Extreme rain in Australia, 21 March to 2 April 2023

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 21 March to 2 April 2023
Start: 2023-03-21
End: 2023-04-02
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 21 March to 2 April 2023: 392 records at 349 stations, peak on 29 March 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 21 March to 2 April 2023 set or tied 392 station records at 349 stations.
It ran from 21 March 2023 to 2 April 2023 (13 days) and its peak day was 29 March 2023.
Status: closed.
Kookabookra set a daily record precipitation of 74.0 mm (2.9 in) on 29 March 2023.
The busiest day was 29 March 2023 with 168 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 144 years.

Footprint

21 March to 2 April 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 21 March to 2 April 2023 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, 21 March to 2 April 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Kookabookra	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	2023-03-29
Tingha Post Office	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	2023-03-29
Balldale Post Office	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	2023-03-29
The Rock Post Office	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	2023-03-29
Stanborough (Rockfield)	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	2023-03-29
Tootool (Bryntirion)	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	2023-03-29
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	2023-03-29
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	2023-03-28
Killarney Post Office	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	2023-03-30
Tumbarumba Post Office	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	2023-03-29
Yerong Creek (Fertilizer Depot	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	2023-03-29
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	2023-03-23
Guyra Post Office	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	2023-03-29
Junee Treatment Works	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	2023-03-31
Bungowannah (Roseleigh)	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	2023-03-29
Pittsworth	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	2023-03-26
Pratten	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	2023-03-29
Bundarra (Araluen)	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	2023-03-28
Doctors Creek	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	2023-03-26
Maroon Dam	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	2023-03-30

Records per Day

Peak day 168

Records set or tied each day from 21 March 2023 to 2 April 2023. The most in one day was 168 on 29 March 2023.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Australia, 21 March to 2 April 2023
Date	Records
2023-03-21	2
2023-03-22	16
2023-03-23	11
2023-03-24	37
2023-03-25	9
2023-03-26	38
2023-03-27	24
2023-03-28	32
2023-03-29	168
2023-03-30	39
2023-03-31	9
2023-04-01	6
2023-04-02	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 21 March to 2 April 2023 ranked by margin
Balldale Post Office, 03-29	67.0 mm (2.6 in)
Maroon Dam, 03-30	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
Tingha Post Office, 03-29	50.5 mm (2.0 in)
The Rock Post Office, 03-29	48.4 mm (1.9 in)
Killarney Post Office, 03-30	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
Kookabookra, 03-29	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
Yerong Creek (Fertilizer Depot, 03-29	41.7 mm (1.6 in)
Stanborough (Rockfield), 03-29	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
Guyra Post Office, 03-29	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
Junee Treatment Works, 03-31	29.8 mm (1.2 in)
Cassilis (Dalkeith), 03-28	28.1 mm (1.1 in)
Tootool (Bryntirion), 03-29	27.7 mm (1.1 in)
Tumbarumba Post Office, 03-29	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
Uralla (Salisbury Court), 03-29	26.8 mm (1.1 in)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead), 03-23	23.3 mm (0.9 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

392 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, 21 March to 2 April 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
45	117
51	64
67	23
48	60
34	83
28	57
27	117
47	48
28	144
27	110
42	60
23	137
34	53
30	76
15	113
20	129
21	117
10	86
13	112
56	36
19	72
13	108
11	117
52	12
12	117
18	70
28	49
16	88
25	64
35	52
17	64
3	98
19	72
18	32
5	135
21	53
7	90
15	72
48	8
24	20
17	60
3	94
3	100
10	76
8	84
1	132
26	40
17	53
27	53
32	20
21	48
10	72
14	60
1	98
0	98
16	60
33	40
33	32
21	48
22	20
29	20
12	60
9	72
9	72
14	54
10	66
14	49
27	20
5	80
0	92
1	89
28	20
12	69
6	17
9	68
14	53
19	53
32	10
11	53
6	70
34	20
13	20
20	36
13	64
11	69
8	68
18	60
27	36
5	60
25	20
24	20
25	20
23	36
11	64
4	76
22	20
18	48
24	20
9	60
4	78
20	48
26	38
39	8
3	76
28	20
26	20
25	8
13	53
30	9
7	60
25	24
14	44
5	64
8	49
18	52
21	44
0	73
15	36
9	64
1	72
4	61
7	53
14	49
26	16
1	72
2	64
13	48
2	64
22	20
1	72
7	60
28	9
4	60
2	72
35	5
12	54
16	36
8	60
30	9
21	9
2	60
19	16
16	4
15	32
10	53
7	49
1	60
16	20
22	32
26	8
5	48
4	49
11	41
1	60
22	20
30	5
12	33
28	5
14	20
11	34
15	38
3	54
7	30
22	20
4	48
3	48
15	32
25	12
19	20
2	48
9	40
2	46
0	64
9	33
1	48
15	33
2	22
11	44
12	36
9	40
0	52
14	12
2	60
4	30
20	5
5	48
4	44
7	49
16	33
13	9
19	24
0	49
4	36
0	49
14	25
19	32
4	40
14	20
6	44
49	0

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 21 March to 2 April 2023 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, 21 March to 2 April 2023 (this event)	392 records

Every Record Set

20 of 392

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 21 March to 2 April 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-03-23	Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	137	57 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-26	Pittsworth	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	129	53 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-26	Doctors Creek	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	112	50 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-28	Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	144	60 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-28	Bundarra (Araluen)	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	86	51 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-29	Kookabookra	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	117	77 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-29	Tingha Post Office	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	64	68 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-29	Balldale Post Office	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	23	66 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-29	The Rock Post Office	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	60	66 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-29	Stanborough (Rockfield)	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	83	65 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-29	Tootool (Bryntirion)	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	57	63 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-29	Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	117	62 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-29	Tumbarumba Post Office	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	110	59 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-29	Yerong Creek (Fertilizer Depot	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	60	59 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-29	Guyra Post Office	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	53	56 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-29	Bungowannah (Roseleigh)	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	113	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-29	Pratten	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	117	53 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-30	Killarney Post Office	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48	60 of 100 (Major)
2023-03-30	Maroon Dam	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36	49 of 100 (Notable)
2023-03-31	Junee Treatment Works	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	76	56 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 392 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.

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
45	117
51	64
67	23
48	60
34	83
28	57
27	117
47	48
28	144
27	110
42	60
23	137
34	53
30	76
15	113
20	129
21	117
10	86
13	112
56	36
19	72
13	108
11	117
52	12
12	117
18	70
28	49
16	88
25	64
35	52
17	64
3	98
19	72
18	32
5	135
21	53
7	90
15	72
48	8
24	20
17	60
3	94
3	100
10	76
8	84
1	132
26	40
17	53
27	53
32	20
21	48
10	72
14	60
1	98
0	98
16	60
33	40
33	32
21	48
22	20
29	20
12	60
9	72
9	72
14	54
10	66
14	49
27	20
5	80
0	92
1	89
28	20
12	69
6	17
9	68
14	53
19	53
32	10
11	53
6	70
34	20
13	20
20	36
13	64
11	69
8	68
18	60
27	36
5	60
25	20
24	20
25	20
23	36
11	64
4	76
22	20
18	48
24	20
9	60
4	78
20	48
26	38
39	8
3	76
28	20
26	20
25	8
13	53
30	9
7	60
25	24
14	44
5	64
8	49
18	52
21	44
0	73
15	36
9	64
1	72
4	61
7	53
14	49
26	16
1	72
2	64
13	48
2	64
22	20
1	72
7	60
28	9
4	60
2	72
35	5
12	54
16	36
8	60
30	9
21	9
2	60
19	16
16	4
15	32
10	53
7	49
1	60
16	20
22	32
26	8
5	48
4	49
11	41
1	60
22	20
30	5
12	33
28	5
14	20
11	34
15	38
3	54
7	30
22	20
4	48
3	48
15	32
25	12
19	20
2	48
9	40
2	46
0	64
9	33
1	48
15	33
2	22
11	44
12	36
9	40
0	52
14	12
2	60
4	30
20	5
5	48
4	44
7	49
16	33
13	9
19	24
0	49
4	36
0	49
14	25
19	32
4	40
14	20
6	44
49	0

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
45	117
51	64
67	23
48	60
34	83
28	57
27	117
47	48
28	144
27	110
42	60
23	137
34	53
30	76
15	113
20	129
21	117
10	86
13	112
56	36
19	72
13	108
11	117
52	12
12	117
18	70
28	49
16	88
25	64
35	52
17	64
3	98
19	72
18	32
5	135
21	53
7	90
15	72
48	8
24	20
17	60
3	94
3	100
10	76
8	84
1	132
26	40
17	53
27	53
32	20
21	48
10	72
14	60
1	98
0	98
16	60
33	40
33	32
21	48
22	20
29	20
12	60
9	72
9	72
14	54
10	66
14	49
27	20
5	80
0	92
1	89
28	20
12	69
6	17
9	68
14	53
19	53
32	10
11	53
6	70
34	20
13	20
20	36
13	64
11	69
8	68
18	60
27	36
5	60
25	20
24	20
25	20
23	36
11	64
4	76
22	20
18	48
24	20
9	60
4	78
20	48
26	38
39	8
3	76
28	20
26	20
25	8
13	53
30	9
7	60
25	24
14	44
5	64
8	49
18	52
21	44
0	73
15	36
9	64
1	72
4	61
7	53
14	49
26	16
1	72
2	64
13	48
2	64
22	20
1	72
7	60
28	9
4	60
2	72
35	5
12	54
16	36
8	60
30	9
21	9
2	60
19	16
16	4
15	32
10	53
7	49
1	60
16	20
22	32
26	8
5	48
4	49
11	41
1	60
22	20
30	5
12	33
28	5
14	20
11	34
15	38
3	54
7	30
22	20
4	48
3	48
15	32
25	12
19	20
2	48
9	40
2	46
0	64
9	33
1	48
15	33
2	22
11	44
12	36
9	40
0	52
14	12
2	60
4	30
20	5
5	48
4	44
7	49
16	33
13	9
19	24
0	49
4	36
0	49
14	25
19	32
4	40
14	20
6	44
49	0

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
45	117
51	64
67	23
48	60
34	83
28	57
27	117
47	48
28	144
27	110
42	60
23	137
34	53
30	76
15	113
20	129
21	117
10	86
13	112
56	36
19	72
13	108
11	117
52	12
12	117
18	70
28	49
16	88
25	64
35	52
17	64
3	98
19	72
18	32
5	135
21	53
7	90
15	72
48	8
24	20
17	60
3	94
3	100
10	76
8	84
1	132
26	40
17	53
27	53
32	20
21	48
10	72
14	60
1	98
0	98
16	60
33	40
33	32
21	48
22	20
29	20
12	60
9	72
9	72
14	54
10	66
14	49
27	20
5	80
0	92
1	89
28	20
12	69
6	17
9	68
14	53
19	53
32	10
11	53
6	70
34	20
13	20
20	36
13	64
11	69
8	68
18	60
27	36
5	60
25	20
24	20
25	20
23	36
11	64
4	76
22	20
18	48
24	20
9	60
4	78
20	48
26	38
39	8
3	76
28	20
26	20
25	8
13	53
30	9
7	60
25	24
14	44
5	64
8	49
18	52
21	44
0	73
15	36
9	64
1	72
4	61
7	53
14	49
26	16
1	72
2	64
13	48
2	64
22	20
1	72
7	60
28	9
4	60
2	72
35	5
12	54
16	36
8	60
30	9
21	9
2	60
19	16
16	4
15	32
10	53
7	49
1	60
16	20
22	32
26	8
5	48
4	49
11	41
1	60
22	20
30	5
12	33
28	5
14	20
11	34
15	38
3	54
7	30
22	20
4	48
3	48
15	32
25	12
19	20
2	48
9	40
2	46
0	64
9	33
1	48
15	33
2	22
11	44
12	36
9	40
0	52
14	12
2	60
4	30
20	5
5	48
4	44
7	49
16	33
13	9
19	24
0	49
4	36
0	49
14	25
19	32
4	40
14	20
6	44
49	0