Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 12 June 2025

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 12 June 2025
Start: 2025-06-06
End: 2025-06-12
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 12 June 2025: 164 records at 142 stations, peak on 8 June 2025. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 12 June 2025 set or tied 164 station records at 142 stations.
It ran from 6 June 2025 to 12 June 2025 (7 days) and its peak day was 8 June 2025.
Status: closed.
Macarthur (Post Office) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 63.4 mm (2.5 in) on 8 June 2025.
The busiest day was 8 June 2025 with 69 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 143 years.

Footprint

6 to 12 June 2025

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 12 June 2025 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, 6 to 12 June 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Macarthur (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	2025-06-08
Meredith	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	2025-06-09
Kapunda	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	2025-06-10
Tailem Bend	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	2025-06-10
Morrisons (Ballark)	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	2025-06-09
Wickliffe	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	2025-06-08
Meredith (Darra)	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	2025-06-09
Camperdown Donalds Hill	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	2025-06-10
Coleraine (Melville Forest)	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	2025-06-08
Winchelsea (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	2025-06-09
Penshurst (the Gums)	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	2025-06-08
Terang	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	2025-06-08
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	2025-06-09
Timboon	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	2025-06-09
Ballarat Aerodrome	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	2025-06-09
Lucindale Post Office	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	2025-06-08
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	2025-06-09
Warrambine No 2	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	2025-06-09
Benambra (Evandale)	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	2025-06-10
Avalon Airport	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	2025-06-08

Records per Day

Peak day 69

Records set or tied each day from 6 June 2025 to 12 June 2025. The most in one day was 69 on 8 June 2025.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 12 June 2025 ranked by margin
Warrambine No 2, 06-09	33.8 mm (1.3 in)
Coleraine (Melville Forest), 06-08	29.6 mm (1.2 in)
Meredith, 06-09	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
Camperdown Donalds Hill, 06-10	25.2 mm (1.0 in)
Terang, 06-08	24.6 mm (1.0 in)
Macarthur (Post Office), 06-08	22.8 mm (0.9 in)
Timboon, 06-09	21.2 mm (0.8 in)
Morrisons (Ballark), 06-09	20.7 mm (0.8 in)
Kapunda, 06-10	20.4 mm (0.8 in)
Avalon Airport, 06-08	18.8 mm (0.7 in)
Tailem Bend, 06-10	18.1 mm (0.7 in)
Meredith (Darra), 06-09	17.4 mm (0.7 in)
Benambra (Evandale), 06-10	16.6 mm (0.7 in)
Winchelsea (Post Office), 06-09	14.8 mm (0.6 in)
Wickliffe, 06-08	14.6 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

164 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, 6 to 12 June 2025
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
23	78
28	110
20	102
18	94
21	84
17	110
15	135
25	41
30	68
15	84
11	72
8	86
25	42
21	38
11	84
12	110
19	42
17	83
5	86
34	30
11	78
17	94
7	110
13	64
1	110
17	5
14	11
5	98
23	2
15	34
4	110
4	102
5	84
3	114
15	12
39	4
3	123
3	104
22	4
2	123
2	118
9	54
1	110
7	84
9	42
1	143
9	42
0	110
7	3
8	5
16	4
8	22
1	94
8	42
34	30
1	84
9	30
1	84
7	48
8	36
6	64
10	30
18	42
14	36
5	46
10	30
13	4
17	12
9	30
2	64
6	36
10	4
11	30
13	16
8	2
12	2
14	2
4	13
9	30
2	64
8	4
0	64
8	42
9	36
4	42
4	46
10	4
9	24
3	30
9	34
1	60
1	51
4	34
18	2
2	34
4	30
6	2
2	42
4	23
10	31
6	12
2	42
3	30
6	24
7	2
8	14
5	2
5	23
6	30
2	30
1	44
11	4
2	42
7	12
4	24
2	34
1	24
2	20
4	7
4	14
10	4
11	4
2	16
3	4
2	4
15	4
1	30
6	14
2	4
2	16
3	28
2	14
9	18
1	30
1	4
1	24
2	4
4	7
2	2
1	32
1	4
3	12
7	2
7	4
1	2
0	30
1	22
1	16
2	12
2	2
3	2
0	16
1	18
1	4
2	14
1	4
3	3
3	2
1	2
1	4
2	2
2	4
1	4
1	2

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 12 June 2025 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, 6 to 12 June 2025 (this event)	164 records

Every Record Set

20 of 164

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 6 to 12 June 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-06-08	Macarthur (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	78	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
2025-06-08	Wickliffe	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	135	73 of 100 (Major)
2025-06-08	Coleraine (Melville Forest)	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	68	67 of 100 (Major)
2025-06-08	Penshurst (the Gums)	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	72	63 of 100 (Major)
2025-06-08	Terang	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	42	62 of 100 (Major)
2025-06-08	Lucindale Post Office	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	110	59 of 100 (Notable)
2025-06-08	Avalon Airport	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	42	20 of 100 (Routine)
2025-06-09	Meredith	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	110	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2025-06-09	Morrisons (Ballark)	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	84	75 of 100 (Major)
2025-06-09	Meredith (Darra)	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	110	73 of 100 (Major)
2025-06-09	Winchelsea (Post Office)	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	84	66 of 100 (Major)
2025-06-09	Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	86	62 of 100 (Major)
2025-06-09	Timboon	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	38	62 of 100 (Major)
2025-06-09	Ballarat Aerodrome	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	84	60 of 100 (Major)
2025-06-09	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	86	54 of 100 (Notable)
2025-06-09	Warrambine No 2	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30	54 of 100 (Notable)
2025-06-10	Kapunda	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	102	76 of 100 (Major)
2025-06-10	Tailem Bend	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	94	76 of 100 (Major)
2025-06-10	Camperdown Donalds Hill	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	41	68 of 100 (Major)
2025-06-10	Benambra (Evandale)	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	83	54 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 164 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
2025-06-06	1
2025-06-07	16
2025-06-08	69
2025-06-09	56
2025-06-10	19
2025-06-11	2
2025-06-12	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
23	78
28	110
20	102
18	94
21	84
17	110
15	135
25	41
30	68
15	84
11	72
8	86
25	42
21	38
11	84
12	110
19	42
17	83
5	86
34	30
11	78
17	94
7	110
13	64
1	110
17	5
14	11
5	98
23	2
15	34
4	110
4	102
5	84
3	114
15	12
39	4
3	123
3	104
22	4
2	123
2	118
9	54
1	110
7	84
9	42
1	143
9	42
0	110
7	3
8	5
16	4
8	22
1	94
8	42
34	30
1	84
9	30
1	84
7	48
8	36
6	64
10	30
18	42
14	36
5	46
10	30
13	4
17	12
9	30
2	64
6	36
10	4
11	30
13	16
8	2
12	2
14	2
4	13
9	30
2	64
8	4
0	64
8	42
9	36
4	42
4	46
10	4
9	24
3	30
9	34
1	60
1	51
4	34
18	2
2	34
4	30
6	2
2	42
4	23
10	31
6	12
2	42
3	30
6	24
7	2
8	14
5	2
5	23
6	30
2	30
1	44
11	4
2	42
7	12
4	24
2	34
1	24
2	20
4	7
4	14
10	4
11	4
2	16
3	4
2	4
15	4
1	30
6	14
2	4
2	16
3	28
2	14
9	18
1	30
1	4
1	24
2	4
4	7
2	2
1	32
1	4
3	12
7	2
7	4
1	2
0	30
1	22
1	16
2	12
2	2
3	2
0	16
1	18
1	4
2	14
1	4
3	3
3	2
1	2
1	4
2	2
2	4
1	4
1	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
23	78
28	110
20	102
18	94
21	84
17	110
15	135
25	41
30	68
15	84
11	72
8	86
25	42
21	38
11	84
12	110
19	42
17	83
5	86
34	30
11	78
17	94
7	110
13	64
1	110
17	5
14	11
5	98
23	2
15	34
4	110
4	102
5	84
3	114
15	12
39	4
3	123
3	104
22	4
2	123
2	118
9	54
1	110
7	84
9	42
1	143
9	42
0	110
7	3
8	5
16	4
8	22
1	94
8	42
34	30
1	84
9	30
1	84
7	48
8	36
6	64
10	30
18	42
14	36
5	46
10	30
13	4
17	12
9	30
2	64
6	36
10	4
11	30
13	16
8	2
12	2
14	2
4	13
9	30
2	64
8	4
0	64
8	42
9	36
4	42
4	46
10	4
9	24
3	30
9	34
1	60
1	51
4	34
18	2
2	34
4	30
6	2
2	42
4	23
10	31
6	12
2	42
3	30
6	24
7	2
8	14
5	2
5	23
6	30
2	30
1	44
11	4
2	42
7	12
4	24
2	34
1	24
2	20
4	7
4	14
10	4
11	4
2	16
3	4
2	4
15	4
1	30
6	14
2	4
2	16
3	28
2	14
9	18
1	30
1	4
1	24
2	4
4	7
2	2
1	32
1	4
3	12
7	2
7	4
1	2
0	30
1	22
1	16
2	12
2	2
3	2
0	16
1	18
1	4
2	14
1	4
3	3
3	2
1	2
1	4
2	2
2	4
1	4
1	2

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
23	78
28	110
20	102
18	94
21	84
17	110
15	135
25	41
30	68
15	84
11	72
8	86
25	42
21	38
11	84
12	110
19	42
17	83
5	86
34	30
11	78
17	94
7	110
13	64
1	110
17	5
14	11
5	98
23	2
15	34
4	110
4	102
5	84
3	114
15	12
39	4
3	123
3	104
22	4
2	123
2	118
9	54
1	110
7	84
9	42
1	143
9	42
0	110
7	3
8	5
16	4
8	22
1	94
8	42
34	30
1	84
9	30
1	84
7	48
8	36
6	64
10	30
18	42
14	36
5	46
10	30
13	4
17	12
9	30
2	64
6	36
10	4
11	30
13	16
8	2
12	2
14	2
4	13
9	30
2	64
8	4
0	64
8	42
9	36
4	42
4	46
10	4
9	24
3	30
9	34
1	60
1	51
4	34
18	2
2	34
4	30
6	2
2	42
4	23
10	31
6	12
2	42
3	30
6	24
7	2
8	14
5	2
5	23
6	30
2	30
1	44
11	4
2	42
7	12
4	24
2	34
1	24
2	20
4	7
4	14
10	4
11	4
2	16
3	4
2	4
15	4
1	30
6	14
2	4
2	16
3	28
2	14
9	18
1	30
1	4
1	24
2	4
4	7
2	2
1	32
1	4
3	12
7	2
7	4
1	2
0	30
1	22
1	16
2	12
2	2
3	2
0	16
1	18
1	4
2	14
1	4
3	3
3	2
1	2
1	4
2	2
2	4
1	4
1	2