Extreme rain in Australia, 27 to 30 September 2022

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 27 to 30 September 2022
Start: 2022-09-27
End: 2022-09-30
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 27 to 30 September 2022: 100 records at 91 stations, peak on 29 September 2022. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 27 to 30 September 2022 set or tied 100 station records at 91 stations.
It ran from 27 September 2022 to 30 September 2022 (4 days) and its peak day was 29 September 2022.
Status: closed.
Oak Park Station set a daily record precipitation of 42.0 mm (1.7 in) on 29 September 2022.
The busiest day was 29 September 2022 with 54 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 126 years.

Footprint

27 to 30 September 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 27 to 30 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, 27 to 30 September 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Oak Park Station	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	2022-09-29
Trafalgar Station	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	2022-09-29
Moogerah Dam	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	2022-09-28
Doongara	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	2022-09-29
Lauriedale	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	2022-09-28
Werrington Station	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	2022-09-29
Gregory Springs Station	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2022-09-29
Low Holm Station	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	2022-09-29
Bagstowe Station	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	2022-09-29
Collaroy Station	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	2022-09-28
Ambo Station	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	2022-09-28
Alni	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	2022-09-28
Moorang	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	2022-09-28
Croydon Township	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	2022-09-29
McKinlay Roadhouse	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	2022-09-29
Miranda Downs Station	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	2022-09-29
Lyndhurst Station	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	2022-09-29
Spring Creek Station	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	2022-09-29
Woodbine Station	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	2022-09-29
Ravenswood Post Office	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	2022-09-29

Records per Day

Peak day 54

Records set or tied each day from 27 September 2022 to 30 September 2022. The most in one day was 54 on 29 September 2022.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 27 to 30 September 2022 ranked by margin
Oak Park Station, 09-29	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
Bagstowe Station, 09-29	34.9 mm (1.4 in)
Lauriedale, 09-28	30.1 mm (1.2 in)
Trafalgar Station, 09-29	24.5 mm (1.0 in)
Werrington Station, 09-29	23.9 mm (0.9 in)
Low Holm Station, 09-29	21.4 mm (0.8 in)
Lyndhurst Station, 09-29	17.9 mm (0.7 in)
Doongara, 09-29	17.8 mm (0.7 in)
Moogerah Dam, 09-28	17.1 mm (0.7 in)
Spring Creek Station, 09-29	13.4 mm (0.5 in)
Alni, 09-28	10.4 mm (0.4 in)
Ambo Station, 09-28	10.0 mm (0.4 in)
Gregory Springs Station, 09-29	8.1 mm (0.32 in)
Ravenswood Post Office, 09-29	7.3 mm (0.29 in)
Collaroy Station, 09-28	6.5 mm (0.26 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

100 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, 27 to 30 September 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
40	92
25	97
18	49
17	97
30	56
10	126
10	97
13	92
24	65
7	108
7	123
18	68
5	123
6	95
2	123
8	88
1	123
6	88
21	44
35	5
20	51
20	51
2	97
4	92
4	88
6	84
19	44
15	56
11	44
7	76
5	69
3	75
3	75
15	36
7	57
13	52
7	44
6	67
13	12
15	41
4	53
10	52
10	60
1	67
4	57
14	36
3	57
10	24
4	64
11	49
3	57
7	45
5	52
7	52
1	65
14	16
2	65
8	7
2	51
9	45
8	44
11	23
16	3
11	28
16	8
3	56
11	23
5	49
9	12
2	56
4	44
14	12
10	44
1	45
10	12
9	36
13	12
6	36
11	36
3	36
10	19
12	12
13	12
9	23
3	41
5	39
7	12
9	23
3	24
4	12
7	12
7	3
1	28
0	23
1	12
0	24
3	5
3	12
2	12
3	7

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 27 to 30 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, 27 to 30 September 2022 (this event)	100 records

Every Record Set

20 of 100

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 27 to 30 September 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-09-28	Moogerah Dam	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	97	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-28	Lauriedale	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	56	55 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-28	Collaroy Station	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	108	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-09-28	Ambo Station	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	126	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-09-28	Alni	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	97	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-09-28	Moorang	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	95	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-09-29	Oak Park Station	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	92	69 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-29	Trafalgar Station	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	97	63 of 100 (Major)
2022-09-29	Doongara	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	49	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-29	Werrington Station	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	65	47 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-29	Gregory Springs Station	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	88	42 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-29	Low Holm Station	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	44	40 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-29	Bagstowe Station	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	5	40 of 100 (Notable)
2022-09-29	Croydon Township	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	123	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-09-29	McKinlay Roadhouse	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	123	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-09-29	Miranda Downs Station	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	123	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-09-29	Lyndhurst Station	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	68	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-09-29	Spring Creek Station	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	92	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-09-29	Woodbine Station	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	88	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-09-29	Ravenswood Post Office	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	123	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 100 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 2026-10-12. 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
40	92
25	97
18	49
17	97
30	56
10	126
10	97
13	92
24	65
7	108
7	123
18	68
5	123
6	95
2	123
8	88
1	123
6	88
21	44
35	5
20	51
20	51
2	97
4	92
4	88
6	84
19	44
15	56
11	44
7	76
5	69
3	75
3	75
15	36
7	57
13	52
7	44
6	67
13	12
15	41
4	53
10	52
10	60
1	67
4	57
14	36
3	57
10	24
4	64
11	49
3	57
7	45
5	52
7	52
1	65
14	16
2	65
8	7
2	51
9	45
8	44
11	23
16	3
11	28
16	8
3	56
11	23
5	49
9	12
2	56
4	44
14	12
10	44
1	45
10	12
9	36
13	12
6	36
11	36
3	36
10	19
12	12
13	12
9	23
3	41
5	39
7	12
9	23
3	24
4	12
7	12
7	3
1	28
0	23
1	12
0	24
3	5
3	12
2	12
3	7

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
40	92
25	97
18	49
17	97
30	56
10	126
10	97
13	92
24	65
7	108
7	123
18	68
5	123
6	95
2	123
8	88
1	123
6	88
21	44
35	5
20	51
20	51
2	97
4	92
4	88
6	84
19	44
15	56
11	44
7	76
5	69
3	75
3	75
15	36
7	57
13	52
7	44
6	67
13	12
15	41
4	53
10	52
10	60
1	67
4	57
14	36
3	57
10	24
4	64
11	49
3	57
7	45
5	52
7	52
1	65
14	16
2	65
8	7
2	51
9	45
8	44
11	23
16	3
11	28
16	8
3	56
11	23
5	49
9	12
2	56
4	44
14	12
10	44
1	45
10	12
9	36
13	12
6	36
11	36
3	36
10	19
12	12
13	12
9	23
3	41
5	39
7	12
9	23
3	24
4	12
7	12
7	3
1	28
0	23
1	12
0	24
3	5
3	12
2	12
3	7

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
40	92
25	97
18	49
17	97
30	56
10	126
10	97
13	92
24	65
7	108
7	123
18	68
5	123
6	95
2	123
8	88
1	123
6	88
21	44
35	5
20	51
20	51
2	97
4	92
4	88
6	84
19	44
15	56
11	44
7	76
5	69
3	75
3	75
15	36
7	57
13	52
7	44
6	67
13	12
15	41
4	53
10	52
10	60
1	67
4	57
14	36
3	57
10	24
4	64
11	49
3	57
7	45
5	52
7	52
1	65
14	16
2	65
8	7
2	51
9	45
8	44
11	23
16	3
11	28
16	8
3	56
11	23
5	49
9	12
2	56
4	44
14	12
10	44
1	45
10	12
9	36
13	12
6	36
11	36
3	36
10	19
12	12
13	12
9	23
3	41
5	39
7	12
9	23
3	24
4	12
7	12
7	3
1	28
0	23
1	12
0	24
3	5
3	12
2	12
3	7