Extreme rain in Australia, 12 to 19 June 2018

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 12 to 19 June 2018
Start: 2018-06-12
End: 2018-06-19
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 12 to 19 June 2018: 213 records at 179 stations, peak on 17 June 2018. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 12 to 19 June 2018 set or tied 213 station records at 179 stations.
It ran from 12 June 2018 to 19 June 2018 (8 days) and its peak day was 17 June 2018.
Status: closed.
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 63.4 mm (2.5 in) on 16 June 2018.
The busiest day was 17 June 2018 with 94 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 141 years.

Footprint

12 to 19 June 2018

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 12 to 19 June 2018 is outlined, with 18 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Australia, 12 to 19 June 2018: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	2018-06-16
Flemington Racecourse	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	2018-06-18
Gellibrand River West	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	2018-06-16
Apollo Bay	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	2018-06-17
Melton Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	2018-06-18
Cranbourne South	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	2018-06-17
Camperdown Donalds Hill	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2018-06-18
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	2018-06-17
Simpson South	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	2018-06-17
Nullawarre	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	2018-06-16
Lunawanna	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	2018-06-17
Greenvale Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	2018-06-18
Montrose	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	2018-06-17
Laverton Raaf	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	2018-06-17
Dunkeld	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	2018-06-17
Rokewood (Wurrook South)	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	2018-06-17
Terang	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2018-06-17
Essendon Airport	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	2018-06-18

Records per Day

Peak day 94

Records set or tied each day from 12 June 2018 to 19 June 2018. The most in one day was 94 on 17 June 2018.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 12 to 19 June 2018 ranked by margin
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, 06-16	40.3 mm (1.6 in)
Gellibrand River West, 06-17	28.9 mm (1.1 in)
Simpson South, 06-17	28.8 mm (1.1 in)
Cranbourne South, 06-17	26.6 mm (1.0 in)
Gellibrand River West, 06-16	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
Camperdown Donalds Hill, 06-18	21.8 mm (0.9 in)
Flemington Racecourse, 06-18	21.3 mm (0.8 in)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate, 06-17	21.1 mm (0.8 in)
Lunawanna, 06-17	20.6 mm (0.8 in)
Greenvale Reservoir, 06-18	20.2 mm (0.8 in)
Apollo Bay, 06-17	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
Melton Reservoir, 06-18	19.6 mm (0.8 in)
Montrose, 06-17	18.8 mm (0.7 in)
Terang, 06-17	10.9 mm (0.4 in)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, 06-17	9.7 mm (0.38 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

213 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, 12 to 19 June 2018
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
40	135
21	111
25	100
20	100
29	56
20	65
9	96
10	81
27	5
11	85
22	32
21	57
29	27
1	117
21	56
10	141
20	23
3	108
19	40
8	65
33	4
15	63
11	65
5	105
23	1
21	40
3	100
20	1
17	1
24	1
13	28
2	115
2	127
2	116
2	111
11	48
5	65
1	107
1	125
1	95
10	68
15	27
4	87
27	36
15	40
2	80
2	83
4	69
12	23
17	28
8	57
14	1
12	44
9	37
18	32
1	87
14	36
8	28
1	83
8	40
8	56
4	56
5	48
14	1
4	65
3	71
13	32
8	23
5	48
12	27
4	56
1	71
0	79
6	56
8	55
10	44
1	65
2	57
15	21
8	28
12	20
38	16
8	41
5	44
2	56
20	44
14	7
7	8
2	57
4	57
6	48
6	48
0	57
3	37
10	12
14	4
2	56
2	56
4	40
8	23
11	8
2	56
1	56
12	16
5	48
1	56
5	28
3	40
1	29
10	20
2	56
7	13
3	40
5	40
1	57
10	23
8	28
0	56
2	0
6	27
6	48
6	32
4	40
0	56
4	28
7	12
6	13
2	56
5	33
2	37
2	48
8	16
9	8
6	28
2	29
3	37
2	44
7	13
8	15
1	44
4	36
2	29
1	44
1	40
6	8
8	13
9	5
9	3
8	23
3	36
1	37
2	23
1	40
5	4
8	3
5	15
3	21
5	27
1	37
2	24
0	29
9	4
5	5
1	36
4	12
1	32
9	7
2	28
7	5
1	29
1	28
2	16
1	28
4	23
1	13
4	16
2	13
5	13
1	28
3	4
2	9
6	3
2	28
5	13
5	1
2	13
3	25
2	3
1	20
6	3
0	19
5	4
4	8
1	23
3	19
5	4
1	13
0	27
2	13
0	16

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 12 to 19 June 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, 12 to 19 June 2018 (this event)	213 records

Every Record Set

20 of 213

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 12 to 19 June 2018, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2018-06-16	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	135	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2018-06-16	Gellibrand River West	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	100	79 of 100 (Major)
2018-06-16	Nullawarre	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	117	52 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-17	Apollo Bay	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	100	67 of 100 (Major)
2018-06-17	Gellibrand River West	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	56	67 of 100 (Major)
2018-06-17	Cranbourne South	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	5	55 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-17	Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	57	53 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-17	Simpson South	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	27	53 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-17	Lunawanna	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	56	52 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-17	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	141	51 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-17	Montrose	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	40	46 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-17	Laverton Raaf	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	65	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-06-17	Dunkeld	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	96	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-06-17	Rokewood (Wurrook South)	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	108	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-06-17	Terang	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	85	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-06-18	Flemington Racecourse	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	111	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2018-06-18	Melton Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	65	66 of 100 (Major)
2018-06-18	Camperdown Donalds Hill	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	32	55 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-18	Greenvale Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	23	50 of 100 (Notable)
2018-06-18	Essendon Airport	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	81	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 213 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
2018-06-12	1
2018-06-13	3
2018-06-14	10
2018-06-15	34
2018-06-16	28
2018-06-17	94
2018-06-18	40
2018-06-19	3

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
40	135
21	111
25	100
20	100
29	56
20	65
9	96
10	81
27	5
11	85
22	32
21	57
29	27
1	117
21	56
10	141
20	23
3	108
19	40
8	65
33	4
15	63
11	65
5	105
23	1
21	40
3	100
20	1
17	1
24	1
13	28
2	115
2	127
2	116
2	111
11	48
5	65
1	107
1	125
1	95
10	68
15	27
4	87
27	36
15	40
2	80
2	83
4	69
12	23
17	28
8	57
14	1
12	44
9	37
18	32
1	87
14	36
8	28
1	83
8	40
8	56
4	56
5	48
14	1
4	65
3	71
13	32
8	23
5	48
12	27
4	56
1	71
0	79
6	56
8	55
10	44
1	65
2	57
15	21
8	28
12	20
38	16
8	41
5	44
2	56
20	44
14	7
7	8
2	57
4	57
6	48
6	48
0	57
3	37
10	12
14	4
2	56
2	56
4	40
8	23
11	8
2	56
1	56
12	16
5	48
1	56
5	28
3	40
1	29
10	20
2	56
7	13
3	40
5	40
1	57
10	23
8	28
0	56
2	0
6	27
6	48
6	32
4	40
0	56
4	28
7	12
6	13
2	56
5	33
2	37
2	48
8	16
9	8
6	28
2	29
3	37
2	44
7	13
8	15
1	44
4	36
2	29
1	44
1	40
6	8
8	13
9	5
9	3
8	23
3	36
1	37
2	23
1	40
5	4
8	3
5	15
3	21
5	27
1	37
2	24
0	29
9	4
5	5
1	36
4	12
1	32
9	7
2	28
7	5
1	29
1	28
2	16
1	28
4	23
1	13
4	16
2	13
5	13
1	28
3	4
2	9
6	3
2	28
5	13
5	1
2	13
3	25
2	3
1	20
6	3
0	19
5	4
4	8
1	23
3	19
5	4
1	13
0	27
2	13
0	16

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
40	135
21	111
25	100
20	100
29	56
20	65
9	96
10	81
27	5
11	85
22	32
21	57
29	27
1	117
21	56
10	141
20	23
3	108
19	40
8	65
33	4
15	63
11	65
5	105
23	1
21	40
3	100
20	1
17	1
24	1
13	28
2	115
2	127
2	116
2	111
11	48
5	65
1	107
1	125
1	95
10	68
15	27
4	87
27	36
15	40
2	80
2	83
4	69
12	23
17	28
8	57
14	1
12	44
9	37
18	32
1	87
14	36
8	28
1	83
8	40
8	56
4	56
5	48
14	1
4	65
3	71
13	32
8	23
5	48
12	27
4	56
1	71
0	79
6	56
8	55
10	44
1	65
2	57
15	21
8	28
12	20
38	16
8	41
5	44
2	56
20	44
14	7
7	8
2	57
4	57
6	48
6	48
0	57
3	37
10	12
14	4
2	56
2	56
4	40
8	23
11	8
2	56
1	56
12	16
5	48
1	56
5	28
3	40
1	29
10	20
2	56
7	13
3	40
5	40
1	57
10	23
8	28
0	56
2	0
6	27
6	48
6	32
4	40
0	56
4	28
7	12
6	13
2	56
5	33
2	37
2	48
8	16
9	8
6	28
2	29
3	37
2	44
7	13
8	15
1	44
4	36
2	29
1	44
1	40
6	8
8	13
9	5
9	3
8	23
3	36
1	37
2	23
1	40
5	4
8	3
5	15
3	21
5	27
1	37
2	24
0	29
9	4
5	5
1	36
4	12
1	32
9	7
2	28
7	5
1	29
1	28
2	16
1	28
4	23
1	13
4	16
2	13
5	13
1	28
3	4
2	9
6	3
2	28
5	13
5	1
2	13
3	25
2	3
1	20
6	3
0	19
5	4
4	8
1	23
3	19
5	4
1	13
0	27
2	13
0	16

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
40	135
21	111
25	100
20	100
29	56
20	65
9	96
10	81
27	5
11	85
22	32
21	57
29	27
1	117
21	56
10	141
20	23
3	108
19	40
8	65
33	4
15	63
11	65
5	105
23	1
21	40
3	100
20	1
17	1
24	1
13	28
2	115
2	127
2	116
2	111
11	48
5	65
1	107
1	125
1	95
10	68
15	27
4	87
27	36
15	40
2	80
2	83
4	69
12	23
17	28
8	57
14	1
12	44
9	37
18	32
1	87
14	36
8	28
1	83
8	40
8	56
4	56
5	48
14	1
4	65
3	71
13	32
8	23
5	48
12	27
4	56
1	71
0	79
6	56
8	55
10	44
1	65
2	57
15	21
8	28
12	20
38	16
8	41
5	44
2	56
20	44
14	7
7	8
2	57
4	57
6	48
6	48
0	57
3	37
10	12
14	4
2	56
2	56
4	40
8	23
11	8
2	56
1	56
12	16
5	48
1	56
5	28
3	40
1	29
10	20
2	56
7	13
3	40
5	40
1	57
10	23
8	28
0	56
2	0
6	27
6	48
6	32
4	40
0	56
4	28
7	12
6	13
2	56
5	33
2	37
2	48
8	16
9	8
6	28
2	29
3	37
2	44
7	13
8	15
1	44
4	36
2	29
1	44
1	40
6	8
8	13
9	5
9	3
8	23
3	36
1	37
2	23
1	40
5	4
8	3
5	15
3	21
5	27
1	37
2	24
0	29
9	4
5	5
1	36
4	12
1	32
9	7
2	28
7	5
1	29
1	28
2	16
1	28
4	23
1	13
4	16
2	13
5	13
1	28
3	4
2	9
6	3
2	28
5	13
5	1
2	13
3	25
2	3
1	20
6	3
0	19
5	4
4	8
1	23
3	19
5	4
1	13
0	27
2	13
0	16