Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 June 2023

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 June 2023
Start: 2023-06-04
End: 2023-06-10
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 June 2023: 380 records at 345 stations, peak on 8 June 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 June 2023 set or tied 380 station records at 345 stations.
It ran from 4 June 2023 to 10 June 2023 (7 days) and its peak day was 8 June 2023.
Status: closed.
Murchison set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.8 mm (3.1 in) on 8 June 2023.
The busiest day was 8 June 2023 with 230 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 146 years.

Footprint

4 to 10 June 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 June 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, 4 to 10 June 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Murchison	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	2023-06-08
Longwood	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	2023-06-08
Ballarat Aerodrome	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	2023-06-08
Elmore	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2023-06-08
Lexton	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	2023-06-08
Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	2023-06-08
Wentworth (Burtundy)	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2023-06-08
Nyah	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	2023-06-08
Mathoura (Mathoura Station)	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	2023-06-10
Mincha	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	2023-06-08
Redesdale	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	2023-06-08
Edeowie	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	2023-06-05
Mooroopna	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	2023-06-08
Euroa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	2023-06-08
Woolsthorpe	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	2023-06-08
Tatura Inst Sustainable Ag	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	2023-06-08
Marysville (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	2023-06-08
Meringur	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	2023-06-09
Red Cliffs (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	2023-06-08
Highlands (Glentannar)	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	2023-06-08

Records per Day

Peak day 230

Records set or tied each day from 4 June 2023 to 10 June 2023. The most in one day was 230 on 8 June 2023.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 June 2023 ranked by margin
Longwood, 06-08	46.1 mm (1.8 in)
Marysville (Post Office), 06-08	44.3 mm (1.7 in)
Edeowie, 06-05	32.4 mm (1.3 in)
Redesdale, 06-08	30.7 mm (1.2 in)
Murchison, 06-08	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
Red Cliffs (Post Office), 06-08	30.4 mm (1.2 in)
Mathoura (Mathoura Station), 06-10	30.2 mm (1.2 in)
Highlands (Glentannar), 06-08	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
Wentworth (Wamberra Station), 06-08	26.6 mm (1.0 in)
Wentworth (Burtundy), 06-08	24.6 mm (1.0 in)
Nyah, 06-08	21.0 mm (0.8 in)
Mincha, 06-08	21.0 mm (0.8 in)
Meringur, 06-09	20.2 mm (0.8 in)
Elmore, 06-08	20.1 mm (0.8 in)
Euroa, 06-08	19.7 mm (0.8 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

380 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 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
31	124
46	103
17	112
20	124
19	114
27	132
25	120
30	124
21	108
21	65
31	97
32	112
17	123
20	101
18	108
19	71
44	82
20	81
30	81
28	55
28	72
16	106
31	66
23	66
16	101
22	74
17	74
39	49
13	103
29	66
24	66
22	101
19	101
20	61
15	101
16	101
39	67
12	114
22	101
19	146
13	106
8	100
8	107
10	112
9	99
48	42
16	101
31	44
14	101
11	75
12	106
5	100
22	42
10	108
10	101
22	20
21	33
33	28
4	100
23	28
33	28
5	124
33	28
38	28
10	106
17	48
37	10
19	65
19	28
12	122
3	100
9	108
17	27
18	60
4	101
19	35
89	21
9	120
11	101
23	28
10	101
15	26
4	124
21	54
16	28
15	32
18	10
2	112
13	100
9	108
16	28
13	48
7	49
18	9
15	26
2	116
12	66
7	120
6	75
22	28
17	75
15	112
11	44
21	1
7	101
7	108
9	112
5	108
6	101
7	67
6	101
8	92
7	105
16	56
5	101
18	13
3	106
5	98
4	101
5	101
17	34
4	121
18	34
5	100
20	4
3	101
18	28
14	17
14	26
13	49
14	6
13	34
19	6
8	72
22	16
10	66
15	4
14	28
30	1
3	141
11	26
5	92
4	92
9	52
4	80
12	26
15	40
2	133
22	16
2	101
3	133
6	74
5	74
14	28
2	69
3	108
61	28
2	98
8	66
8	74
1	105
12	44
1	133
1	105
5	74
28	28
0	120
3	88
12	32
31	56
7	66
3	81
0	101
14	28
13	20
10	56
0	96
16	21
11	28
1	67
14	21
8	32
9	9
11	28
9	35
21	12
4	66
17	34
10	28
9	28
22	28
1	65
10	44
10	28
19	33
8	53
2	81
7	52
24	28
4	60

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 June 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, 4 to 10 June 2023 (this event)	380 records

Every Record Set

20 of 380

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 10 June 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-06-05	Edeowie	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	112	78 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-08	Murchison	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	124	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-06-08	Longwood	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	103	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-06-08	Ballarat Aerodrome	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	112	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-06-08	Elmore	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	124	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-06-08	Lexton	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	114	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-06-08	Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	132	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-06-08	Wentworth (Burtundy)	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	120	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-06-08	Nyah	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	108	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-06-08	Mincha	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	65	79 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-08	Redesdale	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	97	79 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-08	Mooroopna	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	123	77 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-08	Euroa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	101	76 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-08	Woolsthorpe	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	108	76 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-08	Tatura Inst Sustainable Ag	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	71	75 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-08	Marysville (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	82	74 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-08	Red Cliffs (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	81	72 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-08	Highlands (Glentannar)	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	55	72 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-09	Meringur	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	81	73 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-10	Mathoura (Mathoura Station)	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	124	80 of 100 (Exceptional)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 380 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
2023-06-04	1
2023-06-05	34
2023-06-06	30
2023-06-07	55
2023-06-08	230
2023-06-09	29
2023-06-10	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
31	124
46	103
17	112
20	124
19	114
27	132
25	120
30	124
21	108
21	65
31	97
32	112
17	123
20	101
18	108
19	71
44	82
20	81
30	81
28	55
28	72
16	106
31	66
23	66
16	101
22	74
17	74
39	49
13	103
29	66
24	66
22	101
19	101
20	61
15	101
16	101
39	67
12	114
22	101
19	146
13	106
8	100
8	107
10	112
9	99
48	42
16	101
31	44
14	101
11	75
12	106
5	100
22	42
10	108
10	101
22	20
21	33
33	28
4	100
23	28
33	28
5	124
33	28
38	28
10	106
17	48
37	10
19	65
19	28
12	122
3	100
9	108
17	27
18	60
4	101
19	35
89	21
9	120
11	101
23	28
10	101
15	26
4	124
21	54
16	28
15	32
18	10
2	112
13	100
9	108
16	28
13	48
7	49
18	9
15	26
2	116
12	66
7	120
6	75
22	28
17	75
15	112
11	44
21	1
7	101
7	108
9	112
5	108
6	101
7	67
6	101
8	92
7	105
16	56
5	101
18	13
3	106
5	98
4	101
5	101
17	34
4	121
18	34
5	100
20	4
3	101
18	28
14	17
14	26
13	49
14	6
13	34
19	6
8	72
22	16
10	66
15	4
14	28
30	1
3	141
11	26
5	92
4	92
9	52
4	80
12	26
15	40
2	133
22	16
2	101
3	133
6	74
5	74
14	28
2	69
3	108
61	28
2	98
8	66
8	74
1	105
12	44
1	133
1	105
5	74
28	28
0	120
3	88
12	32
31	56
7	66
3	81
0	101
14	28
13	20
10	56
0	96
16	21
11	28
1	67
14	21
8	32
9	9
11	28
9	35
21	12
4	66
17	34
10	28
9	28
22	28
1	65
10	44
10	28
19	33
8	53
2	81
7	52
24	28
4	60

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
31	124
46	103
17	112
20	124
19	114
27	132
25	120
30	124
21	108
21	65
31	97
32	112
17	123
20	101
18	108
19	71
44	82
20	81
30	81
28	55
28	72
16	106
31	66
23	66
16	101
22	74
17	74
39	49
13	103
29	66
24	66
22	101
19	101
20	61
15	101
16	101
39	67
12	114
22	101
19	146
13	106
8	100
8	107
10	112
9	99
48	42
16	101
31	44
14	101
11	75
12	106
5	100
22	42
10	108
10	101
22	20
21	33
33	28
4	100
23	28
33	28
5	124
33	28
38	28
10	106
17	48
37	10
19	65
19	28
12	122
3	100
9	108
17	27
18	60
4	101
19	35
89	21
9	120
11	101
23	28
10	101
15	26
4	124
21	54
16	28
15	32
18	10
2	112
13	100
9	108
16	28
13	48
7	49
18	9
15	26
2	116
12	66
7	120
6	75
22	28
17	75
15	112
11	44
21	1
7	101
7	108
9	112
5	108
6	101
7	67
6	101
8	92
7	105
16	56
5	101
18	13
3	106
5	98
4	101
5	101
17	34
4	121
18	34
5	100
20	4
3	101
18	28
14	17
14	26
13	49
14	6
13	34
19	6
8	72
22	16
10	66
15	4
14	28
30	1
3	141
11	26
5	92
4	92
9	52
4	80
12	26
15	40
2	133
22	16
2	101
3	133
6	74
5	74
14	28
2	69
3	108
61	28
2	98
8	66
8	74
1	105
12	44
1	133
1	105
5	74
28	28
0	120
3	88
12	32
31	56
7	66
3	81
0	101
14	28
13	20
10	56
0	96
16	21
11	28
1	67
14	21
8	32
9	9
11	28
9	35
21	12
4	66
17	34
10	28
9	28
22	28
1	65
10	44
10	28
19	33
8	53
2	81
7	52
24	28
4	60

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
31	124
46	103
17	112
20	124
19	114
27	132
25	120
30	124
21	108
21	65
31	97
32	112
17	123
20	101
18	108
19	71
44	82
20	81
30	81
28	55
28	72
16	106
31	66
23	66
16	101
22	74
17	74
39	49
13	103
29	66
24	66
22	101
19	101
20	61
15	101
16	101
39	67
12	114
22	101
19	146
13	106
8	100
8	107
10	112
9	99
48	42
16	101
31	44
14	101
11	75
12	106
5	100
22	42
10	108
10	101
22	20
21	33
33	28
4	100
23	28
33	28
5	124
33	28
38	28
10	106
17	48
37	10
19	65
19	28
12	122
3	100
9	108
17	27
18	60
4	101
19	35
89	21
9	120
11	101
23	28
10	101
15	26
4	124
21	54
16	28
15	32
18	10
2	112
13	100
9	108
16	28
13	48
7	49
18	9
15	26
2	116
12	66
7	120
6	75
22	28
17	75
15	112
11	44
21	1
7	101
7	108
9	112
5	108
6	101
7	67
6	101
8	92
7	105
16	56
5	101
18	13
3	106
5	98
4	101
5	101
17	34
4	121
18	34
5	100
20	4
3	101
18	28
14	17
14	26
13	49
14	6
13	34
19	6
8	72
22	16
10	66
15	4
14	28
30	1
3	141
11	26
5	92
4	92
9	52
4	80
12	26
15	40
2	133
22	16
2	101
3	133
6	74
5	74
14	28
2	69
3	108
61	28
2	98
8	66
8	74
1	105
12	44
1	133
1	105
5	74
28	28
0	120
3	88
12	32
31	56
7	66
3	81
0	101
14	28
13	20
10	56
0	96
16	21
11	28
1	67
14	21
8	32
9	9
11	28
9	35
21	12
4	66
17	34
10	28
9	28
22	28
1	65
10	44
10	28
19	33
8	53
2	81
7	52
24	28
4	60