
11	76
19	62
12	62
11	62
8	62
16	70
19	36
3	143
31	24
4	63
10	55
28	24
32	24
35	24
26	24
2	114
2	105
10	62
11	62
16	6
13	36
13	62
1	119
4	93
20	57
2	104
1	102
1	130
8	62
28	36
2	92
14	60
13	70
15	57
22	24
16	40
0	130
0	143
8	62
25	32
6	62
3	88
10	70
14	70
24	24
33	6
16	57
7	50
9	62
9	62
20	24
11	62
15	36
6	58
2	88
7	69
11	70
11	70
8	38
28	32
12	36
5	62
5	62
8	62
21	24
32	4
29	24
18	36
8	40
16	36
9	24
3	84
1	92
23	24
7	62
7	62
27	4
2	82
6	70
10	62
17	36
13	32
14	36
6	40
24	32
13	12
4	62
4	61
5	45
4	70
22	40
20	18
3	70
6	62
11	45
4	20

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 30 April to 6 May 2019 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, 30 April to 6 May 2019 (this event)	422 records

Every Record Set

20 of 422

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 30 April to 6 May 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-05-01	Flinders Chase (Rocky River)	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	58	73 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-02	Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station)	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	69	70 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-02	Moorabool Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	62	68 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-02	Tullaroop Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	62	67 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-02	Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	105	66 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-02	Maroona (Hillenvale)	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35	65 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-02	Glenorchy	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	105	63 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-03	Barnawartha	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	74	72 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-03	Walwa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	92	70 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-03	Corowa Airport	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	100	69 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-03	Oaklands General Store	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	62	68 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-03	Uplands (Gibbo River Park)	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	62	68 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-03	Gundowring Upper	Record daily precipitation	124.6 mm (4.9 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	44	68 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-03	Koetong	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	126	67 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-04	Wallabadah (Woodton)	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	120	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2019-05-04	Curlewis Post Office	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	113	77 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-04	Gunnedah Pool	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	122	77 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-04	Quirindi Post Office	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	122	67 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-04	Blackville Post Office	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	105	62 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-04	Gunnedah Resource Centre	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	70	61 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 422 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.

Date	Records
2019-04-30	1
2019-05-01	34
2019-05-02	116
2019-05-03	110
2019-05-04	145
2019-05-05	12
2019-05-06	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
52	120
42	113
40	122
27	58
38	74
32	69
31	92
15	100
42	62
47	62
54	44
44	62
27	122
22	126
27	62
23	105
43	35
15	105
27	105
37	70
30	62
23	62
19	61
24	62
24	62
35	36
43	36
53	49
22	76
51	32
33	70
42	40
31	41
42	52
21	74
33	36
9	100
24	48
39	24
24	62
18	61
13	80
27	70
40	45
52	45
21	62
11	114
43	32
24	18
25	74
27	36
8	96
23	70
3	100
35	36
23	76
28	36
11	55
15	120
34	57
42	24
15	105
16	62
13	130
16	62
68	45
14	90
22	45
25	70
5	124
9	113
40	22
34	24
18	80
23	36
24	52
11	45
27	58
25	27
20	36
16	61
22	45
28	6
8	110
42	18
22	57
14	80
11	74
15	14
16	62
12	76
22	24
20	36
14	62
16	10
18	21
6	122
24	70
5	105
18	54
23	36
28	24
20	24
7	92
11	76
19	62
12	62
11	62
8	62
16	70
19	36
3	143
31	24
4	63
10	55
28	24
32	24
35	24
26	24
2	114
2	105
10	62
11	62
16	6
13	36
13	62
1	119
4	93
20	57
2	104
1	102
1	130
8	62
28	36
2	92
14	60
13	70
15	57
22	24
16	40
0	130
0	143
8	62
25	32
6	62
3	88
10	70
14	70
24	24
33	6
16	57
7	50
9	62
9	62
20	24
11	62
15	36
6	58
2	88
7	69
11	70
11	70
8	38
28	32
12	36
5	62
5	62
8	62
21	24
32	4
29	24
18	36
8	40
16	36
9	24
3	84
1	92
23	24
7	62
7	62
27	4
2	82
6	70
10	62
17	36
13	32
14	36
6	40
24	32
13	12
4	62
4	61
5	45
4	70
22	40
20	18
3	70
6	62
11	45
4	20

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
52	120
42	113
40	122
27	58
38	74
32	69
31	92
15	100
42	62
47	62
54	44
44	62
27	122
22	126
27	62
23	105
43	35
15	105
27	105
37	70
30	62
23	62
19	61
24	62
24	62
35	36
43	36
53	49
22	76
51	32
33	70
42	40
31	41
42	52
21	74
33	36
9	100
24	48
39	24
24	62
18	61
13	80
27	70
40	45
52	45
21	62
11	114
43	32
24	18
25	74
27	36
8	96
23	70
3	100
35	36
23	76
28	36
11	55
15	120
34	57
42	24
15	105
16	62
13	130
16	62
68	45
14	90
22	45
25	70
5	124
9	113
40	22
34	24
18	80
23	36
24	52
11	45
27	58
25	27
20	36
16	61
22	45
28	6
8	110
42	18
22	57
14	80
11	74
15	14
16	62
12	76
22	24
20	36
14	62
16	10
18	21
6	122
24	70
5	105
18	54
23	36
28	24
20	24
7	92
11	76
19	62
12	62
11	62
8	62
16	70
19	36
3	143
31	24
4	63
10	55
28	24
32	24
35	24
26	24
2	114
2	105
10	62
11	62
16	6
13	36
13	62
1	119
4	93
20	57
2	104
1	102
1	130
8	62
28	36
2	92
14	60
13	70
15	57
22	24
16	40
0	130
0	143
8	62
25	32
6	62
3	88
10	70
14	70
24	24
33	6
16	57
7	50
9	62
9	62
20	24
11	62
15	36
6	58
2	88
7	69
11	70
11	70
8	38
28	32
12	36
5	62
5	62
8	62
21	24
32	4
29	24
18	36
8	40
16	36
9	24
3	84
1	92
23	24
7	62
7	62
27	4
2	82
6	70
10	62
17	36
13	32
14	36
6	40
24	32
13	12
4	62
4	61
5	45
4	70
22	40
20	18
3	70
6	62
11	45
4	20

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
52	120
42	113
40	122
27	58
38	74
32	69
31	92
15	100
42	62
47	62
54	44
44	62
27	122
22	126
27	62
23	105
43	35
15	105
27	105
37	70
30	62
23	62
19	61
24	62
24	62
35	36
43	36
53	49
22	76
51	32
33	70
42	40
31	41
42	52
21	74
33	36
9	100
24	48
39	24
24	62
18	61
13	80
27	70
40	45
52	45
21	62
11	114
43	32
24	18
25	74
27	36
8	96
23	70
3	100
35	36
23	76
28	36
11	55
15	120
34	57
42	24
15	105
16	62
13	130
16	62
68	45
14	90
22	45
25	70
5	124
9	113
40	22
34	24
18	80
23	36
24	52
11	45
27	58
25	27
20	36
16	61
22	45
28	6
8	110
42	18
22	57
14	80
11	74
15	14
16	62
12	76
22	24
20	36
14	62
16	10
18	21
6	122
24	70
5	105
18	54
23	36
28	24
20	24
7	92
11	76
19	62
12	62
11	62
8	62
16	70
19	36
3	143
31	24
4	63
10	55
28	24
32	24
35	24
26	24
2	114
2	105
10	62
11	62
16	6
13	36
13	62
1	119
4	93
20	57
2	104
1	102
1	130
8	62
28	36
2	92
14	60
13	70
15	57
22	24
16	40
0	130
0	143
8	62
25	32
6	62
3	88
10	70
14	70
24	24
33	6
16	57
7	50
9	62
9	62
20	24
11	62
15	36
6	58
2	88
7	69
11	70
11	70
8	38
28	32
12	36
5	62
5	62
8	62
21	24
32	4
29	24
18	36
8	40
16	36
9	24
3	84
1	92
23	24
7	62
7	62
27	4
2	82
6	70
10	62
17	36
13	32
14	36
6	40
24	32
13	12
4	62
4	61
5	45
4	70
22	40
20	18
3	70
6	62
11	45
4	20