Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 13 August 2019

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 13 August 2019
Start: 2019-08-07
End: 2019-08-13
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 13 August 2019: 197 records at 176 stations, peak on 9 August 2019. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 13 August 2019 set or tied 197 station records at 176 stations.
It ran from 7 August 2019 to 13 August 2019 (7 days) and its peak day was 9 August 2019.
Status: closed.
Port Lincoln (Westmere) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 47.4 mm (1.9 in) on 8 August 2019.
The busiest day was 9 August 2019 with 65 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 129 years.

Footprint

7 to 13 August 2019

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 13 August 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, 7 to 13 August 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	2019-08-08
Outtrim	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	2019-08-10
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	2019-08-10
Koo Wee Rup (Srw)	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	2019-08-10
Alonnah Area School	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	2019-08-12
Willow Grove	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	2019-08-10
Callignee North	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	2019-08-10
Mornington	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	2019-08-12
Erica (Philips Bridge)	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	2019-08-10
Pykes Creek Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	2019-08-09
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	2019-08-08
Nyora (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	2019-08-10
Drouin Bowling Club	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2019-08-10
Mirboo North Water Board	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	2019-08-10
Hahndorf	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	2019-08-09
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	2019-08-08
Dimboola	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2019-08-08
Milang	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	2019-08-09
Coonalpyn	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	2019-08-09
Melton Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	2019-08-09

Records per Day

Peak day 65

Records set or tied each day from 7 August 2019 to 13 August 2019. The most in one day was 65 on 9 August 2019.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 13 August 2019 ranked by margin
Outtrim, 08-10	36.2 mm (1.4 in)
Alonnah Area School, 08-12	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
Trafalgar Toseland Road, 08-10	30.6 mm (1.2 in)
Willow Grove, 08-10	25.0 mm (1.0 in)
Nyora (Post Office), 08-10	23.2 mm (0.9 in)
Callignee North, 08-10	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
Koo Wee Rup (Srw), 08-10	22.8 mm (0.9 in)
Erica (Philips Bridge), 08-10	22.0 mm (0.9 in)
Hahndorf, 08-09	16.9 mm (0.7 in)
Mirboo North Water Board, 08-10	16.6 mm (0.7 in)
Drouin Bowling Club, 08-10	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
Pykes Creek Reservoir, 08-09	14.3 mm (0.6 in)
Port Lincoln (Westmere), 08-08	14.1 mm (0.6 in)
Mornington, 08-12	13.5 mm (0.5 in)
Melton Reservoir, 08-09	11.6 mm (0.5 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

197 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 13 August 2019
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
14	111
36	54
9	118
31	28
23	40
31	46
25	40
23	54
14	60
12	61
22	54
14	61
7	129
23	28
16	61
17	68
10	61
5	84
17	50
3	119
9	50
7	88
18	54
17	28
4	92
3	109
10	26
2	118
7	64
9	37
2	112
3	98
11	26
3	86
11	28
10	62
2	101
13	40
2	119
7	62
4	84
0	119
26	28
9	60
10	50
0	96
13	34
22	37
14	58
13	34
4	61
12	28
1	92
8	64
8	50
18	40
1	76
3	64
6	64
14	40
4	62
3	68
15	8
0	80
6	37
15	50
4	50
2	64
7	20
1	76
1	76
6	28
10	50
8	50
2	64
9	21
7	21
8	58
4	62
3	50
8	26
17	8
2	68
1	64
0	76
1	64
3	61
6	26
5	50
9	40
3	50
6	44
5	50
5	45
8	25
4	50
18	14
7	26
3	44
5	44
0	62
4	37
7	40
5	40
5	45
11	13
11	12
6	20
3	44
4	28
1	61
9	20
5	40
5	40
3	40
0	50
2	40
7	13
7	16
3	44
1	40
3	28
3	37
2	37
10	13
8	10
4	40
8	16
6	34
8	18
4	20
4	26
7	18
4	45
1	52
1	36
1	50
1	50
1	40
2	37
1	0
1	3
2	28
3	40
8	10
6	21
2	40
1	28
5	8
3	28
2	40
4	20
3	29
0	46
2	37
2	40
2	26
4	13
1	37
6	10
1	40
4	8
5	21
6	13
0	37
5	20
0	40
4	28
1	34
6	10
1	37
9	12
2	20
0	37
3	8
1	30
1	37
0	40
1	28
2	21
4	12
1	32
4	5
4	18
4	12
2	0
1	20
0	20
1	20
0	13
1	20
1	10
3	0
2	5
0	10
0	13
1	2

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 13 August 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 13 August 2019 (this event)	197 records

Every Record Set

20 of 197

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 7 to 13 August 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-08-08	Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	111	77 of 100 (Major)
2019-08-08	Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	129	53 of 100 (Notable)
2019-08-08	Port Elliot Caravan Park	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	119	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-08-08	Dimboola	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	118	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-08-09	Pykes Creek Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	61	54 of 100 (Notable)
2019-08-09	Hahndorf	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	50	46 of 100 (Notable)
2019-08-09	Milang	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	84	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-08-09	Coonalpyn	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	61	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-08-09	Melton Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	61	20 of 100 (Routine)
2019-08-10	Outtrim	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	54	66 of 100 (Major)
2019-08-10	Trafalgar Toseland Road	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	28	58 of 100 (Notable)
2019-08-10	Koo Wee Rup (Srw)	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	40	58 of 100 (Notable)
2019-08-10	Willow Grove	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40	57 of 100 (Notable)
2019-08-10	Callignee North	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	54	57 of 100 (Notable)
2019-08-10	Erica (Philips Bridge)	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	54	55 of 100 (Notable)
2019-08-10	Nyora (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	28	53 of 100 (Notable)
2019-08-10	Drouin Bowling Club	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	61	52 of 100 (Notable)
2019-08-10	Mirboo North Water Board	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	68	52 of 100 (Notable)
2019-08-12	Alonnah Area School	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46	58 of 100 (Notable)
2019-08-12	Mornington	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	60	56 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 197 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
2019-08-07	1
2019-08-08	56
2019-08-09	65
2019-08-10	43
2019-08-11	22
2019-08-12	9
2019-08-13	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
14	111
36	54
9	118
31	28
23	40
31	46
25	40
23	54
14	60
12	61
22	54
14	61
7	129
23	28
16	61
17	68
10	61
5	84
17	50
3	119
9	50
7	88
18	54
17	28
4	92
3	109
10	26
2	118
7	64
9	37
2	112
3	98
11	26
3	86
11	28
10	62
2	101
13	40
2	119
7	62
4	84
0	119
26	28
9	60
10	50
0	96
13	34
22	37
14	58
13	34
4	61
12	28
1	92
8	64
8	50
18	40
1	76
3	64
6	64
14	40
4	62
3	68
15	8
0	80
6	37
15	50
4	50
2	64
7	20
1	76
1	76
6	28
10	50
8	50
2	64
9	21
7	21
8	58
4	62
3	50
8	26
17	8
2	68
1	64
0	76
1	64
3	61
6	26
5	50
9	40
3	50
6	44
5	50
5	45
8	25
4	50
18	14
7	26
3	44
5	44
0	62
4	37
7	40
5	40
5	45
11	13
11	12
6	20
3	44
4	28
1	61
9	20
5	40
5	40
3	40
0	50
2	40
7	13
7	16
3	44
1	40
3	28
3	37
2	37
10	13
8	10
4	40
8	16
6	34
8	18
4	20
4	26
7	18
4	45
1	52
1	36
1	50
1	50
1	40
2	37
1	0
1	3
2	28
3	40
8	10
6	21
2	40
1	28
5	8
3	28
2	40
4	20
3	29
0	46
2	37
2	40
2	26
4	13
1	37
6	10
1	40
4	8
5	21
6	13
0	37
5	20
0	40
4	28
1	34
6	10
1	37
9	12
2	20
0	37
3	8
1	30
1	37
0	40
1	28
2	21
4	12
1	32
4	5
4	18
4	12
2	0
1	20
0	20
1	20
0	13
1	20
1	10
3	0
2	5
0	10
0	13
1	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
14	111
36	54
9	118
31	28
23	40
31	46
25	40
23	54
14	60
12	61
22	54
14	61
7	129
23	28
16	61
17	68
10	61
5	84
17	50
3	119
9	50
7	88
18	54
17	28
4	92
3	109
10	26
2	118
7	64
9	37
2	112
3	98
11	26
3	86
11	28
10	62
2	101
13	40
2	119
7	62
4	84
0	119
26	28
9	60
10	50
0	96
13	34
22	37
14	58
13	34
4	61
12	28
1	92
8	64
8	50
18	40
1	76
3	64
6	64
14	40
4	62
3	68
15	8
0	80
6	37
15	50
4	50
2	64
7	20
1	76
1	76
6	28
10	50
8	50
2	64
9	21
7	21
8	58
4	62
3	50
8	26
17	8
2	68
1	64
0	76
1	64
3	61
6	26
5	50
9	40
3	50
6	44
5	50
5	45
8	25
4	50
18	14
7	26
3	44
5	44
0	62
4	37
7	40
5	40
5	45
11	13
11	12
6	20
3	44
4	28
1	61
9	20
5	40
5	40
3	40
0	50
2	40
7	13
7	16
3	44
1	40
3	28
3	37
2	37
10	13
8	10
4	40
8	16
6	34
8	18
4	20
4	26
7	18
4	45
1	52
1	36
1	50
1	50
1	40
2	37
1	0
1	3
2	28
3	40
8	10
6	21
2	40
1	28
5	8
3	28
2	40
4	20
3	29
0	46
2	37
2	40
2	26
4	13
1	37
6	10
1	40
4	8
5	21
6	13
0	37
5	20
0	40
4	28
1	34
6	10
1	37
9	12
2	20
0	37
3	8
1	30
1	37
0	40
1	28
2	21
4	12
1	32
4	5
4	18
4	12
2	0
1	20
0	20
1	20
0	13
1	20
1	10
3	0
2	5
0	10
0	13
1	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
14	111
36	54
9	118
31	28
23	40
31	46
25	40
23	54
14	60
12	61
22	54
14	61
7	129
23	28
16	61
17	68
10	61
5	84
17	50
3	119
9	50
7	88
18	54
17	28
4	92
3	109
10	26
2	118
7	64
9	37
2	112
3	98
11	26
3	86
11	28
10	62
2	101
13	40
2	119
7	62
4	84
0	119
26	28
9	60
10	50
0	96
13	34
22	37
14	58
13	34
4	61
12	28
1	92
8	64
8	50
18	40
1	76
3	64
6	64
14	40
4	62
3	68
15	8
0	80
6	37
15	50
4	50
2	64
7	20
1	76
1	76
6	28
10	50
8	50
2	64
9	21
7	21
8	58
4	62
3	50
8	26
17	8
2	68
1	64
0	76
1	64
3	61
6	26
5	50
9	40
3	50
6	44
5	50
5	45
8	25
4	50
18	14
7	26
3	44
5	44
0	62
4	37
7	40
5	40
5	45
11	13
11	12
6	20
3	44
4	28
1	61
9	20
5	40
5	40
3	40
0	50
2	40
7	13
7	16
3	44
1	40
3	28
3	37
2	37
10	13
8	10
4	40
8	16
6	34
8	18
4	20
4	26
7	18
4	45
1	52
1	36
1	50
1	50
1	40
2	37
1	0
1	3
2	28
3	40
8	10
6	21
2	40
1	28
5	8
3	28
2	40
4	20
3	29
0	46
2	37
2	40
2	26
4	13
1	37
6	10
1	40
4	8
5	21
6	13
0	37
5	20
0	40
4	28
1	34
6	10
1	37
9	12
2	20
0	37
3	8
1	30
1	37
0	40
1	28
2	21
4	12
1	32
4	5
4	18
4	12
2	0
1	20
0	20
1	20
0	13
1	20
1	10
3	0
2	5
0	10
0	13
1	2