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Lava Plains Station Weather Records (ASN00032100)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Lava Plains Station (ASN00032100), Australia, with 37 years of record.

Key Facts for Lava Plains Station

  • Lava Plains Station (ASN00032100) is a weather station in Australia at -18.48 latitude and 144.80 longitude, 710 m (2,329 ft) above sea level.
  • The station reports from 1967 to 2003, 37 years of record.
  • 0 records set at Lava Plains Station still stand.
  • Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
  • Lava Plains Station set a daily record precipitation of 55.0 mm (2.2 in) on 24 March 2001.

About the Station

  • Location: Australia, -18.48 latitude, 144.80 longitude.
  • Elevation: 710 m (2,329 ft).
  • Period of record: 1967 to 2003, 37 years.
  • Eligible elements: prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

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

0 standing records
Standing records at Lava Plains Station by the year they were set 0 records at Lava Plains Station still stand. 00000000000
0 records at Lava Plains Station still stand.
Standing records at Lava Plains Station by the year they were set
Year setStanding records

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jan: 198.0 mm (7.8 in)
Record daily precipitation for each month at Lava Plains Station The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Lava Plains Station. The most was 198.0 mm (7.8 in) on 20 January 1981. 050100150200 Jan: 198.0 mm (7.8 in), 20 January 1981 Jan Feb: 164.0 mm (6.5 in), 2 February 1986 Feb Mar: 161.0 mm (6.3 in), 8 March 1979 Mar Apr: 71.1 mm (2.8 in), 28 April 1973 Apr May: 91.0 mm (3.6 in), 3 May 1983 May Jun: 64.0 mm (2.5 in), 5 June 1990 Jun Jul: 64.0 mm (2.5 in), 28 July 1978 Jul Aug: 44.2 mm (1.7 in), 24 August 1971 Aug Sep: 42.2 mm (1.7 in), 3 September 1975 Sep Oct: 100.0 mm (3.9 in), 21 October 1975 Oct Nov: 114.0 mm (4.5 in), 16 November 2000 Nov Dec: 110.0 mm (4.3 in), 14 December 1981 Dec
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Lava Plains Station. The most was 198.0 mm (7.8 in) on 20 January 1981.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Lava Plains Station
MonthRecord daily precipitation (mm)Date
Jan198.0 mm (7.8 in)20 January 1981
Feb164.0 mm (6.5 in)2 February 1986
Mar161.0 mm (6.3 in)8 March 1979
Apr71.1 mm (2.8 in)28 April 1973
May91.0 mm (3.6 in)3 May 1983
Jun64.0 mm (2.5 in)5 June 1990
Jul64.0 mm (2.5 in)28 July 1978
Aug44.2 mm (1.7 in)24 August 1971
Sep42.2 mm (1.7 in)3 September 1975
Oct100.0 mm (3.9 in)21 October 1975
Nov114.0 mm (4.5 in)16 November 2000
Dec110.0 mm (4.3 in)14 December 1981

Latest Records

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Latest records at Lava Plains Station
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
24 March 2001Lava Plains Station, AUdaily rain55.0 mm (2.2 in)31.0 mm (1.2 in)27 years24 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 2000Lava Plains Station, AUdaily rain57.0 mm (2.2 in)29.0 mm (1.1 in)20 years24 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 2000Lava Plains Station, AUdaily rain35.0 mm (1.4 in)7.0 mm (0.28 in)20 years12 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 2000Lava Plains Station, AUdaily rain58.0 mm (2.3 in)42.0 mm (1.7 in)8 years27 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 2000Lava Plains Station, AUdaily rain14.0 mm (0.6 in)14.0 mm (0.6 in)33 years19 of 100 (Routine)
18 November 2000Lava Plains Station, AUdaily rain22.0 mm (0.9 in)10.0 mm (0.4 in)26 years17 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 2000Lava Plains Station, AUmonthly rain114.0 mm (4.5 in)36.0 mm (1.4 in)10 years42 of 100 (Notable)
10 November 2000Lava Plains Station, AUdaily rain23.0 mm (0.9 in)12.6 mm (0.5 in)28 years20 of 100 (Routine)
9 November 2000Lava Plains Station, AUdaily rain28.0 mm (1.1 in)18.6 mm (0.7 in)28 years24 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 2000Lava Plains Station, AUdaily rain18.0 mm (0.7 in)18.0 mm (0.7 in)33 years20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 2000Lava Plains Station, AUdaily rain17.0 mm (0.7 in)17.0 mm (0.7 in)33 years20 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 2000Lava Plains Station, AUdaily rain11.0 mm (0.4 in)10.0 mm (0.4 in)5 years9 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 2000Lava Plains Station, AUdaily rain46.0 mm (1.8 in)25.7 mm (1.0 in)33 years25 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 2000Lava Plains Station, AUdaily rain27.0 mm (1.1 in)18.8 mm (0.7 in)19 years17 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1999Lava Plains Station, AUdaily rain25.0 mm (1.0 in)6.2 mm (0.24 in)28 years14 of 100 (Routine)
21 November 1999Lava Plains Station, AUdaily rain19.0 mm (0.7 in)2.0 mm (0.08 in)17 years9 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1999Lava Plains Station, AUdaily rain6.0 mm (0.24 in)3.7 mm (0.15 in)25 years12 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1999Lava Plains Station, AUdaily rain12.0 mm (0.5 in)10.7 mm (0.4 in)28 years20 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 1999Lava Plains Station, AUdaily rain22.0 mm (0.9 in)18.6 mm (0.7 in)16 years20 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1999Lava Plains Station, AUdaily rain27.0 mm (1.1 in)27.0 mm (1.1 in)32 years31 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1967 to 2003
Yearly extremes at Lava Plains Station: the record and the median year
MeasureRecordYear of the recordMedian yearYears with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)198.0 mm (7.8 in)198191.5 mm (3.6 in)36
Wettest five days (Rx5day)403.0 mm (15.9 in)1979151.9 mm (6.0 in)36
Longest dry spell (CDD)206 days197786 days36

Wettest day (Rx1day)

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Lava Plains Station by year The wettest day of the year at Lava Plains Station, 1967 to 2003. The record is 198.0 mm (7.8 in) in 1981, marked on the chart; the median year is 91.5 mm (3.6 in). 0501001502001970198019902000Record: 198.0 mm (7.8 in) in 1981
The wettest day of the year at Lava Plains Station, 1967 to 2003. The record is 198.0 mm (7.8 in) in 1981, marked on the chart; the median year is 91.5 mm (3.6 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Lava Plains Station by year
YearWettest day (Rx1day)
196780.0 mm (3.1 in)
196850.8 mm (2.0 in)
196942.7 mm (1.7 in)
197075.4 mm (3.0 in)
197199.6 mm (3.9 in)
197289.9 mm (3.5 in)
197395.8 mm (3.8 in)
1974118.6 mm (4.7 in)
1975100.0 mm (3.9 in)
197690.0 mm (3.5 in)
197792.0 mm (3.6 in)
197864.0 mm (2.5 in)
1979161.0 mm (6.3 in)
1980154.2 mm (6.1 in)
1981198.0 mm (7.8 in)
198239.0 mm (1.5 in)
198391.0 mm (3.6 in)
1984135.0 mm (5.3 in)
198595.4 mm (3.8 in)
1986164.0 mm (6.5 in)
198765.0 mm (2.6 in)
1988109.7 mm (4.3 in)
198978.0 mm (3.1 in)
1990123.0 mm (4.8 in)
1991118.0 mm (4.6 in)
199289.0 mm (3.5 in)
199364.0 mm (2.5 in)
199480.0 mm (3.1 in)
199544.0 mm (1.7 in)
199648.0 mm (1.9 in)
1997105.6 mm (4.2 in)
1998132.0 mm (5.2 in)
199997.0 mm (3.8 in)
2000114.0 mm (4.5 in)
200166.0 mm (2.6 in)
200346.0 mm (1.8 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Lava Plains Station by year The wettest five days of the year at Lava Plains Station, 1967 to 2003. The record is 403.0 mm (15.9 in) in 1979, marked on the chart; the median year is 151.9 mm (6.0 in). 01002003004005001970198019902000Record: 403.0 mm (15.9 in) in 1979
The wettest five days of the year at Lava Plains Station, 1967 to 2003. The record is 403.0 mm (15.9 in) in 1979, marked on the chart; the median year is 151.9 mm (6.0 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Lava Plains Station by year
YearWettest five days (Rx5day)
1967199.3 mm (7.8 in)
1968169.8 mm (6.7 in)
196958.9 mm (2.3 in)
1970147.3 mm (5.8 in)
1971149.8 mm (5.9 in)
1972229.6 mm (9.0 in)
1973274.1 mm (10.8 in)
1974225.8 mm (8.9 in)
1975179.2 mm (7.1 in)
1976139.0 mm (5.5 in)
1977132.0 mm (5.2 in)
197882.0 mm (3.2 in)
1979403.0 mm (15.9 in)
1980216.8 mm (8.5 in)
1981253.1 mm (10.0 in)
198259.2 mm (2.3 in)
198391.0 mm (3.6 in)
1984207.6 mm (8.2 in)
1985127.0 mm (5.0 in)
1986191.0 mm (7.5 in)
198765.0 mm (2.6 in)
1988205.9 mm (8.1 in)
1989125.0 mm (4.9 in)
1990180.0 mm (7.1 in)
1991362.0 mm (14.3 in)
1992141.6 mm (5.6 in)
199394.0 mm (3.7 in)
199492.0 mm (3.6 in)
199587.0 mm (3.4 in)
199665.0 mm (2.6 in)
1997173.0 mm (6.8 in)
1998221.0 mm (8.7 in)
1999158.0 mm (6.2 in)
2000154.0 mm (6.1 in)
2001130.0 mm (5.1 in)
200378.0 mm (3.1 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Lava Plains Station by year The longest dry spell of the year at Lava Plains Station, 1967 to 2003. The record is 206 days in 1977, marked on the chart; the median year is 86 days. 0501001502002501970198019902000Record: 206 days in 1977
The longest dry spell of the year at Lava Plains Station, 1967 to 2003. The record is 206 days in 1977, marked on the chart; the median year is 86 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Lava Plains Station by year
YearLongest dry spell (CDD)
196762 days
196898 days
1969101 days
1970102 days
197158 days
197277 days
197337 days
197464 days
197562 days
1976145 days
1977206 days
197855 days
1979144 days
198093 days
198183 days
1982153 days
1983147 days
1984131 days
1985136 days
198690 days
1987191 days
198837 days
198989 days
1990128 days
1991167 days
199266 days
1993110 days
199445 days
199526 days
199651 days
199729 days
199844 days
199990 days
200042 days
200119 days
200317 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, 1967 to 1999

A day with at least 90.9 mm (3.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 211.6 mm (8.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Lava Plains Station: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once inA day with at leastNote
2 years90.9 mm (3.6 in)
5 years125.6 mm (4.9 in)
10 years147.7 mm (5.8 in)
25 years174.3 mm (6.9 in)
50 years193.3 mm (7.6 in)Longer than the 32 years of record
100 years211.6 mm (8.3 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 1967 to 1999.

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: 198.0 mm (7.8 in) in 1981; 164.0 mm (6.5 in) in 1986; 161.0 mm (6.3 in) in 1979.

Download the Data

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