Extreme rain in Australia, 29 July to 3 August 2022

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 29 July to 3 August 2022
Start: 2022-07-29
End: 2022-08-03
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 29 July to 3 August 2022: 108 records at 95 stations, peak on 2 August 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 29 July to 3 August 2022 set or tied 108 station records at 95 stations.
It ran from 29 July 2022 to 3 August 2022 (6 days) and its peak day was 2 August 2022.
Status: closed.
Meckering set a daily record precipitation of 36.2 mm (1.4 in) on 2 August 2022.
The busiest day was 2 August 2022 with 74 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 112 years.

Footprint

29 July to 3 August 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 29 July to 3 August 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, 29 July to 3 August 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Meckering	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	2022-08-02
Moningarin	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	2022-08-02
Booralee	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	2022-08-02
Three Springs	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2022-08-02
Doodarding Well	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	2022-08-03
Telenning Hill	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	2022-08-02
Dalwallinu North	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	2022-08-02
Lower Chittering	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	2022-08-01
Noongaar	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	2022-08-02
Westonia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	2022-08-02
Innadong	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	2022-07-29
Baandee North	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	2022-08-02
Burakin	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	2022-08-02
Wattoning	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	2022-08-02
Hyden	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	2022-08-02
Quairading	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	2022-08-02
Burracoppin	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	2022-08-03
Wialki North	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	2022-08-03
Muresk Agric.College	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	2022-08-03
Beverley	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	2022-08-03

Records per Day

Peak day 74

Records set or tied each day from 29 July 2022 to 3 August 2022. The most in one day was 74 on 2 August 2022.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 29 July to 3 August 2022 ranked by margin
Booralee, 08-02	19.6 mm (0.8 in)
Doodarding Well, 08-03	17.7 mm (0.7 in)
Wialki North, 08-03	16.8 mm (0.7 in)
Telenning Hill, 08-02	15.8 mm (0.6 in)
Meckering, 08-02	15.4 mm (0.6 in)
Westonia, 08-02	15.4 mm (0.6 in)
Noongaar, 08-02	11.8 mm (0.5 in)
Burakin, 08-02	11.6 mm (0.5 in)
Moningarin, 08-02	11.3 mm (0.4 in)
Three Springs, 08-02	9.1 mm (0.36 in)
Baandee North, 08-02	6.5 mm (0.26 in)
Hyden, 08-02	6.3 mm (0.25 in)
Dalwallinu North, 08-02	5.7 mm (0.22 in)
Innadong, 07-29	5.5 mm (0.22 in)
Quairading, 08-02	5.2 mm (0.20 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

108 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 July to 3 August 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
15	89
11	89
20	29
9	112
18	19
7	89
17	32
16	29
6	89
6	89
12	44
4	107
2	100
12	32
15	4
6	92
1	103
5	76
4	89
5	79
7	49
0	112
3	77
1	89
2	89
1	89
1	89
5	71
5	43
4	42
1	89
3	79
2	83
0	89
6	48
16	29
8	29
13	32
10	29
26	13
3	57
1	68
12	4
9	29
20	4
4	44
9	29
8	28
5	29
8	4
5	40
6	52
3	44
2	44
4	29
9	32
4	29
6	19
5	29
3	40
6	4
4	32
3	32
8	31
1	49
2	32
4	32
8	19
3	40
3	29
4	19
2	29
0	37
2	29
6	4
7	31
4	37
3	19
2	19
8	19
2	40
9	4
9	16
4	4
1	29
1	29
1	19
8	4
0	37
4	32
2	19
2	29
5	4
10	11
0	35
1	19
2	28
2	4
3	4
2	7
2	4
1	4
1	4
1	15
2	4
1	4
0	29
3	4

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 29 July to 3 August 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, 29 July to 3 August 2022 (this event)	108 records

Every Record Set

20 of 108

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 29 July to 3 August 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-07-29	Innadong	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	92	42 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-01	Lower Chittering	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	107	44 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-02	Meckering	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	89	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-02	Moningarin	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	89	59 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-02	Booralee	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	29	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-02	Three Springs	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	112	55 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-02	Telenning Hill	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	29	49 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-02	Dalwallinu North	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	89	47 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-02	Noongaar	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	32	43 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-02	Westonia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	4	43 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-02	Baandee North	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	89	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-08-02	Burakin	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	44	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-08-02	Wattoning	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	76	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-08-02	Hyden	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	89	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-08-02	Quairading	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	79	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-08-03	Doodarding Well	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	19	54 of 100 (Notable)
2022-08-03	Burracoppin	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	103	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-08-03	Wialki North	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	32	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-08-03	Muresk Agric.College	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	89	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-08-03	Beverley	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	100	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 108 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
2022-07-29	2
2022-07-30	2
2022-07-31	1
2022-08-01	6
2022-08-02	74
2022-08-03	23

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
15	89
11	89
20	29
9	112
18	19
7	89
17	32
16	29
6	89
6	89
12	44
4	107
2	100
12	32
15	4
6	92
1	103
5	76
4	89
5	79
7	49
0	112
3	77
1	89
2	89
1	89
1	89
5	71
5	43
4	42
1	89
3	79
2	83
0	89
6	48
16	29
8	29
13	32
10	29
26	13
3	57
1	68
12	4
9	29
20	4
4	44
9	29
8	28
5	29
8	4
5	40
6	52
3	44
2	44
4	29
9	32
4	29
6	19
5	29
3	40
6	4
4	32
3	32
8	31
1	49
2	32
4	32
8	19
3	40
3	29
4	19
2	29
0	37
2	29
6	4
7	31
4	37
3	19
2	19
8	19
2	40
9	4
9	16
4	4
1	29
1	29
1	19
8	4
0	37
4	32
2	19
2	29
5	4
10	11
0	35
1	19
2	28
2	4
3	4
2	7
2	4
1	4
1	4
1	15
2	4
1	4
0	29
3	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
15	89
11	89
20	29
9	112
18	19
7	89
17	32
16	29
6	89
6	89
12	44
4	107
2	100
12	32
15	4
6	92
1	103
5	76
4	89
5	79
7	49
0	112
3	77
1	89
2	89
1	89
1	89
5	71
5	43
4	42
1	89
3	79
2	83
0	89
6	48
16	29
8	29
13	32
10	29
26	13
3	57
1	68
12	4
9	29
20	4
4	44
9	29
8	28
5	29
8	4
5	40
6	52
3	44
2	44
4	29
9	32
4	29
6	19
5	29
3	40
6	4
4	32
3	32
8	31
1	49
2	32
4	32
8	19
3	40
3	29
4	19
2	29
0	37
2	29
6	4
7	31
4	37
3	19
2	19
8	19
2	40
9	4
9	16
4	4
1	29
1	29
1	19
8	4
0	37
4	32
2	19
2	29
5	4
10	11
0	35
1	19
2	28
2	4
3	4
2	7
2	4
1	4
1	4
1	15
2	4
1	4
0	29
3	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
15	89
11	89
20	29
9	112
18	19
7	89
17	32
16	29
6	89
6	89
12	44
4	107
2	100
12	32
15	4
6	92
1	103
5	76
4	89
5	79
7	49
0	112
3	77
1	89
2	89
1	89
1	89
5	71
5	43
4	42
1	89
3	79
2	83
0	89
6	48
16	29
8	29
13	32
10	29
26	13
3	57
1	68
12	4
9	29
20	4
4	44
9	29
8	28
5	29
8	4
5	40
6	52
3	44
2	44
4	29
9	32
4	29
6	19
5	29
3	40
6	4
4	32
3	32
8	31
1	49
2	32
4	32
8	19
3	40
3	29
4	19
2	29
0	37
2	29
6	4
7	31
4	37
3	19
2	19
8	19
2	40
9	4
9	16
4	4
1	29
1	29
1	19
8	4
0	37
4	32
2	19
2	29
5	4
10	11
0	35
1	19
2	28
2	4
3	4
2	7
2	4
1	4
1	4
1	15
2	4
1	4
0	29
3	4