Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 9 November 2023

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 9 November 2023
Start: 2023-11-04
End: 2023-11-09
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 9 November 2023: 108 records at 102 stations, peak on 5 November 2023. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 9 November 2023 set or tied 108 station records at 102 stations.
It ran from 4 November 2023 to 9 November 2023 (6 days) and its peak day was 5 November 2023.
Status: closed.
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive) set a daily record precipitation of 97.4 mm (3.8 in) on 6 November 2023.
The busiest day was 5 November 2023 with 57 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 153 years.

Footprint

4 to 9 November 2023

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 9 November 2023 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 9 November 2023: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	2023-11-06
Warrinilla	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	2023-11-06
Belah Park	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	2023-11-05
Moorang	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	2023-11-05
Bowraville Recreation Club	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	2023-11-05
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	2023-11-05
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	2023-11-05
Woolners Arm	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	2023-11-05
Gillespie	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	2023-11-07
Swansea (Catherine St)	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	2023-11-06
Crescent Head	Record daily precipitation	156.4 mm (6.2 in)	2023-11-05
Cloyne	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	2023-11-07
Karara	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	2023-11-05
Mt Playfair	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	2023-11-07
Koumala Hatfields Road	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	2023-11-06
Windang Bowling Club	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	2023-11-05
Morven Post Office	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	2023-11-08
Springwood Station	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	2023-11-06
Mitchell Post Office	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	2023-11-06

Records per Day

Peak day 57

Records set or tied each day from 4 November 2023 to 9 November 2023. The most in one day was 57 on 5 November 2023.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 9 November 2023 ranked by margin
Darkes Forest (Kintyre), 11-05	82.8 mm (3.3 in)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), 11-06	65.9 mm (2.6 in)
Moorang, 11-05	61.4 mm (2.4 in)
Swansea (Catherine St), 11-06	54.2 mm (2.1 in)
Belah Park, 11-05	49.7 mm (2.0 in)
Warrinilla, 11-06	46.9 mm (1.8 in)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), 11-05	43.5 mm (1.7 in)
Karara, 11-05	42.5 mm (1.7 in)
Windang Bowling Club, 11-05	41.4 mm (1.6 in)
Springwood Station, 11-06	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
Cloyne, 11-07	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
Mt Playfair, 11-07	37.8 mm (1.5 in)
Tweed Heads Golf Club, 11-05	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
Bowraville Recreation Club, 11-05	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
Crescent Head, 11-05	32.8 mm (1.3 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

108 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 9 November 2023
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
66	89
47	80
50	49
61	36
33	127
83	26
37	105
23	89
29	84
44	68
54	26
40	52
33	33
43	32
38	24
18	98
12	89
41	26
40	36
11	89
13	98
8	98
11	89
12	96
5	116
7	90
3	128
2	153
29	16
8	80
47	5
29	49
25	26
37	24
2	89
41	49
2	80
18	37
18	45
38	12
34	26
17	38
8	64
30	8
32	22
20	26
27	12
11	49
12	33
20	12
7	37
28	22
14	17
2	48
15	26
12	44
20	12
6	49
8	44
13	25
18	12
9	30
22	22
13	25
22	16
11	12
10	33
9	25
20	8
9	36
9	8
8	33
3	26
9	12
6	36
9	12
25	8
9	29
7	28
8	4
21	1
9	8
1	38
4	26
10	12
2	36
1	38
12	8
10	24
1	38
11	8
3	8
9	22
8	16
15	8
1	26
0	26
11	1
14	16
2	21
1	14
1	26
2	18
1	16
7	1
2	18
0	12
1	8

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 9 November 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 9 November 2023 (this event)	108 records

Every Record Set

20 of 108

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 4 to 9 November 2023, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2023-11-05	Belah Park	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	49	62 of 100 (Major)
2023-11-05	Moorang	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	36	60 of 100 (Major)
2023-11-05	Bowraville Recreation Club	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	127	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-05	Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	26	58 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-05	Tweed Heads Golf Club	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	105	56 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-05	Woolners Arm	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	89	55 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-05	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	68	53 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-05	Crescent Head	Record daily precipitation	156.4 mm (6.2 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33	50 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-05	Karara	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	32	49 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-05	Windang Bowling Club	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26	46 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-06	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	89	71 of 100 (Major)
2023-11-06	Warrinilla	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	80	65 of 100 (Major)
2023-11-06	Swansea (Catherine St)	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	26	51 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-06	Koumala Hatfields Road	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	98	47 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-06	Springwood Station	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36	45 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-06	Mitchell Post Office	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	89	45 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-07	Gillespie	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	84	54 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-07	Cloyne	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52	50 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-07	Mt Playfair	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24	48 of 100 (Notable)
2023-11-08	Morven Post Office	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	89	46 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 108 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
2023-11-04	6
2023-11-05	57
2023-11-06	17
2023-11-07	20
2023-11-08	7
2023-11-09	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
66	89
47	80
50	49
61	36
33	127
83	26
37	105
23	89
29	84
44	68
54	26
40	52
33	33
43	32
38	24
18	98
12	89
41	26
40	36
11	89
13	98
8	98
11	89
12	96
5	116
7	90
3	128
2	153
29	16
8	80
47	5
29	49
25	26
37	24
2	89
41	49
2	80
18	37
18	45
38	12
34	26
17	38
8	64
30	8
32	22
20	26
27	12
11	49
12	33
20	12
7	37
28	22
14	17
2	48
15	26
12	44
20	12
6	49
8	44
13	25
18	12
9	30
22	22
13	25
22	16
11	12
10	33
9	25
20	8
9	36
9	8
8	33
3	26
9	12
6	36
9	12
25	8
9	29
7	28
8	4
21	1
9	8
1	38
4	26
10	12
2	36
1	38
12	8
10	24
1	38
11	8
3	8
9	22
8	16
15	8
1	26
0	26
11	1
14	16
2	21
1	14
1	26
2	18
1	16
7	1
2	18
0	12
1	8

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
66	89
47	80
50	49
61	36
33	127
83	26
37	105
23	89
29	84
44	68
54	26
40	52
33	33
43	32
38	24
18	98
12	89
41	26
40	36
11	89
13	98
8	98
11	89
12	96
5	116
7	90
3	128
2	153
29	16
8	80
47	5
29	49
25	26
37	24
2	89
41	49
2	80
18	37
18	45
38	12
34	26
17	38
8	64
30	8
32	22
20	26
27	12
11	49
12	33
20	12
7	37
28	22
14	17
2	48
15	26
12	44
20	12
6	49
8	44
13	25
18	12
9	30
22	22
13	25
22	16
11	12
10	33
9	25
20	8
9	36
9	8
8	33
3	26
9	12
6	36
9	12
25	8
9	29
7	28
8	4
21	1
9	8
1	38
4	26
10	12
2	36
1	38
12	8
10	24
1	38
11	8
3	8
9	22
8	16
15	8
1	26
0	26
11	1
14	16
2	21
1	14
1	26
2	18
1	16
7	1
2	18
0	12
1	8

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
66	89
47	80
50	49
61	36
33	127
83	26
37	105
23	89
29	84
44	68
54	26
40	52
33	33
43	32
38	24
18	98
12	89
41	26
40	36
11	89
13	98
8	98
11	89
12	96
5	116
7	90
3	128
2	153
29	16
8	80
47	5
29	49
25	26
37	24
2	89
41	49
2	80
18	37
18	45
38	12
34	26
17	38
8	64
30	8
32	22
20	26
27	12
11	49
12	33
20	12
7	37
28	22
14	17
2	48
15	26
12	44
20	12
6	49
8	44
13	25
18	12
9	30
22	22
13	25
22	16
11	12
10	33
9	25
20	8
9	36
9	8
8	33
3	26
9	12
6	36
9	12
25	8
9	29
7	28
8	4
21	1
9	8
1	38
4	26
10	12
2	36
1	38
12	8
10	24
1	38
11	8
3	8
9	22
8	16
15	8
1	26
0	26
11	1
14	16
2	21
1	14
1	26
2	18
1	16
7	1
2	18
0	12
1	8