Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 9 May 2022

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 9 May 2022
Start: 2022-05-04
End: 2022-05-09
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 9 May 2022: 140 records at 108 stations, peak on 6 May 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 9 May 2022 set or tied 140 station records at 108 stations.
It ran from 4 May 2022 to 9 May 2022 (6 days) and its peak day was 6 May 2022.
Status: closed.
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 60.0 mm (2.4 in) on 8 May 2022.
The busiest day was 6 May 2022 with 63 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 130 years.

Footprint

4 to 9 May 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 9 May 2022 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, 4 to 9 May 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Sandford (Maydena)	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	2022-05-06
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	2022-05-08
Naracoopa	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	2022-05-07
Dover	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	2022-05-08
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	2022-05-06
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	2022-05-07
Maria Island (Darlington)	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	2022-05-06
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	2022-05-06
Levendale	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2022-05-08
Orford South	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	2022-05-06
Fort Direction	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	2022-05-06
Kellevie	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	2022-05-06
Longley (Telopea)	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	2022-05-06
Apsley (Parki)	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	2022-05-06
Hobart Airport	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	2022-05-06
Bothwell (Franklin Street)	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2022-05-06
Middleton Post Office	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	2022-05-07
Mount Wellington	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	2022-05-08
Orford (Aubin Court)	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	2022-05-06

Records per Day

Peak day 63

Records set or tied each day from 4 May 2022 to 9 May 2022. The most in one day was 63 on 6 May 2022.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 9 May 2022 ranked by margin
Maria Island (Darlington), 05-06	88.3 mm (3.5 in)
Orford (Aubin Court), 05-06	68.9 mm (2.7 in)
Orford South, 05-06	67.6 mm (2.7 in)
Kellevie, 05-06	59.3 mm (2.3 in)
Hobart Botanical Gardens, 05-06	56.1 mm (2.2 in)
Longley (Telopea), 05-06	50.6 mm (2.0 in)
Sandford (Maydena), 05-06	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road), 05-06	38.2 mm (1.5 in)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, 05-08	36.4 mm (1.4 in)
Lymington (Fattys Lane), 05-06	35.3 mm (1.4 in)
Mount Wellington, 05-08	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
Apsley (Parki), 05-06	28.7 mm (1.1 in)
Naracoopa, 05-07	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
Levendale, 05-08	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
Fort Direction, 05-06	24.5 mm (1.0 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

140 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, 4 to 9 May 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
36	130
48	116
28	96
21	96
38	49
21	96
88	72
56	72
35	72
25	104
68	72
25	72
59	56
51	41
29	51
19	11
16	69
21	51
30	56
69	52
84	51
16	93
43	48
74	51
26	47
40	51
25	36
11	97
27	24
19	80
22	3
41	25
23	36
26	47
20	72
39	6
21	47
21	31
12	72
18	52
13	65
16	51
8	72
7	96
17	69
5	72
16	72
22	47
8	49
3	104
17	9
5	52
16	36
40	7
20	61
3	103
3	113
8	26
23	7
10	67
8	71
2	104
3	96
11	69
13	65
2	96
19	7
6	73
5	49
17	13
12	27
13	3
5	61
5	61
6	65
9	56
11	3
16	44
7	61
10	36
9	3
17	24
2	73
7	40
6	3
10	4
13	24
21	4
3	67
8	31
5	51
14	7
5	56
15	16
10	36
5	48
11	24
1	61
0	60
5	24
1	51
7	7
3	40
3	24
1	36
1	3
4	37
0	52
4	44
0	52
3	40
10	4
3	36
3	31
8	4
8	4
1	40
2	24
3	37
3	9
1	40
1	40
2	33
0	40
1	37
2	36
3	36
3	31
5	7
2	24
5	8
0	36
7	7
1	29
1	12
1	17
6	7
2	7
3	7
1	12

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 9 May 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, 4 to 9 May 2022 (this event)	140 records

Every Record Set

20 of 140

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 9 May 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-05-06	Sandford (Maydena)	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	116	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-05-06	Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	49	74 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-06	Maria Island (Darlington)	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	88.3 mm (3.5 in)	72	71 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-06	Hobart Botanical Gardens	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	72	71 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-06	Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	72	71 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-06	Orford South	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	72	70 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-06	Fort Direction	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	72	67 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-06	Kellevie	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	56	66 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-06	Longley (Telopea)	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	41	66 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-06	Apsley (Parki)	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-06	Hobart Airport	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	11	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-06	Bothwell (Franklin Street)	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	51	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-06	Orford (Aubin Court)	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	52	62 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-07	Naracoopa	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	96	78 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-07	Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	96	73 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-07	Middleton Post Office	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	69	65 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-08	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	130	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-05-08	Dover	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	96	75 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-08	Levendale	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	104	71 of 100 (Major)
2022-05-08	Mount Wellington	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	56	63 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 140 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
2022-05-04	2
2022-05-05	13
2022-05-06	63
2022-05-07	31
2022-05-08	28
2022-05-09	3

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
36	130
48	116
28	96
21	96
38	49
21	96
88	72
56	72
35	72
25	104
68	72
25	72
59	56
51	41
29	51
19	11
16	69
21	51
30	56
69	52
84	51
16	93
43	48
74	51
26	47
40	51
25	36
11	97
27	24
19	80
22	3
41	25
23	36
26	47
20	72
39	6
21	47
21	31
12	72
18	52
13	65
16	51
8	72
7	96
17	69
5	72
16	72
22	47
8	49
3	104
17	9
5	52
16	36
40	7
20	61
3	103
3	113
8	26
23	7
10	67
8	71
2	104
3	96
11	69
13	65
2	96
19	7
6	73
5	49
17	13
12	27
13	3
5	61
5	61
6	65
9	56
11	3
16	44
7	61
10	36
9	3
17	24
2	73
7	40
6	3
10	4
13	24
21	4
3	67
8	31
5	51
14	7
5	56
15	16
10	36
5	48
11	24
1	61
0	60
5	24
1	51
7	7
3	40
3	24
1	36
1	3
4	37
0	52
4	44
0	52
3	40
10	4
3	36
3	31
8	4
8	4
1	40
2	24
3	37
3	9
1	40
1	40
2	33
0	40
1	37
2	36
3	36
3	31
5	7
2	24
5	8
0	36
7	7
1	29
1	12
1	17
6	7
2	7
3	7
1	12

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
36	130
48	116
28	96
21	96
38	49
21	96
88	72
56	72
35	72
25	104
68	72
25	72
59	56
51	41
29	51
19	11
16	69
21	51
30	56
69	52
84	51
16	93
43	48
74	51
26	47
40	51
25	36
11	97
27	24
19	80
22	3
41	25
23	36
26	47
20	72
39	6
21	47
21	31
12	72
18	52
13	65
16	51
8	72
7	96
17	69
5	72
16	72
22	47
8	49
3	104
17	9
5	52
16	36
40	7
20	61
3	103
3	113
8	26
23	7
10	67
8	71
2	104
3	96
11	69
13	65
2	96
19	7
6	73
5	49
17	13
12	27
13	3
5	61
5	61
6	65
9	56
11	3
16	44
7	61
10	36
9	3
17	24
2	73
7	40
6	3
10	4
13	24
21	4
3	67
8	31
5	51
14	7
5	56
15	16
10	36
5	48
11	24
1	61
0	60
5	24
1	51
7	7
3	40
3	24
1	36
1	3
4	37
0	52
4	44
0	52
3	40
10	4
3	36
3	31
8	4
8	4
1	40
2	24
3	37
3	9
1	40
1	40
2	33
0	40
1	37
2	36
3	36
3	31
5	7
2	24
5	8
0	36
7	7
1	29
1	12
1	17
6	7
2	7
3	7
1	12

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
36	130
48	116
28	96
21	96
38	49
21	96
88	72
56	72
35	72
25	104
68	72
25	72
59	56
51	41
29	51
19	11
16	69
21	51
30	56
69	52
84	51
16	93
43	48
74	51
26	47
40	51
25	36
11	97
27	24
19	80
22	3
41	25
23	36
26	47
20	72
39	6
21	47
21	31
12	72
18	52
13	65
16	51
8	72
7	96
17	69
5	72
16	72
22	47
8	49
3	104
17	9
5	52
16	36
40	7
20	61
3	103
3	113
8	26
23	7
10	67
8	71
2	104
3	96
11	69
13	65
2	96
19	7
6	73
5	49
17	13
12	27
13	3
5	61
5	61
6	65
9	56
11	3
16	44
7	61
10	36
9	3
17	24
2	73
7	40
6	3
10	4
13	24
21	4
3	67
8	31
5	51
14	7
5	56
15	16
10	36
5	48
11	24
1	61
0	60
5	24
1	51
7	7
3	40
3	24
1	36
1	3
4	37
0	52
4	44
0	52
3	40
10	4
3	36
3	31
8	4
8	4
1	40
2	24
3	37
3	9
1	40
1	40
2	33
0	40
1	37
2	36
3	36
3	31
5	7
2	24
5	8
0	36
7	7
1	29
1	12
1	17
6	7
2	7
3	7
1	12