Extreme rain in Australia, 3 to 8 April 2021

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 3 to 8 April 2021
Start: 2021-04-03
End: 2021-04-08
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 3 to 8 April 2021: 149 records at 136 stations, peak on 7 April 2021. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 3 to 8 April 2021 set or tied 149 station records at 136 stations.
It ran from 3 April 2021 to 8 April 2021 (6 days) and its peak day was 7 April 2021.
Status: closed.
Lady Elliot Island set a daily record precipitation of 118.8 mm (4.7 in) on 5 April 2021.
The busiest day was 7 April 2021 with 69 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 112 years.

Footprint

3 to 8 April 2021

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 3 to 8 April 2021 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Australia, 3 to 8 April 2021: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Lady Elliot Island	Record daily precipitation	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	2021-04-05
Bungaban Tm	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	2021-04-06
Mount Larcom Post Office	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	2021-04-08
Kinnoul	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	2021-04-06
Woolners Arm	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	2021-04-07
Traighli	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	2021-04-06
Surbiton Station	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	2021-04-05
Wallen Wallen	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	2021-04-06
Taroom Post Office	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2021-04-06
Mt Brisbane	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	2021-04-06
Mapleton Post Office	Record daily precipitation	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	2021-04-06
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	2021-04-08
La Palma	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	2021-04-07
Tiree	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	2021-04-04
Caltex Refineries (Qld) Ltd	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	2021-04-06
Tummurrami	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	2021-04-06
Greendale Station	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	2021-04-06
Mt Alford	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	2021-04-07
Aubigny Purrawunda	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2021-04-07

Records per Day

Peak day 69

Records set or tied each day from 3 April 2021 to 8 April 2021. The most in one day was 69 on 7 April 2021.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 3 to 8 April 2021 ranked by margin
Lady Elliot Island, 04-05	65.7 mm (2.6 in)
Wallen Wallen, 04-06	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
Kinnoul, 04-06	54.5 mm (2.1 in)
Caltex Refineries (Qld) Ltd, 04-06	46.8 mm (1.8 in)
Traighli, 04-06	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
Tiree, 04-04	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
Tummurrami, 04-06	21.0 mm (0.8 in)
Woolners Arm, 04-07	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
Aubigny Purrawunda, 04-07	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
Mount Larcom Post Office, 04-08	16.4 mm (0.6 in)
Taroom Post Office, 04-06	15.3 mm (0.6 in)
La Palma, 04-07	14.1 mm (0.6 in)
Surbiton Station, 04-05	12.5 mm (0.5 in)
Mapleton Post Office, 04-06	11.8 mm (0.5 in)
Bungaban Tm, 04-06	11.3 mm (0.4 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

149 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, 3 to 8 April 2021
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
66	59
11	94
16	103
55	26
18	88
42	32
13	108
65	31
15	88
9	100
12	108
10	108
14	92
6	104
35	58
47	32
3	112
8	86
17	59
21	59
2	103
38	20
28	59
3	92
10	76
25	59
3	86
45	32
12	59
31	15
18	32
6	66
22	40
17	59
18	32
15	36
30	15
10	59
32	31
35	32
41	20
9	59
8	59
16	10
9	59
4	59
5	59
18	36
23	26
18	32
0	68
1	59
29	32
5	59
11	36
4	51
5	59
18	32
7	36
23	16
11	32
14	32
14	32
20	15
11	39
21	32
24	32
2	59
8	32
6	40
10	40
6	32
0	59
8	32
6	32
16	32
2	36
13	32
17	36
14	15
4	48
13	15
6	32
4	32
25	7
6	40
4	40
6	36
7	36
13	32
21	15
12	32
6	40
14	32
20	32
32	7
6	32
1	32
7	40
1	40
11	32
14	32
7	31
1	32
4	36
13	10
2	44
9	32
4	32
1	40
11	22
5	28
7	14
15	32
17	12
20	12
6	15
28	7
24	6
3	22
0	32
5	32
8	27
6	14
1	12
1	32
0	36
4	32
3	28
8	15
1	32
12	16
1	32
4	32
5	6
2	6
2	15
8	3
4	15
4	7
3	12
1	7
2	15
4	3
1	7
1	7
1	6
2	3
1	6

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 3 to 8 April 2021 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, 3 to 8 April 2021 (this event)	149 records

Every Record Set

20 of 149

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 3 to 8 April 2021, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2021-04-04	Tiree	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	58	43 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-05	Lady Elliot Island	Record daily precipitation	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	59	65 of 100 (Major)
2021-04-05	Surbiton Station	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	108	47 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-06	Bungaban Tm	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	94	56 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-06	Kinnoul	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	26	49 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-06	Traighli	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32	48 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-06	Wallen Wallen	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	31	47 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-06	Taroom Post Office	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	88	46 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-06	Mt Brisbane	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	100	46 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-06	Mapleton Post Office	Record daily precipitation	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	108	45 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-06	Caltex Refineries (Qld) Ltd	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	32	42 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-06	Tummurrami	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	59	40 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-06	Greendale Station	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	112	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-07	Woolners Arm	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	88	49 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-07	La Palma	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	92	44 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-07	Bungaban Tm	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	86	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-07	Mt Alford	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	104	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-07	Aubigny Purrawunda	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	59	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-04-08	Mount Larcom Post Office	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	103	51 of 100 (Notable)
2021-04-08	Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	108	45 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 149 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
2021-04-03	3
2021-04-04	4
2021-04-05	14
2021-04-06	42
2021-04-07	69
2021-04-08	17

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
66	59
11	94
16	103
55	26
18	88
42	32
13	108
65	31
15	88
9	100
12	108
10	108
14	92
6	104
35	58
47	32
3	112
8	86
17	59
21	59
2	103
38	20
28	59
3	92
10	76
25	59
3	86
45	32
12	59
31	15
18	32
6	66
22	40
17	59
18	32
15	36
30	15
10	59
32	31
35	32
41	20
9	59
8	59
16	10
9	59
4	59
5	59
18	36
23	26
18	32
0	68
1	59
29	32
5	59
11	36
4	51
5	59
18	32
7	36
23	16
11	32
14	32
14	32
20	15
11	39
21	32
24	32
2	59
8	32
6	40
10	40
6	32
0	59
8	32
6	32
16	32
2	36
13	32
17	36
14	15
4	48
13	15
6	32
4	32
25	7
6	40
4	40
6	36
7	36
13	32
21	15
12	32
6	40
14	32
20	32
32	7
6	32
1	32
7	40
1	40
11	32
14	32
7	31
1	32
4	36
13	10
2	44
9	32
4	32
1	40
11	22
5	28
7	14
15	32
17	12
20	12
6	15
28	7
24	6
3	22
0	32
5	32
8	27
6	14
1	12
1	32
0	36
4	32
3	28
8	15
1	32
12	16
1	32
4	32
5	6
2	6
2	15
8	3
4	15
4	7
3	12
1	7
2	15
4	3
1	7
1	7
1	6
2	3
1	6

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
66	59
11	94
16	103
55	26
18	88
42	32
13	108
65	31
15	88
9	100
12	108
10	108
14	92
6	104
35	58
47	32
3	112
8	86
17	59
21	59
2	103
38	20
28	59
3	92
10	76
25	59
3	86
45	32
12	59
31	15
18	32
6	66
22	40
17	59
18	32
15	36
30	15
10	59
32	31
35	32
41	20
9	59
8	59
16	10
9	59
4	59
5	59
18	36
23	26
18	32
0	68
1	59
29	32
5	59
11	36
4	51
5	59
18	32
7	36
23	16
11	32
14	32
14	32
20	15
11	39
21	32
24	32
2	59
8	32
6	40
10	40
6	32
0	59
8	32
6	32
16	32
2	36
13	32
17	36
14	15
4	48
13	15
6	32
4	32
25	7
6	40
4	40
6	36
7	36
13	32
21	15
12	32
6	40
14	32
20	32
32	7
6	32
1	32
7	40
1	40
11	32
14	32
7	31
1	32
4	36
13	10
2	44
9	32
4	32
1	40
11	22
5	28
7	14
15	32
17	12
20	12
6	15
28	7
24	6
3	22
0	32
5	32
8	27
6	14
1	12
1	32
0	36
4	32
3	28
8	15
1	32
12	16
1	32
4	32
5	6
2	6
2	15
8	3
4	15
4	7
3	12
1	7
2	15
4	3
1	7
1	7
1	6
2	3
1	6

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
66	59
11	94
16	103
55	26
18	88
42	32
13	108
65	31
15	88
9	100
12	108
10	108
14	92
6	104
35	58
47	32
3	112
8	86
17	59
21	59
2	103
38	20
28	59
3	92
10	76
25	59
3	86
45	32
12	59
31	15
18	32
6	66
22	40
17	59
18	32
15	36
30	15
10	59
32	31
35	32
41	20
9	59
8	59
16	10
9	59
4	59
5	59
18	36
23	26
18	32
0	68
1	59
29	32
5	59
11	36
4	51
5	59
18	32
7	36
23	16
11	32
14	32
14	32
20	15
11	39
21	32
24	32
2	59
8	32
6	40
10	40
6	32
0	59
8	32
6	32
16	32
2	36
13	32
17	36
14	15
4	48
13	15
6	32
4	32
25	7
6	40
4	40
6	36
7	36
13	32
21	15
12	32
6	40
14	32
20	32
32	7
6	32
1	32
7	40
1	40
11	32
14	32
7	31
1	32
4	36
13	10
2	44
9	32
4	32
1	40
11	22
5	28
7	14
15	32
17	12
20	12
6	15
28	7
24	6
3	22
0	32
5	32
8	27
6	14
1	12
1	32
0	36
4	32
3	28
8	15
1	32
12	16
1	32
4	32
5	6
2	6
2	15
8	3
4	15
4	7
3	12
1	7
2	15
4	3
1	7
1	7
1	6
2	3
1	6