Extreme rain in Australia, 26 November to 1 December 2018

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 26 November to 1 December 2018
Start: 2018-11-26
End: 2018-12-01
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 26 November to 1 December 2018: 229 records at 200 stations, peak on 29 November 2018. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 26 November to 1 December 2018 set or tied 229 station records at 200 stations.
It ran from 26 November 2018 to 1 December 2018 (6 days) and its peak day was 29 November 2018.
Status: closed.
Faulconbridge (St Georges Cres set a monthly record daily precipitation of 116.8 mm (4.6 in) on 29 November 2018.
The busiest day was 29 November 2018 with 126 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 135 years.

Footprint

26 November to 1 December 2018

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 26 November to 1 December 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, 26 November to 1 December 2018: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Faulconbridge (St Georges Cres	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	2018-11-29
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	2018-11-29
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Record daily precipitation	142.6 mm (5.6 in)	2018-11-29
Nowra Treatment Works	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	2018-11-29
Gordon Golf Club	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	2018-11-28
Portland (Jamieson St)	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	2018-11-28
Berambing	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	2018-11-29
Barrengarry (the Old School Ho	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	2018-11-29
Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road)	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	2018-11-28
Molong (King St)	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	2018-11-29
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	2018-11-29
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	2018-11-29
Taralga Post Office	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	2018-11-29
Macquarie Park (Willandra Vill	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	2018-11-28
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	2018-11-29
Bilpin (Fern Grove)	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	2018-11-29
Big Hill (Glen Dusk)	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	2018-11-29
Alectown (Vanvilla)	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	2018-11-28
Brooman (Carisbrook)	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	2018-11-28
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Record daily precipitation	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	2018-11-28

Records per Day

Peak day 126

Records set or tied each day from 26 November 2018 to 1 December 2018. The most in one day was 126 on 29 November 2018.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 26 November to 1 December 2018 ranked by margin
Bundanoon Bowling Club, 11-29	116.4 mm (4.6 in)
Barrengarry (the Old School Ho, 11-29	84.0 mm (3.3 in)
Sydney Botanic Gardens, 11-28	82.6 mm (3.3 in)
Macquarie Park (Willandra Vill, 11-28	67.4 mm (2.7 in)
Brooman (Carisbrook), 11-28	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
Gordon Golf Club, 11-28	48.6 mm (1.9 in)
Faulconbridge (St Georges Cres, 11-29	47.2 mm (1.9 in)
Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road), 11-28	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
Berambing, 11-29	40.5 mm (1.6 in)
Portland (Jamieson St), 11-28	38.5 mm (1.5 in)
Big Hill (Glen Dusk), 11-29	34.4 mm (1.4 in)
Nowra Treatment Works, 11-29	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
Lithgow (Cooerwull), 11-29	30.9 mm (1.2 in)
Alectown (Vanvilla), 11-28	29.9 mm (1.2 in)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves), 11-29	25.5 mm (1.0 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

229 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, 26 November to 1 December 2018
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
47	63
31	129
116	65
34	100
49	68
39	59
41	54
84	33
42	68
21	107
25	84
23	116
20	107
26	72
67	44
22	112
34	47
30	65
62	35
83	12
77	12
24	52
94	9
39	65
57	8
23	34
30	44
14	109
11	107
12	135
42	8
17	80
59	29
12	116
51	24
20	59
14	84
24	72
10	128
10	129
9	134
87	9
30	24
7	134
62	9
26	47
20	68
14	84
6	107
4	107
6	108
47	9
45	52
38	12
47	12
53	35
19	52
42	27
21	47
49	12
2	112
23	35
40	44
20	65
16	65
13	72
13	65
7	80
19	47
39	9
4	84
34	12
21	52
35	8
51	12
18	56
2	88
12	44
6	72
34	9
26	35
29	9
11	65
33	8
5	72
19	24
12	34
19	52
32	24
46	12
23	20
8	52
20	24
7	48
19	48
18	24
2	72
30	12
23	8
5	65
31	9
15	47
26	9
0	68
7	47
7	56
13	35
34	12
12	41
23	5
5	59
11	13
20	9
6	59
1	72
15	44
1	72
16	24
19	9
9	47
10	47
14	32
2	52
19	12
15	27
8	32
23	4
8	47
7	35
7	52
21	9
19	8
2	44
6	35
9	35
8	47
2	44
30	5
7	44
6	45
17	9
21	9
27	4
6	44
13	12
0	44
2	35
5	40
21	9
3	35
6	32
8	24
19	12
11	8
11	29
1	47
9	9
7	29
3	40
1	47
17	9
2	35
6	24
16	12
11	12
4	44
5	35
14	28
6	32
8	32
7	9
14	8
9	12
15	12
1	32
1	44
1	44
0	44
10	12
12	12
4	35
3	35
1	44
2	35
6	8
10	5
1	33
7	24
13	12
14	9
10	8
1	35
4	9
12	9
2	24
8	12
4	24
11	12
8	12
5	12

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 26 November to 1 December 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, 26 November to 1 December 2018 (this event)	229 records

Every Record Set

20 of 229

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 26 November to 1 December 2018, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2018-11-28	Gordon Golf Club	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	68	66 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-28	Portland (Jamieson St)	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	59	64 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-28	Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road)	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	68	61 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-28	Macquarie Park (Willandra Vill	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	44	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-28	Alectown (Vanvilla)	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	65	54 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-28	Brooman (Carisbrook)	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35	54 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-28	Sydney Botanic Gardens	Record daily precipitation	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	12	53 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-29	Faulconbridge (St Georges Cres	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	63	76 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-29	Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	129	72 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-29	Bundanoon Bowling Club	Record daily precipitation	142.6 mm (5.6 in)	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	65	69 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-29	Nowra Treatment Works	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	100	68 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-29	Berambing	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	54	62 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-29	Barrengarry (the Old School Ho	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	33	62 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-29	Molong (King St)	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	107	60 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-29	Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	84	60 of 100 (Major)
2018-11-29	Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	116	59 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-29	Taralga Post Office	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	107	59 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-29	Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	72	57 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-29	Bilpin (Fern Grove)	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	112	56 of 100 (Notable)
2018-11-29	Big Hill (Glen Dusk)	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	47	56 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 229 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
2018-11-26	3
2018-11-27	5
2018-11-28	93
2018-11-29	126
2018-11-30	1
2018-12-01	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
47	63
31	129
116	65
34	100
49	68
39	59
41	54
84	33
42	68
21	107
25	84
23	116
20	107
26	72
67	44
22	112
34	47
30	65
62	35
83	12
77	12
24	52
94	9
39	65
57	8
23	34
30	44
14	109
11	107
12	135
42	8
17	80
59	29
12	116
51	24
20	59
14	84
24	72
10	128
10	129
9	134
87	9
30	24
7	134
62	9
26	47
20	68
14	84
6	107
4	107
6	108
47	9
45	52
38	12
47	12
53	35
19	52
42	27
21	47
49	12
2	112
23	35
40	44
20	65
16	65
13	72
13	65
7	80
19	47
39	9
4	84
34	12
21	52
35	8
51	12
18	56
2	88
12	44
6	72
34	9
26	35
29	9
11	65
33	8
5	72
19	24
12	34
19	52
32	24
46	12
23	20
8	52
20	24
7	48
19	48
18	24
2	72
30	12
23	8
5	65
31	9
15	47
26	9
0	68
7	47
7	56
13	35
34	12
12	41
23	5
5	59
11	13
20	9
6	59
1	72
15	44
1	72
16	24
19	9
9	47
10	47
14	32
2	52
19	12
15	27
8	32
23	4
8	47
7	35
7	52
21	9
19	8
2	44
6	35
9	35
8	47
2	44
30	5
7	44
6	45
17	9
21	9
27	4
6	44
13	12
0	44
2	35
5	40
21	9
3	35
6	32
8	24
19	12
11	8
11	29
1	47
9	9
7	29
3	40
1	47
17	9
2	35
6	24
16	12
11	12
4	44
5	35
14	28
6	32
8	32
7	9
14	8
9	12
15	12
1	32
1	44
1	44
0	44
10	12
12	12
4	35
3	35
1	44
2	35
6	8
10	5
1	33
7	24
13	12
14	9
10	8
1	35
4	9
12	9
2	24
8	12
4	24
11	12
8	12
5	12

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
47	63
31	129
116	65
34	100
49	68
39	59
41	54
84	33
42	68
21	107
25	84
23	116
20	107
26	72
67	44
22	112
34	47
30	65
62	35
83	12
77	12
24	52
94	9
39	65
57	8
23	34
30	44
14	109
11	107
12	135
42	8
17	80
59	29
12	116
51	24
20	59
14	84
24	72
10	128
10	129
9	134
87	9
30	24
7	134
62	9
26	47
20	68
14	84
6	107
4	107
6	108
47	9
45	52
38	12
47	12
53	35
19	52
42	27
21	47
49	12
2	112
23	35
40	44
20	65
16	65
13	72
13	65
7	80
19	47
39	9
4	84
34	12
21	52
35	8
51	12
18	56
2	88
12	44
6	72
34	9
26	35
29	9
11	65
33	8
5	72
19	24
12	34
19	52
32	24
46	12
23	20
8	52
20	24
7	48
19	48
18	24
2	72
30	12
23	8
5	65
31	9
15	47
26	9
0	68
7	47
7	56
13	35
34	12
12	41
23	5
5	59
11	13
20	9
6	59
1	72
15	44
1	72
16	24
19	9
9	47
10	47
14	32
2	52
19	12
15	27
8	32
23	4
8	47
7	35
7	52
21	9
19	8
2	44
6	35
9	35
8	47
2	44
30	5
7	44
6	45
17	9
21	9
27	4
6	44
13	12
0	44
2	35
5	40
21	9
3	35
6	32
8	24
19	12
11	8
11	29
1	47
9	9
7	29
3	40
1	47
17	9
2	35
6	24
16	12
11	12
4	44
5	35
14	28
6	32
8	32
7	9
14	8
9	12
15	12
1	32
1	44
1	44
0	44
10	12
12	12
4	35
3	35
1	44
2	35
6	8
10	5
1	33
7	24
13	12
14	9
10	8
1	35
4	9
12	9
2	24
8	12
4	24
11	12
8	12
5	12

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
47	63
31	129
116	65
34	100
49	68
39	59
41	54
84	33
42	68
21	107
25	84
23	116
20	107
26	72
67	44
22	112
34	47
30	65
62	35
83	12
77	12
24	52
94	9
39	65
57	8
23	34
30	44
14	109
11	107
12	135
42	8
17	80
59	29
12	116
51	24
20	59
14	84
24	72
10	128
10	129
9	134
87	9
30	24
7	134
62	9
26	47
20	68
14	84
6	107
4	107
6	108
47	9
45	52
38	12
47	12
53	35
19	52
42	27
21	47
49	12
2	112
23	35
40	44
20	65
16	65
13	72
13	65
7	80
19	47
39	9
4	84
34	12
21	52
35	8
51	12
18	56
2	88
12	44
6	72
34	9
26	35
29	9
11	65
33	8
5	72
19	24
12	34
19	52
32	24
46	12
23	20
8	52
20	24
7	48
19	48
18	24
2	72
30	12
23	8
5	65
31	9
15	47
26	9
0	68
7	47
7	56
13	35
34	12
12	41
23	5
5	59
11	13
20	9
6	59
1	72
15	44
1	72
16	24
19	9
9	47
10	47
14	32
2	52
19	12
15	27
8	32
23	4
8	47
7	35
7	52
21	9
19	8
2	44
6	35
9	35
8	47
2	44
30	5
7	44
6	45
17	9
21	9
27	4
6	44
13	12
0	44
2	35
5	40
21	9
3	35
6	32
8	24
19	12
11	8
11	29
1	47
9	9
7	29
3	40
1	47
17	9
2	35
6	24
16	12
11	12
4	44
5	35
14	28
6	32
8	32
7	9
14	8
9	12
15	12
1	32
1	44
1	44
0	44
10	12
12	12
4	35
3	35
1	44
2	35
6	8
10	5
1	33
7	24
13	12
14	9
10	8
1	35
4	9
12	9
2	24
8	12
4	24
11	12
8	12
5	12