Extreme rain in Australia, 9 to 17 December 2024

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 9 to 17 December 2024
Start: 2024-12-09
End: 2024-12-17
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 9 to 17 December 2024: 129 records at 98 stations, peak on 12 December 2024. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 9 to 17 December 2024 set or tied 129 station records at 98 stations.
It ran from 9 December 2024 to 17 December 2024 (9 days) and its peak day was 12 December 2024.
Status: closed.
Bryah set a daily record precipitation of 55.8 mm (2.2 in) on 12 December 2024.
The busiest day was 12 December 2024 with 35 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 123 years.

Footprint

9 to 17 December 2024

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 9 to 17 December 2024 is outlined, with 17 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Australia, 9 to 17 December 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Bryah	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	2024-12-12
Wattoning	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	2024-12-14
Mount Florance	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	2024-12-09
Yuin	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	2024-12-13
Milgun	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	2024-12-09
Winning	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	2024-12-11
Yoweragabbie	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	2024-12-13
Sturt Meadows	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	2024-12-10
Wallal Downs	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	2024-12-11
Gascoyne Junction	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	2024-12-12
Pullagaroo	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	2024-12-14
Newman Aero	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	2024-12-10
Roy Hill	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	2024-12-12
Mia Mia	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	2024-12-12
Yandanooka	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	2024-12-12
Bonnie Doon	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	2024-12-12
Wandana	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	2024-12-13

Records per Day

Peak day 35

Records set or tied each day from 9 December 2024 to 17 December 2024. The most in one day was 35 on 12 December 2024.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 9 to 17 December 2024 ranked by margin
Mount Florance, 12-09	57.6 mm (2.3 in)
Bryah, 12-12	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
Wallal Downs, 12-11	49.4 mm (1.9 in)
Milgun, 12-09	44.6 mm (1.8 in)
Winning, 12-13	39.0 mm (1.5 in)
Milgun, 12-11	35.2 mm (1.4 in)
Newman Aero, 12-10	33.6 mm (1.3 in)
Yuin, 12-13	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
Wattoning, 12-14	31.4 mm (1.2 in)
Bryah, 12-14	28.7 mm (1.1 in)
Gascoyne Junction, 12-12	28.3 mm (1.1 in)
Mia Mia, 12-12	22.5 mm (0.9 in)
Wandana, 12-13	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
Sturt Meadows, 12-10	18.6 mm (0.7 in)
Roy Hill, 12-12	16.2 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

129 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 17 December 2024
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
53	103
31	86
58	92
23	111
34	87
45	51
8	116
6	109
39	29
29	51
13	98
35	49
49	99
19	68
16	92
28	72
11	92
34	49
20	64
7	98
9	101
8	94
15	98
11	98
35	64
42	68
6	108
4	111
24	83
3	98
7	106
17	29
19	62
5	83
2	107
4	119
10	92
3	123
3	123
27	5
27	29
4	91
30	25
4	83
6	75
33	8
6	79
9	67
25	29
16	26
16	1
35	25
1	78
15	29
22	23
17	45
15	8
39	25
0	75
25	18
0	75
16	8
2	74
8	49
15	29
9	49
33	36
17	37
5	55
11	29
5	49
15	29
26	25
10	29
33	29
38	25
0	74
4	26
12	50
3	56
16	17
11	24
8	48
1	57
3	49
6	29
4	44
8	40
9	24
3	45
12	29
6	23
5	24
4	29
4	29
0	56
8	4
2	51
8	28
13	12
3	29
7	12
8	4
1	29
6	29
6	17
5	12
12	4
1	42
0	29
1	43
4	4
11	4
0	25
6	13
2	12
0	37
4	12
4	17
3	8
8	4
1	12
0	24
2	24
1	8
4	12
3	8
1	11
1	12

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 9 to 17 December 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 17 December 2024 (this event)	129 records

Every Record Set

20 of 129

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 9 to 17 December 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-12-09	Mount Florance	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	92	74 of 100 (Major)
2024-12-09	Milgun	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	51	62 of 100 (Major)
2024-12-10	Sturt Meadows	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	68	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-10	Newman Aero	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	49	50 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-11	Winning	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	116	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-11	Milgun	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	49	53 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-11	Wallal Downs	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	99	52 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-12	Bryah	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	103	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2024-12-12	Gascoyne Junction	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	72	51 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-12	Roy Hill	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	92	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-12-12	Mia Mia	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	111	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-12-12	Yandanooka	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	98	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-12-12	Bonnie Doon	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	98	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-12-13	Yuin	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	87	66 of 100 (Major)
2024-12-13	Yoweragabbie	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	109	58 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-13	Winning	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	29	57 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-13	Wandana	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	64	20 of 100 (Routine)
2024-12-14	Wattoning	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	86	75 of 100 (Major)
2024-12-14	Bryah	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51	56 of 100 (Notable)
2024-12-14	Pullagaroo	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	92	51 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 129 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
53	103
31	86
58	92
23	111
34	87
45	51
8	116
6	109
39	29
29	51
13	98
35	49
49	99
19	68
16	92
28	72
11	92
34	49
20	64
7	98
9	101
8	94
15	98
11	98
35	64
42	68
6	108
4	111
24	83
3	98
7	106
17	29
19	62
5	83
2	107
4	119
10	92
3	123
3	123
27	5
27	29
4	91
30	25
4	83
6	75
33	8
6	79
9	67
25	29
16	26
16	1
35	25
1	78
15	29
22	23
17	45
15	8
39	25
0	75
25	18
0	75
16	8
2	74
8	49
15	29
9	49
33	36
17	37
5	55
11	29
5	49
15	29
26	25
10	29
33	29
38	25
0	74
4	26
12	50
3	56
16	17
11	24
8	48
1	57
3	49
6	29
4	44
8	40
9	24
3	45
12	29
6	23
5	24
4	29
4	29
0	56
8	4
2	51
8	28
13	12
3	29
7	12
8	4
1	29
6	29
6	17
5	12
12	4
1	42
0	29
1	43
4	4
11	4
0	25
6	13
2	12
0	37
4	12
4	17
3	8
8	4
1	12
0	24
2	24
1	8
4	12
3	8
1	11
1	12

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
53	103
31	86
58	92
23	111
34	87
45	51
8	116
6	109
39	29
29	51
13	98
35	49
49	99
19	68
16	92
28	72
11	92
34	49
20	64
7	98
9	101
8	94
15	98
11	98
35	64
42	68
6	108
4	111
24	83
3	98
7	106
17	29
19	62
5	83
2	107
4	119
10	92
3	123
3	123
27	5
27	29
4	91
30	25
4	83
6	75
33	8
6	79
9	67
25	29
16	26
16	1
35	25
1	78
15	29
22	23
17	45
15	8
39	25
0	75
25	18
0	75
16	8
2	74
8	49
15	29
9	49
33	36
17	37
5	55
11	29
5	49
15	29
26	25
10	29
33	29
38	25
0	74
4	26
12	50
3	56
16	17
11	24
8	48
1	57
3	49
6	29
4	44
8	40
9	24
3	45
12	29
6	23
5	24
4	29
4	29
0	56
8	4
2	51
8	28
13	12
3	29
7	12
8	4
1	29
6	29
6	17
5	12
12	4
1	42
0	29
1	43
4	4
11	4
0	25
6	13
2	12
0	37
4	12
4	17
3	8
8	4
1	12
0	24
2	24
1	8
4	12
3	8
1	11
1	12

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
53	103
31	86
58	92
23	111
34	87
45	51
8	116
6	109
39	29
29	51
13	98
35	49
49	99
19	68
16	92
28	72
11	92
34	49
20	64
7	98
9	101
8	94
15	98
11	98
35	64
42	68
6	108
4	111
24	83
3	98
7	106
17	29
19	62
5	83
2	107
4	119
10	92
3	123
3	123
27	5
27	29
4	91
30	25
4	83
6	75
33	8
6	79
9	67
25	29
16	26
16	1
35	25
1	78
15	29
22	23
17	45
15	8
39	25
0	75
25	18
0	75
16	8
2	74
8	49
15	29
9	49
33	36
17	37
5	55
11	29
5	49
15	29
26	25
10	29
33	29
38	25
0	74
4	26
12	50
3	56
16	17
11	24
8	48
1	57
3	49
6	29
4	44
8	40
9	24
3	45
12	29
6	23
5	24
4	29
4	29
0	56
8	4
2	51
8	28
13	12
3	29
7	12
8	4
1	29
6	29
6	17
5	12
12	4
1	42
0	29
1	43
4	4
11	4
0	25
6	13
2	12
0	37
4	12
4	17
3	8
8	4
1	12
0	24
2	24
1	8
4	12
3	8
1	11
1	12