Extreme rain in Australia, 21 June to 1 July 2023

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 21 June to 1 July 2023
Start: 2023-06-21
End: 2023-07-01
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 21 June to 1 July 2023: 246 records at 229 stations, peak on 23 June 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 21 June to 1 July 2023 set or tied 246 station records at 229 stations.
It ran from 21 June 2023 to 1 July 2023 (11 days) and its peak day was 23 June 2023.
Status: closed.
Stansbury set a daily record precipitation of 53.0 mm (2.1 in) on 23 June 2023.
The busiest day was 23 June 2023 with 133 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 135 years.

Footprint

21 June to 1 July 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 21 June to 1 July 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 June to 1 July 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Stansbury	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	2023-06-23
Apslawn	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	2023-06-23
Coonalpyn	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	2023-06-23
Iron Knob	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	2023-06-22
Rainbow (Pella)	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	2023-06-23
Yorketown	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	2023-06-23
Keith	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	2023-06-23
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	2023-06-26
Wirrega (Taunton)	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	2023-06-23
Harrogate	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	2023-06-23
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	2023-06-23
Pioneer (Main Road)	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	2023-06-22
Warooka	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	2023-06-23
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	2023-06-23
Adelaide West Terrace	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	2023-06-23
Cherry Gardens	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	2023-06-23
Prospect Hill	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	2023-06-23
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook)	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	2023-06-23
Mount Bold Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	2023-06-23
Mount Compass	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	2023-06-26

Records per Day

Peak day 133

Records set or tied each day from 21 June 2023 to 1 July 2023. The most in one day was 133 on 23 June 2023.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Australia, 21 June to 1 July 2023
Date	Records
2023-06-21	6
2023-06-22	33
2023-06-23	133
2023-06-24	15
2023-06-25	14
2023-06-26	32
2023-06-27	4
2023-06-28	2
2023-06-29	2
2023-06-30	4
2023-07-01	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 21 June to 1 July 2023 ranked by margin
Apslawn, 06-23	55.1 mm (2.2 in)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House), 06-23	41.1 mm (1.6 in)
Mount Compass, 06-26	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
Prospect Hill, 06-23	34.6 mm (1.4 in)
Stansbury, 06-23	33.7 mm (1.3 in)
Mount Bold Reservoir, 06-23	32.2 mm (1.3 in)
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook), 06-23	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth), 06-26	23.2 mm (0.9 in)
Pioneer (Main Road), 06-22	20.8 mm (0.8 in)
Belair (State Flora Nursery), 06-23	19.5 mm (0.8 in)
Coonalpyn, 06-23	17.9 mm (0.7 in)
Iron Knob, 06-22	17.6 mm (0.7 in)
Cherry Gardens, 06-23	17.3 mm (0.7 in)
Yorketown, 06-23	17.1 mm (0.7 in)
Warooka, 06-23	17.0 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

246 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 June to 1 July 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
34	108
55	132
18	135
18	96
16	110
17	108
15	94
23	66
13	102
17	108
20	108
21	108
17	72
41	68
11	135
17	108
35	41
32	41
32	30
36	26
32	33
13	70
18	41
58	20
18	104
10	77
12	127
17	108
51	30
8	106
25	10
12	108
25	32
10	133
10	108
6	89
12	72
7	108
22	17
6	128
47	17
9	108
5	102
5	123
6	100
6	89
13	77
12	30
7	89
5	96
7	84
12	72
23	62
11	58
10	84
21	9
3	123
5	132
4	123
4	70
4	108
2	108
2	108
3	96
3	123
2	110
22	32
7	68
21	33
2	126
19	32
5	84
2	108
1	102
3	96
2	116
1	110
5	74
12	56
3	98
16	32
0	132
0	108
0	127
1	108
1	94
7	36
4	77
1	96
2	93
24	6
1	123
7	66
14	35
6	65
3	76
6	66
14	26
16	41
9	52
8	41
9	54
13	32
2	77
9	30
11	50
11	26
2	76
10	17
8	26
7	48
11	26
9	17
2	70
13	22
37	6
2	72
0	77
18	6
14	36
6	62
5	54
15	36
5	48
12	26
24	2
3	57
7	20
6	26
2	68
1	35
11	41
9	17
7	30
11	8
2	68
16	12
7	36
6	26
1	58
11	41
13	30
3	41
5	41
10	30
1	62
9	32
8	28
3	35
7	26
6	30
3	41
11	16
12	1
12	10
2	41
7	26
4	41
1	54
9	32
1	54
5	28
2	48
6	37
5	36
5	41
2	49
11	6
1	41
1	41
4	17
2	30
1	41
4	20
5	41
3	52
6	44
9	37
10	8
0	41
4	41
5	8
5	17
3	26
0	41
0	41
3	26
4	30
2	40
10	24
1	36
2	41
4	26
0	44
4	36
9	2
5	26
5	17
1	41
4	26

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 21 June to 1 July 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 June to 1 July 2023 (this event)	246 records

Every Record Set

20 of 246

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 21 June to 1 July 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-06-22	Iron Knob	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	96	74 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-22	Pioneer (Main Road)	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	108	61 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-23	Stansbury	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	108	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-06-23	Apslawn	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	132	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-06-23	Coonalpyn	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	135	76 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-23	Rainbow (Pella)	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	110	72 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-23	Yorketown	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	108	70 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-23	Keith	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	94	69 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-23	Wirrega (Taunton)	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	102	66 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-23	Harrogate	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	108	64 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-23	Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	108	62 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-23	Warooka	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	72	60 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-23	Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	68	59 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-23	Adelaide West Terrace	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	135	57 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-23	Cherry Gardens	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	108	57 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-23	Prospect Hill	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	41	57 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-23	Cudlee Creek (Millbrook)	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41	56 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-23	Mount Bold Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	30	56 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-26	Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	66	67 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-26	Mount Compass	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	26	56 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 246 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
34	108
55	132
18	135
18	96
16	110
17	108
15	94
23	66
13	102
17	108
20	108
21	108
17	72
41	68
11	135
17	108
35	41
32	41
32	30
36	26
32	33
13	70
18	41
58	20
18	104
10	77
12	127
17	108
51	30
8	106
25	10
12	108
25	32
10	133
10	108
6	89
12	72
7	108
22	17
6	128
47	17
9	108
5	102
5	123
6	100
6	89
13	77
12	30
7	89
5	96
7	84
12	72
23	62
11	58
10	84
21	9
3	123
5	132
4	123
4	70
4	108
2	108
2	108
3	96
3	123
2	110
22	32
7	68
21	33
2	126
19	32
5	84
2	108
1	102
3	96
2	116
1	110
5	74
12	56
3	98
16	32
0	132
0	108
0	127
1	108
1	94
7	36
4	77
1	96
2	93
24	6
1	123
7	66
14	35
6	65
3	76
6	66
14	26
16	41
9	52
8	41
9	54
13	32
2	77
9	30
11	50
11	26
2	76
10	17
8	26
7	48
11	26
9	17
2	70
13	22
37	6
2	72
0	77
18	6
14	36
6	62
5	54
15	36
5	48
12	26
24	2
3	57
7	20
6	26
2	68
1	35
11	41
9	17
7	30
11	8
2	68
16	12
7	36
6	26
1	58
11	41
13	30
3	41
5	41
10	30
1	62
9	32
8	28
3	35
7	26
6	30
3	41
11	16
12	1
12	10
2	41
7	26
4	41
1	54
9	32
1	54
5	28
2	48
6	37
5	36
5	41
2	49
11	6
1	41
1	41
4	17
2	30
1	41
4	20
5	41
3	52
6	44
9	37
10	8
0	41
4	41
5	8
5	17
3	26
0	41
0	41
3	26
4	30
2	40
10	24
1	36
2	41
4	26
0	44
4	36
9	2
5	26
5	17
1	41
4	26

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
34	108
55	132
18	135
18	96
16	110
17	108
15	94
23	66
13	102
17	108
20	108
21	108
17	72
41	68
11	135
17	108
35	41
32	41
32	30
36	26
32	33
13	70
18	41
58	20
18	104
10	77
12	127
17	108
51	30
8	106
25	10
12	108
25	32
10	133
10	108
6	89
12	72
7	108
22	17
6	128
47	17
9	108
5	102
5	123
6	100
6	89
13	77
12	30
7	89
5	96
7	84
12	72
23	62
11	58
10	84
21	9
3	123
5	132
4	123
4	70
4	108
2	108
2	108
3	96
3	123
2	110
22	32
7	68
21	33
2	126
19	32
5	84
2	108
1	102
3	96
2	116
1	110
5	74
12	56
3	98
16	32
0	132
0	108
0	127
1	108
1	94
7	36
4	77
1	96
2	93
24	6
1	123
7	66
14	35
6	65
3	76
6	66
14	26
16	41
9	52
8	41
9	54
13	32
2	77
9	30
11	50
11	26
2	76
10	17
8	26
7	48
11	26
9	17
2	70
13	22
37	6
2	72
0	77
18	6
14	36
6	62
5	54
15	36
5	48
12	26
24	2
3	57
7	20
6	26
2	68
1	35
11	41
9	17
7	30
11	8
2	68
16	12
7	36
6	26
1	58
11	41
13	30
3	41
5	41
10	30
1	62
9	32
8	28
3	35
7	26
6	30
3	41
11	16
12	1
12	10
2	41
7	26
4	41
1	54
9	32
1	54
5	28
2	48
6	37
5	36
5	41
2	49
11	6
1	41
1	41
4	17
2	30
1	41
4	20
5	41
3	52
6	44
9	37
10	8
0	41
4	41
5	8
5	17
3	26
0	41
0	41
3	26
4	30
2	40
10	24
1	36
2	41
4	26
0	44
4	36
9	2
5	26
5	17
1	41
4	26

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
34	108
55	132
18	135
18	96
16	110
17	108
15	94
23	66
13	102
17	108
20	108
21	108
17	72
41	68
11	135
17	108
35	41
32	41
32	30
36	26
32	33
13	70
18	41
58	20
18	104
10	77
12	127
17	108
51	30
8	106
25	10
12	108
25	32
10	133
10	108
6	89
12	72
7	108
22	17
6	128
47	17
9	108
5	102
5	123
6	100
6	89
13	77
12	30
7	89
5	96
7	84
12	72
23	62
11	58
10	84
21	9
3	123
5	132
4	123
4	70
4	108
2	108
2	108
3	96
3	123
2	110
22	32
7	68
21	33
2	126
19	32
5	84
2	108
1	102
3	96
2	116
1	110
5	74
12	56
3	98
16	32
0	132
0	108
0	127
1	108
1	94
7	36
4	77
1	96
2	93
24	6
1	123
7	66
14	35
6	65
3	76
6	66
14	26
16	41
9	52
8	41
9	54
13	32
2	77
9	30
11	50
11	26
2	76
10	17
8	26
7	48
11	26
9	17
2	70
13	22
37	6
2	72
0	77
18	6
14	36
6	62
5	54
15	36
5	48
12	26
24	2
3	57
7	20
6	26
2	68
1	35
11	41
9	17
7	30
11	8
2	68
16	12
7	36
6	26
1	58
11	41
13	30
3	41
5	41
10	30
1	62
9	32
8	28
3	35
7	26
6	30
3	41
11	16
12	1
12	10
2	41
7	26
4	41
1	54
9	32
1	54
5	28
2	48
6	37
5	36
5	41
2	49
11	6
1	41
1	41
4	17
2	30
1	41
4	20
5	41
3	52
6	44
9	37
10	8
0	41
4	41
5	8
5	17
3	26
0	41
0	41
3	26
4	30
2	40
10	24
1	36
2	41
4	26
0	44
4	36
9	2
5	26
5	17
1	41
4	26