Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 19 August 2022

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 19 August 2022
Start: 2022-08-14
End: 2022-08-19
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 19 August 2022: 234 records at 217 stations, peak on 16 August 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 19 August 2022 set or tied 234 station records at 217 stations.
It ran from 14 August 2022 to 19 August 2022 (6 days) and its peak day was 16 August 2022.
Status: closed.
Manarra set a monthly record daily precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 16 August 2022.
The busiest day was 16 August 2022 with 179 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 113 years.

Footprint

14 to 19 August 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 19 August 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, 14 to 19 August 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Manarra	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	2022-08-16
Geraldton Town	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	2022-08-16
Mullewa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	2022-08-16
Amery Acres	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	2022-08-16
Coolangatta	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	2022-08-16
Baandee North	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2022-08-16
Boodjerakine	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	2022-08-16
The Pines	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	2022-08-18
Fort Hill	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	2022-08-16
Friars Well	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	2022-08-16
Three Springs	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	2022-08-16
Konnongorring	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	2022-08-16
Narembeen	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	2022-08-16
Lynton	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	2022-08-16
Eradu	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	2022-08-16
Codg Codgen	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	2022-08-16
Mallee Vale	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	2022-08-16
Wannamal	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	2022-08-16
Cue	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	2022-08-17
Westonia	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	2022-08-16

Records per Day

Peak day 179

Records set or tied each day from 14 August 2022 to 19 August 2022. The most in one day was 179 on 16 August 2022.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 19 August 2022 ranked by margin
Geraldton Town, 08-16	39.3 mm (1.5 in)
Mullewa, 08-16	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
Coolangatta, 08-16	29.6 mm (1.2 in)
Manarra, 08-16	22.8 mm (0.9 in)
Amery Acres, 08-16	22.7 mm (0.9 in)
Mallee Vale, 08-16	22.6 mm (0.9 in)
Lynton, 08-16	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
Three Springs, 08-16	20.5 mm (0.8 in)
Baandee North, 08-16	19.8 mm (0.8 in)
The Pines, 08-18	19.3 mm (0.8 in)
Narembeen, 08-16	19.1 mm (0.8 in)
Wannamal, 08-16	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
Boodjerakine, 08-16	18.8 mm (0.7 in)
Friars Well, 08-16	18.4 mm (0.7 in)
Fort Hill, 08-16	18.2 mm (0.7 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

234 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, 14 to 19 August 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
23	105
39	112
34	112
23	76
30	63
20	92
19	92
19	92
18	92
18	92
21	112
12	105
19	92
22	89
15	90
15	112
23	63
14	113
19	112
15	92
27	61
18	113
10	112
19	92
15	112
16	113
14	92
8	91
14	113
46	49
7	105
16	93
8	91
16	61
14	73
21	49
15	92
14	79
36	49
13	79
4	105
18	51
10	92
25	29
5	91
17	5
12	92
30	21
30	21
36	21
20	30
23	21
9	92
3	105
4	91
23	29
27	28
4	91
7	112
18	44
15	43
9	79
9	79
12	88
30	21
7	92
26	1
33	1
5	112
19	1
48	1
30	1
15	44
22	30
11	44
5	112
8	46
5	112
9	34
17	20
21	1
28	11
16	20
18	51
35	1
16	1
4	92
4	112
4	112
12	46
11	79
14	56
24	21
12	44
16	40
13	38
14	30
11	25
16	11
16	21
11	53
10	64
14	19
4	79
14	56
12	49
19	21
16	1
16	1
13	11
10	44
11	44
3	92
3	92
11	53
1	113
1	63
3	92
9	56
4	79
19	16
3	46
8	51
11	29
7	25
6	51
9	21
7	44
10	11
2	79
2	79
0	92
10	29
7	51
3	42
15	1
1	79
8	44
1	71
12	1
19	1
13	3
9	21
6	51
1	42
0	42
7	47
4	56
7	44
8	16
5	30
7	59
9	49
10	1
5	5
4	49
1	71
8	44
6	43
10	1
4	30
0	67
1	61
4	44
5	44
10	3
3	51
10	1
4	49
7	16
2	47
9	11
8	1
9	1
8	11
10	21
7	21
6	21
2	51
3	44
8	16
14	1
1	49
2	45
2	55
8	1
1	49
8	16
10	24
1	47
4	21
3	5
2	49
1	37
6	1
3	5
6	1
0	3
8	1
6	1

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 19 August 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, 14 to 19 August 2022 (this event)	234 records

Every Record Set

20 of 234

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 19 August 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-08-16	Manarra	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	105	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-08-16	Geraldton Town	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	112	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-08-16	Mullewa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	112	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-08-16	Amery Acres	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	76	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2022-08-16	Coolangatta	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	63	78 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-16	Baandee North	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	92	77 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-16	Boodjerakine	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	92	77 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-16	Fort Hill	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	92	75 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-16	Friars Well	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	92	75 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-16	Three Springs	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	112	74 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-16	Konnongorring	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	105	74 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-16	Narembeen	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	92	74 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-16	Lynton	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	89	73 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-16	Eradu	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	90	73 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-16	Codg Codgen	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	112	72 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-16	Mallee Vale	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	63	70 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-16	Wannamal	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	112	68 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-16	Westonia	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	92	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-08-17	Cue	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	113	68 of 100 (Major)
2022-08-18	The Pines	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	92	77 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 234 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
2022-08-14	1
2022-08-15	3
2022-08-16	179
2022-08-17	46
2022-08-18	4
2022-08-19	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
23	105
39	112
34	112
23	76
30	63
20	92
19	92
19	92
18	92
18	92
21	112
12	105
19	92
22	89
15	90
15	112
23	63
14	113
19	112
15	92
27	61
18	113
10	112
19	92
15	112
16	113
14	92
8	91
14	113
46	49
7	105
16	93
8	91
16	61
14	73
21	49
15	92
14	79
36	49
13	79
4	105
18	51
10	92
25	29
5	91
17	5
12	92
30	21
30	21
36	21
20	30
23	21
9	92
3	105
4	91
23	29
27	28
4	91
7	112
18	44
15	43
9	79
9	79
12	88
30	21
7	92
26	1
33	1
5	112
19	1
48	1
30	1
15	44
22	30
11	44
5	112
8	46
5	112
9	34
17	20
21	1
28	11
16	20
18	51
35	1
16	1
4	92
4	112
4	112
12	46
11	79
14	56
24	21
12	44
16	40
13	38
14	30
11	25
16	11
16	21
11	53
10	64
14	19
4	79
14	56
12	49
19	21
16	1
16	1
13	11
10	44
11	44
3	92
3	92
11	53
1	113
1	63
3	92
9	56
4	79
19	16
3	46
8	51
11	29
7	25
6	51
9	21
7	44
10	11
2	79
2	79
0	92
10	29
7	51
3	42
15	1
1	79
8	44
1	71
12	1
19	1
13	3
9	21
6	51
1	42
0	42
7	47
4	56
7	44
8	16
5	30
7	59
9	49
10	1
5	5
4	49
1	71
8	44
6	43
10	1
4	30
0	67
1	61
4	44
5	44
10	3
3	51
10	1
4	49
7	16
2	47
9	11
8	1
9	1
8	11
10	21
7	21
6	21
2	51
3	44
8	16
14	1
1	49
2	45
2	55
8	1
1	49
8	16
10	24
1	47
4	21
3	5
2	49
1	37
6	1
3	5
6	1
0	3
8	1
6	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
23	105
39	112
34	112
23	76
30	63
20	92
19	92
19	92
18	92
18	92
21	112
12	105
19	92
22	89
15	90
15	112
23	63
14	113
19	112
15	92
27	61
18	113
10	112
19	92
15	112
16	113
14	92
8	91
14	113
46	49
7	105
16	93
8	91
16	61
14	73
21	49
15	92
14	79
36	49
13	79
4	105
18	51
10	92
25	29
5	91
17	5
12	92
30	21
30	21
36	21
20	30
23	21
9	92
3	105
4	91
23	29
27	28
4	91
7	112
18	44
15	43
9	79
9	79
12	88
30	21
7	92
26	1
33	1
5	112
19	1
48	1
30	1
15	44
22	30
11	44
5	112
8	46
5	112
9	34
17	20
21	1
28	11
16	20
18	51
35	1
16	1
4	92
4	112
4	112
12	46
11	79
14	56
24	21
12	44
16	40
13	38
14	30
11	25
16	11
16	21
11	53
10	64
14	19
4	79
14	56
12	49
19	21
16	1
16	1
13	11
10	44
11	44
3	92
3	92
11	53
1	113
1	63
3	92
9	56
4	79
19	16
3	46
8	51
11	29
7	25
6	51
9	21
7	44
10	11
2	79
2	79
0	92
10	29
7	51
3	42
15	1
1	79
8	44
1	71
12	1
19	1
13	3
9	21
6	51
1	42
0	42
7	47
4	56
7	44
8	16
5	30
7	59
9	49
10	1
5	5
4	49
1	71
8	44
6	43
10	1
4	30
0	67
1	61
4	44
5	44
10	3
3	51
10	1
4	49
7	16
2	47
9	11
8	1
9	1
8	11
10	21
7	21
6	21
2	51
3	44
8	16
14	1
1	49
2	45
2	55
8	1
1	49
8	16
10	24
1	47
4	21
3	5
2	49
1	37
6	1
3	5
6	1
0	3
8	1
6	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
23	105
39	112
34	112
23	76
30	63
20	92
19	92
19	92
18	92
18	92
21	112
12	105
19	92
22	89
15	90
15	112
23	63
14	113
19	112
15	92
27	61
18	113
10	112
19	92
15	112
16	113
14	92
8	91
14	113
46	49
7	105
16	93
8	91
16	61
14	73
21	49
15	92
14	79
36	49
13	79
4	105
18	51
10	92
25	29
5	91
17	5
12	92
30	21
30	21
36	21
20	30
23	21
9	92
3	105
4	91
23	29
27	28
4	91
7	112
18	44
15	43
9	79
9	79
12	88
30	21
7	92
26	1
33	1
5	112
19	1
48	1
30	1
15	44
22	30
11	44
5	112
8	46
5	112
9	34
17	20
21	1
28	11
16	20
18	51
35	1
16	1
4	92
4	112
4	112
12	46
11	79
14	56
24	21
12	44
16	40
13	38
14	30
11	25
16	11
16	21
11	53
10	64
14	19
4	79
14	56
12	49
19	21
16	1
16	1
13	11
10	44
11	44
3	92
3	92
11	53
1	113
1	63
3	92
9	56
4	79
19	16
3	46
8	51
11	29
7	25
6	51
9	21
7	44
10	11
2	79
2	79
0	92
10	29
7	51
3	42
15	1
1	79
8	44
1	71
12	1
19	1
13	3
9	21
6	51
1	42
0	42
7	47
4	56
7	44
8	16
5	30
7	59
9	49
10	1
5	5
4	49
1	71
8	44
6	43
10	1
4	30
0	67
1	61
4	44
5	44
10	3
3	51
10	1
4	49
7	16
2	47
9	11
8	1
9	1
8	11
10	21
7	21
6	21
2	51
3	44
8	16
14	1
1	49
2	45
2	55
8	1
1	49
8	16
10	24
1	47
4	21
3	5
2	49
1	37
6	1
3	5
6	1
0	3
8	1
6	1