Extreme rain in Australia, 12 to 13 October 2026

Name: Extreme rain in Australia, 12 to 13 October 2026
Start: 2026-10-12
End: 2026-10-13
Location: Australia

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

Data as of 2026-11-12. Last revised 12 November 2026 (2026-11-12).

Key Facts

Extreme rain in Australia, 12 to 13 October 2026 set or tied 12 station records at 12 stations.
It ran from 12 October 2026 to 13 October 2026 (2 days) and its peak day was 12 October 2026.
Status: closed.
Cowell set a daily record precipitation of 19.0 mm (0.7 in) on 12 October 2026 (provisional).
The busiest day was 12 October 2026 with 11 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 124 years.

Footprint

12 to 13 October 2026

The area covered by Extreme rain in Australia, 12 to 13 October 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, 12 to 13 October 2026: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Andamooka	Record daily precipitation	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	2026-10-12
Mount Barry	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	2026-10-12
Parachilna (Nilpena)	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	2026-10-12
Cowell	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	2026-10-12
Tickera	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	2026-10-12
Blanchetown Lock 1	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	2026-10-12
Anna Creek	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	2026-10-13
Whyalla Aero	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	2026-10-12
Beltana Roadhouse	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	2026-10-12
Woomera Aerodrome	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	2026-10-12
Mount Crawford (Mt Crawford Aw	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	2026-10-12
Coober Pedy Airport	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	2026-10-12

Records per Day

Peak day 11

Records set or tied each day from 12 October 2026 to 13 October 2026. The most in one day was 11 on 12 October 2026.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Extreme rain in Australia, 12 to 13 October 2026 ranked by margin
Tickera, 10-12	8.2 mm (0.32 in)
Parachilna (Nilpena), 10-12	5.3 mm (0.21 in)
Mount Barry, 10-12	4.0 mm (0.16 in)
Cowell, 10-12	4.0 mm (0.16 in)
Beltana Roadhouse, 10-12	3.6 mm (0.14 in)
Blanchetown Lock 1, 10-12	3.4 mm (0.13 in)
Mount Crawford (Mt Crawford Aw, 10-12	3.2 mm (0.13 in)
Anna Creek, 10-13	2.0 mm (0.08 in)
Coober Pedy Airport, 10-12	0.8 mm (0.03 in)
Andamooka, 10-12	0.6 mm (0.02 in)
Whyalla Aero, 10-12	0.6 mm (0.02 in)
Woomera Aerodrome, 10-12	0.6 mm (0.02 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

12 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, 12 to 13 October 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, 12 to 13 October 2026 (this event)	12 records

Every Record Set

12 of 12

Every record set or tied during Extreme rain in Australia, 12 to 13 October 2026, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2026-10-12	Andamooka	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	60	20 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-12	Mount Barry	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	44	20 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-12	Parachilna (Nilpena)	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	43	20 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-12	Cowell	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	124	20 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-12	Tickera	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	16	20 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-12	Blanchetown Lock 1	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	40	20 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-12	Whyalla Aero	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	45	18 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-12	Beltana Roadhouse	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	8	10 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-12	Woomera Aerodrome	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	8	9 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-12	Mount Crawford (Mt Crawford Aw	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	8	9 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-12	Coober Pedy Airport	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	15	8 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-13	Anna Creek	Record daily precipitation (provisional)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	24	19 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 2026-11-12. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.