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Peterborough (Dawson) Weather Records (ASN00019075)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Peterborough (Dawson) (ASN00019075), Australia, with 44 years of record.

Key Facts for Peterborough (Dawson)

  • Peterborough (Dawson) (ASN00019075) is a weather station in Australia at -32.81 latitude and 138.97 longitude, 415 m (1,362 ft) above sea level.
  • The station reports from 1884 to 1927, 44 years of record.
  • 0 records set at Peterborough (Dawson) still stand.
  • Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
  • Peterborough (Dawson) set a daily record precipitation of 15.7 mm (0.6 in) on 7 December 1927.

About the Station

  • Location: Australia, -32.81 latitude, 138.97 longitude.
  • Elevation: 415 m (1,362 ft).
  • Period of record: 1884 to 1927, 44 years.
  • Eligible elements: prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

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Daily record high and record low at Peterborough (Dawson), with 2026 drawn through them The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Peterborough (Dawson). The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius. 000111 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Peterborough (Dawson). 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 Peterborough (Dawson), with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records
Standing records at Peterborough (Dawson) by the year they were set 0 records at Peterborough (Dawson) still stand. 00000000000
0 records at Peterborough (Dawson) still stand.
Standing records at Peterborough (Dawson) by the year they were set
Year setStanding records

Wettest Day of Each Month

Feb: 100.3 mm (3.9 in)
Record daily precipitation for each month at Peterborough (Dawson) The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Peterborough (Dawson). The most was 100.3 mm (3.9 in) on 5 February 1890. 050100150 Jan: 69.9 mm (2.8 in), 3 January 1889 Jan Feb: 100.3 mm (3.9 in), 5 February 1890 Feb Mar: 40.4 mm (1.6 in), 9 March 1912 Mar Apr: 25.4 mm (1.0 in), 12 April 1891 Apr May: 65.0 mm (2.6 in), 3 May 1922 May Jun: 45.7 mm (1.8 in), 17 June 1906 Jun Jul: 33.0 mm (1.3 in), 18 July 1917 Jul Aug: 51.6 mm (2.0 in), 30 August 1910 Aug Sep: 41.7 mm (1.6 in), 1 September 1908 Sep Oct: 38.6 mm (1.5 in), 16 October 1908 Oct Nov: 62.7 mm (2.5 in), 3 November 1886 Nov Dec: 79.5 mm (3.1 in), 26 December 1894 Dec
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Peterborough (Dawson). The most was 100.3 mm (3.9 in) on 5 February 1890.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Peterborough (Dawson)
MonthRecord daily precipitation (mm)Date
Jan69.9 mm (2.8 in)3 January 1889
Feb100.3 mm (3.9 in)5 February 1890
Mar40.4 mm (1.6 in)9 March 1912
Apr25.4 mm (1.0 in)12 April 1891
May65.0 mm (2.6 in)3 May 1922
Jun45.7 mm (1.8 in)17 June 1906
Jul33.0 mm (1.3 in)18 July 1917
Aug51.6 mm (2.0 in)30 August 1910
Sep41.7 mm (1.6 in)1 September 1908
Oct38.6 mm (1.5 in)16 October 1908
Nov62.7 mm (2.5 in)3 November 1886
Dec79.5 mm (3.1 in)26 December 1894

Latest Records

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Latest records at Peterborough (Dawson)
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
7 December 1927Peterborough (Dawson), AUdaily rain15.7 mm (0.6 in)7.8 mm (0.31 in)40 years20 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1927Peterborough (Dawson), AUdaily rain14.2 mm (0.6 in)4.5 mm (0.18 in)9 years10 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1927Peterborough (Dawson), AUdaily rain8.9 mm (0.35 in)6.6 mm (0.26 in)24 years17 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1927Peterborough (Dawson), AUdaily rain5.1 mm (0.20 in)2.6 mm (0.10 in)4 years8 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1927Peterborough (Dawson), AUdaily rain9.4 mm (0.37 in)0.3 mm (0.01 in)33 years14 of 100 (Routine)
18 June 1927Peterborough (Dawson), AUdaily rain15.7 mm (0.6 in)8.3 mm (0.33 in)29 years20 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1927Peterborough (Dawson), AUdaily rain3.0 mm (0.12 in)2.0 mm (0.08 in)27 years14 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1927Peterborough (Dawson), AUdaily rain0.5 mm (0.02 in)0.5 mm (0.02 in)42 years16 of 100 (Routine)
16 January 1927Peterborough (Dawson), AUdaily rain3.8 mm (0.15 in)3.8 mm (0.15 in)42 years19 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1926Peterborough (Dawson), AUdaily rain25.4 mm (1.0 in)3.8 mm (0.15 in)36 years20 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 1926Peterborough (Dawson), AUdaily rain (Tie)5.8 mm (0.23 in)tie20 years2 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1926Peterborough (Dawson), AUdaily rain7.9 mm (0.31 in)6.1 mm (0.24 in)4 years16 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1926Peterborough (Dawson), AUdaily rain13.0 mm (0.5 in)8.9 mm (0.35 in)0 years13 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 1926Peterborough (Dawson), AUdaily rain3.6 mm (0.14 in)2.1 mm (0.08 in)3 years6 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1926Peterborough (Dawson), AUdaily rain3.3 mm (0.13 in)0.8 mm (0.03 in)12 years8 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1926Peterborough (Dawson), AUdaily rain7.6 mm (0.30 in)0.2 mm (0.01 in)31 years13 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1925Peterborough (Dawson), AUdaily rain (Tie)13.0 mm (0.5 in)tie19 years2 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1925Peterborough (Dawson), AUdaily rain12.2 mm (0.5 in)6.9 mm (0.27 in)15 years20 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1925Peterborough (Dawson), AUdaily rain4.1 mm (0.16 in)0.3 mm (0.01 in)18 years9 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1925Peterborough (Dawson), AUdaily rain3.8 mm (0.15 in)3.8 mm (0.15 in)40 years17 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1884 to 1927
Yearly extremes at Peterborough (Dawson): the record and the median year
MeasureRecordYear of the recordMedian yearYears with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)100.3 mm (3.9 in)189032.1 mm (1.3 in)44
Wettest five days (Rx5day)182.2 mm (7.2 in)191942.1 mm (1.7 in)44
Longest dry spell (CDD)128 days191661 days44

Wettest day (Rx1day)

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Peterborough (Dawson) by year The wettest day of the year at Peterborough (Dawson), 1884 to 1927. The record is 100.3 mm (3.9 in) in 1890, marked on the chart; the median year is 32.1 mm (1.3 in). 02550751001251890190019101920Record: 100.3 mm (3.9 in) in 1890
The wettest day of the year at Peterborough (Dawson), 1884 to 1927. The record is 100.3 mm (3.9 in) in 1890, marked on the chart; the median year is 32.1 mm (1.3 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Peterborough (Dawson) by year
YearWettest day (Rx1day)
188430.5 mm (1.2 in)
188533.3 mm (1.3 in)
188662.7 mm (2.5 in)
188729.7 mm (1.2 in)
188811.4 mm (0.4 in)
188969.9 mm (2.8 in)
1890100.3 mm (3.9 in)
189125.4 mm (1.0 in)
189238.1 mm (1.5 in)
189323.6 mm (0.9 in)
189479.5 mm (3.1 in)
189517.3 mm (0.7 in)
189618.5 mm (0.7 in)
189718.3 mm (0.7 in)
189840.1 mm (1.6 in)
189931.2 mm (1.2 in)
190019.3 mm (0.8 in)
190134.3 mm (1.4 in)
190220.3 mm (0.8 in)
190333.0 mm (1.3 in)
190476.2 mm (3.0 in)
190521.6 mm (0.9 in)
190645.7 mm (1.8 in)
190739.6 mm (1.6 in)
190841.7 mm (1.6 in)
190935.1 mm (1.4 in)
191052.1 mm (2.1 in)
191131.2 mm (1.2 in)
191240.4 mm (1.6 in)
191325.4 mm (1.0 in)
191434.3 mm (1.4 in)
191522.9 mm (0.9 in)
191634.0 mm (1.3 in)
191750.0 mm (2.0 in)
191831.2 mm (1.2 in)
191996.3 mm (3.8 in)
192039.4 mm (1.6 in)
192125.4 mm (1.0 in)
192265.0 mm (2.6 in)
192324.1 mm (0.9 in)
192411.7 mm (0.5 in)
192525.4 mm (1.0 in)
192625.4 mm (1.0 in)
192715.7 mm (0.6 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Peterborough (Dawson) by year The wettest five days of the year at Peterborough (Dawson), 1884 to 1927. The record is 182.2 mm (7.2 in) in 1919, marked on the chart; the median year is 42.1 mm (1.7 in). 0501001502001890190019101920Record: 182.2 mm (7.2 in) in 1919
The wettest five days of the year at Peterborough (Dawson), 1884 to 1927. The record is 182.2 mm (7.2 in) in 1919, marked on the chart; the median year is 42.1 mm (1.7 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Peterborough (Dawson) by year
YearWettest five days (Rx5day)
188481.1 mm (3.2 in)
188570.9 mm (2.8 in)
188672.3 mm (2.8 in)
188739.9 mm (1.6 in)
188812.2 mm (0.5 in)
188982.6 mm (3.3 in)
1890105.4 mm (4.1 in)
189132.5 mm (1.3 in)
189238.6 mm (1.5 in)
189355.6 mm (2.2 in)
1894103.2 mm (4.1 in)
189528.8 mm (1.1 in)
189620.5 mm (0.8 in)
189731.0 mm (1.2 in)
189867.0 mm (2.6 in)
189937.0 mm (1.5 in)
190022.1 mm (0.9 in)
190143.7 mm (1.7 in)
190227.0 mm (1.1 in)
190338.1 mm (1.5 in)
1904111.0 mm (4.4 in)
190536.8 mm (1.4 in)
190652.1 mm (2.1 in)
190753.1 mm (2.1 in)
190849.3 mm (1.9 in)
190949.8 mm (2.0 in)
191077.8 mm (3.1 in)
191148.7 mm (1.9 in)
191240.4 mm (1.6 in)
191327.7 mm (1.1 in)
191446.2 mm (1.8 in)
191522.9 mm (0.9 in)
191637.6 mm (1.5 in)
191777.2 mm (3.0 in)
191837.6 mm (1.5 in)
1919182.2 mm (7.2 in)
192059.7 mm (2.4 in)
192149.0 mm (1.9 in)
192284.8 mm (3.3 in)
192324.1 mm (0.9 in)
192411.7 mm (0.5 in)
192536.1 mm (1.4 in)
192633.4 mm (1.3 in)
192718.5 mm (0.7 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Peterborough (Dawson) by year The longest dry spell of the year at Peterborough (Dawson), 1884 to 1927. The record is 128 days in 1916, marked on the chart; the median year is 61 days. 2550751001251501890190019101920Record: 128 days in 1916
The longest dry spell of the year at Peterborough (Dawson), 1884 to 1927. The record is 128 days in 1916, marked on the chart; the median year is 61 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Peterborough (Dawson) by year
YearLongest dry spell (CDD)
188437 days
188567 days
188654 days
188739 days
188866 days
188936 days
189037 days
189180 days
189285 days
189391 days
189451 days
189590 days
189652 days
189795 days
189863 days
189949 days
190060 days
190162 days
1902123 days
190341 days
190455 days
190569 days
190645 days
190761 days
190837 days
190932 days
191043 days
191148 days
191291 days
1913115 days
191476 days
191565 days
1916128 days
191736 days
191885 days
191941 days
192042 days
192129 days
1922103 days
1923105 days
192428 days
1925100 days
192686 days
192750 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

35 years, 1884 to 1927

A day with at least 30.2 mm (1.2 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 113.9 mm (4.5 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Peterborough (Dawson): the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once inA day with at leastNote
2 years30.2 mm (1.2 in)
5 years45.6 mm (1.8 in)
10 years58.1 mm (2.3 in)
25 years77.2 mm (3.0 in)
50 years94.2 mm (3.7 in)Longer than the 35 years of record
100 years113.9 mm (4.5 in)Longer than the 35 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, 35 years of values from 1884 to 1927.

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: 96.3 mm (3.8 in) in 1919; 79.5 mm (3.1 in) in 1894; 76.2 mm (3.0 in) in 1904.

Download the Data

  • Data for Peterborough (Dawson) standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
  • Data for Peterborough (Dawson) 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 . Last revised (2025-12-31).