Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 18 July 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 18 July 2024
Start: 2024-07-14
End: 2024-07-18
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 18 July 2024: 157 records at 129 stations, peak on 16 July 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 18 July 2024 set or tied 157 station records at 129 stations.
It ran from 14 July 2024 to 18 July 2024 (5 days) and its peak day was 16 July 2024.
Status: closed.
Lunawanna set a daily record precipitation of 64.8 mm (2.6 in) on 15 July 2024.
The busiest day was 16 July 2024 with 99 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 130 years.

Footprint

14 to 18 July 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 18 July 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, 14 to 18 July 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Lunawanna	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	2024-07-15
Alonnah Area School	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	2024-07-15
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	2024-07-15
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	2024-07-16
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	2024-07-15
Korumburra	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	2024-07-16
Middleton Post Office	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	2024-07-15
Scoresby Research Institute	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	2024-07-16
Jindivick	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2024-07-16
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	2024-07-16
Mount Wellington	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	2024-07-15
Toolangi (Mount St Leonard Dpi	Record daily precipitation	107.8 mm (4.2 in)	2024-07-15
Cheltenham Kingston Centre	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	2024-07-16
Walhalla	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	2024-07-16
Moorabbin Airport	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	2024-07-16
Drysdale (Brimdale)	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	2024-07-16
Buln Buln	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	2024-07-16
Mitcham	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	2024-07-16
Mirboo North Water Board	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	2024-07-16
Meredith (Darra)	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	2024-07-16

Records per Day

Peak day 99

Records set or tied each day from 14 July 2024 to 18 July 2024. The most in one day was 99 on 16 July 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 18 July 2024 ranked by margin
Lunawanna, 07-15	32.8 mm (1.3 in)
Alonnah Area School, 07-15	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
Mount Wellington, 07-15	29.9 mm (1.2 in)
Scoresby Research Institute, 07-16	28.1 mm (1.1 in)
Toolangi (Mount St Leonard Dpi, 07-15	26.2 mm (1.0 in)
Buln Buln, 07-16	25.0 mm (1.0 in)
Drysdale (Brimdale), 07-16	22.4 mm (0.9 in)
Jindivick, 07-16	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl, 07-16	21.3 mm (0.8 in)
Mitcham, 07-16	21.2 mm (0.8 in)
Mirboo North Water Board, 07-16	20.6 mm (0.8 in)
Korumburra, 07-16	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
Middleton Post Office, 07-15	19.9 mm (0.8 in)
Cheltenham Kingston Centre, 07-16	16.7 mm (0.7 in)
Lymington (Fattys Lane), 07-15	16.6 mm (0.7 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

157 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, 14 to 18 July 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
33	90
30	56
16	110
21	66
17	103
20	103
28	66
20	90
10	103
22	66
11	129
30	56
26	27
17	66
15	130
16	66
22	40
25	21
21	34
21	66
11	72
23	34
13	64
35	5
36	34
8	123
13	64
14	96
15	64
13	64
6	120
36	29
31	31
31	21
25	60
44	18
27	21
20	40
19	29
7	71
35	18
22	21
7	101
33	16
5	103
3	120
10	60
15	66
19	47
4	110
23	21
2	103
16	47
16	47
4	96
8	66
10	66
9	66
2	103
24	5
19	21
8	64
15	27
24	18
26	33
6	66
0	102
0	129
0	111
10	60
9	20
12	29
12	47
5	66
5	58
6	58
12	47
21	12
7	63
3	82
5	58
3	34
5	61
12	40
13	12
2	73
9	47
7	56
13	21
4	59
8	34
3	36
14	23
9	36
7	43
2	63
12	51
11	21
5	34
2	66
6	39
3	59
4	58
12	30
1	66
5	40
0	66
12	9
9	27
22	15
13	18
2	27
5	39
4	29
7	29
4	47
4	40
4	47
8	20
0	47
4	39
6	20
4	29
6	39
3	40
1	51
6	27
1	20
1	34
3	34
6	21
4	12
1	47
9	8
5	30
4	27
5	21
8	18
4	21
1	20
8	9
1	18
1	18
2	29
0	10
0	28
0	18
2	18
2	18
2	5
7	5
2	3
4	3
2	12
1	12
5	9
0	5

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 18 July 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, 14 to 18 July 2024 (this event)	157 records

Every Record Set

20 of 157

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 14 to 18 July 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-07-15	Lunawanna	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	90	77 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-15	Alonnah Area School	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56	73 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-15	Trafalgar Toseland Road	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	110	72 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-15	Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	103	68 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-15	Middleton Post Office	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	90	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-15	Mount Wellington	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	56	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-15	Toolangi (Mount St Leonard Dpi	Record daily precipitation	107.8 mm (4.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-16	Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	66	69 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-16	Korumburra	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	103	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-16	Scoresby Research Institute	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	66	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-16	Jindivick	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	66	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-16	Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	129	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-07-16	Cheltenham Kingston Centre	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	66	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-16	Walhalla	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	130	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-16	Moorabbin Airport	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	66	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-16	Drysdale (Brimdale)	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	40	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-16	Buln Buln	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-16	Mitcham	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	34	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-16	Mirboo North Water Board	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	66	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-07-16	Meredith (Darra)	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	103	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 157 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.

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
33	90
30	56
16	110
21	66
17	103
20	103
28	66
20	90
10	103
22	66
11	129
30	56
26	27
17	66
15	130
16	66
22	40
25	21
21	34
21	66
11	72
23	34
13	64
35	5
36	34
8	123
13	64
14	96
15	64
13	64
6	120
36	29
31	31
31	21
25	60
44	18
27	21
20	40
19	29
7	71
35	18
22	21
7	101
33	16
5	103
3	120
10	60
15	66
19	47
4	110
23	21
2	103
16	47
16	47
4	96
8	66
10	66
9	66
2	103
24	5
19	21
8	64
15	27
24	18
26	33
6	66
0	102
0	129
0	111
10	60
9	20
12	29
12	47
5	66
5	58
6	58
12	47
21	12
7	63
3	82
5	58
3	34
5	61
12	40
13	12
2	73
9	47
7	56
13	21
4	59
8	34
3	36
14	23
9	36
7	43
2	63
12	51
11	21
5	34
2	66
6	39
3	59
4	58
12	30
1	66
5	40
0	66
12	9
9	27
22	15
13	18
2	27
5	39
4	29
7	29
4	47
4	40
4	47
8	20
0	47
4	39
6	20
4	29
6	39
3	40
1	51
6	27
1	20
1	34
3	34
6	21
4	12
1	47
9	8
5	30
4	27
5	21
8	18
4	21
1	20
8	9
1	18
1	18
2	29
0	10
0	28
0	18
2	18
2	18
2	5
7	5
2	3
4	3
2	12
1	12
5	9
0	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
33	90
30	56
16	110
21	66
17	103
20	103
28	66
20	90
10	103
22	66
11	129
30	56
26	27
17	66
15	130
16	66
22	40
25	21
21	34
21	66
11	72
23	34
13	64
35	5
36	34
8	123
13	64
14	96
15	64
13	64
6	120
36	29
31	31
31	21
25	60
44	18
27	21
20	40
19	29
7	71
35	18
22	21
7	101
33	16
5	103
3	120
10	60
15	66
19	47
4	110
23	21
2	103
16	47
16	47
4	96
8	66
10	66
9	66
2	103
24	5
19	21
8	64
15	27
24	18
26	33
6	66
0	102
0	129
0	111
10	60
9	20
12	29
12	47
5	66
5	58
6	58
12	47
21	12
7	63
3	82
5	58
3	34
5	61
12	40
13	12
2	73
9	47
7	56
13	21
4	59
8	34
3	36
14	23
9	36
7	43
2	63
12	51
11	21
5	34
2	66
6	39
3	59
4	58
12	30
1	66
5	40
0	66
12	9
9	27
22	15
13	18
2	27
5	39
4	29
7	29
4	47
4	40
4	47
8	20
0	47
4	39
6	20
4	29
6	39
3	40
1	51
6	27
1	20
1	34
3	34
6	21
4	12
1	47
9	8
5	30
4	27
5	21
8	18
4	21
1	20
8	9
1	18
1	18
2	29
0	10
0	28
0	18
2	18
2	18
2	5
7	5
2	3
4	3
2	12
1	12
5	9
0	5

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
33	90
30	56
16	110
21	66
17	103
20	103
28	66
20	90
10	103
22	66
11	129
30	56
26	27
17	66
15	130
16	66
22	40
25	21
21	34
21	66
11	72
23	34
13	64
35	5
36	34
8	123
13	64
14	96
15	64
13	64
6	120
36	29
31	31
31	21
25	60
44	18
27	21
20	40
19	29
7	71
35	18
22	21
7	101
33	16
5	103
3	120
10	60
15	66
19	47
4	110
23	21
2	103
16	47
16	47
4	96
8	66
10	66
9	66
2	103
24	5
19	21
8	64
15	27
24	18
26	33
6	66
0	102
0	129
0	111
10	60
9	20
12	29
12	47
5	66
5	58
6	58
12	47
21	12
7	63
3	82
5	58
3	34
5	61
12	40
13	12
2	73
9	47
7	56
13	21
4	59
8	34
3	36
14	23
9	36
7	43
2	63
12	51
11	21
5	34
2	66
6	39
3	59
4	58
12	30
1	66
5	40
0	66
12	9
9	27
22	15
13	18
2	27
5	39
4	29
7	29
4	47
4	40
4	47
8	20
0	47
4	39
6	20
4	29
6	39
3	40
1	51
6	27
1	20
1	34
3	34
6	21
4	12
1	47
9	8
5	30
4	27
5	21
8	18
4	21
1	20
8	9
1	18
1	18
2	29
0	10
0	28
0	18
2	18
2	18
2	5
7	5
2	3
4	3
2	12
1	12
5	9
0	5