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Horn Island Airport Weather Records (ASN00027027)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Horn Island Airport (ASN00027027), Australia, with 41 years of record.

Key Facts for Horn Island Airport

  • Horn Island Airport (ASN00027027) is a weather station in Australia at -10.59 latitude and 142.29 longitude, 13 m (43 ft) above sea level.
  • The station reports from 1956 to 1996, 41 years of record.
  • 0 records set at Horn Island Airport still stand.
  • Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
  • Horn Island Airport set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 23 December 1996.

About the Station

  • Location: Australia, -10.59 latitude, 142.29 longitude.
  • Elevation: 13 m (43 ft).
  • Period of record: 1956 to 1996, 41 years.
  • Eligible elements: prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record
Daily record high and record low at Horn Island Airport, with 2026 drawn through them The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Horn Island Airport. 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 Horn Island Airport. 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 Horn Island Airport, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records
Standing records at Horn Island Airport by the year they were set 0 records at Horn Island Airport still stand. 00000000000
0 records at Horn Island Airport still stand.
Standing records at Horn Island Airport by the year they were set
Year setStanding records

Wettest Day of Each Month

Apr: 244.9 mm (9.6 in)
Record daily precipitation for each month at Horn Island Airport The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Horn Island Airport. The most was 244.9 mm (9.6 in) on 9 April 1972. 0100200300 Jan: 234.0 mm (9.2 in), 6 January 1992 Jan Feb: 223.6 mm (8.8 in), 9 February 1975 Feb Mar: 209.8 mm (8.3 in), 3 March 1977 Mar Apr: 244.9 mm (9.6 in), 9 April 1972 Apr May: 108.6 mm (4.3 in), 10 May 1996 May Jun: 53.3 mm (2.1 in), 15 June 1973 Jun Jul: 14.6 mm (0.6 in), 19 July 1986 Jul Aug: 20.0 mm (0.8 in), 27 August 1978 Aug Sep: 8.8 mm (0.35 in), 24 September 1992 Sep Oct: 100.0 mm (3.9 in), 28 October 1989 Oct Nov: 91.8 mm (3.6 in), 29 November 1985 Nov Dec: 186.9 mm (7.4 in), 27 December 1965 Dec
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Horn Island Airport. The most was 244.9 mm (9.6 in) on 9 April 1972.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Horn Island Airport
MonthRecord daily precipitation (mm)Date
Jan234.0 mm (9.2 in)6 January 1992
Feb223.6 mm (8.8 in)9 February 1975
Mar209.8 mm (8.3 in)3 March 1977
Apr244.9 mm (9.6 in)9 April 1972
May108.6 mm (4.3 in)10 May 1996
Jun53.3 mm (2.1 in)15 June 1973
Jul14.6 mm (0.6 in)19 July 1986
Aug20.0 mm (0.8 in)27 August 1978
Sep8.8 mm (0.35 in)24 September 1992
Oct100.0 mm (3.9 in)28 October 1989
Nov91.8 mm (3.6 in)29 November 1985
Dec186.9 mm (7.4 in)27 December 1965

Latest Records

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Latest records at Horn Island Airport
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
23 December 1996Horn Island Airport, AUdaily rain45.0 mm (1.8 in)7.2 mm (0.28 in)31 years15 of 100 (Routine)
23 November 1996Horn Island Airport, AUdaily rain5.6 mm (0.22 in)3.1 mm (0.12 in)38 years17 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1996Horn Island Airport, AUdaily rain0.4 mm (0.02 in)0.4 mm (0.02 in)39 years15 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1996Horn Island Airport, AUdaily rain4.2 mm (0.17 in)2.9 mm (0.11 in)36 years15 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1996Horn Island Airport, AUdaily rain10.4 mm (0.4 in)10.4 mm (0.4 in)39 years20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1996Horn Island Airport, AUdaily rain18.4 mm (0.7 in)18.4 mm (0.7 in)39 years20 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1996Horn Island Airport, AUdaily rain12.6 mm (0.5 in)12.6 mm (0.5 in)39 years20 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1996Horn Island Airport, AUdaily rain0.8 mm (0.03 in)0.8 mm (0.03 in)39 years18 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1996Horn Island Airport, AUdaily rain58.0 mm (2.3 in)41.0 mm (1.6 in)13 years47 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1996Horn Island Airport, AUdaily rain69.2 mm (2.7 in)48.2 mm (1.9 in)7 years46 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1996Horn Island Airport, AUmonthly rain108.6 mm (4.3 in)29.6 mm (1.2 in)11 years51 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1996Horn Island Airport, AUdaily rain88.2 mm (3.5 in)36.6 mm (1.4 in)9 years21 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1996Horn Island Airport, AUdaily rain69.2 mm (2.7 in)39.2 mm (1.5 in)34 years26 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 1995Horn Island Airport, AUdaily rain64.6 mm (2.5 in)50.6 mm (2.0 in)30 years29 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1995Horn Island Airport, AUdaily rain9.2 mm (0.36 in)2.8 mm (0.11 in)6 years7 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1995Horn Island Airport, AUdaily rain0.8 mm (0.03 in)0.6 mm (0.02 in)8 years6 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1995Horn Island Airport, AUdaily rain8.4 mm (0.33 in)5.1 mm (0.20 in)36 years18 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1995Horn Island Airport, AUdaily rain2.2 mm (0.09 in)0.9 mm (0.04 in)36 years18 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1995Horn Island Airport, AUdaily rain1.2 mm (0.05 in)0.7 mm (0.03 in)36 years16 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1995Horn Island Airport, AUdaily rain (Tie)1.6 mm (0.06 in)tie8 years1 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1956 to 1996
Yearly extremes at Horn Island Airport: the record and the median year
MeasureRecordYear of the recordMedian yearYears with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)244.9 mm (9.6 in)1972124.0 mm (4.9 in)40
Wettest five days (Rx5day)499.5 mm (19.7 in)1964273.3 mm (10.8 in)40
Longest dry spell (CDD)171 days197953 days40

Wettest day (Rx1day)

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Horn Island Airport by year The wettest day of the year at Horn Island Airport, 1956 to 1996. The record is 244.9 mm (9.6 in) in 1972, marked on the chart; the median year is 124.0 mm (4.9 in). 501001502002501960197019801990Record: 244.9 mm (9.6 in) in 1972
The wettest day of the year at Horn Island Airport, 1956 to 1996. The record is 244.9 mm (9.6 in) in 1972, marked on the chart; the median year is 124.0 mm (4.9 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Horn Island Airport by year
YearWettest day (Rx1day)
1956124.2 mm (4.9 in)
1957154.4 mm (6.1 in)
195866.5 mm (2.6 in)
195979.2 mm (3.1 in)
196098.0 mm (3.9 in)
196186.9 mm (3.4 in)
196299.8 mm (3.9 in)
1963104.1 mm (4.1 in)
1964184.7 mm (7.3 in)
1965186.9 mm (7.4 in)
1966116.1 mm (4.6 in)
1967147.3 mm (5.8 in)
1968110.5 mm (4.4 in)
1969186.2 mm (7.3 in)
197166.0 mm (2.6 in)
1972244.9 mm (9.6 in)
1973124.5 mm (4.9 in)
1974118.4 mm (4.7 in)
1975231.0 mm (9.1 in)
1976118.2 mm (4.7 in)
1977209.8 mm (8.3 in)
197898.4 mm (3.9 in)
1979115.2 mm (4.5 in)
198096.0 mm (3.8 in)
1981203.0 mm (8.0 in)
1982176.0 mm (6.9 in)
1983126.0 mm (5.0 in)
1984120.0 mm (4.7 in)
198591.8 mm (3.6 in)
1986134.0 mm (5.3 in)
1987126.0 mm (5.0 in)
1988162.0 mm (6.4 in)
1989123.8 mm (4.9 in)
1990165.6 mm (6.5 in)
1991118.0 mm (4.6 in)
1992234.0 mm (9.2 in)
1993130.9 mm (5.2 in)
1994138.2 mm (5.4 in)
1995109.6 mm (4.3 in)
1996108.6 mm (4.3 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Horn Island Airport by year The wettest five days of the year at Horn Island Airport, 1956 to 1996. The record is 499.5 mm (19.7 in) in 1964, marked on the chart; the median year is 273.3 mm (10.8 in). 1002003004005001960197019801990Record: 499.5 mm (19.7 in) in 1964
The wettest five days of the year at Horn Island Airport, 1956 to 1996. The record is 499.5 mm (19.7 in) in 1964, marked on the chart; the median year is 273.3 mm (10.8 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Horn Island Airport by year
YearWettest five days (Rx5day)
1956229.8 mm (9.0 in)
1957253.0 mm (10.0 in)
1958148.3 mm (5.8 in)
1959179.5 mm (7.1 in)
1960166.7 mm (6.6 in)
1961152.1 mm (6.0 in)
1962201.9 mm (7.9 in)
1963224.6 mm (8.8 in)
1964499.5 mm (19.7 in)
1965390.3 mm (15.4 in)
1966301.2 mm (11.9 in)
1967346.4 mm (13.6 in)
1968333.0 mm (13.1 in)
1969347.0 mm (13.7 in)
1971142.7 mm (5.6 in)
1972425.2 mm (16.7 in)
1973175.6 mm (6.9 in)
1974192.4 mm (7.6 in)
1975386.2 mm (15.2 in)
1976297.8 mm (11.7 in)
1977391.2 mm (15.4 in)
1978233.6 mm (9.2 in)
1979378.3 mm (14.9 in)
1980213.0 mm (8.4 in)
1981331.0 mm (13.0 in)
1982396.0 mm (15.6 in)
1983213.0 mm (8.4 in)
1984310.0 mm (12.2 in)
1985254.2 mm (10.0 in)
1986298.6 mm (11.8 in)
1987266.6 mm (10.5 in)
1988330.6 mm (13.0 in)
1989276.4 mm (10.9 in)
1990498.8 mm (19.6 in)
1991315.0 mm (12.4 in)
1992338.4 mm (13.3 in)
1993245.4 mm (9.7 in)
1994209.2 mm (8.2 in)
1995270.2 mm (10.6 in)
1996255.6 mm (10.1 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Horn Island Airport by year The longest dry spell of the year at Horn Island Airport, 1956 to 1996. The record is 171 days in 1979, marked on the chart; the median year is 53 days. 0501001502001960197019801990Record: 171 days in 1979
The longest dry spell of the year at Horn Island Airport, 1956 to 1996. The record is 171 days in 1979, marked on the chart; the median year is 53 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Horn Island Airport by year
YearLongest dry spell (CDD)
195628 days
195795 days
195845 days
195946 days
196073 days
196178 days
196297 days
196346 days
196430 days
1965123 days
196611 days
196796 days
196846 days
196913 days
197115 days
197234 days
197339 days
197467 days
197527 days
197653 days
197743 days
197880 days
1979171 days
198078 days
1981108 days
198288 days
198391 days
198451 days
198548 days
198645 days
198750 days
198838 days
198966 days
199055 days
199183 days
199255 days
1993118 days
199482 days
199552 days
199640 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

31 years, 1957 to 1996

A day with at least 125.0 mm (4.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 292.9 mm (11.5 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Horn Island Airport: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once inA day with at leastNote
2 years125.0 mm (4.9 in)
5 years164.8 mm (6.5 in)
10 years193.1 mm (7.6 in)
25 years231.3 mm (9.1 in)
50 years261.4 mm (10.3 in)Longer than the 31 years of record
100 years292.9 mm (11.5 in)Longer than the 31 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, 31 years of values from 1957 to 1996.

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: 234.0 mm (9.2 in) in 1992; 231.0 mm (9.1 in) in 1975; 209.8 mm (8.3 in) in 1977.

Download the Data

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