Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 18 April 2023

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 18 April 2023
Start: 2023-04-13
End: 2023-04-18
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 18 April 2023: 381 records at 370 stations, peak on 16 April 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 18 April 2023 set or tied 381 station records at 370 stations.
It ran from 13 April 2023 to 18 April 2023 (6 days) and its peak day was 16 April 2023.
Status: closed.
Yudnapinna set a daily record precipitation of 35.8 mm (1.4 in) on 15 April 2023.
The busiest day was 16 April 2023 with 216 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 142 years.

Footprint

13 to 18 April 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 18 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, 13 to 18 April 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Yudnapinna	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	2023-04-15
Victory Downs	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	2023-04-14
Coober Pedy (McDouall Peak)	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	2023-04-15
Mornington	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2023-04-17
Tarcoola (Lake Everard)	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	2023-04-15
Mount Eba	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	2023-04-15
Flemington Racecourse	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	2023-04-16
Woomera (Mahanewo)	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	2023-04-15
Tarcoola (Mobella)	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	2023-04-15
Wentworth (Burtundy)	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	2023-04-16
Moorabbin Airport	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	2023-04-16
Blinman	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	2023-04-15
Longwood	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	2023-04-16
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2023-04-15
Bonbeach (Carrum)	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	2023-04-16
Kokatha	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	2023-04-15
Scoresby Research Institute	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	2023-04-16
Melbourne Botanical Gardens	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	2023-04-16
Bute	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	2023-04-15
Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	2023-04-16

Records per Day

Peak day 216

Records set or tied each day from 13 April 2023 to 18 April 2023. The most in one day was 216 on 16 April 2023.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 18 April 2023 ranked by margin
Victory Downs, 04-14	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
Kokatha, 04-15	39.0 mm (1.5 in)
Coober Pedy (McDouall Peak), 04-15	33.7 mm (1.3 in)
Woomera (Mahanewo), 04-15	31.6 mm (1.2 in)
Moorabbin Airport, 04-16	30.6 mm (1.2 in)
Scoresby Research Institute, 04-16	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
Bonbeach (Carrum), 04-16	27.2 mm (1.1 in)
Longwood, 04-16	24.5 mm (1.0 in)
Yudnapinna, 04-15	24.4 mm (1.0 in)
Melbourne Botanical Gardens, 04-16	23.2 mm (0.9 in)
Mount Eba, 04-15	22.6 mm (0.9 in)
Blinman, 04-15	20.6 mm (0.8 in)
Tarcoola (Lake Everard), 04-15	18.6 mm (0.7 in)
Mornington, 04-17	18.3 mm (0.7 in)
Tarcoola (Mobella), 04-15	17.5 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

381 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, 13 to 18 April 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
24	114
46	68
34	49
18	90
19	25
23	72
13	131
17	88
32	38
18	23
15	108
16	142
31	40
21	66
25	49
10	114
27	57
39	12
28	40
23	57
23	38
13	94
11	133
30	40
22	36
25	0
7	114
12	88
14	82
13	82
33	30
14	88
7	122
10	114
32	20
37	20
7	133
6	129
28	40
32	16
7	114
8	84
20	18
31	9
26	22
7	137
18	18
22	22
4	133
11	104
26	26
23	38
4	114
11	70
13	61
13	68
16	18
3	122
10	61
3	101
6	90
7	88
5	88
3	133
14	38
8	68
8	80
17	36
2	122
5	81
1	114
17	68
15	64
23	36
19	36
18	40
21	30
15	49
5	88
3	88
23	22
31	42
8	61
12	49
1	96
15	36
23	30
3	88
19	28
11	49
3	84
3	90
21	57
3	81
1	90
14	18
4	84
7	66
13	36
20	36
15	42
15	36
7	68
2	84
17	22
4	66
10	49
1	88
1	88
24	37
2	80
5	66
18	28
18	36
8	53
15	40
4	80
0	88
10	5
10	36
12	53
15	26
4	70
28	22
5	61
20	28
16	36
16	37
12	38
12	38
10	18
9	52
7	52
9	38
3	66
24	30
10	36
12	36
3	66
5	53
2	70
6	53
15	28
21	37
4	68
2	49
9	30
5	78
6	53
30	38
20	36
14	40
12	0
6	49
12	22
8	53
13	36
2	66
11	36
5	68
17	38
10	38
6	13
1	66
2	61
12	37
13	36
0	68
1	66
12	22
16	30
9	28
7	36
7	36
8	36
2	57
4	61
10	36
9	36
11	36
1	61
4	57
14	30
11	16
14	49
4	52
7	38
7	36
4	49
11	28
1	68
5	49
6	36
8	36
14	16
10	36
14	36
15	36
13	20
19	8

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 18 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, 13 to 18 April 2023 (this event)	381 records

Every Record Set

20 of 381

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 18 April 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-04-14	Victory Downs	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	68	67 of 100 (Major)
2023-04-15	Yudnapinna	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	114	69 of 100 (Major)
2023-04-15	Coober Pedy (McDouall Peak)	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	49	64 of 100 (Major)
2023-04-15	Tarcoola (Lake Everard)	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	25	60 of 100 (Major)
2023-04-15	Mount Eba	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	72	60 of 100 (Major)
2023-04-15	Woomera (Mahanewo)	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	38	57 of 100 (Notable)
2023-04-15	Tarcoola (Mobella)	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	23	57 of 100 (Notable)
2023-04-15	Blinman	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	66	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-04-15	Woomera (South Gap Station)	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	114	53 of 100 (Notable)
2023-04-15	Kokatha	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	12	52 of 100 (Notable)
2023-04-15	Bute	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	131	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-04-16	Flemington Racecourse	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	88	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-04-16	Wentworth (Burtundy)	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	142	57 of 100 (Notable)
2023-04-16	Moorabbin Airport	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	40	55 of 100 (Notable)
2023-04-16	Longwood	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	49	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-04-16	Bonbeach (Carrum)	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	57	53 of 100 (Notable)
2023-04-16	Scoresby Research Institute	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40	52 of 100 (Notable)
2023-04-16	Melbourne Botanical Gardens	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	57	52 of 100 (Notable)
2023-04-16	Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	108	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-04-17	Mornington	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	90	61 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 381 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
2023-04-13	2
2023-04-14	12
2023-04-15	123
2023-04-16	216
2023-04-17	27
2023-04-18	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
24	114
46	68
34	49
18	90
19	25
23	72
13	131
17	88
32	38
18	23
15	108
16	142
31	40
21	66
25	49
10	114
27	57
39	12
28	40
23	57
23	38
13	94
11	133
30	40
22	36
25	0
7	114
12	88
14	82
13	82
33	30
14	88
7	122
10	114
32	20
37	20
7	133
6	129
28	40
32	16
7	114
8	84
20	18
31	9
26	22
7	137
18	18
22	22
4	133
11	104
26	26
23	38
4	114
11	70
13	61
13	68
16	18
3	122
10	61
3	101
6	90
7	88
5	88
3	133
14	38
8	68
8	80
17	36
2	122
5	81
1	114
17	68
15	64
23	36
19	36
18	40
21	30
15	49
5	88
3	88
23	22
31	42
8	61
12	49
1	96
15	36
23	30
3	88
19	28
11	49
3	84
3	90
21	57
3	81
1	90
14	18
4	84
7	66
13	36
20	36
15	42
15	36
7	68
2	84
17	22
4	66
10	49
1	88
1	88
24	37
2	80
5	66
18	28
18	36
8	53
15	40
4	80
0	88
10	5
10	36
12	53
15	26
4	70
28	22
5	61
20	28
16	36
16	37
12	38
12	38
10	18
9	52
7	52
9	38
3	66
24	30
10	36
12	36
3	66
5	53
2	70
6	53
15	28
21	37
4	68
2	49
9	30
5	78
6	53
30	38
20	36
14	40
12	0
6	49
12	22
8	53
13	36
2	66
11	36
5	68
17	38
10	38
6	13
1	66
2	61
12	37
13	36
0	68
1	66
12	22
16	30
9	28
7	36
7	36
8	36
2	57
4	61
10	36
9	36
11	36
1	61
4	57
14	30
11	16
14	49
4	52
7	38
7	36
4	49
11	28
1	68
5	49
6	36
8	36
14	16
10	36
14	36
15	36
13	20
19	8

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
24	114
46	68
34	49
18	90
19	25
23	72
13	131
17	88
32	38
18	23
15	108
16	142
31	40
21	66
25	49
10	114
27	57
39	12
28	40
23	57
23	38
13	94
11	133
30	40
22	36
25	0
7	114
12	88
14	82
13	82
33	30
14	88
7	122
10	114
32	20
37	20
7	133
6	129
28	40
32	16
7	114
8	84
20	18
31	9
26	22
7	137
18	18
22	22
4	133
11	104
26	26
23	38
4	114
11	70
13	61
13	68
16	18
3	122
10	61
3	101
6	90
7	88
5	88
3	133
14	38
8	68
8	80
17	36
2	122
5	81
1	114
17	68
15	64
23	36
19	36
18	40
21	30
15	49
5	88
3	88
23	22
31	42
8	61
12	49
1	96
15	36
23	30
3	88
19	28
11	49
3	84
3	90
21	57
3	81
1	90
14	18
4	84
7	66
13	36
20	36
15	42
15	36
7	68
2	84
17	22
4	66
10	49
1	88
1	88
24	37
2	80
5	66
18	28
18	36
8	53
15	40
4	80
0	88
10	5
10	36
12	53
15	26
4	70
28	22
5	61
20	28
16	36
16	37
12	38
12	38
10	18
9	52
7	52
9	38
3	66
24	30
10	36
12	36
3	66
5	53
2	70
6	53
15	28
21	37
4	68
2	49
9	30
5	78
6	53
30	38
20	36
14	40
12	0
6	49
12	22
8	53
13	36
2	66
11	36
5	68
17	38
10	38
6	13
1	66
2	61
12	37
13	36
0	68
1	66
12	22
16	30
9	28
7	36
7	36
8	36
2	57
4	61
10	36
9	36
11	36
1	61
4	57
14	30
11	16
14	49
4	52
7	38
7	36
4	49
11	28
1	68
5	49
6	36
8	36
14	16
10	36
14	36
15	36
13	20
19	8

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
24	114
46	68
34	49
18	90
19	25
23	72
13	131
17	88
32	38
18	23
15	108
16	142
31	40
21	66
25	49
10	114
27	57
39	12
28	40
23	57
23	38
13	94
11	133
30	40
22	36
25	0
7	114
12	88
14	82
13	82
33	30
14	88
7	122
10	114
32	20
37	20
7	133
6	129
28	40
32	16
7	114
8	84
20	18
31	9
26	22
7	137
18	18
22	22
4	133
11	104
26	26
23	38
4	114
11	70
13	61
13	68
16	18
3	122
10	61
3	101
6	90
7	88
5	88
3	133
14	38
8	68
8	80
17	36
2	122
5	81
1	114
17	68
15	64
23	36
19	36
18	40
21	30
15	49
5	88
3	88
23	22
31	42
8	61
12	49
1	96
15	36
23	30
3	88
19	28
11	49
3	84
3	90
21	57
3	81
1	90
14	18
4	84
7	66
13	36
20	36
15	42
15	36
7	68
2	84
17	22
4	66
10	49
1	88
1	88
24	37
2	80
5	66
18	28
18	36
8	53
15	40
4	80
0	88
10	5
10	36
12	53
15	26
4	70
28	22
5	61
20	28
16	36
16	37
12	38
12	38
10	18
9	52
7	52
9	38
3	66
24	30
10	36
12	36
3	66
5	53
2	70
6	53
15	28
21	37
4	68
2	49
9	30
5	78
6	53
30	38
20	36
14	40
12	0
6	49
12	22
8	53
13	36
2	66
11	36
5	68
17	38
10	38
6	13
1	66
2	61
12	37
13	36
0	68
1	66
12	22
16	30
9	28
7	36
7	36
8	36
2	57
4	61
10	36
9	36
11	36
1	61
4	57
14	30
11	16
14	49
4	52
7	38
7	36
4	49
11	28
1	68
5	49
6	36
8	36
14	16
10	36
14	36
15	36
13	20
19	8