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North Head Weather Records (ASN00030112)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for North Head (ASN00030112), Australia, with 52 years of record.

Key Facts for North Head

  • North Head (ASN00030112) is a weather station in Australia at -18.82 latitude and 143.25 longitude, 309 m (1,014 ft) above sea level.
  • The station reports from 1970 to 2021, 52 years of record.
  • 0 records set at North Head still stand.
  • Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
  • North Head set a daily record precipitation of 52.0 mm (2.0 in) on 4 January 2021.

About the Station

  • Location: Australia, -18.82 latitude, 143.25 longitude.
  • Elevation: 309 m (1,014 ft).
  • Period of record: 1970 to 2021, 52 years.
  • Eligible elements: prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

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

0 standing records
Standing records at North Head by the year they were set 0 records at North Head still stand. 00000000000
0 records at North Head still stand.
Standing records at North Head by the year they were set
Year setStanding records

Wettest Day of Each Month

Feb: 204.0 mm (8.0 in)
Record daily precipitation for each month at North Head The wettest day on record for each calendar month at North Head. The most was 204.0 mm (8.0 in) on 16 February 2002. 0100200300 Jan: 187.2 mm (7.4 in), 23 January 1974 Jan Feb: 204.0 mm (8.0 in), 16 February 2002 Feb Mar: 158.0 mm (6.2 in), 27 March 2018 Mar Apr: 61.0 mm (2.4 in), 1 April 1975 Apr May: 97.0 mm (3.8 in), 19 May 2017 May Jun: 107.0 mm (4.2 in), 5 June 1990 Jun Jul: 32.0 mm (1.3 in), 10 July 2012 Jul Aug: 23.0 mm (0.9 in), 6 August 1995 Aug Sep: 28.0 mm (1.1 in), 4 September 1978 Sep Oct: 67.0 mm (2.6 in), 25 October 1975 Oct Nov: 95.0 mm (3.7 in), 23 November 1989 Nov Dec: 125.0 mm (4.9 in), 29 December 1975 Dec
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at North Head. The most was 204.0 mm (8.0 in) on 16 February 2002.
Record daily precipitation for each month at North Head
MonthRecord daily precipitation (mm)Date
Jan187.2 mm (7.4 in)23 January 1974
Feb204.0 mm (8.0 in)16 February 2002
Mar158.0 mm (6.2 in)27 March 2018
Apr61.0 mm (2.4 in)1 April 1975
May97.0 mm (3.8 in)19 May 2017
Jun107.0 mm (4.2 in)5 June 1990
Jul32.0 mm (1.3 in)10 July 2012
Aug23.0 mm (0.9 in)6 August 1995
Sep28.0 mm (1.1 in)4 September 1978
Oct67.0 mm (2.6 in)25 October 1975
Nov95.0 mm (3.7 in)23 November 1989
Dec125.0 mm (4.9 in)29 December 1975

Latest Records

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Latest records at North Head
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
4 January 2021North Head, AUdaily rain52.0 mm (2.0 in)13.0 mm (0.5 in)19 years15 of 100 (Routine)
23 May 2020North Head, AUdaily rain30.0 mm (1.2 in)26.0 mm (1.0 in)31 years25 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 2020North Head, AUdaily rain43.0 mm (1.7 in)10.0 mm (0.4 in)6 years11 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 2020North Head, AUdaily rain62.0 mm (2.4 in)22.0 mm (0.9 in)0 years15 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 2020North Head, AUdaily rain53.0 mm (2.1 in)1.0 mm (0.04 in)22 years11 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 2019North Head, AUdaily rain63.0 mm (2.5 in)12.0 mm (0.5 in)28 years18 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 2019North Head, AUdaily rain40.0 mm (1.6 in)4.0 mm (0.16 in)43 years18 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 2019North Head, AUdaily rain80.0 mm (3.1 in)32.0 mm (1.3 in)24 years27 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 2018North Head, AUdaily rain45.0 mm (1.8 in)14.8 mm (0.6 in)41 years23 of 100 (Routine)
9 November 2018North Head, AUdaily rain22.0 mm (0.9 in)21.2 mm (0.8 in)45 years20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 2018North Head, AUdaily rain8.0 mm (0.31 in)8.0 mm (0.31 in)48 years20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 2018North Head, AUdaily rain11.0 mm (0.4 in)11.0 mm (0.4 in)48 years20 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 2018North Head, AUmonthly rain158.0 mm (6.2 in)4.0 mm (0.16 in)23 years21 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 2018North Head, AUdaily rain40.0 mm (1.6 in)40.0 mm (1.6 in)48 years36 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2018North Head, AUdaily rain93.0 mm (3.7 in)31.0 mm (1.2 in)33 years28 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 2017North Head, AUdaily rain75.0 mm (3.0 in)58.0 mm (2.3 in)28 years41 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2017North Head, AUdaily rain56.0 mm (2.2 in)26.5 mm (1.0 in)32 years33 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 2017North Head, AUmonthly rain97.0 mm (3.8 in)11.0 mm (0.4 in)26 years33 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 2017North Head, AUdaily rain25.0 mm (1.0 in)20.4 mm (0.8 in)46 years37 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2013North Head, AUdaily rain15.0 mm (0.6 in)15.0 mm (0.6 in)43 years20 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1970 to 2021
Yearly extremes at North Head: the record and the median year
MeasureRecordYear of the recordMedian yearYears with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)204.0 mm (8.0 in)200280.0 mm (3.1 in)47
Wettest five days (Rx5day)483.4 mm (19.0 in)1974147.5 mm (5.8 in)38
Longest dry spell (CDD)235 days1982121 days39

Wettest day (Rx1day)

Wettest day (Rx1day) at North Head by year The wettest day of the year at North Head, 1970 to 2021. The record is 204.0 mm (8.0 in) in 2002, marked on the chart; the median year is 80.0 mm (3.1 in). 050100150200250197019801990200020102020Record: 204.0 mm (8.0 in) in 2002
The wettest day of the year at North Head, 1970 to 2021. The record is 204.0 mm (8.0 in) in 2002, marked on the chart; the median year is 80.0 mm (3.1 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at North Head by year
YearWettest day (Rx1day)
197047.5 mm (1.9 in)
1971139.7 mm (5.5 in)
197236.8 mm (1.4 in)
197388.9 mm (3.5 in)
1974187.2 mm (7.4 in)
1975125.0 mm (4.9 in)
197662.0 mm (2.4 in)
197774.0 mm (2.9 in)
197852.0 mm (2.0 in)
198180.0 mm (3.1 in)
198283.0 mm (3.3 in)
198368.0 mm (2.7 in)
1984107.0 mm (4.2 in)
198586.0 mm (3.4 in)
198650.0 mm (2.0 in)
198773.0 mm (2.9 in)
198870.0 mm (2.8 in)
198995.0 mm (3.7 in)
1990107.0 mm (4.2 in)
1991130.0 mm (5.1 in)
199248.0 mm (1.9 in)
199383.0 mm (3.3 in)
199491.0 mm (3.6 in)
1995154.0 mm (6.1 in)
199666.0 mm (2.6 in)
199756.0 mm (2.2 in)
199861.0 mm (2.4 in)
1999114.0 mm (4.5 in)
200093.0 mm (3.7 in)
200136.0 mm (1.4 in)
2002204.0 mm (8.0 in)
200360.0 mm (2.4 in)
200490.0 mm (3.5 in)
200573.0 mm (2.9 in)
200692.0 mm (3.6 in)
200738.0 mm (1.5 in)
200944.0 mm (1.7 in)
201062.0 mm (2.4 in)
2011104.0 mm (4.1 in)
201290.0 mm (3.5 in)
201333.0 mm (1.3 in)
201442.0 mm (1.7 in)
201797.0 mm (3.8 in)
2018158.0 mm (6.2 in)
201980.0 mm (3.1 in)
202062.0 mm (2.4 in)
202152.0 mm (2.0 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at North Head by year The wettest five days of the year at North Head, 1970 to 2021. The record is 483.4 mm (19.0 in) in 1974, marked on the chart; the median year is 147.5 mm (5.8 in). 0200400600197019801990200020102020Record: 483.4 mm (19.0 in) in 1974
The wettest five days of the year at North Head, 1970 to 2021. The record is 483.4 mm (19.0 in) in 1974, marked on the chart; the median year is 147.5 mm (5.8 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at North Head by year
YearWettest five days (Rx5day)
197097.6 mm (3.8 in)
1971139.7 mm (5.5 in)
197268.6 mm (2.7 in)
1973223.5 mm (8.8 in)
1974483.4 mm (19.0 in)
1975194.0 mm (7.6 in)
1976188.0 mm (7.4 in)
1977187.0 mm (7.4 in)
197853.4 mm (2.1 in)
1981172.0 mm (6.8 in)
1982151.0 mm (5.9 in)
1983114.0 mm (4.5 in)
1984144.0 mm (5.7 in)
1985123.0 mm (4.8 in)
1986108.0 mm (4.3 in)
1987141.0 mm (5.6 in)
198898.0 mm (3.9 in)
1989163.0 mm (6.4 in)
1990160.0 mm (6.3 in)
1991397.0 mm (15.6 in)
199280.0 mm (3.1 in)
1993133.0 mm (5.2 in)
1994151.0 mm (5.9 in)
1995219.0 mm (8.6 in)
1996163.0 mm (6.4 in)
1997136.0 mm (5.4 in)
1998126.4 mm (5.0 in)
1999213.0 mm (8.4 in)
2000162.0 mm (6.4 in)
2001127.0 mm (5.0 in)
2002297.0 mm (11.7 in)
2003157.1 mm (6.2 in)
2004130.6 mm (5.1 in)
2005139.0 mm (5.5 in)
2006n/a
2007n/a
2009n/a
2010n/a
2011n/a
2012n/a
2013n/a
2014n/a
2017122.0 mm (4.8 in)
2018212.0 mm (8.3 in)
2019228.0 mm (9.0 in)
2020112.0 mm (4.4 in)
2021n/a

Longest dry spell (CDD)

Longest dry spell (CDD) at North Head by year The longest dry spell of the year at North Head, 1970 to 2021. The record is 235 days in 1982, marked on the chart; the median year is 121 days. 0100200300197019801990200020102020Record: 235 days in 1982
The longest dry spell of the year at North Head, 1970 to 2021. The record is 235 days in 1982, marked on the chart; the median year is 121 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at North Head by year
YearLongest dry spell (CDD)
1970147 days
197182 days
197288 days
1973142 days
197494 days
1975130 days
1976221 days
1977175 days
197892 days
198161 days
1982235 days
1983113 days
1984105 days
1985104 days
1986120 days
198795 days
198860 days
1989159 days
199061 days
1991215 days
1992121 days
1993112 days
1994230 days
199576 days
1996121 days
1997183 days
199892 days
1999218 days
2000133 days
2001226 days
2002158 days
2003125 days
2004143 days
2005156 days
2006n/a
2007n/a
2009n/a
2010n/a
2011n/a
2012n/a
2013n/a
2014n/a
2017112 days
2018197 days
201942 days
2020153 days
20213 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

32 years, 1970 to 2020

A day with at least 80.9 mm (3.2 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 254.3 mm (10.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at North Head: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once inA day with at leastNote
2 years80.9 mm (3.2 in)
5 years117.2 mm (4.6 in)
10 years144.8 mm (5.7 in)
25 years184.4 mm (7.3 in)
50 years217.7 mm (8.6 in)Longer than the 32 years of record
100 years254.3 mm (10.0 in)Longer than the 32 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, 32 years of values from 1970 to 2020.

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: 204.0 mm (8.0 in) in 2002; 187.2 mm (7.4 in) in 1974; 158.0 mm (6.2 in) in 2018.

Download the Data

  • Data for North Head standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
  • Data for North Head 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).