Extreme rain in Australia, 26 January to 1 February 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 26 January to 1 February 2024
Start: 2024-01-26
End: 2024-02-01
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 26 January to 1 February 2024: 208 records at 190 stations, peak on 30 January 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 26 January to 1 February 2024 set or tied 208 station records at 190 stations.
It ran from 26 January 2024 to 1 February 2024 (7 days) and its peak day was 30 January 2024.
Status: closed.
Cecil Plains Homestead set a daily record precipitation of 99.2 mm (3.9 in) on 30 January 2024.
The busiest day was 30 January 2024 with 117 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 124 years.

Footprint

26 January to 1 February 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 26 January to 1 February 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, 26 January to 1 February 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Cecil Plains Homestead	Record daily precipitation	99.2 mm (3.9 in)	2024-01-30
Warragai	Record daily precipitation	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	2024-01-30
Anakie Richardson St	Record daily precipitation	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	2024-01-28
Glenroy	Record daily precipitation	190.6 mm (7.5 in)	2024-01-30
Marnhull	Record daily precipitation	158.6 mm (6.2 in)	2024-01-30
Leslie Dam	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	2024-01-30
Kilkivan Post Office	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	2024-01-30
Traighli	Record daily precipitation	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	2024-01-30
Highvale	Record daily precipitation	201.6 mm (7.9 in)	2024-01-30
Kuyura	Record daily precipitation	160.6 mm (6.3 in)	2024-01-30
Wamuran	Record daily precipitation	177.7 mm (7.0 in)	2024-01-30
Belah Park	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	2024-01-30
Woodlea	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	2024-01-30
Lanark	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	2024-01-30
Albinia Downs	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	2024-01-28
Quendon	Record daily precipitation	126.4 mm (5.0 in)	2024-01-30
Whittaker	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	2024-01-30
Hereward	Record daily precipitation	116.2 mm (4.6 in)	2024-01-30
Lyndhurst Station	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	2024-01-26
Mount Surprise Township	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	2024-01-26

Records per Day

Peak day 117

Records set or tied each day from 26 January 2024 to 1 February 2024. The most in one day was 117 on 30 January 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 26 January to 1 February 2024 ranked by margin
Highvale, 01-30	154.1 mm (6.1 in)
Kilkivan Post Office, 01-30	139.4 mm (5.5 in)
Warragai, 01-30	117.8 mm (4.6 in)
Wamuran, 01-30	99.0 mm (3.9 in)
Quendon, 01-30	98.8 mm (3.9 in)
Albinia Downs, 01-28	87.3 mm (3.4 in)
Glenroy, 01-30	80.2 mm (3.2 in)
Cecil Plains Homestead, 01-30	80.1 mm (3.2 in)
Lanark, 01-30	78.7 mm (3.1 in)
Whittaker, 01-30	77.6 mm (3.1 in)
Anakie Richardson St, 01-28	74.1 mm (2.9 in)
Hereward, 01-30	72.2 mm (2.8 in)
Traighli, 01-30	72.0 mm (2.8 in)
Belah Park, 01-30	64.8 mm (2.6 in)
Leslie Dam, 01-30	59.8 mm (2.4 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

208 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, 26 January to 1 February 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
80	105
118	90
74	112
80	27
55	16
60	58
139	53
72	18
154	53
31	62
99	53
65	40
59	76
79	45
87	49
99	40
78	40
72	40
38	105
53	77
21	56
39	80
114	45
102	25
40	89
53	40
49	65
72	53
59	40
54	26
22	105
31	84
25	93
23	108
28	90
34	72
44	40
44	58
55	28
30	84
40	74
14	108
23	88
68	10
61	36
37	61
53	25
11	124
20	62
51	45
39	56
36	49
33	53
8	124
45	24
31	7
46	40
16	76
53	40
30	52
58	40
48	40
39	44
21	68
11	88
5	112
44	22
9	88
15	36
19	36
35	40
21	72
8	90
35	25
9	85
29	45
46	40
39	40
28	56
19	65
10	76
27	40
12	77
6	84
44	8
15	72
48	13
50	20
9	50
27	49
13	68
11	35
18	58
20	60
34	24
1	84
7	72
4	77
23	53
33	36
34	36
14	53
26	26
23	25
32	8
1	76
26	26
39	13
18	52
19	52
33	11
47	13
50	14
6	60
7	56
13	45
62	25
11	58
33	20
1	72
39	8
41	20
48	16
19	40
1	20
13	40
8	49
20	32
39	25
18	25
15	45
11	40
19	25
7	40
34	8
27	4
14	22
40	8
3	49
5	20
2	22
12	40
13	45
73	8
40	13
13	40
15	18
4	45
2	45
8	48
17	14
6	49
12	36
7	36
25	24
17	25
8	45
31	20
15	25
12	24
9	25
40	8
1	36
5	26
15	13
2	48
13	10
7	20
10	25
9	36
21	13
2	45
25	8
12	20
17	16
1	26
1	41
17	17
1	25
21	25
12	1
5	28
11	25
21	1
11	20
8	13
6	26
20	20
9	25
2	24
2	25
19	4
3	24
6	22
2	8
6	25
3	8
3	22
14	8
12	9

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 26 January to 1 February 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, 26 January to 1 February 2024 (this event)	208 records

Every Record Set

20 of 208

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 26 January to 1 February 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-01-26	Lyndhurst Station	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	105	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-26	Mount Surprise Township	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	77	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-28	Anakie Richardson St	Record daily precipitation	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	112	74 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-28	Albinia Downs	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	49	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-30	Cecil Plains Homestead	Record daily precipitation	99.2 mm (3.9 in)	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	105	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-01-30	Warragai	Record daily precipitation	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	117.8 mm (4.6 in)	90	77 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-30	Glenroy	Record daily precipitation	190.6 mm (7.5 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	27	74 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-30	Marnhull	Record daily precipitation	158.6 mm (6.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	16	69 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-30	Leslie Dam	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	58	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-30	Kilkivan Post Office	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	53	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-30	Traighli	Record daily precipitation	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	18	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-30	Highvale	Record daily precipitation	201.6 mm (7.9 in)	154.1 mm (6.1 in)	53	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-30	Kuyura	Record daily precipitation	160.6 mm (6.3 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	62	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-30	Wamuran	Record daily precipitation	177.7 mm (7.0 in)	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	53	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-30	Belah Park	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-30	Woodlea	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	76	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-30	Lanark	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-01-30	Quendon	Record daily precipitation	126.4 mm (5.0 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	40	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-30	Whittaker	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	40	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-01-30	Hereward	Record daily precipitation	116.2 mm (4.6 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	40	58 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 208 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
2024-01-26	18
2024-01-27	9
2024-01-28	29
2024-01-29	18
2024-01-30	117
2024-01-31	16
2024-02-01	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
80	105
118	90
74	112
80	27
55	16
60	58
139	53
72	18
154	53
31	62
99	53
65	40
59	76
79	45
87	49
99	40
78	40
72	40
38	105
53	77
21	56
39	80
114	45
102	25
40	89
53	40
49	65
72	53
59	40
54	26
22	105
31	84
25	93
23	108
28	90
34	72
44	40
44	58
55	28
30	84
40	74
14	108
23	88
68	10
61	36
37	61
53	25
11	124
20	62
51	45
39	56
36	49
33	53
8	124
45	24
31	7
46	40
16	76
53	40
30	52
58	40
48	40
39	44
21	68
11	88
5	112
44	22
9	88
15	36
19	36
35	40
21	72
8	90
35	25
9	85
29	45
46	40
39	40
28	56
19	65
10	76
27	40
12	77
6	84
44	8
15	72
48	13
50	20
9	50
27	49
13	68
11	35
18	58
20	60
34	24
1	84
7	72
4	77
23	53
33	36
34	36
14	53
26	26
23	25
32	8
1	76
26	26
39	13
18	52
19	52
33	11
47	13
50	14
6	60
7	56
13	45
62	25
11	58
33	20
1	72
39	8
41	20
48	16
19	40
1	20
13	40
8	49
20	32
39	25
18	25
15	45
11	40
19	25
7	40
34	8
27	4
14	22
40	8
3	49
5	20
2	22
12	40
13	45
73	8
40	13
13	40
15	18
4	45
2	45
8	48
17	14
6	49
12	36
7	36
25	24
17	25
8	45
31	20
15	25
12	24
9	25
40	8
1	36
5	26
15	13
2	48
13	10
7	20
10	25
9	36
21	13
2	45
25	8
12	20
17	16
1	26
1	41
17	17
1	25
21	25
12	1
5	28
11	25
21	1
11	20
8	13
6	26
20	20
9	25
2	24
2	25
19	4
3	24
6	22
2	8
6	25
3	8
3	22
14	8
12	9

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
80	105
118	90
74	112
80	27
55	16
60	58
139	53
72	18
154	53
31	62
99	53
65	40
59	76
79	45
87	49
99	40
78	40
72	40
38	105
53	77
21	56
39	80
114	45
102	25
40	89
53	40
49	65
72	53
59	40
54	26
22	105
31	84
25	93
23	108
28	90
34	72
44	40
44	58
55	28
30	84
40	74
14	108
23	88
68	10
61	36
37	61
53	25
11	124
20	62
51	45
39	56
36	49
33	53
8	124
45	24
31	7
46	40
16	76
53	40
30	52
58	40
48	40
39	44
21	68
11	88
5	112
44	22
9	88
15	36
19	36
35	40
21	72
8	90
35	25
9	85
29	45
46	40
39	40
28	56
19	65
10	76
27	40
12	77
6	84
44	8
15	72
48	13
50	20
9	50
27	49
13	68
11	35
18	58
20	60
34	24
1	84
7	72
4	77
23	53
33	36
34	36
14	53
26	26
23	25
32	8
1	76
26	26
39	13
18	52
19	52
33	11
47	13
50	14
6	60
7	56
13	45
62	25
11	58
33	20
1	72
39	8
41	20
48	16
19	40
1	20
13	40
8	49
20	32
39	25
18	25
15	45
11	40
19	25
7	40
34	8
27	4
14	22
40	8
3	49
5	20
2	22
12	40
13	45
73	8
40	13
13	40
15	18
4	45
2	45
8	48
17	14
6	49
12	36
7	36
25	24
17	25
8	45
31	20
15	25
12	24
9	25
40	8
1	36
5	26
15	13
2	48
13	10
7	20
10	25
9	36
21	13
2	45
25	8
12	20
17	16
1	26
1	41
17	17
1	25
21	25
12	1
5	28
11	25
21	1
11	20
8	13
6	26
20	20
9	25
2	24
2	25
19	4
3	24
6	22
2	8
6	25
3	8
3	22
14	8
12	9

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
80	105
118	90
74	112
80	27
55	16
60	58
139	53
72	18
154	53
31	62
99	53
65	40
59	76
79	45
87	49
99	40
78	40
72	40
38	105
53	77
21	56
39	80
114	45
102	25
40	89
53	40
49	65
72	53
59	40
54	26
22	105
31	84
25	93
23	108
28	90
34	72
44	40
44	58
55	28
30	84
40	74
14	108
23	88
68	10
61	36
37	61
53	25
11	124
20	62
51	45
39	56
36	49
33	53
8	124
45	24
31	7
46	40
16	76
53	40
30	52
58	40
48	40
39	44
21	68
11	88
5	112
44	22
9	88
15	36
19	36
35	40
21	72
8	90
35	25
9	85
29	45
46	40
39	40
28	56
19	65
10	76
27	40
12	77
6	84
44	8
15	72
48	13
50	20
9	50
27	49
13	68
11	35
18	58
20	60
34	24
1	84
7	72
4	77
23	53
33	36
34	36
14	53
26	26
23	25
32	8
1	76
26	26
39	13
18	52
19	52
33	11
47	13
50	14
6	60
7	56
13	45
62	25
11	58
33	20
1	72
39	8
41	20
48	16
19	40
1	20
13	40
8	49
20	32
39	25
18	25
15	45
11	40
19	25
7	40
34	8
27	4
14	22
40	8
3	49
5	20
2	22
12	40
13	45
73	8
40	13
13	40
15	18
4	45
2	45
8	48
17	14
6	49
12	36
7	36
25	24
17	25
8	45
31	20
15	25
12	24
9	25
40	8
1	36
5	26
15	13
2	48
13	10
7	20
10	25
9	36
21	13
2	45
25	8
12	20
17	16
1	26
1	41
17	17
1	25
21	25
12	1
5	28
11	25
21	1
11	20
8	13
6	26
20	20
9	25
2	24
2	25
19	4
3	24
6	22
2	8
6	25
3	8
3	22
14	8
12	9