Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 27 July 2021

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 27 July 2021
Start: 2021-07-22
End: 2021-07-27
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 27 July 2021: 116 records at 103 stations, peak on 25 July 2021. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 27 July 2021 set or tied 116 station records at 103 stations.
It ran from 22 July 2021 to 27 July 2021 (6 days) and its peak day was 25 July 2021.
Status: closed.
Mount Buller set a daily record precipitation of 63.0 mm (2.5 in) on 27 July 2021.
The busiest day was 25 July 2021 with 55 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 173 years.

Footprint

22 to 27 July 2021

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 27 July 2021 is outlined, with 18 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 27 July 2021: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Mount Buller	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	2021-07-27
Mount Pleasant	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	2021-07-26
Wilmington	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	2021-07-23
Uraidla	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	2021-07-25
Kimba	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	2021-07-23
Wirrulla	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	2021-07-23
Port Germein	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	2021-07-23
Quorn	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	2021-07-23
Adelaide (Seaton)	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	2021-07-23
Ivanhoe (Baden Park)	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	2021-07-23
Tottenham Post Office	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	2021-07-23
Kondoolka	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	2021-07-25
Port Wakefield	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	2021-07-25
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	2021-07-25
Adelaide West Terrace	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	2021-07-25
Tumby Bay	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	2021-07-26
Palmer	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	2021-07-26
Penshurst (the Gums)	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	2021-07-26

Records per Day

Peak day 55

Records set or tied each day from 22 July 2021 to 27 July 2021. The most in one day was 55 on 25 July 2021.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 27 July 2021 ranked by margin
Mount Buller, 07-27	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
Kondoolka, 07-25	13.1 mm (0.5 in)
Quorn, 07-23	12.1 mm (0.5 in)
Kimba, 07-23	12.0 mm (0.5 in)
Wirrulla, 07-23	9.9 mm (0.39 in)
Penshurst (the Gums), 07-26	9.0 mm (0.35 in)
Mount Pleasant, 07-26	8.5 mm (0.33 in)
Wilmington, 07-23	8.3 mm (0.33 in)
Port Clinton (Yararoo), 07-25	7.9 mm (0.31 in)
Port Wakefield, 07-25	7.5 mm (0.30 in)
Wilmington, 07-26	6.3 mm (0.25 in)
Ivanhoe (Baden Park), 07-23	4.2 mm (0.17 in)
Tottenham Post Office, 07-23	4.2 mm (0.17 in)
Adelaide (Seaton), 07-23	3.0 mm (0.12 in)
Quorn, 07-25	2.1 mm (0.08 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

116 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, 22 to 27 July 2021
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
40	72
12	122
8	95
10	84
9	135
12	26
4	111
6	84
8	55
2	120
3	92
13	16
1	104
1	173
4	95
1	123
8	62
0	116
2	90
9	44
8	31
4	72
3	88
17	28
3	75
2	84
1	84
9	68
4	72
3	72
1	84
7	36
6	35
15	26
7	7
12	34
4	44
9	15
3	55
5	32
2	56
4	40
4	47
3	55
16	18
4	35
4	32
1	48
8	40
9	23
3	46
7	18
2	44
2	59
3	59
5	44
3	47
2	47
1	54
4	48
3	26
7	4
1	32
0	52
3	32
5	18
6	4
5	31
3	32
0	35
5	4
2	36
1	42
0	32
0	32
4	7
0	44
4	32
4	18
4	23
0	44
2	35
0	44
0	28
1	18
7	18
4	12
1	23
3	18
2	31
1	32
0	35
0	35
2	18
4	4
1	15
2	18
1	4
3	4
2	26
3	4
5	4
1	18
2	20
5	3
2	18
0	18
2	12
2	8
1	0
1	4
1	7
0	0
1	4
1	6
1	6

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 27 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, 22 to 27 July 2021 (this event)	116 records

Every Record Set

20 of 116

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 27 July 2021, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2021-07-23	Wilmington	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	62	41 of 100 (Notable)
2021-07-23	Kimba	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	26	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-07-23	Wirrulla	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	84	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-07-23	Port Germein	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	123	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-07-23	Quorn	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	122	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-07-23	Adelaide (Seaton)	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	92	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-07-23	Ivanhoe (Baden Park)	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	111	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-07-23	Tottenham Post Office	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	95	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-07-25	Uraidla	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	116	40 of 100 (Notable)
2021-07-25	Kondoolka	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	16	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-07-25	Quorn	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	120	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-07-25	Port Wakefield	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	95	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-07-25	Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	55	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-07-25	Adelaide West Terrace	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	173	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-07-26	Mount Pleasant	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	135	51 of 100 (Notable)
2021-07-26	Tumby Bay	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	104	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-07-26	Wilmington	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	84	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-07-26	Palmer	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	90	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-07-26	Penshurst (the Gums)	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	44	20 of 100 (Routine)
2021-07-27	Mount Buller	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	72	62 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 116 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
2021-07-22	5
2021-07-23	25
2021-07-24	9
2021-07-25	55
2021-07-26	19
2021-07-27	3

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
40	72
12	122
8	95
10	84
9	135
12	26
4	111
6	84
8	55
2	120
3	92
13	16
1	104
1	173
4	95
1	123
8	62
0	116
2	90
9	44
8	31
4	72
3	88
17	28
3	75
2	84
1	84
9	68
4	72
3	72
1	84
7	36
6	35
15	26
7	7
12	34
4	44
9	15
3	55
5	32
2	56
4	40
4	47
3	55
16	18
4	35
4	32
1	48
8	40
9	23
3	46
7	18
2	44
2	59
3	59
5	44
3	47
2	47
1	54
4	48
3	26
7	4
1	32
0	52
3	32
5	18
6	4
5	31
3	32
0	35
5	4
2	36
1	42
0	32
0	32
4	7
0	44
4	32
4	18
4	23
0	44
2	35
0	44
0	28
1	18
7	18
4	12
1	23
3	18
2	31
1	32
0	35
0	35
2	18
4	4
1	15
2	18
1	4
3	4
2	26
3	4
5	4
1	18
2	20
5	3
2	18
0	18
2	12
2	8
1	0
1	4
1	7
0	0
1	4
1	6
1	6

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
40	72
12	122
8	95
10	84
9	135
12	26
4	111
6	84
8	55
2	120
3	92
13	16
1	104
1	173
4	95
1	123
8	62
0	116
2	90
9	44
8	31
4	72
3	88
17	28
3	75
2	84
1	84
9	68
4	72
3	72
1	84
7	36
6	35
15	26
7	7
12	34
4	44
9	15
3	55
5	32
2	56
4	40
4	47
3	55
16	18
4	35
4	32
1	48
8	40
9	23
3	46
7	18
2	44
2	59
3	59
5	44
3	47
2	47
1	54
4	48
3	26
7	4
1	32
0	52
3	32
5	18
6	4
5	31
3	32
0	35
5	4
2	36
1	42
0	32
0	32
4	7
0	44
4	32
4	18
4	23
0	44
2	35
0	44
0	28
1	18
7	18
4	12
1	23
3	18
2	31
1	32
0	35
0	35
2	18
4	4
1	15
2	18
1	4
3	4
2	26
3	4
5	4
1	18
2	20
5	3
2	18
0	18
2	12
2	8
1	0
1	4
1	7
0	0
1	4
1	6
1	6

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
40	72
12	122
8	95
10	84
9	135
12	26
4	111
6	84
8	55
2	120
3	92
13	16
1	104
1	173
4	95
1	123
8	62
0	116
2	90
9	44
8	31
4	72
3	88
17	28
3	75
2	84
1	84
9	68
4	72
3	72
1	84
7	36
6	35
15	26
7	7
12	34
4	44
9	15
3	55
5	32
2	56
4	40
4	47
3	55
16	18
4	35
4	32
1	48
8	40
9	23
3	46
7	18
2	44
2	59
3	59
5	44
3	47
2	47
1	54
4	48
3	26
7	4
1	32
0	52
3	32
5	18
6	4
5	31
3	32
0	35
5	4
2	36
1	42
0	32
0	32
4	7
0	44
4	32
4	18
4	23
0	44
2	35
0	44
0	28
1	18
7	18
4	12
1	23
3	18
2	31
1	32
0	35
0	35
2	18
4	4
1	15
2	18
1	4
3	4
2	26
3	4
5	4
1	18
2	20
5	3
2	18
0	18
2	12
2	8
1	0
1	4
1	7
0	0
1	4
1	6
1	6