Extreme rain in Australia, 17 January to 2 February 2022

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 17 January to 2 February 2022
Start: 2022-01-17
End: 2022-02-02
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 17 January to 2 February 2022: 718 records at 541 stations, peak on 23 January 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 17 January to 2 February 2022 set or tied 718 station records at 541 stations.
It ran from 17 January 2022 to 2 February 2022 (17 days) and its peak day was 23 January 2022.
Status: closed.
Kimba set an all-time record daily precipitation of 160.0 mm (6.3 in) on 22 January 2022.
The busiest day was 23 January 2022 with 103 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 137 years.

Footprint

17 January to 2 February 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 17 January to 2 February 2022 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, 17 January to 2 February 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Kimba	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	2022-01-22
Darke Peak	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	2022-01-22
Kimba (Cortlinye)	Record daily precipitation	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	2022-01-22
Cowell	Record daily precipitation	107.8 mm (4.2 in)	2022-01-24
Yeelana (Brooker)	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	2022-01-22
Coulta	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	2022-01-22
Koppio	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	2022-01-22
Melrose (Para Gums)	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	2022-01-23
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2022-01-23
Wallaroo	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	2022-01-24
Springhurst	Record daily precipitation	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	2022-01-30
Rudall (Swaffpro)	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	2022-01-22
Murdinga (Mungala)	Record daily precipitation	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	2022-01-24
Port Vincent	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	2022-01-24
Yorketown	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	2022-01-24
Dillalah	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	2022-01-26
Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly)	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	2022-01-22
Yudnapinna	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	2022-01-22
Cowell (Winter Springs)	Record daily precipitation	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	2022-01-22
Cleve (Ningana)	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	2022-01-22

Records per Day

Peak day 103

Records set or tied each day from 17 January 2022 to 2 February 2022. The most in one day was 103 on 23 January 2022.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Australia, 17 January to 2 February 2022
Date	Records
2022-01-17	1
2022-01-18	16
2022-01-19	2
2022-01-20	2
2022-01-21	22
2022-01-22	57
2022-01-23	103
2022-01-24	60
2022-01-25	24
2022-01-26	39
2022-01-27	99
2022-01-28	81
2022-01-29	96
2022-01-30	44
2022-01-31	38
2022-02-01	21
2022-02-02	13

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 17 January to 2 February 2022 ranked by margin
Cowell (Winter Springs), 01-22	88.8 mm (3.5 in)
Kimba (Cortlinye), 01-22	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
Kimba, 01-22	74.4 mm (2.9 in)
Rudall (Swaffpro), 01-22	63.4 mm (2.5 in)
Springhurst, 01-30	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
Dillalah, 01-26	61.3 mm (2.4 in)
Melrose (Para Gums), 01-23	58.7 mm (2.3 in)
Yeelana (Brooker), 01-22	58.5 mm (2.3 in)
Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly), 01-22	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
Wallaroo, 01-24	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
Darke Peak, 01-22	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
Port Clinton (Yararoo), 01-23	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
Murdinga (Mungala), 01-24	41.8 mm (1.6 in)
Yudnapinna, 01-22	38.3 mm (1.5 in)
Koppio, 01-22	37.2 mm (1.5 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

500 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, 17 January to 2 February 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
74	82
44	75
79	75
37	60
59	104
35	118
37	104
59	129
50	125
44	129
62	104
63	47
42	31
36	80
28	80
61	102
54	79
38	104
89	24
32	24
28	80
58	79
33	24
19	129
17	80
25	68
32	114
29	27
22	91
36	27
29	80
47	63
40	59
51	83
7	83
35	34
46	68
10	75
24	129
41	58
43	104
22	80
12	75
88	5
41	59
58	54
35	80
26	137
42	108
19	80
15	131
19	106
17	50
44	64
22	106
11	129
25	66
76	35
15	131
8	71
58	30
22	106
13	125
47	42
31	28
48	24
29	24
27	24
37	104
26	68
73	40
41	31
25	80
30	28
53	24
50	88
21	112
47	40
42	38
8	105
28	104
25	129
30	24
33	27
26	10
27	59
47	24
28	136
64	31
38	27
15	68
13	129
43	38
35	40
45	59
64	34
14	114
25	83
17	106
35	55
25	68
29	68
13	68
48	24
45	108
27	60
23	76
27	51
36	28
26	28
23	136
37	68
20	80
43	6
15	48
27	4
43	60
27	68
11	106
10	106
23	70
14	28
11	129
18	78
31	31
22	27
14	68
10	83
8	129
31	14
13	47
19	104
21	92
40	16
25	68
33	24
37	22
21	28
71	6
34	51
18	76
28	22
25	48
13	24
22	40
11	104
25	2
10	112
22	63
29	28
21	68
9	94
6	106
21	63
17	83
16	129
9	91
14	12
50	31
36	62
11	126
29	40
6	106
14	80
38	7
19	44
17	40
13	94
11	80
5	129
8	94
29	76
38	24
16	68
21	55
34	38
21	68
26	40
33	15
46	22
41	31
10	68
11	27
16	55
42	6
30	2
30	34
8	104
34	58
28	64
5	111
13	88
17	48
23	31
4	116
4	116
3	129
3	129
24	59
3	129

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 17 January to 2 February 2022 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, 17 January to 2 February 2022 (this event)	718 records

Every Record Set

20 of 718

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 17 January to 2 February 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-01-22	Kimba	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	82	94 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-01-22	Darke Peak	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	75	92 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-01-22	Kimba (Cortlinye)	Record daily precipitation	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	75	91 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-01-22	Yeelana (Brooker)	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	104	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-01-22	Coulta	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	118	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-01-22	Koppio	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	104	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-01-22	Rudall (Swaffpro)	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	47	79 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-22	Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly)	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	79	73 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-22	Yudnapinna	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	104	72 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-22	Cowell (Winter Springs)	Record daily precipitation	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	24	72 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-22	Cleve (Ningana)	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24	72 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-23	Melrose (Para Gums)	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	129	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-01-23	Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	129	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-01-24	Cowell	Record daily precipitation	107.8 mm (4.2 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	60	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-01-24	Wallaroo	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	125	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-01-24	Murdinga (Mungala)	Record daily precipitation	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	31	74 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-24	Port Vincent	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	80	74 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-24	Yorketown	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	80	74 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-26	Dillalah	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	102	74 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-30	Springhurst	Record daily precipitation	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	104	80 of 100 (Exceptional)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 718 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.

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
74	82
44	75
79	75
37	60
59	104
35	118
37	104
59	129
50	125
44	129
62	104
63	47
42	31
36	80
28	80
61	102
54	79
38	104
89	24
32	24
28	80
58	79
33	24
19	129
17	80
25	68
32	114
29	27
22	91
36	27
29	80
47	63
40	59
51	83
7	83
35	34
46	68
10	75
24	129
41	58
43	104
22	80
12	75
88	5
41	59
58	54
35	80
26	137
42	108
19	80
15	131
19	106
17	50
44	64
22	106
11	129
25	66
76	35
15	131
8	71
58	30
22	106
13	125
47	42
31	28
48	24
29	24
27	24
37	104
26	68
73	40
41	31
25	80
30	28
53	24
50	88
21	112
47	40
42	38
8	105
28	104
25	129
30	24
33	27
26	10
27	59
47	24
28	136
64	31
38	27
15	68
13	129
43	38
35	40
45	59
64	34
14	114
25	83
17	106
35	55
25	68
29	68
13	68
48	24
45	108
27	60
23	76
27	51
36	28
26	28
23	136
37	68
20	80
43	6
15	48
27	4
43	60
27	68
11	106
10	106
23	70
14	28
11	129
18	78
31	31
22	27
14	68
10	83
8	129
31	14
13	47
19	104
21	92
40	16
25	68
33	24
37	22
21	28
71	6
34	51
18	76
28	22
25	48
13	24
22	40
11	104
25	2
10	112
22	63
29	28
21	68
9	94
6	106
21	63
17	83
16	129
9	91
14	12
50	31
36	62
11	126
29	40
6	106
14	80
38	7
19	44
17	40
13	94
11	80
5	129
8	94
29	76
38	24
16	68
21	55
34	38
21	68
26	40
33	15
46	22
41	31
10	68
11	27
16	55
42	6
30	2
30	34
8	104
34	58
28	64
5	111
13	88
17	48
23	31
4	116
4	116
3	129
3	129
24	59
3	129

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
74	82
44	75
79	75
37	60
59	104
35	118
37	104
59	129
50	125
44	129
62	104
63	47
42	31
36	80
28	80
61	102
54	79
38	104
89	24
32	24
28	80
58	79
33	24
19	129
17	80
25	68
32	114
29	27
22	91
36	27
29	80
47	63
40	59
51	83
7	83
35	34
46	68
10	75
24	129
41	58
43	104
22	80
12	75
88	5
41	59
58	54
35	80
26	137
42	108
19	80
15	131
19	106
17	50
44	64
22	106
11	129
25	66
76	35
15	131
8	71
58	30
22	106
13	125
47	42
31	28
48	24
29	24
27	24
37	104
26	68
73	40
41	31
25	80
30	28
53	24
50	88
21	112
47	40
42	38
8	105
28	104
25	129
30	24
33	27
26	10
27	59
47	24
28	136
64	31
38	27
15	68
13	129
43	38
35	40
45	59
64	34
14	114
25	83
17	106
35	55
25	68
29	68
13	68
48	24
45	108
27	60
23	76
27	51
36	28
26	28
23	136
37	68
20	80
43	6
15	48
27	4
43	60
27	68
11	106
10	106
23	70
14	28
11	129
18	78
31	31
22	27
14	68
10	83
8	129
31	14
13	47
19	104
21	92
40	16
25	68
33	24
37	22
21	28
71	6
34	51
18	76
28	22
25	48
13	24
22	40
11	104
25	2
10	112
22	63
29	28
21	68
9	94
6	106
21	63
17	83
16	129
9	91
14	12
50	31
36	62
11	126
29	40
6	106
14	80
38	7
19	44
17	40
13	94
11	80
5	129
8	94
29	76
38	24
16	68
21	55
34	38
21	68
26	40
33	15
46	22
41	31
10	68
11	27
16	55
42	6
30	2
30	34
8	104
34	58
28	64
5	111
13	88
17	48
23	31
4	116
4	116
3	129
3	129
24	59
3	129

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
74	82
44	75
79	75
37	60
59	104
35	118
37	104
59	129
50	125
44	129
62	104
63	47
42	31
36	80
28	80
61	102
54	79
38	104
89	24
32	24
28	80
58	79
33	24
19	129
17	80
25	68
32	114
29	27
22	91
36	27
29	80
47	63
40	59
51	83
7	83
35	34
46	68
10	75
24	129
41	58
43	104
22	80
12	75
88	5
41	59
58	54
35	80
26	137
42	108
19	80
15	131
19	106
17	50
44	64
22	106
11	129
25	66
76	35
15	131
8	71
58	30
22	106
13	125
47	42
31	28
48	24
29	24
27	24
37	104
26	68
73	40
41	31
25	80
30	28
53	24
50	88
21	112
47	40
42	38
8	105
28	104
25	129
30	24
33	27
26	10
27	59
47	24
28	136
64	31
38	27
15	68
13	129
43	38
35	40
45	59
64	34
14	114
25	83
17	106
35	55
25	68
29	68
13	68
48	24
45	108
27	60
23	76
27	51
36	28
26	28
23	136
37	68
20	80
43	6
15	48
27	4
43	60
27	68
11	106
10	106
23	70
14	28
11	129
18	78
31	31
22	27
14	68
10	83
8	129
31	14
13	47
19	104
21	92
40	16
25	68
33	24
37	22
21	28
71	6
34	51
18	76
28	22
25	48
13	24
22	40
11	104
25	2
10	112
22	63
29	28
21	68
9	94
6	106
21	63
17	83
16	129
9	91
14	12
50	31
36	62
11	126
29	40
6	106
14	80
38	7
19	44
17	40
13	94
11	80
5	129
8	94
29	76
38	24
16	68
21	55
34	38
21	68
26	40
33	15
46	22
41	31
10	68
11	27
16	55
42	6
30	2
30	34
8	104
34	58
28	64
5	111
13	88
17	48
23	31
4	116
4	116
3	129
3	129
24	59
3	129