Extreme rain in Australia, 28 May to 2 June 2022

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 28 May to 2 June 2022
Start: 2022-05-28
End: 2022-06-02
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 28 May to 2 June 2022: 260 records at 248 stations, peak on 30 May 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 28 May to 2 June 2022 set or tied 260 station records at 248 stations.
It ran from 28 May 2022 to 2 June 2022 (6 days) and its peak day was 30 May 2022.
Status: closed.
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl set a monthly record daily precipitation of 76.0 mm (3.0 in) on 30 May 2022.
The busiest day was 30 May 2022 with 144 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 132 years.

Footprint

28 May to 2 June 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 28 May to 2 June 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, 28 May to 2 June 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	2022-05-30
Greenock	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2022-05-30
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook)	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	2022-05-30
Truro	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	2022-05-30
Port Kenny (Mount Cooper)	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	2022-05-30
Lyndoch	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	2022-05-30
Port Vincent	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2022-05-30
Kensington Upper (Burnside)	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	2022-05-30
Bower	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	2022-05-30
Neptune Island	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	2022-05-30
Koppio	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2022-05-30
Wirrulla	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	2022-05-30
Ceduna (Uworra)	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	2022-05-30
Williamstown	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	2022-05-30
Barraba (Rosevale)	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	2022-05-29
Kapunda (Bagot Well)	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	2022-05-30
Eudunda	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	2022-05-30
Yaninee	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2022-05-30
Mount Lofty (Cleland Conservat	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	2022-05-30
Nullarbor	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	2022-05-30

Records per Day

Peak day 144

Records set or tied each day from 28 May 2022 to 2 June 2022. The most in one day was 144 on 30 May 2022.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 28 May to 2 June 2022 ranked by margin
Mount Lofty (Cleland Conservat, 05-30	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
Barraba (Rosevale), 05-29	41.5 mm (1.6 in)
Kapunda (Bagot Well), 05-30	32.4 mm (1.3 in)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl, 05-30	26.2 mm (1.0 in)
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook), 05-30	25.7 mm (1.0 in)
Port Kenny (Mount Cooper), 05-30	23.1 mm (0.9 in)
Ceduna (Uworra), 05-30	22.0 mm (0.9 in)
Lyndoch, 05-30	21.7 mm (0.9 in)
Neptune Island, 05-30	21.0 mm (0.8 in)
Truro, 05-30	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
Kensington Upper (Burnside), 05-30	19.3 mm (0.8 in)
Yaninee, 05-30	17.2 mm (0.7 in)
Greenock, 05-30	16.5 mm (0.6 in)
Williamstown, 05-30	14.9 mm (0.6 in)
Nullarbor, 05-30	12.6 mm (0.5 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

260 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, 28 May to 2 June 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
26	112
17	113
26	100
20	85
23	57
22	85
13	92
6	99
19	117
11	100
21	40
11	100
11	48
22	41
15	100
32	39
12	85
42	41
17	41
52	35
15	52
46	39
15	72
18	56
11	72
13	85
2	114
7	132
15	14
36	23
21	23
22	52
11	85
13	72
7	85
7	85
7	85
18	15
27	12
15	51
24	40
5	96
15	41
8	100
6	96
34	32
6	100
15	8
7	88
23	39
31	32
7	85
3	128
16	44
7	76
5	85
6	85
13	51
9	55
2	128
4	99
7	76
1	128
2	132
10	61
2	128
14	6
1	100
10	44
3	100
1	130
12	59
11	52
7	72
9	69
3	85
17	12
10	61
12	72
15	8
12	31
11	41
6	76
14	23
5	69
16	4
8	33
4	85
10	56
7	13
1	85
3	48
1	85
1	85
9	41
16	15
1	85
7	34
12	56
0	88
7	55
0	85
12	40
7	44
3	48
12	8
11	8
13	28
7	7
8	23
11	40
1	76
5	41
0	76
9	41
4	56
9	41
1	69
7	6
10	18
9	23
10	23
9	4
12	4
2	60
6	44
2	33
2	57
10	23
2	56
11	36
10	36
2	56
8	8
2	59
6	7
9	23
15	28
2	56
3	56
3	41
5	41
0	59
4	21
7	32
3	57
8	23
10	12
7	12
8	32
2	56
2	52
4	44
7	36
2	61
5	51
2	41
3	41
4	14
5	44
8	36
4	41
7	36
2	56
5	40
1	56
2	52
3	41
1	53
1	36
3	44
7	8
3	39
1	40
5	23
3	6
2	6
7	29
9	23
4	40
7	41
2	32
9	8
2	23
2	41
2	41
5	23
2	41
2	41
4	24
3	41
2	28
2	20
5	12
2	40
5	31
1	44
1	40
2	36
1	45

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 28 May to 2 June 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, 28 May to 2 June 2022 (this event)	260 records

Every Record Set

20 of 260

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 28 May to 2 June 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-05-29	Barraba (Rosevale)	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	41	56 of 100 (Notable)
2022-05-30	Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	112	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-05-30	Greenock	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	113	75 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-30	Cudlee Creek (Millbrook)	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	100	67 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-30	Truro	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	85	67 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-30	Port Kenny (Mount Cooper)	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	57	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-30	Lyndoch	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	85	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-30	Port Vincent	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	99	62 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-30	Kensington Upper (Burnside)	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	117	61 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-30	Bower	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	100	59 of 100 (Notable)
2022-05-30	Neptune Island	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	40	58 of 100 (Notable)
2022-05-30	Koppio	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	100	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-05-30	Wirrulla	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	48	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-05-30	Ceduna (Uworra)	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	41	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-05-30	Williamstown	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	100	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-05-30	Kapunda (Bagot Well)	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	39	56 of 100 (Notable)
2022-05-30	Eudunda	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	85	56 of 100 (Notable)
2022-05-30	Yaninee	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	41	55 of 100 (Notable)
2022-05-30	Mount Lofty (Cleland Conservat	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	35	55 of 100 (Notable)
2022-05-30	Nullarbor	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	92	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 260 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
2022-05-28	7
2022-05-29	10
2022-05-30	144
2022-05-31	75
2022-06-01	17
2022-06-02	7

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
26	112
17	113
26	100
20	85
23	57
22	85
13	92
6	99
19	117
11	100
21	40
11	100
11	48
22	41
15	100
32	39
12	85
42	41
17	41
52	35
15	52
46	39
15	72
18	56
11	72
13	85
2	114
7	132
15	14
36	23
21	23
22	52
11	85
13	72
7	85
7	85
7	85
18	15
27	12
15	51
24	40
5	96
15	41
8	100
6	96
34	32
6	100
15	8
7	88
23	39
31	32
7	85
3	128
16	44
7	76
5	85
6	85
13	51
9	55
2	128
4	99
7	76
1	128
2	132
10	61
2	128
14	6
1	100
10	44
3	100
1	130
12	59
11	52
7	72
9	69
3	85
17	12
10	61
12	72
15	8
12	31
11	41
6	76
14	23
5	69
16	4
8	33
4	85
10	56
7	13
1	85
3	48
1	85
1	85
9	41
16	15
1	85
7	34
12	56
0	88
7	55
0	85
12	40
7	44
3	48
12	8
11	8
13	28
7	7
8	23
11	40
1	76
5	41
0	76
9	41
4	56
9	41
1	69
7	6
10	18
9	23
10	23
9	4
12	4
2	60
6	44
2	33
2	57
10	23
2	56
11	36
10	36
2	56
8	8
2	59
6	7
9	23
15	28
2	56
3	56
3	41
5	41
0	59
4	21
7	32
3	57
8	23
10	12
7	12
8	32
2	56
2	52
4	44
7	36
2	61
5	51
2	41
3	41
4	14
5	44
8	36
4	41
7	36
2	56
5	40
1	56
2	52
3	41
1	53
1	36
3	44
7	8
3	39
1	40
5	23
3	6
2	6
7	29
9	23
4	40
7	41
2	32
9	8
2	23
2	41
2	41
5	23
2	41
2	41
4	24
3	41
2	28
2	20
5	12
2	40
5	31
1	44
1	40
2	36
1	45

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
26	112
17	113
26	100
20	85
23	57
22	85
13	92
6	99
19	117
11	100
21	40
11	100
11	48
22	41
15	100
32	39
12	85
42	41
17	41
52	35
15	52
46	39
15	72
18	56
11	72
13	85
2	114
7	132
15	14
36	23
21	23
22	52
11	85
13	72
7	85
7	85
7	85
18	15
27	12
15	51
24	40
5	96
15	41
8	100
6	96
34	32
6	100
15	8
7	88
23	39
31	32
7	85
3	128
16	44
7	76
5	85
6	85
13	51
9	55
2	128
4	99
7	76
1	128
2	132
10	61
2	128
14	6
1	100
10	44
3	100
1	130
12	59
11	52
7	72
9	69
3	85
17	12
10	61
12	72
15	8
12	31
11	41
6	76
14	23
5	69
16	4
8	33
4	85
10	56
7	13
1	85
3	48
1	85
1	85
9	41
16	15
1	85
7	34
12	56
0	88
7	55
0	85
12	40
7	44
3	48
12	8
11	8
13	28
7	7
8	23
11	40
1	76
5	41
0	76
9	41
4	56
9	41
1	69
7	6
10	18
9	23
10	23
9	4
12	4
2	60
6	44
2	33
2	57
10	23
2	56
11	36
10	36
2	56
8	8
2	59
6	7
9	23
15	28
2	56
3	56
3	41
5	41
0	59
4	21
7	32
3	57
8	23
10	12
7	12
8	32
2	56
2	52
4	44
7	36
2	61
5	51
2	41
3	41
4	14
5	44
8	36
4	41
7	36
2	56
5	40
1	56
2	52
3	41
1	53
1	36
3	44
7	8
3	39
1	40
5	23
3	6
2	6
7	29
9	23
4	40
7	41
2	32
9	8
2	23
2	41
2	41
5	23
2	41
2	41
4	24
3	41
2	28
2	20
5	12
2	40
5	31
1	44
1	40
2	36
1	45

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
26	112
17	113
26	100
20	85
23	57
22	85
13	92
6	99
19	117
11	100
21	40
11	100
11	48
22	41
15	100
32	39
12	85
42	41
17	41
52	35
15	52
46	39
15	72
18	56
11	72
13	85
2	114
7	132
15	14
36	23
21	23
22	52
11	85
13	72
7	85
7	85
7	85
18	15
27	12
15	51
24	40
5	96
15	41
8	100
6	96
34	32
6	100
15	8
7	88
23	39
31	32
7	85
3	128
16	44
7	76
5	85
6	85
13	51
9	55
2	128
4	99
7	76
1	128
2	132
10	61
2	128
14	6
1	100
10	44
3	100
1	130
12	59
11	52
7	72
9	69
3	85
17	12
10	61
12	72
15	8
12	31
11	41
6	76
14	23
5	69
16	4
8	33
4	85
10	56
7	13
1	85
3	48
1	85
1	85
9	41
16	15
1	85
7	34
12	56
0	88
7	55
0	85
12	40
7	44
3	48
12	8
11	8
13	28
7	7
8	23
11	40
1	76
5	41
0	76
9	41
4	56
9	41
1	69
7	6
10	18
9	23
10	23
9	4
12	4
2	60
6	44
2	33
2	57
10	23
2	56
11	36
10	36
2	56
8	8
2	59
6	7
9	23
15	28
2	56
3	56
3	41
5	41
0	59
4	21
7	32
3	57
8	23
10	12
7	12
8	32
2	56
2	52
4	44
7	36
2	61
5	51
2	41
3	41
4	14
5	44
8	36
4	41
7	36
2	56
5	40
1	56
2	52
3	41
1	53
1	36
3	44
7	8
3	39
1	40
5	23
3	6
2	6
7	29
9	23
4	40
7	41
2	32
9	8
2	23
2	41
2	41
5	23
2	41
2	41
4	24
3	41
2	28
2	20
5	12
2	40
5	31
1	44
1	40
2	36
1	45