Kidston Gold Mine Weather Records (ASN00030027)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Kidston Gold Mine (ASN00030027), Australia, with 88 years of record.

Key Facts for Kidston Gold Mine

Kidston Gold Mine (ASN00030027) is a weather station in Australia at -18.88 latitude and 144.14 longitude, 520 m (1,706 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1915 to 2002, 88 years of record.
0 records set at Kidston Gold Mine still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Kidston Gold Mine set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 14 November 2001.

About the Station

Location: Australia, -18.88 latitude, 144.14 longitude.
Elevation: 520 m (1,706 ft).
Period of record: 1915 to 2002, 88 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 Kidston Gold Mine. 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 Kidston Gold Mine, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Kidston Gold Mine still stand.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Feb: 206.8 mm (8.1 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Kidston Gold Mine. The most was 206.8 mm (8.1 in) on 11 February 1927.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Kidston Gold Mine
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	6 January 1980
Feb	206.8 mm (8.1 in)	11 February 1927
Mar	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	12 March 1945
Apr	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	8 April 2000
May	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	9 May 1956
Jun	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	3 June 1927
Jul	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 July 1984
Aug	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	22 August 1988
Sep	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	4 September 1978
Oct	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	18 October 1954
Nov	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	23 November 1950
Dec	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	23 December 1959

Latest Records

Latest records at Kidston Gold Mine
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 November 2001	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2001	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	86 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 2001	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 2000	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	84 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2000	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	55 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 2000	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	71 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 2000	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 2000	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 2000	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	2 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
10 June 2000	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 2000	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	59 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 2000	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 2000	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 2000	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	monthly rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 2000	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain (Tie)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	tie	8 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
6 November 1999	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 October 1999	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	84 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1999	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	1 year	16 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1999	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1998	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	81 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1915 to 2002

Yearly extremes at Kidston Gold Mine: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	206.8 mm (8.1 in)	1927	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	86
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	359.0 mm (14.1 in)	1974	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	86
Longest dry spell (CDD)	249 days	1946	112 days	86

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Kidston Gold Mine, 1915 to 2002. The record is 206.8 mm (8.1 in) in 1927, marked on the chart; the median year is 76.2 mm (3.0 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Kidston Gold Mine by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1915	33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1916	91.4 mm (3.6 in)
1917	73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1918	122.2 mm (4.8 in)
1919	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1920	87.6 mm (3.4 in)
1921	99.3 mm (3.9 in)
1922	193.0 mm (7.6 in)
1923	42.7 mm (1.7 in)
1924	84.8 mm (3.3 in)
1925	82.0 mm (3.2 in)
1926	19.8 mm (0.8 in)
1927	206.8 mm (8.1 in)
1928	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1929	71.1 mm (2.8 in)
1930	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1931	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1932	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1933	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1936	57.7 mm (2.3 in)
1937	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1938	63.2 mm (2.5 in)
1939	75.9 mm (3.0 in)
1940	111.8 mm (4.4 in)
1941	147.3 mm (5.8 in)
1942	82.6 mm (3.3 in)
1943	108.7 mm (4.3 in)
1944	62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1945	176.5 mm (6.9 in)
1946	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1947	64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1948	63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1949	94.2 mm (3.7 in)
1950	138.4 mm (5.4 in)
1951	161.5 mm (6.4 in)
1952	86.4 mm (3.4 in)
1953	182.9 mm (7.2 in)
1954	62.5 mm (2.5 in)
1955	109.0 mm (4.3 in)
1956	130.8 mm (5.1 in)
1957	84.1 mm (3.3 in)
1958	88.9 mm (3.5 in)
1959	134.6 mm (5.3 in)
1960	88.4 mm (3.5 in)
1961	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1962	55.1 mm (2.2 in)
1963	81.3 mm (3.2 in)
1964	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1965	127.5 mm (5.0 in)
1966	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1967	66.8 mm (2.6 in)
1968	91.4 mm (3.6 in)
1969	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
1970	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1971	89.2 mm (3.5 in)
1972	119.4 mm (4.7 in)
1973	58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1974	96.0 mm (3.8 in)
1975	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1976	76.0 mm (3.0 in)
1977	72.0 mm (2.8 in)
1978	96.0 mm (3.8 in)
1979	85.0 mm (3.3 in)
1980	144.0 mm (5.7 in)
1981	91.0 mm (3.6 in)
1982	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1983	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1984	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1985	41.0 mm (1.6 in)
1986	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1987	71.0 mm (2.8 in)
1988	82.0 mm (3.2 in)
1989	76.0 mm (3.0 in)
1990	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1991	123.6 mm (4.9 in)
1992	68.0 mm (2.7 in)
1993	104.0 mm (4.1 in)
1994	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1995	111.2 mm (4.4 in)
1996	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1997	81.6 mm (3.2 in)
1998	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1999	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
2000	124.0 mm (4.9 in)
2001	59.6 mm (2.3 in)
2002	53.3 mm (2.1 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Kidston Gold Mine, 1915 to 2002. The record is 359.0 mm (14.1 in) in 1974, marked on the chart; the median year is 150.6 mm (5.9 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Kidston Gold Mine by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1915	57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1916	185.6 mm (7.3 in)
1917	222.5 mm (8.8 in)
1918	229.4 mm (9.0 in)
1919	110.8 mm (4.4 in)
1920	171.4 mm (6.7 in)
1921	233.4 mm (9.2 in)
1922	267.0 mm (10.5 in)
1923	75.0 mm (3.0 in)
1924	139.3 mm (5.5 in)
1925	224.8 mm (8.9 in)
1926	27.2 mm (1.1 in)
1927	259.4 mm (10.2 in)
1928	154.7 mm (6.1 in)
1929	169.0 mm (6.7 in)
1930	129.5 mm (5.1 in)
1931	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1932	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1933	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1936	106.5 mm (4.2 in)
1937	206.7 mm (8.1 in)
1938	188.9 mm (7.4 in)
1939	124.2 mm (4.9 in)
1940	183.5 mm (7.2 in)
1941	181.6 mm (7.1 in)
1942	113.4 mm (4.5 in)
1943	232.9 mm (9.2 in)
1944	158.5 mm (6.2 in)
1945	209.3 mm (8.2 in)
1946	149.1 mm (5.9 in)
1947	117.3 mm (4.6 in)
1948	79.3 mm (3.1 in)
1949	108.7 mm (4.3 in)
1950	189.9 mm (7.5 in)
1951	289.1 mm (11.4 in)
1952	86.4 mm (3.4 in)
1953	271.0 mm (10.7 in)
1954	160.8 mm (6.3 in)
1955	155.8 mm (6.1 in)
1956	227.8 mm (9.0 in)
1957	136.9 mm (5.4 in)
1958	166.4 mm (6.6 in)
1959	285.0 mm (11.2 in)
1960	124.4 mm (4.9 in)
1961	157.0 mm (6.2 in)
1962	61.2 mm (2.4 in)
1963	146.6 mm (5.8 in)
1964	125.0 mm (4.9 in)
1965	152.1 mm (6.0 in)
1966	133.5 mm (5.3 in)
1967	92.0 mm (3.6 in)
1968	279.9 mm (11.0 in)
1969	70.3 mm (2.8 in)
1970	71.9 mm (2.8 in)
1971	235.8 mm (9.3 in)
1972	207.2 mm (8.2 in)
1973	113.8 mm (4.5 in)
1974	359.0 mm (14.1 in)
1975	166.0 mm (6.5 in)
1976	189.0 mm (7.4 in)
1977	136.0 mm (5.4 in)
1978	101.0 mm (4.0 in)
1979	214.0 mm (8.4 in)
1980	242.0 mm (9.5 in)
1981	192.0 mm (7.6 in)
1982	82.0 mm (3.2 in)
1983	71.0 mm (2.8 in)
1984	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1985	77.0 mm (3.0 in)
1986	154.0 mm (6.1 in)
1987	103.0 mm (4.1 in)
1988	134.0 mm (5.3 in)
1989	127.0 mm (5.0 in)
1990	133.5 mm (5.3 in)
1991	304.0 mm (12.0 in)
1992	122.6 mm (4.8 in)
1993	201.4 mm (7.9 in)
1994	51.4 mm (2.0 in)
1995	209.2 mm (8.2 in)
1996	80.3 mm (3.2 in)
1997	155.8 mm (6.1 in)
1998	92.2 mm (3.6 in)
1999	89.6 mm (3.5 in)
2000	191.5 mm (7.5 in)
2001	248.1 mm (9.8 in)
2002	88.2 mm (3.5 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Kidston Gold Mine, 1915 to 2002. The record is 249 days in 1946, marked on the chart; the median year is 112 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Kidston Gold Mine by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1915	78 days
1916	97 days
1917	67 days
1918	222 days
1919	96 days
1920	44 days
1921	54 days
1922	93 days
1923	80 days
1924	76 days
1925	153 days
1926	236 days
1927	162 days
1928	216 days
1929	219 days
1930	121 days
1931	153 days
1932	184 days
1933	91 days
1936	133 days
1937	237 days
1938	105 days
1939	108 days
1940	134 days
1941	141 days
1942	118 days
1943	191 days
1944	83 days
1945	124 days
1946	249 days
1947	122 days
1948	129 days
1949	141 days
1950	120 days
1951	218 days
1952	181 days
1953	184 days
1954	169 days
1955	152 days
1956	46 days
1957	108 days
1958	140 days
1959	115 days
1960	134 days
1961	189 days
1962	99 days
1963	219 days
1964	79 days
1965	214 days
1966	108 days
1967	118 days
1968	119 days
1969	104 days
1970	101 days
1971	48 days
1972	98 days
1973	91 days
1974	103 days
1975	76 days
1976	187 days
1977	178 days
1978	85 days
1979	92 days
1980	146 days
1981	78 days
1982	98 days
1983	141 days
1984	106 days
1985	100 days
1986	60 days
1987	120 days
1988	91 days
1989	115 days
1990	36 days
1991	167 days
1992	120 days
1993	73 days
1994	90 days
1995	84 days
1996	58 days
1997	107 days
1998	50 days
1999	97 days
2000	124 days
2001	72 days
2002	7 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

74 years, 1916 to 2000

A day with at least 80.8 mm (3.2 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 217.2 mm (8.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Kidston Gold Mine: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	80.8 mm (3.2 in)
5 years	114.6 mm (4.5 in)
10 years	138.0 mm (5.4 in)
25 years	168.8 mm (6.6 in)
50 years	192.7 mm (7.6 in)
100 years	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	Longer than the 74 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, 74 years of values from 1916 to 2000.

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: 206.8 mm (8.1 in) in 1927; 193.0 mm (7.6 in) in 1922; 182.9 mm (7.2 in) in 1953.

Download the Data

Data for Kidston Gold Mine standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Kidston Gold Mine 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).

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