Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 19 July 2020

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 19 July 2020
Start: 2020-07-14
End: 2020-07-19
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 19 July 2020: 106 records at 106 stations, peak on 17 July 2020. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 19 July 2020 set or tied 106 station records at 106 stations.
It ran from 14 July 2020 to 19 July 2020 (6 days) and its peak day was 17 July 2020.
Status: closed.
Burakin set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 17 July 2020.
The busiest day was 17 July 2020 with 98 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 105 years.

Footprint

14 to 19 July 2020

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 19 July 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, 14 to 19 July 2020: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Burakin	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2020-07-17
Nungarin	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	2020-07-17
Bowgada	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	2020-07-15
Bodallin South	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	2020-07-17
Byron	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	2020-07-17
Burracoppin	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2020-07-17
Wubin	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	2020-07-17
Wialki	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	2020-07-17
Merredin	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	2020-07-17
Green Grove	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	2020-07-17
Youanmi Valley	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	2020-07-17
Wandana	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	2020-07-17
Paynes Find	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	2020-07-17
Perenjori	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	2020-07-17
Bencubbin	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	2020-07-17
Cowcowing	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	2020-07-17
Kununoppin	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	2020-07-17
Mukinbudin	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	2020-07-17
Yorkrakine	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	2020-07-17
Jourerdine	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	2020-07-17

Records per Day

Peak day 98

Records set or tied each day from 14 July 2020 to 19 July 2020. The most in one day was 98 on 17 July 2020.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 19 July 2020 ranked by margin
Green Grove, 07-17	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
Byron, 07-17	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
Burakin, 07-17	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
Youanmi Valley, 07-17	18.6 mm (0.7 in)
Wialki, 07-17	17.4 mm (0.7 in)
Wandana, 07-17	15.4 mm (0.6 in)
Nungarin, 07-17	14.8 mm (0.6 in)
Bodallin South, 07-17	12.7 mm (0.5 in)
Bowgada, 07-15	12.0 mm (0.5 in)
Burracoppin, 07-17	11.9 mm (0.5 in)
Paynes Find, 07-17	11.2 mm (0.4 in)
Wubin, 07-17	11.0 mm (0.4 in)
Jourerdine, 07-17	9.8 mm (0.39 in)
Mukinbudin, 07-17	8.8 mm (0.35 in)
Kununoppin, 07-17	6.5 mm (0.26 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

106 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, 14 to 19 July 2020
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
19	92
15	92
12	101
13	89
29	45
12	89
11	92
17	46
10	89
6	103
6	92
7	92
11	56
4	105
32	4
19	17
9	46
3	92
15	54
3	92
3	92
21	42
3	92
2	92
11	24
21	4
2	92
10	46
14	4
6	62
29	46
7	66
16	4
1	82
12	25
0	92
8	47
8	46
12	4
1	79
10	42
6	42
5	56
15	12
11	25
9	56
12	4
6	47
4	47
9	42
7	40
13	4
2	54
12	25
14	33
3	46
7	24
6	24
6	24
8	4
7	4
0	56
10	4
5	46
6	25
9	4
5	42
7	4
1	62
6	24
8	35
1	42
1	46
4	39
8	4
5	4
1	46
2	39
1	30
8	4
9	17
4	15
4	39
5	7
6	4
2	15
3	4
5	4
5	4
6	4
4	4
4	4
3	4
2	4
2	4
5	7
2	10
4	7
3	4
2	4
4	4
3	4
2	4
1	4
1	4
1	4

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 19 July 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, 14 to 19 July 2020 (this event)	106 records

Every Record Set

20 of 106

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 19 July 2020, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2020-07-15	Bowgada	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	101	59 of 100 (Notable)
2020-07-17	Burakin	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	92	71 of 100 (Major)
2020-07-17	Nungarin	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	92	67 of 100 (Major)
2020-07-17	Bodallin South	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	89	59 of 100 (Notable)
2020-07-17	Byron	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45	58 of 100 (Notable)
2020-07-17	Burracoppin	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	89	56 of 100 (Notable)
2020-07-17	Wubin	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	92	55 of 100 (Notable)
2020-07-17	Wialki	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	46	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-07-17	Merredin	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	103	51 of 100 (Notable)
2020-07-17	Green Grove	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	4	46 of 100 (Notable)
2020-07-17	Youanmi Valley	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	17	45 of 100 (Notable)
2020-07-17	Wandana	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	54	42 of 100 (Notable)
2020-07-17	Paynes Find	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	56	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-07-17	Perenjori	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	92	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-07-17	Bencubbin	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	92	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-07-17	Cowcowing	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	92	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-07-17	Kununoppin	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	92	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-07-17	Mukinbudin	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	46	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-07-17	Yorkrakine	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	105	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-07-17	Jourerdine	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	89	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 106 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
2020-07-14	1
2020-07-15	1
2020-07-16	1
2020-07-17	98
2020-07-18	4
2020-07-19	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
19	92
15	92
12	101
13	89
29	45
12	89
11	92
17	46
10	89
6	103
6	92
7	92
11	56
4	105
32	4
19	17
9	46
3	92
15	54
3	92
3	92
21	42
3	92
2	92
11	24
21	4
2	92
10	46
14	4
6	62
29	46
7	66
16	4
1	82
12	25
0	92
8	47
8	46
12	4
1	79
10	42
6	42
5	56
15	12
11	25
9	56
12	4
6	47
4	47
9	42
7	40
13	4
2	54
12	25
14	33
3	46
7	24
6	24
6	24
8	4
7	4
0	56
10	4
5	46
6	25
9	4
5	42
7	4
1	62
6	24
8	35
1	42
1	46
4	39
8	4
5	4
1	46
2	39
1	30
8	4
9	17
4	15
4	39
5	7
6	4
2	15
3	4
5	4
5	4
6	4
4	4
4	4
3	4
2	4
2	4
5	7
2	10
4	7
3	4
2	4
4	4
3	4
2	4
1	4
1	4
1	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
19	92
15	92
12	101
13	89
29	45
12	89
11	92
17	46
10	89
6	103
6	92
7	92
11	56
4	105
32	4
19	17
9	46
3	92
15	54
3	92
3	92
21	42
3	92
2	92
11	24
21	4
2	92
10	46
14	4
6	62
29	46
7	66
16	4
1	82
12	25
0	92
8	47
8	46
12	4
1	79
10	42
6	42
5	56
15	12
11	25
9	56
12	4
6	47
4	47
9	42
7	40
13	4
2	54
12	25
14	33
3	46
7	24
6	24
6	24
8	4
7	4
0	56
10	4
5	46
6	25
9	4
5	42
7	4
1	62
6	24
8	35
1	42
1	46
4	39
8	4
5	4
1	46
2	39
1	30
8	4
9	17
4	15
4	39
5	7
6	4
2	15
3	4
5	4
5	4
6	4
4	4
4	4
3	4
2	4
2	4
5	7
2	10
4	7
3	4
2	4
4	4
3	4
2	4
1	4
1	4
1	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
19	92
15	92
12	101
13	89
29	45
12	89
11	92
17	46
10	89
6	103
6	92
7	92
11	56
4	105
32	4
19	17
9	46
3	92
15	54
3	92
3	92
21	42
3	92
2	92
11	24
21	4
2	92
10	46
14	4
6	62
29	46
7	66
16	4
1	82
12	25
0	92
8	47
8	46
12	4
1	79
10	42
6	42
5	56
15	12
11	25
9	56
12	4
6	47
4	47
9	42
7	40
13	4
2	54
12	25
14	33
3	46
7	24
6	24
6	24
8	4
7	4
0	56
10	4
5	46
6	25
9	4
5	42
7	4
1	62
6	24
8	35
1	42
1	46
4	39
8	4
5	4
1	46
2	39
1	30
8	4
9	17
4	15
4	39
5	7
6	4
2	15
3	4
5	4
5	4
6	4
4	4
4	4
3	4
2	4
2	4
5	7
2	10
4	7
3	4
2	4
4	4
3	4
2	4
1	4
1	4
1	4