Extreme rain in Australia, 27 December 2022 to 6 January 2023

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 27 December 2022 to 6 January 2023
Start: 2022-12-27
End: 2023-01-06
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 27 December 2022 to 6 January 2023: 119 records at 48 stations, peak on 2 January 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 27 December 2022 to 6 January 2023 set or tied 119 station records at 48 stations.
It ran from 27 December 2022 to 6 January 2023 (11 days) and its peak day was 2 January 2023.
Status: closed.
Fossil Downs set a daily record precipitation of 104.4 mm (4.1 in) on 1 January 2023.
The busiest day was 2 January 2023 with 20 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 104 years.

Footprint

27 December 2022 to 6 January 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 27 December 2022 to 6 January 2023 is outlined, with 15 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Australia, 27 December 2022 to 6 January 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Fossil Downs	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	2023-01-01
Beverley Springs	Record daily precipitation	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	2023-01-02
Mount Hart Station	Record daily precipitation	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	2022-12-31
Jubilee Downs	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	2023-01-03
Broome Airport	Record daily precipitation	204.8 mm (8.1 in)	2023-01-04
Gibb River	Record daily precipitation	131.4 mm (5.2 in)	2023-01-02
Myroodah	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	2023-01-03
Sturt Creek	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	2023-01-01
Kimberley Downs	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	2023-01-01
Camballin	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	2023-01-03
Gogo Station	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	2022-12-31
Napier Downs	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	2023-01-01
Mount Barnett	Record daily precipitation	176.2 mm (6.9 in)	2023-01-02
Meda	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	2022-12-31
Mount Amhurst	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	2023-01-01

Records per Day

Peak day 20

Records set or tied each day from 27 December 2022 to 6 January 2023. The most in one day was 20 on 2 January 2023.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Australia, 27 December 2022 to 6 January 2023
Date	Records
2022-12-27	3
2022-12-28	3
2022-12-29	17
2022-12-30	9
2022-12-31	15
2023-01-01	18
2023-01-02	20
2023-01-03	16
2023-01-04	9
2023-01-05	7
2023-01-06	2

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 27 December 2022 to 6 January 2023 ranked by margin
Mount Hart Station, 01-02	143.7 mm (5.7 in)
Fossil Downs, 01-02	121.0 mm (4.8 in)
Mount Barnett, 01-02	119.8 mm (4.7 in)
Broome Airport, 01-04	118.4 mm (4.7 in)
Camballin, 01-03	116.7 mm (4.6 in)
Napier Downs, 01-02	114.8 mm (4.5 in)
Mount Hart Station, 12-31	103.5 mm (4.1 in)
Beverley Springs, 01-02	98.0 mm (3.9 in)
Mount Hart Station, 12-30	87.5 mm (3.4 in)
Jubilee Downs, 01-03	86.3 mm (3.4 in)
Kimberley Downs, 01-01	81.7 mm (3.2 in)
Fossil Downs, 01-01	80.3 mm (3.2 in)
Mount Amhurst, 01-01	74.4 mm (2.9 in)
Myroodah, 01-03	59.2 mm (2.3 in)
Gibb River, 01-02	55.2 mm (2.2 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

119 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 December 2022 to 6 January 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
80	88
98	36
104	88
86	69
118	81
55	81
59	100
42	104
82	56
117	59
144	49
88	49
34	81
54	59
115	17
49	81
121	17
120	17
74	19
28	104
140	15
81	28
79	48
113	32
42	72
81	12
56	32
123	31
18	97
163	16
60	80
22	103
83	25
67	48
78	4
53	48
45	48
124	8
30	85
132	3
7	71
26	81
40	45
46	10
63	31
2	103
96	16
46	45
36	51
18	64
0	93
1	92
28	40
26	56
34	36
4	80
7	35
19	56
61	0
8	64
25	20
50	5
37	36
31	48
21	2
15	40
7	68
32	36
30	19
21	48
7	56
32	16
16	36
37	19
6	64
21	25
21	31
17	33
15	33
4	49
12	27
36	3
38	25
17	36
36	3
20	16
2	51
0	44
31	11
29	19
21	23
3	56
13	36
42	16
4	48
16	25
17	33
5	32
13	25
11	36
18	33
21	12
7	17
15	25
1	36
10	19
16	5
24	11
3	16
18	15
5	32
2	2
14	16
15	4
9	12
8	12
19	3
1	4
5	5

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 27 December 2022 to 6 January 2023 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 December 2022 to 6 January 2023 (this event)	119 records

Every Record Set

20 of 119

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 27 December 2022 to 6 January 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-12-30	Mount Hart Station	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	49	63 of 100 (Major)
2022-12-30	Sturt Creek	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	81	56 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-31	Mount Hart Station	Record daily precipitation	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	88	75 of 100 (Major)
2022-12-31	Gogo Station	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	59	56 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-31	Meda	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	104	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-01-01	Fossil Downs	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	88	76 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-01	Sturt Creek	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	104	63 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-01	Kimberley Downs	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	56	63 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-01	Napier Downs	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	81	55 of 100 (Notable)
2023-01-01	Mount Amhurst	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	19	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-01-02	Beverley Springs	Record daily precipitation	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	36	76 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-02	Gibb River	Record daily precipitation	131.4 mm (5.2 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	81	65 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-02	Mount Hart Station	Record daily precipitation	194.0 mm (7.6 in)	143.7 mm (5.7 in)	49	63 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-02	Napier Downs	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	17	55 of 100 (Notable)
2023-01-02	Fossil Downs	Record daily precipitation	179.0 mm (7.0 in)	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	17	55 of 100 (Notable)
2023-01-02	Mount Barnett	Record daily precipitation	176.2 mm (6.9 in)	119.8 mm (4.7 in)	17	55 of 100 (Notable)
2023-01-03	Jubilee Downs	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	69	68 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-03	Myroodah	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	100	65 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-03	Camballin	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	116.7 mm (4.6 in)	59	63 of 100 (Major)
2023-01-04	Broome Airport	Record daily precipitation	204.8 mm (8.1 in)	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	81	66 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 119 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
80	88
98	36
104	88
86	69
118	81
55	81
59	100
42	104
82	56
117	59
144	49
88	49
34	81
54	59
115	17
49	81
121	17
120	17
74	19
28	104
140	15
81	28
79	48
113	32
42	72
81	12
56	32
123	31
18	97
163	16
60	80
22	103
83	25
67	48
78	4
53	48
45	48
124	8
30	85
132	3
7	71
26	81
40	45
46	10
63	31
2	103
96	16
46	45
36	51
18	64
0	93
1	92
28	40
26	56
34	36
4	80
7	35
19	56
61	0
8	64
25	20
50	5
37	36
31	48
21	2
15	40
7	68
32	36
30	19
21	48
7	56
32	16
16	36
37	19
6	64
21	25
21	31
17	33
15	33
4	49
12	27
36	3
38	25
17	36
36	3
20	16
2	51
0	44
31	11
29	19
21	23
3	56
13	36
42	16
4	48
16	25
17	33
5	32
13	25
11	36
18	33
21	12
7	17
15	25
1	36
10	19
16	5
24	11
3	16
18	15
5	32
2	2
14	16
15	4
9	12
8	12
19	3
1	4
5	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
80	88
98	36
104	88
86	69
118	81
55	81
59	100
42	104
82	56
117	59
144	49
88	49
34	81
54	59
115	17
49	81
121	17
120	17
74	19
28	104
140	15
81	28
79	48
113	32
42	72
81	12
56	32
123	31
18	97
163	16
60	80
22	103
83	25
67	48
78	4
53	48
45	48
124	8
30	85
132	3
7	71
26	81
40	45
46	10
63	31
2	103
96	16
46	45
36	51
18	64
0	93
1	92
28	40
26	56
34	36
4	80
7	35
19	56
61	0
8	64
25	20
50	5
37	36
31	48
21	2
15	40
7	68
32	36
30	19
21	48
7	56
32	16
16	36
37	19
6	64
21	25
21	31
17	33
15	33
4	49
12	27
36	3
38	25
17	36
36	3
20	16
2	51
0	44
31	11
29	19
21	23
3	56
13	36
42	16
4	48
16	25
17	33
5	32
13	25
11	36
18	33
21	12
7	17
15	25
1	36
10	19
16	5
24	11
3	16
18	15
5	32
2	2
14	16
15	4
9	12
8	12
19	3
1	4
5	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
80	88
98	36
104	88
86	69
118	81
55	81
59	100
42	104
82	56
117	59
144	49
88	49
34	81
54	59
115	17
49	81
121	17
120	17
74	19
28	104
140	15
81	28
79	48
113	32
42	72
81	12
56	32
123	31
18	97
163	16
60	80
22	103
83	25
67	48
78	4
53	48
45	48
124	8
30	85
132	3
7	71
26	81
40	45
46	10
63	31
2	103
96	16
46	45
36	51
18	64
0	93
1	92
28	40
26	56
34	36
4	80
7	35
19	56
61	0
8	64
25	20
50	5
37	36
31	48
21	2
15	40
7	68
32	36
30	19
21	48
7	56
32	16
16	36
37	19
6	64
21	25
21	31
17	33
15	33
4	49
12	27
36	3
38	25
17	36
36	3
20	16
2	51
0	44
31	11
29	19
21	23
3	56
13	36
42	16
4	48
16	25
17	33
5	32
13	25
11	36
18	33
21	12
7	17
15	25
1	36
10	19
16	5
24	11
3	16
18	15
5	32
2	2
14	16
15	4
9	12
8	12
19	3
1	4
5	5