Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 June 2022

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 June 2022
Start: 2022-06-04
End: 2022-06-10
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 June 2022: 132 records at 129 stations, peak on 5 June 2022. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 June 2022 set or tied 132 station records at 129 stations.
It ran from 4 June 2022 to 10 June 2022 (7 days) and its peak day was 5 June 2022.
Status: closed.
Tintinara set a daily record precipitation of 34.4 mm (1.4 in) on 6 June 2022.
The busiest day was 5 June 2022 with 55 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 134 years.

Footprint

4 to 10 June 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 June 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, 4 to 10 June 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Tintinara	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	2022-06-06
Batlow Post Office	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	2022-06-07
Foster (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	2022-06-07
Casterton (Roseneath)	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	2022-06-06
Adelaide West Terrace	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	2022-06-05
Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	2022-06-07
Cherry Gardens	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	2022-06-05
Langhorne Creek	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	2022-06-06
Wonthaggi	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	2022-06-07
Crooked Rvr (Crooked River (Ha	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	2022-06-06
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	2022-06-05
Willunga	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	2022-06-06
Wolseley Park (the Pastures)	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	2022-06-06
Uraidla	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	2022-06-05
Aldgate	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	2022-06-05
Halls Gap (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	2022-06-05
Fish Creek	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	2022-06-07
Happy Valley Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	2022-06-05
Bright	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2022-06-06
Meningie	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	2022-06-05

Records per Day

Peak day 55

Records set or tied each day from 4 June 2022 to 10 June 2022. The most in one day was 55 on 5 June 2022.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 June 2022 ranked by margin
Crooked Rvr (Crooked River (Ha, 06-06	70.0 mm (2.8 in)
Batlow Post Office, 06-07	54.2 mm (2.1 in)
Aldgate, 06-05	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
Foster (Post Office), 06-07	38.4 mm (1.5 in)
Wonthaggi, 06-07	38.2 mm (1.5 in)
Bright, 06-06	37.2 mm (1.5 in)
Halls Gap (Post Office), 06-05	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
Fish Creek, 06-07	26.8 mm (1.1 in)
Wolseley Park (the Pastures), 06-06	25.5 mm (1.0 in)
Happy Valley Reservoir, 06-05	24.0 mm (0.9 in)
Tintinara, 06-06	20.4 mm (0.8 in)
Tarwin Lower (Riverside), 06-07	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
Adelaide West Terrace, 06-05	16.3 mm (0.6 in)
Cherry Gardens, 06-05	14.0 mm (0.6 in)
Willunga, 06-06	13.4 mm (0.5 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

132 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 10 June 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	120
54	120
38	69
10	106
16	120
19	120
14	89
10	119
38	33
70	45
10	100
13	120
26	65
12	89
45	33
8	120
32	53
27	33
24	33
37	33
2	105
14	53
6	93
6	134
33	33
7	92
8	104
25	33
4	120
18	53
6	92
23	24
3	97
3	93
33	24
4	100
5	89
10	44
3	92
1	96
0	97
0	97
5	71
7	80
15	36
11	36
2	84
25	9
26	23
8	53
11	21
16	33
14	53
16	33
13	44
10	44
5	59
2	65
2	64
12	33
8	23
14	12
1	69
6	44
18	33
11	33
4	53
17	33
8	33
17	27
2	53
6	53
16	23
4	44
13	11
4	33
2	53
6	19
11	7
3	44
9	32
3	53
2	33
9	9
2	28
7	24
3	33
4	39
7	19
4	32
4	33
9	19
6	27
10	23
0	48
3	28
2	33
3	33
7	27
4	33
1	44
0	33
6	19
6	19
3	23
0	48
2	33
5	27
4	12
1	20
6	9
3	19
1	33
1	24
10	21
2	19
1	9
1	12
1	24
4	5
2	23
2	19
1	19
1	23
1	27
0	19
3	5
5	5
2	0
1	7
0	9
1	5

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 June 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 10 June 2022 (this event)	132 records

Every Record Set

20 of 132

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 June 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-06-05	Adelaide West Terrace	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	120	67 of 100 (Major)
2022-06-05	Cherry Gardens	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	89	60 of 100 (Major)
2022-06-05	Port Elliot Caravan Park	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	100	58 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-05	Uraidla	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	89	55 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-05	Aldgate	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33	55 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-05	Halls Gap (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53	55 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-05	Happy Valley Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	33	53 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-05	Meningie	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	120	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-06-06	Tintinara	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	120	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-06-06	Casterton (Roseneath)	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	106	68 of 100 (Major)
2022-06-06	Langhorne Creek	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	119	60 of 100 (Major)
2022-06-06	Crooked Rvr (Crooked River (Ha	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	45	59 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-06	Willunga	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	120	58 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-06	Wolseley Park (the Pastures)	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	65	56 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-06	Bright	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	33	52 of 100 (Notable)
2022-06-07	Batlow Post Office	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	120	77 of 100 (Major)
2022-06-07	Foster (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	69	70 of 100 (Major)
2022-06-07	Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	120	66 of 100 (Major)
2022-06-07	Wonthaggi	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	33	60 of 100 (Major)
2022-06-07	Fish Creek	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	33	54 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 132 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 2026-10-12. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Date	Records
2022-06-04	2
2022-06-05	55
2022-06-06	51
2022-06-07	18
2022-06-08	2
2022-06-09	2
2022-06-10	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	120
54	120
38	69
10	106
16	120
19	120
14	89
10	119
38	33
70	45
10	100
13	120
26	65
12	89
45	33
8	120
32	53
27	33
24	33
37	33
2	105
14	53
6	93
6	134
33	33
7	92
8	104
25	33
4	120
18	53
6	92
23	24
3	97
3	93
33	24
4	100
5	89
10	44
3	92
1	96
0	97
0	97
5	71
7	80
15	36
11	36
2	84
25	9
26	23
8	53
11	21
16	33
14	53
16	33
13	44
10	44
5	59
2	65
2	64
12	33
8	23
14	12
1	69
6	44
18	33
11	33
4	53
17	33
8	33
17	27
2	53
6	53
16	23
4	44
13	11
4	33
2	53
6	19
11	7
3	44
9	32
3	53
2	33
9	9
2	28
7	24
3	33
4	39
7	19
4	32
4	33
9	19
6	27
10	23
0	48
3	28
2	33
3	33
7	27
4	33
1	44
0	33
6	19
6	19
3	23
0	48
2	33
5	27
4	12
1	20
6	9
3	19
1	33
1	24
10	21
2	19
1	9
1	12
1	24
4	5
2	23
2	19
1	19
1	23
1	27
0	19
3	5
5	5
2	0
1	7
0	9
1	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	120
54	120
38	69
10	106
16	120
19	120
14	89
10	119
38	33
70	45
10	100
13	120
26	65
12	89
45	33
8	120
32	53
27	33
24	33
37	33
2	105
14	53
6	93
6	134
33	33
7	92
8	104
25	33
4	120
18	53
6	92
23	24
3	97
3	93
33	24
4	100
5	89
10	44
3	92
1	96
0	97
0	97
5	71
7	80
15	36
11	36
2	84
25	9
26	23
8	53
11	21
16	33
14	53
16	33
13	44
10	44
5	59
2	65
2	64
12	33
8	23
14	12
1	69
6	44
18	33
11	33
4	53
17	33
8	33
17	27
2	53
6	53
16	23
4	44
13	11
4	33
2	53
6	19
11	7
3	44
9	32
3	53
2	33
9	9
2	28
7	24
3	33
4	39
7	19
4	32
4	33
9	19
6	27
10	23
0	48
3	28
2	33
3	33
7	27
4	33
1	44
0	33
6	19
6	19
3	23
0	48
2	33
5	27
4	12
1	20
6	9
3	19
1	33
1	24
10	21
2	19
1	9
1	12
1	24
4	5
2	23
2	19
1	19
1	23
1	27
0	19
3	5
5	5
2	0
1	7
0	9
1	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
20	120
54	120
38	69
10	106
16	120
19	120
14	89
10	119
38	33
70	45
10	100
13	120
26	65
12	89
45	33
8	120
32	53
27	33
24	33
37	33
2	105
14	53
6	93
6	134
33	33
7	92
8	104
25	33
4	120
18	53
6	92
23	24
3	97
3	93
33	24
4	100
5	89
10	44
3	92
1	96
0	97
0	97
5	71
7	80
15	36
11	36
2	84
25	9
26	23
8	53
11	21
16	33
14	53
16	33
13	44
10	44
5	59
2	65
2	64
12	33
8	23
14	12
1	69
6	44
18	33
11	33
4	53
17	33
8	33
17	27
2	53
6	53
16	23
4	44
13	11
4	33
2	53
6	19
11	7
3	44
9	32
3	53
2	33
9	9
2	28
7	24
3	33
4	39
7	19
4	32
4	33
9	19
6	27
10	23
0	48
3	28
2	33
3	33
7	27
4	33
1	44
0	33
6	19
6	19
3	23
0	48
2	33
5	27
4	12
1	20
6	9
3	19
1	33
1	24
10	21
2	19
1	9
1	12
1	24
4	5
2	23
2	19
1	19
1	23
1	27
0	19
3	5
5	5
2	0
1	7
0	9
1	5