Extreme rain in Australia, 2 to 7 September 2022

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 2 to 7 September 2022
Start: 2022-09-02
End: 2022-09-07
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 2 to 7 September 2022: 279 records at 213 stations, peak on 3 September 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 2 to 7 September 2022 set or tied 279 station records at 213 stations.
It ran from 2 September 2022 to 7 September 2022 (6 days) and its peak day was 3 September 2022.
Status: closed.
Mount Florance set a daily record precipitation of 36.1 mm (1.4 in) on 3 September 2022.
The busiest day was 3 September 2022 with 140 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 135 years.

Footprint

2 to 7 September 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 2 to 7 September 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, 2 to 7 September 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Mount Florance	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	2022-09-03
Cue	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	2022-09-03
Woolgorong	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	2022-09-03
Beringarra	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	2022-09-03
Coodardy	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	2022-09-03
Marron	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	2022-09-02
Roy Hill	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2022-09-04
Jimba Jimba	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	2022-09-03
Edaggee	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	2022-09-02
Minnie Creek	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	2022-09-02
Carey Downs	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2022-09-03
Turee Creek	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	2022-09-03
Uaroo	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	2022-09-03
Beebyn	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	2022-09-03
Onslow Airport	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	2022-09-03
Williambury	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	2022-09-03
Hillview	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	2022-09-03
Wubin	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	2022-09-03
Port Hedland Airport	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	2022-09-04
Nungarin	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	2022-09-05

Records per Day

Peak day 140

Records set or tied each day from 2 September 2022 to 7 September 2022. The most in one day was 140 on 3 September 2022.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 2 to 7 September 2022 ranked by margin
Mount Florance, 09-03	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
Roy Hill, 09-04	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
Uaroo, 09-03	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
Minnie Creek, 09-02	23.6 mm (0.9 in)
Beebyn, 09-03	23.1 mm (0.9 in)
Hillview, 09-03	21.2 mm (0.8 in)
Coodardy, 09-03	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
Carey Downs, 09-03	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
Edaggee, 09-02	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
Turee Creek, 09-03	18.8 mm (0.7 in)
Beringarra, 09-03	18.4 mm (0.7 in)
Cue, 09-03	17.6 mm (0.7 in)
Jimba Jimba, 09-03	17.4 mm (0.7 in)
Woolgorong, 09-03	15.8 mm (0.6 in)
Wubin, 09-03	15.4 mm (0.6 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

279 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, 2 to 7 September 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
14	63
15	91
36	135
18	88
21	88
16	112
18	88
20	88
15	87
10	104
33	121
14	81
17	35
20	24
19	24
24	24
19	24
9	60
26	105
23	88
15	97
18	88
9	95
13	91
17	72
25	39
12	112
18	45
11	100
13	87
18	45
5	104
14	24
16	15
9	91
17	121
12	95
11	51
24	47
8	91
16	123
25	20
20	23
14	57
8	88
19	20
18	15
18	45
8	112
22	23
8	104
15	45
10	35
2	104
23	45
12	123
9	100
11	47
15	45
6	91
9	88
13	66
1	101
6	112
18	23
23	29
10	123
8	95
5	101
19	49
5	112
5	93
9	56
9	120
6	100
16	48
8	87
12	92
13	51
19	11
3	73
4	61
8	60
7	88
17	45
6	37
14	23
9	37
9	45
15	45
5	133
12	84
5	122
4	112
3	95
16	11
8	45
4	91
5	135
2	121
5	92
2	104
4	87
9	39
5	83
3	51
7	75
9	27
10	45
2	112
12	27
2	113
3	87
3	92
6	24
2	91
14	16
0	124
1	120
0	112
0	101
6	57
0	113
5	68
2	91
2	87
11	37
5	60
7	84
9	20
4	53
5	39
3	51
8	12
7	83
9	12
14	35
16	23
20	52
12	23
10	35
17	53
8	4
10	11
10	23
8	45
2	92
6	11
4	64
8	23
7	48
6	4
3	35
0	88
5	45
0	87
1	84
10	29
9	11
3	53
2	67
13	23
14	23
0	88
6	45
7	45
10	11
7	29
9	9
9	17
0	51
1	75
1	75
2	39
12	15
4	45
11	23
12	21
11	24
5	24
4	45
7	27
10	24
0	69
3	37
8	23
8	11
7	23
1	64
5	45
12	45
3	45
5	61
6	29
3	39
10	1
6	45
1	24
4	45
6	16

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 2 to 7 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, 2 to 7 September 2022 (this event)	279 records

Every Record Set

20 of 279

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 2 to 7 September 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-09-02	Marron	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	104	74 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-02	Edaggee	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	24	67 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-02	Minnie Creek	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	24	67 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-03	Mount Florance	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	135	76 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-03	Cue	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	88	76 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-03	Woolgorong	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	112	75 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-03	Beringarra	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	88	75 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-03	Coodardy	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	88	75 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-03	Jimba Jimba	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	35	68 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-03	Carey Downs	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	24	67 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-03	Turee Creek	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	24	67 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-03	Uaroo	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	105	66 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-03	Beebyn	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	88	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-03	Onslow Airport	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	81	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-09-03	Williambury	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	63	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-09-03	Hillview	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	88	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-09-03	Wubin	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	87	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-09-04	Roy Hill	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	121	73 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-04	Port Hedland Airport	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	60	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-09-05	Nungarin	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	91	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 279 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
14	63
15	91
36	135
18	88
21	88
16	112
18	88
20	88
15	87
10	104
33	121
14	81
17	35
20	24
19	24
24	24
19	24
9	60
26	105
23	88
15	97
18	88
9	95
13	91
17	72
25	39
12	112
18	45
11	100
13	87
18	45
5	104
14	24
16	15
9	91
17	121
12	95
11	51
24	47
8	91
16	123
25	20
20	23
14	57
8	88
19	20
18	15
18	45
8	112
22	23
8	104
15	45
10	35
2	104
23	45
12	123
9	100
11	47
15	45
6	91
9	88
13	66
1	101
6	112
18	23
23	29
10	123
8	95
5	101
19	49
5	112
5	93
9	56
9	120
6	100
16	48
8	87
12	92
13	51
19	11
3	73
4	61
8	60
7	88
17	45
6	37
14	23
9	37
9	45
15	45
5	133
12	84
5	122
4	112
3	95
16	11
8	45
4	91
5	135
2	121
5	92
2	104
4	87
9	39
5	83
3	51
7	75
9	27
10	45
2	112
12	27
2	113
3	87
3	92
6	24
2	91
14	16
0	124
1	120
0	112
0	101
6	57
0	113
5	68
2	91
2	87
11	37
5	60
7	84
9	20
4	53
5	39
3	51
8	12
7	83
9	12
14	35
16	23
20	52
12	23
10	35
17	53
8	4
10	11
10	23
8	45
2	92
6	11
4	64
8	23
7	48
6	4
3	35
0	88
5	45
0	87
1	84
10	29
9	11
3	53
2	67
13	23
14	23
0	88
6	45
7	45
10	11
7	29
9	9
9	17
0	51
1	75
1	75
2	39
12	15
4	45
11	23
12	21
11	24
5	24
4	45
7	27
10	24
0	69
3	37
8	23
8	11
7	23
1	64
5	45
12	45
3	45
5	61
6	29
3	39
10	1
6	45
1	24
4	45
6	16

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
14	63
15	91
36	135
18	88
21	88
16	112
18	88
20	88
15	87
10	104
33	121
14	81
17	35
20	24
19	24
24	24
19	24
9	60
26	105
23	88
15	97
18	88
9	95
13	91
17	72
25	39
12	112
18	45
11	100
13	87
18	45
5	104
14	24
16	15
9	91
17	121
12	95
11	51
24	47
8	91
16	123
25	20
20	23
14	57
8	88
19	20
18	15
18	45
8	112
22	23
8	104
15	45
10	35
2	104
23	45
12	123
9	100
11	47
15	45
6	91
9	88
13	66
1	101
6	112
18	23
23	29
10	123
8	95
5	101
19	49
5	112
5	93
9	56
9	120
6	100
16	48
8	87
12	92
13	51
19	11
3	73
4	61
8	60
7	88
17	45
6	37
14	23
9	37
9	45
15	45
5	133
12	84
5	122
4	112
3	95
16	11
8	45
4	91
5	135
2	121
5	92
2	104
4	87
9	39
5	83
3	51
7	75
9	27
10	45
2	112
12	27
2	113
3	87
3	92
6	24
2	91
14	16
0	124
1	120
0	112
0	101
6	57
0	113
5	68
2	91
2	87
11	37
5	60
7	84
9	20
4	53
5	39
3	51
8	12
7	83
9	12
14	35
16	23
20	52
12	23
10	35
17	53
8	4
10	11
10	23
8	45
2	92
6	11
4	64
8	23
7	48
6	4
3	35
0	88
5	45
0	87
1	84
10	29
9	11
3	53
2	67
13	23
14	23
0	88
6	45
7	45
10	11
7	29
9	9
9	17
0	51
1	75
1	75
2	39
12	15
4	45
11	23
12	21
11	24
5	24
4	45
7	27
10	24
0	69
3	37
8	23
8	11
7	23
1	64
5	45
12	45
3	45
5	61
6	29
3	39
10	1
6	45
1	24
4	45
6	16

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
14	63
15	91
36	135
18	88
21	88
16	112
18	88
20	88
15	87
10	104
33	121
14	81
17	35
20	24
19	24
24	24
19	24
9	60
26	105
23	88
15	97
18	88
9	95
13	91
17	72
25	39
12	112
18	45
11	100
13	87
18	45
5	104
14	24
16	15
9	91
17	121
12	95
11	51
24	47
8	91
16	123
25	20
20	23
14	57
8	88
19	20
18	15
18	45
8	112
22	23
8	104
15	45
10	35
2	104
23	45
12	123
9	100
11	47
15	45
6	91
9	88
13	66
1	101
6	112
18	23
23	29
10	123
8	95
5	101
19	49
5	112
5	93
9	56
9	120
6	100
16	48
8	87
12	92
13	51
19	11
3	73
4	61
8	60
7	88
17	45
6	37
14	23
9	37
9	45
15	45
5	133
12	84
5	122
4	112
3	95
16	11
8	45
4	91
5	135
2	121
5	92
2	104
4	87
9	39
5	83
3	51
7	75
9	27
10	45
2	112
12	27
2	113
3	87
3	92
6	24
2	91
14	16
0	124
1	120
0	112
0	101
6	57
0	113
5	68
2	91
2	87
11	37
5	60
7	84
9	20
4	53
5	39
3	51
8	12
7	83
9	12
14	35
16	23
20	52
12	23
10	35
17	53
8	4
10	11
10	23
8	45
2	92
6	11
4	64
8	23
7	48
6	4
3	35
0	88
5	45
0	87
1	84
10	29
9	11
3	53
2	67
13	23
14	23
0	88
6	45
7	45
10	11
7	29
9	9
9	17
0	51
1	75
1	75
2	39
12	15
4	45
11	23
12	21
11	24
5	24
4	45
7	27
10	24
0	69
3	37
8	23
8	11
7	23
1	64
5	45
12	45
3	45
5	61
6	29
3	39
10	1
6	45
1	24
4	45
6	16