Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 30 March 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 30 March 2024
Start: 2024-03-22
End: 2024-03-30
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 30 March 2024: 236 records at 189 stations, peak on 25 March 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 30 March 2024 set or tied 236 station records at 189 stations.
It ran from 22 March 2024 to 30 March 2024 (9 days) and its peak day was 25 March 2024.
Status: closed.
Herbert Vale set a daily record precipitation of 56.0 mm (2.2 in) on 24 March 2024.
The busiest day was 25 March 2024 with 64 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 132 years.

Footprint

22 to 30 March 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 30 March 2024 is outlined, with 18 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 30 March 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Herbert Vale	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	2024-03-24
Mount Isa Aero	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	2024-03-25
Lansdowne Station	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	2024-03-25
Gilberton	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	2024-03-25
Cameron Downs	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	2024-03-25
McKinlay Roadhouse	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	2024-03-24
Gregory Springs Station	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	2024-03-25
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	2024-03-27
Hillview Station	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	2024-03-25
Fletcher View Station	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	2024-03-28
Mahrigong	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	2024-03-25
Lyndhurst Station	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	2024-03-25
West Leichhardt Station	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	2024-03-25
Isis Downs	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	2024-03-24
Bambaroo	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	2024-03-25
Phosphate Hill	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2024-03-24
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	2024-03-25
Merlin Station	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	2024-03-25

Records per Day

Peak day 64

Records set or tied each day from 22 March 2024 to 30 March 2024. The most in one day was 64 on 25 March 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 30 March 2024 ranked by margin
West Leichhardt Station, 03-25	94.0 mm (3.7 in)
Gilberton, 03-25	86.0 mm (3.4 in)
Mount Isa Aero, 03-25	73.0 mm (2.9 in)
Bambaroo, 03-25	68.1 mm (2.7 in)
Hillview Station, 03-25	65.5 mm (2.6 in)
Mahrigong, 03-25	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
Mt Tamborine Fern St, 03-27	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
Cameron Downs, 03-25	57.1 mm (2.2 in)
Fletcher View Station, 03-28	56.0 mm (2.2 in)
Merlin Station, 03-25	51.6 mm (2.0 in)
Isis Downs, 03-24	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
Phosphate Hill, 03-24	45.6 mm (1.8 in)
Mahrigong, 03-24	45.3 mm (1.8 in)
Herbert Vale, 03-24	41.8 mm (1.6 in)
Gregory Springs Station, 03-25	35.4 mm (1.4 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

236 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, 22 to 30 March 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
42	120
73	40
29	110
86	23
57	61
30	132
35	83
61	65
30	120
66	27
56	49
22	113
62	4
45	61
94	2
68	66
51	48
18	129
52	48
46	41
48	65
11	110
22	43
36	68
9	98
12	98
10	97
12	97
9	99
2	74
9	95
4	110
18	75
52	53
4	105
14	83
37	60
32	55
10	77
15	83
100	33
25	72
8	75
4	84
42	40
33	48
65	4
8	71
7	75
40	31
7	75
39	40
56	5
9	75
10	75
30	34
29	48
5	75
27	48
3	75
3	75
7	75
10	62
87	10
94	6
6	61
3	75
7	61
58	3
48	6
18	46
1	75
35	34
7	68
25	35
12	48
9	60
12	61
7	55
4	63
2	61
16	50
21	11
34	29
46	1
28	10
11	53
13	49
13	50
33	23
20	34
35	31
20	35
37	3
37	3
15	48
8	34
8	45
15	35
12	41
10	51
27	5
16	34
40	3
35	18
25	40
32	18
16	23
13	34
8	48
16	34
30	30
10	42
1	40
2	51
14	37
28	3
7	34
10	34
14	17
11	34
20	6
5	48
18	40
35	6
1	48
10	23
10	34
12	16
26	28
21	23
33	10
3	31
22	10
16	10
5	35
9	35
11	16
17	10
24	5
11	23
8	10
22	10
6	37
22	3
10	34
27	3
18	10
20	3
8	35
4	27
5	33
7	11
5	36
33	5
47	6
34	3
10	10
14	10
6	34
11	29
15	29
25	8
2	35
9	24
11	1
27	6
5	10
6	10
7	10
10	17
26	3
52	3
31	5
4	34
11	2
7	10
15	3
25	16
0	32
0	17
6	23
3	32
1	35
2	31
11	10
7	20
10	17
5	29
0	31
3	23
15	13
6	1
5	3
9	2
5	27
18	6
10	10
11	1
9	10

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 30 March 2024 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, 22 to 30 March 2024 (this event)	236 records

Every Record Set

20 of 236

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 30 March 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-03-23	Herbert Vale	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	120	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-24	Herbert Vale	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	120	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-24	McKinlay Roadhouse	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	132	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-24	Mahrigong	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	61	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-24	Isis Downs	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48	48 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-24	Phosphate Hill	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	41	47 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-25	Mount Isa Aero	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	40	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-25	Lansdowne Station	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	110	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-25	Gilberton	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	23	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-25	Cameron Downs	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	61	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-25	Gregory Springs Station	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	83	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-25	Hillview Station	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	27	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-25	Lyndhurst Station	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	113	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-25	Mahrigong	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	4	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-25	West Leichhardt Station	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	2	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-25	Bambaroo	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	66	48 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-25	Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	129	47 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-25	Merlin Station	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48	47 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-27	Mt Tamborine Fern St	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	65	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-03-28	Fletcher View Station	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	49	52 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 236 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
2024-03-22	2
2024-03-23	8
2024-03-24	49
2024-03-25	64
2024-03-26	46
2024-03-27	37
2024-03-28	14
2024-03-29	13
2024-03-30	3

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
42	120
73	40
29	110
86	23
57	61
30	132
35	83
61	65
30	120
66	27
56	49
22	113
62	4
45	61
94	2
68	66
51	48
18	129
52	48
46	41
48	65
11	110
22	43
36	68
9	98
12	98
10	97
12	97
9	99
2	74
9	95
4	110
18	75
52	53
4	105
14	83
37	60
32	55
10	77
15	83
100	33
25	72
8	75
4	84
42	40
33	48
65	4
8	71
7	75
40	31
7	75
39	40
56	5
9	75
10	75
30	34
29	48
5	75
27	48
3	75
3	75
7	75
10	62
87	10
94	6
6	61
3	75
7	61
58	3
48	6
18	46
1	75
35	34
7	68
25	35
12	48
9	60
12	61
7	55
4	63
2	61
16	50
21	11
34	29
46	1
28	10
11	53
13	49
13	50
33	23
20	34
35	31
20	35
37	3
37	3
15	48
8	34
8	45
15	35
12	41
10	51
27	5
16	34
40	3
35	18
25	40
32	18
16	23
13	34
8	48
16	34
30	30
10	42
1	40
2	51
14	37
28	3
7	34
10	34
14	17
11	34
20	6
5	48
18	40
35	6
1	48
10	23
10	34
12	16
26	28
21	23
33	10
3	31
22	10
16	10
5	35
9	35
11	16
17	10
24	5
11	23
8	10
22	10
6	37
22	3
10	34
27	3
18	10
20	3
8	35
4	27
5	33
7	11
5	36
33	5
47	6
34	3
10	10
14	10
6	34
11	29
15	29
25	8
2	35
9	24
11	1
27	6
5	10
6	10
7	10
10	17
26	3
52	3
31	5
4	34
11	2
7	10
15	3
25	16
0	32
0	17
6	23
3	32
1	35
2	31
11	10
7	20
10	17
5	29
0	31
3	23
15	13
6	1
5	3
9	2
5	27
18	6
10	10
11	1
9	10

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
42	120
73	40
29	110
86	23
57	61
30	132
35	83
61	65
30	120
66	27
56	49
22	113
62	4
45	61
94	2
68	66
51	48
18	129
52	48
46	41
48	65
11	110
22	43
36	68
9	98
12	98
10	97
12	97
9	99
2	74
9	95
4	110
18	75
52	53
4	105
14	83
37	60
32	55
10	77
15	83
100	33
25	72
8	75
4	84
42	40
33	48
65	4
8	71
7	75
40	31
7	75
39	40
56	5
9	75
10	75
30	34
29	48
5	75
27	48
3	75
3	75
7	75
10	62
87	10
94	6
6	61
3	75
7	61
58	3
48	6
18	46
1	75
35	34
7	68
25	35
12	48
9	60
12	61
7	55
4	63
2	61
16	50
21	11
34	29
46	1
28	10
11	53
13	49
13	50
33	23
20	34
35	31
20	35
37	3
37	3
15	48
8	34
8	45
15	35
12	41
10	51
27	5
16	34
40	3
35	18
25	40
32	18
16	23
13	34
8	48
16	34
30	30
10	42
1	40
2	51
14	37
28	3
7	34
10	34
14	17
11	34
20	6
5	48
18	40
35	6
1	48
10	23
10	34
12	16
26	28
21	23
33	10
3	31
22	10
16	10
5	35
9	35
11	16
17	10
24	5
11	23
8	10
22	10
6	37
22	3
10	34
27	3
18	10
20	3
8	35
4	27
5	33
7	11
5	36
33	5
47	6
34	3
10	10
14	10
6	34
11	29
15	29
25	8
2	35
9	24
11	1
27	6
5	10
6	10
7	10
10	17
26	3
52	3
31	5
4	34
11	2
7	10
15	3
25	16
0	32
0	17
6	23
3	32
1	35
2	31
11	10
7	20
10	17
5	29
0	31
3	23
15	13
6	1
5	3
9	2
5	27
18	6
10	10
11	1
9	10

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
42	120
73	40
29	110
86	23
57	61
30	132
35	83
61	65
30	120
66	27
56	49
22	113
62	4
45	61
94	2
68	66
51	48
18	129
52	48
46	41
48	65
11	110
22	43
36	68
9	98
12	98
10	97
12	97
9	99
2	74
9	95
4	110
18	75
52	53
4	105
14	83
37	60
32	55
10	77
15	83
100	33
25	72
8	75
4	84
42	40
33	48
65	4
8	71
7	75
40	31
7	75
39	40
56	5
9	75
10	75
30	34
29	48
5	75
27	48
3	75
3	75
7	75
10	62
87	10
94	6
6	61
3	75
7	61
58	3
48	6
18	46
1	75
35	34
7	68
25	35
12	48
9	60
12	61
7	55
4	63
2	61
16	50
21	11
34	29
46	1
28	10
11	53
13	49
13	50
33	23
20	34
35	31
20	35
37	3
37	3
15	48
8	34
8	45
15	35
12	41
10	51
27	5
16	34
40	3
35	18
25	40
32	18
16	23
13	34
8	48
16	34
30	30
10	42
1	40
2	51
14	37
28	3
7	34
10	34
14	17
11	34
20	6
5	48
18	40
35	6
1	48
10	23
10	34
12	16
26	28
21	23
33	10
3	31
22	10
16	10
5	35
9	35
11	16
17	10
24	5
11	23
8	10
22	10
6	37
22	3
10	34
27	3
18	10
20	3
8	35
4	27
5	33
7	11
5	36
33	5
47	6
34	3
10	10
14	10
6	34
11	29
15	29
25	8
2	35
9	24
11	1
27	6
5	10
6	10
7	10
10	17
26	3
52	3
31	5
4	34
11	2
7	10
15	3
25	16
0	32
0	17
6	23
3	32
1	35
2	31
11	10
7	20
10	17
5	29
0	31
3	23
15	13
6	1
5	3
9	2
5	27
18	6
10	10
11	1
9	10