Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 13 June 2021

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 13 June 2021
Start: 2021-06-07
End: 2021-06-13
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 13 June 2021: 392 records at 325 stations, peak on 10 June 2021. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 13 June 2021 set or tied 392 station records at 325 stations.
It ran from 7 June 2021 to 13 June 2021 (7 days) and its peak day was 10 June 2021.
Status: closed.
Jindivick set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.0 mm (2.8 in) on 10 June 2021.
The busiest day was 10 June 2021 with 140 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 129 years.

Footprint

7 to 13 June 2021

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 13 June 2021 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, 7 to 13 June 2021: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Jindivick	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	2021-06-10
Blackwood	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	2021-06-10
Woodend (Carlisle Street)	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	2021-06-10
Bullengarook East (Seskinore)	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	2021-06-10
Montrose	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	2021-06-10
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	2021-06-10
Gladysdale (Little Feet Farm)	Record daily precipitation	188.2 mm (7.4 in)	2021-06-10
Beaufort	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	2021-06-09
Terang	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	2021-06-09
Port Campbell Post Office	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	2021-06-09
Willow Grove	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	2021-06-10
Noojee Forestry	Record daily precipitation	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	2021-06-10
Yan Yean	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	2021-06-10
Swifts Creek	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	2021-06-10
Mirboo North Water Board	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	2021-06-10
Preston Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	2021-06-10
Seaspray (Burong)	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2021-06-12
Drouin Bowling Club	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	2021-06-10
Morrisons (Ballark)	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	2021-06-10
Mansfield (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	2021-06-10

Records per Day

Peak day 140

Records set or tied each day from 7 June 2021 to 13 June 2021. The most in one day was 140 on 10 June 2021.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 13 June 2021 ranked by margin
Gladysdale (Little Feet Farm), 06-10	101.2 mm (4.0 in)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek), 06-10	62.4 mm (2.5 in)
Woodend (Carlisle Street), 06-10	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
Mirboo North Water Board, 06-10	41.8 mm (1.6 in)
Willow Grove, 06-10	39.0 mm (1.5 in)
Noojee Forestry, 06-10	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
Montrose, 06-10	37.8 mm (1.5 in)
Blackwood, 06-10	35.4 mm (1.4 in)
Swifts Creek, 06-10	35.3 mm (1.4 in)
Bullengarook East (Seskinore), 06-10	26.9 mm (1.1 in)
Beaufort, 06-09	21.2 mm (0.8 in)
Jindivick, 06-10	20.2 mm (0.8 in)
Drouin Bowling Club, 06-10	16.3 mm (0.6 in)
Seaspray (Burong), 06-12	15.8 mm (0.6 in)
Mansfield (Post Office), 06-10	15.4 mm (0.6 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

392 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, 7 to 13 June 2021
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	112
35	121
46	98
27	68
38	80
62	79
101	24
21	80
12	91
39	40
38	16
13	100
11	121
35	64
16	112
42	28
14	100
16	118
12	110
15	90
58	51
14	118
13	100
23	31
45	32
88	32
30	47
72	44
50	32
47	32
20	56
43	32
4	128
24	30
37	26
22	20
15	108
34	32
37	26
21	32
21	64
35	26
20	80
24	79
20	30
15	40
20	99
11	108
51	20
32	30
12	27
21	51
34	36
20	64
5	84
53	26
29	30
53	28
16	47
28	4
15	16
7	80
8	51
16	6
1	94
43	10
6	80
19	56
6	98
1	82
6	80
4	125
49	12
18	40
15	40
13	30
14	30
21	56
10	68
5	129
10	80
29	14
10	80
18	40
4	112
31	16
22	48
4	98
18	16
30	51
9	80
12	72
17	36
2	100
4	127
4	104
31	39
2	106
8	59
4	80
3	108
2	104
1	104
3	90
15	47
24	44
3	92
21	26
4	92
19	40
0	106
16	26
25	28
8	16
1	110
0	119
4	90
9	72
26	27
21	44
23	38
12	56
25	30
16	55
5	79
17	20
8	64
13	28
12	7
9	56
2	87
21	12
30	32
21	28
19	32
13	28
3	83
8	70
26	40
15	47
17	11
27	11
17	40
4	70
2	79
10	20
2	80
13	26
19	28
17	8
18	19
20	14
9	36
4	67
17	51
5	56
22	14
0	80
11	26
10	30
6	31
1	79
12	26
4	70
13	39
13	20
12	19
12	26
4	64
6	55
21	20
24	19
2	72
1	79
18	47
12	28
10	26
6	55
6	42
13	19
8	44
4	51
8	43
4	55
18	8
14	27
23	4
10	19
1	64
9	47
12	36
9	28
3	60
1	60
6	54
1	56
1	70
18	20
3	56
1	68

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 13 June 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, 7 to 13 June 2021 (this event)	392 records

Every Record Set

20 of 392

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 13 June 2021, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2021-06-09	Beaufort	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	80	69 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-09	Terang	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	91	69 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-09	Port Campbell Post Office	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	121	67 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-10	Jindivick	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	112	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2021-06-10	Blackwood	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	121	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2021-06-10	Woodend (Carlisle Street)	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	98	79 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-10	Bullengarook East (Seskinore)	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	68	77 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-10	Montrose	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	80	74 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-10	Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	79	73 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-10	Gladysdale (Little Feet Farm)	Record daily precipitation	188.2 mm (7.4 in)	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	24	70 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-10	Willow Grove	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40	67 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-10	Noojee Forestry	Record daily precipitation	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	16	67 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-10	Yan Yean	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	100	67 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-10	Swifts Creek	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	64	66 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-10	Mirboo North Water Board	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	28	66 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-10	Preston Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	100	66 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-10	Drouin Bowling Club	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	118	65 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-10	Morrisons (Ballark)	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	110	64 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-10	Mansfield (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	90	61 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-12	Seaspray (Burong)	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	112	66 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 392 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
2021-06-07	7
2021-06-08	30
2021-06-09	132
2021-06-10	140
2021-06-11	40
2021-06-12	41
2021-06-13	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	112
35	121
46	98
27	68
38	80
62	79
101	24
21	80
12	91
39	40
38	16
13	100
11	121
35	64
16	112
42	28
14	100
16	118
12	110
15	90
58	51
14	118
13	100
23	31
45	32
88	32
30	47
72	44
50	32
47	32
20	56
43	32
4	128
24	30
37	26
22	20
15	108
34	32
37	26
21	32
21	64
35	26
20	80
24	79
20	30
15	40
20	99
11	108
51	20
32	30
12	27
21	51
34	36
20	64
5	84
53	26
29	30
53	28
16	47
28	4
15	16
7	80
8	51
16	6
1	94
43	10
6	80
19	56
6	98
1	82
6	80
4	125
49	12
18	40
15	40
13	30
14	30
21	56
10	68
5	129
10	80
29	14
10	80
18	40
4	112
31	16
22	48
4	98
18	16
30	51
9	80
12	72
17	36
2	100
4	127
4	104
31	39
2	106
8	59
4	80
3	108
2	104
1	104
3	90
15	47
24	44
3	92
21	26
4	92
19	40
0	106
16	26
25	28
8	16
1	110
0	119
4	90
9	72
26	27
21	44
23	38
12	56
25	30
16	55
5	79
17	20
8	64
13	28
12	7
9	56
2	87
21	12
30	32
21	28
19	32
13	28
3	83
8	70
26	40
15	47
17	11
27	11
17	40
4	70
2	79
10	20
2	80
13	26
19	28
17	8
18	19
20	14
9	36
4	67
17	51
5	56
22	14
0	80
11	26
10	30
6	31
1	79
12	26
4	70
13	39
13	20
12	19
12	26
4	64
6	55
21	20
24	19
2	72
1	79
18	47
12	28
10	26
6	55
6	42
13	19
8	44
4	51
8	43
4	55
18	8
14	27
23	4
10	19
1	64
9	47
12	36
9	28
3	60
1	60
6	54
1	56
1	70
18	20
3	56
1	68

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	112
35	121
46	98
27	68
38	80
62	79
101	24
21	80
12	91
39	40
38	16
13	100
11	121
35	64
16	112
42	28
14	100
16	118
12	110
15	90
58	51
14	118
13	100
23	31
45	32
88	32
30	47
72	44
50	32
47	32
20	56
43	32
4	128
24	30
37	26
22	20
15	108
34	32
37	26
21	32
21	64
35	26
20	80
24	79
20	30
15	40
20	99
11	108
51	20
32	30
12	27
21	51
34	36
20	64
5	84
53	26
29	30
53	28
16	47
28	4
15	16
7	80
8	51
16	6
1	94
43	10
6	80
19	56
6	98
1	82
6	80
4	125
49	12
18	40
15	40
13	30
14	30
21	56
10	68
5	129
10	80
29	14
10	80
18	40
4	112
31	16
22	48
4	98
18	16
30	51
9	80
12	72
17	36
2	100
4	127
4	104
31	39
2	106
8	59
4	80
3	108
2	104
1	104
3	90
15	47
24	44
3	92
21	26
4	92
19	40
0	106
16	26
25	28
8	16
1	110
0	119
4	90
9	72
26	27
21	44
23	38
12	56
25	30
16	55
5	79
17	20
8	64
13	28
12	7
9	56
2	87
21	12
30	32
21	28
19	32
13	28
3	83
8	70
26	40
15	47
17	11
27	11
17	40
4	70
2	79
10	20
2	80
13	26
19	28
17	8
18	19
20	14
9	36
4	67
17	51
5	56
22	14
0	80
11	26
10	30
6	31
1	79
12	26
4	70
13	39
13	20
12	19
12	26
4	64
6	55
21	20
24	19
2	72
1	79
18	47
12	28
10	26
6	55
6	42
13	19
8	44
4	51
8	43
4	55
18	8
14	27
23	4
10	19
1	64
9	47
12	36
9	28
3	60
1	60
6	54
1	56
1	70
18	20
3	56
1	68

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	112
35	121
46	98
27	68
38	80
62	79
101	24
21	80
12	91
39	40
38	16
13	100
11	121
35	64
16	112
42	28
14	100
16	118
12	110
15	90
58	51
14	118
13	100
23	31
45	32
88	32
30	47
72	44
50	32
47	32
20	56
43	32
4	128
24	30
37	26
22	20
15	108
34	32
37	26
21	32
21	64
35	26
20	80
24	79
20	30
15	40
20	99
11	108
51	20
32	30
12	27
21	51
34	36
20	64
5	84
53	26
29	30
53	28
16	47
28	4
15	16
7	80
8	51
16	6
1	94
43	10
6	80
19	56
6	98
1	82
6	80
4	125
49	12
18	40
15	40
13	30
14	30
21	56
10	68
5	129
10	80
29	14
10	80
18	40
4	112
31	16
22	48
4	98
18	16
30	51
9	80
12	72
17	36
2	100
4	127
4	104
31	39
2	106
8	59
4	80
3	108
2	104
1	104
3	90
15	47
24	44
3	92
21	26
4	92
19	40
0	106
16	26
25	28
8	16
1	110
0	119
4	90
9	72
26	27
21	44
23	38
12	56
25	30
16	55
5	79
17	20
8	64
13	28
12	7
9	56
2	87
21	12
30	32
21	28
19	32
13	28
3	83
8	70
26	40
15	47
17	11
27	11
17	40
4	70
2	79
10	20
2	80
13	26
19	28
17	8
18	19
20	14
9	36
4	67
17	51
5	56
22	14
0	80
11	26
10	30
6	31
1	79
12	26
4	70
13	39
13	20
12	19
12	26
4	64
6	55
21	20
24	19
2	72
1	79
18	47
12	28
10	26
6	55
6	42
13	19
8	44
4	51
8	43
4	55
18	8
14	27
23	4
10	19
1	64
9	47
12	36
9	28
3	60
1	60
6	54
1	56
1	70
18	20
3	56
1	68