Extreme rain in Australia, 19 to 26 August 2025

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 19 to 26 August 2025
Start: 2025-08-19
End: 2025-08-26
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 19 to 26 August 2025: 329 records at 233 stations, peak on 20 August 2025. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 19 to 26 August 2025 set or tied 329 station records at 233 stations.
It ran from 19 August 2025 to 26 August 2025 (8 days) and its peak day was 20 August 2025.
Status: closed.
Mingenew set a daily record precipitation of 53.0 mm (2.1 in) on 25 August 2025.
The busiest day was 20 August 2025 with 99 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 139 years.

Footprint

19 to 26 August 2025

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 19 to 26 August 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, 19 to 26 August 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Mingenew	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	2025-08-25
Perenjori	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2025-08-25
Bowgada	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	2025-08-20
Ninghan Station	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	2025-08-24
Yuin	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	2025-08-20
Winning	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	2025-08-24
South Holmwood	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	2025-08-20
Manarra	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	2025-08-20
Moningarin	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	2025-08-20
Howatharra	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	2025-08-20
Mardie	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	2025-08-24
Coorow	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	2025-08-25
Isseka	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	2025-08-20
Mallee Vale	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2025-08-24
Exmouth Town	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	2025-08-23
Learmonth Airport	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	2025-08-23
Turkey Hill North	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	2025-08-24
Gleneva	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2025-08-20
Narndee	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	2025-08-20

Records per Day

Peak day 99

Records set or tied each day from 19 August 2025 to 26 August 2025. The most in one day was 99 on 20 August 2025.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 19 to 26 August 2025 ranked by margin
Exmouth Town, 08-23	45.6 mm (1.8 in)
South Holmwood, 08-20	37.7 mm (1.5 in)
Mingenew, 08-25	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
Howatharra, 08-20	36.9 mm (1.5 in)
Learmonth Airport, 08-23	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
Winning, 08-24	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
Ninghan Station, 08-24	25.7 mm (1.0 in)
Mallee Vale, 08-24	24.2 mm (1.0 in)
Manarra, 08-20	23.8 mm (0.9 in)
Gleneva, 08-20	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
Yuin, 08-20	22.2 mm (0.9 in)
Mardie, 08-24	21.9 mm (0.9 in)
Bowgada, 08-20	21.2 mm (0.8 in)
Isseka, 08-20	21.0 mm (0.8 in)
Perenjori, 08-25	20.6 mm (0.8 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

329 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, 19 to 26 August 2025
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
37	92
21	103
26	75
21	106
22	68
26	124
19	103
38	62
24	71
9	108
22	92
16	103
37	52
21	79
24	75
46	56
28	56
5	93
23	22
12	83
13	83
12	71
11	71
8	98
7	104
12	103
6	100
18	32
14	120
19	28
36	22
5	106
11	112
20	59
18	52
15	62
15	42
25	72
7	87
8	86
17	56
22	44
5	62
24	32
32	48
15	43
8	71
7	103
9	62
25	28
4	103
24	52
11	62
9	88
12	86
14	28
4	104
5	86
17	32
15	59
3	106
2	106
16	59
8	75
8	70
18	70
24	42
5	108
20	22
3	103
9	62
15	36
9	83
2	139
11	72
2	103
5	87
11	52
9	60
17	56
2	98
2	108
1	116
13	18
18	26
15	62
4	86
8	76
10	32
9	42
36	28
3	86
7	62
9	59
3	91
2	86
9	62
0	99
23	19
11	32
11	27
4	75
2	86
2	86
10	55
10	62
3	83
1	90
5	62
10	28
11	56
1	91
0	91
6	52
1	86
6	62
10	58
14	36
18	32
5	62
7	75
5	71
4	82
11	59
6	55
10	52
5	75
15	32
8	32
7	56
3	71
11	44
16	22
2	75
13	32
13	23
17	20
5	62
8	60
2	80
1	83
3	70
13	32
10	56
6	62
4	62
9	64
5	55
3	71
1	86
3	62
3	60
2	71
8	43
11	16
6	59
10	28
6	59
10	28
17	19
13	28
4	52
3	62
8	56
2	62
10	18
6	32
2	68
1	71
6	55
0	71
4	55
10	20
13	22
7	44
8	38
11	28
4	62
5	60
12	28
3	52
12	34
1	71
1	62
1	62
15	22
1	62
12	36
6	32
2	59
1	62
1	60
3	52
1	59
6	42
1	59
4	46
10	10
8	43
17	0

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 19 to 26 August 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, 19 to 26 August 2025 (this event)	329 records

Every Record Set

20 of 329

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 19 to 26 August 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-08-20	Bowgada	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	106	72 of 100 (Major)
2025-08-20	Yuin	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	68	70 of 100 (Major)
2025-08-20	South Holmwood	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	62	68 of 100 (Major)
2025-08-20	Manarra	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	71	68 of 100 (Major)
2025-08-20	Moningarin	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	108	67 of 100 (Major)
2025-08-20	Howatharra	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	52	65 of 100 (Major)
2025-08-20	Isseka	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	79	64 of 100 (Major)
2025-08-20	Gleneva	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	22	55 of 100 (Notable)
2025-08-20	Narndee	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	83	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-08-23	Exmouth Town	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	56	61 of 100 (Major)
2025-08-23	Learmonth Airport	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56	60 of 100 (Major)
2025-08-24	Ninghan Station	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	75	72 of 100 (Major)
2025-08-24	Winning	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	124	69 of 100 (Major)
2025-08-24	Mardie	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	92	65 of 100 (Major)
2025-08-24	Mallee Vale	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	75	64 of 100 (Major)
2025-08-24	Turkey Hill North	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	93	57 of 100 (Notable)
2025-08-25	Mingenew	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	92	77 of 100 (Major)
2025-08-25	Perenjori	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	103	74 of 100 (Major)
2025-08-25	Bowgada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	103	69 of 100 (Major)
2025-08-25	Coorow	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	103	65 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 329 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
2025-08-19	18
2025-08-20	99
2025-08-21	25
2025-08-22	13
2025-08-23	31
2025-08-24	50
2025-08-25	75
2025-08-26	18

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
37	92
21	103
26	75
21	106
22	68
26	124
19	103
38	62
24	71
9	108
22	92
16	103
37	52
21	79
24	75
46	56
28	56
5	93
23	22
12	83
13	83
12	71
11	71
8	98
7	104
12	103
6	100
18	32
14	120
19	28
36	22
5	106
11	112
20	59
18	52
15	62
15	42
25	72
7	87
8	86
17	56
22	44
5	62
24	32
32	48
15	43
8	71
7	103
9	62
25	28
4	103
24	52
11	62
9	88
12	86
14	28
4	104
5	86
17	32
15	59
3	106
2	106
16	59
8	75
8	70
18	70
24	42
5	108
20	22
3	103
9	62
15	36
9	83
2	139
11	72
2	103
5	87
11	52
9	60
17	56
2	98
2	108
1	116
13	18
18	26
15	62
4	86
8	76
10	32
9	42
36	28
3	86
7	62
9	59
3	91
2	86
9	62
0	99
23	19
11	32
11	27
4	75
2	86
2	86
10	55
10	62
3	83
1	90
5	62
10	28
11	56
1	91
0	91
6	52
1	86
6	62
10	58
14	36
18	32
5	62
7	75
5	71
4	82
11	59
6	55
10	52
5	75
15	32
8	32
7	56
3	71
11	44
16	22
2	75
13	32
13	23
17	20
5	62
8	60
2	80
1	83
3	70
13	32
10	56
6	62
4	62
9	64
5	55
3	71
1	86
3	62
3	60
2	71
8	43
11	16
6	59
10	28
6	59
10	28
17	19
13	28
4	52
3	62
8	56
2	62
10	18
6	32
2	68
1	71
6	55
0	71
4	55
10	20
13	22
7	44
8	38
11	28
4	62
5	60
12	28
3	52
12	34
1	71
1	62
1	62
15	22
1	62
12	36
6	32
2	59
1	62
1	60
3	52
1	59
6	42
1	59
4	46
10	10
8	43
17	0

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
37	92
21	103
26	75
21	106
22	68
26	124
19	103
38	62
24	71
9	108
22	92
16	103
37	52
21	79
24	75
46	56
28	56
5	93
23	22
12	83
13	83
12	71
11	71
8	98
7	104
12	103
6	100
18	32
14	120
19	28
36	22
5	106
11	112
20	59
18	52
15	62
15	42
25	72
7	87
8	86
17	56
22	44
5	62
24	32
32	48
15	43
8	71
7	103
9	62
25	28
4	103
24	52
11	62
9	88
12	86
14	28
4	104
5	86
17	32
15	59
3	106
2	106
16	59
8	75
8	70
18	70
24	42
5	108
20	22
3	103
9	62
15	36
9	83
2	139
11	72
2	103
5	87
11	52
9	60
17	56
2	98
2	108
1	116
13	18
18	26
15	62
4	86
8	76
10	32
9	42
36	28
3	86
7	62
9	59
3	91
2	86
9	62
0	99
23	19
11	32
11	27
4	75
2	86
2	86
10	55
10	62
3	83
1	90
5	62
10	28
11	56
1	91
0	91
6	52
1	86
6	62
10	58
14	36
18	32
5	62
7	75
5	71
4	82
11	59
6	55
10	52
5	75
15	32
8	32
7	56
3	71
11	44
16	22
2	75
13	32
13	23
17	20
5	62
8	60
2	80
1	83
3	70
13	32
10	56
6	62
4	62
9	64
5	55
3	71
1	86
3	62
3	60
2	71
8	43
11	16
6	59
10	28
6	59
10	28
17	19
13	28
4	52
3	62
8	56
2	62
10	18
6	32
2	68
1	71
6	55
0	71
4	55
10	20
13	22
7	44
8	38
11	28
4	62
5	60
12	28
3	52
12	34
1	71
1	62
1	62
15	22
1	62
12	36
6	32
2	59
1	62
1	60
3	52
1	59
6	42
1	59
4	46
10	10
8	43
17	0

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
37	92
21	103
26	75
21	106
22	68
26	124
19	103
38	62
24	71
9	108
22	92
16	103
37	52
21	79
24	75
46	56
28	56
5	93
23	22
12	83
13	83
12	71
11	71
8	98
7	104
12	103
6	100
18	32
14	120
19	28
36	22
5	106
11	112
20	59
18	52
15	62
15	42
25	72
7	87
8	86
17	56
22	44
5	62
24	32
32	48
15	43
8	71
7	103
9	62
25	28
4	103
24	52
11	62
9	88
12	86
14	28
4	104
5	86
17	32
15	59
3	106
2	106
16	59
8	75
8	70
18	70
24	42
5	108
20	22
3	103
9	62
15	36
9	83
2	139
11	72
2	103
5	87
11	52
9	60
17	56
2	98
2	108
1	116
13	18
18	26
15	62
4	86
8	76
10	32
9	42
36	28
3	86
7	62
9	59
3	91
2	86
9	62
0	99
23	19
11	32
11	27
4	75
2	86
2	86
10	55
10	62
3	83
1	90
5	62
10	28
11	56
1	91
0	91
6	52
1	86
6	62
10	58
14	36
18	32
5	62
7	75
5	71
4	82
11	59
6	55
10	52
5	75
15	32
8	32
7	56
3	71
11	44
16	22
2	75
13	32
13	23
17	20
5	62
8	60
2	80
1	83
3	70
13	32
10	56
6	62
4	62
9	64
5	55
3	71
1	86
3	62
3	60
2	71
8	43
11	16
6	59
10	28
6	59
10	28
17	19
13	28
4	52
3	62
8	56
2	62
10	18
6	32
2	68
1	71
6	55
0	71
4	55
10	20
13	22
7	44
8	38
11	28
4	62
5	60
12	28
3	52
12	34
1	71
1	62
1	62
15	22
1	62
12	36
6	32
2	59
1	62
1	60
3	52
1	59
6	42
1	59
4	46
10	10
8	43
17	0