Lake Plains (Metala) Weather Records (ASN00024514)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Lake Plains (Metala) (ASN00024514), Australia, with 65 years of record.

Key Facts for Lake Plains (Metala)

Lake Plains (Metala) (ASN00024514) is a weather station in Australia at -35.35 latitude and 139.05 longitude, 9 m (30 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1909 to 1973, 65 years of record.
0 records set at Lake Plains (Metala) still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Lake Plains (Metala) set a daily record precipitation of 11.9 mm (0.5 in) on 18 April 1973.

About the Station

Location: Australia, -35.35 latitude, 139.05 longitude.
Elevation: 9 m (30 ft).
Period of record: 1909 to 1973, 65 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 Plains (Metala). 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 Plains (Metala), 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 Plains (Metala) still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

2 new records

2 all-time records were set at Lake Plains (Metala) between 25 January 1941 and 18 November 1964. Each dot is a new record.

When Lake Plains (Metala) set new all-time records
Date	Kind	Detail
1941-01-25	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1964-11-18	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 69.9 mm (2.8 in)

Wettest Day of Each Month

Nov: 69.9 mm (2.8 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Lake Plains (Metala). The most was 69.9 mm (2.8 in) on 18 November 1964.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Lake Plains (Metala)
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	25 January 1941
Feb	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	6 February 1973
Mar	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	6 March 1910
Apr	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	14 April 1954
May	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 May 1955
Jun	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	12 June 1932
Jul	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	7 July 1922
Aug	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19 August 1909
Sep	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 September 1925
Oct	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 October 1955
Nov	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	18 November 1964
Dec	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	4 December 1966

Latest Records

Latest records at Lake Plains (Metala)
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 April 1973	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	59 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1973	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1973	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1973	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1972	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 January 1972	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1972	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1971	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1971	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1971	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1971	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	9 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 June 1971	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1971	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1971	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	2 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1971	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1971	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	2 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1971	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1971	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1970	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1970	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)

Extremes by Year

1909 to 1973

Yearly extremes at Lake Plains (Metala): the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	1964	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	65
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	1910	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	65
Longest dry spell (CDD)	65 days	1923	31 days	65

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Lake Plains (Metala), 1909 to 1973. The record is 69.9 mm (2.8 in) in 1964, marked on the chart; the median year is 29.2 mm (1.1 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Lake Plains (Metala) by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1909	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1910	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1911	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1912	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1913	37.6 mm (1.5 in)
1914	32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1915	19.1 mm (0.8 in)
1916	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1917	30.2 mm (1.2 in)
1918	17.3 mm (0.7 in)
1919	40.4 mm (1.6 in)
1920	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1921	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1922	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1923	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1924	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1925	33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1926	18.8 mm (0.7 in)
1927	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1928	27.4 mm (1.1 in)
1929	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1930	20.1 mm (0.8 in)
1931	14.5 mm (0.6 in)
1932	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1933	17.3 mm (0.7 in)
1934	30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1935	19.6 mm (0.8 in)
1936	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1937	33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1938	16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1939	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1940	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
1941	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1942	25.7 mm (1.0 in)
1943	21.8 mm (0.9 in)
1944	17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1945	33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1946	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1947	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1948	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1949	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1950	23.6 mm (0.9 in)
1951	32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1952	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
1953	17.3 mm (0.7 in)
1954	43.9 mm (1.7 in)
1955	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1956	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
1957	21.8 mm (0.9 in)
1958	25.9 mm (1.0 in)
1959	20.6 mm (0.8 in)
1960	33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1961	24.6 mm (1.0 in)
1962	19.1 mm (0.8 in)
1963	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1964	69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1965	23.9 mm (0.9 in)
1966	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1967	19.6 mm (0.8 in)
1968	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1969	19.3 mm (0.8 in)
1970	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1971	19.8 mm (0.8 in)
1972	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1973	57.4 mm (2.3 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Lake Plains (Metala), 1909 to 1973. The record is 114.5 mm (4.5 in) in 1910, marked on the chart; the median year is 42.4 mm (1.7 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Lake Plains (Metala) by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1909	51.4 mm (2.0 in)
1910	114.5 mm (4.5 in)
1911	44.3 mm (1.7 in)
1912	25.8 mm (1.0 in)
1913	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
1914	32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1915	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1916	42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1917	31.7 mm (1.2 in)
1918	25.7 mm (1.0 in)
1919	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1920	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1921	34.6 mm (1.4 in)
1922	55.6 mm (2.2 in)
1923	71.4 mm (2.8 in)
1924	44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1925	51.1 mm (2.0 in)
1926	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
1927	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1928	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1929	82.6 mm (3.3 in)
1930	59.0 mm (2.3 in)
1931	27.7 mm (1.1 in)
1932	81.0 mm (3.2 in)
1933	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1934	46.3 mm (1.8 in)
1935	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1936	67.6 mm (2.7 in)
1937	48.1 mm (1.9 in)
1938	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1939	52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1940	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1941	113.5 mm (4.5 in)
1942	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1943	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1944	21.4 mm (0.8 in)
1945	58.5 mm (2.3 in)
1946	72.2 mm (2.8 in)
1947	79.5 mm (3.1 in)
1948	61.9 mm (2.4 in)
1949	34.7 mm (1.4 in)
1950	33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1951	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1952	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1953	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1954	46.9 mm (1.8 in)
1955	67.6 mm (2.7 in)
1956	34.7 mm (1.4 in)
1957	24.8 mm (1.0 in)
1958	32.1 mm (1.3 in)
1959	35.8 mm (1.4 in)
1960	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1961	29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1962	29.8 mm (1.2 in)
1963	66.9 mm (2.6 in)
1964	77.8 mm (3.1 in)
1965	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1966	71.6 mm (2.8 in)
1967	31.3 mm (1.2 in)
1968	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1969	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
1970	57.3 mm (2.3 in)
1971	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1972	66.8 mm (2.6 in)
1973	61.2 mm (2.4 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Lake Plains (Metala), 1909 to 1973. The record is 65 days in 1923, marked on the chart; the median year is 31 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Lake Plains (Metala) by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1909	13 days
1910	49 days
1911	24 days
1912	47 days
1913	37 days
1914	24 days
1915	38 days
1916	45 days
1917	16 days
1918	28 days
1919	29 days
1920	23 days
1921	41 days
1922	43 days
1923	65 days
1924	22 days
1925	42 days
1926	37 days
1927	27 days
1928	61 days
1929	30 days
1930	49 days
1931	27 days
1932	35 days
1933	31 days
1934	36 days
1935	32 days
1936	38 days
1937	21 days
1938	28 days
1939	26 days
1940	23 days
1941	20 days
1942	31 days
1943	33 days
1944	32 days
1945	23 days
1946	18 days
1947	24 days
1948	24 days
1949	30 days
1950	32 days
1951	43 days
1952	29 days
1953	40 days
1954	49 days
1955	44 days
1956	41 days
1957	40 days
1958	25 days
1959	28 days
1960	25 days
1961	36 days
1962	24 days
1963	44 days
1964	23 days
1965	28 days
1966	28 days
1967	65 days
1968	31 days
1969	23 days
1970	49 days
1971	52 days
1972	32 days
1973	19 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

62 years, 1910 to 1972

A day with at least 27.8 mm (1.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 76.6 mm (3.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Lake Plains (Metala): the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	27.8 mm (1.1 in)
5 years	38.8 mm (1.5 in)
10 years	46.8 mm (1.8 in)
25 years	57.9 mm (2.3 in)
50 years	67.0 mm (2.6 in)
100 years	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	Longer than the 62 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, 62 years of values from 1910 to 1972.

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: 69.9 mm (2.8 in) in 1964; 68.6 mm (2.7 in) in 1941; 55.9 mm (2.2 in) in 1966.

Download the Data

Data for Lake Plains (Metala) standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Lake Plains (Metala) 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 2026-10-14 (14 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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Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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