Extreme rain in Australia, 28 August to 3 September 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 28 August to 3 September 2024
Start: 2024-08-28
End: 2024-09-03
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 28 August to 3 September 2024: 122 records at 70 stations, peak on 2 September 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 28 August to 3 September 2024 set or tied 122 station records at 70 stations.
It ran from 28 August 2024 to 3 September 2024 (7 days) and its peak day was 2 September 2024.
Status: closed.
Hobart Botanical Gardens set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 2 September 2024.
The busiest day was 2 September 2024 with 52 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 148 years.

Footprint

28 August to 3 September 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 28 August to 3 September 2024 is outlined, with 16 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Australia, 28 August to 3 September 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2024-09-02
Connorville (Lake River)	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	2024-08-30
Miena Dam	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	2024-09-02
Marrawah	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	2024-09-02
Ellendale Post Office	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	2024-08-29
City of Melbourne Bay	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	2024-09-02
Oatlands Post Office	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	2024-09-02
Bothwell (Franklin Street)	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	2024-09-02
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	2024-09-01
Alonnah Area School	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	2024-09-03
Launceston (Kings Meadows)	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	2024-09-02
Osterley	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	2024-09-02
Bridgewater (Treatment Plant)	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	2024-08-28
Woodbury (Warringa)	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	2024-09-02
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	2024-09-02
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	2024-09-02

Records per Day

Peak day 52

Records set or tied each day from 28 August 2024 to 3 September 2024. The most in one day was 52 on 2 September 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 28 August to 3 September 2024 ranked by margin
Alonnah Area School, 09-03	48.2 mm (1.9 in)
Miena Dam, 09-02	21.8 mm (0.9 in)
Marrawah, 09-02	21.5 mm (0.8 in)
Hobart Botanical Gardens, 09-02	19.9 mm (0.8 in)
Launceston (Kings Meadows), 09-02	19.6 mm (0.8 in)
Osterley, 09-02	19.2 mm (0.8 in)
City of Melbourne Bay, 09-02	18.3 mm (0.7 in)
Connorville (Lake River), 08-30	14.2 mm (0.6 in)
Ellendale Post Office, 09-02	13.4 mm (0.5 in)
Ellendale Post Office, 08-29	13.0 mm (0.5 in)
Lymington (Fattys Lane), 09-02	12.6 mm (0.5 in)
Ellendale Post Office, 08-28	10.7 mm (0.4 in)
Gladstone (Old Post Office), 09-01	9.7 mm (0.38 in)
Bothwell (Franklin Street), 09-02	9.3 mm (0.37 in)
Woodbury (Warringa), 09-02	8.8 mm (0.35 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

122 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, 28 August to 3 September 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	91
14	92
22	39
22	51
13	91
13	91
13	96
18	51
9	87
6	116
9	74
10	91
11	85
7	111
6	126
48	10
20	31
19	32
7	85
5	123
10	44
12	64
16	44
4	135
14	74
10	84
10	56
7	74
17	39
30	2
11	42
2	107
1	148
9	73
1	114
17	23
18	21
3	79
4	81
4	73
14	51
5	66
2	85
1	87
10	49
6	68
12	42
28	18
8	37
7	51
0	82
1	74
2	74
21	10
26	29
11	31
2	57
6	54
12	31
8	51
10	42
11	31
1	70
10	43
8	44
0	69
1	63
1	68
7	18
7	44
11	23
16	42
7	10
12	29
4	29
10	4
10	22
8	10
5	31
13	23
5	37
1	44
1	54
8	29
7	23
2	32
8	10
2	32
1	29
16	15
5	12
10	5
5	31
7	24
9	12
2	32
0	31
2	33
1	31
1	35
1	31
2	15
12	4
17	1
3	29
1	31
0	22
4	10
10	4
6	2
0	17
2	15
2	10
5	15
0	22
0	32
1	26
5	19
1	21
4	5
3	7
0	15

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 28 August to 3 September 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, 28 August to 3 September 2024 (this event)	122 records

Every Record Set

20 of 122

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 28 August to 3 September 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-08-28	Ellendale Post Office	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	85	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-28	Bridgewater (Treatment Plant)	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	85	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-08-29	Ellendale Post Office	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	91	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-08-30	Connorville (Lake River)	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	92	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-08-30	Miena Dam	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	111	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-09-01	Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	91	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-01	Miena Dam	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	126	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-09-02	Hobart Botanical Gardens	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	91	75 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-02	Miena Dam	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	39	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-02	Marrawah	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	51	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-02	City of Melbourne Bay	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	51	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-02	Oatlands Post Office	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	116	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-02	Bothwell (Franklin Street)	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	74	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-02	Launceston (Kings Meadows)	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	31	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-02	Osterley	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	32	49 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-02	Woodbury (Warringa)	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	87	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-09-02	Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	123	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-09-02	Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	91	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-09-02	Ellendale Post Office	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	96	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-09-03	Alonnah Area School	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	10	50 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 122 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
20	91
14	92
22	39
22	51
13	91
13	91
13	96
18	51
9	87
6	116
9	74
10	91
11	85
7	111
6	126
48	10
20	31
19	32
7	85
5	123
10	44
12	64
16	44
4	135
14	74
10	84
10	56
7	74
17	39
30	2
11	42
2	107
1	148
9	73
1	114
17	23
18	21
3	79
4	81
4	73
14	51
5	66
2	85
1	87
10	49
6	68
12	42
28	18
8	37
7	51
0	82
1	74
2	74
21	10
26	29
11	31
2	57
6	54
12	31
8	51
10	42
11	31
1	70
10	43
8	44
0	69
1	63
1	68
7	18
7	44
11	23
16	42
7	10
12	29
4	29
10	4
10	22
8	10
5	31
13	23
5	37
1	44
1	54
8	29
7	23
2	32
8	10
2	32
1	29
16	15
5	12
10	5
5	31
7	24
9	12
2	32
0	31
2	33
1	31
1	35
1	31
2	15
12	4
17	1
3	29
1	31
0	22
4	10
10	4
6	2
0	17
2	15
2	10
5	15
0	22
0	32
1	26
5	19
1	21
4	5
3	7
0	15

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	91
14	92
22	39
22	51
13	91
13	91
13	96
18	51
9	87
6	116
9	74
10	91
11	85
7	111
6	126
48	10
20	31
19	32
7	85
5	123
10	44
12	64
16	44
4	135
14	74
10	84
10	56
7	74
17	39
30	2
11	42
2	107
1	148
9	73
1	114
17	23
18	21
3	79
4	81
4	73
14	51
5	66
2	85
1	87
10	49
6	68
12	42
28	18
8	37
7	51
0	82
1	74
2	74
21	10
26	29
11	31
2	57
6	54
12	31
8	51
10	42
11	31
1	70
10	43
8	44
0	69
1	63
1	68
7	18
7	44
11	23
16	42
7	10
12	29
4	29
10	4
10	22
8	10
5	31
13	23
5	37
1	44
1	54
8	29
7	23
2	32
8	10
2	32
1	29
16	15
5	12
10	5
5	31
7	24
9	12
2	32
0	31
2	33
1	31
1	35
1	31
2	15
12	4
17	1
3	29
1	31
0	22
4	10
10	4
6	2
0	17
2	15
2	10
5	15
0	22
0	32
1	26
5	19
1	21
4	5
3	7
0	15

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	91
14	92
22	39
22	51
13	91
13	91
13	96
18	51
9	87
6	116
9	74
10	91
11	85
7	111
6	126
48	10
20	31
19	32
7	85
5	123
10	44
12	64
16	44
4	135
14	74
10	84
10	56
7	74
17	39
30	2
11	42
2	107
1	148
9	73
1	114
17	23
18	21
3	79
4	81
4	73
14	51
5	66
2	85
1	87
10	49
6	68
12	42
28	18
8	37
7	51
0	82
1	74
2	74
21	10
26	29
11	31
2	57
6	54
12	31
8	51
10	42
11	31
1	70
10	43
8	44
0	69
1	63
1	68
7	18
7	44
11	23
16	42
7	10
12	29
4	29
10	4
10	22
8	10
5	31
13	23
5	37
1	44
1	54
8	29
7	23
2	32
8	10
2	32
1	29
16	15
5	12
10	5
5	31
7	24
9	12
2	32
0	31
2	33
1	31
1	35
1	31
2	15
12	4
17	1
3	29
1	31
0	22
4	10
10	4
6	2
0	17
2	15
2	10
5	15
0	22
0	32
1	26
5	19
1	21
4	5
3	7
0	15