Extreme rain in Australia, 30 March to 4 April 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 30 March to 4 April 2024
Start: 2024-03-30
End: 2024-04-04
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 30 March to 4 April 2024: 236 records at 229 stations, peak on 2 April 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 30 March to 4 April 2024 set or tied 236 station records at 229 stations.
It ran from 30 March 2024 to 4 April 2024 (6 days) and its peak day was 2 April 2024.
Status: closed.
Malmsbury Reservoir set a daily record precipitation of 81.6 mm (3.2 in) on 2 April 2024.
The busiest day was 2 April 2024 with 217 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 149 years.

Footprint

30 March to 4 April 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 30 March to 4 April 2024 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, 30 March to 4 April 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Malmsbury Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	2024-04-02
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	2024-04-02
Great Western (Seppelt)	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	2024-04-02
Seymour Shire Depot	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	2024-04-02
Dunolly	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	2024-04-02
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	2024-04-02
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	2024-04-02
Deal Island	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2024-04-02
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	2024-04-02
Yan Yean	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	2024-04-02
Trentham (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	2024-04-02
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	2024-04-02
Yea	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	2024-04-02
Glenorchy	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	2024-04-02
Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	2024-04-02
Buln Buln	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2024-04-02
Mornington	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	2024-04-02
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	2024-04-02
Macedon Forestry	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	2024-04-02

Records per Day

Peak day 217

Records set or tied each day from 30 March 2024 to 4 April 2024. The most in one day was 217 on 2 April 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 30 March to 4 April 2024 ranked by margin
Malmsbury Reservoir, 04-02	49.1 mm (1.9 in)
Buln Buln, 04-02	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
Macedon Forestry, 04-02	48.6 mm (1.9 in)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek), 04-02	48.1 mm (1.9 in)
Tarwin Lower (Riverside), 04-02	44.6 mm (1.8 in)
Ventnor (Oaklands), 04-02	43.4 mm (1.7 in)
Great Western (Seppelt), 04-02	32.6 mm (1.3 in)
Seymour Shire Depot, 04-02	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
Mount Best (Upper Toora), 04-02	28.1 mm (1.1 in)
Sunbury (Salesian College ), 04-02	26.8 mm (1.1 in)
Glenorchy, 04-02	24.8 mm (1.0 in)
Trentham (Post Office), 04-02	24.0 mm (0.9 in)
Dunolly, 04-02	23.7 mm (0.9 in)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water, 04-02	22.6 mm (0.9 in)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, 04-02	21.6 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

236 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, 30 March to 4 April 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
49	149
48	136
33	92
28	92
24	136
23	124
27	136
20	94
22	94
20	100
24	136
19	124
28	82
18	136
25	65
45	39
49	39
9	134
43	39
49	39
36	35
39	39
29	39
39	39
47	39
51	39
16	92
61	39
15	100
17	149
20	53
17	100
20	39
34	39
34	39
39	42
14	92
52	30
12	92
37	39
27	39
30	39
33	31
12	84
29	4
25	39
31	39
37	4
38	4
34	4
34	4
28	4
14	94
32	39
41	16
10	92
9	100
27	39
37	4
19	65
18	35
22	33
20	65
8	92
42	4
30	29
21	39
9	92
20	65
5	134
6	106
48	4
24	39
26	39
29	33
42	4
29	4
36	4
20	22
14	43
19	39
37	4
35	4
29	4
5	95
4	100
4	94
4	96
20	4
19	39
5	92
6	95
5	92
31	4
24	4
27	39
16	39
12	65
5	92
3	92
1	108
4	92
27	4
24	4
4	93
0	134
1	99
3	92
8	68
26	4
4	80
2	92
27	4
5	74
22	4
20	4
23	4
12	39
3	80
9	39
26	4
0	89
20	39
26	4
20	4
14	36
10	50
26	4
12	39
16	39
4	71
15	39
18	14
9	34
12	46
10	39
15	4
21	4
15	49
6	17
24	4
22	4
12	22
17	4
7	39
15	35
9	46
23	4
20	4
18	4
16	4
17	4
17	4
4	61
19	4
9	6
19	4
3	35
14	35
9	35
4	59
12	21
5	35
10	39
11	4
4	59
3	45
10	6
1	34
9	39
9	21
10	10
3	50
11	4
17	4
12	4
14	4
8	35
7	46
13	4
6	39
15	11
2	52
6	29
13	4
10	1
9	4
10	4
13	4
5	11
5	35
7	21
5	35
1	50
8	4
2	19
8	4
2	39
3	39
1	35

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 30 March to 4 April 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, 30 March to 4 April 2024 (this event)	236 records

Every Record Set

20 of 236

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 30 March to 4 April 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-04-02	Malmsbury Reservoir	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	149	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-04-02	Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	136	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-04-02	Great Western (Seppelt)	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	92	77 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Seymour Shire Depot	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	92	71 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Dunolly	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	136	69 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	124	69 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Sunbury (Salesian College )	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	136	68 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Deal Island	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	94	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	94	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Yan Yean	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	100	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Trentham (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	136	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	82	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Yea	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	136	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Glenorchy	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	65	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	39	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Buln Buln	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Mornington	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	134	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Ventnor (Oaklands)	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	39	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-02	Macedon Forestry	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	39	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-04-03	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	124	63 of 100 (Major)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 236 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
2024-03-30	1
2024-03-31	2
2024-04-01	6
2024-04-02	217
2024-04-03	9
2024-04-04	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
49	149
48	136
33	92
28	92
24	136
23	124
27	136
20	94
22	94
20	100
24	136
19	124
28	82
18	136
25	65
45	39
49	39
9	134
43	39
49	39
36	35
39	39
29	39
39	39
47	39
51	39
16	92
61	39
15	100
17	149
20	53
17	100
20	39
34	39
34	39
39	42
14	92
52	30
12	92
37	39
27	39
30	39
33	31
12	84
29	4
25	39
31	39
37	4
38	4
34	4
34	4
28	4
14	94
32	39
41	16
10	92
9	100
27	39
37	4
19	65
18	35
22	33
20	65
8	92
42	4
30	29
21	39
9	92
20	65
5	134
6	106
48	4
24	39
26	39
29	33
42	4
29	4
36	4
20	22
14	43
19	39
37	4
35	4
29	4
5	95
4	100
4	94
4	96
20	4
19	39
5	92
6	95
5	92
31	4
24	4
27	39
16	39
12	65
5	92
3	92
1	108
4	92
27	4
24	4
4	93
0	134
1	99
3	92
8	68
26	4
4	80
2	92
27	4
5	74
22	4
20	4
23	4
12	39
3	80
9	39
26	4
0	89
20	39
26	4
20	4
14	36
10	50
26	4
12	39
16	39
4	71
15	39
18	14
9	34
12	46
10	39
15	4
21	4
15	49
6	17
24	4
22	4
12	22
17	4
7	39
15	35
9	46
23	4
20	4
18	4
16	4
17	4
17	4
4	61
19	4
9	6
19	4
3	35
14	35
9	35
4	59
12	21
5	35
10	39
11	4
4	59
3	45
10	6
1	34
9	39
9	21
10	10
3	50
11	4
17	4
12	4
14	4
8	35
7	46
13	4
6	39
15	11
2	52
6	29
13	4
10	1
9	4
10	4
13	4
5	11
5	35
7	21
5	35
1	50
8	4
2	19
8	4
2	39
3	39
1	35

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
49	149
48	136
33	92
28	92
24	136
23	124
27	136
20	94
22	94
20	100
24	136
19	124
28	82
18	136
25	65
45	39
49	39
9	134
43	39
49	39
36	35
39	39
29	39
39	39
47	39
51	39
16	92
61	39
15	100
17	149
20	53
17	100
20	39
34	39
34	39
39	42
14	92
52	30
12	92
37	39
27	39
30	39
33	31
12	84
29	4
25	39
31	39
37	4
38	4
34	4
34	4
28	4
14	94
32	39
41	16
10	92
9	100
27	39
37	4
19	65
18	35
22	33
20	65
8	92
42	4
30	29
21	39
9	92
20	65
5	134
6	106
48	4
24	39
26	39
29	33
42	4
29	4
36	4
20	22
14	43
19	39
37	4
35	4
29	4
5	95
4	100
4	94
4	96
20	4
19	39
5	92
6	95
5	92
31	4
24	4
27	39
16	39
12	65
5	92
3	92
1	108
4	92
27	4
24	4
4	93
0	134
1	99
3	92
8	68
26	4
4	80
2	92
27	4
5	74
22	4
20	4
23	4
12	39
3	80
9	39
26	4
0	89
20	39
26	4
20	4
14	36
10	50
26	4
12	39
16	39
4	71
15	39
18	14
9	34
12	46
10	39
15	4
21	4
15	49
6	17
24	4
22	4
12	22
17	4
7	39
15	35
9	46
23	4
20	4
18	4
16	4
17	4
17	4
4	61
19	4
9	6
19	4
3	35
14	35
9	35
4	59
12	21
5	35
10	39
11	4
4	59
3	45
10	6
1	34
9	39
9	21
10	10
3	50
11	4
17	4
12	4
14	4
8	35
7	46
13	4
6	39
15	11
2	52
6	29
13	4
10	1
9	4
10	4
13	4
5	11
5	35
7	21
5	35
1	50
8	4
2	19
8	4
2	39
3	39
1	35

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
49	149
48	136
33	92
28	92
24	136
23	124
27	136
20	94
22	94
20	100
24	136
19	124
28	82
18	136
25	65
45	39
49	39
9	134
43	39
49	39
36	35
39	39
29	39
39	39
47	39
51	39
16	92
61	39
15	100
17	149
20	53
17	100
20	39
34	39
34	39
39	42
14	92
52	30
12	92
37	39
27	39
30	39
33	31
12	84
29	4
25	39
31	39
37	4
38	4
34	4
34	4
28	4
14	94
32	39
41	16
10	92
9	100
27	39
37	4
19	65
18	35
22	33
20	65
8	92
42	4
30	29
21	39
9	92
20	65
5	134
6	106
48	4
24	39
26	39
29	33
42	4
29	4
36	4
20	22
14	43
19	39
37	4
35	4
29	4
5	95
4	100
4	94
4	96
20	4
19	39
5	92
6	95
5	92
31	4
24	4
27	39
16	39
12	65
5	92
3	92
1	108
4	92
27	4
24	4
4	93
0	134
1	99
3	92
8	68
26	4
4	80
2	92
27	4
5	74
22	4
20	4
23	4
12	39
3	80
9	39
26	4
0	89
20	39
26	4
20	4
14	36
10	50
26	4
12	39
16	39
4	71
15	39
18	14
9	34
12	46
10	39
15	4
21	4
15	49
6	17
24	4
22	4
12	22
17	4
7	39
15	35
9	46
23	4
20	4
18	4
16	4
17	4
17	4
4	61
19	4
9	6
19	4
3	35
14	35
9	35
4	59
12	21
5	35
10	39
11	4
4	59
3	45
10	6
1	34
9	39
9	21
10	10
3	50
11	4
17	4
12	4
14	4
8	35
7	46
13	4
6	39
15	11
2	52
6	29
13	4
10	1
9	4
10	4
13	4
5	11
5	35
7	21
5	35
1	50
8	4
2	19
8	4
2	39
3	39
1	35