Extreme rain in Australia, 1 to 3 August 2026

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 1 to 3 August 2026
Start: 2026-08-01
End: 2026-08-03
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 1 to 3 August 2026: 13 records at 13 stations, peak on 2 August 2026. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 1 to 3 August 2026 set or tied 13 station records at 13 stations.
It ran from 1 August 2026 to 3 August 2026 (3 days) and its peak day was 2 August 2026.
Status: closed.
Ballina Airport AWS set a daily record precipitation of 56.0 mm (2.2 in) on 2 August 2026.
The busiest day was 2 August 2026 with 9 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 64 years.

Footprint

1 to 3 August 2026

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 1 to 3 August 2026 is outlined, with 13 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Australia, 1 to 3 August 2026: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Ballina Airport AWS	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	2026-08-02
Karragarra Island	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	2026-08-02
Rosebank (Repentance Creek)	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	2026-08-03
Clunes (Main Rd)	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	2026-08-03
Gold Coast Seaway	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	2026-08-02
Brisbane Aero	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	2026-08-02
Maroochydore Aero	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	2026-08-02
Clontarf	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	2026-08-02
Redland Bay Golf Club	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	2026-08-03
Beenham Valley Rd	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	2026-08-01
Tewantin Rsl Park	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	2026-08-02
Meerschaum Vale (Jenbetdaph)	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	2026-08-02
Coombabah Water Treatment Plan	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	2026-08-02

Records per Day

Peak day 9

Records set or tied each day from 1 August 2026 to 3 August 2026. The most in one day was 9 on 2 August 2026.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 1 to 3 August 2026 ranked by margin
Ballina Airport AWS, 08-02	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
Maroochydore Aero, 08-02	13.2 mm (0.5 in)
Clontarf, 08-02	6.8 mm (0.27 in)
Redland Bay Golf Club, 08-03	6.5 mm (0.26 in)
Gold Coast Seaway, 08-02	6.0 mm (0.24 in)
Karragarra Island, 08-02	5.3 mm (0.21 in)
Tewantin Rsl Park, 08-02	3.6 mm (0.14 in)
Rosebank (Repentance Creek), 08-03	3.0 mm (0.12 in)
Clunes (Main Rd), 08-03	2.0 mm (0.08 in)
Brisbane Aero, 08-02	2.0 mm (0.08 in)
Beenham Valley Rd, 08-01	2.0 mm (0.08 in)
Coombabah Water Treatment Plan, 08-02	1.8 mm (0.07 in)
Meerschaum Vale (Jenbetdaph), 08-02	0.8 mm (0.03 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

13 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.

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Extreme rain in Australia, 1 to 3 August 2026 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, 1 to 3 August 2026 (this event)	13 records

Every Record Set

13 of 13

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 1 to 3 August 2026, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2026-08-01	Beenham Valley Rd	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	4	5 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-02	Ballina Airport AWS	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27	32 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-02	Karragarra Island	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	64	20 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-02	Gold Coast Seaway	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	28	14 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-02	Brisbane Aero	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	31	13 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-02	Maroochydore Aero	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	5	11 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-02	Clontarf	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	0	10 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-02	Tewantin Rsl Park	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	5	5 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-02	Meerschaum Vale (Jenbetdaph)	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	0	5 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-02	Coombabah Water Treatment Plan	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	0	4 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-03	Rosebank (Repentance Creek)	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	39	19 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-03	Clunes (Main Rd)	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	39	18 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-03	Redland Bay Golf Club	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	9	8 of 100 (Routine)

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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.