Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 16 March 2025

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 16 March 2025
Start: 2025-03-13
End: 2025-03-16
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 16 March 2025: 190 records at 183 stations, peak on 14 March 2025. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 16 March 2025 set or tied 190 station records at 183 stations.
It ran from 13 March 2025 to 16 March 2025 (4 days) and its peak day was 14 March 2025.
Status: closed.
Kendenup set a monthly record daily precipitation of 113.8 mm (4.5 in) on 14 March 2025.
The busiest day was 14 March 2025 with 166 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 114 years.

Footprint

13 to 16 March 2025

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 16 March 2025 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, 13 to 16 March 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Kendenup	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	2025-03-14
Cranbrook	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	2025-03-14
Cherry Tree	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	2025-03-14
Dellyanine	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	2025-03-14
Mount Barker	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	2025-03-14
Williams	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	2025-03-14
Kalgan River	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	2025-03-14
Boscabel	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	2025-03-14
Kojonup	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	2025-03-14
Ardath	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	2025-03-14
Maybrook	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	2025-03-14
Pardelup	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	2025-03-14
Westonia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2025-03-14
Bangalup	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	2025-03-14
Riverdale	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	2025-03-14
Milyunup	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	2025-03-14
Melrose	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	2025-03-14
Redmond	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	2025-03-14
Darkan	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	2025-03-14
The Granites	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	2025-03-14

Records per Day

Peak day 166

Records set or tied each day from 13 March 2025 to 16 March 2025. The most in one day was 166 on 14 March 2025.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 16 March 2025 ranked by margin
Redmond, 03-14	66.7 mm (2.6 in)
Dellyanine, 03-14	61.8 mm (2.4 in)
Cherry Tree, 03-14	59.2 mm (2.3 in)
Kalgan River, 03-14	53.5 mm (2.1 in)
Melrose, 03-14	48.7 mm (1.9 in)
Boscabel, 03-14	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
Ardath, 03-14	42.4 mm (1.7 in)
Westonia, 03-14	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
Pardelup, 03-14	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
Kendenup, 03-14	38.4 mm (1.5 in)
The Granites, 03-14	35.5 mm (1.4 in)
Kojonup, 03-14	34.9 mm (1.4 in)
Williams, 03-14	33.7 mm (1.3 in)
Maybrook, 03-14	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
Darkan, 03-14	33.3 mm (1.3 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

190 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, 13 to 16 March 2025
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
38	91
25	91
59	87
62	87
23	69
34	87
54	83
45	83
35	83
42	87
34	87
40	76
41	82
28	76
28	112
27	53
49	56
67	62
33	83
36	83
24	25
10	70
24	19
30	82
22	87
19	87
28	83
40	46
17	98
20	98
33	38
21	83
33	38
15	98
19	83
25	82
22	83
18	82
21	87
22	83
30	46
22	82
13	16
11	114
17	76
43	28
15	87
14	87
32	10
11	98
54	10
38	10
29	46
23	46
34	0
29	10
19	46
10	76
28	4
15	82
16	31
6	98
20	46
31	10
12	80
22	62
21	40
37	10
5	59
9	76
16	62
3	98
2	98
2	98
8	76
5	83
1	98
6	83
11	72
5	76
10	59
13	62
5	87
14	46
18	46
19	46
4	83
13	38
1	87
10	63
14	46
2	83
3	76
2	83
16	10
1	83
0	83
1	82
16	32
10	46
1	57
14	40
14	15
6	25
11	46
11	46
12	46
9	46
9	40
17	12
20	10
23	15
1	53
5	59
12	28
17	12
8	46
6	46
8	35
11	15
5	54
11	10
5	56
7	40
4	54
3	46
14	7
16	10
15	10
13	10
2	46
9	10
0	46
7	28
3	35
16	10
7	32
5	28
1	50
3	28
11	7
2	35
8	32
14	0
1	46
6	32
10	10
3	1
8	12
8	28
6	10
5	10
5	10
10	10
0	26
4	26
11	4
4	10
6	10
9	10
6	10
7	7
11	10
2	15
5	12
4	26
4	26
2	12
5	10
5	10
5	7
2	10
4	26
4	7
3	15
4	10
1	28
3	28
3	26
1	8
3	10
4	10
2	7
5	10
1	10
1	12
3	0
3	7
0	7
2	0

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 16 March 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, 13 to 16 March 2025 (this event)	190 records

Every Record Set

20 of 190

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 16 March 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-03-14	Kendenup	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	91	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
2025-03-14	Cranbrook	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	91	78 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-14	Cherry Tree	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	87	76 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-14	Dellyanine	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	87	76 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-14	Mount Barker	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	69	75 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-14	Williams	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	87	75 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-14	Kalgan River	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	83	74 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-14	Boscabel	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	83	74 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-14	Kojonup	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	83	74 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-14	Ardath	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	87	73 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-14	Maybrook	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	87	73 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-14	Pardelup	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	76	72 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-14	Westonia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	82	71 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-14	Bangalup	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	76	69 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-14	Riverdale	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	112	67 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-14	Milyunup	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	53	66 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-14	Melrose	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	56	66 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-14	Redmond	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	62	65 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-14	Darkan	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	83	65 of 100 (Major)
2025-03-14	The Granites	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	83	64 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 190 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
38	91
25	91
59	87
62	87
23	69
34	87
54	83
45	83
35	83
42	87
34	87
40	76
41	82
28	76
28	112
27	53
49	56
67	62
33	83
36	83
24	25
10	70
24	19
30	82
22	87
19	87
28	83
40	46
17	98
20	98
33	38
21	83
33	38
15	98
19	83
25	82
22	83
18	82
21	87
22	83
30	46
22	82
13	16
11	114
17	76
43	28
15	87
14	87
32	10
11	98
54	10
38	10
29	46
23	46
34	0
29	10
19	46
10	76
28	4
15	82
16	31
6	98
20	46
31	10
12	80
22	62
21	40
37	10
5	59
9	76
16	62
3	98
2	98
2	98
8	76
5	83
1	98
6	83
11	72
5	76
10	59
13	62
5	87
14	46
18	46
19	46
4	83
13	38
1	87
10	63
14	46
2	83
3	76
2	83
16	10
1	83
0	83
1	82
16	32
10	46
1	57
14	40
14	15
6	25
11	46
11	46
12	46
9	46
9	40
17	12
20	10
23	15
1	53
5	59
12	28
17	12
8	46
6	46
8	35
11	15
5	54
11	10
5	56
7	40
4	54
3	46
14	7
16	10
15	10
13	10
2	46
9	10
0	46
7	28
3	35
16	10
7	32
5	28
1	50
3	28
11	7
2	35
8	32
14	0
1	46
6	32
10	10
3	1
8	12
8	28
6	10
5	10
5	10
10	10
0	26
4	26
11	4
4	10
6	10
9	10
6	10
7	7
11	10
2	15
5	12
4	26
4	26
2	12
5	10
5	10
5	7
2	10
4	26
4	7
3	15
4	10
1	28
3	28
3	26
1	8
3	10
4	10
2	7
5	10
1	10
1	12
3	0
3	7
0	7
2	0

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
38	91
25	91
59	87
62	87
23	69
34	87
54	83
45	83
35	83
42	87
34	87
40	76
41	82
28	76
28	112
27	53
49	56
67	62
33	83
36	83
24	25
10	70
24	19
30	82
22	87
19	87
28	83
40	46
17	98
20	98
33	38
21	83
33	38
15	98
19	83
25	82
22	83
18	82
21	87
22	83
30	46
22	82
13	16
11	114
17	76
43	28
15	87
14	87
32	10
11	98
54	10
38	10
29	46
23	46
34	0
29	10
19	46
10	76
28	4
15	82
16	31
6	98
20	46
31	10
12	80
22	62
21	40
37	10
5	59
9	76
16	62
3	98
2	98
2	98
8	76
5	83
1	98
6	83
11	72
5	76
10	59
13	62
5	87
14	46
18	46
19	46
4	83
13	38
1	87
10	63
14	46
2	83
3	76
2	83
16	10
1	83
0	83
1	82
16	32
10	46
1	57
14	40
14	15
6	25
11	46
11	46
12	46
9	46
9	40
17	12
20	10
23	15
1	53
5	59
12	28
17	12
8	46
6	46
8	35
11	15
5	54
11	10
5	56
7	40
4	54
3	46
14	7
16	10
15	10
13	10
2	46
9	10
0	46
7	28
3	35
16	10
7	32
5	28
1	50
3	28
11	7
2	35
8	32
14	0
1	46
6	32
10	10
3	1
8	12
8	28
6	10
5	10
5	10
10	10
0	26
4	26
11	4
4	10
6	10
9	10
6	10
7	7
11	10
2	15
5	12
4	26
4	26
2	12
5	10
5	10
5	7
2	10
4	26
4	7
3	15
4	10
1	28
3	28
3	26
1	8
3	10
4	10
2	7
5	10
1	10
1	12
3	0
3	7
0	7
2	0

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
38	91
25	91
59	87
62	87
23	69
34	87
54	83
45	83
35	83
42	87
34	87
40	76
41	82
28	76
28	112
27	53
49	56
67	62
33	83
36	83
24	25
10	70
24	19
30	82
22	87
19	87
28	83
40	46
17	98
20	98
33	38
21	83
33	38
15	98
19	83
25	82
22	83
18	82
21	87
22	83
30	46
22	82
13	16
11	114
17	76
43	28
15	87
14	87
32	10
11	98
54	10
38	10
29	46
23	46
34	0
29	10
19	46
10	76
28	4
15	82
16	31
6	98
20	46
31	10
12	80
22	62
21	40
37	10
5	59
9	76
16	62
3	98
2	98
2	98
8	76
5	83
1	98
6	83
11	72
5	76
10	59
13	62
5	87
14	46
18	46
19	46
4	83
13	38
1	87
10	63
14	46
2	83
3	76
2	83
16	10
1	83
0	83
1	82
16	32
10	46
1	57
14	40
14	15
6	25
11	46
11	46
12	46
9	46
9	40
17	12
20	10
23	15
1	53
5	59
12	28
17	12
8	46
6	46
8	35
11	15
5	54
11	10
5	56
7	40
4	54
3	46
14	7
16	10
15	10
13	10
2	46
9	10
0	46
7	28
3	35
16	10
7	32
5	28
1	50
3	28
11	7
2	35
8	32
14	0
1	46
6	32
10	10
3	1
8	12
8	28
6	10
5	10
5	10
10	10
0	26
4	26
11	4
4	10
6	10
9	10
6	10
7	7
11	10
2	15
5	12
4	26
4	26
2	12
5	10
5	10
5	7
2	10
4	26
4	7
3	15
4	10
1	28
3	28
3	26
1	8
3	10
4	10
2	7
5	10
1	10
1	12
3	0
3	7
0	7
2	0