Extreme rain in Australia, 18 to 22 July 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 18 to 22 July 2024
Start: 2024-07-18
End: 2024-07-22
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 18 to 22 July 2024: 103 records at 96 stations, peak on 20 July 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 18 to 22 July 2024 set or tied 103 station records at 96 stations.
It ran from 18 July 2024 to 22 July 2024 (5 days) and its peak day was 20 July 2024.
Status: closed.
Millicent set a daily record precipitation of 43.0 mm (1.7 in) on 22 July 2024.
The busiest day was 20 July 2024 with 75 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 128 years.

Footprint

18 to 22 July 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 18 to 22 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, 18 to 22 July 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Millicent	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	2024-07-22
Coleraine Hospital	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	2024-07-22
Wynyard Airport	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	2024-07-20
Hillwood (Hillwoodville)	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	2024-07-20
Scottsdale (West Minstone Road	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	2024-07-20
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2024-07-20
Tanybryn	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	2024-07-20
Rushy Lagoon (Cape Portland Ro	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	2024-07-20
East Sassafras (Elphin Grove)	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	2024-07-20
Deviot Jetty	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	2024-07-20
Toolangi (Mount St Leonard Dpi	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	2024-07-22
Pioneer (Main Road)	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	2024-07-21
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	2024-07-20
Yarra Creek	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	2024-07-20
Hahndorf	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	2024-07-20
Gatum	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	2024-07-20
Mawbanna (Mawbanna Road)	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	2024-07-20
Paskeville	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	2024-07-20
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	2024-07-20
Barkly	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	2024-07-20

Records per Day

Peak day 75

Records set or tied each day from 18 July 2024 to 22 July 2024. The most in one day was 75 on 20 July 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 18 to 22 July 2024 ranked by margin
Toolangi (Mount St Leonard Dpi, 07-22	59.4 mm (2.3 in)
Deviot Jetty, 07-20	38.2 mm (1.5 in)
Scottsdale (West Minstone Road, 07-20	37.8 mm (1.5 in)
Wynyard Airport, 07-20	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
Tanybryn, 07-20	33.8 mm (1.3 in)
East Sassafras (Elphin Grove), 07-20	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
Hillwood (Hillwoodville), 07-20	26.8 mm (1.1 in)
Mawbanna (Mawbanna Road), 07-20	26.4 mm (1.0 in)
Rushy Lagoon (Cape Portland Ro, 07-20	25.8 mm (1.0 in)
Millicent, 07-22	21.4 mm (0.8 in)
Yarra Creek, 07-20	20.2 mm (0.8 in)
Gladstone (Old Post Office), 07-20	19.6 mm (0.8 in)
Pioneer (Main Road), 07-21	14.2 mm (0.6 in)
Ringarooma (Charles Street), 07-20	13.1 mm (0.5 in)
Gatum, 07-20	11.0 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

103 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, 18 to 22 July 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
21	118
8	114
34	61
27	78
38	50
20	75
8	97
34	50
26	52
5	128
59	11
30	49
38	24
14	78
13	89
20	37
5	107
11	60
26	24
2	101
7	89
25	6
32	11
17	11
1	113
0	128
8	61
30	50
3	89
9	46
18	51
13	49
5	64
5	60
3	78
7	61
1	78
5	50
2	71
9	50
4	78
10	28
11	61
8	46
10	51
3	61
4	46
17	25
6	46
7	28
0	64
12	24
13	11
10	11
13	4
3	55
2	55
16	3
2	60
1	60
2	54
3	28
5	24
0	60
8	28
5	36
8	6
5	28
10	11
3	51
7	25
4	28
4	24
2	46
3	43
11	8
1	46
3	41
3	28
2	37
6	11
2	25
2	46
12	11
5	11
10	16
2	41
1	37
4	11
2	24
8	8
3	11
3	11
0	32
2	8
1	6
3	7
5	8
3	11
4	8
1	24
0	11
0	6

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 18 to 22 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, 18 to 22 July 2024 (this event)	103 records

Every Record Set

20 of 103

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 18 to 22 July 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-07-20	Wynyard Airport	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	61	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-20	Hillwood (Hillwoodville)	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	78	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-20	Scottsdale (West Minstone Road	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	50	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-20	Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	75	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-20	Tanybryn	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	50	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-20	Rushy Lagoon (Cape Portland Ro	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	52	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-20	East Sassafras (Elphin Grove)	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-20	Deviot Jetty	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	24	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-20	Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	89	47 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-20	Yarra Creek	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	37	47 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-20	Hahndorf	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	107	46 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-20	Gatum	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	60	46 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-20	Mawbanna (Mawbanna Road)	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24	44 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-20	Paskeville	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	128	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-07-20	Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	97	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-07-20	Barkly	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	101	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-07-21	Pioneer (Main Road)	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	78	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-22	Millicent	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	118	74 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-22	Coleraine Hospital	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	114	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-22	Toolangi (Mount St Leonard Dpi	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	11	50 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 103 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
21	118
8	114
34	61
27	78
38	50
20	75
8	97
34	50
26	52
5	128
59	11
30	49
38	24
14	78
13	89
20	37
5	107
11	60
26	24
2	101
7	89
25	6
32	11
17	11
1	113
0	128
8	61
30	50
3	89
9	46
18	51
13	49
5	64
5	60
3	78
7	61
1	78
5	50
2	71
9	50
4	78
10	28
11	61
8	46
10	51
3	61
4	46
17	25
6	46
7	28
0	64
12	24
13	11
10	11
13	4
3	55
2	55
16	3
2	60
1	60
2	54
3	28
5	24
0	60
8	28
5	36
8	6
5	28
10	11
3	51
7	25
4	28
4	24
2	46
3	43
11	8
1	46
3	41
3	28
2	37
6	11
2	25
2	46
12	11
5	11
10	16
2	41
1	37
4	11
2	24
8	8
3	11
3	11
0	32
2	8
1	6
3	7
5	8
3	11
4	8
1	24
0	11
0	6

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
21	118
8	114
34	61
27	78
38	50
20	75
8	97
34	50
26	52
5	128
59	11
30	49
38	24
14	78
13	89
20	37
5	107
11	60
26	24
2	101
7	89
25	6
32	11
17	11
1	113
0	128
8	61
30	50
3	89
9	46
18	51
13	49
5	64
5	60
3	78
7	61
1	78
5	50
2	71
9	50
4	78
10	28
11	61
8	46
10	51
3	61
4	46
17	25
6	46
7	28
0	64
12	24
13	11
10	11
13	4
3	55
2	55
16	3
2	60
1	60
2	54
3	28
5	24
0	60
8	28
5	36
8	6
5	28
10	11
3	51
7	25
4	28
4	24
2	46
3	43
11	8
1	46
3	41
3	28
2	37
6	11
2	25
2	46
12	11
5	11
10	16
2	41
1	37
4	11
2	24
8	8
3	11
3	11
0	32
2	8
1	6
3	7
5	8
3	11
4	8
1	24
0	11
0	6

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
21	118
8	114
34	61
27	78
38	50
20	75
8	97
34	50
26	52
5	128
59	11
30	49
38	24
14	78
13	89
20	37
5	107
11	60
26	24
2	101
7	89
25	6
32	11
17	11
1	113
0	128
8	61
30	50
3	89
9	46
18	51
13	49
5	64
5	60
3	78
7	61
1	78
5	50
2	71
9	50
4	78
10	28
11	61
8	46
10	51
3	61
4	46
17	25
6	46
7	28
0	64
12	24
13	11
10	11
13	4
3	55
2	55
16	3
2	60
1	60
2	54
3	28
5	24
0	60
8	28
5	36
8	6
5	28
10	11
3	51
7	25
4	28
4	24
2	46
3	43
11	8
1	46
3	41
3	28
2	37
6	11
2	25
2	46
12	11
5	11
10	16
2	41
1	37
4	11
2	24
8	8
3	11
3	11
0	32
2	8
1	6
3	7
5	8
3	11
4	8
1	24
0	11
0	6