Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 16 February 2025

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 16 February 2025
Start: 2025-02-07
End: 2025-02-16
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 16 February 2025: 158 records at 147 stations, peak on 10 February 2025. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 16 February 2025 set or tied 158 station records at 147 stations.
It ran from 7 February 2025 to 16 February 2025 (10 days) and its peak day was 10 February 2025.
Status: closed.
Seaspray (Burong) set a daily record precipitation of 55.0 mm (2.2 in) on 9 February 2025.
The busiest day was 10 February 2025 with 31 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 136 years.

Footprint

7 to 16 February 2025

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 16 February 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, 7 to 16 February 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Seaspray (Burong)	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	2025-02-09
Marlo	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	2025-02-10
Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Record daily precipitation	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	2025-02-10
Englesberg Village	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	2025-02-12
Pine Ridge (Billabong)	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	2025-02-13
Belah Park	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	2025-02-15
Injune Post Office	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	2025-02-15
Junee Treatment Works	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	2025-02-10
Stratford	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	2025-02-10
Mount Moornapa	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	2025-02-10
Giffard	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	2025-02-09
Glenmaggie Weir	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2025-02-09
Yarrangobilly Caves	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	2025-02-10
Tarong	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	2025-02-15
Harrisville Post Office	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2025-02-12
Tarcutta Post Office	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	2025-02-10
Greenethorpe (Iandra)	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	2025-02-09
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2025-02-10
Mallacoota	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	2025-02-08

Records per Day

Peak day 31

Records set or tied each day from 7 February 2025 to 16 February 2025. The most in one day was 31 on 10 February 2025.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 16 February 2025
Date	Records
2025-02-07	1
2025-02-08	16
2025-02-09	29
2025-02-10	31
2025-02-11	28
2025-02-12	15
2025-02-13	10
2025-02-14	2
2025-02-15	25
2025-02-16	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 16 February 2025 ranked by margin
Mount Moornapa, 02-10	66.2 mm (2.6 in)
Yarrangobilly Caves, 02-10	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
Murrumburrah Old Post Office, 02-10	47.7 mm (1.9 in)
Englesberg Village, 02-12	42.5 mm (1.7 in)
Belah Park, 02-15	39.7 mm (1.6 in)
Pine Ridge (Billabong), 02-13	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
Injune Post Office, 02-15	37.4 mm (1.5 in)
Stratford, 02-10	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
Marlo, 02-10	35.4 mm (1.4 in)
Mallacoota, 02-08	33.4 mm (1.3 in)
Junee Treatment Works, 02-10	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
Seaspray (Burong), 02-09	30.9 mm (1.2 in)
Nicholson (Yendalock), 02-10	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
Tarong, 02-15	25.8 mm (1.0 in)
Glenmaggie Weir, 02-09	23.2 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

158 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, 7 to 16 February 2025
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
31	90
35	78
43	136
48	54
38	78
40	75
37	78
31	54
37	23
66	29
55	2
13	90
23	68
22	70
26	80
13	96
11	78
4	100
27	29
33	40
21	56
35	54
25	66
9	84
36	29
24	22
13	56
35	30
5	75
50	2
29	30
20	35
7	66
11	17
6	60
17	23
18	28
17	17
19	17
22	18
8	54
15	52
19	17
26	15
11	52
2	63
9	54
25	18
18	17
22	13
1	58
32	16
25	30
5	57
10	52
11	27
14	30
18	39
15	28
1	52
4	50
14	35
4	54
14	35
10	52
16	28
20	28
18	30
21	13
18	5
16	18
11	30
3	56
7	28
9	17
11	35
6	31
3	56
9	29
1	54
19	3
15	27
1	52
1	52
0	52
48	5
17	12
10	29
17	23
1	50
18	16
9	23
6	30
10	17
15	20
22	22
12	18
8	25
11	27
18	13
14	20
8	27
17	2
12	5
15	17
3	31
7	27
9	10
6	20
7	5
0	22
1	18
0	35
1	38
9	28
2	18
1	35
1	35
5	27
2	29
5	6
2	28
11	30
4	35
11	5
3	27
1	28
0	28
11	6
5	17
13	14
16	18
3	28
5	17
9	15
2	5
10	12
2	27
8	2
5	6
1	14
6	18
5	12
2	16
3	8
13	2
6	15
2	1
2	12
13	1
4	5
2	1
4	6
5	5
5	5
2	1
1	5
1	5

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 16 February 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, 7 to 16 February 2025 (this event)	158 records

Every Record Set

20 of 158

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 16 February 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-02-08	Mallacoota	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	40	41 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-09	Seaspray (Burong)	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	90	69 of 100 (Major)
2025-02-09	Giffard	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	90	50 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-09	Glenmaggie Weir	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	68	50 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-09	Greenethorpe (Iandra)	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	100	42 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-10	Marlo	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	78	63 of 100 (Major)
2025-02-10	Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Record daily precipitation	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	54	62 of 100 (Major)
2025-02-10	Junee Treatment Works	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	54	53 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-10	Stratford	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23	51 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-10	Mount Moornapa	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	29	51 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-10	Yarrangobilly Caves	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	2	50 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-10	Glenmaggie Weir	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	70	50 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-10	Tarcutta Post Office	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	78	43 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-10	Nicholson (Yendalock)	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	29	42 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-12	Englesberg Village	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	136	62 of 100 (Major)
2025-02-12	Harrisville Post Office	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	96	45 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-13	Pine Ridge (Billabong)	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	78	57 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-15	Belah Park	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	75	56 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-15	Injune Post Office	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	78	55 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-15	Tarong	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	80	47 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 158 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 2026-10-12. 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
31	90
35	78
43	136
48	54
38	78
40	75
37	78
31	54
37	23
66	29
55	2
13	90
23	68
22	70
26	80
13	96
11	78
4	100
27	29
33	40
21	56
35	54
25	66
9	84
36	29
24	22
13	56
35	30
5	75
50	2
29	30
20	35
7	66
11	17
6	60
17	23
18	28
17	17
19	17
22	18
8	54
15	52
19	17
26	15
11	52
2	63
9	54
25	18
18	17
22	13
1	58
32	16
25	30
5	57
10	52
11	27
14	30
18	39
15	28
1	52
4	50
14	35
4	54
14	35
10	52
16	28
20	28
18	30
21	13
18	5
16	18
11	30
3	56
7	28
9	17
11	35
6	31
3	56
9	29
1	54
19	3
15	27
1	52
1	52
0	52
48	5
17	12
10	29
17	23
1	50
18	16
9	23
6	30
10	17
15	20
22	22
12	18
8	25
11	27
18	13
14	20
8	27
17	2
12	5
15	17
3	31
7	27
9	10
6	20
7	5
0	22
1	18
0	35
1	38
9	28
2	18
1	35
1	35
5	27
2	29
5	6
2	28
11	30
4	35
11	5
3	27
1	28
0	28
11	6
5	17
13	14
16	18
3	28
5	17
9	15
2	5
10	12
2	27
8	2
5	6
1	14
6	18
5	12
2	16
3	8
13	2
6	15
2	1
2	12
13	1
4	5
2	1
4	6
5	5
5	5
2	1
1	5
1	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
31	90
35	78
43	136
48	54
38	78
40	75
37	78
31	54
37	23
66	29
55	2
13	90
23	68
22	70
26	80
13	96
11	78
4	100
27	29
33	40
21	56
35	54
25	66
9	84
36	29
24	22
13	56
35	30
5	75
50	2
29	30
20	35
7	66
11	17
6	60
17	23
18	28
17	17
19	17
22	18
8	54
15	52
19	17
26	15
11	52
2	63
9	54
25	18
18	17
22	13
1	58
32	16
25	30
5	57
10	52
11	27
14	30
18	39
15	28
1	52
4	50
14	35
4	54
14	35
10	52
16	28
20	28
18	30
21	13
18	5
16	18
11	30
3	56
7	28
9	17
11	35
6	31
3	56
9	29
1	54
19	3
15	27
1	52
1	52
0	52
48	5
17	12
10	29
17	23
1	50
18	16
9	23
6	30
10	17
15	20
22	22
12	18
8	25
11	27
18	13
14	20
8	27
17	2
12	5
15	17
3	31
7	27
9	10
6	20
7	5
0	22
1	18
0	35
1	38
9	28
2	18
1	35
1	35
5	27
2	29
5	6
2	28
11	30
4	35
11	5
3	27
1	28
0	28
11	6
5	17
13	14
16	18
3	28
5	17
9	15
2	5
10	12
2	27
8	2
5	6
1	14
6	18
5	12
2	16
3	8
13	2
6	15
2	1
2	12
13	1
4	5
2	1
4	6
5	5
5	5
2	1
1	5
1	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
31	90
35	78
43	136
48	54
38	78
40	75
37	78
31	54
37	23
66	29
55	2
13	90
23	68
22	70
26	80
13	96
11	78
4	100
27	29
33	40
21	56
35	54
25	66
9	84
36	29
24	22
13	56
35	30
5	75
50	2
29	30
20	35
7	66
11	17
6	60
17	23
18	28
17	17
19	17
22	18
8	54
15	52
19	17
26	15
11	52
2	63
9	54
25	18
18	17
22	13
1	58
32	16
25	30
5	57
10	52
11	27
14	30
18	39
15	28
1	52
4	50
14	35
4	54
14	35
10	52
16	28
20	28
18	30
21	13
18	5
16	18
11	30
3	56
7	28
9	17
11	35
6	31
3	56
9	29
1	54
19	3
15	27
1	52
1	52
0	52
48	5
17	12
10	29
17	23
1	50
18	16
9	23
6	30
10	17
15	20
22	22
12	18
8	25
11	27
18	13
14	20
8	27
17	2
12	5
15	17
3	31
7	27
9	10
6	20
7	5
0	22
1	18
0	35
1	38
9	28
2	18
1	35
1	35
5	27
2	29
5	6
2	28
11	30
4	35
11	5
3	27
1	28
0	28
11	6
5	17
13	14
16	18
3	28
5	17
9	15
2	5
10	12
2	27
8	2
5	6
1	14
6	18
5	12
2	16
3	8
13	2
6	15
2	1
2	12
13	1
4	5
2	1
4	6
5	5
5	5
2	1
1	5
1	5