Extreme rain in Australia, 5 to 21 January 2022

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 5 to 21 January 2022
Start: 2022-01-05
End: 2022-01-21
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 5 to 21 January 2022: 877 records at 608 stations, peak on 7 January 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 5 to 21 January 2022 set or tied 877 station records at 608 stations.
It ran from 5 January 2022 to 21 January 2022 (17 days) and its peak day was 7 January 2022.
Status: closed.
Corowa Airport set a daily record precipitation of 63.0 mm (2.5 in) on 8 January 2022.
The busiest day was 7 January 2022 with 262 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 140 years.

Footprint

5 to 21 January 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 5 to 21 January 2022 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, 5 to 21 January 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Ormley	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	2022-01-07
Corowa Airport	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	2022-01-08
Wyalong Post Office	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	2022-01-07
Bruthen (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	2022-01-06
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	2022-01-07
Wallendbeen (Corang)	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	2022-01-07
Moorabool Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	2022-01-06
Wilsons Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	2022-01-06
Bingera Sugar Mill	Record daily precipitation	322.0 mm (12.7 in)	2022-01-09
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	2022-01-08
Swifts Creek	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	2022-01-17
Grong Grong (Junee St)	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	2022-01-07
Yerong Creek (Fertilizer Depot	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	2022-01-07
Woodbury (Warringa)	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	2022-01-08
Chiltern (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	2022-01-06
Yarroweyah	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2022-01-07
Osterley	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	2022-01-08
Condobolin Retirement Village	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	2022-01-12
Tuross	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	2022-01-07
Burrinjuck Dam	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	2022-01-07

Records per Day

Peak day 262

Records set or tied each day from 5 January 2022 to 21 January 2022. The most in one day was 262 on 7 January 2022.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Australia, 5 to 21 January 2022
Date	Records
2022-01-05	7
2022-01-06	97
2022-01-07	262
2022-01-08	235
2022-01-09	27
2022-01-10	6
2022-01-11	26
2022-01-12	30
2022-01-13	21
2022-01-14	15
2022-01-15	47
2022-01-16	16
2022-01-17	4
2022-01-18	5
2022-01-19	43
2022-01-20	27
2022-01-21	9

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 5 to 21 January 2022 ranked by margin
Moorabool Reservoir, 01-06	99.8 mm (3.9 in)
Bingera Sugar Mill, 01-09	90.0 mm (3.5 in)
Wilsons Reservoir, 01-06	63.7 mm (2.5 in)
Wyalong Post Office, 01-07	63.4 mm (2.5 in)
Bruthen (Post Office), 01-06	59.5 mm (2.3 in)
Wallendbeen (Corang), 01-07	58.3 mm (2.3 in)
Cootamundra (Landgrove), 01-07	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
Corowa Airport, 01-08	52.8 mm (2.1 in)
Burrinjuck Dam, 01-07	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
Tuross, 01-07	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
Swifts Creek, 01-17	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
Condobolin Retirement Village, 01-12	47.2 mm (1.9 in)
Yarroweyah, 01-07	46.7 mm (1.8 in)
Yerong Creek (Fertilizer Depot, 01-07	43.6 mm (1.7 in)
Chiltern (Post Office), 01-06	43.4 mm (1.7 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, 5 to 21 January 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
53	100
39	103
63	95
57	88
58	88
60	87
100	82
64	82
90	39
48	83
39	102
39	86
44	88
29	82
47	129
47	71
43	88
21	100
48	74
51	88
43	88
134	60
29	67
45	70
24	124
31	111
59	66
30	98
66	44
37	87
73	40
25	114
25	74
22	135
31	124
17	102
27	96
35	80
38	82
24	96
133	44
60	44
13	100
50	46
61	40
24	98
23	88
45	40
39	48
24	23
25	40
144	42
55	32
19	98
22	96
38	108
80	31
21	95
53	38
44	38
23	88
24	87
32	68
36	44
24	88
43	28
71	28
48	20
80	54
116	11
39	80
22	88
27	88
42	31
22	70
56	20
19	100
23	95
42	38
10	119
54	84
24	96
68	20
28	70
24	87
16	114
21	86
6	87
12	99
38	10
30	27
44	27
34	60
18	107
81	24
14	119
56	18
43	18
18	88
41	31
36	1
10	114
11	58
36	15
28	18
22	80
13	100
32	40
6	111
143	8
17	96
39	48
44	32
33	38
23	71
21	68
25	31
32	20
43	20
23	80
15	88
39	40
10	88
8	103
32	31
22	43
69	40
17	87
55	3
16	84
9	98
11	86
25	48
35	16
7	130
30	40
17	47
28	67
15	86
49	18
8	128
23	59
35	15
9	91
26	44
6	100
5	102
6	111
41	42
45	31
15	92
38	44
47	24
30	40
6	112
41	3
5	140
19	31
4	107
8	71
5	129
17	71
14	80
39	18
32	40
16	45
4	110
6	98
33	31
30	44
19	48
3	48
3	100
4	103
24	20
52	54
17	84
3	104
7	95
23	70
10	88
10	88
8	88
36	28
9	88
15	66
24	59
6	88
26	44
14	80
9	80
34	32
8	84
10	83
9	82
23	50
31	38
33	32
2	100
27	31

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 5 to 21 January 2022 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, 5 to 21 January 2022 (this event)	877 records

Every Record Set

20 of 877

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 5 to 21 January 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-01-06	Bruthen (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	87	76 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-06	Moorabool Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	82	74 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-06	Wilsons Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	82	74 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-06	Chiltern (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	88	70 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-07	Ormley	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	103	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-01-07	Wyalong Post Office	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	95	78 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-07	Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	88	76 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-07	Wallendbeen (Corang)	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	88	76 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-07	Grong Grong (Junee St)	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	86	71 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-07	Yerong Creek (Fertilizer Depot	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	88	71 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-07	Yarroweyah	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	71	70 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-07	Tuross	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	74	69 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-07	Burrinjuck Dam	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	88	69 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-08	Corowa Airport	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	100	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-01-08	Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	102	72 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-08	Woodbury (Warringa)	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	82	71 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-08	Osterley	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	100	70 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-09	Bingera Sugar Mill	Record daily precipitation	322.0 mm (12.7 in)	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	39	73 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-12	Condobolin Retirement Village	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	129	70 of 100 (Major)
2022-01-17	Swifts Creek	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	83	72 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 877 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
53	100
39	103
63	95
57	88
58	88
60	87
100	82
64	82
90	39
48	83
39	102
39	86
44	88
29	82
47	129
47	71
43	88
21	100
48	74
51	88
43	88
134	60
29	67
45	70
24	124
31	111
59	66
30	98
66	44
37	87
73	40
25	114
25	74
22	135
31	124
17	102
27	96
35	80
38	82
24	96
133	44
60	44
13	100
50	46
61	40
24	98
23	88
45	40
39	48
24	23
25	40
144	42
55	32
19	98
22	96
38	108
80	31
21	95
53	38
44	38
23	88
24	87
32	68
36	44
24	88
43	28
71	28
48	20
80	54
116	11
39	80
22	88
27	88
42	31
22	70
56	20
19	100
23	95
42	38
10	119
54	84
24	96
68	20
28	70
24	87
16	114
21	86
6	87
12	99
38	10
30	27
44	27
34	60
18	107
81	24
14	119
56	18
43	18
18	88
41	31
36	1
10	114
11	58
36	15
28	18
22	80
13	100
32	40
6	111
143	8
17	96
39	48
44	32
33	38
23	71
21	68
25	31
32	20
43	20
23	80
15	88
39	40
10	88
8	103
32	31
22	43
69	40
17	87
55	3
16	84
9	98
11	86
25	48
35	16
7	130
30	40
17	47
28	67
15	86
49	18
8	128
23	59
35	15
9	91
26	44
6	100
5	102
6	111
41	42
45	31
15	92
38	44
47	24
30	40
6	112
41	3
5	140
19	31
4	107
8	71
5	129
17	71
14	80
39	18
32	40
16	45
4	110
6	98
33	31
30	44
19	48
3	48
3	100
4	103
24	20
52	54
17	84
3	104
7	95
23	70
10	88
10	88
8	88
36	28
9	88
15	66
24	59
6	88
26	44
14	80
9	80
34	32
8	84
10	83
9	82
23	50
31	38
33	32
2	100
27	31

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
53	100
39	103
63	95
57	88
58	88
60	87
100	82
64	82
90	39
48	83
39	102
39	86
44	88
29	82
47	129
47	71
43	88
21	100
48	74
51	88
43	88
134	60
29	67
45	70
24	124
31	111
59	66
30	98
66	44
37	87
73	40
25	114
25	74
22	135
31	124
17	102
27	96
35	80
38	82
24	96
133	44
60	44
13	100
50	46
61	40
24	98
23	88
45	40
39	48
24	23
25	40
144	42
55	32
19	98
22	96
38	108
80	31
21	95
53	38
44	38
23	88
24	87
32	68
36	44
24	88
43	28
71	28
48	20
80	54
116	11
39	80
22	88
27	88
42	31
22	70
56	20
19	100
23	95
42	38
10	119
54	84
24	96
68	20
28	70
24	87
16	114
21	86
6	87
12	99
38	10
30	27
44	27
34	60
18	107
81	24
14	119
56	18
43	18
18	88
41	31
36	1
10	114
11	58
36	15
28	18
22	80
13	100
32	40
6	111
143	8
17	96
39	48
44	32
33	38
23	71
21	68
25	31
32	20
43	20
23	80
15	88
39	40
10	88
8	103
32	31
22	43
69	40
17	87
55	3
16	84
9	98
11	86
25	48
35	16
7	130
30	40
17	47
28	67
15	86
49	18
8	128
23	59
35	15
9	91
26	44
6	100
5	102
6	111
41	42
45	31
15	92
38	44
47	24
30	40
6	112
41	3
5	140
19	31
4	107
8	71
5	129
17	71
14	80
39	18
32	40
16	45
4	110
6	98
33	31
30	44
19	48
3	48
3	100
4	103
24	20
52	54
17	84
3	104
7	95
23	70
10	88
10	88
8	88
36	28
9	88
15	66
24	59
6	88
26	44
14	80
9	80
34	32
8	84
10	83
9	82
23	50
31	38
33	32
2	100
27	31

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
53	100
39	103
63	95
57	88
58	88
60	87
100	82
64	82
90	39
48	83
39	102
39	86
44	88
29	82
47	129
47	71
43	88
21	100
48	74
51	88
43	88
134	60
29	67
45	70
24	124
31	111
59	66
30	98
66	44
37	87
73	40
25	114
25	74
22	135
31	124
17	102
27	96
35	80
38	82
24	96
133	44
60	44
13	100
50	46
61	40
24	98
23	88
45	40
39	48
24	23
25	40
144	42
55	32
19	98
22	96
38	108
80	31
21	95
53	38
44	38
23	88
24	87
32	68
36	44
24	88
43	28
71	28
48	20
80	54
116	11
39	80
22	88
27	88
42	31
22	70
56	20
19	100
23	95
42	38
10	119
54	84
24	96
68	20
28	70
24	87
16	114
21	86
6	87
12	99
38	10
30	27
44	27
34	60
18	107
81	24
14	119
56	18
43	18
18	88
41	31
36	1
10	114
11	58
36	15
28	18
22	80
13	100
32	40
6	111
143	8
17	96
39	48
44	32
33	38
23	71
21	68
25	31
32	20
43	20
23	80
15	88
39	40
10	88
8	103
32	31
22	43
69	40
17	87
55	3
16	84
9	98
11	86
25	48
35	16
7	130
30	40
17	47
28	67
15	86
49	18
8	128
23	59
35	15
9	91
26	44
6	100
5	102
6	111
41	42
45	31
15	92
38	44
47	24
30	40
6	112
41	3
5	140
19	31
4	107
8	71
5	129
17	71
14	80
39	18
32	40
16	45
4	110
6	98
33	31
30	44
19	48
3	48
3	100
4	103
24	20
52	54
17	84
3	104
7	95
23	70
10	88
10	88
8	88
36	28
9	88
15	66
24	59
6	88
26	44
14	80
9	80
34	32
8	84
10	83
9	82
23	50
31	38
33	32
2	100
27	31