Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 12 July 2025

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 12 July 2025
Start: 2025-07-06
End: 2025-07-12
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 12 July 2025: 154 records at 147 stations, peak on 10 July 2025. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 12 July 2025 set or tied 154 station records at 147 stations.
It ran from 6 July 2025 to 12 July 2025 (7 days) and its peak day was 10 July 2025.
Status: closed.
Wilmington set a daily record precipitation of 37.0 mm (1.5 in) on 7 July 2025.
The busiest day was 10 July 2025 with 121 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 129 years.

Footprint

6 to 12 July 2025

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 12 July 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, 6 to 12 July 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Wilmington	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	2025-07-07
Kensington Upper (Burnside)	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	2025-07-10
Minlaton	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	2025-07-10
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	2025-07-08
Happy Valley Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	2025-07-10
Adelaide Airport	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	2025-07-10
Lobethal	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	2025-07-10
Maitland (Kilkerran)	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	2025-07-09
Riverton (Maroomba)	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	2025-07-11
Brinkworth	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	2025-07-10
Karcultaby	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	2025-07-06
Lock (Terrah Winds)	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	2025-07-06
Iron Knob	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	2025-07-08
Balaklava (Wanappe)	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	2025-07-10
Port Vincent	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	2025-07-10
Ardrossan (Vitana)	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	2025-07-10
Yankalilla	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	2025-07-10
Mulgundawa Salt	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	2025-07-10
Rainbow Post Office	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	2025-07-10
Cope Cope	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	2025-07-10

Records per Day

Peak day 121

Records set or tied each day from 6 July 2025 to 12 July 2025. The most in one day was 121 on 10 July 2025.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 12 July 2025 ranked by margin
Wilmington, 07-07	25.6 mm (1.0 in)
Maitland (Kilkerran), 07-09	22.4 mm (0.9 in)
Lobethal, 07-10	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
Riverton (Maroomba), 07-11	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
Kensington Upper (Burnside), 07-10	15.4 mm (0.6 in)
Adelaide Airport, 07-10	15.1 mm (0.6 in)
Ardrossan (Vitana), 07-10	14.4 mm (0.6 in)
Lock (Terrah Winds), 07-06	13.8 mm (0.5 in)
Balaklava (Wanappe), 07-10	13.4 mm (0.5 in)
Minlaton, 07-10	13.3 mm (0.5 in)
Happy Valley Reservoir, 07-10	12.8 mm (0.5 in)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), 07-08	12.5 mm (0.5 in)
Yankalilla, 07-10	12.3 mm (0.5 in)
Karcultaby, 07-06	11.3 mm (0.4 in)
Cope Cope, 07-10	8.3 mm (0.33 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

154 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, 6 to 12 July 2025
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
26	98
15	120
11	103
13	84
13	110
13	127
12	115
15	68
16	127
22	34
6	114
8	84
8	104
5	103
13	52
16	40
14	36
4	114
14	42
5	127
21	40
7	127
7	92
5	120
3	103
25	36
31	40
7	64
14	40
4	127
27	40
2	103
3	129
31	11
1	127
4	91
7	64
10	40
0	72
3	92
1	125
6	74
1	92
13	24
0	103
18	36
3	91
1	127
10	36
5	70
34	11
14	8
14	36
11	40
1	74
8	36
10	40
11	36
9	36
8	34
4	40
11	15
10	12
13	3
9	8
4	52
12	40
14	40
24	2
1	64
1	64
6	11
13	11
6	36
8	39
8	32
0	70
9	8
9	40
4	36
7	34
5	9
4	40
7	24
4	36
5	12
8	15
15	0
9	11
4	36
2	47
2	15
8	8
2	36
9	11
7	8
1	36
6	11
8	20
7	11
0	40
1	39
0	56
0	36
6	12
4	27
4	12
4	11
6	8
9	11
3	38
6	8
2	27
3	15
6	16
2	12
2	32
2	36
4	11
4	8
7	11
1	36
0	36
4	8
2	11
1	12
6	8
3	12
4	0
1	24
1	11
0	39
1	32
3	8
5	11
0	27
3	11
6	0
3	12
3	12
2	16
2	16
0	27
1	12
2	16
1	12
1	20
3	14
2	2
0	16
1	8
0	2
0	0
1	0

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 12 July 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, 6 to 12 July 2025 (this event)	154 records

Every Record Set

20 of 154

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 12 July 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-07-06	Karcultaby	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	103	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-06	Lock (Terrah Winds)	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	42	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-07	Wilmington	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	98	79 of 100 (Major)
2025-07-08	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	110	62 of 100 (Major)
2025-07-08	Iron Knob	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	114	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-09	Maitland (Kilkerran)	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	34	56 of 100 (Notable)
2025-07-10	Kensington Upper (Burnside)	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	120	67 of 100 (Major)
2025-07-10	Minlaton	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	84	64 of 100 (Major)
2025-07-10	Happy Valley Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	127	62 of 100 (Major)
2025-07-10	Adelaide Airport	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	68	60 of 100 (Major)
2025-07-10	Lobethal	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	127	57 of 100 (Notable)
2025-07-10	Brinkworth	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	127	50 of 100 (Notable)
2025-07-10	Balaklava (Wanappe)	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	52	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-10	Port Vincent	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	84	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-10	Ardrossan (Vitana)	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	36	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-10	Yankalilla	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	115	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-10	Mulgundawa Salt	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	114	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-10	Rainbow Post Office	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	103	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-10	Cope Cope	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	104	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-07-11	Riverton (Maroomba)	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	40	52 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 154 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
26	98
15	120
11	103
13	84
13	110
13	127
12	115
15	68
16	127
22	34
6	114
8	84
8	104
5	103
13	52
16	40
14	36
4	114
14	42
5	127
21	40
7	127
7	92
5	120
3	103
25	36
31	40
7	64
14	40
4	127
27	40
2	103
3	129
31	11
1	127
4	91
7	64
10	40
0	72
3	92
1	125
6	74
1	92
13	24
0	103
18	36
3	91
1	127
10	36
5	70
34	11
14	8
14	36
11	40
1	74
8	36
10	40
11	36
9	36
8	34
4	40
11	15
10	12
13	3
9	8
4	52
12	40
14	40
24	2
1	64
1	64
6	11
13	11
6	36
8	39
8	32
0	70
9	8
9	40
4	36
7	34
5	9
4	40
7	24
4	36
5	12
8	15
15	0
9	11
4	36
2	47
2	15
8	8
2	36
9	11
7	8
1	36
6	11
8	20
7	11
0	40
1	39
0	56
0	36
6	12
4	27
4	12
4	11
6	8
9	11
3	38
6	8
2	27
3	15
6	16
2	12
2	32
2	36
4	11
4	8
7	11
1	36
0	36
4	8
2	11
1	12
6	8
3	12
4	0
1	24
1	11
0	39
1	32
3	8
5	11
0	27
3	11
6	0
3	12
3	12
2	16
2	16
0	27
1	12
2	16
1	12
1	20
3	14
2	2
0	16
1	8
0	2
0	0
1	0

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
26	98
15	120
11	103
13	84
13	110
13	127
12	115
15	68
16	127
22	34
6	114
8	84
8	104
5	103
13	52
16	40
14	36
4	114
14	42
5	127
21	40
7	127
7	92
5	120
3	103
25	36
31	40
7	64
14	40
4	127
27	40
2	103
3	129
31	11
1	127
4	91
7	64
10	40
0	72
3	92
1	125
6	74
1	92
13	24
0	103
18	36
3	91
1	127
10	36
5	70
34	11
14	8
14	36
11	40
1	74
8	36
10	40
11	36
9	36
8	34
4	40
11	15
10	12
13	3
9	8
4	52
12	40
14	40
24	2
1	64
1	64
6	11
13	11
6	36
8	39
8	32
0	70
9	8
9	40
4	36
7	34
5	9
4	40
7	24
4	36
5	12
8	15
15	0
9	11
4	36
2	47
2	15
8	8
2	36
9	11
7	8
1	36
6	11
8	20
7	11
0	40
1	39
0	56
0	36
6	12
4	27
4	12
4	11
6	8
9	11
3	38
6	8
2	27
3	15
6	16
2	12
2	32
2	36
4	11
4	8
7	11
1	36
0	36
4	8
2	11
1	12
6	8
3	12
4	0
1	24
1	11
0	39
1	32
3	8
5	11
0	27
3	11
6	0
3	12
3	12
2	16
2	16
0	27
1	12
2	16
1	12
1	20
3	14
2	2
0	16
1	8
0	2
0	0
1	0

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
26	98
15	120
11	103
13	84
13	110
13	127
12	115
15	68
16	127
22	34
6	114
8	84
8	104
5	103
13	52
16	40
14	36
4	114
14	42
5	127
21	40
7	127
7	92
5	120
3	103
25	36
31	40
7	64
14	40
4	127
27	40
2	103
3	129
31	11
1	127
4	91
7	64
10	40
0	72
3	92
1	125
6	74
1	92
13	24
0	103
18	36
3	91
1	127
10	36
5	70
34	11
14	8
14	36
11	40
1	74
8	36
10	40
11	36
9	36
8	34
4	40
11	15
10	12
13	3
9	8
4	52
12	40
14	40
24	2
1	64
1	64
6	11
13	11
6	36
8	39
8	32
0	70
9	8
9	40
4	36
7	34
5	9
4	40
7	24
4	36
5	12
8	15
15	0
9	11
4	36
2	47
2	15
8	8
2	36
9	11
7	8
1	36
6	11
8	20
7	11
0	40
1	39
0	56
0	36
6	12
4	27
4	12
4	11
6	8
9	11
3	38
6	8
2	27
3	15
6	16
2	12
2	32
2	36
4	11
4	8
7	11
1	36
0	36
4	8
2	11
1	12
6	8
3	12
4	0
1	24
1	11
0	39
1	32
3	8
5	11
0	27
3	11
6	0
3	12
3	12
2	16
2	16
0	27
1	12
2	16
1	12
1	20
3	14
2	2
0	16
1	8
0	2
0	0
1	0