Lake Eyre (Mulka) Weather Records (ASN00017036)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Lake Eyre (Mulka) (ASN00017036), Australia, with 90 years of record.

Key Facts for Lake Eyre (Mulka)

Lake Eyre (Mulka) (ASN00017036) is a weather station in Australia at -28.35 latitude and 138.65 longitude, 58 m (190 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1917 to 2006, 90 years of record.
0 records set at Lake Eyre (Mulka) still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Lake Eyre (Mulka) set a daily record precipitation of 24.9 mm (1.0 in) on 19 October 2005.

About the Station

Location: Australia, -28.35 latitude, 138.65 longitude.
Elevation: 58 m (190 ft).
Period of record: 1917 to 2006, 90 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 Lake Eyre (Mulka). 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 Lake Eyre (Mulka), with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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Dec	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Lake Eyre (Mulka) still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Lake Eyre (Mulka) between 1 February 1974 and 1 February 1974. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Feb: 162.8 mm (6.4 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Lake Eyre (Mulka). The most was 162.8 mm (6.4 in) on 1 February 1974.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Lake Eyre (Mulka)
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	12 January 1966
Feb	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	1 February 1974
Mar	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	2 March 1955
Apr	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 April 1970
May	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 May 1955
Jun	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 June 1923
Jul	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 July 1936
Aug	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 August 1973
Sep	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	15 September 1998
Oct	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	23 October 1975
Nov	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	12 November 1920
Dec	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 December 1948

Latest Records

Latest records at Lake Eyre (Mulka)
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 2005	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 2005	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	12 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 2005	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 2004	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 2003	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 2003	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 2003	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	0 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 2003	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 2003	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 January 2003	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 2002	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 2002	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	84 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 2002	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	84 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 2002	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	84 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 2002	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	75 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 2001	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 2001	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 2001	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	0 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 2001	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 July 2001	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	3 years	12 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1917 to 2006

Yearly extremes at Lake Eyre (Mulka): the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	1974	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	84
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	1974	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	84
Longest dry spell (CDD)	366 days	1980	103 days	84

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Lake Eyre (Mulka), 1917 to 2006. The record is 162.8 mm (6.4 in) in 1974, marked on the chart; the median year is 21.6 mm (0.9 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Lake Eyre (Mulka) by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1917	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1918	29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1919	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
1920	77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1921	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
1922	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1923	37.6 mm (1.5 in)
1924	17.3 mm (0.7 in)
1925	16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1926	52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1927	8.9 mm (0.35 in)
1928	19.6 mm (0.8 in)
1929	11.4 mm (0.4 in)
1930	16.8 mm (0.7 in)
1931	26.2 mm (1.0 in)
1932	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1933	15.7 mm (0.6 in)
1934	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1935	16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1936	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1937	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1938	18.8 mm (0.7 in)
1939	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1940	11.2 mm (0.4 in)
1941	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1942	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1943	9.1 mm (0.36 in)
1944	14.5 mm (0.6 in)
1945	19.3 mm (0.8 in)
1946	8.1 mm (0.32 in)
1947	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1948	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1949	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1950	40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1951	12.7 mm (0.5 in)
1952	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1953	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1954	26.4 mm (1.0 in)
1955	62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1956	37.8 mm (1.5 in)
1957	11.4 mm (0.4 in)
1960	16.8 mm (0.7 in)
1961	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1962	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1963	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1964	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
1965	9.1 mm (0.36 in)
1966	57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1967	17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1968	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1969	18.3 mm (0.7 in)
1970	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1971	58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1972	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1973	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1974	162.8 mm (6.4 in)
1975	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1976	67.8 mm (2.7 in)
1977	24.0 mm (0.9 in)
1979	11.0 mm (0.4 in)
1980	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1984	21.5 mm (0.8 in)
1985	24.0 mm (0.9 in)
1986	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
1987	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1988	52.5 mm (2.1 in)
1989	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
1990	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
1991	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
1992	20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1993	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1994	3.0 mm (0.12 in)
1995	24.0 mm (0.9 in)
1996	18.8 mm (0.7 in)
1997	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1998	30.6 mm (1.2 in)
1999	18.5 mm (0.7 in)
2000	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
2001	15.0 mm (0.6 in)
2002	20.0 mm (0.8 in)
2003	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
2004	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
2005	25.2 mm (1.0 in)
2006	0.0 mm (0.00 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Lake Eyre (Mulka), 1917 to 2006. The record is 178.0 mm (7.0 in) in 1974, marked on the chart; the median year is 28.8 mm (1.1 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Lake Eyre (Mulka) by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1917	28.5 mm (1.1 in)
1918	32.7 mm (1.3 in)
1919	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
1920	133.4 mm (5.3 in)
1921	28.5 mm (1.1 in)
1922	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1923	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1924	20.9 mm (0.8 in)
1925	16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1926	60.9 mm (2.4 in)
1927	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1928	19.6 mm (0.8 in)
1929	11.4 mm (0.4 in)
1930	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1931	35.3 mm (1.4 in)
1932	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1933	18.2 mm (0.7 in)
1934	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1935	16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1936	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1937	56.6 mm (2.2 in)
1938	23.9 mm (0.9 in)
1939	83.8 mm (3.3 in)
1940	11.2 mm (0.4 in)
1941	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1942	46.6 mm (1.8 in)
1943	14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1944	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
1945	21.1 mm (0.8 in)
1946	20.1 mm (0.8 in)
1947	89.4 mm (3.5 in)
1948	55.3 mm (2.2 in)
1949	33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1950	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1951	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1952	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1953	15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1954	26.4 mm (1.0 in)
1955	84.0 mm (3.3 in)
1956	58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1957	12.9 mm (0.5 in)
1960	20.4 mm (0.8 in)
1961	24.6 mm (1.0 in)
1962	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1963	25.6 mm (1.0 in)
1964	15.5 mm (0.6 in)
1965	9.1 mm (0.36 in)
1966	65.2 mm (2.6 in)
1967	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1968	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1969	18.3 mm (0.7 in)
1970	41.6 mm (1.6 in)
1971	83.6 mm (3.3 in)
1972	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1973	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1974	178.0 mm (7.0 in)
1975	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1976	153.9 mm (6.1 in)
1977	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1979	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
1980	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1984	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
1985	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1986	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1987	37.5 mm (1.5 in)
1988	52.5 mm (2.1 in)
1989	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1990	28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1991	21.0 mm (0.8 in)
1992	35.7 mm (1.4 in)
1993	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1994	3.0 mm (0.12 in)
1995	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
1996	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1997	72.6 mm (2.9 in)
1998	30.6 mm (1.2 in)
1999	18.5 mm (0.7 in)
2000	110.0 mm (4.3 in)
2001	19.0 mm (0.7 in)
2002	34.4 mm (1.4 in)
2003	96.0 mm (3.8 in)
2004	23.5 mm (0.9 in)
2005	50.7 mm (2.0 in)
2006	0.0 mm (0.00 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Lake Eyre (Mulka), 1917 to 2006. The record is 366 days in 1980, marked on the chart; the median year is 103 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Lake Eyre (Mulka) by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1917	39 days
1918	140 days
1919	114 days
1920	87 days
1921	109 days
1922	81 days
1923	90 days
1924	181 days
1925	175 days
1926	96 days
1927	83 days
1928	80 days
1929	270 days
1930	105 days
1931	92 days
1932	152 days
1933	111 days
1934	149 days
1935	239 days
1936	88 days
1937	103 days
1938	111 days
1939	121 days
1940	232 days
1941	88 days
1942	131 days
1943	97 days
1944	182 days
1945	103 days
1946	81 days
1947	84 days
1948	111 days
1949	68 days
1950	95 days
1951	100 days
1952	75 days
1953	226 days
1954	169 days
1955	36 days
1956	85 days
1957	51 days
1960	66 days
1961	198 days
1962	109 days
1963	104 days
1964	140 days
1965	149 days
1966	66 days
1967	124 days
1968	102 days
1969	98 days
1970	130 days
1971	109 days
1972	133 days
1973	49 days
1974	51 days
1975	96 days
1976	188 days
1977	183 days
1979	122 days
1980	366 days
1984	72 days
1985	99 days
1986	109 days
1987	67 days
1988	105 days
1989	84 days
1990	117 days
1991	130 days
1992	84 days
1993	106 days
1994	321 days
1995	121 days
1996	52 days
1997	84 days
1998	51 days
1999	89 days
2000	76 days
2001	57 days
2002	135 days
2003	50 days
2004	91 days
2005	159 days
2006	31 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

76 years, 1918 to 2004

A day with at least 24.0 mm (0.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 120.3 mm (4.7 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Lake Eyre (Mulka): the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	24.0 mm (0.9 in)
5 years	40.7 mm (1.6 in)
10 years	54.7 mm (2.2 in)
25 years	76.6 mm (3.0 in)
50 years	96.6 mm (3.8 in)
100 years	120.3 mm (4.7 in)	Longer than the 76 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, 76 years of values from 1918 to 2004.

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: 162.8 mm (6.4 in) in 1974; 77.5 mm (3.1 in) in 1920; 67.8 mm (2.7 in) in 1976.

Download the Data

Data for Lake Eyre (Mulka) standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Lake Eyre (Mulka) 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).

Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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Dec	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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