Extreme rain in Australia, 11 to 21 December 2022

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 11 to 21 December 2022
Start: 2022-12-11
End: 2022-12-21
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 11 to 21 December 2022: 150 records at 147 stations, peak on 12 December 2022. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 11 to 21 December 2022 set or tied 150 station records at 147 stations.
It ran from 11 December 2022 to 21 December 2022 (11 days) and its peak day was 12 December 2022.
Status: closed.
Greendale Station set a daily record precipitation of 35.0 mm (1.4 in) on 12 December 2022.
The busiest day was 12 December 2022 with 64 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 136 years.

Footprint

11 to 21 December 2022

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 11 to 21 December 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, 11 to 21 December 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Greendale Station	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	2022-12-12
Ripple Downs	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	2022-12-13
Burdekin Shire Council	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	2022-12-17
Bambaroo	Record daily precipitation	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	2022-12-18
Carabost	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	2022-12-12
Danglemah (Rutherglen)	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	2022-12-13
Thredbo Village	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	2022-12-12
Fraser Island Eurong	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	2022-12-14
Koetong	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	2022-12-12
Bowenville	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2022-12-13
Stanborough (Rockfield)	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	2022-12-13
Wolseley Park (the Pastures)	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	2022-12-12
Attunga (Garthowen)	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	2022-12-13
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	2022-12-13
St Lawrence Post Office	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	2022-12-14
Anakie Richardson St	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	2022-12-18
Perola Park	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	2022-12-13
Haughton Vale	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	2022-12-20
Heathcote	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	2022-12-12
Quilpie Airport	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	2022-12-20

Records per Day

Peak day 64

Records set or tied each day from 11 December 2022 to 21 December 2022. The most in one day was 64 on 12 December 2022.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Australia, 11 to 21 December 2022
Date	Records
2022-12-11	4
2022-12-12	64
2022-12-13	39
2022-12-14	15
2022-12-15	1
2022-12-16	1
2022-12-17	3
2022-12-18	15
2022-12-19	4
2022-12-20	3
2022-12-21	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 11 to 21 December 2022 ranked by margin
Fraser Island Eurong, 12-14	95.0 mm (3.7 in)
Ripple Downs, 12-13	53.2 mm (2.1 in)
Bambaroo, 12-18	49.4 mm (1.9 in)
Haughton Vale, 12-20	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
Thredbo Village, 12-12	38.4 mm (1.5 in)
Greendale Station, 12-12	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
Burdekin Shire Council, 12-17	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
Danglemah (Rutherglen), 12-13	25.3 mm (1.0 in)
Stanborough (Rockfield), 12-13	18.9 mm (0.7 in)
Wolseley Park (the Pastures), 12-12	14.7 mm (0.6 in)
Quilpie Airport, 12-20	10.3 mm (0.4 in)
Carabost, 12-12	8.7 mm (0.34 in)
St Lawrence Post Office, 12-14	8.0 mm (0.31 in)
Bowenville, 12-13	5.6 mm (0.22 in)
Koetong, 12-12	4.8 mm (0.19 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

150 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, 11 to 21 December 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
31	45
53	35
28	115
49	67
10	100
25	68
9	111
95	3
38	45
6	104
19	75
5	136
3	105
15	75
8	95
2	117
2	113
2	105
46	1
2	96
1	105
28	28
17	52
63	12
28	40
2	88
9	68
20	52
6	77
47	4
5	75
18	52
20	36
15	60
41	8
58	9
17	36
4	68
25	45
14	52
79	13
12	59
17	31
10	52
29	40
6	59
3	68
0	68
14	48
21	12
2	68
17	23
4	47
6	59
7	56
15	36
15	36
8	48
4	48
45	32
3	59
13	35
19	13
1	52
7	52
59	20
9	28
7	36
13	21
10	33
8	37
6	52
11	36
2	52
2	55
12	21
5	33
5	40
15	4
22	12
9	31
2	52
13	11
6	36
9	27
4	49
24	23
18	4
6	37
2	52
9	23
8	28
2	48
14	16
5	40
6	36
8	28
12	19
8	11
2	40
3	40
5	33
4	37
4	28
0	44
11	21
23	20
12	13
4	33
1	35
5	11
2	36
9	19
2	28
1	33
15	9
6	13
8	13
5	28
2	28
0	36
7	15
0	31
0	23
5	13
1	28
3	20
21	7
4	16
3	19
5	13
3	16
4	4
3	13
1	19
2	19
1	28
3	13
4	16
2	19
4	17
5	4
4	8
4	11
0	17
1	12
4	7
3	4
1	13
2	4

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 11 to 21 December 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, 11 to 21 December 2022 (this event)	150 records

Every Record Set

20 of 150

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 11 to 21 December 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-12-12	Greendale Station	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45	55 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-12	Carabost	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	111	47 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-12	Thredbo Village	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45	45 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-12	Koetong	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	136	43 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-12	Wolseley Park (the Pastures)	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	75	42 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-12	Heathcote	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	105	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-12-13	Ripple Downs	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	35	53 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-13	Danglemah (Rutherglen)	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	68	47 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-13	Bowenville	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	104	43 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-13	Stanborough (Rockfield)	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	75	43 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-13	Attunga (Garthowen)	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	113	41 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-13	Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	105	41 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-13	Perola Park	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	96	40 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-14	Fraser Island Eurong	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	3	45 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-14	St Lawrence Post Office	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	95	41 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-17	Burdekin Shire Council	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	115	50 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-18	Bambaroo	Record daily precipitation	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	67	48 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-18	Anakie Richardson St	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	117	41 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-20	Haughton Vale	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	1	40 of 100 (Notable)
2022-12-20	Quilpie Airport	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	100	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 150 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
31	45
53	35
28	115
49	67
10	100
25	68
9	111
95	3
38	45
6	104
19	75
5	136
3	105
15	75
8	95
2	117
2	113
2	105
46	1
2	96
1	105
28	28
17	52
63	12
28	40
2	88
9	68
20	52
6	77
47	4
5	75
18	52
20	36
15	60
41	8
58	9
17	36
4	68
25	45
14	52
79	13
12	59
17	31
10	52
29	40
6	59
3	68
0	68
14	48
21	12
2	68
17	23
4	47
6	59
7	56
15	36
15	36
8	48
4	48
45	32
3	59
13	35
19	13
1	52
7	52
59	20
9	28
7	36
13	21
10	33
8	37
6	52
11	36
2	52
2	55
12	21
5	33
5	40
15	4
22	12
9	31
2	52
13	11
6	36
9	27
4	49
24	23
18	4
6	37
2	52
9	23
8	28
2	48
14	16
5	40
6	36
8	28
12	19
8	11
2	40
3	40
5	33
4	37
4	28
0	44
11	21
23	20
12	13
4	33
1	35
5	11
2	36
9	19
2	28
1	33
15	9
6	13
8	13
5	28
2	28
0	36
7	15
0	31
0	23
5	13
1	28
3	20
21	7
4	16
3	19
5	13
3	16
4	4
3	13
1	19
2	19
1	28
3	13
4	16
2	19
4	17
5	4
4	8
4	11
0	17
1	12
4	7
3	4
1	13
2	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
31	45
53	35
28	115
49	67
10	100
25	68
9	111
95	3
38	45
6	104
19	75
5	136
3	105
15	75
8	95
2	117
2	113
2	105
46	1
2	96
1	105
28	28
17	52
63	12
28	40
2	88
9	68
20	52
6	77
47	4
5	75
18	52
20	36
15	60
41	8
58	9
17	36
4	68
25	45
14	52
79	13
12	59
17	31
10	52
29	40
6	59
3	68
0	68
14	48
21	12
2	68
17	23
4	47
6	59
7	56
15	36
15	36
8	48
4	48
45	32
3	59
13	35
19	13
1	52
7	52
59	20
9	28
7	36
13	21
10	33
8	37
6	52
11	36
2	52
2	55
12	21
5	33
5	40
15	4
22	12
9	31
2	52
13	11
6	36
9	27
4	49
24	23
18	4
6	37
2	52
9	23
8	28
2	48
14	16
5	40
6	36
8	28
12	19
8	11
2	40
3	40
5	33
4	37
4	28
0	44
11	21
23	20
12	13
4	33
1	35
5	11
2	36
9	19
2	28
1	33
15	9
6	13
8	13
5	28
2	28
0	36
7	15
0	31
0	23
5	13
1	28
3	20
21	7
4	16
3	19
5	13
3	16
4	4
3	13
1	19
2	19
1	28
3	13
4	16
2	19
4	17
5	4
4	8
4	11
0	17
1	12
4	7
3	4
1	13
2	4

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
31	45
53	35
28	115
49	67
10	100
25	68
9	111
95	3
38	45
6	104
19	75
5	136
3	105
15	75
8	95
2	117
2	113
2	105
46	1
2	96
1	105
28	28
17	52
63	12
28	40
2	88
9	68
20	52
6	77
47	4
5	75
18	52
20	36
15	60
41	8
58	9
17	36
4	68
25	45
14	52
79	13
12	59
17	31
10	52
29	40
6	59
3	68
0	68
14	48
21	12
2	68
17	23
4	47
6	59
7	56
15	36
15	36
8	48
4	48
45	32
3	59
13	35
19	13
1	52
7	52
59	20
9	28
7	36
13	21
10	33
8	37
6	52
11	36
2	52
2	55
12	21
5	33
5	40
15	4
22	12
9	31
2	52
13	11
6	36
9	27
4	49
24	23
18	4
6	37
2	52
9	23
8	28
2	48
14	16
5	40
6	36
8	28
12	19
8	11
2	40
3	40
5	33
4	37
4	28
0	44
11	21
23	20
12	13
4	33
1	35
5	11
2	36
9	19
2	28
1	33
15	9
6	13
8	13
5	28
2	28
0	36
7	15
0	31
0	23
5	13
1	28
3	20
21	7
4	16
3	19
5	13
3	16
4	4
3	13
1	19
2	19
1	28
3	13
4	16
2	19
4	17
5	4
4	8
4	11
0	17
1	12
4	7
3	4
1	13
2	4