Extreme rain in Australia, 10 August to 1 September 2022

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 10 August to 1 September 2022
Start: 2022-08-10
End: 2022-09-01
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 10 August to 1 September 2022: 642 records at 528 stations, peak on 13 August 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 10 August to 1 September 2022 set or tied 642 station records at 528 stations.
It ran from 10 August 2022 to 1 September 2022 (23 days) and its peak day was 13 August 2022.
Status: closed.
Inverloch set a monthly record daily precipitation of 91.0 mm (3.6 in) on 15 August 2022.
The busiest day was 13 August 2022 with 163 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 133 years.

Footprint

10 August to 1 September 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 10 August to 1 September 2022 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Australia, 10 August to 1 September 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Inverloch	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	2022-08-15
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	2022-08-15
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	2022-08-14
Oatlands Post Office	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	2022-08-15
Levendale	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	2022-08-14
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	2022-08-15
Wattle Hill	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	2022-08-14
Jindivick	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	2022-08-15
Madalya	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	2022-08-16
Rochester	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	2022-08-13
Marlo	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	2022-08-14
Dimboola	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	2022-08-30
Ormley	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	2022-08-14
Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	2022-08-15
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	2022-08-15
Lunawanna	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	2022-08-14
East Tarwin (Mirboo Pastoral C	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	2022-08-15
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	2022-08-29
Longerenong	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	2022-08-30

Records per Day

Peak day 163

Records set or tied each day from 10 August 2022 to 1 September 2022. The most in one day was 163 on 13 August 2022.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Australia, 10 August to 1 September 2022
Date	Records
2022-08-10	1
2022-08-11	1
2022-08-12	55
2022-08-13	163
2022-08-14	78
2022-08-15	69
2022-08-16	9
2022-08-17	1
2022-08-18	5
2022-08-19	28
2022-08-20	8
2022-08-21	1
2022-08-22	12
2022-08-23	68
2022-08-24	1
2022-08-25	7
2022-08-26	3
2022-08-27	2
2022-08-28	2
2022-08-29	19
2022-08-30	106
2022-08-31	2
2022-09-01	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 10 August to 1 September 2022 ranked by margin
Madalya, 08-16	58.0 mm (2.3 in)
Mathinna (Fingal Road), 08-15	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
Inverloch, 08-15	45.5 mm (1.8 in)
Levendale, 08-14	42.8 mm (1.7 in)
Ormley, 08-14	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
East Tarwin (Mirboo Pastoral C, 08-15	35.8 mm (1.4 in)
Trafalgar Toseland Road, 08-15	33.4 mm (1.3 in)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), 08-14	31.4 mm (1.2 in)
Wattle Hill, 08-14	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
Mount Best (Upper Toora), 08-15	29.3 mm (1.2 in)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), 08-15	26.2 mm (1.0 in)
Jindivick, 08-15	25.1 mm (1.0 in)
Marlo, 08-14	23.3 mm (0.9 in)
Oatlands Post Office, 08-15	22.2 mm (0.9 in)
Lunawanna, 08-14	20.8 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

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, 10 August to 1 September 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
46	87
33	88
31	131
22	92
43	89
49	83
26	131
30	80
25	75
58	72
19	80
23	101
12	132
16	121
39	60
29	65
7	113
36	37
21	89
10	132
20	89
15	83
11	89
77	48
21	67
2	133
14	89
16	132
11	87
14	70
31	3
15	132
46	13
38	8
26	40
25	60
10	131
18	125
7	127
8	88
10	70
42	17
19	31
11	89
10	83
19	48
34	43
52	17
22	23
7	112
21	60
10	88
8	89
16	17
13	89
8	126
14	16
8	121
44	17
8	112
10	89
23	41
27	25
5	124
9	88
7	105
16	72
10	80
62	17
17	17
18	17
21	53
6	124
5	124
5	124
12	29
6	132
25	17
9	61
14	19
40	4
18	23
3	112
10	88
5	112
4	96
6	89
8	60
16	64
12	52
5	89
16	17
25	60
8	89
11	65
18	53
7	88
5	100
37	48
3	100
15	29
6	89
7	91
8	64
11	64
18	17
14	17
19	44
14	69
3	112
18	60
6	126
3	96
6	88
6	91
5	126
2	111
25	31
3	131
11	31
13	31
3	123
6	52
7	79
5	89
19	56
14	60
19	17
6	88
13	6
24	17
4	89
21	20
6	71
2	112
24	29
2	112
2	124
8	56
4	58
8	72
5	80
1	128
11	68
20	40
3	80
7	55
1	112
1	105
1	124
4	76
1	112
17	53
19	49
20	52
2	116
7	80
13	41
23	60
2	89
15	41
11	37
8	51
2	89
16	17
20	17
27	17
8	60
11	21
12	21
13	60
8	68
11	69
14	21
3	83
17	45
6	55
7	69
14	39
16	52
27	37
9	55
7	48
3	75
7	51
18	44
15	53
16	44
6	69
14	59
2	89
1	88
5	64
6	72
5	59
1	89
9	60
9	53
13	52
18	36

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 10 August to 1 September 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, 10 August to 1 September 2022 (this event)	642 records

Every Record Set

20 of 642

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 10 August to 1 September 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-08-13	Rochester	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	80	70 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-14	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	131	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-08-14	Levendale	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	89	76 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-14	Wattle Hill	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	80	73 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-14	Marlo	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	101	70 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-14	Ormley	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	60	68 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-14	Lunawanna	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	89	66 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-15	Inverloch	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	87	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-08-15	Trafalgar Toseland Road	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	88	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-08-15	Oatlands Post Office	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	92	77 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-15	Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	83	74 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-15	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	131	73 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-15	Jindivick	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	75	71 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-15	Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	121	68 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-15	Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	65	67 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-15	East Tarwin (Mirboo Pastoral C	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37	66 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-16	Madalya	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	72	71 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-29	Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	113	66 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-30	Dimboola	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	132	69 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-30	Longerenong	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	132	65 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 642 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
46	87
33	88
31	131
22	92
43	89
49	83
26	131
30	80
25	75
58	72
19	80
23	101
12	132
16	121
39	60
29	65
7	113
36	37
21	89
10	132
20	89
15	83
11	89
77	48
21	67
2	133
14	89
16	132
11	87
14	70
31	3
15	132
46	13
38	8
26	40
25	60
10	131
18	125
7	127
8	88
10	70
42	17
19	31
11	89
10	83
19	48
34	43
52	17
22	23
7	112
21	60
10	88
8	89
16	17
13	89
8	126
14	16
8	121
44	17
8	112
10	89
23	41
27	25
5	124
9	88
7	105
16	72
10	80
62	17
17	17
18	17
21	53
6	124
5	124
5	124
12	29
6	132
25	17
9	61
14	19
40	4
18	23
3	112
10	88
5	112
4	96
6	89
8	60
16	64
12	52
5	89
16	17
25	60
8	89
11	65
18	53
7	88
5	100
37	48
3	100
15	29
6	89
7	91
8	64
11	64
18	17
14	17
19	44
14	69
3	112
18	60
6	126
3	96
6	88
6	91
5	126
2	111
25	31
3	131
11	31
13	31
3	123
6	52
7	79
5	89
19	56
14	60
19	17
6	88
13	6
24	17
4	89
21	20
6	71
2	112
24	29
2	112
2	124
8	56
4	58
8	72
5	80
1	128
11	68
20	40
3	80
7	55
1	112
1	105
1	124
4	76
1	112
17	53
19	49
20	52
2	116
7	80
13	41
23	60
2	89
15	41
11	37
8	51
2	89
16	17
20	17
27	17
8	60
11	21
12	21
13	60
8	68
11	69
14	21
3	83
17	45
6	55
7	69
14	39
16	52
27	37
9	55
7	48
3	75
7	51
18	44
15	53
16	44
6	69
14	59
2	89
1	88
5	64
6	72
5	59
1	89
9	60
9	53
13	52
18	36

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
46	87
33	88
31	131
22	92
43	89
49	83
26	131
30	80
25	75
58	72
19	80
23	101
12	132
16	121
39	60
29	65
7	113
36	37
21	89
10	132
20	89
15	83
11	89
77	48
21	67
2	133
14	89
16	132
11	87
14	70
31	3
15	132
46	13
38	8
26	40
25	60
10	131
18	125
7	127
8	88
10	70
42	17
19	31
11	89
10	83
19	48
34	43
52	17
22	23
7	112
21	60
10	88
8	89
16	17
13	89
8	126
14	16
8	121
44	17
8	112
10	89
23	41
27	25
5	124
9	88
7	105
16	72
10	80
62	17
17	17
18	17
21	53
6	124
5	124
5	124
12	29
6	132
25	17
9	61
14	19
40	4
18	23
3	112
10	88
5	112
4	96
6	89
8	60
16	64
12	52
5	89
16	17
25	60
8	89
11	65
18	53
7	88
5	100
37	48
3	100
15	29
6	89
7	91
8	64
11	64
18	17
14	17
19	44
14	69
3	112
18	60
6	126
3	96
6	88
6	91
5	126
2	111
25	31
3	131
11	31
13	31
3	123
6	52
7	79
5	89
19	56
14	60
19	17
6	88
13	6
24	17
4	89
21	20
6	71
2	112
24	29
2	112
2	124
8	56
4	58
8	72
5	80
1	128
11	68
20	40
3	80
7	55
1	112
1	105
1	124
4	76
1	112
17	53
19	49
20	52
2	116
7	80
13	41
23	60
2	89
15	41
11	37
8	51
2	89
16	17
20	17
27	17
8	60
11	21
12	21
13	60
8	68
11	69
14	21
3	83
17	45
6	55
7	69
14	39
16	52
27	37
9	55
7	48
3	75
7	51
18	44
15	53
16	44
6	69
14	59
2	89
1	88
5	64
6	72
5	59
1	89
9	60
9	53
13	52
18	36

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
46	87
33	88
31	131
22	92
43	89
49	83
26	131
30	80
25	75
58	72
19	80
23	101
12	132
16	121
39	60
29	65
7	113
36	37
21	89
10	132
20	89
15	83
11	89
77	48
21	67
2	133
14	89
16	132
11	87
14	70
31	3
15	132
46	13
38	8
26	40
25	60
10	131
18	125
7	127
8	88
10	70
42	17
19	31
11	89
10	83
19	48
34	43
52	17
22	23
7	112
21	60
10	88
8	89
16	17
13	89
8	126
14	16
8	121
44	17
8	112
10	89
23	41
27	25
5	124
9	88
7	105
16	72
10	80
62	17
17	17
18	17
21	53
6	124
5	124
5	124
12	29
6	132
25	17
9	61
14	19
40	4
18	23
3	112
10	88
5	112
4	96
6	89
8	60
16	64
12	52
5	89
16	17
25	60
8	89
11	65
18	53
7	88
5	100
37	48
3	100
15	29
6	89
7	91
8	64
11	64
18	17
14	17
19	44
14	69
3	112
18	60
6	126
3	96
6	88
6	91
5	126
2	111
25	31
3	131
11	31
13	31
3	123
6	52
7	79
5	89
19	56
14	60
19	17
6	88
13	6
24	17
4	89
21	20
6	71
2	112
24	29
2	112
2	124
8	56
4	58
8	72
5	80
1	128
11	68
20	40
3	80
7	55
1	112
1	105
1	124
4	76
1	112
17	53
19	49
20	52
2	116
7	80
13	41
23	60
2	89
15	41
11	37
8	51
2	89
16	17
20	17
27	17
8	60
11	21
12	21
13	60
8	68
11	69
14	21
3	83
17	45
6	55
7	69
14	39
16	52
27	37
9	55
7	48
3	75
7	51
18	44
15	53
16	44
6	69
14	59
2	89
1	88
5	64
6	72
5	59
1	89
9	60
9	53
13	52
18	36