Extreme rain in Australia, 29 March to 7 April 2020

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 29 March to 7 April 2020
Start: 2020-03-29
End: 2020-04-07
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 29 March to 7 April 2020: 884 records at 677 stations, peak on 4 April 2020. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 29 March to 7 April 2020 set or tied 884 station records at 677 stations.
It ran from 29 March 2020 to 7 April 2020 (10 days) and its peak day was 4 April 2020.
Status: closed.
Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station) set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 2 April 2020.
The busiest day was 4 April 2020 with 325 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 135 years.

Footprint

29 March to 7 April 2020

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 29 March to 7 April 2020 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, 29 March to 7 April 2020: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station)	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2020-04-02
Lancefield	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	2020-04-04
Innamincka Station	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	2020-04-02
Pirlta	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	2020-04-02
Orford (Aubin Court)	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	2020-04-03
Mount Eba	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	2020-04-02
Mungeranie (Kalamurina)	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	2020-04-02
Bronzewing	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	2020-04-02
Sea Lake (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	2020-04-02
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	2020-04-05
Woomelang	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	2020-04-02
Korong Vale (Burnbank)	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	2020-04-02
Gladfield Hopefield Estate	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	2020-04-02
Colbinabbin	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	2020-04-02
Orford South	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	2020-04-03
Opossum Bay	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	2020-04-03
Wentworth (Burtundy)	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2020-04-04
Swanpool (Tiree)	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	2020-04-02
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	2020-04-03
Cambrai (Kongolia)	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	2020-04-02

Records per Day

Peak day 325

Records set or tied each day from 29 March 2020 to 7 April 2020. The most in one day was 325 on 4 April 2020.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Australia, 29 March to 7 April 2020
Date	Records
2020-03-29	7
2020-03-30	7
2020-03-31	18
2020-04-01	28
2020-04-02	272
2020-04-03	174
2020-04-04	325
2020-04-05	30
2020-04-06	22
2020-04-07	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 29 March to 7 April 2020 ranked by margin
Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station), 04-02	50.6 mm (2.0 in)
Orford (Aubin Court), 04-03	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
Swanpool (Tiree), 04-02	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
Innamincka Station, 04-02	39.3 mm (1.5 in)
Orford South, 04-03	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
Mungeranie (Kalamurina), 04-02	32.4 mm (1.3 in)
Bronzewing, 04-02	31.1 mm (1.2 in)
Woomelang, 04-02	30.8 mm (1.2 in)
Korong Vale (Burnbank), 04-02	29.1 mm (1.1 in)
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge), 04-05	27.1 mm (1.1 in)
Pirlta, 04-02	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
Mount Eba, 04-02	25.6 mm (1.0 in)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi), 04-03	23.3 mm (0.9 in)
Wentworth (Burtundy), 04-04	22.8 mm (0.9 in)
Lancefield, 04-04	22.2 mm (0.9 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

500 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, 29 March to 7 April 2020
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
51	91
22	106
39	128
27	91
49	59
26	96
32	134
31	76
22	120
27	94
31	88
29	76
23	121
19	120
20	120
39	61
22	88
46	61
17	88
23	120
39	49
24	91
30	61
19	121
31	93
20	88
30	55
20	120
17	121
30	58
41	65
22	78
16	88
26	76
22	88
46	37
37	41
11	125
36	46
20	125
26	115
15	80
17	121
21	91
40	35
19	69
20	64
22	76
16	120
28	45
62	31
39	31
29	65
15	95
48	32
41	33
56	31
25	91
21	79
17	86
18	91
19	102
23	64
30	35
17	96
34	50
31	37
38	35
29	35
21	55
16	120
20	81
11	96
20	60
28	35
35	41
24	61
13	132
10	132
41	24
17	88
3	124
11	121
10	95
14	119
37	39
22	60
10	101
29	35
15	88
35	31
39	35
10	121
25	37
28	54
58	57
19	91
15	115
20	92
9	103
12	115
52	12
16	88
63	17
11	95
25	48
10	130
18	49
11	96
20	61
13	88
33	12
7	121
22	20
9	120
15	85
12	132
36	46
29	5
12	88
16	86
11	88
12	91
23	48
26	41
9	119
24	31
17	25
13	120
11	125
50	20
14	115
10	96
15	76
10	88
12	96
28	61
21	65
34	14
44	17
6	130
8	95
8	102
33	31
8	120
3	88
28	5
32	14
16	67
21	46
28	31
53	18
8	120
25	41
33	45
29	24
6	113
6	115
8	88
49	32
27	70
10	91
14	93
30	35
14	67
37	18
31	69
31	18
28	37
13	88
33	12
12	86
10	99
14	93
19	45
7	117
9	96
20	55
22	41
26	17
18	29
11	85
9	115
23	35
14	61
6	130
4	119
7	96
30	35
25	41
32	26
45	11
8	88
12	88
8	92
25	15
8	88
5	105
6	88
7	92

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 29 March to 7 April 2020 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, 29 March to 7 April 2020 (this event)	884 records

Every Record Set

20 of 884

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 29 March to 7 April 2020, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2020-04-02	Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station)	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	91	77 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-02	Innamincka Station	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	128	76 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-02	Pirlta	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	91	76 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-02	Mount Eba	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	96	73 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-02	Mungeranie (Kalamurina)	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	134	70 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-02	Bronzewing	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	76	70 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-02	Sea Lake (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	120	70 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-02	Woomelang	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	88	69 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-02	Korong Vale (Burnbank)	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	76	68 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-02	Gladfield Hopefield Estate	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	120	66 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-02	Colbinabbin	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	120	66 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-02	Swanpool (Tiree)	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	61	65 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-02	Cambrai (Kongolia)	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	88	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-04-03	Orford (Aubin Court)	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	59	74 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-03	Orford South	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	61	66 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-03	Opossum Bay	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	88	66 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-03	Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	120	64 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-04	Lancefield	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	106	77 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-04	Wentworth (Burtundy)	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	121	66 of 100 (Major)
2020-04-05	St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	94	70 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 884 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
51	91
22	106
39	128
27	91
49	59
26	96
32	134
31	76
22	120
27	94
31	88
29	76
23	121
19	120
20	120
39	61
22	88
46	61
17	88
23	120
39	49
24	91
30	61
19	121
31	93
20	88
30	55
20	120
17	121
30	58
41	65
22	78
16	88
26	76
22	88
46	37
37	41
11	125
36	46
20	125
26	115
15	80
17	121
21	91
40	35
19	69
20	64
22	76
16	120
28	45
62	31
39	31
29	65
15	95
48	32
41	33
56	31
25	91
21	79
17	86
18	91
19	102
23	64
30	35
17	96
34	50
31	37
38	35
29	35
21	55
16	120
20	81
11	96
20	60
28	35
35	41
24	61
13	132
10	132
41	24
17	88
3	124
11	121
10	95
14	119
37	39
22	60
10	101
29	35
15	88
35	31
39	35
10	121
25	37
28	54
58	57
19	91
15	115
20	92
9	103
12	115
52	12
16	88
63	17
11	95
25	48
10	130
18	49
11	96
20	61
13	88
33	12
7	121
22	20
9	120
15	85
12	132
36	46
29	5
12	88
16	86
11	88
12	91
23	48
26	41
9	119
24	31
17	25
13	120
11	125
50	20
14	115
10	96
15	76
10	88
12	96
28	61
21	65
34	14
44	17
6	130
8	95
8	102
33	31
8	120
3	88
28	5
32	14
16	67
21	46
28	31
53	18
8	120
25	41
33	45
29	24
6	113
6	115
8	88
49	32
27	70
10	91
14	93
30	35
14	67
37	18
31	69
31	18
28	37
13	88
33	12
12	86
10	99
14	93
19	45
7	117
9	96
20	55
22	41
26	17
18	29
11	85
9	115
23	35
14	61
6	130
4	119
7	96
30	35
25	41
32	26
45	11
8	88
12	88
8	92
25	15
8	88
5	105
6	88
7	92

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
51	91
22	106
39	128
27	91
49	59
26	96
32	134
31	76
22	120
27	94
31	88
29	76
23	121
19	120
20	120
39	61
22	88
46	61
17	88
23	120
39	49
24	91
30	61
19	121
31	93
20	88
30	55
20	120
17	121
30	58
41	65
22	78
16	88
26	76
22	88
46	37
37	41
11	125
36	46
20	125
26	115
15	80
17	121
21	91
40	35
19	69
20	64
22	76
16	120
28	45
62	31
39	31
29	65
15	95
48	32
41	33
56	31
25	91
21	79
17	86
18	91
19	102
23	64
30	35
17	96
34	50
31	37
38	35
29	35
21	55
16	120
20	81
11	96
20	60
28	35
35	41
24	61
13	132
10	132
41	24
17	88
3	124
11	121
10	95
14	119
37	39
22	60
10	101
29	35
15	88
35	31
39	35
10	121
25	37
28	54
58	57
19	91
15	115
20	92
9	103
12	115
52	12
16	88
63	17
11	95
25	48
10	130
18	49
11	96
20	61
13	88
33	12
7	121
22	20
9	120
15	85
12	132
36	46
29	5
12	88
16	86
11	88
12	91
23	48
26	41
9	119
24	31
17	25
13	120
11	125
50	20
14	115
10	96
15	76
10	88
12	96
28	61
21	65
34	14
44	17
6	130
8	95
8	102
33	31
8	120
3	88
28	5
32	14
16	67
21	46
28	31
53	18
8	120
25	41
33	45
29	24
6	113
6	115
8	88
49	32
27	70
10	91
14	93
30	35
14	67
37	18
31	69
31	18
28	37
13	88
33	12
12	86
10	99
14	93
19	45
7	117
9	96
20	55
22	41
26	17
18	29
11	85
9	115
23	35
14	61
6	130
4	119
7	96
30	35
25	41
32	26
45	11
8	88
12	88
8	92
25	15
8	88
5	105
6	88
7	92

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
51	91
22	106
39	128
27	91
49	59
26	96
32	134
31	76
22	120
27	94
31	88
29	76
23	121
19	120
20	120
39	61
22	88
46	61
17	88
23	120
39	49
24	91
30	61
19	121
31	93
20	88
30	55
20	120
17	121
30	58
41	65
22	78
16	88
26	76
22	88
46	37
37	41
11	125
36	46
20	125
26	115
15	80
17	121
21	91
40	35
19	69
20	64
22	76
16	120
28	45
62	31
39	31
29	65
15	95
48	32
41	33
56	31
25	91
21	79
17	86
18	91
19	102
23	64
30	35
17	96
34	50
31	37
38	35
29	35
21	55
16	120
20	81
11	96
20	60
28	35
35	41
24	61
13	132
10	132
41	24
17	88
3	124
11	121
10	95
14	119
37	39
22	60
10	101
29	35
15	88
35	31
39	35
10	121
25	37
28	54
58	57
19	91
15	115
20	92
9	103
12	115
52	12
16	88
63	17
11	95
25	48
10	130
18	49
11	96
20	61
13	88
33	12
7	121
22	20
9	120
15	85
12	132
36	46
29	5
12	88
16	86
11	88
12	91
23	48
26	41
9	119
24	31
17	25
13	120
11	125
50	20
14	115
10	96
15	76
10	88
12	96
28	61
21	65
34	14
44	17
6	130
8	95
8	102
33	31
8	120
3	88
28	5
32	14
16	67
21	46
28	31
53	18
8	120
25	41
33	45
29	24
6	113
6	115
8	88
49	32
27	70
10	91
14	93
30	35
14	67
37	18
31	69
31	18
28	37
13	88
33	12
12	86
10	99
14	93
19	45
7	117
9	96
20	55
22	41
26	17
18	29
11	85
9	115
23	35
14	61
6	130
4	119
7	96
30	35
25	41
32	26
45	11
8	88
12	88
8	92
25	15
8	88
5	105
6	88
7	92