Extreme rain in Australia, 29 June to 5 July 2021

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 29 June to 5 July 2021
Start: 2021-06-29
End: 2021-07-05
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 29 June to 5 July 2021: 289 records at 259 stations, peak on 2 July 2021. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 29 June to 5 July 2021 set or tied 289 station records at 259 stations.
It ran from 29 June 2021 to 5 July 2021 (7 days) and its peak day was 2 July 2021.
Status: closed.
Trafalgar Station set a daily record precipitation of 73.2 mm (2.9 in) on 3 July 2021.
The busiest day was 2 July 2021 with 147 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 133 years.

Footprint

29 June to 5 July 2021

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 29 June to 5 July 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, 29 June to 5 July 2021: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Trafalgar Station	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	2021-07-03
Bellenden Ker Bottom STN	Record daily precipitation	233.0 mm (9.2 in)	2021-07-01
Whyanbeel Valley	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	2021-07-01
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	2021-07-02
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	2021-07-02
Como	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	2021-07-03
Texas Post Office	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	2021-07-02
Bargara	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	2021-07-01
Wollar (Barrigan St)	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	2021-07-02
Woodgate Store	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	2021-07-03
Callemondah Station	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	2021-07-04
Beenham Valley Rd	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	2021-07-03
Mena Creek Post Office	Record daily precipitation	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	2021-07-01
Proston Post Office	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	2021-07-05
Doongara	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	2021-07-02
Tingha (Crystal Hill)	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	2021-07-02
Childers South	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	2021-07-03
Tully Sugar Mill	Record daily precipitation	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	2021-06-30
Mulgrave Mill	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	2021-07-01
Ambo Station	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	2021-07-01

Records per Day

Peak day 147

Records set or tied each day from 29 June 2021 to 5 July 2021. The most in one day was 147 on 2 July 2021.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 29 June to 5 July 2021 ranked by margin
Bellenden Ker Bottom STN, 07-01	99.0 mm (3.9 in)
Mena Creek Post Office, 07-01	89.4 mm (3.5 in)
Bargara, 07-01	79.8 mm (3.1 in)
Como, 07-03	67.2 mm (2.6 in)
Trafalgar Station, 07-03	50.1 mm (2.0 in)
Woodgate Store, 07-03	48.8 mm (1.9 in)
Bonshaw (Campbell St), 07-02	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
Beenham Valley Rd, 07-03	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
Proston Post Office, 07-05	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
Childers South, 07-03	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
Doongara, 07-02	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
Callemondah Station, 07-04	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
Whyanbeel Valley, 07-01	32.4 mm (1.3 in)
Tully Sugar Mill, 06-30	23.6 mm (0.9 in)
Emmaville (Strathbogie), 07-02	20.0 mm (0.8 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

289 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 June to 5 July 2021
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
50	88
99	33
32	76
44	40
67	56
20	133
16	107
80	22
36	88
49	46
14	107
42	32
89	28
42	32
40	52
12	98
42	11
5	100
24	52
10	123
37	56
20	56
14	10
10	86
32	0
5	108
23	56
4	133
15	60
6	86
28	18
2	98
3	98
3	98
39	10
1	120
19	64
0	100
2	98
19	40
1	98
15	48
4	86
28	43
19	56
18	40
22	31
9	52
8	82
6	82
11	64
28	43
8	76
26	43
22	56
17	48
21	31
12	48
3	88
6	80
35	22
3	84
6	52
71	2
43	0
20	56
21	46
19	46
32	32
2	82
20	18
11	56
17	43
1	82
27	11
25	3
3	59
9	56
10	56
9	56
21	32
19	18
7	56
15	52
2	67
11	56
20	32
4	64
7	55
11	55
12	43
14	43
17	43
20	11
7	63
14	52
14	40
16	32
5	56
14	46
9	48
9	46
9	46
6	44
9	30
11	50
30	16
23	35
3	56
11	43
6	46
9	40
19	18
23	35
16	48
16	48
4	56
11	47
10	43
11	46
9	43
8	22
1	56
18	43
9	52
3	63
1	64
2	60
6	43
13	32
5	40
5	43
9	18
15	22
2	60
16	3
4	7
7	35
14	22
8	47
0	56
4	43
3	52
3	56
5	52
7	47
6	43
1	46
1	56
2	56
2	56
8	43
7	40
14	3
10	28
2	55
27	11
25	22
7	51
9	46
5	43
3	43
12	36
10	18
5	43
6	46
8	40
3	40
6	46
3	46
5	44
7	22
19	32
7	12
0	54
3	40
3	44
5	46
5	46
1	46
12	18
5	43
8	22
5	43
7	31
6	31
2	43
2	44
2	44
1	48
10	18
15	32
2	47
6	43
6	32
4	32
1	43
4	43
1	46
7	32

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 29 June to 5 July 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, 29 June to 5 July 2021 (this event)	289 records

Every Record Set

20 of 289

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 29 June to 5 July 2021, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2021-06-30	Tully Sugar Mill	Record daily precipitation	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	52	46 of 100 (Notable)
2021-07-01	Bellenden Ker Bottom STN	Record daily precipitation	233.0 mm (9.2 in)	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	33	64 of 100 (Major)
2021-07-01	Whyanbeel Valley	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	76	63 of 100 (Major)
2021-07-01	Bargara	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	22	55 of 100 (Notable)
2021-07-01	Mena Creek Post Office	Record daily precipitation	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	28	52 of 100 (Notable)
2021-07-01	Mulgrave Mill	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	100	46 of 100 (Notable)
2021-07-01	Ambo Station	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	123	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-07-02	Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40	62 of 100 (Major)
2021-07-02	Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	133	57 of 100 (Notable)
2021-07-02	Texas Post Office	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	107	56 of 100 (Notable)
2021-07-02	Wollar (Barrigan St)	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	107	54 of 100 (Notable)
2021-07-02	Doongara	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	52	50 of 100 (Notable)
2021-07-02	Tingha (Crystal Hill)	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	98	48 of 100 (Notable)
2021-07-03	Trafalgar Station	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	88	68 of 100 (Major)
2021-07-03	Como	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	56	57 of 100 (Notable)
2021-07-03	Woodgate Store	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46	54 of 100 (Notable)
2021-07-03	Beenham Valley Rd	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32	53 of 100 (Notable)
2021-07-03	Childers South	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	11	47 of 100 (Notable)
2021-07-04	Callemondah Station	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	88	54 of 100 (Notable)
2021-07-05	Proston Post Office	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32	51 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 289 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
2021-06-29	1
2021-06-30	13
2021-07-01	44
2021-07-02	147
2021-07-03	73
2021-07-04	9
2021-07-05	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
50	88
99	33
32	76
44	40
67	56
20	133
16	107
80	22
36	88
49	46
14	107
42	32
89	28
42	32
40	52
12	98
42	11
5	100
24	52
10	123
37	56
20	56
14	10
10	86
32	0
5	108
23	56
4	133
15	60
6	86
28	18
2	98
3	98
3	98
39	10
1	120
19	64
0	100
2	98
19	40
1	98
15	48
4	86
28	43
19	56
18	40
22	31
9	52
8	82
6	82
11	64
28	43
8	76
26	43
22	56
17	48
21	31
12	48
3	88
6	80
35	22
3	84
6	52
71	2
43	0
20	56
21	46
19	46
32	32
2	82
20	18
11	56
17	43
1	82
27	11
25	3
3	59
9	56
10	56
9	56
21	32
19	18
7	56
15	52
2	67
11	56
20	32
4	64
7	55
11	55
12	43
14	43
17	43
20	11
7	63
14	52
14	40
16	32
5	56
14	46
9	48
9	46
9	46
6	44
9	30
11	50
30	16
23	35
3	56
11	43
6	46
9	40
19	18
23	35
16	48
16	48
4	56
11	47
10	43
11	46
9	43
8	22
1	56
18	43
9	52
3	63
1	64
2	60
6	43
13	32
5	40
5	43
9	18
15	22
2	60
16	3
4	7
7	35
14	22
8	47
0	56
4	43
3	52
3	56
5	52
7	47
6	43
1	46
1	56
2	56
2	56
8	43
7	40
14	3
10	28
2	55
27	11
25	22
7	51
9	46
5	43
3	43
12	36
10	18
5	43
6	46
8	40
3	40
6	46
3	46
5	44
7	22
19	32
7	12
0	54
3	40
3	44
5	46
5	46
1	46
12	18
5	43
8	22
5	43
7	31
6	31
2	43
2	44
2	44
1	48
10	18
15	32
2	47
6	43
6	32
4	32
1	43
4	43
1	46
7	32

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
50	88
99	33
32	76
44	40
67	56
20	133
16	107
80	22
36	88
49	46
14	107
42	32
89	28
42	32
40	52
12	98
42	11
5	100
24	52
10	123
37	56
20	56
14	10
10	86
32	0
5	108
23	56
4	133
15	60
6	86
28	18
2	98
3	98
3	98
39	10
1	120
19	64
0	100
2	98
19	40
1	98
15	48
4	86
28	43
19	56
18	40
22	31
9	52
8	82
6	82
11	64
28	43
8	76
26	43
22	56
17	48
21	31
12	48
3	88
6	80
35	22
3	84
6	52
71	2
43	0
20	56
21	46
19	46
32	32
2	82
20	18
11	56
17	43
1	82
27	11
25	3
3	59
9	56
10	56
9	56
21	32
19	18
7	56
15	52
2	67
11	56
20	32
4	64
7	55
11	55
12	43
14	43
17	43
20	11
7	63
14	52
14	40
16	32
5	56
14	46
9	48
9	46
9	46
6	44
9	30
11	50
30	16
23	35
3	56
11	43
6	46
9	40
19	18
23	35
16	48
16	48
4	56
11	47
10	43
11	46
9	43
8	22
1	56
18	43
9	52
3	63
1	64
2	60
6	43
13	32
5	40
5	43
9	18
15	22
2	60
16	3
4	7
7	35
14	22
8	47
0	56
4	43
3	52
3	56
5	52
7	47
6	43
1	46
1	56
2	56
2	56
8	43
7	40
14	3
10	28
2	55
27	11
25	22
7	51
9	46
5	43
3	43
12	36
10	18
5	43
6	46
8	40
3	40
6	46
3	46
5	44
7	22
19	32
7	12
0	54
3	40
3	44
5	46
5	46
1	46
12	18
5	43
8	22
5	43
7	31
6	31
2	43
2	44
2	44
1	48
10	18
15	32
2	47
6	43
6	32
4	32
1	43
4	43
1	46
7	32

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
50	88
99	33
32	76
44	40
67	56
20	133
16	107
80	22
36	88
49	46
14	107
42	32
89	28
42	32
40	52
12	98
42	11
5	100
24	52
10	123
37	56
20	56
14	10
10	86
32	0
5	108
23	56
4	133
15	60
6	86
28	18
2	98
3	98
3	98
39	10
1	120
19	64
0	100
2	98
19	40
1	98
15	48
4	86
28	43
19	56
18	40
22	31
9	52
8	82
6	82
11	64
28	43
8	76
26	43
22	56
17	48
21	31
12	48
3	88
6	80
35	22
3	84
6	52
71	2
43	0
20	56
21	46
19	46
32	32
2	82
20	18
11	56
17	43
1	82
27	11
25	3
3	59
9	56
10	56
9	56
21	32
19	18
7	56
15	52
2	67
11	56
20	32
4	64
7	55
11	55
12	43
14	43
17	43
20	11
7	63
14	52
14	40
16	32
5	56
14	46
9	48
9	46
9	46
6	44
9	30
11	50
30	16
23	35
3	56
11	43
6	46
9	40
19	18
23	35
16	48
16	48
4	56
11	47
10	43
11	46
9	43
8	22
1	56
18	43
9	52
3	63
1	64
2	60
6	43
13	32
5	40
5	43
9	18
15	22
2	60
16	3
4	7
7	35
14	22
8	47
0	56
4	43
3	52
3	56
5	52
7	47
6	43
1	46
1	56
2	56
2	56
8	43
7	40
14	3
10	28
2	55
27	11
25	22
7	51
9	46
5	43
3	43
12	36
10	18
5	43
6	46
8	40
3	40
6	46
3	46
5	44
7	22
19	32
7	12
0	54
3	40
3	44
5	46
5	46
1	46
12	18
5	43
8	22
5	43
7	31
6	31
2	43
2	44
2	44
1	48
10	18
15	32
2	47
6	43
6	32
4	32
1	43
4	43
1	46
7	32