Extreme rain in Australia, 16 to 20 October 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 16 to 20 October 2024
Start: 2024-10-16
End: 2024-10-20
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 16 to 20 October 2024: 316 records at 304 stations, peak on 18 October 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 16 to 20 October 2024 set or tied 316 station records at 304 stations.
It ran from 16 October 2024 to 20 October 2024 (5 days) and its peak day was 18 October 2024.
Status: closed.
Birchip (Marlbed) set a daily record precipitation of 51.0 mm (2.0 in) on 19 October 2024.
The busiest day was 18 October 2024 with 184 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 144 years.

Footprint

16 to 20 October 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 16 to 20 October 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, 16 to 20 October 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Birchip (Marlbed)	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	2024-10-19
Berriwillock	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	2024-10-18
Quambatook (Barraport North)	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	2024-10-18
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	2024-10-18
Boigbeat	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	2024-10-18
Sea Lake (Marston Downs)	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2024-10-18
Meredith (Darra)	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	2024-10-19
Coleraine Hospital	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	2024-10-17
Coleraine (Melville Forest)	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	2024-10-17
Blinman	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	2024-10-18
Rokewood (Wurrook South)	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	2024-10-19
Woomelang	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	2024-10-18
Walpeup Research	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	2024-10-18
Morrisons (Ballark)	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	2024-10-19
Meredith	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	2024-10-19
Red Cliffs (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	2024-10-18
Durham Ox	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	2024-10-18
Melbourne Airport	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	2024-10-19
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	2024-10-19
Northdown (Hamley)	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	2024-10-19

Records per Day

Peak day 184

Records set or tied each day from 16 October 2024 to 20 October 2024. The most in one day was 184 on 18 October 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 16 to 20 October 2024 ranked by margin
Quambatook (Barraport North), 10-18	58.3 mm (2.3 in)
Berriwillock, 10-18	42.8 mm (1.7 in)
Boigbeat, 10-18	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
Birchip (Marlbed), 10-19	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
Meredith (Darra), 10-19	34.1 mm (1.3 in)
Sea Lake (Marston Downs), 10-18	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
Durham Ox, 10-18	28.3 mm (1.1 in)
Rokewood (Wurrook South), 10-19	27.2 mm (1.1 in)
Melbourne Airport, 10-19	27.2 mm (1.1 in)
Coleraine (Melville Forest), 10-17	25.6 mm (1.0 in)
Kerang (Meran Downs), 10-18	25.3 mm (1.0 in)
Meredith, 10-19	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
Northdown (Hamley), 10-19	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
Red Cliffs (Post Office), 10-18	22.8 mm (0.9 in)
Morrisons (Ballark), 10-19	21.6 mm (0.9 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

316 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, 16 to 20 October 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
36	107
43	88
58	70
25	88
37	68
32	68
34	68
16	116
26	68
17	120
27	60
9	116
21	68
22	68
23	58
23	68
28	68
27	50
20	68
23	69
20	87
20	68
13	107
32	41
15	88
17	51
19	70
20	68
25	37
12	88
19	68
17	99
29	68
19	70
32	31
36	31
37	31
38	31
28	24
19	70
28	31
46	28
29	34
24	32
23	31
20	51
12	48
8	76
8	114
14	68
27	39
7	76
17	68
0	134
24	37
14	70
27	39
24	38
12	51
25	7
6	88
15	59
30	8
8	87
20	34
7	92
9	74
14	70
7	144
12	68
8	87
5	144
19	49
5	120
16	68
19	50
17	51
22	24
5	88
2	114
10	70
11	68
7	88
3	107
20	31
5	87
11	51
12	70
8	70
3	134
10	70
10	68
27	32
16	51
18	38
19	38
17	44
6	88
15	49
21	28
6	87
17	37
14	53
14	50
22	59
22	31
8	70
15	50
10	68
18	34
16	47
1	119
13	49
19	49
4	87
11	59
13	51
3	88
6	82
11	59
2	88
13	51
23	24
9	51
19	31
9	70
7	70
21	24
2	88
9	68
4	81
6	74
9	51
1	88
16	8
2	87
5	82
15	37
2	87
12	58
9	24
3	81
5	68
0	92
5	68
1	88
22	31
11	31
10	51
8	51
0	88
10	39
6	68
23	23
18	14
9	58
4	68
1	88
4	66
3	70
7	59
7	60
6	59
9	58
22	39
13	39
3	68
15	25
13	31
12	32
1	82
11	51
5	51
24	8
14	27
3	68
14	28
1	70
17	32
1	5
11	31
13	31
1	69
1	68
0	70
9	51
15	31
4	58
5	53
4	51
10	24
17	31
4	51
2	74
6	51
0	70
0	74
2	68
1	68
4	56

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 16 to 20 October 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, 16 to 20 October 2024 (this event)	316 records

Every Record Set

20 of 316

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 16 to 20 October 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-10-17	Coleraine Hospital	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	116	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-10-17	Coleraine (Melville Forest)	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	68	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-10-18	Berriwillock	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	88	76 of 100 (Major)
2024-10-18	Quambatook (Barraport North)	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	70	71 of 100 (Major)
2024-10-18	Kerang (Meran Downs)	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	88	71 of 100 (Major)
2024-10-18	Boigbeat	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	68	70 of 100 (Major)
2024-10-18	Sea Lake (Marston Downs)	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	68	70 of 100 (Major)
2024-10-18	Blinman	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	120	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-10-18	Woomelang	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	116	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-10-18	Walpeup Research	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	68	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-10-18	Red Cliffs (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	68	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-10-18	Durham Ox	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	68	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-10-19	Birchip (Marlbed)	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	107	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-10-19	Meredith (Darra)	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	68	70 of 100 (Major)
2024-10-19	Rokewood (Wurrook South)	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	60	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-10-19	Morrisons (Ballark)	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	68	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-10-19	Meredith	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	58	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-10-19	Melbourne Airport	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	50	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-10-19	Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	68	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-10-19	Northdown (Hamley)	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	69	59 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 316 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.

Date	Records
2024-10-16	9
2024-10-17	14
2024-10-18	184
2024-10-19	108
2024-10-20	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
36	107
43	88
58	70
25	88
37	68
32	68
34	68
16	116
26	68
17	120
27	60
9	116
21	68
22	68
23	58
23	68
28	68
27	50
20	68
23	69
20	87
20	68
13	107
32	41
15	88
17	51
19	70
20	68
25	37
12	88
19	68
17	99
29	68
19	70
32	31
36	31
37	31
38	31
28	24
19	70
28	31
46	28
29	34
24	32
23	31
20	51
12	48
8	76
8	114
14	68
27	39
7	76
17	68
0	134
24	37
14	70
27	39
24	38
12	51
25	7
6	88
15	59
30	8
8	87
20	34
7	92
9	74
14	70
7	144
12	68
8	87
5	144
19	49
5	120
16	68
19	50
17	51
22	24
5	88
2	114
10	70
11	68
7	88
3	107
20	31
5	87
11	51
12	70
8	70
3	134
10	70
10	68
27	32
16	51
18	38
19	38
17	44
6	88
15	49
21	28
6	87
17	37
14	53
14	50
22	59
22	31
8	70
15	50
10	68
18	34
16	47
1	119
13	49
19	49
4	87
11	59
13	51
3	88
6	82
11	59
2	88
13	51
23	24
9	51
19	31
9	70
7	70
21	24
2	88
9	68
4	81
6	74
9	51
1	88
16	8
2	87
5	82
15	37
2	87
12	58
9	24
3	81
5	68
0	92
5	68
1	88
22	31
11	31
10	51
8	51
0	88
10	39
6	68
23	23
18	14
9	58
4	68
1	88
4	66
3	70
7	59
7	60
6	59
9	58
22	39
13	39
3	68
15	25
13	31
12	32
1	82
11	51
5	51
24	8
14	27
3	68
14	28
1	70
17	32
1	5
11	31
13	31
1	69
1	68
0	70
9	51
15	31
4	58
5	53
4	51
10	24
17	31
4	51
2	74
6	51
0	70
0	74
2	68
1	68
4	56

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
36	107
43	88
58	70
25	88
37	68
32	68
34	68
16	116
26	68
17	120
27	60
9	116
21	68
22	68
23	58
23	68
28	68
27	50
20	68
23	69
20	87
20	68
13	107
32	41
15	88
17	51
19	70
20	68
25	37
12	88
19	68
17	99
29	68
19	70
32	31
36	31
37	31
38	31
28	24
19	70
28	31
46	28
29	34
24	32
23	31
20	51
12	48
8	76
8	114
14	68
27	39
7	76
17	68
0	134
24	37
14	70
27	39
24	38
12	51
25	7
6	88
15	59
30	8
8	87
20	34
7	92
9	74
14	70
7	144
12	68
8	87
5	144
19	49
5	120
16	68
19	50
17	51
22	24
5	88
2	114
10	70
11	68
7	88
3	107
20	31
5	87
11	51
12	70
8	70
3	134
10	70
10	68
27	32
16	51
18	38
19	38
17	44
6	88
15	49
21	28
6	87
17	37
14	53
14	50
22	59
22	31
8	70
15	50
10	68
18	34
16	47
1	119
13	49
19	49
4	87
11	59
13	51
3	88
6	82
11	59
2	88
13	51
23	24
9	51
19	31
9	70
7	70
21	24
2	88
9	68
4	81
6	74
9	51
1	88
16	8
2	87
5	82
15	37
2	87
12	58
9	24
3	81
5	68
0	92
5	68
1	88
22	31
11	31
10	51
8	51
0	88
10	39
6	68
23	23
18	14
9	58
4	68
1	88
4	66
3	70
7	59
7	60
6	59
9	58
22	39
13	39
3	68
15	25
13	31
12	32
1	82
11	51
5	51
24	8
14	27
3	68
14	28
1	70
17	32
1	5
11	31
13	31
1	69
1	68
0	70
9	51
15	31
4	58
5	53
4	51
10	24
17	31
4	51
2	74
6	51
0	70
0	74
2	68
1	68
4	56

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
36	107
43	88
58	70
25	88
37	68
32	68
34	68
16	116
26	68
17	120
27	60
9	116
21	68
22	68
23	58
23	68
28	68
27	50
20	68
23	69
20	87
20	68
13	107
32	41
15	88
17	51
19	70
20	68
25	37
12	88
19	68
17	99
29	68
19	70
32	31
36	31
37	31
38	31
28	24
19	70
28	31
46	28
29	34
24	32
23	31
20	51
12	48
8	76
8	114
14	68
27	39
7	76
17	68
0	134
24	37
14	70
27	39
24	38
12	51
25	7
6	88
15	59
30	8
8	87
20	34
7	92
9	74
14	70
7	144
12	68
8	87
5	144
19	49
5	120
16	68
19	50
17	51
22	24
5	88
2	114
10	70
11	68
7	88
3	107
20	31
5	87
11	51
12	70
8	70
3	134
10	70
10	68
27	32
16	51
18	38
19	38
17	44
6	88
15	49
21	28
6	87
17	37
14	53
14	50
22	59
22	31
8	70
15	50
10	68
18	34
16	47
1	119
13	49
19	49
4	87
11	59
13	51
3	88
6	82
11	59
2	88
13	51
23	24
9	51
19	31
9	70
7	70
21	24
2	88
9	68
4	81
6	74
9	51
1	88
16	8
2	87
5	82
15	37
2	87
12	58
9	24
3	81
5	68
0	92
5	68
1	88
22	31
11	31
10	51
8	51
0	88
10	39
6	68
23	23
18	14
9	58
4	68
1	88
4	66
3	70
7	59
7	60
6	59
9	58
22	39
13	39
3	68
15	25
13	31
12	32
1	82
11	51
5	51
24	8
14	27
3	68
14	28
1	70
17	32
1	5
11	31
13	31
1	69
1	68
0	70
9	51
15	31
4	58
5	53
4	51
10	24
17	31
4	51
2	74
6	51
0	70
0	74
2	68
1	68
4	56