Kuranda Weather Records (ASN00009668)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Kuranda (ASN00009668), Australia, with 66 years of record.

Key Facts for Kuranda

Kuranda (ASN00009668) is a weather station in Australia at -33.67 latitude and 116.65 longitude, 240 m (787 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1956 to 2021, 66 years of record.
0 records set at Kuranda still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Kuranda set a daily record precipitation of 3.0 mm (0.12 in) on 5 March 2021.

About the Station

Location: Australia, -33.67 latitude, 116.65 longitude.
Elevation: 240 m (787 ft).
Period of record: 1956 to 2021, 66 years.
Eligible elements: prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Kuranda. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Kuranda, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Kuranda still stand.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jan: 125.2 mm (4.9 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Kuranda. The most was 125.2 mm (4.9 in) on 22 January 1982.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Kuranda
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	22 January 1982
Feb	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	10 February 2017
Mar	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	20 March 1993
Apr	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	10 April 2015
May	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	16 May 2005
Jun	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	13 June 1961
Jul	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 July 1988
Aug	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	4 August 1964
Sep	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	11 September 1986
Oct	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21 October 1980
Nov	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	4 November 1965
Dec	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	13 December 2016

Latest Records

Latest records at Kuranda
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 2021	Kuranda, AU	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	8 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 2021	Kuranda, AU	daily rain	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 2021	Kuranda, AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 2021	Kuranda, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 2020	Kuranda, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 2020	Kuranda, AU	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 2020	Kuranda, AU	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 2019	Kuranda, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 2019	Kuranda, AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	54 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 2019	Kuranda, AU	daily rain	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	6 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
21 March 2019	Kuranda, AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 2019	Kuranda, AU	daily rain (Tie)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	tie	8 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
10 June 2018	Kuranda, AU	daily rain	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 2018	Kuranda, AU	daily rain	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 2018	Kuranda, AU	daily rain	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 2018	Kuranda, AU	daily rain	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 2018	Kuranda, AU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2017	Kuranda, AU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	14 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 2017	Kuranda, AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 2017	Kuranda, AU	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	6 years	14 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1956 to 2021

Yearly extremes at Kuranda: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	1982	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	66
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	224.6 mm (8.8 in)	1982	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	66
Longest dry spell (CDD)	125 days	2001	39 days	66

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Kuranda, 1956 to 2021. The record is 125.2 mm (4.9 in) in 1982, marked on the chart; the median year is 36.4 mm (1.4 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Kuranda by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1956	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
1957	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1958	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1959	41.1 mm (1.6 in)
1960	32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1961	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1962	51.3 mm (2.0 in)
1963	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1964	52.6 mm (2.1 in)
1965	51.1 mm (2.0 in)
1966	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
1967	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1968	36.6 mm (1.4 in)
1969	38.6 mm (1.5 in)
1970	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1971	54.4 mm (2.1 in)
1972	19.1 mm (0.8 in)
1973	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1974	31.6 mm (1.2 in)
1975	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1976	59.2 mm (2.3 in)
1977	29.6 mm (1.2 in)
1978	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1979	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1980	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1981	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1982	125.2 mm (4.9 in)
1983	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1984	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1985	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1986	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
1987	33.4 mm (1.3 in)
1988	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1989	38.2 mm (1.5 in)
1990	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1991	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1992	22.6 mm (0.9 in)
1993	82.2 mm (3.2 in)
1994	36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1995	26.2 mm (1.0 in)
1996	36.4 mm (1.4 in)
1997	26.6 mm (1.0 in)
1998	35.2 mm (1.4 in)
1999	24.4 mm (1.0 in)
2000	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
2001	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
2002	35.4 mm (1.4 in)
2003	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
2004	36.4 mm (1.4 in)
2005	59.2 mm (2.3 in)
2006	23.2 mm (0.9 in)
2007	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
2008	38.4 mm (1.5 in)
2009	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
2010	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
2011	46.4 mm (1.8 in)
2012	29.8 mm (1.2 in)
2013	27.4 mm (1.1 in)
2014	50.4 mm (2.0 in)
2015	52.4 mm (2.1 in)
2016	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
2017	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
2018	50.4 mm (2.0 in)
2019	41.0 mm (1.6 in)
2020	38.2 mm (1.5 in)
2021	42.0 mm (1.7 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Kuranda, 1956 to 2021. The record is 224.6 mm (8.8 in) in 1982, marked on the chart; the median year is 64.1 mm (2.5 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Kuranda by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1956	19.3 mm (0.8 in)
1957	71.4 mm (2.8 in)
1958	100.2 mm (3.9 in)
1959	87.1 mm (3.4 in)
1960	77.9 mm (3.1 in)
1961	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1962	74.7 mm (2.9 in)
1963	98.8 mm (3.9 in)
1964	95.8 mm (3.8 in)
1965	73.5 mm (2.9 in)
1966	55.1 mm (2.2 in)
1967	61.7 mm (2.4 in)
1968	54.3 mm (2.1 in)
1969	70.7 mm (2.8 in)
1970	49.8 mm (2.0 in)
1971	83.9 mm (3.3 in)
1972	44.9 mm (1.8 in)
1973	59.0 mm (2.3 in)
1974	85.3 mm (3.4 in)
1975	65.7 mm (2.6 in)
1976	80.2 mm (3.2 in)
1977	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1978	55.8 mm (2.2 in)
1979	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1980	63.2 mm (2.5 in)
1981	51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1982	224.6 mm (8.8 in)
1983	82.2 mm (3.2 in)
1984	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1985	83.0 mm (3.3 in)
1986	49.8 mm (2.0 in)
1987	46.6 mm (1.8 in)
1988	53.4 mm (2.1 in)
1989	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1990	68.2 mm (2.7 in)
1991	63.6 mm (2.5 in)
1992	50.4 mm (2.0 in)
1993	96.4 mm (3.8 in)
1994	74.2 mm (2.9 in)
1995	57.6 mm (2.3 in)
1996	73.4 mm (2.9 in)
1997	50.2 mm (2.0 in)
1998	68.4 mm (2.7 in)
1999	52.6 mm (2.1 in)
2000	78.2 mm (3.1 in)
2001	56.2 mm (2.2 in)
2002	44.6 mm (1.8 in)
2003	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
2004	63.2 mm (2.5 in)
2005	126.6 mm (5.0 in)
2006	61.2 mm (2.4 in)
2007	51.6 mm (2.0 in)
2008	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
2009	71.2 mm (2.8 in)
2010	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
2011	89.0 mm (3.5 in)
2012	58.4 mm (2.3 in)
2013	76.8 mm (3.0 in)
2014	92.6 mm (3.6 in)
2015	73.2 mm (2.9 in)
2016	92.4 mm (3.6 in)
2017	74.0 mm (2.9 in)
2018	54.8 mm (2.2 in)
2019	71.6 mm (2.8 in)
2020	53.4 mm (2.1 in)
2021	64.6 mm (2.5 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Kuranda, 1956 to 2021. The record is 125 days in 2001, marked on the chart; the median year is 39 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Kuranda by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1956	26 days
1957	58 days
1958	24 days
1959	25 days
1960	43 days
1961	32 days
1962	35 days
1963	25 days
1964	91 days
1965	51 days
1966	40 days
1967	28 days
1968	35 days
1969	44 days
1970	28 days
1971	27 days
1972	41 days
1973	69 days
1974	34 days
1975	43 days
1976	43 days
1977	36 days
1978	36 days
1979	26 days
1980	41 days
1981	48 days
1982	39 days
1983	30 days
1984	56 days
1985	58 days
1986	29 days
1987	63 days
1988	54 days
1989	38 days
1990	17 days
1991	53 days
1992	31 days
1993	51 days
1994	41 days
1995	27 days
1996	39 days
1997	39 days
1998	51 days
1999	38 days
2000	34 days
2001	125 days
2002	49 days
2003	32 days
2004	32 days
2005	44 days
2006	28 days
2007	37 days
2008	42 days
2009	60 days
2010	40 days
2011	28 days
2012	50 days
2013	61 days
2014	88 days
2015	30 days
2016	23 days
2017	43 days
2018	38 days
2019	60 days
2020	45 days
2021	26 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Rainfall Return Levels

64 years, 1957 to 2020

A day with at least 37.0 mm (1.5 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 91.2 mm (3.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Kuranda: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
5 years	48.4 mm (1.9 in)
10 years	57.1 mm (2.2 in)
25 years	69.4 mm (2.7 in)
50 years	79.8 mm (3.1 in)
100 years	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	Longer than the 64 years of record

The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 64 years of values from 1957 to 2020.

A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.

The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 125.2 mm (4.9 in) in 1982; 82.2 mm (3.2 in) in 1993; 59.2 mm (2.3 in) in 1976.

Download the Data

Data for Kuranda standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Kuranda threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

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