Extreme rain in Australia, 24 September to 3 October 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 24 September to 3 October 2024
Start: 2024-09-24
End: 2024-10-03
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 24 September to 3 October 2024: 384 records at 314 stations, peak on 27 September 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 24 September to 3 October 2024 set or tied 384 station records at 314 stations.
It ran from 24 September 2024 to 3 October 2024 (10 days) and its peak day was 27 September 2024.
Status: closed.
Coffs Harbour Mo set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 27 September 2024.
The busiest day was 27 September 2024 with 177 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 144 years.

Footprint

24 September to 3 October 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 24 September to 3 October 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, 24 September to 3 October 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Coffs Harbour Mo	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	2024-09-27
Meldrum (Coolawarrah)	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	2024-09-29
Upper Forest Springs	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	2024-09-27
Doon Doon (McCabes Road)	Record daily precipitation	166.0 mm (6.5 in)	2024-09-28
Dungog Post Office	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	2024-09-27
Chichester Dam	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	2024-09-27
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	2024-09-28
Kunghur (the Junction)	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	2024-09-29
Lower Bucca	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	2024-09-28
Green Pigeon (Morning View)	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	2024-09-29
Lostock Dam	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	2024-09-27
Meerschaum Vale (Jenbetdaph)	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	2024-09-29
Batlow Post Office	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	2024-09-26
Tumbarumba (Landsdowne)	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	2024-09-26
Bobin (Bobin Creek)	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	2024-09-27
Upper Chichester (Simmonds)	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2024-09-27
Leigh (Rolling Acres)	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	2024-09-29
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	2024-09-27
Ebor (the Racecourse)	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	2024-09-28

Records per Day

Peak day 177

Records set or tied each day from 24 September 2024 to 3 October 2024. The most in one day was 177 on 27 September 2024.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Australia, 24 September to 3 October 2024
Date	Records
2024-09-24	3
2024-09-25	10
2024-09-26	101
2024-09-27	177
2024-09-28	37
2024-09-29	43
2024-09-30	7
2024-10-01	4
2024-10-02	1
2024-10-03	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 24 September to 3 October 2024 ranked by margin
Doon Doon (McCabes Road), 09-28	143.1 mm (5.6 in)
Leigh (Rolling Acres), 09-29	113.0 mm (4.4 in)
Kunghur (the Junction), 09-29	88.9 mm (3.5 in)
Meldrum (Coolawarrah), 09-29	80.8 mm (3.2 in)
Meldrum (Coolawarrah), 09-28	77.7 mm (3.1 in)
Meerschaum Vale (Jenbetdaph), 09-29	73.6 mm (2.9 in)
Green Pigeon (Morning View), 09-29	60.6 mm (2.4 in)
Coffs Harbour Mo, 09-27	57.7 mm (2.3 in)
Upper Chichester (Simmonds), 09-27	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
Bobin (Bobin Creek), 09-27	44.6 mm (1.8 in)
Chichester Dam, 09-27	41.8 mm (1.6 in)
Lostock Dam, 09-27	39.7 mm (1.6 in)
Tumbarumba (Landsdowne), 09-26	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
Lower Bucca, 09-28	35.2 mm (1.4 in)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), 09-28	32.4 mm (1.3 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

384 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, 24 September to 3 October 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
58	61
81	60
26	89
143	54
78	54
27	125
32	91
89	52
42	66
61	46
35	111
74	46
40	43
113	38
45	49
57	43
20	108
38	39
18	121
28	54
29	43
23	54
40	27
23	111
104	25
147	14
16	124
94	18
24	48
83	14
91	18
27	49
7	123
7	139
12	128
11	103
19	60
17	60
18	65
29	46
27	27
68	1
48	10
8	115
7	98
4	120
17	60
4	128
28	6
31	46
103	1
65	3
18	53
5	98
20	11
7	124
8	91
27	61
6	115
3	108
3	144
21	43
1	78
20	66
9	85
34	24
8	74
6	89
20	38
16	54
6	89
28	49
7	93
1	124
11	62
19	34
3	93
22	53
11	65
16	61
6	89
8	85
1	108
1	102
5	85
4	95
15	52
1	128
2	97
7	91
6	73
24	4
9	64
3	89
39	3
20	43
10	66
44	18
24	38
27	43
20	43
6	74
17	46
13	43
38	1
22	46
15	16
46	19
18	61
10	66
16	50
9	65
8	66
10	60
11	48
19	14
18	43
35	25
7	66
28	39
24	25
11	32
36	1
22	25
7	61
9	61
11	48
5	66
16	61
4	74
24	25
10	43
15	58
18	14
9	60
22	25
45	5
34	3
30	24
11	42
24	18
28	10
13	43
22	25
1	70
6	61
12	24
3	64
16	24
1	73
11	19
14	19
7	32
6	54
3	60
23	19
19	9
8	54
3	69
28	21
16	6
11	43
4	61
8	61
12	52
21	24
22	24
15	34
2	64
8	48
7	54
1	70
18	14
0	73
14	23
3	66
5	61
20	6
20	27
1	69
9	46
8	46
19	25
5	54
4	54
4	61
5	66
3	64
17	24
25	24
4	42
14	24
7	48
3	48
1	54
16	23
4	60
10	43
10	38
15	15

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 24 September to 3 October 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, 24 September to 3 October 2024 (this event)	384 records

Every Record Set

20 of 384

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 24 September to 3 October 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-09-26	Batlow Post Office	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	108	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-26	Tumbarumba (Landsdowne)	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	39	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-27	Coffs Harbour Mo	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	61	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-27	Upper Forest Springs	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	89	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-27	Dungog Post Office	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	125	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-27	Chichester Dam	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	66	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-27	Lostock Dam	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	43	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-27	Bobin (Bobin Creek)	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	49	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-27	Upper Chichester (Simmonds)	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	43	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-27	Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	121	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-28	Doon Doon (McCabes Road)	Record daily precipitation	166.0 mm (6.5 in)	143.1 mm (5.6 in)	54	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-28	Meldrum (Coolawarrah)	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	54	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-28	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	91	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-28	Lower Bucca	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	111	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-28	Ebor (the Racecourse)	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	54	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-29	Meldrum (Coolawarrah)	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	60	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-29	Kunghur (the Junction)	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-09-29	Green Pigeon (Morning View)	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	46	59 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-29	Meerschaum Vale (Jenbetdaph)	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	46	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-09-29	Leigh (Rolling Acres)	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	38	56 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 384 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
58	61
81	60
26	89
143	54
78	54
27	125
32	91
89	52
42	66
61	46
35	111
74	46
40	43
113	38
45	49
57	43
20	108
38	39
18	121
28	54
29	43
23	54
40	27
23	111
104	25
147	14
16	124
94	18
24	48
83	14
91	18
27	49
7	123
7	139
12	128
11	103
19	60
17	60
18	65
29	46
27	27
68	1
48	10
8	115
7	98
4	120
17	60
4	128
28	6
31	46
103	1
65	3
18	53
5	98
20	11
7	124
8	91
27	61
6	115
3	108
3	144
21	43
1	78
20	66
9	85
34	24
8	74
6	89
20	38
16	54
6	89
28	49
7	93
1	124
11	62
19	34
3	93
22	53
11	65
16	61
6	89
8	85
1	108
1	102
5	85
4	95
15	52
1	128
2	97
7	91
6	73
24	4
9	64
3	89
39	3
20	43
10	66
44	18
24	38
27	43
20	43
6	74
17	46
13	43
38	1
22	46
15	16
46	19
18	61
10	66
16	50
9	65
8	66
10	60
11	48
19	14
18	43
35	25
7	66
28	39
24	25
11	32
36	1
22	25
7	61
9	61
11	48
5	66
16	61
4	74
24	25
10	43
15	58
18	14
9	60
22	25
45	5
34	3
30	24
11	42
24	18
28	10
13	43
22	25
1	70
6	61
12	24
3	64
16	24
1	73
11	19
14	19
7	32
6	54
3	60
23	19
19	9
8	54
3	69
28	21
16	6
11	43
4	61
8	61
12	52
21	24
22	24
15	34
2	64
8	48
7	54
1	70
18	14
0	73
14	23
3	66
5	61
20	6
20	27
1	69
9	46
8	46
19	25
5	54
4	54
4	61
5	66
3	64
17	24
25	24
4	42
14	24
7	48
3	48
1	54
16	23
4	60
10	43
10	38
15	15

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
58	61
81	60
26	89
143	54
78	54
27	125
32	91
89	52
42	66
61	46
35	111
74	46
40	43
113	38
45	49
57	43
20	108
38	39
18	121
28	54
29	43
23	54
40	27
23	111
104	25
147	14
16	124
94	18
24	48
83	14
91	18
27	49
7	123
7	139
12	128
11	103
19	60
17	60
18	65
29	46
27	27
68	1
48	10
8	115
7	98
4	120
17	60
4	128
28	6
31	46
103	1
65	3
18	53
5	98
20	11
7	124
8	91
27	61
6	115
3	108
3	144
21	43
1	78
20	66
9	85
34	24
8	74
6	89
20	38
16	54
6	89
28	49
7	93
1	124
11	62
19	34
3	93
22	53
11	65
16	61
6	89
8	85
1	108
1	102
5	85
4	95
15	52
1	128
2	97
7	91
6	73
24	4
9	64
3	89
39	3
20	43
10	66
44	18
24	38
27	43
20	43
6	74
17	46
13	43
38	1
22	46
15	16
46	19
18	61
10	66
16	50
9	65
8	66
10	60
11	48
19	14
18	43
35	25
7	66
28	39
24	25
11	32
36	1
22	25
7	61
9	61
11	48
5	66
16	61
4	74
24	25
10	43
15	58
18	14
9	60
22	25
45	5
34	3
30	24
11	42
24	18
28	10
13	43
22	25
1	70
6	61
12	24
3	64
16	24
1	73
11	19
14	19
7	32
6	54
3	60
23	19
19	9
8	54
3	69
28	21
16	6
11	43
4	61
8	61
12	52
21	24
22	24
15	34
2	64
8	48
7	54
1	70
18	14
0	73
14	23
3	66
5	61
20	6
20	27
1	69
9	46
8	46
19	25
5	54
4	54
4	61
5	66
3	64
17	24
25	24
4	42
14	24
7	48
3	48
1	54
16	23
4	60
10	43
10	38
15	15

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
58	61
81	60
26	89
143	54
78	54
27	125
32	91
89	52
42	66
61	46
35	111
74	46
40	43
113	38
45	49
57	43
20	108
38	39
18	121
28	54
29	43
23	54
40	27
23	111
104	25
147	14
16	124
94	18
24	48
83	14
91	18
27	49
7	123
7	139
12	128
11	103
19	60
17	60
18	65
29	46
27	27
68	1
48	10
8	115
7	98
4	120
17	60
4	128
28	6
31	46
103	1
65	3
18	53
5	98
20	11
7	124
8	91
27	61
6	115
3	108
3	144
21	43
1	78
20	66
9	85
34	24
8	74
6	89
20	38
16	54
6	89
28	49
7	93
1	124
11	62
19	34
3	93
22	53
11	65
16	61
6	89
8	85
1	108
1	102
5	85
4	95
15	52
1	128
2	97
7	91
6	73
24	4
9	64
3	89
39	3
20	43
10	66
44	18
24	38
27	43
20	43
6	74
17	46
13	43
38	1
22	46
15	16
46	19
18	61
10	66
16	50
9	65
8	66
10	60
11	48
19	14
18	43
35	25
7	66
28	39
24	25
11	32
36	1
22	25
7	61
9	61
11	48
5	66
16	61
4	74
24	25
10	43
15	58
18	14
9	60
22	25
45	5
34	3
30	24
11	42
24	18
28	10
13	43
22	25
1	70
6	61
12	24
3	64
16	24
1	73
11	19
14	19
7	32
6	54
3	60
23	19
19	9
8	54
3	69
28	21
16	6
11	43
4	61
8	61
12	52
21	24
22	24
15	34
2	64
8	48
7	54
1	70
18	14
0	73
14	23
3	66
5	61
20	6
20	27
1	69
9	46
8	46
19	25
5	54
4	54
4	61
5	66
3	64
17	24
25	24
4	42
14	24
7	48
3	48
1	54
16	23
4	60
10	43
10	38
15	15