Extreme rain in Australia, 24 January to 8 February 2019

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 24 January to 8 February 2019
Start: 2019-01-24
End: 2019-02-08
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 24 January to 8 February 2019: 303 records at 153 stations, peak on 6 February 2019. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 24 January to 8 February 2019 set or tied 303 station records at 153 stations.
It ran from 24 January 2019 to 8 February 2019 (16 days) and its peak day was 6 February 2019.
Status: closed.
Werrina Station set an all-time record daily precipitation of 240.0 mm (9.4 in) on 5 February 2019.
The busiest day was 6 February 2019 with 30 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 131 years.

Footprint

24 January to 8 February 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 24 January to 8 February 2019 is outlined, with 17 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Australia, 24 January to 8 February 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Werrina Station	Record daily precipitation	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	2019-02-05
Lorraine	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	2019-02-01
Victoria Sugar Mill	Record daily precipitation	410.0 mm (16.1 in)	2019-02-03
Lands End Station	Record daily precipitation	285.0 mm (11.2 in)	2019-02-04
Cairns Post Office	Record daily precipitation	276.9 mm (10.9 in)	2019-01-26
Mossman Central Mill	Record daily precipitation	562.0 mm (22.1 in)	2019-01-27
West Leichhardt Station	Record daily precipitation	183.0 mm (7.2 in)	2019-02-02
Fort Constantine Station	Record daily precipitation	182.0 mm (7.2 in)	2019-02-02
Majors Creek	Record daily precipitation	274.6 mm (10.8 in)	2019-01-29
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Record daily precipitation	163.2 mm (6.4 in)	2019-02-02
Kangaroo Hills Station	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	2019-02-08
Kamilaroi Station	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	2019-02-03
Dunbar Station	Record daily precipitation	188.6 mm (7.4 in)	2019-02-03
Kuranda Railway Station	Record daily precipitation	350.0 mm (13.8 in)	2019-01-27
Millungera Station	Record daily precipitation	138.5 mm (5.5 in)	2019-01-29
Oak Park Station	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	2019-02-01
Richmond Post Office	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	2019-02-06

Records per Day

Peak day 30

Records set or tied each day from 24 January 2019 to 8 February 2019. The most in one day was 30 on 6 February 2019.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Australia, 24 January to 8 February 2019
Date	Records
2019-01-24	2
2019-01-25	3
2019-01-26	11
2019-01-27	28
2019-01-28	11
2019-01-29	20
2019-01-30	28
2019-01-31	20
2019-02-01	26
2019-02-02	25
2019-02-03	27
2019-02-04	20
2019-02-05	27
2019-02-06	30
2019-02-07	19
2019-02-08	6

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 24 January to 8 February 2019 ranked by margin
Mossman Central Mill, 01-27	458.4 mm (18.0 in)
Victoria Sugar Mill, 02-03	247.9 mm (9.8 in)
Majors Creek, 01-29	230.4 mm (9.1 in)
Cairns Post Office, 01-26	164.6 mm (6.5 in)
Dunbar Station, 02-03	117.5 mm (4.6 in)
Kuranda Railway Station, 01-27	111.2 mm (4.4 in)
Kamilaroi Station, 02-03	110.2 mm (4.3 in)
Fort Constantine Station, 02-02	97.0 mm (3.8 in)
Kamilaroi Station, 02-01	96.8 mm (3.8 in)
Werrina Station, 02-05	90.4 mm (3.6 in)
Lands End Station, 02-04	87.9 mm (3.5 in)
Lorraine, 02-01	82.0 mm (3.2 in)
Richmond Post Office, 02-06	72.0 mm (2.8 in)
Fort Constantine Station, 02-03	67.0 mm (2.6 in)
Kangaroo Hills Station, 02-08	63.7 mm (2.5 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

303 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, 24 January to 8 February 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
90	63
82	108
248	119
88	28
165	88
458	80
42	111
97	31
230	68
62	127
64	95
110	52
118	52
56	108
51	123
111	108
97	43
41	103
72	43
67	43
160	49
157	80
1	102
45	124
54	96
53	64
163	32
206	48
110	45
74	27
54	64
73	88
80	0
39	100
80	36
172	25
18	119
55	52
125	43
87	33
36	45
45	108
244	25
134	24
94	3
25	115
45	84
46	60
36	9
73	21
52	48
1	91
43	61
15	112
7	80
30	69
60	49
44	48
99	32
198	8
39	88
15	103
13	103
22	88
31	42
10	131
29	63
126	0
52	44
15	91
24	72
61	24
8	100
42	44
32	48
2	100
60	28
3	100
34	45
27	64
9	54
172	25
0	101
71	40
36	32
27	55
48	37
53	28
75	56
155	12
50	40
63	37
54	43
33	10
11	88
7	85
55	32
31	40
21	61
78	43
29	69
44	48
46	40
6	79
17	28
47	32
63	8
14	64
35	32
76	23
29	43
4	80
1	88
33	40
49	40
40	8
24	45
30	51
84	9
29	55
38	37
42	24
31	13
25	43
25	43
16	52
21	40
14	55
34	27
6	68
3	73
48	43
46	56
23	49
14	16
47	15
70	12
40	43
33	40
38	51
51	40
40	15
29	27
2	21
36	37
46	41
11	56
35	25
8	53
18	37
68	8
45	15
15	40
15	49
21	44
14	43
11	40
37	29
22	39
26	28
32	24
50	49
7	53
63	40
60	23
35	8
1	63
30	25
9	40
0	56
58	7
42	9
18	48
17	44
18	40
37	8
39	21
12	40
27	40
15	43
6	43
7	43
8	39
6	40
35	19
75	8
31	45
65	9
76	8
34	40
44	9
2	55
42	19
10	48
32	8
32	23
4	44
23	11
7	32
11	43

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 24 January to 8 February 2019 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, 24 January to 8 February 2019 (this event)	303 records

Every Record Set

20 of 303

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 24 January to 8 February 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-01-26	Cairns Post Office	Record daily precipitation	276.9 mm (10.9 in)	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	88	76 of 100 (Major)
2019-01-27	Mossman Central Mill	Record daily precipitation	562.0 mm (22.1 in)	458.4 mm (18.0 in)	80	74 of 100 (Major)
2019-01-27	Kuranda Railway Station	Record daily precipitation	350.0 mm (13.8 in)	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	108	63 of 100 (Major)
2019-01-29	Majors Creek	Record daily precipitation	274.6 mm (10.8 in)	230.4 mm (9.1 in)	68	68 of 100 (Major)
2019-01-29	Millungera Station	Record daily precipitation	138.5 mm (5.5 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	108	63 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-01	Lorraine	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	108	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2019-02-01	Oak Park Station	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	123	63 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-01	Kamilaroi Station	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	43	62 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-02	West Leichhardt Station	Record daily precipitation	183.0 mm (7.2 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	111	72 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-02	Fort Constantine Station	Record daily precipitation	182.0 mm (7.2 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	31	69 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-02	Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Record daily precipitation	163.2 mm (6.4 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	127	67 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-03	Victoria Sugar Mill	Record daily precipitation	410.0 mm (16.1 in)	247.9 mm (9.8 in)	119	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2019-02-03	Kamilaroi Station	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	52	65 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-03	Dunbar Station	Record daily precipitation	188.6 mm (7.4 in)	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	52	64 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-03	West Leichhardt Station	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	103	62 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-03	Fort Constantine Station	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	43	61 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-04	Lands End Station	Record daily precipitation	285.0 mm (11.2 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	28	78 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-05	Werrina Station	Record daily precipitation	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	63	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
2019-02-06	Richmond Post Office	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	43	62 of 100 (Major)
2019-02-08	Kangaroo Hills Station	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	95	67 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 303 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
90	63
82	108
248	119
88	28
165	88
458	80
42	111
97	31
230	68
62	127
64	95
110	52
118	52
56	108
51	123
111	108
97	43
41	103
72	43
67	43
160	49
157	80
1	102
45	124
54	96
53	64
163	32
206	48
110	45
74	27
54	64
73	88
80	0
39	100
80	36
172	25
18	119
55	52
125	43
87	33
36	45
45	108
244	25
134	24
94	3
25	115
45	84
46	60
36	9
73	21
52	48
1	91
43	61
15	112
7	80
30	69
60	49
44	48
99	32
198	8
39	88
15	103
13	103
22	88
31	42
10	131
29	63
126	0
52	44
15	91
24	72
61	24
8	100
42	44
32	48
2	100
60	28
3	100
34	45
27	64
9	54
172	25
0	101
71	40
36	32
27	55
48	37
53	28
75	56
155	12
50	40
63	37
54	43
33	10
11	88
7	85
55	32
31	40
21	61
78	43
29	69
44	48
46	40
6	79
17	28
47	32
63	8
14	64
35	32
76	23
29	43
4	80
1	88
33	40
49	40
40	8
24	45
30	51
84	9
29	55
38	37
42	24
31	13
25	43
25	43
16	52
21	40
14	55
34	27
6	68
3	73
48	43
46	56
23	49
14	16
47	15
70	12
40	43
33	40
38	51
51	40
40	15
29	27
2	21
36	37
46	41
11	56
35	25
8	53
18	37
68	8
45	15
15	40
15	49
21	44
14	43
11	40
37	29
22	39
26	28
32	24
50	49
7	53
63	40
60	23
35	8
1	63
30	25
9	40
0	56
58	7
42	9
18	48
17	44
18	40
37	8
39	21
12	40
27	40
15	43
6	43
7	43
8	39
6	40
35	19
75	8
31	45
65	9
76	8
34	40
44	9
2	55
42	19
10	48
32	8
32	23
4	44
23	11
7	32
11	43

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
90	63
82	108
248	119
88	28
165	88
458	80
42	111
97	31
230	68
62	127
64	95
110	52
118	52
56	108
51	123
111	108
97	43
41	103
72	43
67	43
160	49
157	80
1	102
45	124
54	96
53	64
163	32
206	48
110	45
74	27
54	64
73	88
80	0
39	100
80	36
172	25
18	119
55	52
125	43
87	33
36	45
45	108
244	25
134	24
94	3
25	115
45	84
46	60
36	9
73	21
52	48
1	91
43	61
15	112
7	80
30	69
60	49
44	48
99	32
198	8
39	88
15	103
13	103
22	88
31	42
10	131
29	63
126	0
52	44
15	91
24	72
61	24
8	100
42	44
32	48
2	100
60	28
3	100
34	45
27	64
9	54
172	25
0	101
71	40
36	32
27	55
48	37
53	28
75	56
155	12
50	40
63	37
54	43
33	10
11	88
7	85
55	32
31	40
21	61
78	43
29	69
44	48
46	40
6	79
17	28
47	32
63	8
14	64
35	32
76	23
29	43
4	80
1	88
33	40
49	40
40	8
24	45
30	51
84	9
29	55
38	37
42	24
31	13
25	43
25	43
16	52
21	40
14	55
34	27
6	68
3	73
48	43
46	56
23	49
14	16
47	15
70	12
40	43
33	40
38	51
51	40
40	15
29	27
2	21
36	37
46	41
11	56
35	25
8	53
18	37
68	8
45	15
15	40
15	49
21	44
14	43
11	40
37	29
22	39
26	28
32	24
50	49
7	53
63	40
60	23
35	8
1	63
30	25
9	40
0	56
58	7
42	9
18	48
17	44
18	40
37	8
39	21
12	40
27	40
15	43
6	43
7	43
8	39
6	40
35	19
75	8
31	45
65	9
76	8
34	40
44	9
2	55
42	19
10	48
32	8
32	23
4	44
23	11
7	32
11	43

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
90	63
82	108
248	119
88	28
165	88
458	80
42	111
97	31
230	68
62	127
64	95
110	52
118	52
56	108
51	123
111	108
97	43
41	103
72	43
67	43
160	49
157	80
1	102
45	124
54	96
53	64
163	32
206	48
110	45
74	27
54	64
73	88
80	0
39	100
80	36
172	25
18	119
55	52
125	43
87	33
36	45
45	108
244	25
134	24
94	3
25	115
45	84
46	60
36	9
73	21
52	48
1	91
43	61
15	112
7	80
30	69
60	49
44	48
99	32
198	8
39	88
15	103
13	103
22	88
31	42
10	131
29	63
126	0
52	44
15	91
24	72
61	24
8	100
42	44
32	48
2	100
60	28
3	100
34	45
27	64
9	54
172	25
0	101
71	40
36	32
27	55
48	37
53	28
75	56
155	12
50	40
63	37
54	43
33	10
11	88
7	85
55	32
31	40
21	61
78	43
29	69
44	48
46	40
6	79
17	28
47	32
63	8
14	64
35	32
76	23
29	43
4	80
1	88
33	40
49	40
40	8
24	45
30	51
84	9
29	55
38	37
42	24
31	13
25	43
25	43
16	52
21	40
14	55
34	27
6	68
3	73
48	43
46	56
23	49
14	16
47	15
70	12
40	43
33	40
38	51
51	40
40	15
29	27
2	21
36	37
46	41
11	56
35	25
8	53
18	37
68	8
45	15
15	40
15	49
21	44
14	43
11	40
37	29
22	39
26	28
32	24
50	49
7	53
63	40
60	23
35	8
1	63
30	25
9	40
0	56
58	7
42	9
18	48
17	44
18	40
37	8
39	21
12	40
27	40
15	43
6	43
7	43
8	39
6	40
35	19
75	8
31	45
65	9
76	8
34	40
44	9
2	55
42	19
10	48
32	8
32	23
4	44
23	11
7	32
11	43