Extreme rain in Australia, 5 to 20 January 2025

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 5 to 20 January 2025
Start: 2025-01-05
End: 2025-01-20
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 5 to 20 January 2025: 489 records at 379 stations, peak on 16 January 2025. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 5 to 20 January 2025 set or tied 489 station records at 379 stations.
It ran from 5 January 2025 to 20 January 2025 (16 days) and its peak day was 16 January 2025.
Status: closed.
Tombong (Hillcrest) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 156.2 mm (6.1 in) on 13 January 2025.
The busiest day was 16 January 2025 with 102 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 148 years.

Footprint

5 to 20 January 2025

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 5 to 20 January 2025 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Australia, 5 to 20 January 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	2025-01-13
Krambach (Bellevue)	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	2025-01-18
Yagaburne	Record daily precipitation	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	2025-01-11
Bodalla Post Office	Record daily precipitation	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	2025-01-13
Krambach Post Office	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	2025-01-18
Bega (Newtown Road)	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	2025-01-11
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Record daily precipitation	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	2025-01-18
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	2025-01-16
Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	2025-01-16
Stroud Post Office	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	2025-01-18
Nelligen (Thule Road)	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	2025-01-11
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2025-01-14
Garah (Delvin)	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	2025-01-12
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	2025-01-11
Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road)	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	2025-01-18
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	2025-01-09
Hall (Lochleigh)	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	2025-01-12
Craven (Longview)	Record daily precipitation	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	2025-01-18
Leigh (Rolling Acres)	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	2025-01-17

Records per Day

Peak day 102

Records set or tied each day from 5 January 2025 to 20 January 2025. The most in one day was 102 on 16 January 2025.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Australia, 5 to 20 January 2025
Date	Records
2025-01-05	1
2025-01-06	27
2025-01-07	52
2025-01-08	36
2025-01-09	32
2025-01-10	7
2025-01-11	51
2025-01-12	51
2025-01-13	51
2025-01-14	14
2025-01-15	6
2025-01-16	102
2025-01-17	8
2025-01-18	25
2025-01-19	25
2025-01-20	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 5 to 20 January 2025 ranked by margin
Leigh (Rolling Acres), 01-17	108.0 mm (4.3 in)
Krambach Post Office, 01-18	100.3 mm (3.9 in)
Krambach (Bellevue), 01-18	90.2 mm (3.6 in)
Garah (Delvin), 01-12	76.8 mm (3.0 in)
Craven (Longview), 01-18	76.6 mm (3.0 in)
Yagaburne, 01-11	72.8 mm (2.9 in)
Bega (Newtown Road), 01-11	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
Bodalla Post Office, 01-13	56.1 mm (2.2 in)
Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road), 01-18	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
Bodalla Post Office, 01-16	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P., 01-18	50.4 mm (2.0 in)
Stroud Post Office, 01-18	50.4 mm (2.0 in)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station, 01-11	41.8 mm (1.6 in)
Cathcart (Old Post Office), 01-16	40.9 mm (1.6 in)
Nelligen (Thule Road), 01-11	39.9 mm (1.6 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

489 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, 5 to 20 January 2025
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
29	105
90	105
73	63
56	114
100	59
70	51
50	86
50	74
41	87
35	80
40	104
25	121
77	49
52	86
42	76
52	79
77	39
24	129
22	115
108	37
41	8
16	100
63	39
14	124
19	80
17	91
34	15
19	107
79	17
37	51
44	19
41	68
15	97
24	58
60	14
10	120
29	87
42	10
17	76
14	84
13	98
43	14
37	23
25	47
11	84
5	148
74	25
24	72
27	74
33	49
13	88
22	62
26	45
4	115
10	87
22	54
3	100
4	114
4	132
3	124
17	74
29	50
46	20
2	107
21	72
2	100
30	51
31	41
29	51
6	90
1	110
16	89
46	17
3	97
32	37
24	53
15	52
10	74
20	51
5	92
31	32
31	23
27	23
21	52
12	75
39	7
17	62
19	41
41	23
18	52
9	74
2	89
10	74
25	51
41	38
57	2
20	54
35	39
52	2
2	87
5	77
36	48
19	56
26	30
22	39
20	41
0	87
5	72
18	48
32	21
4	79
45	1
37	24
32	43
23	41
20	47
9	65
24	50
68	1
32	46
40	4
9	68
29	23
24	23
19	35
21	41
1	85
18	57
60	25
25	43
31	31
31	23
25	16
12	54
7	54
15	43
19	50
44	30
13	66
19	47
15	54
13	58
26	13
4	69
22	28
10	52
23	33
3	70
30	20
27	24
27	13
27	10
8	58
20	7
12	43
49	21
10	63
17	35
33	24
7	56
16	51
18	38
26	23
11	11
0	74
35	33
65	10
1	66
13	45
23	33
17	19
16	47
4	40
18	39
16	35
25	23
18	23
12	47
1	62
3	57
32	46
15	37
10	48
25	20
8	47
3	57
18	37
9	41
21	23
8	53
9	31
1	58
4	45
16	31
37	42
16	49
24	9
3	51
42	13
8	53

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 5 to 20 January 2025 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, 5 to 20 January 2025 (this event)	489 records

Every Record Set

20 of 489

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 5 to 20 January 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-01-09	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	129	57 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-11	Yagaburne	Record daily precipitation	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	63	68 of 100 (Major)
2025-01-11	Bega (Newtown Road)	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	51	64 of 100 (Major)
2025-01-11	Nelligen (Thule Road)	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	104	61 of 100 (Major)
2025-01-11	Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	76	58 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-12	Garah (Delvin)	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	49	59 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-12	Hall (Lochleigh)	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	115	57 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-13	Tombong (Hillcrest)	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	105	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
2025-01-13	Bodalla Post Office	Record daily precipitation	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	114	68 of 100 (Major)
2025-01-14	Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	121	60 of 100 (Major)
2025-01-16	Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	87	62 of 100 (Major)
2025-01-16	Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	80	62 of 100 (Major)
2025-01-16	Bodalla Post Office	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	79	58 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-17	Leigh (Rolling Acres)	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	37	56 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-18	Krambach (Bellevue)	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	105	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2025-01-18	Krambach Post Office	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	59	67 of 100 (Major)
2025-01-18	Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Record daily precipitation	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	86	63 of 100 (Major)
2025-01-18	Stroud Post Office	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	74	62 of 100 (Major)
2025-01-18	Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road)	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	86	58 of 100 (Notable)
2025-01-18	Craven (Longview)	Record daily precipitation	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	39	57 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 489 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
29	105
90	105
73	63
56	114
100	59
70	51
50	86
50	74
41	87
35	80
40	104
25	121
77	49
52	86
42	76
52	79
77	39
24	129
22	115
108	37
41	8
16	100
63	39
14	124
19	80
17	91
34	15
19	107
79	17
37	51
44	19
41	68
15	97
24	58
60	14
10	120
29	87
42	10
17	76
14	84
13	98
43	14
37	23
25	47
11	84
5	148
74	25
24	72
27	74
33	49
13	88
22	62
26	45
4	115
10	87
22	54
3	100
4	114
4	132
3	124
17	74
29	50
46	20
2	107
21	72
2	100
30	51
31	41
29	51
6	90
1	110
16	89
46	17
3	97
32	37
24	53
15	52
10	74
20	51
5	92
31	32
31	23
27	23
21	52
12	75
39	7
17	62
19	41
41	23
18	52
9	74
2	89
10	74
25	51
41	38
57	2
20	54
35	39
52	2
2	87
5	77
36	48
19	56
26	30
22	39
20	41
0	87
5	72
18	48
32	21
4	79
45	1
37	24
32	43
23	41
20	47
9	65
24	50
68	1
32	46
40	4
9	68
29	23
24	23
19	35
21	41
1	85
18	57
60	25
25	43
31	31
31	23
25	16
12	54
7	54
15	43
19	50
44	30
13	66
19	47
15	54
13	58
26	13
4	69
22	28
10	52
23	33
3	70
30	20
27	24
27	13
27	10
8	58
20	7
12	43
49	21
10	63
17	35
33	24
7	56
16	51
18	38
26	23
11	11
0	74
35	33
65	10
1	66
13	45
23	33
17	19
16	47
4	40
18	39
16	35
25	23
18	23
12	47
1	62
3	57
32	46
15	37
10	48
25	20
8	47
3	57
18	37
9	41
21	23
8	53
9	31
1	58
4	45
16	31
37	42
16	49
24	9
3	51
42	13
8	53

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
29	105
90	105
73	63
56	114
100	59
70	51
50	86
50	74
41	87
35	80
40	104
25	121
77	49
52	86
42	76
52	79
77	39
24	129
22	115
108	37
41	8
16	100
63	39
14	124
19	80
17	91
34	15
19	107
79	17
37	51
44	19
41	68
15	97
24	58
60	14
10	120
29	87
42	10
17	76
14	84
13	98
43	14
37	23
25	47
11	84
5	148
74	25
24	72
27	74
33	49
13	88
22	62
26	45
4	115
10	87
22	54
3	100
4	114
4	132
3	124
17	74
29	50
46	20
2	107
21	72
2	100
30	51
31	41
29	51
6	90
1	110
16	89
46	17
3	97
32	37
24	53
15	52
10	74
20	51
5	92
31	32
31	23
27	23
21	52
12	75
39	7
17	62
19	41
41	23
18	52
9	74
2	89
10	74
25	51
41	38
57	2
20	54
35	39
52	2
2	87
5	77
36	48
19	56
26	30
22	39
20	41
0	87
5	72
18	48
32	21
4	79
45	1
37	24
32	43
23	41
20	47
9	65
24	50
68	1
32	46
40	4
9	68
29	23
24	23
19	35
21	41
1	85
18	57
60	25
25	43
31	31
31	23
25	16
12	54
7	54
15	43
19	50
44	30
13	66
19	47
15	54
13	58
26	13
4	69
22	28
10	52
23	33
3	70
30	20
27	24
27	13
27	10
8	58
20	7
12	43
49	21
10	63
17	35
33	24
7	56
16	51
18	38
26	23
11	11
0	74
35	33
65	10
1	66
13	45
23	33
17	19
16	47
4	40
18	39
16	35
25	23
18	23
12	47
1	62
3	57
32	46
15	37
10	48
25	20
8	47
3	57
18	37
9	41
21	23
8	53
9	31
1	58
4	45
16	31
37	42
16	49
24	9
3	51
42	13
8	53

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
29	105
90	105
73	63
56	114
100	59
70	51
50	86
50	74
41	87
35	80
40	104
25	121
77	49
52	86
42	76
52	79
77	39
24	129
22	115
108	37
41	8
16	100
63	39
14	124
19	80
17	91
34	15
19	107
79	17
37	51
44	19
41	68
15	97
24	58
60	14
10	120
29	87
42	10
17	76
14	84
13	98
43	14
37	23
25	47
11	84
5	148
74	25
24	72
27	74
33	49
13	88
22	62
26	45
4	115
10	87
22	54
3	100
4	114
4	132
3	124
17	74
29	50
46	20
2	107
21	72
2	100
30	51
31	41
29	51
6	90
1	110
16	89
46	17
3	97
32	37
24	53
15	52
10	74
20	51
5	92
31	32
31	23
27	23
21	52
12	75
39	7
17	62
19	41
41	23
18	52
9	74
2	89
10	74
25	51
41	38
57	2
20	54
35	39
52	2
2	87
5	77
36	48
19	56
26	30
22	39
20	41
0	87
5	72
18	48
32	21
4	79
45	1
37	24
32	43
23	41
20	47
9	65
24	50
68	1
32	46
40	4
9	68
29	23
24	23
19	35
21	41
1	85
18	57
60	25
25	43
31	31
31	23
25	16
12	54
7	54
15	43
19	50
44	30
13	66
19	47
15	54
13	58
26	13
4	69
22	28
10	52
23	33
3	70
30	20
27	24
27	13
27	10
8	58
20	7
12	43
49	21
10	63
17	35
33	24
7	56
16	51
18	38
26	23
11	11
0	74
35	33
65	10
1	66
13	45
23	33
17	19
16	47
4	40
18	39
16	35
25	23
18	23
12	47
1	62
3	57
32	46
15	37
10	48
25	20
8	47
3	57
18	37
9	41
21	23
8	53
9	31
1	58
4	45
16	31
37	42
16	49
24	9
3	51
42	13
8	53