Extreme rain in Australia, 25 June to 12 July 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 25 June to 12 July 2024
Start: 2024-06-25
End: 2024-07-12
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 25 June to 12 July 2024: 456 records at 383 stations, peak on 27 June 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 25 June to 12 July 2024 set or tied 456 station records at 383 stations.
It ran from 25 June 2024 to 12 July 2024 (18 days) and its peak day was 27 June 2024.
Status: closed.
Woomera (South Gap Station) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 48.0 mm (1.9 in) on 7 July 2024.
The busiest day was 27 June 2024 with 61 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 133 years.

Footprint

25 June to 12 July 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 25 June to 12 July 2024 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, 25 June to 12 July 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	2024-07-07
Wentworth	Record daily precipitation	102.3 mm (4.0 in)	2024-06-28
Kimba (Curtinye)	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	2024-07-07
Merlin Station	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	2024-06-27
Hungerford	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	2024-07-08
Paluma Ivy Cottage	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	2024-06-26
Menindee Dwr Depot	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	2024-07-08
Quorn	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	2024-07-07
Jindivick	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	2024-07-10
Bulliwallah	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	2024-06-27
Nonning	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	2024-07-07
Menindee Post Office	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	2024-07-08
St Lawrence Post Office	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	2024-06-27
Marree (Witchelina)	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	2024-07-07
Tarcoola (Commonwealth Hill)	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	2024-07-06
Woomera Aerodrome	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	2024-07-07
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	2024-07-07
Yardea	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	2024-07-07
Yudnapinna	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	2024-07-07
Mount Ive	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	2024-07-07

Records per Day

Peak day 61

Records set or tied each day from 25 June 2024 to 12 July 2024. The most in one day was 61 on 27 June 2024.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Australia, 25 June to 12 July 2024
Date	Records
2024-06-25	1
2024-06-26	23
2024-06-27	61
2024-06-28	23
2024-06-29	34
2024-06-30	43
2024-07-01	29
2024-07-02	14
2024-07-03	24
2024-07-04	6
2024-07-05	5
2024-07-06	12
2024-07-07	53
2024-07-08	36
2024-07-09	50
2024-07-10	29
2024-07-11	2
2024-07-12	11

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 25 June to 12 July 2024 ranked by margin
Wentworth, 06-28	54.9 mm (2.2 in)
Paluma Ivy Cottage, 06-26	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
Menindee Post Office, 07-08	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
St Lawrence Post Office, 06-27	26.5 mm (1.0 in)
Menindee Dwr Depot, 07-08	26.2 mm (1.0 in)
Hungerford, 07-08	21.5 mm (0.8 in)
Tarcoola (Commonwealth Hill), 07-06	18.6 mm (0.7 in)
Kimba (Curtinye), 07-07	17.9 mm (0.7 in)
Woomera (South Gap Station), 07-07	17.5 mm (0.7 in)
Woomera Aerodrome, 07-07	17.4 mm (0.7 in)
Merlin Station, 06-27	16.2 mm (0.6 in)
Mount Ive, 07-07	14.6 mm (0.6 in)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN, 07-07	14.4 mm (0.6 in)
Jindivick, 07-10	11.8 mm (0.5 in)
Yudnapinna, 07-07	10.7 mm (0.4 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

456 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, 25 June to 12 July 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
18	98
14	104
18	61
55	41
16	103
22	108
11	107
17	50
9	107
51	53
26	11
11	107
12	110
10	101
7	108
15	31
35	19
19	31
27	94
8	56
39	18
10	104
12	61
6	104
7	108
66	17
14	31
8	120
6	108
8	73
5	120
15	38
9	31
6	133
32	19
12	50
14	112
7	108
31	55
7	114
6	108
5	120
8	89
4	91
48	17
2	109
18	17
5	109
4	119
13	82
11	94
1	108
1	104
14	82
1	101
1	109
20	25
33	31
5	89
1	108
30	31
2	90
1	106
0	108
3	98
15	66
5	94
1	120
18	34
14	38
7	38
7	41
6	82
9	70
21	33
2	90
2	90
2	56
16	9
9	39
10	39
5	82
14	48
15	31
2	84
10	31
1	89
28	36
1	85
0	89
3	82
4	82
4	67
20	10
11	31
21	53
35	13
34	17
1	87
23	46
15	19
13	19
5	36
9	38
8	38
0	80
9	69
10	50
8	63
6	63
11	36
3	61
19	31
16	48
2	80
26	17
1	82
5	68
12	24
7	63
2	46
18	48
13	66
23	17
7	66
3	76
0	82
11	51
15	33
10	22
2	68
6	16
10	53
6	66
18	60
4	19
14	53
10	66
33	3
1	67
12	24
4	17
26	3
13	60
9	50
4	63
10	10
4	18
7	13
5	31
3	17
14	28
8	48
2	62
16	27
2	25
9	16
12	25
15	5
2	51
10	33
15	18
2	31
30	13
9	50
1	66
6	50
21	21
9	38
2	62
23	23
11	52
4	25
13	21
6	47
7	38
7	38
11	24
7	13
6	33
12	14
2	55
3	48
7	26
7	46
7	46
3	49
6	31
17	5
21	33
7	50
2	48
1	50
14	28
1	53
10	46
3	50
1	55
4	16
9	14

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 25 June to 12 July 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, 25 June to 12 July 2024 (this event)	456 records

Every Record Set

20 of 456

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 25 June to 12 July 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-06-26	Paluma Ivy Cottage	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	53	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-06-27	Merlin Station	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	103	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-06-27	Bulliwallah	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	101	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-27	St Lawrence Post Office	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	94	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-06-28	Wentworth	Record daily precipitation	102.3 mm (4.0 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41	68 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-06	Tarcoola (Commonwealth Hill)	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	31	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-07-07	Woomera (South Gap Station)	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	98	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-07-07	Kimba (Curtinye)	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	61	68 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-07	Quorn	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	107	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-07	Nonning	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	108	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-07	Marree (Witchelina)	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	56	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-07	Woomera Aerodrome	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	50	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-07-07	Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	104	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-07-07	Yardea	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	107	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-07-07	Yudnapinna	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	107	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-07-07	Mount Ive	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	31	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-07-08	Hungerford	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	108	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-08	Menindee Dwr Depot	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-08	Menindee Post Office	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	19	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-10	Jindivick	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	110	58 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 456 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
18	98
14	104
18	61
55	41
16	103
22	108
11	107
17	50
9	107
51	53
26	11
11	107
12	110
10	101
7	108
15	31
35	19
19	31
27	94
8	56
39	18
10	104
12	61
6	104
7	108
66	17
14	31
8	120
6	108
8	73
5	120
15	38
9	31
6	133
32	19
12	50
14	112
7	108
31	55
7	114
6	108
5	120
8	89
4	91
48	17
2	109
18	17
5	109
4	119
13	82
11	94
1	108
1	104
14	82
1	101
1	109
20	25
33	31
5	89
1	108
30	31
2	90
1	106
0	108
3	98
15	66
5	94
1	120
18	34
14	38
7	38
7	41
6	82
9	70
21	33
2	90
2	90
2	56
16	9
9	39
10	39
5	82
14	48
15	31
2	84
10	31
1	89
28	36
1	85
0	89
3	82
4	82
4	67
20	10
11	31
21	53
35	13
34	17
1	87
23	46
15	19
13	19
5	36
9	38
8	38
0	80
9	69
10	50
8	63
6	63
11	36
3	61
19	31
16	48
2	80
26	17
1	82
5	68
12	24
7	63
2	46
18	48
13	66
23	17
7	66
3	76
0	82
11	51
15	33
10	22
2	68
6	16
10	53
6	66
18	60
4	19
14	53
10	66
33	3
1	67
12	24
4	17
26	3
13	60
9	50
4	63
10	10
4	18
7	13
5	31
3	17
14	28
8	48
2	62
16	27
2	25
9	16
12	25
15	5
2	51
10	33
15	18
2	31
30	13
9	50
1	66
6	50
21	21
9	38
2	62
23	23
11	52
4	25
13	21
6	47
7	38
7	38
11	24
7	13
6	33
12	14
2	55
3	48
7	26
7	46
7	46
3	49
6	31
17	5
21	33
7	50
2	48
1	50
14	28
1	53
10	46
3	50
1	55
4	16
9	14

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
18	98
14	104
18	61
55	41
16	103
22	108
11	107
17	50
9	107
51	53
26	11
11	107
12	110
10	101
7	108
15	31
35	19
19	31
27	94
8	56
39	18
10	104
12	61
6	104
7	108
66	17
14	31
8	120
6	108
8	73
5	120
15	38
9	31
6	133
32	19
12	50
14	112
7	108
31	55
7	114
6	108
5	120
8	89
4	91
48	17
2	109
18	17
5	109
4	119
13	82
11	94
1	108
1	104
14	82
1	101
1	109
20	25
33	31
5	89
1	108
30	31
2	90
1	106
0	108
3	98
15	66
5	94
1	120
18	34
14	38
7	38
7	41
6	82
9	70
21	33
2	90
2	90
2	56
16	9
9	39
10	39
5	82
14	48
15	31
2	84
10	31
1	89
28	36
1	85
0	89
3	82
4	82
4	67
20	10
11	31
21	53
35	13
34	17
1	87
23	46
15	19
13	19
5	36
9	38
8	38
0	80
9	69
10	50
8	63
6	63
11	36
3	61
19	31
16	48
2	80
26	17
1	82
5	68
12	24
7	63
2	46
18	48
13	66
23	17
7	66
3	76
0	82
11	51
15	33
10	22
2	68
6	16
10	53
6	66
18	60
4	19
14	53
10	66
33	3
1	67
12	24
4	17
26	3
13	60
9	50
4	63
10	10
4	18
7	13
5	31
3	17
14	28
8	48
2	62
16	27
2	25
9	16
12	25
15	5
2	51
10	33
15	18
2	31
30	13
9	50
1	66
6	50
21	21
9	38
2	62
23	23
11	52
4	25
13	21
6	47
7	38
7	38
11	24
7	13
6	33
12	14
2	55
3	48
7	26
7	46
7	46
3	49
6	31
17	5
21	33
7	50
2	48
1	50
14	28
1	53
10	46
3	50
1	55
4	16
9	14

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
18	98
14	104
18	61
55	41
16	103
22	108
11	107
17	50
9	107
51	53
26	11
11	107
12	110
10	101
7	108
15	31
35	19
19	31
27	94
8	56
39	18
10	104
12	61
6	104
7	108
66	17
14	31
8	120
6	108
8	73
5	120
15	38
9	31
6	133
32	19
12	50
14	112
7	108
31	55
7	114
6	108
5	120
8	89
4	91
48	17
2	109
18	17
5	109
4	119
13	82
11	94
1	108
1	104
14	82
1	101
1	109
20	25
33	31
5	89
1	108
30	31
2	90
1	106
0	108
3	98
15	66
5	94
1	120
18	34
14	38
7	38
7	41
6	82
9	70
21	33
2	90
2	90
2	56
16	9
9	39
10	39
5	82
14	48
15	31
2	84
10	31
1	89
28	36
1	85
0	89
3	82
4	82
4	67
20	10
11	31
21	53
35	13
34	17
1	87
23	46
15	19
13	19
5	36
9	38
8	38
0	80
9	69
10	50
8	63
6	63
11	36
3	61
19	31
16	48
2	80
26	17
1	82
5	68
12	24
7	63
2	46
18	48
13	66
23	17
7	66
3	76
0	82
11	51
15	33
10	22
2	68
6	16
10	53
6	66
18	60
4	19
14	53
10	66
33	3
1	67
12	24
4	17
26	3
13	60
9	50
4	63
10	10
4	18
7	13
5	31
3	17
14	28
8	48
2	62
16	27
2	25
9	16
12	25
15	5
2	51
10	33
15	18
2	31
30	13
9	50
1	66
6	50
21	21
9	38
2	62
23	23
11	52
4	25
13	21
6	47
7	38
7	38
11	24
7	13
6	33
12	14
2	55
3	48
7	26
7	46
7	46
3	49
6	31
17	5
21	33
7	50
2	48
1	50
14	28
1	53
10	46
3	50
1	55
4	16
9	14