Extreme rain in Australia, 3 to 15 November 2021

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 3 to 15 November 2021
Start: 2021-11-03
End: 2021-11-15
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 3 to 15 November 2021: 1,119 records at 905 stations, peak on 12 November 2021. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 3 to 15 November 2021 set or tied 1,119 station records at 905 stations.
It ran from 3 November 2021 to 15 November 2021 (13 days) and its peak day was 12 November 2021.
Status: closed.
Balaklava set a monthly record daily precipitation of 53.0 mm (2.1 in) on 12 November 2021.
The busiest day was 12 November 2021 with 387 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 137 years.

Footprint

3 to 15 November 2021

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 3 to 15 November 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, 3 to 15 November 2021: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	2021-11-04
Balaklava	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	2021-11-12
Cook	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	2021-11-10
Karcultaby	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	2021-11-11
Port Broughton	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	2021-11-12
Bedourie Police Station	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	2021-11-11
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	2021-11-12
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	2021-11-08
Inglewood (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	2021-11-04
Ceduna (Goode)	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2021-11-11
Iron Knob	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	2021-11-12
Bond Springs Homestead	Record daily precipitation	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	2021-11-10
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	2021-11-12
Blackville Post Office	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	2021-11-12
Coolesha	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	2021-11-08
Narrabri (Mollee)	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	2021-11-11
Goombungee Post Office	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	2021-11-08
Yagaburne	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	2021-11-08
Ceduna (Maltee)	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	2021-11-11
Eidsvold Post Office	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	2021-11-12

Records per Day

Peak day 387

Records set or tied each day from 3 November 2021 to 15 November 2021. The most in one day was 387 on 12 November 2021.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Australia, 3 to 15 November 2021
Date	Records
2021-11-03	14
2021-11-04	87
2021-11-05	21
2021-11-06	4
2021-11-07	16
2021-11-08	164
2021-11-09	39
2021-11-10	73
2021-11-11	199
2021-11-12	387
2021-11-13	92
2021-11-14	12
2021-11-15	11

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 3 to 15 November 2021 ranked by margin
Bedourie Police Station, 11-11	59.1 mm (2.3 in)
Narrabri (Mollee), 11-11	50.9 mm (2.0 in)
Eidsvold Post Office, 11-12	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
Blackville (Krui Vale), 11-12	50.2 mm (2.0 in)
Coolesha, 11-08	43.6 mm (1.7 in)
Yagaburne, 11-08	40.7 mm (1.6 in)
Somerton (Bective Estate), 11-08	38.2 mm (1.5 in)
Bond Springs Homestead, 11-10	35.4 mm (1.4 in)
Goombungee Post Office, 11-08	33.9 mm (1.3 in)
Blackville Post Office, 11-12	31.9 mm (1.3 in)
Wedderburn (Post Office), 11-04	27.3 mm (1.1 in)
Inglewood (Post Office), 11-04	26.3 mm (1.0 in)
Ceduna (Maltee), 11-11	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
Port Broughton, 11-12	23.7 mm (0.9 in)
Iron Knob, 11-12	22.3 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

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, 3 to 15 November 2021
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
18	131
27	133
16	81
17	82
24	100
59	84
50	128
38	96
16	83
22	100
26	111
35	100
15	100
32	128
44	78
51	58
26	20
51	67
34	104
41	18
54	66
11	117
25	82
15	87
24	82
55	48
47	18
40	90
35	80
52	58
11	96
27	82
16	100
55	40
61	32
53	42
73	55
6	104
20	77
21	128
10	83
43	80
23	127
23	96
52	71
25	92
17	82
19	60
36	88
60	15
22	108
46	52
8	131
35	48
13	90
25	30
12	96
29	88
20	104
28	46
45	44
53	36
21	79
45	48
51	48
37	55
19	70
30	23
23	6
11	100
29	111
63	36
33	66
23	104
20	96
28	43
28	23
20	100
30	48
57	36
36	28
27	15
24	108
63	35
39	58
13	70
54	42
26	96
20	68
26	24
23	23
11	104
38	46
36	60
54	11
30	48
12	96
24	47
10	100
27	80
28	58
25	26
35	66
21	100
18	104
13	108
12	108
15	104
28	52
30	55
18	75
9	100
22	35
8	100
7	100
30	20
11	96
23	54
18	100
88	20
13	111
15	96
11	70
28	44
20	60
20	84
31	62
31	55
12	108
11	134
25	14
30	32
45	20
3	79
24	35
7	100
7	102
32	51
36	44
23	76
9	111
8	137
31	4
59	20
17	78
42	16
16	74
28	30
21	23
44	15
6	104
36	35
13	96
8	96
37	48
62	34
24	62
20	78
31	55
8	134
25	67
4	84
28	52
13	92
33	48
6	96
38	28
7	100
54	8
27	32
12	92
49	14
27	32
2	89
8	133
14	50
6	111
7	84
12	47
69	12
8	131
17	84
37	34
53	11
41	14
27	43
12	88
12	92
41	8
21	48
23	30
12	43
19	30
26	16
4	108
35	13
31	38
56	8
43	22
44	35

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 3 to 15 November 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, 3 to 15 November 2021 (this event)	1,119 records

Every Record Set

20 of 1,119

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 3 to 15 November 2021, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2021-11-04	Wedderburn (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	133	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
2021-11-04	Inglewood (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	111	71 of 100 (Major)
2021-11-08	Somerton (Bective Estate)	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	96	72 of 100 (Major)
2021-11-08	Coolesha	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	78	66 of 100 (Major)
2021-11-08	Goombungee Post Office	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	104	65 of 100 (Major)
2021-11-08	Yagaburne	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	18	65 of 100 (Major)
2021-11-10	Cook	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	81	78 of 100 (Major)
2021-11-10	Bond Springs Homestead	Record daily precipitation	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	100	70 of 100 (Major)
2021-11-11	Karcultaby	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	82	77 of 100 (Major)
2021-11-11	Bedourie Police Station	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	84	74 of 100 (Major)
2021-11-11	Ceduna (Goode)	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	83	71 of 100 (Major)
2021-11-11	Narrabri (Mollee)	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	58	66 of 100 (Major)
2021-11-11	Ceduna (Maltee)	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	20	65 of 100 (Major)
2021-11-12	Balaklava	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	131	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
2021-11-12	Port Broughton	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	100	75 of 100 (Major)
2021-11-12	Blackville (Krui Vale)	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	128	73 of 100 (Major)
2021-11-12	Iron Knob	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	100	71 of 100 (Major)
2021-11-12	Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	100	68 of 100 (Major)
2021-11-12	Blackville Post Office	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	128	67 of 100 (Major)
2021-11-12	Eidsvold Post Office	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	67	65 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 1,119 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
18	131
27	133
16	81
17	82
24	100
59	84
50	128
38	96
16	83
22	100
26	111
35	100
15	100
32	128
44	78
51	58
26	20
51	67
34	104
41	18
54	66
11	117
25	82
15	87
24	82
55	48
47	18
40	90
35	80
52	58
11	96
27	82
16	100
55	40
61	32
53	42
73	55
6	104
20	77
21	128
10	83
43	80
23	127
23	96
52	71
25	92
17	82
19	60
36	88
60	15
22	108
46	52
8	131
35	48
13	90
25	30
12	96
29	88
20	104
28	46
45	44
53	36
21	79
45	48
51	48
37	55
19	70
30	23
23	6
11	100
29	111
63	36
33	66
23	104
20	96
28	43
28	23
20	100
30	48
57	36
36	28
27	15
24	108
63	35
39	58
13	70
54	42
26	96
20	68
26	24
23	23
11	104
38	46
36	60
54	11
30	48
12	96
24	47
10	100
27	80
28	58
25	26
35	66
21	100
18	104
13	108
12	108
15	104
28	52
30	55
18	75
9	100
22	35
8	100
7	100
30	20
11	96
23	54
18	100
88	20
13	111
15	96
11	70
28	44
20	60
20	84
31	62
31	55
12	108
11	134
25	14
30	32
45	20
3	79
24	35
7	100
7	102
32	51
36	44
23	76
9	111
8	137
31	4
59	20
17	78
42	16
16	74
28	30
21	23
44	15
6	104
36	35
13	96
8	96
37	48
62	34
24	62
20	78
31	55
8	134
25	67
4	84
28	52
13	92
33	48
6	96
38	28
7	100
54	8
27	32
12	92
49	14
27	32
2	89
8	133
14	50
6	111
7	84
12	47
69	12
8	131
17	84
37	34
53	11
41	14
27	43
12	88
12	92
41	8
21	48
23	30
12	43
19	30
26	16
4	108
35	13
31	38
56	8
43	22
44	35

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
18	131
27	133
16	81
17	82
24	100
59	84
50	128
38	96
16	83
22	100
26	111
35	100
15	100
32	128
44	78
51	58
26	20
51	67
34	104
41	18
54	66
11	117
25	82
15	87
24	82
55	48
47	18
40	90
35	80
52	58
11	96
27	82
16	100
55	40
61	32
53	42
73	55
6	104
20	77
21	128
10	83
43	80
23	127
23	96
52	71
25	92
17	82
19	60
36	88
60	15
22	108
46	52
8	131
35	48
13	90
25	30
12	96
29	88
20	104
28	46
45	44
53	36
21	79
45	48
51	48
37	55
19	70
30	23
23	6
11	100
29	111
63	36
33	66
23	104
20	96
28	43
28	23
20	100
30	48
57	36
36	28
27	15
24	108
63	35
39	58
13	70
54	42
26	96
20	68
26	24
23	23
11	104
38	46
36	60
54	11
30	48
12	96
24	47
10	100
27	80
28	58
25	26
35	66
21	100
18	104
13	108
12	108
15	104
28	52
30	55
18	75
9	100
22	35
8	100
7	100
30	20
11	96
23	54
18	100
88	20
13	111
15	96
11	70
28	44
20	60
20	84
31	62
31	55
12	108
11	134
25	14
30	32
45	20
3	79
24	35
7	100
7	102
32	51
36	44
23	76
9	111
8	137
31	4
59	20
17	78
42	16
16	74
28	30
21	23
44	15
6	104
36	35
13	96
8	96
37	48
62	34
24	62
20	78
31	55
8	134
25	67
4	84
28	52
13	92
33	48
6	96
38	28
7	100
54	8
27	32
12	92
49	14
27	32
2	89
8	133
14	50
6	111
7	84
12	47
69	12
8	131
17	84
37	34
53	11
41	14
27	43
12	88
12	92
41	8
21	48
23	30
12	43
19	30
26	16
4	108
35	13
31	38
56	8
43	22
44	35

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
18	131
27	133
16	81
17	82
24	100
59	84
50	128
38	96
16	83
22	100
26	111
35	100
15	100
32	128
44	78
51	58
26	20
51	67
34	104
41	18
54	66
11	117
25	82
15	87
24	82
55	48
47	18
40	90
35	80
52	58
11	96
27	82
16	100
55	40
61	32
53	42
73	55
6	104
20	77
21	128
10	83
43	80
23	127
23	96
52	71
25	92
17	82
19	60
36	88
60	15
22	108
46	52
8	131
35	48
13	90
25	30
12	96
29	88
20	104
28	46
45	44
53	36
21	79
45	48
51	48
37	55
19	70
30	23
23	6
11	100
29	111
63	36
33	66
23	104
20	96
28	43
28	23
20	100
30	48
57	36
36	28
27	15
24	108
63	35
39	58
13	70
54	42
26	96
20	68
26	24
23	23
11	104
38	46
36	60
54	11
30	48
12	96
24	47
10	100
27	80
28	58
25	26
35	66
21	100
18	104
13	108
12	108
15	104
28	52
30	55
18	75
9	100
22	35
8	100
7	100
30	20
11	96
23	54
18	100
88	20
13	111
15	96
11	70
28	44
20	60
20	84
31	62
31	55
12	108
11	134
25	14
30	32
45	20
3	79
24	35
7	100
7	102
32	51
36	44
23	76
9	111
8	137
31	4
59	20
17	78
42	16
16	74
28	30
21	23
44	15
6	104
36	35
13	96
8	96
37	48
62	34
24	62
20	78
31	55
8	134
25	67
4	84
28	52
13	92
33	48
6	96
38	28
7	100
54	8
27	32
12	92
49	14
27	32
2	89
8	133
14	50
6	111
7	84
12	47
69	12
8	131
17	84
37	34
53	11
41	14
27	43
12	88
12	92
41	8
21	48
23	30
12	43
19	30
26	16
4	108
35	13
31	38
56	8
43	22
44	35