Extreme rain in Australia, 20 to 29 September 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 20 to 29 September 2024
Start: 2024-09-20
End: 2024-09-29
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 20 to 29 September 2024: 231 records at 120 stations, peak on 23 September 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 20 to 29 September 2024 set or tied 231 station records at 120 stations.
It ran from 20 September 2024 to 29 September 2024 (10 days) and its peak day was 23 September 2024.
Status: closed.
Napier Downs set a monthly record daily precipitation of 99.4 mm (3.9 in) on 24 September 2024.
The busiest day was 23 September 2024 with 59 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 138 years.

Footprint

20 to 29 September 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 20 to 29 September 2024 is outlined, with 17 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Australia, 20 to 29 September 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Napier Downs	Record daily precipitation	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	2024-09-24
Bryah	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	2024-09-24
Ruby Plains	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	2024-09-23
Nicholson	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	2024-09-23
Meda	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2024-09-24
Yulmbu	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	2024-09-22
Bonney Downs	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	2024-09-22
Three Rivers	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	2024-09-24
Coolawanyah	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	2024-09-22
Mount Florance	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	2024-09-22
Gogo Station	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	2024-09-24
Noreena Downs	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	2024-09-24
Roy Hill	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	2024-09-22
Millstream	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	2024-09-22
Rosewood	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	2024-09-22
Emu Creek Station	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	2024-09-23
Neds Creek	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	2024-09-24

Records per Day

Peak day 59

Records set or tied each day from 20 September 2024 to 29 September 2024. The most in one day was 59 on 23 September 2024.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Australia, 20 to 29 September 2024
Date	Records
2024-09-20	1
2024-09-21	18
2024-09-22	55
2024-09-23	59
2024-09-24	53
2024-09-25	14
2024-09-26	7
2024-09-27	16
2024-09-28	7
2024-09-29	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 20 to 29 September 2024 ranked by margin
Napier Downs, 09-24	56.7 mm (2.2 in)
Nicholson, 09-23	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
Bonney Downs, 09-22	39.5 mm (1.6 in)
Ruby Plains, 09-23	35.8 mm (1.4 in)
Yulmbu, 09-22	35.4 mm (1.4 in)
Gogo Station, 09-24	34.2 mm (1.3 in)
Meda, 09-24	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
Mount Florance, 09-22	27.1 mm (1.1 in)
Coolawanyah, 09-22	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
Noreena Downs, 09-24	25.6 mm (1.0 in)
Bryah, 09-24	25.2 mm (1.0 in)
Rosewood, 09-22	23.2 mm (0.9 in)
Roy Hill, 09-23	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
Coolawanyah, 09-23	20.4 mm (0.8 in)
Millstream, 09-22	20.0 mm (0.8 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

231 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, 20 to 29 September 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
57	88
25	104
36	76
40	49
34	113
35	49
40	66
10	69
27	101
27	137
34	74
20	126
26	113
13	124
9	117
23	124
19	77
11	104
23	93
20	101
20	42
50	38
17	125
48	8
16	125
9	24
27	73
15	137
21	42
34	51
14	101
11	105
15	124
12	81
36	8
40	36
4	104
24	69
8	124
12	125
12	127
13	127
12	108
25	32
11	118
6	97
13	50
11	125
11	125
11	119
16	52
12	66
2	87
9	81
11	57
8	105
7	116
6	81
29	26
4	61
7	138
4	84
2	112
3	99
13	22
4	111
4	116
4	105
7	94
7	94
4	102
14	42
3	113
3	135
3	116
4	138
3	119
2	104
3	103
20	51
10	74
3	98
2	113
5	94
11	50
2	119
9	85
17	13
21	53
2	125
1	125
1	108
1	113
1	114
11	54
21	42
8	77
1	116
1	138
0	108
1	107
6	77
14	65
18	54
16	49
19	51
1	94
5	85
0	91
14	0
4	74
1	84
8	54
15	19
9	61
6	61
9	68
14	54
18	51
5	73
3	50
10	56
13	2
8	64
14	26
7	61
5	58
1	77
10	56
8	56
2	71
7	59
9	54
9	54
9	25
9	54
19	23
2	27
4	64
10	51
19	21
2	51
11	43
5	56
4	61
2	51
4	31
5	58
8	2
7	53
5	2
2	60
8	14
3	14
9	26
2	62
10	17
7	51
6	54
15	32
6	16
5	2
1	53
2	46
2	61
2	43
4	51
0	60
4	42
6	43
11	4
2	26
2	56
3	28
0	52
1	58
13	21
1	56
8	10
2	52
4	7
0	56
5	2
1	50
16	8
2	50
8	33
3	26
5	43
5	43
3	26
0	52
0	52
0	52
0	50
0	50
1	50
8	5
11	5
0	48

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 20 to 29 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, 20 to 29 September 2024 (this event)	231 records

Every Record Set

20 of 231

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 20 to 29 September 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-09-22	Yulmbu	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	49	71 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-22	Bonney Downs	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	66	69 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-22	Coolawanyah	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	101	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-22	Mount Florance	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	137	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-22	Roy Hill	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	104	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-22	Millstream	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	126	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-09-22	Rosewood	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	93	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-09-23	Ruby Plains	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	76	78 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-23	Nicholson	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49	74 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-23	Coolawanyah	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	101	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-09-23	Roy Hill	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	124	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-09-23	Emu Creek Station	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	124	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-09-23	Three Rivers	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	117	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-09-24	Napier Downs	Record daily precipitation	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	88	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-09-24	Bryah	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	104	79 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-24	Meda	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	113	74 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-24	Three Rivers	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	69	68 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-24	Gogo Station	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	74	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-24	Noreena Downs	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	113	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-24	Neds Creek	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	77	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 231 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
57	88
25	104
36	76
40	49
34	113
35	49
40	66
10	69
27	101
27	137
34	74
20	126
26	113
13	124
9	117
23	124
19	77
11	104
23	93
20	101
20	42
50	38
17	125
48	8
16	125
9	24
27	73
15	137
21	42
34	51
14	101
11	105
15	124
12	81
36	8
40	36
4	104
24	69
8	124
12	125
12	127
13	127
12	108
25	32
11	118
6	97
13	50
11	125
11	125
11	119
16	52
12	66
2	87
9	81
11	57
8	105
7	116
6	81
29	26
4	61
7	138
4	84
2	112
3	99
13	22
4	111
4	116
4	105
7	94
7	94
4	102
14	42
3	113
3	135
3	116
4	138
3	119
2	104
3	103
20	51
10	74
3	98
2	113
5	94
11	50
2	119
9	85
17	13
21	53
2	125
1	125
1	108
1	113
1	114
11	54
21	42
8	77
1	116
1	138
0	108
1	107
6	77
14	65
18	54
16	49
19	51
1	94
5	85
0	91
14	0
4	74
1	84
8	54
15	19
9	61
6	61
9	68
14	54
18	51
5	73
3	50
10	56
13	2
8	64
14	26
7	61
5	58
1	77
10	56
8	56
2	71
7	59
9	54
9	54
9	25
9	54
19	23
2	27
4	64
10	51
19	21
2	51
11	43
5	56
4	61
2	51
4	31
5	58
8	2
7	53
5	2
2	60
8	14
3	14
9	26
2	62
10	17
7	51
6	54
15	32
6	16
5	2
1	53
2	46
2	61
2	43
4	51
0	60
4	42
6	43
11	4
2	26
2	56
3	28
0	52
1	58
13	21
1	56
8	10
2	52
4	7
0	56
5	2
1	50
16	8
2	50
8	33
3	26
5	43
5	43
3	26
0	52
0	52
0	52
0	50
0	50
1	50
8	5
11	5
0	48

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
57	88
25	104
36	76
40	49
34	113
35	49
40	66
10	69
27	101
27	137
34	74
20	126
26	113
13	124
9	117
23	124
19	77
11	104
23	93
20	101
20	42
50	38
17	125
48	8
16	125
9	24
27	73
15	137
21	42
34	51
14	101
11	105
15	124
12	81
36	8
40	36
4	104
24	69
8	124
12	125
12	127
13	127
12	108
25	32
11	118
6	97
13	50
11	125
11	125
11	119
16	52
12	66
2	87
9	81
11	57
8	105
7	116
6	81
29	26
4	61
7	138
4	84
2	112
3	99
13	22
4	111
4	116
4	105
7	94
7	94
4	102
14	42
3	113
3	135
3	116
4	138
3	119
2	104
3	103
20	51
10	74
3	98
2	113
5	94
11	50
2	119
9	85
17	13
21	53
2	125
1	125
1	108
1	113
1	114
11	54
21	42
8	77
1	116
1	138
0	108
1	107
6	77
14	65
18	54
16	49
19	51
1	94
5	85
0	91
14	0
4	74
1	84
8	54
15	19
9	61
6	61
9	68
14	54
18	51
5	73
3	50
10	56
13	2
8	64
14	26
7	61
5	58
1	77
10	56
8	56
2	71
7	59
9	54
9	54
9	25
9	54
19	23
2	27
4	64
10	51
19	21
2	51
11	43
5	56
4	61
2	51
4	31
5	58
8	2
7	53
5	2
2	60
8	14
3	14
9	26
2	62
10	17
7	51
6	54
15	32
6	16
5	2
1	53
2	46
2	61
2	43
4	51
0	60
4	42
6	43
11	4
2	26
2	56
3	28
0	52
1	58
13	21
1	56
8	10
2	52
4	7
0	56
5	2
1	50
16	8
2	50
8	33
3	26
5	43
5	43
3	26
0	52
0	52
0	52
0	50
0	50
1	50
8	5
11	5
0	48

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
57	88
25	104
36	76
40	49
34	113
35	49
40	66
10	69
27	101
27	137
34	74
20	126
26	113
13	124
9	117
23	124
19	77
11	104
23	93
20	101
20	42
50	38
17	125
48	8
16	125
9	24
27	73
15	137
21	42
34	51
14	101
11	105
15	124
12	81
36	8
40	36
4	104
24	69
8	124
12	125
12	127
13	127
12	108
25	32
11	118
6	97
13	50
11	125
11	125
11	119
16	52
12	66
2	87
9	81
11	57
8	105
7	116
6	81
29	26
4	61
7	138
4	84
2	112
3	99
13	22
4	111
4	116
4	105
7	94
7	94
4	102
14	42
3	113
3	135
3	116
4	138
3	119
2	104
3	103
20	51
10	74
3	98
2	113
5	94
11	50
2	119
9	85
17	13
21	53
2	125
1	125
1	108
1	113
1	114
11	54
21	42
8	77
1	116
1	138
0	108
1	107
6	77
14	65
18	54
16	49
19	51
1	94
5	85
0	91
14	0
4	74
1	84
8	54
15	19
9	61
6	61
9	68
14	54
18	51
5	73
3	50
10	56
13	2
8	64
14	26
7	61
5	58
1	77
10	56
8	56
2	71
7	59
9	54
9	54
9	25
9	54
19	23
2	27
4	64
10	51
19	21
2	51
11	43
5	56
4	61
2	51
4	31
5	58
8	2
7	53
5	2
2	60
8	14
3	14
9	26
2	62
10	17
7	51
6	54
15	32
6	16
5	2
1	53
2	46
2	61
2	43
4	51
0	60
4	42
6	43
11	4
2	26
2	56
3	28
0	52
1	58
13	21
1	56
8	10
2	52
4	7
0	56
5	2
1	50
16	8
2	50
8	33
3	26
5	43
5	43
3	26
0	52
0	52
0	52
0	50
0	50
1	50
8	5
11	5
0	48