Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 11 May 2019

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 11 May 2019
Start: 2019-05-07
End: 2019-05-11
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 11 May 2019: 264 records at 240 stations, peak on 10 May 2019. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 11 May 2019 set or tied 264 station records at 240 stations.
It ran from 7 May 2019 to 11 May 2019 (5 days) and its peak day was 10 May 2019.
Status: closed.
Wilmington set a daily record precipitation of 74.0 mm (2.9 in) on 10 May 2019.
The busiest day was 10 May 2019 with 145 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 134 years.

Footprint

7 to 11 May 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 11 May 2019 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 11 May 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Wilmington	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	2019-05-10
Bruce	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	2019-05-10
Meredith	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	2019-05-10
Balmoral (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	2019-05-10
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	2019-05-10
Hallett (Ashrose)	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	2019-05-10
Little River	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	2019-05-10
Ballan	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	2019-05-10
Meredith (Darra)	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	2019-05-10
Balaklava (Wanappe)	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	2019-05-10
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	2019-05-10
Wirrabara Forest	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	2019-05-10
Ninyeunook	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	2019-05-10
Clunes	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	2019-05-10
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	2019-05-10
Rokewood (Wurrook South)	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	2019-05-08
Tailem Bend (Woodlands)	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	2019-05-10
Karoonda	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	2019-05-10
Cooke Plains	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	2019-05-10

Records per Day

Peak day 145

Records set or tied each day from 7 May 2019 to 11 May 2019. The most in one day was 145 on 10 May 2019.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 11 May 2019 ranked by margin
Wilmington, 05-10	52.4 mm (2.1 in)
Meredith (Darra), 05-10	30.8 mm (1.2 in)
Bruce, 05-10	23.3 mm (0.9 in)
Balmoral (Post Office), 05-10	21.7 mm (0.9 in)
Ninyeunook, 05-10	21.4 mm (0.8 in)
Hallett (Ashrose), 05-10	20.8 mm (0.8 in)
Meredith, 05-10	20.5 mm (0.8 in)
Balaklava (Wanappe), 05-10	18.4 mm (0.7 in)
Tailem Bend (Woodlands), 05-10	17.8 mm (0.7 in)
Wirrabara Forest, 05-10	14.9 mm (0.6 in)
Little River, 05-10	14.6 mm (0.6 in)
Little River (Mount Rothwell), 05-10	11.8 mm (0.5 in)
Cooke Plains, 05-10	11.1 mm (0.4 in)
Ballan, 05-10	11.0 mm (0.4 in)
Clunes, 05-10	9.8 mm (0.39 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

264 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, 7 to 11 May 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
52	113
23	108
21	113
22	84
18	84
11	100
12	113
21	50
15	31
11	113
31	29
18	40
8	100
8	109
9	100
15	108
21	50
10	134
9	113
8	93
7	100
22	29
10	93
22	24
6	108
5	100
10	93
13	60
15	40
4	100
11	68
17	29
8	88
5	108
5	108
5	93
4	108
21	4
6	96
4	100
4	113
6	93
4	134
10	74
15	40
17	44
3	113
11	40
2	108
2	108
2	108
2	100
4	93
2	113
3	93
3	116
2	96
3	96
13	32
10	40
10	38
1	109
1	113
15	29
0	108
13	40
0	100
8	56
9	45
8	44
12	50
0	98
5	44
4	44
23	2
4	74
4	74
10	29
13	29
9	40
2	84
6	60
18	0
11	29
8	58
9	45
18	32
10	29
0	84
11	28
17	40
9	29
13	26
18	2
9	25
14	0
11	29
7	29
9	49
7	44
7	40
1	66
2	44
12	2
9	33
9	45
6	40
9	29
15	33
2	60
7	26
17	0
10	21
10	4
12	4
7	40
15	2
6	40
9	4
5	45
10	12
10	29
5	26
1	53
3	45
19	21
9	40
5	29
7	29
7	30
0	44
3	53
8	24
7	40
4	44
8	40
13	46
2	60
1	40
2	44
4	44
4	40
8	29
8	29
1	44
1	40
9	2
4	40
8	4
8	21
0	60
3	50
1	53
4	40
0	44
7	2
4	36
3	38
5	40
8	4
14	4
7	33
2	44
7	2
8	2
3	40
1	53
2	52
9	0
12	2
1	50
4	38
4	44
2	44
7	4
3	40
1	44
2	29
3	40
5	26
7	0
8	2
2	44
3	33
5	26
2	38
1	50
4	34
1	40
2	40
1	40
7	0
1	44
4	40
5	21
1	29
1	29
2	36
1	33
8	4

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 11 May 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, 7 to 11 May 2019 (this event)	264 records

Every Record Set

20 of 264

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 11 May 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-05-08	Rokewood (Wurrook South)	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	109	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-05-10	Wilmington	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	113	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2019-05-10	Bruce	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	108	78 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-10	Meredith	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	113	73 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-10	Balmoral (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	84	69 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-10	Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	113	63 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-10	Hallett (Ashrose)	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	50	61 of 100 (Major)
2019-05-10	Little River	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	31	59 of 100 (Notable)
2019-05-10	Ballan	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	113	58 of 100 (Notable)
2019-05-10	Meredith (Darra)	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	29	58 of 100 (Notable)
2019-05-10	Balaklava (Wanappe)	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	40	56 of 100 (Notable)
2019-05-10	Cape Otway Lighthouse	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	100	55 of 100 (Notable)
2019-05-10	Wirrabara Forest	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	108	54 of 100 (Notable)
2019-05-10	Ninyeunook	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	50	54 of 100 (Notable)
2019-05-10	Clunes	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	134	54 of 100 (Notable)
2019-05-10	Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	113	53 of 100 (Notable)
2019-05-10	Tailem Bend (Woodlands)	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	84	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-05-10	Karoonda	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	100	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-05-10	Cooke Plains	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	100	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-05-11	Meredith (Darra)	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	93	53 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 264 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
2019-05-07	3
2019-05-08	59
2019-05-09	23
2019-05-10	145
2019-05-11	34

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
52	113
23	108
21	113
22	84
18	84
11	100
12	113
21	50
15	31
11	113
31	29
18	40
8	100
8	109
9	100
15	108
21	50
10	134
9	113
8	93
7	100
22	29
10	93
22	24
6	108
5	100
10	93
13	60
15	40
4	100
11	68
17	29
8	88
5	108
5	108
5	93
4	108
21	4
6	96
4	100
4	113
6	93
4	134
10	74
15	40
17	44
3	113
11	40
2	108
2	108
2	108
2	100
4	93
2	113
3	93
3	116
2	96
3	96
13	32
10	40
10	38
1	109
1	113
15	29
0	108
13	40
0	100
8	56
9	45
8	44
12	50
0	98
5	44
4	44
23	2
4	74
4	74
10	29
13	29
9	40
2	84
6	60
18	0
11	29
8	58
9	45
18	32
10	29
0	84
11	28
17	40
9	29
13	26
18	2
9	25
14	0
11	29
7	29
9	49
7	44
7	40
1	66
2	44
12	2
9	33
9	45
6	40
9	29
15	33
2	60
7	26
17	0
10	21
10	4
12	4
7	40
15	2
6	40
9	4
5	45
10	12
10	29
5	26
1	53
3	45
19	21
9	40
5	29
7	29
7	30
0	44
3	53
8	24
7	40
4	44
8	40
13	46
2	60
1	40
2	44
4	44
4	40
8	29
8	29
1	44
1	40
9	2
4	40
8	4
8	21
0	60
3	50
1	53
4	40
0	44
7	2
4	36
3	38
5	40
8	4
14	4
7	33
2	44
7	2
8	2
3	40
1	53
2	52
9	0
12	2
1	50
4	38
4	44
2	44
7	4
3	40
1	44
2	29
3	40
5	26
7	0
8	2
2	44
3	33
5	26
2	38
1	50
4	34
1	40
2	40
1	40
7	0
1	44
4	40
5	21
1	29
1	29
2	36
1	33
8	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
52	113
23	108
21	113
22	84
18	84
11	100
12	113
21	50
15	31
11	113
31	29
18	40
8	100
8	109
9	100
15	108
21	50
10	134
9	113
8	93
7	100
22	29
10	93
22	24
6	108
5	100
10	93
13	60
15	40
4	100
11	68
17	29
8	88
5	108
5	108
5	93
4	108
21	4
6	96
4	100
4	113
6	93
4	134
10	74
15	40
17	44
3	113
11	40
2	108
2	108
2	108
2	100
4	93
2	113
3	93
3	116
2	96
3	96
13	32
10	40
10	38
1	109
1	113
15	29
0	108
13	40
0	100
8	56
9	45
8	44
12	50
0	98
5	44
4	44
23	2
4	74
4	74
10	29
13	29
9	40
2	84
6	60
18	0
11	29
8	58
9	45
18	32
10	29
0	84
11	28
17	40
9	29
13	26
18	2
9	25
14	0
11	29
7	29
9	49
7	44
7	40
1	66
2	44
12	2
9	33
9	45
6	40
9	29
15	33
2	60
7	26
17	0
10	21
10	4
12	4
7	40
15	2
6	40
9	4
5	45
10	12
10	29
5	26
1	53
3	45
19	21
9	40
5	29
7	29
7	30
0	44
3	53
8	24
7	40
4	44
8	40
13	46
2	60
1	40
2	44
4	44
4	40
8	29
8	29
1	44
1	40
9	2
4	40
8	4
8	21
0	60
3	50
1	53
4	40
0	44
7	2
4	36
3	38
5	40
8	4
14	4
7	33
2	44
7	2
8	2
3	40
1	53
2	52
9	0
12	2
1	50
4	38
4	44
2	44
7	4
3	40
1	44
2	29
3	40
5	26
7	0
8	2
2	44
3	33
5	26
2	38
1	50
4	34
1	40
2	40
1	40
7	0
1	44
4	40
5	21
1	29
1	29
2	36
1	33
8	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
52	113
23	108
21	113
22	84
18	84
11	100
12	113
21	50
15	31
11	113
31	29
18	40
8	100
8	109
9	100
15	108
21	50
10	134
9	113
8	93
7	100
22	29
10	93
22	24
6	108
5	100
10	93
13	60
15	40
4	100
11	68
17	29
8	88
5	108
5	108
5	93
4	108
21	4
6	96
4	100
4	113
6	93
4	134
10	74
15	40
17	44
3	113
11	40
2	108
2	108
2	108
2	100
4	93
2	113
3	93
3	116
2	96
3	96
13	32
10	40
10	38
1	109
1	113
15	29
0	108
13	40
0	100
8	56
9	45
8	44
12	50
0	98
5	44
4	44
23	2
4	74
4	74
10	29
13	29
9	40
2	84
6	60
18	0
11	29
8	58
9	45
18	32
10	29
0	84
11	28
17	40
9	29
13	26
18	2
9	25
14	0
11	29
7	29
9	49
7	44
7	40
1	66
2	44
12	2
9	33
9	45
6	40
9	29
15	33
2	60
7	26
17	0
10	21
10	4
12	4
7	40
15	2
6	40
9	4
5	45
10	12
10	29
5	26
1	53
3	45
19	21
9	40
5	29
7	29
7	30
0	44
3	53
8	24
7	40
4	44
8	40
13	46
2	60
1	40
2	44
4	44
4	40
8	29
8	29
1	44
1	40
9	2
4	40
8	4
8	21
0	60
3	50
1	53
4	40
0	44
7	2
4	36
3	38
5	40
8	4
14	4
7	33
2	44
7	2
8	2
3	40
1	53
2	52
9	0
12	2
1	50
4	38
4	44
2	44
7	4
3	40
1	44
2	29
3	40
5	26
7	0
8	2
2	44
3	33
5	26
2	38
1	50
4	34
1	40
2	40
1	40
7	0
1	44
4	40
5	21
1	29
1	29
2	36
1	33
8	4