Extreme rain in Australia, 25 January to 3 February 2021

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 25 January to 3 February 2021
Start: 2021-01-25
End: 2021-02-03
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 25 January to 3 February 2021: 665 records at 557 stations, peak on 29 January 2021. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 25 January to 3 February 2021 set or tied 665 station records at 557 stations.
It ran from 25 January 2021 to 3 February 2021 (10 days) and its peak day was 29 January 2021.
Status: closed.
Beachport set a daily record precipitation of 56.2 mm (2.2 in) on 29 January 2021.
The busiest day was 29 January 2021 with 175 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 137 years.

Footprint

25 January to 3 February 2021

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 25 January to 3 February 2021 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, 25 January to 3 February 2021: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Beachport	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	2021-01-29
Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	2021-01-29
Avoca	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	2021-01-29
Strathbogie North	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	2021-01-30
Mount Buffalo Chalet	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	2021-01-30
Morundah Hotel	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	2021-01-29
Blinman	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	2021-01-26
Streaky Bay	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	2021-01-29
Tootool	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2021-01-29
Euroa	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	2021-01-30
Minyip (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	2021-01-29
Rupanyup (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	2021-01-29
Bealiba	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	2021-01-29
Beechworth Composite	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	2021-01-30
Strathbogie	Record daily precipitation	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	2021-01-30
Yea	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	2021-01-30
Barkly	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	2021-01-29
Navarre	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	2021-01-29
Charlton (Donald St)	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	2021-01-29

Records per Day

Peak day 175

Records set or tied each day from 25 January 2021 to 3 February 2021. The most in one day was 175 on 29 January 2021.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Australia, 25 January to 3 February 2021
Date	Records
2021-01-25	4
2021-01-26	153
2021-01-27	32
2021-01-28	23
2021-01-29	175
2021-01-30	147
2021-01-31	8
2021-02-01	11
2021-02-02	110
2021-02-03	2

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 25 January to 3 February 2021 ranked by margin
Strathbogie North, 01-30	78.5 mm (3.1 in)
Mount Buffalo Chalet, 01-30	69.1 mm (2.7 in)
Strathbogie, 01-30	65.1 mm (2.6 in)
Minyip (Post Office), 01-29	64.3 mm (2.5 in)
Avoca, 01-29	60.6 mm (2.4 in)
Navarre, 01-29	56.2 mm (2.2 in)
Rupanyup (Post Office), 01-29	55.3 mm (2.2 in)
Bealiba, 01-29	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
Murrumburrah Old Post Office, 01-29	53.7 mm (2.1 in)
Blinman, 01-26	51.3 mm (2.0 in)
Beachport, 01-29	47.6 mm (1.9 in)
Yea, 01-30	41.6 mm (1.6 in)
Charlton (Donald St), 01-29	41.3 mm (1.6 in)
Barkly, 01-29	39.3 mm (1.5 in)
Morundah Hotel, 01-29	35.7 mm (1.4 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

500 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, 25 January to 3 February 2021
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
48	130
54	105
61	116
79	103
69	103
36	133
51	80
28	120
30	74
26	104
36	103
64	67
55	67
55	67
36	103
65	67
42	67
39	66
56	58
41	67
26	58
40	67
40	66
69	63
42	14
34	63
37	67
17	103
25	126
37	58
40	67
61	43
43	54
36	85
26	105
27	67
98	26
25	80
19	116
30	31
41	43
14	100
28	67
28	67
30	38
21	111
27	67
14	103
18	87
14	103
53	15
33	50
25	67
35	20
22	114
21	120
25	113
54	37
16	105
39	37
17	135
52	22
33	67
25	58
17	89
46	34
10	84
16	126
41	43
29	37
12	92
17	58
6	107
23	66
46	9
8	105
26	18
21	10
23	80
17	87
10	114
8	134
24	10
60	15
12	103
44	37
10	84
6	117
4	120
8	97
32	39
17	28
6	107
22	79
14	137
50	28
20	67
8	133
18	67
19	63
33	37
23	3
4	117
6	97
9	113
26	58
17	63
46	3
20	67
15	67
26	43
4	106
11	45
7	84
6	93
4	110
17	67
15	74
5	103
13	44
1	80
23	20
8	103
17	83
5	105
4	113
27	43
16	67
15	67
5	103
23	67
14	67
16	50
18	3
6	80
9	84
4	110
20	67
9	87
16	79
16	79
22	58
22	51
3	105
3	103
39	9
4	116
30	28
1	119
24	3
11	80
2	130
7	84
1	120
3	110
1	110
2	103
17	67
34	41
36	24
28	22
12	66
14	66
35	43
7	86
5	84
0	136
3	93
3	93
16	37
0	117
24	59
1	130
0	104
1	132
1	105
12	67
13	67
14	58
6	80
10	47
20	31
12	19
15	50
13	63
38	22
10	67
15	67
21	30
9	67
44	5
10	58
17	3
11	68
3	80
17	38
7	68
9	67
30	41
38	9

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 25 January to 3 February 2021 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, 25 January to 3 February 2021 (this event)	665 records

Every Record Set

20 of 665

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 25 January to 3 February 2021, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2021-01-26	Blinman	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	80	73 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-29	Beachport	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	130	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2021-01-29	Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	105	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2021-01-29	Avoca	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	116	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2021-01-29	Morundah Hotel	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	133	76 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-29	Streaky Bay	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	74	72 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-29	Tootool	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	104	72 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-29	Minyip (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	67	70 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-29	Rupanyup (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	67	70 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-29	Bealiba	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	67	70 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-29	Barkly	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	66	69 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-29	Navarre	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	58	67 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-29	Charlton (Donald St)	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	67	67 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-30	Strathbogie North	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	103	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2021-01-30	Mount Buffalo Chalet	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	103	77 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-30	Avoca	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	120	73 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-30	Euroa	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	103	71 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-30	Beechworth Composite	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	103	70 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-30	Strathbogie	Record daily precipitation	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	67	70 of 100 (Major)
2021-01-30	Yea	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	67	70 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 665 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.

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
48	130
54	105
61	116
79	103
69	103
36	133
51	80
28	120
30	74
26	104
36	103
64	67
55	67
55	67
36	103
65	67
42	67
39	66
56	58
41	67
26	58
40	67
40	66
69	63
42	14
34	63
37	67
17	103
25	126
37	58
40	67
61	43
43	54
36	85
26	105
27	67
98	26
25	80
19	116
30	31
41	43
14	100
28	67
28	67
30	38
21	111
27	67
14	103
18	87
14	103
53	15
33	50
25	67
35	20
22	114
21	120
25	113
54	37
16	105
39	37
17	135
52	22
33	67
25	58
17	89
46	34
10	84
16	126
41	43
29	37
12	92
17	58
6	107
23	66
46	9
8	105
26	18
21	10
23	80
17	87
10	114
8	134
24	10
60	15
12	103
44	37
10	84
6	117
4	120
8	97
32	39
17	28
6	107
22	79
14	137
50	28
20	67
8	133
18	67
19	63
33	37
23	3
4	117
6	97
9	113
26	58
17	63
46	3
20	67
15	67
26	43
4	106
11	45
7	84
6	93
4	110
17	67
15	74
5	103
13	44
1	80
23	20
8	103
17	83
5	105
4	113
27	43
16	67
15	67
5	103
23	67
14	67
16	50
18	3
6	80
9	84
4	110
20	67
9	87
16	79
16	79
22	58
22	51
3	105
3	103
39	9
4	116
30	28
1	119
24	3
11	80
2	130
7	84
1	120
3	110
1	110
2	103
17	67
34	41
36	24
28	22
12	66
14	66
35	43
7	86
5	84
0	136
3	93
3	93
16	37
0	117
24	59
1	130
0	104
1	132
1	105
12	67
13	67
14	58
6	80
10	47
20	31
12	19
15	50
13	63
38	22
10	67
15	67
21	30
9	67
44	5
10	58
17	3
11	68
3	80
17	38
7	68
9	67
30	41
38	9

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
48	130
54	105
61	116
79	103
69	103
36	133
51	80
28	120
30	74
26	104
36	103
64	67
55	67
55	67
36	103
65	67
42	67
39	66
56	58
41	67
26	58
40	67
40	66
69	63
42	14
34	63
37	67
17	103
25	126
37	58
40	67
61	43
43	54
36	85
26	105
27	67
98	26
25	80
19	116
30	31
41	43
14	100
28	67
28	67
30	38
21	111
27	67
14	103
18	87
14	103
53	15
33	50
25	67
35	20
22	114
21	120
25	113
54	37
16	105
39	37
17	135
52	22
33	67
25	58
17	89
46	34
10	84
16	126
41	43
29	37
12	92
17	58
6	107
23	66
46	9
8	105
26	18
21	10
23	80
17	87
10	114
8	134
24	10
60	15
12	103
44	37
10	84
6	117
4	120
8	97
32	39
17	28
6	107
22	79
14	137
50	28
20	67
8	133
18	67
19	63
33	37
23	3
4	117
6	97
9	113
26	58
17	63
46	3
20	67
15	67
26	43
4	106
11	45
7	84
6	93
4	110
17	67
15	74
5	103
13	44
1	80
23	20
8	103
17	83
5	105
4	113
27	43
16	67
15	67
5	103
23	67
14	67
16	50
18	3
6	80
9	84
4	110
20	67
9	87
16	79
16	79
22	58
22	51
3	105
3	103
39	9
4	116
30	28
1	119
24	3
11	80
2	130
7	84
1	120
3	110
1	110
2	103
17	67
34	41
36	24
28	22
12	66
14	66
35	43
7	86
5	84
0	136
3	93
3	93
16	37
0	117
24	59
1	130
0	104
1	132
1	105
12	67
13	67
14	58
6	80
10	47
20	31
12	19
15	50
13	63
38	22
10	67
15	67
21	30
9	67
44	5
10	58
17	3
11	68
3	80
17	38
7	68
9	67
30	41
38	9

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
48	130
54	105
61	116
79	103
69	103
36	133
51	80
28	120
30	74
26	104
36	103
64	67
55	67
55	67
36	103
65	67
42	67
39	66
56	58
41	67
26	58
40	67
40	66
69	63
42	14
34	63
37	67
17	103
25	126
37	58
40	67
61	43
43	54
36	85
26	105
27	67
98	26
25	80
19	116
30	31
41	43
14	100
28	67
28	67
30	38
21	111
27	67
14	103
18	87
14	103
53	15
33	50
25	67
35	20
22	114
21	120
25	113
54	37
16	105
39	37
17	135
52	22
33	67
25	58
17	89
46	34
10	84
16	126
41	43
29	37
12	92
17	58
6	107
23	66
46	9
8	105
26	18
21	10
23	80
17	87
10	114
8	134
24	10
60	15
12	103
44	37
10	84
6	117
4	120
8	97
32	39
17	28
6	107
22	79
14	137
50	28
20	67
8	133
18	67
19	63
33	37
23	3
4	117
6	97
9	113
26	58
17	63
46	3
20	67
15	67
26	43
4	106
11	45
7	84
6	93
4	110
17	67
15	74
5	103
13	44
1	80
23	20
8	103
17	83
5	105
4	113
27	43
16	67
15	67
5	103
23	67
14	67
16	50
18	3
6	80
9	84
4	110
20	67
9	87
16	79
16	79
22	58
22	51
3	105
3	103
39	9
4	116
30	28
1	119
24	3
11	80
2	130
7	84
1	120
3	110
1	110
2	103
17	67
34	41
36	24
28	22
12	66
14	66
35	43
7	86
5	84
0	136
3	93
3	93
16	37
0	117
24	59
1	130
0	104
1	132
1	105
12	67
13	67
14	58
6	80
10	47
20	31
12	19
15	50
13	63
38	22
10	67
15	67
21	30
9	67
44	5
10	58
17	3
11	68
3	80
17	38
7	68
9	67
30	41
38	9