Extreme rain in Australia, 9 to 23 November 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 9 to 23 November 2024
Start: 2024-11-09
End: 2024-11-23
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 9 to 23 November 2024: 424 records at 335 stations, peak on 12 November 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 9 to 23 November 2024 set or tied 424 station records at 335 stations.
It ran from 9 November 2024 to 23 November 2024 (15 days) and its peak day was 12 November 2024.
Status: closed.
Perola Park set a daily record precipitation of 63.6 mm (2.5 in) on 21 November 2024.
The busiest day was 12 November 2024 with 94 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 131 years.

Footprint

9 to 23 November 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 9 to 23 November 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, 9 to 23 November 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Perola Park	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	2024-11-21
Woolners Arm	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	2024-11-12
Mount Barney	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	2024-11-11
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	2024-11-18
Elanora Water Treatment Plant	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	2024-11-22
Guyra Post Office	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	2024-11-18
Mungar Junction	Record daily precipitation	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	2024-11-14
Macknade Sugar Mill	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	2024-11-22
Homeleigh	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	2024-11-12
Murwillumbah (Bray Park)	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	2024-11-12
Brooweena Lahey St	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	2024-11-14
Normandy	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2024-11-20
Mungallala	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	2024-11-20
Charleville Aero	Record daily precipitation	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	2024-11-21
Toombul Bowls Club	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	2024-11-21
Franklyn Vale	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2024-11-15
Wallumbilla Post Office	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	2024-11-20
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	2024-11-22
Coolangatta	Record daily precipitation	154.8 mm (6.1 in)	2024-11-22

Records per Day

Peak day 94

Records set or tied each day from 9 November 2024 to 23 November 2024. The most in one day was 94 on 12 November 2024.

Records per day during Extreme rain in Australia, 9 to 23 November 2024
Date	Records
2024-11-09	1
2024-11-10	4
2024-11-11	28
2024-11-12	94
2024-11-13	8
2024-11-14	26
2024-11-15	11
2024-11-16	23
2024-11-17	22
2024-11-18	73
2024-11-19	37
2024-11-20	38
2024-11-21	23
2024-11-22	30
2024-11-23	6

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 9 to 23 November 2024 ranked by margin
Coolangatta, 11-22	118.8 mm (4.7 in)
Brooweena Lahey St, 11-14	73.0 mm (2.9 in)
Elanora Water Treatment Plant, 11-22	68.4 mm (2.7 in)
Murwillumbah (Bray Park), 11-12	56.6 mm (2.2 in)
Mount Barney, 11-11	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
Charleville Aero, 11-21	50.4 mm (2.0 in)
Homeleigh, 11-12	49.2 mm (1.9 in)
Mungar Junction, 11-14	49.1 mm (1.9 in)
Woolners Arm, 11-12	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
Macknade Sugar Mill, 11-22	38.8 mm (1.5 in)
Perola Park, 11-21	36.4 mm (1.4 in)
Woolners Arm, 11-19	34.4 mm (1.4 in)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang), 11-18	28.1 mm (1.1 in)
Mungallala, 11-20	24.7 mm (1.0 in)
Toombul Bowls Club, 11-21	24.0 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

424 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, 9 to 23 November 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
36	107
42	65
56	55
68	41
28	86
22	95
34	65
49	52
39	124
73	26
49	45
24	91
50	24
25	91
57	37
24	106
19	112
17	106
17	112
119	29
85	30
8	86
49	11
13	107
35	60
38	36
74	29
43	47
37	47
40	35
16	91
12	112
9	119
36	48
41	41
48	22
35	50
33	16
23	65
14	86
49	29
11	110
9	104
23	21
6	131
51	17
38	55
35	52
9	97
46	23
20	70
27	55
14	81
19	31
31	9
31	50
38	24
24	47
39	43
29	38
15	84
44	28
9	90
8	93
54	35
46	29
10	84
31	23
12	86
32	44
4	114
20	55
7	91
18	55
32	63
5	94
31	54
27	40
36	41
38	11
13	69
15	61
35	23
47	10
27	45
33	11
7	93
39	28
3	91
23	49
22	58
17	64
43	51
3	95
3	91
20	62
37	41
31	26
15	23
28	35
4	84
6	81
38	37
18	43
9	65
27	53
3	81
25	25
15	65
25	23
23	45
17	43
37	23
8	65
8	63
22	28
17	46
3	79
4	79
21	26
30	7
33	24
16	55
21	37
33	29
28	7
14	42
36	35
32	22
10	61
36	16
36	27
14	50
21	3
21	0
21	29
16	52
0	74
4	65
5	70
15	19
33	14
0	81
9	35
31	29
16	47
5	63
10	65
32	26
14	50
14	41
3	65
21	11
16	25
24	16
17	35
2	63
27	11
8	49
21	24
21	39
10	43
5	52
15	51
27	31
5	65
13	50
8	40
25	11
17	41
42	26
14	43
19	22
13	52
24	26
10	50
8	56
1	61
1	63
27	24
22	11
16	24
10	37
14	41
6	50
22	14
11	50
3	63
53	14
18	23
16	33
13	37
4	63
9	50
10	47
16	24
2	62
21	23
24	3
5	50

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 9 to 23 November 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, 9 to 23 November 2024 (this event)	424 records

Every Record Set

20 of 424

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 9 to 23 November 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-11-11	Mount Barney	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-12	Woolners Arm	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	65	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-12	Homeleigh	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	45	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-12	Murwillumbah (Bray Park)	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-14	Mungar Junction	Record daily precipitation	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	52	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-14	Brooweena Lahey St	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	26	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-15	Franklyn Vale	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	106	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-18	Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	86	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-18	Guyra Post Office	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	95	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-19	Woolners Arm	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	65	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-20	Normandy	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	91	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-20	Mungallala	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	91	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-20	Wallumbilla Post Office	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	112	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-21	Perola Park	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	107	71 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-21	Charleville Aero	Record daily precipitation	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	24	55 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-21	Toombul Bowls Club	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	106	54 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-22	Elanora Water Treatment Plant	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	41	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-22	Macknade Sugar Mill	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	124	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-22	Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	112	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-11-22	Coolangatta	Record daily precipitation	154.8 mm (6.1 in)	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	29	52 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 424 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
36	107
42	65
56	55
68	41
28	86
22	95
34	65
49	52
39	124
73	26
49	45
24	91
50	24
25	91
57	37
24	106
19	112
17	106
17	112
119	29
85	30
8	86
49	11
13	107
35	60
38	36
74	29
43	47
37	47
40	35
16	91
12	112
9	119
36	48
41	41
48	22
35	50
33	16
23	65
14	86
49	29
11	110
9	104
23	21
6	131
51	17
38	55
35	52
9	97
46	23
20	70
27	55
14	81
19	31
31	9
31	50
38	24
24	47
39	43
29	38
15	84
44	28
9	90
8	93
54	35
46	29
10	84
31	23
12	86
32	44
4	114
20	55
7	91
18	55
32	63
5	94
31	54
27	40
36	41
38	11
13	69
15	61
35	23
47	10
27	45
33	11
7	93
39	28
3	91
23	49
22	58
17	64
43	51
3	95
3	91
20	62
37	41
31	26
15	23
28	35
4	84
6	81
38	37
18	43
9	65
27	53
3	81
25	25
15	65
25	23
23	45
17	43
37	23
8	65
8	63
22	28
17	46
3	79
4	79
21	26
30	7
33	24
16	55
21	37
33	29
28	7
14	42
36	35
32	22
10	61
36	16
36	27
14	50
21	3
21	0
21	29
16	52
0	74
4	65
5	70
15	19
33	14
0	81
9	35
31	29
16	47
5	63
10	65
32	26
14	50
14	41
3	65
21	11
16	25
24	16
17	35
2	63
27	11
8	49
21	24
21	39
10	43
5	52
15	51
27	31
5	65
13	50
8	40
25	11
17	41
42	26
14	43
19	22
13	52
24	26
10	50
8	56
1	61
1	63
27	24
22	11
16	24
10	37
14	41
6	50
22	14
11	50
3	63
53	14
18	23
16	33
13	37
4	63
9	50
10	47
16	24
2	62
21	23
24	3
5	50

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
36	107
42	65
56	55
68	41
28	86
22	95
34	65
49	52
39	124
73	26
49	45
24	91
50	24
25	91
57	37
24	106
19	112
17	106
17	112
119	29
85	30
8	86
49	11
13	107
35	60
38	36
74	29
43	47
37	47
40	35
16	91
12	112
9	119
36	48
41	41
48	22
35	50
33	16
23	65
14	86
49	29
11	110
9	104
23	21
6	131
51	17
38	55
35	52
9	97
46	23
20	70
27	55
14	81
19	31
31	9
31	50
38	24
24	47
39	43
29	38
15	84
44	28
9	90
8	93
54	35
46	29
10	84
31	23
12	86
32	44
4	114
20	55
7	91
18	55
32	63
5	94
31	54
27	40
36	41
38	11
13	69
15	61
35	23
47	10
27	45
33	11
7	93
39	28
3	91
23	49
22	58
17	64
43	51
3	95
3	91
20	62
37	41
31	26
15	23
28	35
4	84
6	81
38	37
18	43
9	65
27	53
3	81
25	25
15	65
25	23
23	45
17	43
37	23
8	65
8	63
22	28
17	46
3	79
4	79
21	26
30	7
33	24
16	55
21	37
33	29
28	7
14	42
36	35
32	22
10	61
36	16
36	27
14	50
21	3
21	0
21	29
16	52
0	74
4	65
5	70
15	19
33	14
0	81
9	35
31	29
16	47
5	63
10	65
32	26
14	50
14	41
3	65
21	11
16	25
24	16
17	35
2	63
27	11
8	49
21	24
21	39
10	43
5	52
15	51
27	31
5	65
13	50
8	40
25	11
17	41
42	26
14	43
19	22
13	52
24	26
10	50
8	56
1	61
1	63
27	24
22	11
16	24
10	37
14	41
6	50
22	14
11	50
3	63
53	14
18	23
16	33
13	37
4	63
9	50
10	47
16	24
2	62
21	23
24	3
5	50

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
36	107
42	65
56	55
68	41
28	86
22	95
34	65
49	52
39	124
73	26
49	45
24	91
50	24
25	91
57	37
24	106
19	112
17	106
17	112
119	29
85	30
8	86
49	11
13	107
35	60
38	36
74	29
43	47
37	47
40	35
16	91
12	112
9	119
36	48
41	41
48	22
35	50
33	16
23	65
14	86
49	29
11	110
9	104
23	21
6	131
51	17
38	55
35	52
9	97
46	23
20	70
27	55
14	81
19	31
31	9
31	50
38	24
24	47
39	43
29	38
15	84
44	28
9	90
8	93
54	35
46	29
10	84
31	23
12	86
32	44
4	114
20	55
7	91
18	55
32	63
5	94
31	54
27	40
36	41
38	11
13	69
15	61
35	23
47	10
27	45
33	11
7	93
39	28
3	91
23	49
22	58
17	64
43	51
3	95
3	91
20	62
37	41
31	26
15	23
28	35
4	84
6	81
38	37
18	43
9	65
27	53
3	81
25	25
15	65
25	23
23	45
17	43
37	23
8	65
8	63
22	28
17	46
3	79
4	79
21	26
30	7
33	24
16	55
21	37
33	29
28	7
14	42
36	35
32	22
10	61
36	16
36	27
14	50
21	3
21	0
21	29
16	52
0	74
4	65
5	70
15	19
33	14
0	81
9	35
31	29
16	47
5	63
10	65
32	26
14	50
14	41
3	65
21	11
16	25
24	16
17	35
2	63
27	11
8	49
21	24
21	39
10	43
5	52
15	51
27	31
5	65
13	50
8	40
25	11
17	41
42	26
14	43
19	22
13	52
24	26
10	50
8	56
1	61
1	63
27	24
22	11
16	24
10	37
14	41
6	50
22	14
11	50
3	63
53	14
18	23
16	33
13	37
4	63
9	50
10	47
16	24
2	62
21	23
24	3
5	50