Extreme rain in Australia, 16 to 19 August 2026

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 16 to 19 August 2026
Start: 2026-08-16
End: 2026-08-19
Location: Australia

Extreme rain in Australia, 16 to 19 August 2026: 13 records at 12 stations, peak on 19 August 2026. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 16 to 19 August 2026 set or tied 13 station records at 12 stations.
It ran from 16 August 2026 to 19 August 2026 (4 days) and its peak day was 19 August 2026.
Status: closed.
Maroochydore Aero set a daily record precipitation of 73.8 mm (2.9 in) on 19 August 2026 (provisional).
The busiest day was 19 August 2026 with 6 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 65 years.

Footprint

16 to 19 August 2026

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 16 to 19 August 2026 is outlined, with 12 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Extreme rain in Australia, 16 to 19 August 2026: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Maroochydore Aero	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	2026-08-19
Tewantin Rsl Park	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	2026-08-19
Loadstone (High View)	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	2026-08-17
Beerburrum Forest Station	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	2026-08-19
Yarras (Mount Seaview)	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	2026-08-19
Lillian Rock (Williams Road)	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	2026-08-17
Miva	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	2026-08-19
Nana Glen (Cowling Close)	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	2026-08-18
Forbes River (Birdwood)	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	2026-08-18
Kingscliff (Marine Parade)	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	2026-08-16
Upper Pappinbarra (Hillcrest)	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	2026-08-18
Redland Bay Golf Club	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	2026-08-19

Records per Day

Peak day 6

Records set or tied each day from 16 August 2026 to 19 August 2026. The most in one day was 6 on 19 August 2026.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 16 to 19 August 2026 ranked by margin
Maroochydore Aero, 08-19	67.8 mm (2.7 in)
Tewantin Rsl Park, 08-19	33.2 mm (1.3 in)
Maroochydore Aero, 08-18	18.8 mm (0.7 in)
Kingscliff (Marine Parade), 08-16	11.8 mm (0.5 in)
Upper Pappinbarra (Hillcrest), 08-18	10.4 mm (0.4 in)
Loadstone (High View), 08-17	8.4 mm (0.33 in)
Miva, 08-19	7.8 mm (0.31 in)
Forbes River (Birdwood), 08-18	6.0 mm (0.24 in)
Lillian Rock (Williams Road), 08-17	5.0 mm (0.20 in)
Beerburrum Forest Station, 08-19	4.2 mm (0.17 in)
Redland Bay Golf Club, 08-19	3.0 mm (0.12 in)
Yarras (Mount Seaview), 08-19	1.7 mm (0.07 in)
Nana Glen (Cowling Close), 08-18	1.4 mm (0.06 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, 16 to 19 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, 16 to 19 August 2026 (this event)	13 records

Every Record Set

13 of 13

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 16 to 19 August 2026, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2026-08-16	Kingscliff (Marine Parade)	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	3	13 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-17	Loadstone (High View)	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	28	20 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-17	Lillian Rock (Williams Road)	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	28	18 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-18	Maroochydore Aero	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	9	16 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-18	Nana Glen (Cowling Close)	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	36	15 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-18	Forbes River (Birdwood)	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	28	15 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-18	Upper Pappinbarra (Hillcrest)	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	3	12 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-19	Maroochydore Aero	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	0	43 of 100 (Notable)
2026-08-19	Tewantin Rsl Park	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	24	23 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-19	Beerburrum Forest Station	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	36	20 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-19	Yarras (Mount Seaview)	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	65	20 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-19	Miva	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	32	18 of 100 (Routine)
2026-08-19	Redland Bay Golf Club	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	0	4 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.