Balfes Creek Post Office Weather Records (ASN00034000)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Balfes Creek Post Office (ASN00034000), Australia, with 128 years of record.

Key Facts for Balfes Creek Post Office

Balfes Creek Post Office (ASN00034000) is a weather station in Australia at -20.22 latitude and 145.91 longitude, 327 m (1,073 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1889 to 2016, 128 years of record.
0 records set at Balfes Creek Post Office still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Balfes Creek Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 49.2 mm (1.9 in) on 16 July 2016.

About the Station

Location: Australia, -20.22 latitude, 145.91 longitude.
Elevation: 327 m (1,073 ft).
Period of record: 1889 to 2016, 128 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 Balfes Creek 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 Balfes Creek Post Office, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Feb	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mar	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Apr	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
May	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Jun	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Jul	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Aug	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sep	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Oct	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Nov	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dec	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Balfes Creek Post Office still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Balfes Creek Post Office between 21 February 1958 and 21 February 1958. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Feb: 326.4 mm (12.9 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Balfes Creek Post Office. The most was 326.4 mm (12.9 in) on 21 February 1958.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Balfes Creek Post Office
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	29 January 1910
Feb	326.4 mm (12.9 in)	21 February 1958
Mar	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	4 March 1946
Apr	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	24 April 1988
May	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	28 May 1980
Jun	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	8 June 1912
Jul	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	15 July 2012
Aug	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	23 August 1988
Sep	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	29 September 1986
Oct	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	16 October 1891
Nov	127.6 mm (5.0 in)	28 November 2008
Dec	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	21 December 1973

Latest Records

Latest records at Balfes Creek Post Office
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 2016	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 2016	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	115 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 June 2016	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	109 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 2015	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 2014	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 2013	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2012	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 July 2012	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	monthly rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	3 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
11 July 2012	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 2012	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2012	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2012	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	104 years	72 of 100 (Major)
21 March 2011	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 2010	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 2010	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 2010	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 2010	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 2010	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	64 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 2010	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 2010	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)

Extremes by Year

1889 to 2016

Yearly extremes at Balfes Creek Post Office: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	326.4 mm (12.9 in)	1958	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	126
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	521.7 mm (20.5 in)	1958	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	123
Longest dry spell (CDD)	238 days	1994	78 days	120

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Balfes Creek Post Office, 1889 to 2016. The record is 326.4 mm (12.9 in) in 1958, marked on the chart; the median year is 75.2 mm (3.0 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Balfes Creek Post Office by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1889	40.9 mm (1.6 in)
1890	137.2 mm (5.4 in)
1891	89.4 mm (3.5 in)
1892	54.1 mm (2.1 in)
1893	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1896	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1897	94.0 mm (3.7 in)
1898	58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1899	83.8 mm (3.3 in)
1900	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1901	62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1902	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1903	104.1 mm (4.1 in)
1904	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1905	90.9 mm (3.6 in)
1906	127.0 mm (5.0 in)
1907	127.0 mm (5.0 in)
1908	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1909	78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1910	203.2 mm (8.0 in)
1911	180.3 mm (7.1 in)
1912	152.4 mm (6.0 in)
1913	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1914	86.9 mm (3.4 in)
1915	75.2 mm (3.0 in)
1916	114.3 mm (4.5 in)
1917	106.7 mm (4.2 in)
1918	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1919	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1920	117.9 mm (4.6 in)
1921	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1922	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1923	52.8 mm (2.1 in)
1924	101.6 mm (4.0 in)
1925	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1926	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1927	102.9 mm (4.1 in)
1928	86.4 mm (3.4 in)
1929	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1930	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1931	62.7 mm (2.5 in)
1932	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1933	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1934	153.2 mm (6.0 in)
1935	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1936	83.6 mm (3.3 in)
1937	77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1938	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1939	84.8 mm (3.3 in)
1940	99.1 mm (3.9 in)
1941	91.9 mm (3.6 in)
1942	76.7 mm (3.0 in)
1943	62.5 mm (2.5 in)
1944	119.4 mm (4.7 in)
1945	102.1 mm (4.0 in)
1946	181.6 mm (7.1 in)
1947	109.2 mm (4.3 in)
1948	62.7 mm (2.5 in)
1949	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1950	98.8 mm (3.9 in)
1951	116.3 mm (4.6 in)
1952	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1953	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1954	157.2 mm (6.2 in)
1955	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1956	52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1957	132.6 mm (5.2 in)
1958	326.4 mm (12.9 in)
1959	54.4 mm (2.1 in)
1960	52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1961	66.3 mm (2.6 in)
1962	74.2 mm (2.9 in)
1963	56.1 mm (2.2 in)
1964	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1965	90.2 mm (3.6 in)
1966	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1967	86.6 mm (3.4 in)
1968	123.4 mm (4.9 in)
1969	59.4 mm (2.3 in)
1970	91.4 mm (3.6 in)
1971	62.5 mm (2.5 in)
1972	64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1973	133.6 mm (5.3 in)
1974	112.0 mm (4.4 in)
1975	83.4 mm (3.3 in)
1976	57.4 mm (2.3 in)
1977	83.8 mm (3.3 in)
1978	52.0 mm (2.0 in)
1979	82.4 mm (3.2 in)
1980	90.0 mm (3.5 in)
1981	125.0 mm (4.9 in)
1982	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
1983	56.0 mm (2.2 in)
1984	160.0 mm (6.3 in)
1985	51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1986	66.2 mm (2.6 in)
1987	65.6 mm (2.6 in)
1988	98.4 mm (3.9 in)
1989	88.2 mm (3.5 in)
1990	96.5 mm (3.8 in)
1991	75.2 mm (3.0 in)
1992	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1993	14.4 mm (0.6 in)
1994	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1995	52.2 mm (2.1 in)
1996	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
1997	66.8 mm (2.6 in)
1998	117.0 mm (4.6 in)
1999	58.8 mm (2.3 in)
2000	95.3 mm (3.8 in)
2001	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
2002	134.0 mm (5.3 in)
2003	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
2004	47.4 mm (1.9 in)
2005	166.5 mm (6.6 in)
2006	41.8 mm (1.6 in)
2007	176.6 mm (7.0 in)
2008	127.6 mm (5.0 in)
2009	95.7 mm (3.8 in)
2010	146.6 mm (5.8 in)
2011	72.0 mm (2.8 in)
2012	136.6 mm (5.4 in)
2013	72.2 mm (2.8 in)
2014	92.1 mm (3.6 in)
2015	85.2 mm (3.4 in)
2016	49.2 mm (1.9 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Balfes Creek Post Office, 1889 to 2016. The record is 521.7 mm (20.5 in) in 1958, marked on the chart; the median year is 118.4 mm (4.7 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Balfes Creek Post Office by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1889	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1890	233.5 mm (9.2 in)
1891	105.4 mm (4.1 in)
1892	78.5 mm (3.1 in)
1893	38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1896	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1897	180.3 mm (7.1 in)
1898	78.3 mm (3.1 in)
1899	129.6 mm (5.1 in)
1900	128.6 mm (5.1 in)
1901	130.0 mm (5.1 in)
1902	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1903	107.1 mm (4.2 in)
1904	75.5 mm (3.0 in)
1905	212.0 mm (8.3 in)
1906	155.5 mm (6.1 in)
1907	172.7 mm (6.8 in)
1908	81.0 mm (3.2 in)
1909	139.6 mm (5.5 in)
1910	251.4 mm (9.9 in)
1911	313.4 mm (12.3 in)
1912	320.0 mm (12.6 in)
1913	130.0 mm (5.1 in)
1914	127.2 mm (5.0 in)
1915	82.8 mm (3.3 in)
1916	225.6 mm (8.9 in)
1917	288.1 mm (11.3 in)
1918	168.1 mm (6.6 in)
1919	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1920	238.6 mm (9.4 in)
1921	83.1 mm (3.3 in)
1922	101.6 mm (4.0 in)
1923	52.8 mm (2.1 in)
1924	150.9 mm (5.9 in)
1925	195.6 mm (7.7 in)
1926	44.4 mm (1.7 in)
1927	107.5 mm (4.2 in)
1928	190.0 mm (7.5 in)
1929	68.5 mm (2.7 in)
1930	82.3 mm (3.2 in)
1931	65.2 mm (2.6 in)
1932	85.8 mm (3.4 in)
1933	101.6 mm (4.0 in)
1934	234.0 mm (9.2 in)
1935	73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1936	118.4 mm (4.7 in)
1937	137.4 mm (5.4 in)
1938	81.3 mm (3.2 in)
1939	90.3 mm (3.6 in)
1940	153.5 mm (6.0 in)
1941	137.2 mm (5.4 in)
1942	87.9 mm (3.5 in)
1943	86.6 mm (3.4 in)
1944	190.1 mm (7.5 in)
1945	127.0 mm (5.0 in)
1946	188.0 mm (7.4 in)
1947	172.3 mm (6.8 in)
1948	77.2 mm (3.0 in)
1949	56.4 mm (2.2 in)
1950	172.2 mm (6.8 in)
1951	230.1 mm (9.1 in)
1952	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1953	93.3 mm (3.7 in)
1954	157.2 mm (6.2 in)
1955	113.1 mm (4.5 in)
1956	143.0 mm (5.6 in)
1957	135.4 mm (5.3 in)
1958	521.7 mm (20.5 in)
1959	75.8 mm (3.0 in)
1960	142.0 mm (5.6 in)
1961	97.8 mm (3.9 in)
1962	117.4 mm (4.6 in)
1963	115.9 mm (4.6 in)
1964	93.4 mm (3.7 in)
1965	105.7 mm (4.2 in)
1966	79.1 mm (3.1 in)
1967	148.6 mm (5.9 in)
1968	301.2 mm (11.9 in)
1969	62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1970	168.1 mm (6.6 in)
1971	82.6 mm (3.3 in)
1972	71.6 mm (2.8 in)
1973	206.8 mm (8.1 in)
1974	248.0 mm (9.8 in)
1975	137.6 mm (5.4 in)
1976	65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1977	119.8 mm (4.7 in)
1978	79.8 mm (3.1 in)
1979	120.4 mm (4.7 in)
1980	94.6 mm (3.7 in)
1981	208.0 mm (8.2 in)
1982	16.6 mm (0.7 in)
1983	143.8 mm (5.7 in)
1984	256.0 mm (10.1 in)
1985	75.8 mm (3.0 in)
1986	103.5 mm (4.1 in)
1987	72.6 mm (2.9 in)
1988	118.4 mm (4.7 in)
1989	96.1 mm (3.8 in)
1990	186.4 mm (7.3 in)
1991	132.0 mm (5.2 in)
1992	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
1993	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1994	101.5 mm (4.0 in)
1995	89.4 mm (3.5 in)
1996	41.0 mm (1.6 in)
1997	96.8 mm (3.8 in)
1998	156.5 mm (6.2 in)
1999	94.6 mm (3.7 in)
2000	151.4 mm (6.0 in)
2001	118.8 mm (4.7 in)
2002	213.4 mm (8.4 in)
2003	202.0 mm (8.0 in)
2004	65.9 mm (2.6 in)
2005	343.5 mm (13.5 in)
2006	74.2 mm (2.9 in)
2007	290.2 mm (11.4 in)
2008	153.5 mm (6.0 in)
2009	201.4 mm (7.9 in)
2010	148.3 mm (5.8 in)
2011	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
2012	137.4 mm (5.4 in)
2013	61.5 mm (2.4 in)
2014	n/a
2015	n/a
2016	n/a

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Balfes Creek Post Office, 1889 to 2016. The record is 238 days in 1994, marked on the chart; the median year is 78 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Balfes Creek Post Office by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1889	14 days
1890	46 days
1891	54 days
1892	63 days
1893	33 days
1896	31 days
1897	81 days
1898	59 days
1899	67 days
1900	73 days
1901	59 days
1902	224 days
1903	77 days
1904	93 days
1905	78 days
1906	70 days
1907	87 days
1908	77 days
1909	58 days
1910	58 days
1911	167 days
1912	106 days
1913	138 days
1914	166 days
1915	146 days
1916	76 days
1917	68 days
1918	172 days
1919	72 days
1920	74 days
1921	67 days
1922	139 days
1923	123 days
1924	118 days
1925	83 days
1926	92 days
1927	66 days
1928	118 days
1929	116 days
1930	107 days
1931	104 days
1932	162 days
1933	70 days
1934	53 days
1935	63 days
1936	126 days
1937	83 days
1938	90 days
1939	80 days
1940	56 days
1941	139 days
1942	89 days
1943	107 days
1944	84 days
1945	60 days
1946	236 days
1947	83 days
1948	135 days
1949	178 days
1950	43 days
1951	101 days
1952	71 days
1953	115 days
1954	84 days
1955	108 days
1956	31 days
1957	97 days
1958	81 days
1959	103 days
1960	95 days
1961	147 days
1962	66 days
1963	103 days
1964	70 days
1965	62 days
1966	61 days
1967	58 days
1968	60 days
1969	116 days
1970	85 days
1971	49 days
1972	133 days
1973	86 days
1974	93 days
1975	108 days
1976	123 days
1977	64 days
1978	44 days
1979	66 days
1980	56 days
1981	24 days
1982	147 days
1983	77 days
1984	69 days
1985	91 days
1986	38 days
1987	43 days
1988	62 days
1989	44 days
1990	111 days
1991	177 days
1992	137 days
1993	75 days
1994	238 days
1995	81 days
1996	60 days
1997	107 days
1998	61 days
1999	41 days
2000	70 days
2001	77 days
2002	110 days
2003	52 days
2004	93 days
2005	57 days
2006	15 days
2007	31 days
2008	1 day
2009	n/a
2010	1 day
2011	n/a
2012	n/a
2013	n/a
2014	n/a
2015	1 day
2016	n/a

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

106 years, 1890 to 2005

A day with at least 74.4 mm (2.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 243.3 mm (9.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Balfes Creek 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	74.4 mm (2.9 in)
5 years	110.0 mm (4.3 in)
10 years	137.0 mm (5.4 in)
25 years	175.6 mm (6.9 in)
50 years	207.8 mm (8.2 in)
100 years	243.3 mm (9.6 in)

The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 106 years of values from 1890 to 2005.

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: 326.4 mm (12.9 in) in 1958; 203.2 mm (8.0 in) in 1910; 181.6 mm (7.1 in) in 1946.

Download the Data

Data for Balfes Creek Post Office standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Balfes Creek 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 2026-10-14 (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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