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Essex Weather Records (ASN00034027)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Essex (ASN00034027), Australia, with 59 years of record.

Key Facts for Essex

  • Essex (ASN00034027) is a weather station in Australia at -22.77 latitude and 148.81 longitude, 175 m (574 ft) above sea level.
  • The station reports from 1967 to 2025, 59 years of record.
  • 0 records set at Essex still stand.
  • Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
  • Essex set a daily record precipitation of 22.4 mm (0.9 in) on 12 August 2024.

About the Station

  • Location: Australia, -22.77 latitude, 148.81 longitude.
  • Elevation: 175 m (574 ft).
  • Period of record: 1967 to 2025, 59 years.
  • Eligible elements: prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

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

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

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records
When Essex set new all-time records 1 all-time records were set at Essex between 25 January 2013 and 25 January 2013. Each dot is a new record. Record daily precipitation25 January 2013: Record daily precipitation 309.0 mm (12.2 in)
1 all-time records were set at Essex between 25 January 2013 and 25 January 2013. Each dot is a new record.
When Essex set new all-time records
DateKindDetail
2013-01-25Record daily precipitationRecord daily precipitation 309.0 mm (12.2 in)

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jan: 309.0 mm (12.2 in)
Record daily precipitation for each month at Essex The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Essex. The most was 309.0 mm (12.2 in) on 25 January 2013. 0100200300400 Jan: 309.0 mm (12.2 in), 25 January 2013 Jan Feb: 96.2 mm (3.8 in), 26 February 1975 Feb Mar: 131.4 mm (5.2 in), 8 March 2006 Mar Apr: 65.0 mm (2.6 in), 4 April 1989 Apr May: 105.4 mm (4.1 in), 14 May 1977 May Jun: 90.4 mm (3.6 in), 27 June 2024 Jun Jul: 88.1 mm (3.5 in), 10 July 1978 Jul Aug: 81.2 mm (3.2 in), 11 August 2010 Aug Sep: 48.0 mm (1.9 in), 5 September 2007 Sep Oct: 101.0 mm (4.0 in), 20 October 2022 Oct Nov: 120.0 mm (4.7 in), 20 November 2010 Nov Dec: 169.2 mm (6.7 in), 20 December 1973 Dec
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Essex. The most was 309.0 mm (12.2 in) on 25 January 2013.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Essex
MonthRecord daily precipitation (mm)Date
Jan309.0 mm (12.2 in)25 January 2013
Feb96.2 mm (3.8 in)26 February 1975
Mar131.4 mm (5.2 in)8 March 2006
Apr65.0 mm (2.6 in)4 April 1989
May105.4 mm (4.1 in)14 May 1977
Jun90.4 mm (3.6 in)27 June 2024
Jul88.1 mm (3.5 in)10 July 1978
Aug81.2 mm (3.2 in)11 August 2010
Sep48.0 mm (1.9 in)5 September 2007
Oct101.0 mm (4.0 in)20 October 2022
Nov120.0 mm (4.7 in)20 November 2010
Dec169.2 mm (6.7 in)20 December 1973

Latest Records

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Latest records at Essex
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
12 August 2024Essex, AUdaily rain22.4 mm (0.9 in)7.4 mm (0.29 in)19 years15 of 100 (Routine)
27 June 2024Essex, AUmonthly rain90.4 mm (3.6 in)38.8 mm (1.5 in)18 years53 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2024Essex, AUdaily rain36.4 mm (1.4 in)2.4 mm (0.09 in)24 years13 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 2023Essex, AUdaily rain28.4 mm (1.1 in)7.6 mm (0.30 in)34 years20 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 2023Essex, AUdaily rain43.8 mm (1.7 in)16.8 mm (0.7 in)0 years13 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 2023Essex, AUdaily rain80.4 mm (3.2 in)32.4 mm (1.3 in)5 years21 of 100 (Routine)
30 November 2022Essex, AUdaily rain44.0 mm (1.7 in)6.4 mm (0.25 in)40 years21 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 2022Essex, AUdaily rain28.0 mm (1.1 in)6.2 mm (0.24 in)47 years23 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 2022Essex, AUmonthly rain101.0 mm (4.0 in)16.0 mm (0.6 in)16 years31 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 2022Essex, AUdaily rain15.6 mm (0.6 in)2.1 mm (0.08 in)52 years20 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 2022Essex, AUdaily rain14.4 mm (0.6 in)8.3 mm (0.33 in)44 years20 of 100 (Routine)
28 September 2022Essex, AUdaily rain7.6 mm (0.30 in)0.2 mm (0.01 in)23 years11 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 2022Essex, AUdaily rain7.0 mm (0.28 in)6.0 mm (0.24 in)20 years17 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 2022Essex, AUdaily rain11.6 mm (0.5 in)1.7 mm (0.07 in)48 years20 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 2022Essex, AUdaily rain58.2 mm (2.3 in)33.8 mm (1.3 in)51 years45 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2022Essex, AUdaily rain66.4 mm (2.6 in)57.9 mm (2.3 in)29 years53 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2022Essex, AUdaily rain83.0 mm (3.3 in)39.9 mm (1.6 in)44 years45 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2022Essex, AUdaily rain30.0 mm (1.2 in)6.0 mm (0.24 in)21 years15 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 2022Essex, AUdaily rain27.0 mm (1.1 in)8.4 mm (0.33 in)43 years21 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 2021Essex, AUdaily rain32.8 mm (1.3 in)7.1 mm (0.28 in)44 years22 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1967 to 2025
Yearly extremes at Essex: the record and the median year
MeasureRecordYear of the recordMedian yearYears with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)309.0 mm (12.2 in)201367.7 mm (2.7 in)58
Wettest five days (Rx5day)368.2 mm (14.5 in)2013107.4 mm (4.2 in)58
Longest dry spell (CDD)131 days197754 days58

Wettest day (Rx1day)

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Essex by year The wettest day of the year at Essex, 1967 to 2025. The record is 309.0 mm (12.2 in) in 2013, marked on the chart; the median year is 67.7 mm (2.7 in). 0100200300400197019801990200020102020Record: 309.0 mm (12.2 in) in 2013
The wettest day of the year at Essex, 1967 to 2025. The record is 309.0 mm (12.2 in) in 2013, marked on the chart; the median year is 67.7 mm (2.7 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Essex by year
YearWettest day (Rx1day)
196760.7 mm (2.4 in)
196858.7 mm (2.3 in)
196972.4 mm (2.9 in)
197046.0 mm (1.8 in)
197194.2 mm (3.7 in)
197247.5 mm (1.9 in)
1973169.2 mm (6.7 in)
197484.1 mm (3.3 in)
197596.2 mm (3.8 in)
197688.9 mm (3.5 in)
1977105.4 mm (4.1 in)
197888.1 mm (3.5 in)
197949.6 mm (2.0 in)
1980106.7 mm (4.2 in)
198166.6 mm (2.6 in)
198274.1 mm (2.9 in)
198368.1 mm (2.7 in)
198450.3 mm (2.0 in)
198648.8 mm (1.9 in)
198744.7 mm (1.8 in)
198867.3 mm (2.6 in)
198965.0 mm (2.6 in)
1990111.0 mm (4.4 in)
199161.0 mm (2.4 in)
199259.0 mm (2.3 in)
1993101.0 mm (4.0 in)
199477.5 mm (3.1 in)
199555.0 mm (2.2 in)
1996136.0 mm (5.4 in)
199775.0 mm (3.0 in)
199846.0 mm (1.8 in)
199944.0 mm (1.7 in)
200070.0 mm (2.8 in)
200161.0 mm (2.4 in)
200244.0 mm (1.7 in)
2003112.0 mm (4.4 in)
200467.0 mm (2.6 in)
200585.0 mm (3.3 in)
2006131.4 mm (5.2 in)
200773.6 mm (2.9 in)
200891.0 mm (3.6 in)
200956.0 mm (2.2 in)
2010122.6 mm (4.8 in)
201141.4 mm (1.6 in)
201241.2 mm (1.6 in)
2013309.0 mm (12.2 in)
201461.0 mm (2.4 in)
201570.4 mm (2.8 in)
201623.6 mm (0.9 in)
201748.0 mm (1.9 in)
201835.0 mm (1.4 in)
201971.4 mm (2.8 in)
202040.0 mm (1.6 in)
202160.4 mm (2.4 in)
2022101.0 mm (4.0 in)
202380.4 mm (3.2 in)
202490.4 mm (3.6 in)
202544.6 mm (1.8 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Essex by year The wettest five days of the year at Essex, 1967 to 2025. The record is 368.2 mm (14.5 in) in 2013, marked on the chart; the median year is 107.4 mm (4.2 in). 0100200300400197019801990200020102020Record: 368.2 mm (14.5 in) in 2013
The wettest five days of the year at Essex, 1967 to 2025. The record is 368.2 mm (14.5 in) in 2013, marked on the chart; the median year is 107.4 mm (4.2 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Essex by year
YearWettest five days (Rx5day)
196764.3 mm (2.5 in)
1968126.7 mm (5.0 in)
196988.7 mm (3.5 in)
197080.2 mm (3.2 in)
1971281.7 mm (11.1 in)
197264.8 mm (2.6 in)
1973219.3 mm (8.6 in)
1974139.2 mm (5.5 in)
1975129.7 mm (5.1 in)
1976101.6 mm (4.0 in)
1977173.0 mm (6.8 in)
1978202.2 mm (8.0 in)
197960.8 mm (2.4 in)
1980145.9 mm (5.7 in)
1981101.9 mm (4.0 in)
198279.4 mm (3.1 in)
1983162.6 mm (6.4 in)
198493.0 mm (3.7 in)
198675.3 mm (3.0 in)
198759.5 mm (2.3 in)
1988168.3 mm (6.6 in)
1989122.5 mm (4.8 in)
1990326.4 mm (12.9 in)
1991320.3 mm (12.6 in)
199265.3 mm (2.6 in)
1993134.5 mm (5.3 in)
1994164.0 mm (6.5 in)
199583.0 mm (3.3 in)
1996197.5 mm (7.8 in)
1997139.0 mm (5.5 in)
1998143.5 mm (5.6 in)
199972.6 mm (2.9 in)
2000101.0 mm (4.0 in)
200182.8 mm (3.3 in)
200281.6 mm (3.2 in)
2003158.4 mm (6.2 in)
200474.4 mm (2.9 in)
2005129.0 mm (5.1 in)
2006132.6 mm (5.2 in)
200797.4 mm (3.8 in)
2008222.6 mm (8.8 in)
2009111.8 mm (4.4 in)
2010192.8 mm (7.6 in)
201154.0 mm (2.1 in)
201268.2 mm (2.7 in)
2013368.2 mm (14.5 in)
2014132.0 mm (5.2 in)
201582.6 mm (3.3 in)
201639.2 mm (1.5 in)
201748.6 mm (1.9 in)
201878.6 mm (3.1 in)
201980.2 mm (3.2 in)
202059.2 mm (2.3 in)
2021103.8 mm (4.1 in)
2022170.6 mm (6.7 in)
2023145.4 mm (5.7 in)
2024111.0 mm (4.4 in)
202586.2 mm (3.4 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Essex by year The longest dry spell of the year at Essex, 1967 to 2025. The record is 131 days in 1977, marked on the chart; the median year is 54 days. 050100150197019801990200020102020Record: 131 days in 1977
The longest dry spell of the year at Essex, 1967 to 2025. The record is 131 days in 1977, marked on the chart; the median year is 54 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Essex by year
YearLongest dry spell (CDD)
196742 days
196845 days
1969113 days
1970104 days
197145 days
197296 days
197328 days
197492 days
197552 days
197638 days
1977131 days
197847 days
1979101 days
198052 days
198140 days
198253 days
198337 days
198437 days
198661 days
198732 days
198862 days
198943 days
199041 days
1991108 days
199234 days
199380 days
199479 days
199560 days
199642 days
199760 days
199848 days
199930 days
200067 days
200144 days
2002102 days
200350 days
2004124 days
200560 days
200658 days
200753 days
200859 days
2009103 days
201038 days
201137 days
201253 days
201360 days
201461 days
201539 days
201615 days
201754 days
201895 days
201997 days
202074 days
202156 days
202255 days
202369 days
202426 days
20258 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

51 years, 1967 to 2023

A day with at least 69.2 mm (2.7 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 243.7 mm (9.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Essex: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once inA day with at leastNote
2 years69.2 mm (2.7 in)
5 years98.9 mm (3.9 in)
10 years124.0 mm (4.9 in)
25 years163.7 mm (6.4 in)
50 years200.2 mm (7.9 in)
100 years243.7 mm (9.6 in)Longer than the 51 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, 51 years of values from 1967 to 2023.

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: 309.0 mm (12.2 in) in 2013; 169.2 mm (6.7 in) in 1973; 136.0 mm (5.4 in) in 1996.

Download the Data

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