Extreme rain in Australia, 28 June to 3 July 2019

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 28 June to 3 July 2019
Start: 2019-06-28
End: 2019-07-03
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 28 June to 3 July 2019: 208 records at 194 stations, peak on 30 June 2019. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 28 June to 3 July 2019 set or tied 208 station records at 194 stations.
It ran from 28 June 2019 to 3 July 2019 (6 days) and its peak day was 30 June 2019.
Status: closed.
Daylesford set a monthly record daily precipitation of 67.4 mm (2.7 in) on 1 July 2019.
The busiest day was 30 June 2019 with 152 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 129 years.

Footprint

28 June to 3 July 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 28 June to 3 July 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, 28 June to 3 July 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Daylesford	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	2019-07-01
Burkes Flat	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	2019-06-30
Yatchaw (Amaroo)	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	2019-07-01
Moyston (Barton Estate)	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	2019-06-30
Port Campbell Post Office	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	2019-06-30
Hampshire (Neena Road)	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2019-06-30
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook)	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	2019-06-30
Surprise Bay	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	2019-06-30
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	2019-07-01
Bealiba	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	2019-06-30
Balmoral (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	2019-07-01
Eberys	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	2019-06-30
Horsham	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	2019-06-30
Mirranatwa (Bowacka)	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	2019-06-30
Gellibrand River West	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	2019-06-30
Wartook Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	2019-07-01
Macclesfield	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	2019-06-30
Clunes	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	2019-06-29
Pinnaroo	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	2019-06-30
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	2019-07-01

Records per Day

Peak day 152

Records set or tied each day from 28 June 2019 to 3 July 2019. The most in one day was 152 on 30 June 2019.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 28 June to 3 July 2019 ranked by margin
Yatchaw (Amaroo), 07-01	90.8 mm (3.6 in)
Hampshire (Neena Road), 06-30	43.9 mm (1.7 in)
Bealiba, 06-30	30.8 mm (1.2 in)
Eberys, 06-30	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
Moyston (Barton Estate), 06-30	22.6 mm (0.9 in)
Burkes Flat, 06-30	17.7 mm (0.7 in)
Daylesford, 07-01	17.6 mm (0.7 in)
Horsham, 06-30	17.4 mm (0.7 in)
Wartook Reservoir, 07-01	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook), 06-30	16.9 mm (0.7 in)
Balmoral (Post Office), 07-01	16.9 mm (0.7 in)
Port Campbell Post Office, 06-30	15.0 mm (0.6 in)
Wedderburn (Post Office), 07-01	13.7 mm (0.5 in)
Surprise Bay, 06-30	12.1 mm (0.5 in)
Mirranatwa (Bowacka), 06-30	9.6 mm (0.38 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

208 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, 28 June to 3 July 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
18	85
18	114
91	29
23	64
15	129
44	54
17	102
14	88
12	97
31	20
17	52
6	128
23	8
5	96
17	52
17	20
10	82
6	100
8	88
5	114
4	114
8	88
4	114
4	114
60	6
6	88
2	114
4	88
18	52
27	4
4	104
10	62
7	62
7	88
15	46
9	72
37	6
1	96
8	41
16	52
26	44
1	98
13	41
14	14
9	76
2	88
1	88
2	72
9	20
7	46
10	42
16	46
5	64
10	38
1	80
30	6
3	64
7	72
7	45
12	36
11	20
13	8
1	72
13	20
9	36
29	44
9	42
7	41
8	42
8	45
2	62
4	44
0	72
10	42
10	20
9	46
21	8
23	22
6	41
11	28
9	41
15	2
9	36
6	20
8	10
11	8
14	9
6	20
6	42
5	41
11	48
2	61
3	45
4	41
6	41
7	20
6	45
7	36
12	4
8	42
5	20
7	22
7	48
2	48
8	8
13	6
3	42
3	41
6	42
3	42
6	20
6	20
5	41
5	41
13	22
3	48
1	45
1	46
4	38
5	41
5	26
1	41
5	20
1	41
10	8
7	20
1	45
0	45
8	22
3	42
7	16
8	14
12	13
1	44
8	22
2	46
5	36
11	22
13	6
10	8
9	8
2	44
2	45
1	41
2	41
1	41
1	46
2	41
1	46
6	26
5	28
2	20
5	18
1	44
1	44
1	28
9	22
2	22
0	41
5	16
5	28
4	8
1	41
7	16
0	26
6	13
7	18
3	20
8	4
4	12
3	22
9	12
4	13
4	9
4	14
1	28
2	22
6	10
2	20
1	28
2	16
5	14
8	6
1	8
1	28
4	6
3	2
3	16
4	6
2	9
2	10
7	12
1	16
3	16
0	16
3	4
1	9
1	8
2	10
5	0

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 28 June to 3 July 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, 28 June to 3 July 2019 (this event)	208 records

Every Record Set

20 of 208

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 28 June to 3 July 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-06-29	Clunes	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	88	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-06-30	Burkes Flat	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	114	68 of 100 (Major)
2019-06-30	Moyston (Barton Estate)	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	64	66 of 100 (Major)
2019-06-30	Port Campbell Post Office	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	129	64 of 100 (Major)
2019-06-30	Hampshire (Neena Road)	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	54	63 of 100 (Major)
2019-06-30	Cudlee Creek (Millbrook)	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	102	58 of 100 (Notable)
2019-06-30	Surprise Bay	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	97	58 of 100 (Notable)
2019-06-30	Bealiba	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	20	56 of 100 (Notable)
2019-06-30	Eberys	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	8	51 of 100 (Notable)
2019-06-30	Horsham	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20	49 of 100 (Notable)
2019-06-30	Mirranatwa (Bowacka)	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	82	49 of 100 (Notable)
2019-06-30	Gellibrand River West	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	100	49 of 100 (Notable)
2019-06-30	Macclesfield	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	114	46 of 100 (Notable)
2019-06-30	Pinnaroo	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	96	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-07-01	Daylesford	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	85	70 of 100 (Major)
2019-07-01	Yatchaw (Amaroo)	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	29	68 of 100 (Major)
2019-07-01	Wedderburn (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	88	58 of 100 (Notable)
2019-07-01	Balmoral (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	52	56 of 100 (Notable)
2019-07-01	Wartook Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	52	49 of 100 (Notable)
2019-07-01	Adelaide (Pooraka)	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	128	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 208 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 2026-10-18. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Date	Records
2019-06-28	1
2019-06-29	22
2019-06-30	152
2019-07-01	20
2019-07-02	12
2019-07-03	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
18	85
18	114
91	29
23	64
15	129
44	54
17	102
14	88
12	97
31	20
17	52
6	128
23	8
5	96
17	52
17	20
10	82
6	100
8	88
5	114
4	114
8	88
4	114
4	114
60	6
6	88
2	114
4	88
18	52
27	4
4	104
10	62
7	62
7	88
15	46
9	72
37	6
1	96
8	41
16	52
26	44
1	98
13	41
14	14
9	76
2	88
1	88
2	72
9	20
7	46
10	42
16	46
5	64
10	38
1	80
30	6
3	64
7	72
7	45
12	36
11	20
13	8
1	72
13	20
9	36
29	44
9	42
7	41
8	42
8	45
2	62
4	44
0	72
10	42
10	20
9	46
21	8
23	22
6	41
11	28
9	41
15	2
9	36
6	20
8	10
11	8
14	9
6	20
6	42
5	41
11	48
2	61
3	45
4	41
6	41
7	20
6	45
7	36
12	4
8	42
5	20
7	22
7	48
2	48
8	8
13	6
3	42
3	41
6	42
3	42
6	20
6	20
5	41
5	41
13	22
3	48
1	45
1	46
4	38
5	41
5	26
1	41
5	20
1	41
10	8
7	20
1	45
0	45
8	22
3	42
7	16
8	14
12	13
1	44
8	22
2	46
5	36
11	22
13	6
10	8
9	8
2	44
2	45
1	41
2	41
1	41
1	46
2	41
1	46
6	26
5	28
2	20
5	18
1	44
1	44
1	28
9	22
2	22
0	41
5	16
5	28
4	8
1	41
7	16
0	26
6	13
7	18
3	20
8	4
4	12
3	22
9	12
4	13
4	9
4	14
1	28
2	22
6	10
2	20
1	28
2	16
5	14
8	6
1	8
1	28
4	6
3	2
3	16
4	6
2	9
2	10
7	12
1	16
3	16
0	16
3	4
1	9
1	8
2	10
5	0

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
18	85
18	114
91	29
23	64
15	129
44	54
17	102
14	88
12	97
31	20
17	52
6	128
23	8
5	96
17	52
17	20
10	82
6	100
8	88
5	114
4	114
8	88
4	114
4	114
60	6
6	88
2	114
4	88
18	52
27	4
4	104
10	62
7	62
7	88
15	46
9	72
37	6
1	96
8	41
16	52
26	44
1	98
13	41
14	14
9	76
2	88
1	88
2	72
9	20
7	46
10	42
16	46
5	64
10	38
1	80
30	6
3	64
7	72
7	45
12	36
11	20
13	8
1	72
13	20
9	36
29	44
9	42
7	41
8	42
8	45
2	62
4	44
0	72
10	42
10	20
9	46
21	8
23	22
6	41
11	28
9	41
15	2
9	36
6	20
8	10
11	8
14	9
6	20
6	42
5	41
11	48
2	61
3	45
4	41
6	41
7	20
6	45
7	36
12	4
8	42
5	20
7	22
7	48
2	48
8	8
13	6
3	42
3	41
6	42
3	42
6	20
6	20
5	41
5	41
13	22
3	48
1	45
1	46
4	38
5	41
5	26
1	41
5	20
1	41
10	8
7	20
1	45
0	45
8	22
3	42
7	16
8	14
12	13
1	44
8	22
2	46
5	36
11	22
13	6
10	8
9	8
2	44
2	45
1	41
2	41
1	41
1	46
2	41
1	46
6	26
5	28
2	20
5	18
1	44
1	44
1	28
9	22
2	22
0	41
5	16
5	28
4	8
1	41
7	16
0	26
6	13
7	18
3	20
8	4
4	12
3	22
9	12
4	13
4	9
4	14
1	28
2	22
6	10
2	20
1	28
2	16
5	14
8	6
1	8
1	28
4	6
3	2
3	16
4	6
2	9
2	10
7	12
1	16
3	16
0	16
3	4
1	9
1	8
2	10
5	0

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
18	85
18	114
91	29
23	64
15	129
44	54
17	102
14	88
12	97
31	20
17	52
6	128
23	8
5	96
17	52
17	20
10	82
6	100
8	88
5	114
4	114
8	88
4	114
4	114
60	6
6	88
2	114
4	88
18	52
27	4
4	104
10	62
7	62
7	88
15	46
9	72
37	6
1	96
8	41
16	52
26	44
1	98
13	41
14	14
9	76
2	88
1	88
2	72
9	20
7	46
10	42
16	46
5	64
10	38
1	80
30	6
3	64
7	72
7	45
12	36
11	20
13	8
1	72
13	20
9	36
29	44
9	42
7	41
8	42
8	45
2	62
4	44
0	72
10	42
10	20
9	46
21	8
23	22
6	41
11	28
9	41
15	2
9	36
6	20
8	10
11	8
14	9
6	20
6	42
5	41
11	48
2	61
3	45
4	41
6	41
7	20
6	45
7	36
12	4
8	42
5	20
7	22
7	48
2	48
8	8
13	6
3	42
3	41
6	42
3	42
6	20
6	20
5	41
5	41
13	22
3	48
1	45
1	46
4	38
5	41
5	26
1	41
5	20
1	41
10	8
7	20
1	45
0	45
8	22
3	42
7	16
8	14
12	13
1	44
8	22
2	46
5	36
11	22
13	6
10	8
9	8
2	44
2	45
1	41
2	41
1	41
1	46
2	41
1	46
6	26
5	28
2	20
5	18
1	44
1	44
1	28
9	22
2	22
0	41
5	16
5	28
4	8
1	41
7	16
0	26
6	13
7	18
3	20
8	4
4	12
3	22
9	12
4	13
4	9
4	14
1	28
2	22
6	10
2	20
1	28
2	16
5	14
8	6
1	8
1	28
4	6
3	2
3	16
4	6
2	9
2	10
7	12
1	16
3	16
0	16
3	4
1	9
1	8
2	10
5	0