Cape York Post Office Weather Records (ASN00027004)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Cape York Post Office (ASN00027004), Australia, with 69 years of record.

Key Facts for Cape York Post Office

Cape York Post Office (ASN00027004) is a weather station in Australia at -10.70 latitude and 142.53 longitude, 40 m (131 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1887 to 1955, 69 years of record.
0 records set at Cape York Post Office still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Cape York Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 53.8 mm (2.1 in) on 11 November 1955.

About the Station

Location: Australia, -10.70 latitude, 142.53 longitude.
Elevation: 40 m (131 ft).
Period of record: 1887 to 1955, 69 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 Cape York Post Office. 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 Cape York Post Office, 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 Cape York Post Office still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

5 new records

5 all-time records were set at Cape York Post Office between 12 April 1925 and 6 December 1950. Each dot is a new record.

When Cape York Post Office set new all-time records
Date	Kind	Detail
1925-04-12	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 219.7 mm (8.6 in)
1925-04-13	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 248.9 mm (9.8 in)
1931-03-24	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 251.7 mm (9.9 in)
1938-12-05	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 264.9 mm (10.4 in)
1950-12-06	Record daily precipitation	Record daily precipitation 279.4 mm (11.0 in)

Wettest Day of Each Month

Dec: 279.4 mm (11.0 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Cape York Post Office. The most was 279.4 mm (11.0 in) on 6 December 1950.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Cape York Post Office
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	12 January 1955
Feb	167.4 mm (6.6 in)	8 February 1898
Mar	251.7 mm (9.9 in)	24 March 1931
Apr	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	13 April 1925
May	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	1 May 1943
Jun	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	18 June 1892
Jul	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	5 July 1921
Aug	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	24 August 1919
Sep	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	6 September 1953
Oct	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	22 October 1954
Nov	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	29 November 1924
Dec	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	6 December 1950

Latest Records

Latest records at Cape York Post Office
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 November 1955	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1955	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain (Tie)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	tie	55 years	5 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1955	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1955	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1955	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1955	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 June 1955	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 June 1955	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1955	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1955	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	21 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
14 February 1955	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1955	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1955	Cape York Post Office, AU	monthly rain	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1955	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	66 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1954	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1954	Cape York Post Office, AU	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	74 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1954	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1954	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1954	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	63 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 August 1954	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	62 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1887 to 1955

Yearly extremes at Cape York Post Office: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	1950	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	69
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	640.8 mm (25.2 in)	1955	265.2 mm (10.4 in)	69
Longest dry spell (CDD)	134 days	1905	48 days	69

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Cape York Post Office, 1887 to 1955. The record is 279.4 mm (11.0 in) in 1950, marked on the chart; the median year is 127.3 mm (5.0 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Cape York Post Office by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1887	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1888	178.3 mm (7.0 in)
1889	128.3 mm (5.1 in)
1890	89.4 mm (3.5 in)
1891	101.9 mm (4.0 in)
1892	141.5 mm (5.6 in)
1893	112.0 mm (4.4 in)
1894	113.5 mm (4.5 in)
1895	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1896	150.6 mm (5.9 in)
1897	175.3 mm (6.9 in)
1898	167.4 mm (6.6 in)
1899	154.9 mm (6.1 in)
1900	99.3 mm (3.9 in)
1901	122.2 mm (4.8 in)
1902	152.9 mm (6.0 in)
1903	99.1 mm (3.9 in)
1904	139.2 mm (5.5 in)
1905	80.3 mm (3.2 in)
1906	81.8 mm (3.2 in)
1907	144.5 mm (5.7 in)
1908	108.0 mm (4.3 in)
1909	154.7 mm (6.1 in)
1910	117.6 mm (4.6 in)
1911	71.6 mm (2.8 in)
1912	127.3 mm (5.0 in)
1913	107.7 mm (4.2 in)
1914	186.9 mm (7.4 in)
1915	110.2 mm (4.3 in)
1916	186.4 mm (7.3 in)
1917	98.8 mm (3.9 in)
1918	138.4 mm (5.4 in)
1919	66.3 mm (2.6 in)
1920	125.5 mm (4.9 in)
1921	99.8 mm (3.9 in)
1922	170.2 mm (6.7 in)
1923	88.9 mm (3.5 in)
1924	141.0 mm (5.6 in)
1925	248.9 mm (9.8 in)
1926	76.7 mm (3.0 in)
1927	221.5 mm (8.7 in)
1928	135.1 mm (5.3 in)
1929	128.8 mm (5.1 in)
1930	176.5 mm (6.9 in)
1931	251.7 mm (9.9 in)
1932	73.4 mm (2.9 in)
1933	101.1 mm (4.0 in)
1934	102.9 mm (4.1 in)
1935	147.8 mm (5.8 in)
1936	114.3 mm (4.5 in)
1937	104.6 mm (4.1 in)
1938	264.9 mm (10.4 in)
1939	191.0 mm (7.5 in)
1940	69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1941	82.8 mm (3.3 in)
1942	119.4 mm (4.7 in)
1943	165.6 mm (6.5 in)
1944	206.8 mm (8.1 in)
1945	105.2 mm (4.1 in)
1946	83.1 mm (3.3 in)
1947	135.4 mm (5.3 in)
1948	111.0 mm (4.4 in)
1949	198.1 mm (7.8 in)
1950	279.4 mm (11.0 in)
1951	99.1 mm (3.9 in)
1952	279.4 mm (11.0 in)
1953	139.7 mm (5.5 in)
1954	177.3 mm (7.0 in)
1955	233.7 mm (9.2 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Cape York Post Office, 1887 to 1955. The record is 640.8 mm (25.2 in) in 1955, marked on the chart; the median year is 265.2 mm (10.4 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Cape York Post Office by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1887	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1888	301.0 mm (11.9 in)
1889	393.7 mm (15.5 in)
1890	317.6 mm (12.5 in)
1891	231.4 mm (9.1 in)
1892	281.9 mm (11.1 in)
1893	280.7 mm (11.1 in)
1894	388.4 mm (15.3 in)
1895	111.7 mm (4.4 in)
1896	394.6 mm (15.5 in)
1897	209.3 mm (8.2 in)
1898	410.5 mm (16.2 in)
1899	200.8 mm (7.9 in)
1900	182.7 mm (7.2 in)
1901	298.4 mm (11.7 in)
1902	306.7 mm (12.1 in)
1903	227.2 mm (8.9 in)
1904	300.5 mm (11.8 in)
1905	150.9 mm (5.9 in)
1906	175.9 mm (6.9 in)
1907	265.2 mm (10.4 in)
1908	241.7 mm (9.5 in)
1909	307.1 mm (12.1 in)
1910	264.5 mm (10.4 in)
1911	209.8 mm (8.3 in)
1912	311.4 mm (12.3 in)
1913	246.9 mm (9.7 in)
1914	336.8 mm (13.3 in)
1915	235.5 mm (9.3 in)
1916	481.4 mm (19.0 in)
1917	210.5 mm (8.3 in)
1918	249.5 mm (9.8 in)
1919	196.4 mm (7.7 in)
1920	292.4 mm (11.5 in)
1921	253.3 mm (10.0 in)
1922	349.7 mm (13.8 in)
1923	321.8 mm (12.7 in)
1924	219.0 mm (8.6 in)
1925	601.0 mm (23.7 in)
1926	178.8 mm (7.0 in)
1927	441.2 mm (17.4 in)
1928	182.6 mm (7.2 in)
1929	283.8 mm (11.2 in)
1930	208.8 mm (8.2 in)
1931	397.5 mm (15.6 in)
1932	201.7 mm (7.9 in)
1933	238.6 mm (9.4 in)
1934	228.9 mm (9.0 in)
1935	451.5 mm (17.8 in)
1936	225.1 mm (8.9 in)
1937	208.3 mm (8.2 in)
1938	447.5 mm (17.6 in)
1939	302.8 mm (11.9 in)
1940	166.8 mm (6.6 in)
1941	230.9 mm (9.1 in)
1942	251.3 mm (9.9 in)
1943	274.0 mm (10.8 in)
1944	340.5 mm (13.4 in)
1945	361.3 mm (14.2 in)
1946	257.6 mm (10.1 in)
1947	264.9 mm (10.4 in)
1948	320.8 mm (12.6 in)
1949	292.9 mm (11.5 in)
1950	526.7 mm (20.7 in)
1951	313.7 mm (12.4 in)
1952	356.8 mm (14.0 in)
1953	226.8 mm (8.9 in)
1954	254.8 mm (10.0 in)
1955	640.8 mm (25.2 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Cape York Post Office, 1887 to 1955. The record is 134 days in 1905, marked on the chart; the median year is 48 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Cape York Post Office by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1887	50 days
1888	42 days
1889	49 days
1890	47 days
1891	36 days
1892	44 days
1893	43 days
1894	14 days
1895	60 days
1896	31 days
1897	87 days
1898	83 days
1899	35 days
1900	74 days
1901	69 days
1902	128 days
1903	29 days
1904	60 days
1905	134 days
1906	78 days
1907	42 days
1908	46 days
1909	42 days
1910	28 days
1911	96 days
1912	44 days
1913	67 days
1914	44 days
1915	45 days
1916	22 days
1917	25 days
1918	103 days
1919	48 days
1920	49 days
1921	29 days
1922	53 days
1923	43 days
1924	53 days
1925	82 days
1926	68 days
1927	51 days
1928	58 days
1929	128 days
1930	46 days
1931	60 days
1932	63 days
1933	22 days
1934	48 days
1935	103 days
1936	27 days
1937	45 days
1938	38 days
1939	82 days
1940	68 days
1941	73 days
1942	25 days
1943	26 days
1944	46 days
1945	32 days
1946	102 days
1947	81 days
1948	53 days
1949	42 days
1950	26 days
1951	87 days
1952	74 days
1953	52 days
1954	44 days
1955	36 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

66 years, 1888 to 1955

A day with at least 128.5 mm (5.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 325.8 mm (12.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Cape York Post Office: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	128.5 mm (5.1 in)
5 years	176.9 mm (7.0 in)
10 years	210.6 mm (8.3 in)
25 years	255.3 mm (10.1 in)
50 years	290.0 mm (11.4 in)
100 years	325.8 mm (12.8 in)	Longer than the 66 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, 66 years of values from 1888 to 1955.

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: 279.4 mm (11.0 in) in 1950; 279.4 mm (11.0 in) in 1952; 264.9 mm (10.4 in) in 1938.

Download the Data

Data for Cape York Post Office standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Cape York Post Office 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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Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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