Extreme rain in Australia, 8 to 13 May 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 8 to 13 May 2024
Start: 2024-05-08
End: 2024-05-13
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 8 to 13 May 2024: 219 records at 178 stations, peak on 11 May 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 8 to 13 May 2024 set or tied 219 station records at 178 stations.
It ran from 8 May 2024 to 13 May 2024 (6 days) and its peak day was 11 May 2024.
Status: closed.
Wanganella General Store set a daily record precipitation of 52.8 mm (2.1 in) on 11 May 2024.
The busiest day was 11 May 2024 with 96 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 146 years.

Footprint

8 to 13 May 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 8 to 13 May 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, 8 to 13 May 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Wanganella General Store	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	2024-05-11
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	2024-05-11
Conargo (Puckawidgee)	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	2024-05-11
Nymagee (Balowra)	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	2024-05-11
Narooma Rvcp	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	2024-05-12
Gunbower Gee Tee Stud	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	2024-05-11
Nymagee (Burthong)	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	2024-05-11
Maude (Nap Nap)	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2024-05-11
Lancefield	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	2024-05-10
Hillston Airport	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2024-05-11
Echuca Aerodrome	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	2024-05-11
Snowball	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	2024-05-12
Greenwell Point Bowling Club	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	2024-05-13
Tuppal (Warragoon)	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	2024-05-11
Finley Post Office	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	2024-05-11
Jerilderie Treatment Works	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	2024-05-11
Booligal (Ulonga)	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2024-05-11
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	2024-05-10
Killawarra (Uralba)	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	2024-05-12
Brogo Dam	Record daily precipitation	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	2024-05-13

Records per Day

Peak day 96

Records set or tied each day from 8 May 2024 to 13 May 2024. The most in one day was 96 on 11 May 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 8 to 13 May 2024 ranked by margin
Brogo Dam, 05-13	81.4 mm (3.2 in)
Greenwell Point Bowling Club, 05-13	73.0 mm (2.9 in)
Narooma Rvcp, 05-12	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
Killawarra (Uralba), 05-12	52.6 mm (2.1 in)
Wanganella General Store, 05-11	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
Nymagee (Burthong), 05-11	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
Nymagee (Balowra), 05-11	30.6 mm (1.2 in)
Tuppal (Warragoon), 05-11	28.8 mm (1.1 in)
Conargo (Puckawidgee), 05-11	27.1 mm (1.1 in)
Maude (Nap Nap), 05-11	26.2 mm (1.0 in)
Hillston Airport, 05-11	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
Whitton (Conapaira St), 05-11	23.7 mm (0.9 in)
Snowball, 05-12	19.4 mm (0.8 in)
Gunbower Gee Tee Stud, 05-11	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
Booligal (Ulonga), 05-11	14.7 mm (0.6 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

219 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, 8 to 13 May 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
39	99
24	94
27	68
31	44
53	68
15	97
36	48
26	56
73	39
19	113
24	56
12	99
13	72
29	34
13	97
13	99
15	98
12	113
53	27
81	28
24	113
43	24
22	44
18	113
14	68
6	135
22	35
8	113
24	24
86	21
45	68
48	2
71	2
43	56
34	5
6	99
5	113
10	98
72	2
32	6
64	2
4	113
29	56
7	146
19	52
6	96
6	100
3	103
26	29
27	35
13	61
5	95
42	56
2	113
18	62
2	99
16	56
21	25
10	86
34	56
0	104
8	90
1	96
25	20
35	3
13	46
14	46
3	49
11	56
9	59
16	56
21	59
20	61
14	46
7	59
13	44
21	35
21	2
19	56
24	52
7	56
15	52
7	68
11	44
9	56
2	73
4	68
16	56
33	30
27	2
6	52
10	62
2	68
40	2
34	6
11	56
5	56
8	46
5	56
11	56
1	68
1	45
13	35
10	35
6	52
29	6
3	24
6	44
13	47
16	2
1	60
3	59
10	44
35	5
1	62
5	62
53	2
4	52
1	62
6	44
2	44
0	52
1	56
2	62
2	56
3	61
32	2
9	46
31	2
1	56
32	21
12	38
19	2
6	46
3	48
3	48
4	46
32	3
1	52
12	2
2	48
15	2
8	37
12	27
1	40
0	44
2	48
9	19
38	2
2	46
7	27
11	19
11	2
1	46
3	46
0	48
3	37
18	27
9	30
1	44
10	17
13	32
14	2
5	37
3	27
5	27
20	2
13	2
8	3
18	3
2	27
12	2
15	2
1	30
10	2
10	2
3	6
2	8
5	2
8	2
13	2
1	31
1	25
4	2
8	2
8	2
3	2
6	5
1	8
5	2
6	2
4	2
5	2
5	2
3	5
2	2
5	2
1	8
2	2
3	6

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 8 to 13 May 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, 8 to 13 May 2024 (this event)	219 records

Every Record Set

20 of 219

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 8 to 13 May 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-05-10	Lancefield	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	72	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-10	Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	113	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-11	Wanganella General Store	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	99	79 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-11	Whitton (Conapaira St)	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	94	69 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-11	Conargo (Puckawidgee)	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	68	68 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-11	Nymagee (Balowra)	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	44	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-11	Gunbower Gee Tee Stud	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	97	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-11	Nymagee (Burthong)	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	48	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-11	Maude (Nap Nap)	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	56	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-11	Hillston Airport	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	56	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-11	Echuca Aerodrome	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	99	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-11	Tuppal (Warragoon)	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	34	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-11	Finley Post Office	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	97	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-11	Jerilderie Treatment Works	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	99	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-11	Booligal (Ulonga)	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	98	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-12	Narooma Rvcp	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	68	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-05-12	Snowball	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	113	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-12	Killawarra (Uralba)	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-13	Greenwell Point Bowling Club	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	39	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-05-13	Brogo Dam	Record daily precipitation	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	28	51 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 219 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
2024-05-08	3
2024-05-09	9
2024-05-10	17
2024-05-11	96
2024-05-12	81
2024-05-13	13

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
39	99
24	94
27	68
31	44
53	68
15	97
36	48
26	56
73	39
19	113
24	56
12	99
13	72
29	34
13	97
13	99
15	98
12	113
53	27
81	28
24	113
43	24
22	44
18	113
14	68
6	135
22	35
8	113
24	24
86	21
45	68
48	2
71	2
43	56
34	5
6	99
5	113
10	98
72	2
32	6
64	2
4	113
29	56
7	146
19	52
6	96
6	100
3	103
26	29
27	35
13	61
5	95
42	56
2	113
18	62
2	99
16	56
21	25
10	86
34	56
0	104
8	90
1	96
25	20
35	3
13	46
14	46
3	49
11	56
9	59
16	56
21	59
20	61
14	46
7	59
13	44
21	35
21	2
19	56
24	52
7	56
15	52
7	68
11	44
9	56
2	73
4	68
16	56
33	30
27	2
6	52
10	62
2	68
40	2
34	6
11	56
5	56
8	46
5	56
11	56
1	68
1	45
13	35
10	35
6	52
29	6
3	24
6	44
13	47
16	2
1	60
3	59
10	44
35	5
1	62
5	62
53	2
4	52
1	62
6	44
2	44
0	52
1	56
2	62
2	56
3	61
32	2
9	46
31	2
1	56
32	21
12	38
19	2
6	46
3	48
3	48
4	46
32	3
1	52
12	2
2	48
15	2
8	37
12	27
1	40
0	44
2	48
9	19
38	2
2	46
7	27
11	19
11	2
1	46
3	46
0	48
3	37
18	27
9	30
1	44
10	17
13	32
14	2
5	37
3	27
5	27
20	2
13	2
8	3
18	3
2	27
12	2
15	2
1	30
10	2
10	2
3	6
2	8
5	2
8	2
13	2
1	31
1	25
4	2
8	2
8	2
3	2
6	5
1	8
5	2
6	2
4	2
5	2
5	2
3	5
2	2
5	2
1	8
2	2
3	6

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
39	99
24	94
27	68
31	44
53	68
15	97
36	48
26	56
73	39
19	113
24	56
12	99
13	72
29	34
13	97
13	99
15	98
12	113
53	27
81	28
24	113
43	24
22	44
18	113
14	68
6	135
22	35
8	113
24	24
86	21
45	68
48	2
71	2
43	56
34	5
6	99
5	113
10	98
72	2
32	6
64	2
4	113
29	56
7	146
19	52
6	96
6	100
3	103
26	29
27	35
13	61
5	95
42	56
2	113
18	62
2	99
16	56
21	25
10	86
34	56
0	104
8	90
1	96
25	20
35	3
13	46
14	46
3	49
11	56
9	59
16	56
21	59
20	61
14	46
7	59
13	44
21	35
21	2
19	56
24	52
7	56
15	52
7	68
11	44
9	56
2	73
4	68
16	56
33	30
27	2
6	52
10	62
2	68
40	2
34	6
11	56
5	56
8	46
5	56
11	56
1	68
1	45
13	35
10	35
6	52
29	6
3	24
6	44
13	47
16	2
1	60
3	59
10	44
35	5
1	62
5	62
53	2
4	52
1	62
6	44
2	44
0	52
1	56
2	62
2	56
3	61
32	2
9	46
31	2
1	56
32	21
12	38
19	2
6	46
3	48
3	48
4	46
32	3
1	52
12	2
2	48
15	2
8	37
12	27
1	40
0	44
2	48
9	19
38	2
2	46
7	27
11	19
11	2
1	46
3	46
0	48
3	37
18	27
9	30
1	44
10	17
13	32
14	2
5	37
3	27
5	27
20	2
13	2
8	3
18	3
2	27
12	2
15	2
1	30
10	2
10	2
3	6
2	8
5	2
8	2
13	2
1	31
1	25
4	2
8	2
8	2
3	2
6	5
1	8
5	2
6	2
4	2
5	2
5	2
3	5
2	2
5	2
1	8
2	2
3	6

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
39	99
24	94
27	68
31	44
53	68
15	97
36	48
26	56
73	39
19	113
24	56
12	99
13	72
29	34
13	97
13	99
15	98
12	113
53	27
81	28
24	113
43	24
22	44
18	113
14	68
6	135
22	35
8	113
24	24
86	21
45	68
48	2
71	2
43	56
34	5
6	99
5	113
10	98
72	2
32	6
64	2
4	113
29	56
7	146
19	52
6	96
6	100
3	103
26	29
27	35
13	61
5	95
42	56
2	113
18	62
2	99
16	56
21	25
10	86
34	56
0	104
8	90
1	96
25	20
35	3
13	46
14	46
3	49
11	56
9	59
16	56
21	59
20	61
14	46
7	59
13	44
21	35
21	2
19	56
24	52
7	56
15	52
7	68
11	44
9	56
2	73
4	68
16	56
33	30
27	2
6	52
10	62
2	68
40	2
34	6
11	56
5	56
8	46
5	56
11	56
1	68
1	45
13	35
10	35
6	52
29	6
3	24
6	44
13	47
16	2
1	60
3	59
10	44
35	5
1	62
5	62
53	2
4	52
1	62
6	44
2	44
0	52
1	56
2	62
2	56
3	61
32	2
9	46
31	2
1	56
32	21
12	38
19	2
6	46
3	48
3	48
4	46
32	3
1	52
12	2
2	48
15	2
8	37
12	27
1	40
0	44
2	48
9	19
38	2
2	46
7	27
11	19
11	2
1	46
3	46
0	48
3	37
18	27
9	30
1	44
10	17
13	32
14	2
5	37
3	27
5	27
20	2
13	2
8	3
18	3
2	27
12	2
15	2
1	30
10	2
10	2
3	6
2	8
5	2
8	2
13	2
1	31
1	25
4	2
8	2
8	2
3	2
6	5
1	8
5	2
6	2
4	2
5	2
5	2
3	5
2	2
5	2
1	8
2	2
3	6