Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 21 January 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 21 January 2024
Start: 2024-01-13
End: 2024-01-21
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 21 January 2024: 440 records at 396 stations, peak on 18 January 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 21 January 2024 set or tied 440 station records at 396 stations.
It ran from 13 January 2024 to 21 January 2024 (9 days) and its peak day was 18 January 2024.
Status: closed.
Deloraine (Athol) set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 18 January 2024.
The busiest day was 18 January 2024 with 137 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 138 years.

Footprint

13 to 21 January 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 21 January 2024 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 21 January 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Deloraine (Athol)	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	2024-01-18
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	2024-01-15
Yenda (Henry Street)	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	2024-01-14
Iron Knob	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	2024-01-15
Paruna	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	2024-01-17
Ivanhoe (Baden Park)	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	2024-01-18
Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	2024-01-15
Brushgrove Post Office	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	2024-01-16
Cobar (Taringo Downs)	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	2024-01-18
Lower Bucca	Record daily precipitation	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	2024-01-16
Willaura (Main Street)	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	2024-01-17
Inglewood Post Office	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	2024-01-18
Hall (Lochleigh)	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	2024-01-15
Coramba (Glenfiddich)	Record daily precipitation	227.0 mm (8.9 in)	2024-01-16
Ebor (the Racecourse)	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	2024-01-16
Texas Post Office	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	2024-01-18
Mount Kuring-Gai (Ledora Farm)	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	2024-01-15
Orama (Darkwood Road)	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	2024-01-16
Coleraine Hospital	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	2024-01-18
Avoca	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	2024-01-17

Records per Day

Peak day 137

Records set or tied each day from 13 January 2024 to 21 January 2024. The most in one day was 137 on 18 January 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 21 January 2024 ranked by margin
Orama (Darkwood Road), 01-16	134.0 mm (5.3 in)
Lower Bucca, 01-16	122.0 mm (4.8 in)
Coramba (Glenfiddich), 01-16	120.6 mm (4.7 in)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line, 01-15	79.5 mm (3.1 in)
Inglewood Post Office, 01-18	71.8 mm (2.8 in)
Ebor (the Racecourse), 01-16	63.8 mm (2.5 in)
Mount Kuring-Gai (Ledora Farm), 01-15	57.1 mm (2.2 in)
Cobar (Taringo Downs), 01-18	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
Ivanhoe (Baden Park), 01-18	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
Deloraine (Athol), 01-18	38.8 mm (1.5 in)
Brushgrove Post Office, 01-16	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
Yenda (Henry Street), 01-14	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
Willaura (Main Street), 01-17	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
Holbrook (Glenfalloch), 01-15	34.9 mm (1.4 in)
Iron Knob, 01-15	28.5 mm (1.1 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

440 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 21 January 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
39	125
80	52
29	104
36	78
17	58
40	9
21	113
42	61
37	113
35	60
122	36
35	44
72	32
23	98
26	112
121	20
64	49
134	33
57	52
25	16
26	132
28	68
22	82
23	132
36	44
11	94
11	113
16	77
54	48
36	82
83	20
16	77
42	56
67	20
34	52
108	12
16	61
23	61
15	84
33	85
71	36
11	98
12	73
6	97
26	78
31	17
27	52
23	40
62	42
11	92
8	126
4	113
20	44
19	77
6	112
66	36
37	44
6	96
7	84
17	61
16	61
9	77
33	0
10	64
12	64
34	52
22	72
29	52
9	88
2	138
12	61
51	32
3	98
44	20
21	54
41	17
29	37
12	84
28	52
0	132
2	98
24	49
12	69
15	44
6	77
10	77
1	96
9	85
44	36
28	52
22	44
23	52
2	96
6	77
38	17
33	0
2	94
6	68
26	41
31	53
74	1
10	50
4	77
7	76
9	69
6	77
15	60
17	29
12	61
4	77
17	44
13	44
11	68
26	28
19	62
35	33
43	8
4	80
12	49
9	61
46	37
14	52
15	52
23	52
15	60
38	8
19	46
23	30
21	30
30	28
11	44
10	68
24	30
25	30
26	61
20	45
2	80
1	77
11	52
8	54
13	44
31	1
39	33
39	8
45	8
22	37
20	49
2	44
35	20
31	36
6	61
6	53
2	68
27	29
6	61
7	61
13	20
15	28
42	33
29	34
23	32
10	60
16	33
31	8
4	61
14	44
22	30
15	29
15	53
11	49
9	56
14	49
12	44
7	44
8	44
10	49
43	16
7	56
10	54
22	52
44	4
46	12
19	36
8	44
4	61
18	28
2	70
18	4
3	69
17	0
10	52
23	20
5	54
22	28
12	45
42	20
15	52
7	54
38	8
10	28

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 21 January 2024 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 21 January 2024 (this event)	440 records

Every Record Set

20 of 440

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 13 to 21 January 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-01-14	Yenda (Henry Street)	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	78	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-15	Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	52	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-15	Iron Knob	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	104	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-15	Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	60	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-15	Hall (Lochleigh)	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	98	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-15	Mount Kuring-Gai (Ledora Farm)	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	52	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-16	Brushgrove Post Office	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	113	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-16	Lower Bucca	Record daily precipitation	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	36	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-16	Coramba (Glenfiddich)	Record daily precipitation	227.0 mm (8.9 in)	120.6 mm (4.7 in)	20	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-16	Ebor (the Racecourse)	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	49	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-16	Orama (Darkwood Road)	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	33	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-17	Paruna	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	58	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-17	Willaura (Main Street)	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-17	Avoca	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	113	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-01-18	Deloraine (Athol)	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	125	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-01-18	Ivanhoe (Baden Park)	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	9	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-18	Cobar (Taringo Downs)	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	61	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-18	Inglewood Post Office	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	32	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-18	Texas Post Office	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	112	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-18	Coleraine Hospital	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	16	55 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 440 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
2024-01-13	3
2024-01-14	22
2024-01-15	38
2024-01-16	54
2024-01-17	131
2024-01-18	137
2024-01-19	41
2024-01-20	12
2024-01-21	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
39	125
80	52
29	104
36	78
17	58
40	9
21	113
42	61
37	113
35	60
122	36
35	44
72	32
23	98
26	112
121	20
64	49
134	33
57	52
25	16
26	132
28	68
22	82
23	132
36	44
11	94
11	113
16	77
54	48
36	82
83	20
16	77
42	56
67	20
34	52
108	12
16	61
23	61
15	84
33	85
71	36
11	98
12	73
6	97
26	78
31	17
27	52
23	40
62	42
11	92
8	126
4	113
20	44
19	77
6	112
66	36
37	44
6	96
7	84
17	61
16	61
9	77
33	0
10	64
12	64
34	52
22	72
29	52
9	88
2	138
12	61
51	32
3	98
44	20
21	54
41	17
29	37
12	84
28	52
0	132
2	98
24	49
12	69
15	44
6	77
10	77
1	96
9	85
44	36
28	52
22	44
23	52
2	96
6	77
38	17
33	0
2	94
6	68
26	41
31	53
74	1
10	50
4	77
7	76
9	69
6	77
15	60
17	29
12	61
4	77
17	44
13	44
11	68
26	28
19	62
35	33
43	8
4	80
12	49
9	61
46	37
14	52
15	52
23	52
15	60
38	8
19	46
23	30
21	30
30	28
11	44
10	68
24	30
25	30
26	61
20	45
2	80
1	77
11	52
8	54
13	44
31	1
39	33
39	8
45	8
22	37
20	49
2	44
35	20
31	36
6	61
6	53
2	68
27	29
6	61
7	61
13	20
15	28
42	33
29	34
23	32
10	60
16	33
31	8
4	61
14	44
22	30
15	29
15	53
11	49
9	56
14	49
12	44
7	44
8	44
10	49
43	16
7	56
10	54
22	52
44	4
46	12
19	36
8	44
4	61
18	28
2	70
18	4
3	69
17	0
10	52
23	20
5	54
22	28
12	45
42	20
15	52
7	54
38	8
10	28

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
39	125
80	52
29	104
36	78
17	58
40	9
21	113
42	61
37	113
35	60
122	36
35	44
72	32
23	98
26	112
121	20
64	49
134	33
57	52
25	16
26	132
28	68
22	82
23	132
36	44
11	94
11	113
16	77
54	48
36	82
83	20
16	77
42	56
67	20
34	52
108	12
16	61
23	61
15	84
33	85
71	36
11	98
12	73
6	97
26	78
31	17
27	52
23	40
62	42
11	92
8	126
4	113
20	44
19	77
6	112
66	36
37	44
6	96
7	84
17	61
16	61
9	77
33	0
10	64
12	64
34	52
22	72
29	52
9	88
2	138
12	61
51	32
3	98
44	20
21	54
41	17
29	37
12	84
28	52
0	132
2	98
24	49
12	69
15	44
6	77
10	77
1	96
9	85
44	36
28	52
22	44
23	52
2	96
6	77
38	17
33	0
2	94
6	68
26	41
31	53
74	1
10	50
4	77
7	76
9	69
6	77
15	60
17	29
12	61
4	77
17	44
13	44
11	68
26	28
19	62
35	33
43	8
4	80
12	49
9	61
46	37
14	52
15	52
23	52
15	60
38	8
19	46
23	30
21	30
30	28
11	44
10	68
24	30
25	30
26	61
20	45
2	80
1	77
11	52
8	54
13	44
31	1
39	33
39	8
45	8
22	37
20	49
2	44
35	20
31	36
6	61
6	53
2	68
27	29
6	61
7	61
13	20
15	28
42	33
29	34
23	32
10	60
16	33
31	8
4	61
14	44
22	30
15	29
15	53
11	49
9	56
14	49
12	44
7	44
8	44
10	49
43	16
7	56
10	54
22	52
44	4
46	12
19	36
8	44
4	61
18	28
2	70
18	4
3	69
17	0
10	52
23	20
5	54
22	28
12	45
42	20
15	52
7	54
38	8
10	28

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
39	125
80	52
29	104
36	78
17	58
40	9
21	113
42	61
37	113
35	60
122	36
35	44
72	32
23	98
26	112
121	20
64	49
134	33
57	52
25	16
26	132
28	68
22	82
23	132
36	44
11	94
11	113
16	77
54	48
36	82
83	20
16	77
42	56
67	20
34	52
108	12
16	61
23	61
15	84
33	85
71	36
11	98
12	73
6	97
26	78
31	17
27	52
23	40
62	42
11	92
8	126
4	113
20	44
19	77
6	112
66	36
37	44
6	96
7	84
17	61
16	61
9	77
33	0
10	64
12	64
34	52
22	72
29	52
9	88
2	138
12	61
51	32
3	98
44	20
21	54
41	17
29	37
12	84
28	52
0	132
2	98
24	49
12	69
15	44
6	77
10	77
1	96
9	85
44	36
28	52
22	44
23	52
2	96
6	77
38	17
33	0
2	94
6	68
26	41
31	53
74	1
10	50
4	77
7	76
9	69
6	77
15	60
17	29
12	61
4	77
17	44
13	44
11	68
26	28
19	62
35	33
43	8
4	80
12	49
9	61
46	37
14	52
15	52
23	52
15	60
38	8
19	46
23	30
21	30
30	28
11	44
10	68
24	30
25	30
26	61
20	45
2	80
1	77
11	52
8	54
13	44
31	1
39	33
39	8
45	8
22	37
20	49
2	44
35	20
31	36
6	61
6	53
2	68
27	29
6	61
7	61
13	20
15	28
42	33
29	34
23	32
10	60
16	33
31	8
4	61
14	44
22	30
15	29
15	53
11	49
9	56
14	49
12	44
7	44
8	44
10	49
43	16
7	56
10	54
22	52
44	4
46	12
19	36
8	44
4	61
18	28
2	70
18	4
3	69
17	0
10	52
23	20
5	54
22	28
12	45
42	20
15	52
7	54
38	8
10	28