Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 16 April 2018

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 16 April 2018
Start: 2018-04-13
End: 2018-04-16
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 16 April 2018: 129 records at 120 stations, peak on 15 April 2018. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 16 April 2018 set or tied 129 station records at 120 stations.
It ran from 13 April 2018 to 16 April 2018 (4 days) and its peak day was 15 April 2018.
Status: closed.
Toora set a daily record precipitation of 51.0 mm (2.0 in) on 16 April 2018.
The busiest day was 15 April 2018 with 85 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 132 years.

Footprint

13 to 16 April 2018

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 16 April 2018 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, 13 to 16 April 2018: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Toora	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	2018-04-16
Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	2018-04-15
Fish Creek	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	2018-04-15
Uraidla	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	2018-04-15
Lancefield	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	2018-04-15
Apollo Bay	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	2018-04-15
Woods Point	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	2018-04-14
Nelson	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	2018-04-16
Butlers Gorge	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	2018-04-15
Mount Buller	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	2018-04-16
Echunga Golf Course	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	2018-04-16
Yanakie (Shallow Inlet)	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	2018-04-15
Kensington Upper (Burnside)	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	2018-04-14
Mount Schank (Jethia)	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	2018-04-14
Dalton Post Office	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	2018-04-14
Birdwood	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	2018-04-15
Coonalpyn	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	2018-04-15
Maryland	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	2018-04-15
Wollar (Barrigan St)	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	2018-04-15

Records per Day

Peak day 85

Records set or tied each day from 13 April 2018 to 16 April 2018. The most in one day was 85 on 15 April 2018.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 16 April 2018 ranked by margin
Toora, 04-16	21.3 mm (0.8 in)
Woods Point, 04-14	20.9 mm (0.8 in)
Yanakie (Shallow Inlet), 04-15	18.2 mm (0.7 in)
Fish Creek, 04-15	17.6 mm (0.7 in)
Echunga Golf Course, 04-16	17.2 mm (0.7 in)
Lancefield, 04-15	17.1 mm (0.7 in)
Mount Buller, 04-15	14.7 mm (0.6 in)
Mount Schank (Jethia), 04-14	13.0 mm (0.5 in)
Apollo Bay, 04-15	12.8 mm (0.5 in)
Butlers Gorge, 04-15	12.4 mm (0.5 in)
Uraidla, 04-15	11.9 mm (0.5 in)
Tarwin Lower (Riverside), 04-15	11.8 mm (0.5 in)
Wollar (Barrigan St), 04-15	8.5 mm (0.33 in)
Nelson, 04-16	7.0 mm (0.28 in)
Maryland, 04-15	4.0 mm (0.16 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, 13 to 16 April 2018
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
21	75
12	132
18	77
12	117
17	64
13	77
21	56
7	80
4	124
2	117
2	117
1	126
9	77
1	108
17	32
13	41
4	64
12	63
18	32
15	64
6	77
6	64
1	83
2	77
2	77
2	77
6	63
2	75
5	56
19	15
3	61
3	56
13	12
3	47
5	48
9	32
4	48
12	49
9	23
1	56
4	47
1	65
8	32
5	44
14	12
12	12
8	12
4	48
4	48
13	32
2	44
4	25
3	48
5	40
4	44
4	28
1	32
16	12
1	44
4	32
13	15
1	48
10	15
10	15
5	32
1	52
0	32
7	32
5	12
4	32
9	15
5	28
7	12
2	25
5	12
7	12
2	33
7	15
6	15
2	32
2	32
4	17
1	35
8	15
14	3
8	12
4	32
3	32
1	32
3	32
6	15
0	37
5	21
2	32
6	12
4	17
8	15
1	32
1	32
7	17
5	17
2	21
5	12
1	32
6	12
1	32
3	17
3	20
3	24
2	12
2	17
4	12
1	28
3	15
1	23
1	25
0	15
4	12
2	12
2	12
2	15
1	15
0	17
1	12
1	12
1	12
0	12
1	8
3	9

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 16 April 2018 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 April 2018 (this event)	129 records

Every Record Set

20 of 129

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 16 April 2018, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2018-04-14	Woods Point	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	56	45 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-14	Kensington Upper (Burnside)	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	117	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-04-14	Mount Schank (Jethia)	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	41	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-04-14	Dalton Post Office	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	108	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-04-15	Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	132	53 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-15	Fish Creek	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	77	52 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-15	Uraidla	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	117	50 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-15	Lancefield	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	64	50 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-15	Apollo Bay	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	77	49 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-15	Butlers Gorge	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	63	38 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-15	Yanakie (Shallow Inlet)	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	32	37 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-15	Mount Buller	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	64	36 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-15	Birdwood	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	126	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-04-15	Coonalpyn	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	117	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-04-15	Maryland	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	124	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-04-15	Wollar (Barrigan St)	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	77	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-04-16	Toora	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	75	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-16	Nelson	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	80	45 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-16	Echunga Golf Course	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	32	38 of 100 (Notable)
2018-04-16	Mount Buller	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	64	38 of 100 (Notable)

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.

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
21	75
12	132
18	77
12	117
17	64
13	77
21	56
7	80
4	124
2	117
2	117
1	126
9	77
1	108
17	32
13	41
4	64
12	63
18	32
15	64
6	77
6	64
1	83
2	77
2	77
2	77
6	63
2	75
5	56
19	15
3	61
3	56
13	12
3	47
5	48
9	32
4	48
12	49
9	23
1	56
4	47
1	65
8	32
5	44
14	12
12	12
8	12
4	48
4	48
13	32
2	44
4	25
3	48
5	40
4	44
4	28
1	32
16	12
1	44
4	32
13	15
1	48
10	15
10	15
5	32
1	52
0	32
7	32
5	12
4	32
9	15
5	28
7	12
2	25
5	12
7	12
2	33
7	15
6	15
2	32
2	32
4	17
1	35
8	15
14	3
8	12
4	32
3	32
1	32
3	32
6	15
0	37
5	21
2	32
6	12
4	17
8	15
1	32
1	32
7	17
5	17
2	21
5	12
1	32
6	12
1	32
3	17
3	20
3	24
2	12
2	17
4	12
1	28
3	15
1	23
1	25
0	15
4	12
2	12
2	12
2	15
1	15
0	17
1	12
1	12
1	12
0	12
1	8
3	9

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
21	75
12	132
18	77
12	117
17	64
13	77
21	56
7	80
4	124
2	117
2	117
1	126
9	77
1	108
17	32
13	41
4	64
12	63
18	32
15	64
6	77
6	64
1	83
2	77
2	77
2	77
6	63
2	75
5	56
19	15
3	61
3	56
13	12
3	47
5	48
9	32
4	48
12	49
9	23
1	56
4	47
1	65
8	32
5	44
14	12
12	12
8	12
4	48
4	48
13	32
2	44
4	25
3	48
5	40
4	44
4	28
1	32
16	12
1	44
4	32
13	15
1	48
10	15
10	15
5	32
1	52
0	32
7	32
5	12
4	32
9	15
5	28
7	12
2	25
5	12
7	12
2	33
7	15
6	15
2	32
2	32
4	17
1	35
8	15
14	3
8	12
4	32
3	32
1	32
3	32
6	15
0	37
5	21
2	32
6	12
4	17
8	15
1	32
1	32
7	17
5	17
2	21
5	12
1	32
6	12
1	32
3	17
3	20
3	24
2	12
2	17
4	12
1	28
3	15
1	23
1	25
0	15
4	12
2	12
2	12
2	15
1	15
0	17
1	12
1	12
1	12
0	12
1	8
3	9

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
21	75
12	132
18	77
12	117
17	64
13	77
21	56
7	80
4	124
2	117
2	117
1	126
9	77
1	108
17	32
13	41
4	64
12	63
18	32
15	64
6	77
6	64
1	83
2	77
2	77
2	77
6	63
2	75
5	56
19	15
3	61
3	56
13	12
3	47
5	48
9	32
4	48
12	49
9	23
1	56
4	47
1	65
8	32
5	44
14	12
12	12
8	12
4	48
4	48
13	32
2	44
4	25
3	48
5	40
4	44
4	28
1	32
16	12
1	44
4	32
13	15
1	48
10	15
10	15
5	32
1	52
0	32
7	32
5	12
4	32
9	15
5	28
7	12
2	25
5	12
7	12
2	33
7	15
6	15
2	32
2	32
4	17
1	35
8	15
14	3
8	12
4	32
3	32
1	32
3	32
6	15
0	37
5	21
2	32
6	12
4	17
8	15
1	32
1	32
7	17
5	17
2	21
5	12
1	32
6	12
1	32
3	17
3	20
3	24
2	12
2	17
4	12
1	28
3	15
1	23
1	25
0	15
4	12
2	12
2	12
2	15
1	15
0	17
1	12
1	12
1	12
0	12
1	8
3	9