Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 8 June 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 8 June 2024
Start: 2024-06-06
End: 2024-06-08
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 8 June 2024: 115 records at 102 stations, peak on 7 June 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 8 June 2024 set or tied 115 station records at 102 stations.
It ran from 6 June 2024 to 8 June 2024 (3 days) and its peak day was 7 June 2024.
Status: closed.
Mittagong (Beatrice Street) set a daily record precipitation of 129.4 mm (5.1 in) on 7 June 2024.
The busiest day was 7 June 2024 with 73 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 125 years.

Footprint

6 to 8 June 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 8 June 2024 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, 6 to 8 June 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Record daily precipitation	129.4 mm (5.1 in)	2024-06-07
Taralga Post Office	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	2024-06-07
Marulan (George St)	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	2024-06-07
Wombeyan Caves	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	2024-06-07
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	2024-06-07
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	2024-06-07
Marlo	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	2024-06-08
Mittagong (Kia Ora)	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	2024-06-07
Goulburn (Hillwood)	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	2024-06-07
Crookwell Post Office	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2024-06-07
Windang Bowling Club	Record daily precipitation	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	2024-06-07
Taralga (Circle C)	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2024-06-07
Marulan (Johnniefelds)	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	2024-06-07
Douglas Park ( St. Marys Tower	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	2024-06-07
Albion Park Post Office	Record daily precipitation	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	2024-06-07
Golspie (Ayrston)	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	2024-06-07
Goulburn Tafe	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	2024-06-07
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	2024-06-07
Quambone Station	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	2024-06-06

Records per Day

Peak day 73

Records set or tied each day from 6 June 2024 to 8 June 2024. The most in one day was 73 on 7 June 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 8 June 2024 ranked by margin
Windang Bowling Club, 06-07	156.8 mm (6.2 in)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street), 06-07	96.4 mm (3.8 in)
Mittagong (Kia Ora), 06-07	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
Wombeyan Caves, 06-07	75.4 mm (3.0 in)
Albion Park Post Office, 06-07	66.8 mm (2.6 in)
Douglas Park ( St. Marys Tower, 06-07	60.4 mm (2.4 in)
Marulan (Johnniefelds), 06-07	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre), 06-07	53.8 mm (2.1 in)
Marulan (George St), 06-07	51.1 mm (2.0 in)
Taralga (Circle C), 06-07	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
Goulburn (Hillwood), 06-07	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
Taralga Post Office, 06-07	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
Camden (Brownlow Hill), 06-07	35.4 mm (1.4 in)
Goulburn Tafe, 06-06	26.8 mm (1.1 in)
Goulburn Tafe, 06-07	24.2 mm (1.0 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

115 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, 6 to 8 June 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
96	124
39	124
51	124
75	76
35	98
54	125
23	93
76	43
46	43
19	93
157	33
50	33
57	43
60	33
67	33
12	93
24	33
7	124
8	124
27	12
45	33
125	7
78	33
4	123
5	124
38	3
3	103
3	124
39	26
35	39
3	101
2	124
1	123
1	124
1	125
1	103
27	39
1	101
16	69
77	6
5	87
37	3
0	87
58	7
9	74
4	78
20	26
13	43
25	43
15	33
16	27
31	33
38	33
8	55
21	17
19	33
30	7
32	33
13	25
11	25
2	72
9	57
24	12
5	55
19	43
45	7
59	33
4	56
20	30
6	46
3	25
21	33
31	7
3	55
8	43
0	61
13	11
9	1
1	46
1	39
3	46
5	26
17	33
10	26
1	33
0	33
2	37
3	33
6	27
4	17
3	26
1	43
17	7
7	8
3	25
10	17
15	7
3	12
6	26
3	33
5	12
3	8
1	36
2	31
5	6
4	18
4	8
2	17
6	7
4	7
1	7
4	7
0	8
2	8
1	2

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 8 June 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, 6 to 8 June 2024 (this event)	115 records

Every Record Set

20 of 115

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 8 June 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-06-06	Goulburn Tafe	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	12	47 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-06	Quambone Station	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	124	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-06-07	Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Record daily precipitation	129.4 mm (5.1 in)	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	124	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-06-07	Taralga Post Office	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	124	75 of 100 (Major)
2024-06-07	Marulan (George St)	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	124	74 of 100 (Major)
2024-06-07	Wombeyan Caves	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	76	70 of 100 (Major)
2024-06-07	Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	98	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-06-07	Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	125	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-06-07	Mittagong (Kia Ora)	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-07	Goulburn (Hillwood)	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-07	Crookwell Post Office	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	93	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-07	Windang Bowling Club	Record daily precipitation	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	156.8 mm (6.2 in)	33	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-07	Taralga (Circle C)	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-07	Marulan (Johnniefelds)	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	43	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-07	Douglas Park ( St. Marys Tower	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	33	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-07	Albion Park Post Office	Record daily precipitation	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-07	Golspie (Ayrston)	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	93	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-07	Goulburn Tafe	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	33	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-07	Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	124	47 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-08	Marlo	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	93	60 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 115 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
96	124
39	124
51	124
75	76
35	98
54	125
23	93
76	43
46	43
19	93
157	33
50	33
57	43
60	33
67	33
12	93
24	33
7	124
8	124
27	12
45	33
125	7
78	33
4	123
5	124
38	3
3	103
3	124
39	26
35	39
3	101
2	124
1	123
1	124
1	125
1	103
27	39
1	101
16	69
77	6
5	87
37	3
0	87
58	7
9	74
4	78
20	26
13	43
25	43
15	33
16	27
31	33
38	33
8	55
21	17
19	33
30	7
32	33
13	25
11	25
2	72
9	57
24	12
5	55
19	43
45	7
59	33
4	56
20	30
6	46
3	25
21	33
31	7
3	55
8	43
0	61
13	11
9	1
1	46
1	39
3	46
5	26
17	33
10	26
1	33
0	33
2	37
3	33
6	27
4	17
3	26
1	43
17	7
7	8
3	25
10	17
15	7
3	12
6	26
3	33
5	12
3	8
1	36
2	31
5	6
4	18
4	8
2	17
6	7
4	7
1	7
4	7
0	8
2	8
1	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
96	124
39	124
51	124
75	76
35	98
54	125
23	93
76	43
46	43
19	93
157	33
50	33
57	43
60	33
67	33
12	93
24	33
7	124
8	124
27	12
45	33
125	7
78	33
4	123
5	124
38	3
3	103
3	124
39	26
35	39
3	101
2	124
1	123
1	124
1	125
1	103
27	39
1	101
16	69
77	6
5	87
37	3
0	87
58	7
9	74
4	78
20	26
13	43
25	43
15	33
16	27
31	33
38	33
8	55
21	17
19	33
30	7
32	33
13	25
11	25
2	72
9	57
24	12
5	55
19	43
45	7
59	33
4	56
20	30
6	46
3	25
21	33
31	7
3	55
8	43
0	61
13	11
9	1
1	46
1	39
3	46
5	26
17	33
10	26
1	33
0	33
2	37
3	33
6	27
4	17
3	26
1	43
17	7
7	8
3	25
10	17
15	7
3	12
6	26
3	33
5	12
3	8
1	36
2	31
5	6
4	18
4	8
2	17
6	7
4	7
1	7
4	7
0	8
2	8
1	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
96	124
39	124
51	124
75	76
35	98
54	125
23	93
76	43
46	43
19	93
157	33
50	33
57	43
60	33
67	33
12	93
24	33
7	124
8	124
27	12
45	33
125	7
78	33
4	123
5	124
38	3
3	103
3	124
39	26
35	39
3	101
2	124
1	123
1	124
1	125
1	103
27	39
1	101
16	69
77	6
5	87
37	3
0	87
58	7
9	74
4	78
20	26
13	43
25	43
15	33
16	27
31	33
38	33
8	55
21	17
19	33
30	7
32	33
13	25
11	25
2	72
9	57
24	12
5	55
19	43
45	7
59	33
4	56
20	30
6	46
3	25
21	33
31	7
3	55
8	43
0	61
13	11
9	1
1	46
1	39
3	46
5	26
17	33
10	26
1	33
0	33
2	37
3	33
6	27
4	17
3	26
1	43
17	7
7	8
3	25
10	17
15	7
3	12
6	26
3	33
5	12
3	8
1	36
2	31
5	6
4	18
4	8
2	17
6	7
4	7
1	7
4	7
0	8
2	8
1	2