Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 November 2018

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 November 2018
Start: 2018-11-04
End: 2018-11-10
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 November 2018: 183 records at 172 stations, peak on 7 November 2018. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 November 2018 set or tied 183 station records at 172 stations.
It ran from 4 November 2018 to 10 November 2018 (7 days) and its peak day was 7 November 2018.
Status: closed.
Sturt Vale set a daily record precipitation of 36.0 mm (1.4 in) on 5 November 2018.
The busiest day was 7 November 2018 with 64 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 130 years.

Footprint

4 to 10 November 2018

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 November 2018 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, 4 to 10 November 2018: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Sturt Vale	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	2018-11-05
Lang Lang	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	2018-11-07
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	2018-11-07
Andamooka	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	2018-11-06
Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	2018-11-06
Flemington Racecourse	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	2018-11-07
Hawthorn (Scotch College)	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	2018-11-07
St Arnaud	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	2018-11-07
Balranald (Rsl)	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	2018-11-06
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	2018-11-07
Boatman Station	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	2018-11-08
Crystal Brook	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	2018-11-06
Coondambo	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	2018-11-06
Hermannsburg	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	2018-11-05
Eucla	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	2018-11-06
Nullarbor	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	2018-11-06
Booborowie	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	2018-11-06
Maryvale	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	2018-11-07
Cluny	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	2018-11-07
Monkira	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	2018-11-07

Records per Day

Peak day 64

Records set or tied each day from 4 November 2018 to 10 November 2018. The most in one day was 64 on 7 November 2018.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 November 2018 ranked by margin
Hawthorn (Scotch College), 11-07	41.1 mm (1.6 in)
Flemington Racecourse, 11-07	33.6 mm (1.3 in)
Lang Lang, 11-07	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
Andamooka, 11-06	24.3 mm (1.0 in)
Sturt Vale, 11-05	22.3 mm (0.9 in)
Maryvale, 11-07	22.0 mm (0.9 in)
Coondambo, 11-06	21.1 mm (0.8 in)
Monkira, 11-07	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
Cluny, 11-07	18.5 mm (0.7 in)
Wentworth (Wamberra Station), 11-06	16.4 mm (0.6 in)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water, 11-07	15.8 mm (0.6 in)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range), 11-07	14.2 mm (0.6 in)
Crystal Brook, 11-06	13.6 mm (0.5 in)
Nullarbor, 11-06	12.9 mm (0.5 in)
Boatman Station, 11-08	12.4 mm (0.5 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

183 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, 4 to 10 November 2018
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
22	93
25	64
16	96
24	44
20	130
16	118
34	23
41	40
22	69
11	118
12	118
14	84
6	108
19	76
12	100
6	126
14	64
13	44
8	84
21	16
13	61
26	13
15	61
7	76
11	44
6	84
21	5
2	87
3	84
2	93
1	93
0	93
20	19
27	13
19	12
2	84
12	48
0	84
4	75
8	55
19	24
20	23
11	43
7	47
10	52
9	47
12	28
2	64
10	28
0	72
14	19
13	23
20	13
13	19
5	44
0	64
12	49
0	64
17	8
7	43
17	32
7	27
7	28
11	47
14	23
1	64
6	27
12	44
9	52
11	52
2	56
13	20
3	44
2	48
2	52
1	65
6	12
8	19
0	56
8	44
2	47
7	48
7	44
6	36
1	52
12	32
0	51
6	43
21	19
0	48
3	44
4	49
10	32
8	23
4	28
4	28
13	24
12	23
8	32
4	31
18	15
11	5
2	23
2	47
8	12
7	28
5	28
4	13
1	52
6	16
8	32
5	23
2	40
2	28
10	12
2	28
1	47
9	5
1	28
1	49
11	19
4	40
1	47
3	13
2	20
5	32
2	23
3	32
1	19
4	19
3	27
6	8
11	8
2	32
6	33
8	12
4	28
4	16
4	15
2	28
4	23
3	29
2	16
10	16
4	28
2	27
2	16
4	20
4	9
6	5
1	19
0	33
5	19
3	23
3	5
5	24
2	5
1	23
1	27
1	9
4	9
3	20
1	21
8	12
1	28
1	16
2	5
2	16
5	12
3	13
2	19
2	9
0	19
4	8
2	16
1	19
1	12
6	5
1	15
0	8
1	7
1	5
1	3

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 November 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, 4 to 10 November 2018 (this event)	183 records

Every Record Set

20 of 183

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 November 2018, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2018-11-05	Sturt Vale	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	93	65 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-05	Hermannsburg	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	126	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-11-06	Andamooka	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	44	58 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-06	Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	118	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-06	Balranald (Rsl)	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	118	52 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-06	Crystal Brook	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	64	47 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-06	Coondambo	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	16	44 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-06	Eucla	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	108	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-11-06	Nullarbor	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	44	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-11-06	Booborowie	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	84	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-11-07	Lang Lang	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	64	62 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-07	Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	96	59 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-07	Flemington Racecourse	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	23	56 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-07	Hawthorn (Scotch College)	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40	56 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-07	St Arnaud	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	118	54 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-07	Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	84	52 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-07	Maryvale	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	69	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-11-07	Cluny	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	76	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-11-07	Monkira	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	130	20 of 100 (Routine)
2018-11-08	Boatman Station	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	100	50 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 183 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
2018-11-04	2
2018-11-05	23
2018-11-06	51
2018-11-07	64
2018-11-08	39
2018-11-09	3
2018-11-10	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
22	93
25	64
16	96
24	44
20	130
16	118
34	23
41	40
22	69
11	118
12	118
14	84
6	108
19	76
12	100
6	126
14	64
13	44
8	84
21	16
13	61
26	13
15	61
7	76
11	44
6	84
21	5
2	87
3	84
2	93
1	93
0	93
20	19
27	13
19	12
2	84
12	48
0	84
4	75
8	55
19	24
20	23
11	43
7	47
10	52
9	47
12	28
2	64
10	28
0	72
14	19
13	23
20	13
13	19
5	44
0	64
12	49
0	64
17	8
7	43
17	32
7	27
7	28
11	47
14	23
1	64
6	27
12	44
9	52
11	52
2	56
13	20
3	44
2	48
2	52
1	65
6	12
8	19
0	56
8	44
2	47
7	48
7	44
6	36
1	52
12	32
0	51
6	43
21	19
0	48
3	44
4	49
10	32
8	23
4	28
4	28
13	24
12	23
8	32
4	31
18	15
11	5
2	23
2	47
8	12
7	28
5	28
4	13
1	52
6	16
8	32
5	23
2	40
2	28
10	12
2	28
1	47
9	5
1	28
1	49
11	19
4	40
1	47
3	13
2	20
5	32
2	23
3	32
1	19
4	19
3	27
6	8
11	8
2	32
6	33
8	12
4	28
4	16
4	15
2	28
4	23
3	29
2	16
10	16
4	28
2	27
2	16
4	20
4	9
6	5
1	19
0	33
5	19
3	23
3	5
5	24
2	5
1	23
1	27
1	9
4	9
3	20
1	21
8	12
1	28
1	16
2	5
2	16
5	12
3	13
2	19
2	9
0	19
4	8
2	16
1	19
1	12
6	5
1	15
0	8
1	7
1	5
1	3

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
22	93
25	64
16	96
24	44
20	130
16	118
34	23
41	40
22	69
11	118
12	118
14	84
6	108
19	76
12	100
6	126
14	64
13	44
8	84
21	16
13	61
26	13
15	61
7	76
11	44
6	84
21	5
2	87
3	84
2	93
1	93
0	93
20	19
27	13
19	12
2	84
12	48
0	84
4	75
8	55
19	24
20	23
11	43
7	47
10	52
9	47
12	28
2	64
10	28
0	72
14	19
13	23
20	13
13	19
5	44
0	64
12	49
0	64
17	8
7	43
17	32
7	27
7	28
11	47
14	23
1	64
6	27
12	44
9	52
11	52
2	56
13	20
3	44
2	48
2	52
1	65
6	12
8	19
0	56
8	44
2	47
7	48
7	44
6	36
1	52
12	32
0	51
6	43
21	19
0	48
3	44
4	49
10	32
8	23
4	28
4	28
13	24
12	23
8	32
4	31
18	15
11	5
2	23
2	47
8	12
7	28
5	28
4	13
1	52
6	16
8	32
5	23
2	40
2	28
10	12
2	28
1	47
9	5
1	28
1	49
11	19
4	40
1	47
3	13
2	20
5	32
2	23
3	32
1	19
4	19
3	27
6	8
11	8
2	32
6	33
8	12
4	28
4	16
4	15
2	28
4	23
3	29
2	16
10	16
4	28
2	27
2	16
4	20
4	9
6	5
1	19
0	33
5	19
3	23
3	5
5	24
2	5
1	23
1	27
1	9
4	9
3	20
1	21
8	12
1	28
1	16
2	5
2	16
5	12
3	13
2	19
2	9
0	19
4	8
2	16
1	19
1	12
6	5
1	15
0	8
1	7
1	5
1	3

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
22	93
25	64
16	96
24	44
20	130
16	118
34	23
41	40
22	69
11	118
12	118
14	84
6	108
19	76
12	100
6	126
14	64
13	44
8	84
21	16
13	61
26	13
15	61
7	76
11	44
6	84
21	5
2	87
3	84
2	93
1	93
0	93
20	19
27	13
19	12
2	84
12	48
0	84
4	75
8	55
19	24
20	23
11	43
7	47
10	52
9	47
12	28
2	64
10	28
0	72
14	19
13	23
20	13
13	19
5	44
0	64
12	49
0	64
17	8
7	43
17	32
7	27
7	28
11	47
14	23
1	64
6	27
12	44
9	52
11	52
2	56
13	20
3	44
2	48
2	52
1	65
6	12
8	19
0	56
8	44
2	47
7	48
7	44
6	36
1	52
12	32
0	51
6	43
21	19
0	48
3	44
4	49
10	32
8	23
4	28
4	28
13	24
12	23
8	32
4	31
18	15
11	5
2	23
2	47
8	12
7	28
5	28
4	13
1	52
6	16
8	32
5	23
2	40
2	28
10	12
2	28
1	47
9	5
1	28
1	49
11	19
4	40
1	47
3	13
2	20
5	32
2	23
3	32
1	19
4	19
3	27
6	8
11	8
2	32
6	33
8	12
4	28
4	16
4	15
2	28
4	23
3	29
2	16
10	16
4	28
2	27
2	16
4	20
4	9
6	5
1	19
0	33
5	19
3	23
3	5
5	24
2	5
1	23
1	27
1	9
4	9
3	20
1	21
8	12
1	28
1	16
2	5
2	16
5	12
3	13
2	19
2	9
0	19
4	8
2	16
1	19
1	12
6	5
1	15
0	8
1	7
1	5
1	3