Extreme rain in Australia, 10 to 15 July 2020

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 10 to 15 July 2020
Start: 2020-07-10
End: 2020-07-15
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 10 to 15 July 2020: 202 records at 179 stations, peak on 12 July 2020. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 10 to 15 July 2020 set or tied 202 station records at 179 stations.
It ran from 10 July 2020 to 15 July 2020 (6 days) and its peak day was 12 July 2020.
Status: closed.
Delegate Station set a daily record precipitation of 63.2 mm (2.5 in) on 14 July 2020.
The busiest day was 12 July 2020 with 66 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 128 years.

Footprint

10 to 15 July 2020

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 10 to 15 July 2020 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, 10 to 15 July 2020: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Delegate Station	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	2020-07-14
Glenmaggie Weir	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	2020-07-13
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	2020-07-14
Narooma Rvcp	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	2020-07-14
Bukalong Station	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	2020-07-14
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	2020-07-14
Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge)	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	2020-07-14
East Sale Airport	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	2020-07-13
Wapengo Lake Road	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	2020-07-13
Leadville (Moreton Bay)	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2020-07-11
Stratford	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	2020-07-13
Eden (Caravan Park)	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	2020-07-14
Green Cape Lighthouse	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	2020-07-14
Bombala (Therry Street)	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	2020-07-14
Jindabyne (Lynwood)	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	2020-07-14
Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	2020-07-14
Coolah (Binnia St)	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	2020-07-11
Mendooran Post Office	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2020-07-11
Cooma (Myalla)	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	2020-07-14
Beaufort (Sheepwash)	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	2020-07-12

Records per Day

Peak day 66

Records set or tied each day from 10 July 2020 to 15 July 2020. The most in one day was 66 on 12 July 2020.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 10 to 15 July 2020 ranked by margin
Wapengo Lake Road, 07-13	47.8 mm (1.9 in)
Delegate Station, 07-14	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge), 07-14	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
Eden (Caravan Park), 07-14	37.8 mm (1.5 in)
Bukalong Station, 07-14	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
Glenmaggie Weir, 07-13	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
Narooma Rvcp, 07-14	29.8 mm (1.2 in)
Bombala (Therry Street), 07-14	29.7 mm (1.2 in)
East Sale Airport, 07-13	27.8 mm (1.1 in)
Leadville (Moreton Bay), 07-11	27.7 mm (1.1 in)
Stratford, 07-13	22.6 mm (0.9 in)
Dalgety (Hamilton St), 07-14	21.7 mm (0.9 in)
Coolah (Binnia St), 07-11	21.0 mm (0.8 in)
Green Cape Lighthouse, 07-14	19.9 mm (0.8 in)
Jindabyne (Lynwood), 07-14	19.5 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

202 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, 10 to 15 July 2020
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
46	87
34	75
22	116
30	108
36	60
19	95
42	60
28	52
48	60
28	64
38	65
20	114
23	52
30	60
20	95
19	87
21	78
12	51
13	128
20	57
52	31
11	128
25	21
73	25
37	57
22	19
12	95
30	29
25	19
7	99
10	128
17	66
16	57
6	85
18	57
9	81
5	95
53	1
36	5
2	120
10	44
12	21
17	53
11	66
5	81
3	81
21	44
17	60
18	17
3	87
10	60
16	45
15	51
4	64
3	60
0	87
2	78
4	75
28	29
2	75
2	76
10	45
16	29
22	5
16	5
9	45
18	33
1	64
12	5
8	60
2	73
4	45
5	64
17	8
6	60
6	57
18	45
8	44
13	27
1	65
2	60
22	24
8	29
4	51
14	21
4	60
16	8
4	45
10	10
13	5
1	56
10	29
6	24
3	47
2	51
7	44
18	21
10	21
7	8
5	25
7	36
6	11
9	27
12	8
2	57
1	51
3	53
15	5
12	10
9	5
4	25
7	25
4	32
11	23
8	4
5	33
6	14
2	44
8	26
4	44
5	45
0	51
8	27
4	36
13	5
5	32
19	21
9	4
3	37
4	19
2	42
9	21
4	38
6	21
2	29
1	45
1	45
2	19
3	43
8	24
9	5
9	4
0	46
16	8
1	26
15	10
3	29
3	25
6	11
4	27
7	8
0	45
3	24
1	29
4	26
4	27
2	38
2	31
2	24
0	27
4	8
2	27
5	10
2	27
2	26
2	10
3	21
2	19
0	27
0	27
0	27
3	21
5	19
4	2
2	27
1	26
6	10
3	8
9	8
0	33
5	8
5	8
5	14
5	5
3	4
3	23
4	8
4	8
1	21
0	25
4	4
3	5
2	17
2	8
1	8
4	8
2	8
2	4
1	5
1	5

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 10 to 15 July 2020 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, 10 to 15 July 2020 (this event)	202 records

Every Record Set

20 of 202

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 10 to 15 July 2020, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2020-07-11	Leadville (Moreton Bay)	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	64	60 of 100 (Major)
2020-07-11	Coolah (Binnia St)	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	78	54 of 100 (Notable)
2020-07-11	Mendooran Post Office	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	128	53 of 100 (Notable)
2020-07-12	Beaufort (Sheepwash)	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	51	20 of 100 (Routine)
2020-07-13	Glenmaggie Weir	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	75	70 of 100 (Major)
2020-07-13	East Sale Airport	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	52	62 of 100 (Major)
2020-07-13	Wapengo Lake Road	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	60	61 of 100 (Major)
2020-07-13	Stratford	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	52	60 of 100 (Major)
2020-07-14	Delegate Station	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	87	76 of 100 (Major)
2020-07-14	Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	116	69 of 100 (Major)
2020-07-14	Narooma Rvcp	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	108	66 of 100 (Major)
2020-07-14	Bukalong Station	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	60	66 of 100 (Major)
2020-07-14	Tombong (Hillcrest)	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	95	64 of 100 (Major)
2020-07-14	Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge)	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	60	63 of 100 (Major)
2020-07-14	Eden (Caravan Park)	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	65	60 of 100 (Major)
2020-07-14	Green Cape Lighthouse	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	114	60 of 100 (Major)
2020-07-14	Bombala (Therry Street)	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	60	59 of 100 (Notable)
2020-07-14	Jindabyne (Lynwood)	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	95	59 of 100 (Notable)
2020-07-14	Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	87	58 of 100 (Notable)
2020-07-14	Cooma (Myalla)	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	57	53 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 202 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
2020-07-10	3
2020-07-11	44
2020-07-12	66
2020-07-13	39
2020-07-14	45
2020-07-15	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
46	87
34	75
22	116
30	108
36	60
19	95
42	60
28	52
48	60
28	64
38	65
20	114
23	52
30	60
20	95
19	87
21	78
12	51
13	128
20	57
52	31
11	128
25	21
73	25
37	57
22	19
12	95
30	29
25	19
7	99
10	128
17	66
16	57
6	85
18	57
9	81
5	95
53	1
36	5
2	120
10	44
12	21
17	53
11	66
5	81
3	81
21	44
17	60
18	17
3	87
10	60
16	45
15	51
4	64
3	60
0	87
2	78
4	75
28	29
2	75
2	76
10	45
16	29
22	5
16	5
9	45
18	33
1	64
12	5
8	60
2	73
4	45
5	64
17	8
6	60
6	57
18	45
8	44
13	27
1	65
2	60
22	24
8	29
4	51
14	21
4	60
16	8
4	45
10	10
13	5
1	56
10	29
6	24
3	47
2	51
7	44
18	21
10	21
7	8
5	25
7	36
6	11
9	27
12	8
2	57
1	51
3	53
15	5
12	10
9	5
4	25
7	25
4	32
11	23
8	4
5	33
6	14
2	44
8	26
4	44
5	45
0	51
8	27
4	36
13	5
5	32
19	21
9	4
3	37
4	19
2	42
9	21
4	38
6	21
2	29
1	45
1	45
2	19
3	43
8	24
9	5
9	4
0	46
16	8
1	26
15	10
3	29
3	25
6	11
4	27
7	8
0	45
3	24
1	29
4	26
4	27
2	38
2	31
2	24
0	27
4	8
2	27
5	10
2	27
2	26
2	10
3	21
2	19
0	27
0	27
0	27
3	21
5	19
4	2
2	27
1	26
6	10
3	8
9	8
0	33
5	8
5	8
5	14
5	5
3	4
3	23
4	8
4	8
1	21
0	25
4	4
3	5
2	17
2	8
1	8
4	8
2	8
2	4
1	5
1	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
46	87
34	75
22	116
30	108
36	60
19	95
42	60
28	52
48	60
28	64
38	65
20	114
23	52
30	60
20	95
19	87
21	78
12	51
13	128
20	57
52	31
11	128
25	21
73	25
37	57
22	19
12	95
30	29
25	19
7	99
10	128
17	66
16	57
6	85
18	57
9	81
5	95
53	1
36	5
2	120
10	44
12	21
17	53
11	66
5	81
3	81
21	44
17	60
18	17
3	87
10	60
16	45
15	51
4	64
3	60
0	87
2	78
4	75
28	29
2	75
2	76
10	45
16	29
22	5
16	5
9	45
18	33
1	64
12	5
8	60
2	73
4	45
5	64
17	8
6	60
6	57
18	45
8	44
13	27
1	65
2	60
22	24
8	29
4	51
14	21
4	60
16	8
4	45
10	10
13	5
1	56
10	29
6	24
3	47
2	51
7	44
18	21
10	21
7	8
5	25
7	36
6	11
9	27
12	8
2	57
1	51
3	53
15	5
12	10
9	5
4	25
7	25
4	32
11	23
8	4
5	33
6	14
2	44
8	26
4	44
5	45
0	51
8	27
4	36
13	5
5	32
19	21
9	4
3	37
4	19
2	42
9	21
4	38
6	21
2	29
1	45
1	45
2	19
3	43
8	24
9	5
9	4
0	46
16	8
1	26
15	10
3	29
3	25
6	11
4	27
7	8
0	45
3	24
1	29
4	26
4	27
2	38
2	31
2	24
0	27
4	8
2	27
5	10
2	27
2	26
2	10
3	21
2	19
0	27
0	27
0	27
3	21
5	19
4	2
2	27
1	26
6	10
3	8
9	8
0	33
5	8
5	8
5	14
5	5
3	4
3	23
4	8
4	8
1	21
0	25
4	4
3	5
2	17
2	8
1	8
4	8
2	8
2	4
1	5
1	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
46	87
34	75
22	116
30	108
36	60
19	95
42	60
28	52
48	60
28	64
38	65
20	114
23	52
30	60
20	95
19	87
21	78
12	51
13	128
20	57
52	31
11	128
25	21
73	25
37	57
22	19
12	95
30	29
25	19
7	99
10	128
17	66
16	57
6	85
18	57
9	81
5	95
53	1
36	5
2	120
10	44
12	21
17	53
11	66
5	81
3	81
21	44
17	60
18	17
3	87
10	60
16	45
15	51
4	64
3	60
0	87
2	78
4	75
28	29
2	75
2	76
10	45
16	29
22	5
16	5
9	45
18	33
1	64
12	5
8	60
2	73
4	45
5	64
17	8
6	60
6	57
18	45
8	44
13	27
1	65
2	60
22	24
8	29
4	51
14	21
4	60
16	8
4	45
10	10
13	5
1	56
10	29
6	24
3	47
2	51
7	44
18	21
10	21
7	8
5	25
7	36
6	11
9	27
12	8
2	57
1	51
3	53
15	5
12	10
9	5
4	25
7	25
4	32
11	23
8	4
5	33
6	14
2	44
8	26
4	44
5	45
0	51
8	27
4	36
13	5
5	32
19	21
9	4
3	37
4	19
2	42
9	21
4	38
6	21
2	29
1	45
1	45
2	19
3	43
8	24
9	5
9	4
0	46
16	8
1	26
15	10
3	29
3	25
6	11
4	27
7	8
0	45
3	24
1	29
4	26
4	27
2	38
2	31
2	24
0	27
4	8
2	27
5	10
2	27
2	26
2	10
3	21
2	19
0	27
0	27
0	27
3	21
5	19
4	2
2	27
1	26
6	10
3	8
9	8
0	33
5	8
5	8
5	14
5	5
3	4
3	23
4	8
4	8
1	21
0	25
4	4
3	5
2	17
2	8
1	8
4	8
2	8
2	4
1	5
1	5