Extreme rain in Australia, 25 to 30 May 2025

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 25 to 30 May 2025
Start: 2025-05-25
End: 2025-05-30
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 25 to 30 May 2025: 129 records at 86 stations, peak on 28 May 2025. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 25 to 30 May 2025 set or tied 129 station records at 86 stations.
It ran from 25 May 2025 to 30 May 2025 (6 days) and its peak day was 28 May 2025.
Status: closed.
Bond Springs Homestead set a daily record precipitation of 57.0 mm (2.2 in) on 28 May 2025.
The busiest day was 28 May 2025 with 65 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 136 years.

Footprint

25 to 30 May 2025

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 25 to 30 May 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, 25 to 30 May 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Bond Springs Homestead	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	2025-05-28
Broome Airport	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	2025-05-27
Alice Springs Airport	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	2025-05-28
Rabbit Flat	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	2025-05-27
Cdu Katherine Rural Campus	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	2025-05-28
Limbunya	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	2025-05-27
Tennant Creek Airport	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	2025-05-28
Port Smith	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	2025-05-27
Undoolya	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	2025-05-28
Suplejack	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	2025-05-28
Halls Creek Airport	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	2025-05-27
Inverway	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	2025-05-28
Hamilton Downs	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	2025-05-28
Nita Downs	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	2025-05-27
Ambalindum	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	2025-05-28
Woodgreen	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	2025-05-28
Gibb River	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	2025-05-27
The Garden	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	2025-05-28
Mount Barnett	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	2025-05-27
Idracowra	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	2025-05-28

Records per Day

Peak day 65

Records set or tied each day from 25 May 2025 to 30 May 2025. The most in one day was 65 on 28 May 2025.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 25 to 30 May 2025 ranked by margin
Port Smith, 05-27	103.0 mm (4.1 in)
Broome Airport, 05-27	86.4 mm (3.4 in)
Cdu Katherine Rural Campus, 05-28	82.4 mm (3.2 in)
Woodgreen, 05-28	72.6 mm (2.9 in)
The Garden, 05-28	71.4 mm (2.8 in)
Nita Downs, 05-27	65.6 mm (2.6 in)
Ambalindum, 05-28	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
Hamilton Downs, 05-28	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
Bond Springs Homestead, 05-28	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
Suplejack, 05-28	42.5 mm (1.7 in)
Undoolya, 05-28	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
Alice Springs Airport, 05-28	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
Mount Barnett, 05-27	35.8 mm (1.4 in)
Rabbit Flat, 05-27	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
Halls Creek Airport, 05-27	31.1 mm (1.2 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

129 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, 25 to 30 May 2025
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
43	104
86	75
37	76
31	48
82	35
21	99
23	39
103	51
42	36
43	15
31	47
30	18
49	32
66	44
14	136
62	20
73	15
30	83
71	15
36	4
40	28
42	15
25	62
62	4
49	15
17	75
36	52
50	20
41	15
33	0
48	4
7	57
19	56
10	65
13	83
10	87
23	14
38	20
42	15
18	30
21	15
18	68
23	28
25	47
20	56
15	68
34	20
3	57
7	76
1	94
36	20
27	15
21	64
29	15
49	4
31	15
57	15
29	4
10	35
8	63
14	56
13	56
20	4
4	71
30	15
27	15
27	23
10	59
10	28
10	59
24	4
5	18
6	56
9	59
4	56
4	59
5	62
5	62
2	66
2	62
11	20
1	64
6	48
1	63
2	60
1	66
25	20
14	28
8	34
17	4
2	28
1	62
21	4
4	56
3	52
6	13
2	0
2	9
8	20
23	4
17	15
22	15
9	24
1	51
11	4
2	44
11	15
1	0
0	46
5	28
10	10
8	20
9	32
4	28
0	34
3	4
5	4
3	4
0	23
3	20
4	16
2	24
2	20
3	18
1	20
0	4
1	8
0	16
2	16

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 25 to 30 May 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, 25 to 30 May 2025 (this event)	129 records

Every Record Set

20 of 129

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 25 to 30 May 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-05-27	Broome Airport	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	75	70 of 100 (Major)
2025-05-27	Rabbit Flat	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48	67 of 100 (Major)
2025-05-27	Limbunya	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	99	64 of 100 (Major)
2025-05-27	Port Smith	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	51	60 of 100 (Major)
2025-05-27	Halls Creek Airport	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	47	56 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-27	Nita Downs	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	44	53 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-27	Gibb River	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	83	51 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-27	Mount Barnett	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	4	50 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-28	Bond Springs Homestead	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	104	74 of 100 (Major)
2025-05-28	Alice Springs Airport	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	76	70 of 100 (Major)
2025-05-28	Cdu Katherine Rural Campus	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	35	66 of 100 (Major)
2025-05-28	Tennant Creek Airport	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	39	64 of 100 (Major)
2025-05-28	Undoolya	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36	60 of 100 (Major)
2025-05-28	Suplejack	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	15	58 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-28	Inverway	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18	55 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-28	Hamilton Downs	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32	55 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-28	Ambalindum	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	20	52 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-28	Woodgreen	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	15	52 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-28	The Garden	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	15	51 of 100 (Notable)
2025-05-28	Idracowra	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	136	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 129 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
2025-05-25	1
2025-05-26	4
2025-05-27	41
2025-05-28	65
2025-05-29	17
2025-05-30	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
43	104
86	75
37	76
31	48
82	35
21	99
23	39
103	51
42	36
43	15
31	47
30	18
49	32
66	44
14	136
62	20
73	15
30	83
71	15
36	4
40	28
42	15
25	62
62	4
49	15
17	75
36	52
50	20
41	15
33	0
48	4
7	57
19	56
10	65
13	83
10	87
23	14
38	20
42	15
18	30
21	15
18	68
23	28
25	47
20	56
15	68
34	20
3	57
7	76
1	94
36	20
27	15
21	64
29	15
49	4
31	15
57	15
29	4
10	35
8	63
14	56
13	56
20	4
4	71
30	15
27	15
27	23
10	59
10	28
10	59
24	4
5	18
6	56
9	59
4	56
4	59
5	62
5	62
2	66
2	62
11	20
1	64
6	48
1	63
2	60
1	66
25	20
14	28
8	34
17	4
2	28
1	62
21	4
4	56
3	52
6	13
2	0
2	9
8	20
23	4
17	15
22	15
9	24
1	51
11	4
2	44
11	15
1	0
0	46
5	28
10	10
8	20
9	32
4	28
0	34
3	4
5	4
3	4
0	23
3	20
4	16
2	24
2	20
3	18
1	20
0	4
1	8
0	16
2	16

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
43	104
86	75
37	76
31	48
82	35
21	99
23	39
103	51
42	36
43	15
31	47
30	18
49	32
66	44
14	136
62	20
73	15
30	83
71	15
36	4
40	28
42	15
25	62
62	4
49	15
17	75
36	52
50	20
41	15
33	0
48	4
7	57
19	56
10	65
13	83
10	87
23	14
38	20
42	15
18	30
21	15
18	68
23	28
25	47
20	56
15	68
34	20
3	57
7	76
1	94
36	20
27	15
21	64
29	15
49	4
31	15
57	15
29	4
10	35
8	63
14	56
13	56
20	4
4	71
30	15
27	15
27	23
10	59
10	28
10	59
24	4
5	18
6	56
9	59
4	56
4	59
5	62
5	62
2	66
2	62
11	20
1	64
6	48
1	63
2	60
1	66
25	20
14	28
8	34
17	4
2	28
1	62
21	4
4	56
3	52
6	13
2	0
2	9
8	20
23	4
17	15
22	15
9	24
1	51
11	4
2	44
11	15
1	0
0	46
5	28
10	10
8	20
9	32
4	28
0	34
3	4
5	4
3	4
0	23
3	20
4	16
2	24
2	20
3	18
1	20
0	4
1	8
0	16
2	16

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
43	104
86	75
37	76
31	48
82	35
21	99
23	39
103	51
42	36
43	15
31	47
30	18
49	32
66	44
14	136
62	20
73	15
30	83
71	15
36	4
40	28
42	15
25	62
62	4
49	15
17	75
36	52
50	20
41	15
33	0
48	4
7	57
19	56
10	65
13	83
10	87
23	14
38	20
42	15
18	30
21	15
18	68
23	28
25	47
20	56
15	68
34	20
3	57
7	76
1	94
36	20
27	15
21	64
29	15
49	4
31	15
57	15
29	4
10	35
8	63
14	56
13	56
20	4
4	71
30	15
27	15
27	23
10	59
10	28
10	59
24	4
5	18
6	56
9	59
4	56
4	59
5	62
5	62
2	66
2	62
11	20
1	64
6	48
1	63
2	60
1	66
25	20
14	28
8	34
17	4
2	28
1	62
21	4
4	56
3	52
6	13
2	0
2	9
8	20
23	4
17	15
22	15
9	24
1	51
11	4
2	44
11	15
1	0
0	46
5	28
10	10
8	20
9	32
4	28
0	34
3	4
5	4
3	4
0	23
3	20
4	16
2	24
2	20
3	18
1	20
0	4
1	8
0	16
2	16