Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 28 June 2021

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 28 June 2021
Start: 2021-06-22
End: 2021-06-28
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 28 June 2021: 362 records at 334 stations, peak on 24 June 2021. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 28 June 2021 set or tied 362 station records at 334 stations.
It ran from 22 June 2021 to 28 June 2021 (7 days) and its peak day was 24 June 2021.
Status: closed.
Mahrigong set a daily record precipitation of 54.0 mm (2.1 in) on 25 June 2021.
The busiest day was 24 June 2021 with 133 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 130 years.

Footprint

22 to 28 June 2021

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 28 June 2021 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, 22 to 28 June 2021: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Mahrigong	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	2021-06-25
Batlow Post Office	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	2021-06-24
Malboona	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	2021-06-25
Elliott	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	2021-06-25
Lerida	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	2021-06-25
Glenormiston	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	2021-06-24
Ambo Station	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	2021-06-25
Belmont	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	2021-06-25
Woodgreen	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	2021-06-23
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	2021-06-24
Blowering Dam	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	2021-06-24
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	2021-06-25
Mount Leonard Station	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	2021-06-23
Ardlethan Post Office	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	2021-06-24
Cluny	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2021-06-24
Marion Downs	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	2021-06-24
Mount Horeb (Marathorn)	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	2021-06-24
West Leichhardt Station	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	2021-06-25
Mount Isa Mine	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2021-06-25
Devoncourt Station	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	2021-06-25

Records per Day

Peak day 133

Records set or tied each day from 22 June 2021 to 28 June 2021. The most in one day was 133 on 24 June 2021.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 28 June 2021 ranked by margin
Batlow Post Office, 06-24	71.5 mm (2.8 in)
Elliott, 06-25	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
Mahrigong, 06-25	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
Malboona, 06-25	42.9 mm (1.7 in)
Blowering Dam, 06-24	41.8 mm (1.6 in)
Cluny, 06-24	41.2 mm (1.6 in)
Ambo Station, 06-25	37.6 mm (1.5 in)
Lerida, 06-25	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
Belmont, 06-25	29.3 mm (1.2 in)
Mount Isa Mine, 06-25	28.7 mm (1.1 in)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St, 06-25	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
Woodgreen, 06-23	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
West Leichhardt Station, 06-25	25.6 mm (1.0 in)
Glenormiston, 06-24	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy, 06-24	22.1 mm (0.9 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

362 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, 22 to 28 June 2021
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
54	104
72	90
43	112
55	71
36	100
23	107
38	79
29	112
26	74
22	121
28	98
42	48
18	87
9	90
41	46
17	98
10	84
26	112
29	83
22	98
30	87
20	121
36	44
18	90
10	85
24	15
28	48
14	125
17	112
25	83
19	83
26	27
16	98
49	50
10	123
28	62
41	14
14	112
8	118
23	60
5	95
10	123
14	87
9	107
8	112
9	52
26	6
14	26
5	111
11	121
10	96
34	24
18	48
4	71
29	6
11	83
30	48
10	84
19	34
3	112
2	108
9	64
6	107
5	107
3	71
8	90
6	126
19	66
14	67
5	130
9	87
11	70
2	112
25	62
12	80
7	91
34	31
37	24
21	15
15	48
21	12
4	90
5	90
10	88
1	106
2	125
8	87
5	87
31	8
5	92
28	7
6	52
18	23
2	98
20	15
18	16
8	87
3	83
7	87
21	23
18	66
6	87
33	14
21	58
21	47
10	40
33	42
15	70
4	71
0	90
27	20
28	50
13	55
2	75
3	75
16	34
12	64
8	76
27	18
29	35
3	80
4	70
8	50
12	44
5	55
1	87
34	18
17	48
30	30
24	24
12	55
5	67
27	14
19	46
30	8
23	14
22	7
0	83
14	48
10	48
8	51
1	76
12	66
12	66
22	50
5	34
21	31
1	76
6	66
25	7
8	50
1	75
24	14
11	46
16	47
7	36
8	31
10	48
2	71
6	40
0	71
1	68
1	71
8	64
13	52
14	46
11	47
9	48
12	28
6	64
1	71
13	51
19	46
16	31
18	4
4	66
6	52
8	24
12	30
9	51
11	46
7	16
1	70
2	66
6	40
17	40
3	64
9	40
13	31
18	4
16	14
22	7
7	20
7	48
11	46
7	46
13	6
7	30
3	40
3	52

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 28 June 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, 22 to 28 June 2021 (this event)	362 records

Every Record Set

20 of 362

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 22 to 28 June 2021, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2021-06-23	Woodgreen	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	74	63 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-23	Mount Leonard Station	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	87	59 of 100 (Notable)
2021-06-24	Batlow Post Office	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	90	77 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-24	Glenormiston	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	107	66 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-24	Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	121	62 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-24	Blowering Dam	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	48	60 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-24	Ardlethan Post Office	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	90	59 of 100 (Notable)
2021-06-24	Cluny	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	46	58 of 100 (Notable)
2021-06-24	Marion Downs	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	98	58 of 100 (Notable)
2021-06-24	Mount Horeb (Marathorn)	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	84	57 of 100 (Notable)
2021-06-25	Mahrigong	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	104	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2021-06-25	Malboona	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	112	71 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-25	Elliott	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	71	68 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-25	Lerida	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	100	67 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-25	Ambo Station	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	79	65 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-25	Belmont	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	112	65 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-25	Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	98	60 of 100 (Major)
2021-06-25	West Leichhardt Station	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	112	56 of 100 (Notable)
2021-06-25	Mount Isa Mine	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	83	55 of 100 (Notable)
2021-06-25	Devoncourt Station	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	98	55 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 362 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
2021-06-22	2
2021-06-23	37
2021-06-24	133
2021-06-25	127
2021-06-26	39
2021-06-27	16
2021-06-28	8

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
54	104
72	90
43	112
55	71
36	100
23	107
38	79
29	112
26	74
22	121
28	98
42	48
18	87
9	90
41	46
17	98
10	84
26	112
29	83
22	98
30	87
20	121
36	44
18	90
10	85
24	15
28	48
14	125
17	112
25	83
19	83
26	27
16	98
49	50
10	123
28	62
41	14
14	112
8	118
23	60
5	95
10	123
14	87
9	107
8	112
9	52
26	6
14	26
5	111
11	121
10	96
34	24
18	48
4	71
29	6
11	83
30	48
10	84
19	34
3	112
2	108
9	64
6	107
5	107
3	71
8	90
6	126
19	66
14	67
5	130
9	87
11	70
2	112
25	62
12	80
7	91
34	31
37	24
21	15
15	48
21	12
4	90
5	90
10	88
1	106
2	125
8	87
5	87
31	8
5	92
28	7
6	52
18	23
2	98
20	15
18	16
8	87
3	83
7	87
21	23
18	66
6	87
33	14
21	58
21	47
10	40
33	42
15	70
4	71
0	90
27	20
28	50
13	55
2	75
3	75
16	34
12	64
8	76
27	18
29	35
3	80
4	70
8	50
12	44
5	55
1	87
34	18
17	48
30	30
24	24
12	55
5	67
27	14
19	46
30	8
23	14
22	7
0	83
14	48
10	48
8	51
1	76
12	66
12	66
22	50
5	34
21	31
1	76
6	66
25	7
8	50
1	75
24	14
11	46
16	47
7	36
8	31
10	48
2	71
6	40
0	71
1	68
1	71
8	64
13	52
14	46
11	47
9	48
12	28
6	64
1	71
13	51
19	46
16	31
18	4
4	66
6	52
8	24
12	30
9	51
11	46
7	16
1	70
2	66
6	40
17	40
3	64
9	40
13	31
18	4
16	14
22	7
7	20
7	48
11	46
7	46
13	6
7	30
3	40
3	52

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
54	104
72	90
43	112
55	71
36	100
23	107
38	79
29	112
26	74
22	121
28	98
42	48
18	87
9	90
41	46
17	98
10	84
26	112
29	83
22	98
30	87
20	121
36	44
18	90
10	85
24	15
28	48
14	125
17	112
25	83
19	83
26	27
16	98
49	50
10	123
28	62
41	14
14	112
8	118
23	60
5	95
10	123
14	87
9	107
8	112
9	52
26	6
14	26
5	111
11	121
10	96
34	24
18	48
4	71
29	6
11	83
30	48
10	84
19	34
3	112
2	108
9	64
6	107
5	107
3	71
8	90
6	126
19	66
14	67
5	130
9	87
11	70
2	112
25	62
12	80
7	91
34	31
37	24
21	15
15	48
21	12
4	90
5	90
10	88
1	106
2	125
8	87
5	87
31	8
5	92
28	7
6	52
18	23
2	98
20	15
18	16
8	87
3	83
7	87
21	23
18	66
6	87
33	14
21	58
21	47
10	40
33	42
15	70
4	71
0	90
27	20
28	50
13	55
2	75
3	75
16	34
12	64
8	76
27	18
29	35
3	80
4	70
8	50
12	44
5	55
1	87
34	18
17	48
30	30
24	24
12	55
5	67
27	14
19	46
30	8
23	14
22	7
0	83
14	48
10	48
8	51
1	76
12	66
12	66
22	50
5	34
21	31
1	76
6	66
25	7
8	50
1	75
24	14
11	46
16	47
7	36
8	31
10	48
2	71
6	40
0	71
1	68
1	71
8	64
13	52
14	46
11	47
9	48
12	28
6	64
1	71
13	51
19	46
16	31
18	4
4	66
6	52
8	24
12	30
9	51
11	46
7	16
1	70
2	66
6	40
17	40
3	64
9	40
13	31
18	4
16	14
22	7
7	20
7	48
11	46
7	46
13	6
7	30
3	40
3	52

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
54	104
72	90
43	112
55	71
36	100
23	107
38	79
29	112
26	74
22	121
28	98
42	48
18	87
9	90
41	46
17	98
10	84
26	112
29	83
22	98
30	87
20	121
36	44
18	90
10	85
24	15
28	48
14	125
17	112
25	83
19	83
26	27
16	98
49	50
10	123
28	62
41	14
14	112
8	118
23	60
5	95
10	123
14	87
9	107
8	112
9	52
26	6
14	26
5	111
11	121
10	96
34	24
18	48
4	71
29	6
11	83
30	48
10	84
19	34
3	112
2	108
9	64
6	107
5	107
3	71
8	90
6	126
19	66
14	67
5	130
9	87
11	70
2	112
25	62
12	80
7	91
34	31
37	24
21	15
15	48
21	12
4	90
5	90
10	88
1	106
2	125
8	87
5	87
31	8
5	92
28	7
6	52
18	23
2	98
20	15
18	16
8	87
3	83
7	87
21	23
18	66
6	87
33	14
21	58
21	47
10	40
33	42
15	70
4	71
0	90
27	20
28	50
13	55
2	75
3	75
16	34
12	64
8	76
27	18
29	35
3	80
4	70
8	50
12	44
5	55
1	87
34	18
17	48
30	30
24	24
12	55
5	67
27	14
19	46
30	8
23	14
22	7
0	83
14	48
10	48
8	51
1	76
12	66
12	66
22	50
5	34
21	31
1	76
6	66
25	7
8	50
1	75
24	14
11	46
16	47
7	36
8	31
10	48
2	71
6	40
0	71
1	68
1	71
8	64
13	52
14	46
11	47
9	48
12	28
6	64
1	71
13	51
19	46
16	31
18	4
4	66
6	52
8	24
12	30
9	51
11	46
7	16
1	70
2	66
6	40
17	40
3	64
9	40
13	31
18	4
16	14
22	7
7	20
7	48
11	46
7	46
13	6
7	30
3	40
3	52