Extreme rain in Australia, 19 to 27 April 2019

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 19 to 27 April 2019
Start: 2019-04-19
End: 2019-04-27
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 19 to 27 April 2019: 227 records at 203 stations, peak on 24 April 2019. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 19 to 27 April 2019 set or tied 227 station records at 203 stations.
It ran from 19 April 2019 to 27 April 2019 (9 days) and its peak day was 24 April 2019.
Status: closed.
Wilcannia (Reid St) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 65.4 mm (2.6 in) on 22 April 2019.
The busiest day was 24 April 2019 with 46 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 136 years.

Footprint

19 to 27 April 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 19 to 27 April 2019 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, 19 to 27 April 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	2019-04-22
Rankins Springs (Acres)	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	2019-04-22
Havelock	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	2019-04-24
Numinbah	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	2019-04-20
Mungallala	Record daily precipitation	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	2019-04-24
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	2019-04-22
Boatman Station	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	2019-04-24
Lowan Hills	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	2019-04-24
Woodlands	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	2019-04-24
Mt Moffatt National Park	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	2019-04-24
Koumala Hatfields Road	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	2019-04-25
Wallumbilla Post Office	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	2019-04-24
Orkabie West Hill	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	2019-04-25
Brampton Vale	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	2019-04-26
Wanaaring Post Office	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	2019-04-22
Ivanhoe Downs	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	2019-04-24
The Valley	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	2019-04-25
Spring Creek Station	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	2019-04-25
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	2019-04-25
Carnarvon Station	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	2019-04-25

Records per Day

Peak day 46

Records set or tied each day from 19 April 2019 to 27 April 2019. The most in one day was 46 on 24 April 2019.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 19 to 27 April 2019 ranked by margin
Mungallala, 04-24	122.4 mm (4.8 in)
Orkabie West Hill, 04-25	112.0 mm (4.4 in)
Brampton Vale, 04-26	82.2 mm (3.2 in)
Numinbah, 04-20	72.5 mm (2.9 in)
Mt Moffatt National Park, 04-24	68.4 mm (2.7 in)
Lowan Hills, 04-24	59.8 mm (2.4 in)
Boatman Station, 04-24	47.4 mm (1.9 in)
Spring Creek Station, 04-25	47.3 mm (1.9 in)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill, 04-25	42.9 mm (1.7 in)
Rankins Springs (Acres), 04-22	42.6 mm (1.7 in)
Carnarvon Station, 04-25	42.1 mm (1.7 in)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison), 04-22	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
Havelock, 04-24	36.6 mm (1.4 in)
Ivanhoe Downs, 04-24	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
Woodlands, 04-24	19.4 mm (0.8 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

227 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, 19 to 27 April 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
14	80
37	29
43	46
73	89
122	29
41	20
47	48
60	29
19	100
19	100
68	18
112	18
82	22
12	100
15	100
47	50
36	62
11	100
43	62
42	36
14	96
2	88
16	50
20	54
3	80
70	18
22	81
5	117
46	62
59	21
20	89
36	29
5	129
43	18
3	136
19	54
45	36
20	38
22	85
29	53
2	121
36	29
16	76
14	54
1	121
33	44
41	36
52	36
3	96
35	36
49	24
20	29
42	53
23	53
2	90
13	81
29	36
29	36
16	50
6	84
14	62
22	30
27	22
2	76
35	28
25	22
4	76
24	29
21	36
27	52
29	29
25	29
24	5
11	48
15	46
22	36
12	53
23	30
9	62
20	44
5	54
6	62
9	53
33	18
27	52
26	29
13	48
10	48
11	46
14	45
18	36
19	36
9	44
20	29
22	36
3	54
37	18
1	60
18	36
14	44
19	29
6	48
10	46
37	18
3	64
24	36
17	18
15	36
18	38
26	8
17	30
14	29
16	36
11	29
19	22
10	36
7	48
3	48
22	24
4	60
18	1
3	29
2	48
15	18
18	29
20	30
2	48
12	29
11	36
5	48
21	20
17	20
8	44
8	36
8	50
19	36
0	53
2	56
6	46
0	29
11	36
10	36
10	36
8	44
57	10
26	21
18	36
12	42
29	4
15	28
8	33
6	29
7	44
6	29
14	14
8	42
14	30
11	36
10	29
2	41
0	52
34	10
13	30
3	29
4	20
11	17
9	1
10	14
5	30
4	38
2	29
9	30
9	28
17	4
21	17
4	24
12	6
0	44
1	44
12	28
18	10
9	17
3	20
17	28
1	45
13	18
5	36
2	29
8	30
5	1
1	36
9	29
3	28
21	0
8	29
6	29
4	10
2	28
1	18
0	22

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 19 to 27 April 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, 19 to 27 April 2019 (this event)	227 records

Every Record Set

20 of 227

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 19 to 27 April 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-04-20	Numinbah	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	89	58 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-22	Wilcannia (Reid St)	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	80	60 of 100 (Major)
2019-04-22	Rankins Springs (Acres)	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	46	59 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-22	Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20	56 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-22	Wanaaring Post Office	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	100	49 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-24	Havelock	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29	59 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-24	Mungallala	Record daily precipitation	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	29	58 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-24	Boatman Station	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	48	55 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-24	Lowan Hills	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	29	53 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-24	Woodlands	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	100	53 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-24	Mt Moffatt National Park	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	18	51 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-24	Wallumbilla Post Office	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	100	50 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-24	Ivanhoe Downs	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	62	49 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-25	Koumala Hatfields Road	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	100	51 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-25	Orkabie West Hill	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	18	50 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-25	The Valley	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	100	49 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-25	Spring Creek Station	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	50	49 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-25	Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	62	48 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-25	Carnarvon Station	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	36	48 of 100 (Notable)
2019-04-26	Brampton Vale	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	22	50 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 227 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
2019-04-19	1
2019-04-20	41
2019-04-21	15
2019-04-22	35
2019-04-23	22
2019-04-24	46
2019-04-25	40
2019-04-26	25
2019-04-27	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
14	80
37	29
43	46
73	89
122	29
41	20
47	48
60	29
19	100
19	100
68	18
112	18
82	22
12	100
15	100
47	50
36	62
11	100
43	62
42	36
14	96
2	88
16	50
20	54
3	80
70	18
22	81
5	117
46	62
59	21
20	89
36	29
5	129
43	18
3	136
19	54
45	36
20	38
22	85
29	53
2	121
36	29
16	76
14	54
1	121
33	44
41	36
52	36
3	96
35	36
49	24
20	29
42	53
23	53
2	90
13	81
29	36
29	36
16	50
6	84
14	62
22	30
27	22
2	76
35	28
25	22
4	76
24	29
21	36
27	52
29	29
25	29
24	5
11	48
15	46
22	36
12	53
23	30
9	62
20	44
5	54
6	62
9	53
33	18
27	52
26	29
13	48
10	48
11	46
14	45
18	36
19	36
9	44
20	29
22	36
3	54
37	18
1	60
18	36
14	44
19	29
6	48
10	46
37	18
3	64
24	36
17	18
15	36
18	38
26	8
17	30
14	29
16	36
11	29
19	22
10	36
7	48
3	48
22	24
4	60
18	1
3	29
2	48
15	18
18	29
20	30
2	48
12	29
11	36
5	48
21	20
17	20
8	44
8	36
8	50
19	36
0	53
2	56
6	46
0	29
11	36
10	36
10	36
8	44
57	10
26	21
18	36
12	42
29	4
15	28
8	33
6	29
7	44
6	29
14	14
8	42
14	30
11	36
10	29
2	41
0	52
34	10
13	30
3	29
4	20
11	17
9	1
10	14
5	30
4	38
2	29
9	30
9	28
17	4
21	17
4	24
12	6
0	44
1	44
12	28
18	10
9	17
3	20
17	28
1	45
13	18
5	36
2	29
8	30
5	1
1	36
9	29
3	28
21	0
8	29
6	29
4	10
2	28
1	18
0	22

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
14	80
37	29
43	46
73	89
122	29
41	20
47	48
60	29
19	100
19	100
68	18
112	18
82	22
12	100
15	100
47	50
36	62
11	100
43	62
42	36
14	96
2	88
16	50
20	54
3	80
70	18
22	81
5	117
46	62
59	21
20	89
36	29
5	129
43	18
3	136
19	54
45	36
20	38
22	85
29	53
2	121
36	29
16	76
14	54
1	121
33	44
41	36
52	36
3	96
35	36
49	24
20	29
42	53
23	53
2	90
13	81
29	36
29	36
16	50
6	84
14	62
22	30
27	22
2	76
35	28
25	22
4	76
24	29
21	36
27	52
29	29
25	29
24	5
11	48
15	46
22	36
12	53
23	30
9	62
20	44
5	54
6	62
9	53
33	18
27	52
26	29
13	48
10	48
11	46
14	45
18	36
19	36
9	44
20	29
22	36
3	54
37	18
1	60
18	36
14	44
19	29
6	48
10	46
37	18
3	64
24	36
17	18
15	36
18	38
26	8
17	30
14	29
16	36
11	29
19	22
10	36
7	48
3	48
22	24
4	60
18	1
3	29
2	48
15	18
18	29
20	30
2	48
12	29
11	36
5	48
21	20
17	20
8	44
8	36
8	50
19	36
0	53
2	56
6	46
0	29
11	36
10	36
10	36
8	44
57	10
26	21
18	36
12	42
29	4
15	28
8	33
6	29
7	44
6	29
14	14
8	42
14	30
11	36
10	29
2	41
0	52
34	10
13	30
3	29
4	20
11	17
9	1
10	14
5	30
4	38
2	29
9	30
9	28
17	4
21	17
4	24
12	6
0	44
1	44
12	28
18	10
9	17
3	20
17	28
1	45
13	18
5	36
2	29
8	30
5	1
1	36
9	29
3	28
21	0
8	29
6	29
4	10
2	28
1	18
0	22

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
14	80
37	29
43	46
73	89
122	29
41	20
47	48
60	29
19	100
19	100
68	18
112	18
82	22
12	100
15	100
47	50
36	62
11	100
43	62
42	36
14	96
2	88
16	50
20	54
3	80
70	18
22	81
5	117
46	62
59	21
20	89
36	29
5	129
43	18
3	136
19	54
45	36
20	38
22	85
29	53
2	121
36	29
16	76
14	54
1	121
33	44
41	36
52	36
3	96
35	36
49	24
20	29
42	53
23	53
2	90
13	81
29	36
29	36
16	50
6	84
14	62
22	30
27	22
2	76
35	28
25	22
4	76
24	29
21	36
27	52
29	29
25	29
24	5
11	48
15	46
22	36
12	53
23	30
9	62
20	44
5	54
6	62
9	53
33	18
27	52
26	29
13	48
10	48
11	46
14	45
18	36
19	36
9	44
20	29
22	36
3	54
37	18
1	60
18	36
14	44
19	29
6	48
10	46
37	18
3	64
24	36
17	18
15	36
18	38
26	8
17	30
14	29
16	36
11	29
19	22
10	36
7	48
3	48
22	24
4	60
18	1
3	29
2	48
15	18
18	29
20	30
2	48
12	29
11	36
5	48
21	20
17	20
8	44
8	36
8	50
19	36
0	53
2	56
6	46
0	29
11	36
10	36
10	36
8	44
57	10
26	21
18	36
12	42
29	4
15	28
8	33
6	29
7	44
6	29
14	14
8	42
14	30
11	36
10	29
2	41
0	52
34	10
13	30
3	29
4	20
11	17
9	1
10	14
5	30
4	38
2	29
9	30
9	28
17	4
21	17
4	24
12	6
0	44
1	44
12	28
18	10
9	17
3	20
17	28
1	45
13	18
5	36
2	29
8	30
5	1
1	36
9	29
3	28
21	0
8	29
6	29
4	10
2	28
1	18
0	22