Extreme rain in Australia, 25 June to 11 July 2023

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 25 June to 11 July 2023
Start: 2023-06-25
End: 2023-07-11
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 25 June to 11 July 2023: 545 records at 389 stations, peak on 4 July 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 25 June to 11 July 2023 set or tied 545 station records at 389 stations.
It ran from 25 June 2023 to 11 July 2023 (17 days) and its peak day was 4 July 2023.
Status: closed.
Indigo set a monthly record daily precipitation of 80.2 mm (3.2 in) on 3 July 2023.
The busiest day was 4 July 2023 with 173 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 135 years.

Footprint

25 June to 11 July 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 25 June to 11 July 2023 is outlined, with 16 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Australia, 25 June to 11 July 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Indigo	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	2023-07-03
Nicholson	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	2023-07-01
Mount Amhurst	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	2023-06-27
Lajamanu	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	2023-07-01
Warmun	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	2023-07-01
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	2023-07-03
Ambo Station	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	2023-07-04
Kilto Station	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	2023-06-27
Limbunya	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	2023-07-01
Werrina Station	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	2023-07-03
Yulmbu	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2023-07-01
Fort Constantine Station	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	2023-07-03
Manfred Downs Station	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	2023-07-03
Camooweal Township	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	2023-07-03
Moola Bulla	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	2023-06-27
Springvale	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	2023-06-28

Records per Day

Peak day 173

Records set or tied each day from 25 June 2023 to 11 July 2023. The most in one day was 173 on 4 July 2023.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Australia, 25 June to 11 July 2023
Date	Records
2023-06-25	1
2023-06-26	4
2023-06-27	34
2023-06-28	46
2023-06-29	21
2023-06-30	26
2023-07-01	35
2023-07-02	37
2023-07-03	71
2023-07-04	173
2023-07-05	44
2023-07-06	7
2023-07-07	14
2023-07-08	19
2023-07-09	6
2023-07-10	6
2023-07-11	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 25 June to 11 July 2023 ranked by margin
Kilto Station, 06-27	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
Mount Amhurst, 06-27	56.6 mm (2.2 in)
Yulmbu, 06-27	49.6 mm (2.0 in)
Fort Constantine Station, 07-03	49.2 mm (1.9 in)
Nicholson, 07-01	46.1 mm (1.8 in)
Lajamanu, 07-02	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
Ambo Station, 07-04	38.6 mm (1.5 in)
Lajamanu, 07-01	37.9 mm (1.5 in)
Yulmbu, 07-01	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
Limbunya, 07-01	29.9 mm (1.2 in)
Indigo, 07-03	28.9 mm (1.1 in)
Camooweal Township, 07-03	26.8 mm (1.1 in)
Warmun, 07-01	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
Warmun, 06-30	24.4 mm (1.0 in)
Nicholson, 06-30	24.0 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

500 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, 25 June to 11 July 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
29	106
46	83
57	96
38	66
46	70
24	98
26	84
20	74
39	125
60	60
30	84
22	78
36	72
50	72
49	36
22	118
20	102
14	126
27	84
24	84
23	84
24	113
42	44
55	8
48	8
19	120
36	34
72	16
37	48
42	1
28	84
6	117
22	84
27	69
30	60
21	86
35	34
24	72
36	36
37	36
19	24
9	88
18	96
27	36
25	54
47	36
11	120
19	44
2	100
22	89
14	123
16	109
15	44
43	9
13	102
21	72
11	120
12	123
29	54
16	89
17	86
14	118
29	24
25	48
8	98
10	116
10	97
23	68
19	56
7	78
15	84
19	54
25	68
19	30
30	1
8	114
20	84
12	84
17	86
30	34
27	48
28	48
7	120
37	24
10	86
4	122
5	102
8	113
7	112
12	100
20	68
35	36
10	89
10	86
31	0
33	48
7	102
13	86
26	49
13	86
15	70
11	86
20	44
6	88
4	97
3	102
22	53
5	97
17	44
36	4
18	32
11	78
3	116
22	36
18	56
20	34
11	44
12	74
2	102
4	110
32	34
26	49
29	44
31	34
9	92
7	92
1	100
10	44
2	112
3	97
4	122
1	117
23	36
8	86
30	33
43	36
2	90
0	100
1	118
12	44
16	36
20	48
5	90
1	110
14	54
34	5
4	86
9	44
0	135
7	86
26	34
14	56
0	135
0	105
2	88
27	24
15	60
5	92
2	88
2	86
3	88
13	36
16	56
19	36
17	36
3	54
4	86
27	34
32	34
3	86
6	84
5	89
7	84
23	34
6	53
40	50
11	52
21	40
15	56
30	34
4	84
1	88
0	88
0	90
0	88
15	19
21	36
17	36
10	29
0	90
1	84
21	34
19	34
2	84
3	84
20	48
1	86
1	84
6	74
25	29

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 25 June to 11 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, 25 June to 11 July 2023 (this event)	545 records

Every Record Set

20 of 545

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 25 June to 11 July 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-06-27	Mount Amhurst	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	96	78 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-27	Kilto Station	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	60	64 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-27	Yulmbu	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	72	62 of 100 (Major)
2023-06-27	Moola Bulla	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	118	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-06-28	Springvale	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	102	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-06-30	Warmun	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	84	57 of 100 (Notable)
2023-06-30	Nicholson	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	98	20 of 100 (Routine)
2023-07-01	Nicholson	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	83	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-07-01	Lajamanu	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	66	77 of 100 (Major)
2023-07-01	Warmun	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	84	67 of 100 (Major)
2023-07-01	Limbunya	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	84	64 of 100 (Major)
2023-07-01	Yulmbu	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	72	63 of 100 (Major)
2023-07-02	Lajamanu	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	70	68 of 100 (Major)
2023-07-03	Indigo	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	106	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
2023-07-03	Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	74	66 of 100 (Major)
2023-07-03	Werrina Station	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	78	64 of 100 (Major)
2023-07-03	Fort Constantine Station	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	36	61 of 100 (Major)
2023-07-03	Manfred Downs Station	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	126	60 of 100 (Major)
2023-07-03	Camooweal Township	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	84	59 of 100 (Notable)
2023-07-04	Ambo Station	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	125	65 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 545 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
29	106
46	83
57	96
38	66
46	70
24	98
26	84
20	74
39	125
60	60
30	84
22	78
36	72
50	72
49	36
22	118
20	102
14	126
27	84
24	84
23	84
24	113
42	44
55	8
48	8
19	120
36	34
72	16
37	48
42	1
28	84
6	117
22	84
27	69
30	60
21	86
35	34
24	72
36	36
37	36
19	24
9	88
18	96
27	36
25	54
47	36
11	120
19	44
2	100
22	89
14	123
16	109
15	44
43	9
13	102
21	72
11	120
12	123
29	54
16	89
17	86
14	118
29	24
25	48
8	98
10	116
10	97
23	68
19	56
7	78
15	84
19	54
25	68
19	30
30	1
8	114
20	84
12	84
17	86
30	34
27	48
28	48
7	120
37	24
10	86
4	122
5	102
8	113
7	112
12	100
20	68
35	36
10	89
10	86
31	0
33	48
7	102
13	86
26	49
13	86
15	70
11	86
20	44
6	88
4	97
3	102
22	53
5	97
17	44
36	4
18	32
11	78
3	116
22	36
18	56
20	34
11	44
12	74
2	102
4	110
32	34
26	49
29	44
31	34
9	92
7	92
1	100
10	44
2	112
3	97
4	122
1	117
23	36
8	86
30	33
43	36
2	90
0	100
1	118
12	44
16	36
20	48
5	90
1	110
14	54
34	5
4	86
9	44
0	135
7	86
26	34
14	56
0	135
0	105
2	88
27	24
15	60
5	92
2	88
2	86
3	88
13	36
16	56
19	36
17	36
3	54
4	86
27	34
32	34
3	86
6	84
5	89
7	84
23	34
6	53
40	50
11	52
21	40
15	56
30	34
4	84
1	88
0	88
0	90
0	88
15	19
21	36
17	36
10	29
0	90
1	84
21	34
19	34
2	84
3	84
20	48
1	86
1	84
6	74
25	29

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
29	106
46	83
57	96
38	66
46	70
24	98
26	84
20	74
39	125
60	60
30	84
22	78
36	72
50	72
49	36
22	118
20	102
14	126
27	84
24	84
23	84
24	113
42	44
55	8
48	8
19	120
36	34
72	16
37	48
42	1
28	84
6	117
22	84
27	69
30	60
21	86
35	34
24	72
36	36
37	36
19	24
9	88
18	96
27	36
25	54
47	36
11	120
19	44
2	100
22	89
14	123
16	109
15	44
43	9
13	102
21	72
11	120
12	123
29	54
16	89
17	86
14	118
29	24
25	48
8	98
10	116
10	97
23	68
19	56
7	78
15	84
19	54
25	68
19	30
30	1
8	114
20	84
12	84
17	86
30	34
27	48
28	48
7	120
37	24
10	86
4	122
5	102
8	113
7	112
12	100
20	68
35	36
10	89
10	86
31	0
33	48
7	102
13	86
26	49
13	86
15	70
11	86
20	44
6	88
4	97
3	102
22	53
5	97
17	44
36	4
18	32
11	78
3	116
22	36
18	56
20	34
11	44
12	74
2	102
4	110
32	34
26	49
29	44
31	34
9	92
7	92
1	100
10	44
2	112
3	97
4	122
1	117
23	36
8	86
30	33
43	36
2	90
0	100
1	118
12	44
16	36
20	48
5	90
1	110
14	54
34	5
4	86
9	44
0	135
7	86
26	34
14	56
0	135
0	105
2	88
27	24
15	60
5	92
2	88
2	86
3	88
13	36
16	56
19	36
17	36
3	54
4	86
27	34
32	34
3	86
6	84
5	89
7	84
23	34
6	53
40	50
11	52
21	40
15	56
30	34
4	84
1	88
0	88
0	90
0	88
15	19
21	36
17	36
10	29
0	90
1	84
21	34
19	34
2	84
3	84
20	48
1	86
1	84
6	74
25	29

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
29	106
46	83
57	96
38	66
46	70
24	98
26	84
20	74
39	125
60	60
30	84
22	78
36	72
50	72
49	36
22	118
20	102
14	126
27	84
24	84
23	84
24	113
42	44
55	8
48	8
19	120
36	34
72	16
37	48
42	1
28	84
6	117
22	84
27	69
30	60
21	86
35	34
24	72
36	36
37	36
19	24
9	88
18	96
27	36
25	54
47	36
11	120
19	44
2	100
22	89
14	123
16	109
15	44
43	9
13	102
21	72
11	120
12	123
29	54
16	89
17	86
14	118
29	24
25	48
8	98
10	116
10	97
23	68
19	56
7	78
15	84
19	54
25	68
19	30
30	1
8	114
20	84
12	84
17	86
30	34
27	48
28	48
7	120
37	24
10	86
4	122
5	102
8	113
7	112
12	100
20	68
35	36
10	89
10	86
31	0
33	48
7	102
13	86
26	49
13	86
15	70
11	86
20	44
6	88
4	97
3	102
22	53
5	97
17	44
36	4
18	32
11	78
3	116
22	36
18	56
20	34
11	44
12	74
2	102
4	110
32	34
26	49
29	44
31	34
9	92
7	92
1	100
10	44
2	112
3	97
4	122
1	117
23	36
8	86
30	33
43	36
2	90
0	100
1	118
12	44
16	36
20	48
5	90
1	110
14	54
34	5
4	86
9	44
0	135
7	86
26	34
14	56
0	135
0	105
2	88
27	24
15	60
5	92
2	88
2	86
3	88
13	36
16	56
19	36
17	36
3	54
4	86
27	34
32	34
3	86
6	84
5	89
7	84
23	34
6	53
40	50
11	52
21	40
15	56
30	34
4	84
1	88
0	88
0	90
0	88
15	19
21	36
17	36
10	29
0	90
1	84
21	34
19	34
2	84
3	84
20	48
1	86
1	84
6	74
25	29