Extreme rain in Australia, 17 to 23 November 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 17 to 23 November 2024
Start: 2024-11-17
End: 2024-11-23
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 17 to 23 November 2024: 304 records at 222 stations, peak on 20 November 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 17 to 23 November 2024 set or tied 304 station records at 222 stations.
It ran from 17 November 2024 to 23 November 2024 (7 days) and its peak day was 20 November 2024.
Status: closed.
Perenjori set a monthly record daily precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 20 November 2024.
The busiest day was 20 November 2024 with 155 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 135 years.

Footprint

17 to 23 November 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 17 to 23 November 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, 17 to 23 November 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Perenjori	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	2024-11-20
Brunswick Junction	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	2024-11-20
Sturt Meadows	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	2024-11-21
Cue	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	2024-11-20
Yuinmery	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	2024-11-21
Murgoo	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	2024-11-20
Kirkalocka	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	2024-11-20
Yoweragabbie	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	2024-11-20
Kirup	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	2024-11-20
Dardanup East	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	2024-11-20
Wyalkatchem	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2024-11-21
Goodlands	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2024-11-20
Wondinong	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	2024-11-21
Coodardy	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	2024-11-20
Gabyon	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	2024-11-21
Bulong	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	2024-11-21
Boolardy	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	2024-11-20
The Wold - Lowden	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	2024-11-20
Cowcowing	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	2024-11-21
Bunkin	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	2024-11-21

Records per Day

Peak day 155

Records set or tied each day from 17 November 2024 to 23 November 2024. The most in one day was 155 on 20 November 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 17 to 23 November 2024 ranked by margin
The Wold - Lowden, 11-20	53.2 mm (2.1 in)
Perenjori, 11-20	40.9 mm (1.6 in)
Yoweragabbie, 11-20	38.7 mm (1.5 in)
Sturt Meadows, 11-21	34.6 mm (1.4 in)
Cue, 11-20	32.1 mm (1.3 in)
Kirkalocka, 11-20	30.4 mm (1.2 in)
Yuinmery, 11-21	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
Wondinong, 11-21	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
Gabyon, 11-21	28.7 mm (1.1 in)
Kirup, 11-20	27.8 mm (1.1 in)
Coodardy, 11-20	27.8 mm (1.1 in)
Goodlands, 11-20	27.4 mm (1.1 in)
Murgoo, 11-20	27.1 mm (1.1 in)
Wyalkatchem, 11-21	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
Brunswick Junction, 11-20	23.0 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

304 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, 17 to 23 November 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
41	83
23	78
35	110
32	87
29	96
27	105
18	108
30	60
39	60
28	26
22	40
25	59
29	52
27	60
28	60
29	52
13	110
18	110
7	109
53	18
34	32
24	32
27	32
28	32
38	32
16	73
17	84
25	32
26	39
17	87
39	32
11	102
28	32
24	39
12	110
17	31
18	60
24	65
19	88
34	24
15	99
6	87
69	2
11	108
25	1
24	39
17	42
41	16
19	32
20	32
23	60
1	110
8	114
19	57
7	110
22	39
7	96
13	70
21	39
5	108
13	25
24	5
6	102
5	114
17	10
9	41
7	41
25	24
5	115
10	77
7	87
6	98
27	15
23	15
9	65
9	65
16	32
19	32
10	65
16	39
12	52
25	42
7	97
16	39
6	77
17	32
21	32
4	98
2	110
9	65
8	81
4	109
2	119
13	32
10	21
14	15
8	52
2	97
14	32
16	60
1	115
1	98
8	65
1	114
1	109
1	135
10	50
3	86
0	103
14	32
11	32
0	108
11	32
23	16
7	65
2	87
0	98
3	84
6	65
6	60
10	59
20	24
3	82
8	61
3	49
15	56
4	65
4	65
16	16
12	39
14	34
9	32
16	29
5	49
3	33
5	65
6	65
5	65
5	65
11	39
10	39
9	32
10	32
9	32
4	68
18	22
0	82
7	32
8	32
9	32
9	32
5	65
3	71
7	39
3	65
9	39
7	50
17	41
9	15
11	32
14	8
11	32
9	39
6	50
5	32
10	32
10	39
4	58
7	6
6	57
12	42
1	65
3	65
10	6
6	32
6	32
8	10
6	32
10	24
2	60
10	49
13	15
5	6
2	69
16	39
11	28
10	32
2	65
5	39
2	59
2	65
1	23
6	32
11	32
4	32
7	15
4	39
8	15
4	32
10	14

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 17 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, 17 to 23 November 2024 (this event)	304 records

Every Record Set

20 of 304

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 17 to 23 November 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-11-20	Perenjori	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	83	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-11-20	Brunswick Junction	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	78	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-11-20	Cue	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	87	76 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-20	Murgoo	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	105	73 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-20	Kirkalocka	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	60	68 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-20	Yoweragabbie	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	60	68 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-20	Kirup	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	26	68 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-20	Dardanup East	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	40	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-20	Goodlands	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	60	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-20	Coodardy	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	60	64 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-20	Boolardy	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	109	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-20	The Wold - Lowden	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	18	60 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-21	Sturt Meadows	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	110	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-11-21	Yuinmery	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	96	76 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-21	Wyalkatchem	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59	67 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-21	Wondinong	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52	65 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-21	Gabyon	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52	63 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-21	Bulong	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	110	61 of 100 (Major)
2024-11-21	Cowcowing	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	108	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-11-21	Bunkin	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	110	20 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 304 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
2024-11-17	11
2024-11-18	13
2024-11-19	24
2024-11-20	155
2024-11-21	94
2024-11-22	6
2024-11-23	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
41	83
23	78
35	110
32	87
29	96
27	105
18	108
30	60
39	60
28	26
22	40
25	59
29	52
27	60
28	60
29	52
13	110
18	110
7	109
53	18
34	32
24	32
27	32
28	32
38	32
16	73
17	84
25	32
26	39
17	87
39	32
11	102
28	32
24	39
12	110
17	31
18	60
24	65
19	88
34	24
15	99
6	87
69	2
11	108
25	1
24	39
17	42
41	16
19	32
20	32
23	60
1	110
8	114
19	57
7	110
22	39
7	96
13	70
21	39
5	108
13	25
24	5
6	102
5	114
17	10
9	41
7	41
25	24
5	115
10	77
7	87
6	98
27	15
23	15
9	65
9	65
16	32
19	32
10	65
16	39
12	52
25	42
7	97
16	39
6	77
17	32
21	32
4	98
2	110
9	65
8	81
4	109
2	119
13	32
10	21
14	15
8	52
2	97
14	32
16	60
1	115
1	98
8	65
1	114
1	109
1	135
10	50
3	86
0	103
14	32
11	32
0	108
11	32
23	16
7	65
2	87
0	98
3	84
6	65
6	60
10	59
20	24
3	82
8	61
3	49
15	56
4	65
4	65
16	16
12	39
14	34
9	32
16	29
5	49
3	33
5	65
6	65
5	65
5	65
11	39
10	39
9	32
10	32
9	32
4	68
18	22
0	82
7	32
8	32
9	32
9	32
5	65
3	71
7	39
3	65
9	39
7	50
17	41
9	15
11	32
14	8
11	32
9	39
6	50
5	32
10	32
10	39
4	58
7	6
6	57
12	42
1	65
3	65
10	6
6	32
6	32
8	10
6	32
10	24
2	60
10	49
13	15
5	6
2	69
16	39
11	28
10	32
2	65
5	39
2	59
2	65
1	23
6	32
11	32
4	32
7	15
4	39
8	15
4	32
10	14

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
41	83
23	78
35	110
32	87
29	96
27	105
18	108
30	60
39	60
28	26
22	40
25	59
29	52
27	60
28	60
29	52
13	110
18	110
7	109
53	18
34	32
24	32
27	32
28	32
38	32
16	73
17	84
25	32
26	39
17	87
39	32
11	102
28	32
24	39
12	110
17	31
18	60
24	65
19	88
34	24
15	99
6	87
69	2
11	108
25	1
24	39
17	42
41	16
19	32
20	32
23	60
1	110
8	114
19	57
7	110
22	39
7	96
13	70
21	39
5	108
13	25
24	5
6	102
5	114
17	10
9	41
7	41
25	24
5	115
10	77
7	87
6	98
27	15
23	15
9	65
9	65
16	32
19	32
10	65
16	39
12	52
25	42
7	97
16	39
6	77
17	32
21	32
4	98
2	110
9	65
8	81
4	109
2	119
13	32
10	21
14	15
8	52
2	97
14	32
16	60
1	115
1	98
8	65
1	114
1	109
1	135
10	50
3	86
0	103
14	32
11	32
0	108
11	32
23	16
7	65
2	87
0	98
3	84
6	65
6	60
10	59
20	24
3	82
8	61
3	49
15	56
4	65
4	65
16	16
12	39
14	34
9	32
16	29
5	49
3	33
5	65
6	65
5	65
5	65
11	39
10	39
9	32
10	32
9	32
4	68
18	22
0	82
7	32
8	32
9	32
9	32
5	65
3	71
7	39
3	65
9	39
7	50
17	41
9	15
11	32
14	8
11	32
9	39
6	50
5	32
10	32
10	39
4	58
7	6
6	57
12	42
1	65
3	65
10	6
6	32
6	32
8	10
6	32
10	24
2	60
10	49
13	15
5	6
2	69
16	39
11	28
10	32
2	65
5	39
2	59
2	65
1	23
6	32
11	32
4	32
7	15
4	39
8	15
4	32
10	14

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
41	83
23	78
35	110
32	87
29	96
27	105
18	108
30	60
39	60
28	26
22	40
25	59
29	52
27	60
28	60
29	52
13	110
18	110
7	109
53	18
34	32
24	32
27	32
28	32
38	32
16	73
17	84
25	32
26	39
17	87
39	32
11	102
28	32
24	39
12	110
17	31
18	60
24	65
19	88
34	24
15	99
6	87
69	2
11	108
25	1
24	39
17	42
41	16
19	32
20	32
23	60
1	110
8	114
19	57
7	110
22	39
7	96
13	70
21	39
5	108
13	25
24	5
6	102
5	114
17	10
9	41
7	41
25	24
5	115
10	77
7	87
6	98
27	15
23	15
9	65
9	65
16	32
19	32
10	65
16	39
12	52
25	42
7	97
16	39
6	77
17	32
21	32
4	98
2	110
9	65
8	81
4	109
2	119
13	32
10	21
14	15
8	52
2	97
14	32
16	60
1	115
1	98
8	65
1	114
1	109
1	135
10	50
3	86
0	103
14	32
11	32
0	108
11	32
23	16
7	65
2	87
0	98
3	84
6	65
6	60
10	59
20	24
3	82
8	61
3	49
15	56
4	65
4	65
16	16
12	39
14	34
9	32
16	29
5	49
3	33
5	65
6	65
5	65
5	65
11	39
10	39
9	32
10	32
9	32
4	68
18	22
0	82
7	32
8	32
9	32
9	32
5	65
3	71
7	39
3	65
9	39
7	50
17	41
9	15
11	32
14	8
11	32
9	39
6	50
5	32
10	32
10	39
4	58
7	6
6	57
12	42
1	65
3	65
10	6
6	32
6	32
8	10
6	32
10	24
2	60
10	49
13	15
5	6
2	69
16	39
11	28
10	32
2	65
5	39
2	59
2	65
1	23
6	32
11	32
4	32
7	15
4	39
8	15
4	32
10	14