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Sunlight Weather Records (ASN00035067)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Sunlight (ASN00035067), Australia, with 50 years of record.

Key Facts for Sunlight

  • Sunlight (ASN00035067) is a weather station in Australia at -24.30 latitude and 148.80 longitude, 229 m (750 ft) above sea level.
  • The station reports from 1927 to 1976, 50 years of record.
  • 0 records set at Sunlight still stand.
  • Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
  • Sunlight set a daily record precipitation of 20.0 mm (0.8 in) on 23 October 1976.

About the Station

  • Location: Australia, -24.30 latitude, 148.80 longitude.
  • Elevation: 229 m (750 ft).
  • Period of record: 1927 to 1976, 50 years.
  • Eligible elements: prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

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

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

Wettest Day of Each Month

Feb: 226.8 mm (8.9 in)
Record daily precipitation for each month at Sunlight The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Sunlight. The most was 226.8 mm (8.9 in) on 9 February 1954. 0100200300 Jan: 119.9 mm (4.7 in), 15 January 1932 Jan Feb: 226.8 mm (8.9 in), 9 February 1954 Feb Mar: 104.0 mm (4.1 in), 18 March 1975 Mar Apr: 162.1 mm (6.4 in), 20 April 1928 Apr May: 91.4 mm (3.6 in), 21 May 1950 May Jun: 49.8 mm (2.0 in), 21 June 1967 Jun Jul: 94.5 mm (3.7 in), 10 July 1933 Jul Aug: 46.5 mm (1.8 in), 2 August 1939 Aug Sep: 70.9 mm (2.8 in), 6 September 1947 Sep Oct: 59.7 mm (2.4 in), 24 October 1938 Oct Nov: 121.4 mm (4.8 in), 8 November 1966 Nov Dec: 128.3 mm (5.1 in), 22 December 1956 Dec
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Sunlight. The most was 226.8 mm (8.9 in) on 9 February 1954.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Sunlight
MonthRecord daily precipitation (mm)Date
Jan119.9 mm (4.7 in)15 January 1932
Feb226.8 mm (8.9 in)9 February 1954
Mar104.0 mm (4.1 in)18 March 1975
Apr162.1 mm (6.4 in)20 April 1928
May91.4 mm (3.6 in)21 May 1950
Jun49.8 mm (2.0 in)21 June 1967
Jul94.5 mm (3.7 in)10 July 1933
Aug46.5 mm (1.8 in)2 August 1939
Sep70.9 mm (2.8 in)6 September 1947
Oct59.7 mm (2.4 in)24 October 1938
Nov121.4 mm (4.8 in)8 November 1966
Dec128.3 mm (5.1 in)22 December 1956

Latest Records

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Latest records at Sunlight
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
23 October 1976Sunlight, AUdaily rain20.0 mm (0.8 in)3.5 mm (0.14 in)49 years20 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1976Sunlight, AUdaily rain2.0 mm (0.08 in)0.5 mm (0.02 in)43 years17 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1976Sunlight, AUdaily rain26.0 mm (1.0 in)24.2 mm (1.0 in)33 years33 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1976Sunlight, AUdaily rain2.2 mm (0.09 in)2.2 mm (0.09 in)49 years20 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1976Sunlight, AUdaily rain9.4 mm (0.37 in)2.8 mm (0.11 in)18 years12 of 100 (Routine)
20 January 1976Sunlight, AUdaily rain41.6 mm (1.6 in)20.3 mm (0.8 in)20 years21 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1976Sunlight, AUdaily rain63.0 mm (2.5 in)26.2 mm (1.0 in)13 years22 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1975Sunlight, AUdaily rain80.0 mm (3.1 in)11.4 mm (0.4 in)1 year9 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1975Sunlight, AUdaily rain40.0 mm (1.6 in)13.3 mm (0.5 in)1 year10 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1975Sunlight, AUdaily rain23.4 mm (0.9 in)12.2 mm (0.5 in)46 years20 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1975Sunlight, AUdaily rain9.0 mm (0.35 in)9.0 mm (0.35 in)48 years20 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1975Sunlight, AUdaily rain21.0 mm (0.8 in)1.9 mm (0.07 in)20 years12 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1975Sunlight, AUdaily rain10.0 mm (0.4 in)4.7 mm (0.19 in)48 years20 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1975Sunlight, AUdaily rain18.0 mm (0.7 in)9.1 mm (0.36 in)32 years20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1975Sunlight, AUdaily rain10.0 mm (0.4 in)5.7 mm (0.22 in)6 years8 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1975Sunlight, AUdaily rain11.0 mm (0.4 in)0.3 mm (0.01 in)48 years18 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1975Sunlight, AUmonthly rain104.0 mm (4.1 in)6.7 mm (0.26 in)13 years20 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1975Sunlight, AUdaily rain30.6 mm (1.2 in)14.1 mm (0.6 in)20 years14 of 100 (Routine)
10 January 1975Sunlight, AUdaily rain63.0 mm (2.5 in)29.2 mm (1.1 in)17 years23 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1975Sunlight, AUdaily rain30.0 mm (1.2 in)14.0 mm (0.6 in)12 years14 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1927 to 1976
Yearly extremes at Sunlight: the record and the median year
MeasureRecordYear of the recordMedian yearYears with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)226.8 mm (8.9 in)195483.4 mm (3.3 in)50
Wettest five days (Rx5day)425.7 mm (16.8 in)1954119.8 mm (4.7 in)50
Longest dry spell (CDD)117 days194154 days50

Wettest day (Rx1day)

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Sunlight by year The wettest day of the year at Sunlight, 1927 to 1976. The record is 226.8 mm (8.9 in) in 1954, marked on the chart; the median year is 83.4 mm (3.3 in). 05010015020025019301940195019601970Record: 226.8 mm (8.9 in) in 1954
The wettest day of the year at Sunlight, 1927 to 1976. The record is 226.8 mm (8.9 in) in 1954, marked on the chart; the median year is 83.4 mm (3.3 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Sunlight by year
YearWettest day (Rx1day)
192772.9 mm (2.9 in)
1928162.1 mm (6.4 in)
192956.9 mm (2.2 in)
193075.4 mm (3.0 in)
1931115.3 mm (4.5 in)
1932119.9 mm (4.7 in)
193394.5 mm (3.7 in)
193451.6 mm (2.0 in)
193594.2 mm (3.7 in)
193645.2 mm (1.8 in)
1937134.1 mm (5.3 in)
193859.7 mm (2.4 in)
193995.8 mm (3.8 in)
194070.1 mm (2.8 in)
194152.6 mm (2.1 in)
194264.8 mm (2.6 in)
1943108.0 mm (4.3 in)
194467.6 mm (2.7 in)
194545.5 mm (1.8 in)
194657.9 mm (2.3 in)
194788.6 mm (3.5 in)
194886.6 mm (3.4 in)
194993.7 mm (3.7 in)
1950130.0 mm (5.1 in)
195156.4 mm (2.2 in)
195258.4 mm (2.3 in)
195350.5 mm (2.0 in)
1954226.8 mm (8.9 in)
195586.1 mm (3.4 in)
1956188.5 mm (7.4 in)
195757.9 mm (2.3 in)
1958104.1 mm (4.1 in)
1959143.3 mm (5.6 in)
196045.7 mm (1.8 in)
196149.5 mm (1.9 in)
196297.3 mm (3.8 in)
196374.4 mm (2.9 in)
196481.8 mm (3.2 in)
196555.1 mm (2.2 in)
1966121.4 mm (4.8 in)
196761.2 mm (2.4 in)
196852.6 mm (2.1 in)
196950.0 mm (2.0 in)
197085.1 mm (3.4 in)
1971222.3 mm (8.8 in)
197294.5 mm (3.7 in)
1973109.5 mm (4.3 in)
1974100.0 mm (3.9 in)
1975104.0 mm (4.1 in)
197663.0 mm (2.5 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Sunlight by year The wettest five days of the year at Sunlight, 1927 to 1976. The record is 425.7 mm (16.8 in) in 1954, marked on the chart; the median year is 119.8 mm (4.7 in). 010020030040050019301940195019601970Record: 425.7 mm (16.8 in) in 1954
The wettest five days of the year at Sunlight, 1927 to 1976. The record is 425.7 mm (16.8 in) in 1954, marked on the chart; the median year is 119.8 mm (4.7 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Sunlight by year
YearWettest five days (Rx5day)
1927184.2 mm (7.3 in)
1928267.0 mm (10.5 in)
1929109.5 mm (4.3 in)
193099.9 mm (3.9 in)
1931144.2 mm (5.7 in)
1932120.7 mm (4.8 in)
1933146.6 mm (5.8 in)
193469.4 mm (2.7 in)
1935143.2 mm (5.6 in)
193673.1 mm (2.9 in)
1937205.7 mm (8.1 in)
193881.0 mm (3.2 in)
1939229.7 mm (9.0 in)
1940115.0 mm (4.5 in)
1941114.6 mm (4.5 in)
1942118.9 mm (4.7 in)
1943128.6 mm (5.1 in)
194476.2 mm (3.0 in)
194547.8 mm (1.9 in)
194692.7 mm (3.6 in)
1947149.6 mm (5.9 in)
1948113.3 mm (4.5 in)
1949146.2 mm (5.8 in)
1950237.2 mm (9.3 in)
195164.5 mm (2.5 in)
195299.5 mm (3.9 in)
195394.2 mm (3.7 in)
1954425.7 mm (16.8 in)
1955134.6 mm (5.3 in)
1956318.3 mm (12.5 in)
195769.1 mm (2.7 in)
1958184.4 mm (7.3 in)
1959209.8 mm (8.3 in)
196086.2 mm (3.4 in)
196173.3 mm (2.9 in)
1962108.2 mm (4.3 in)
1963200.3 mm (7.9 in)
196482.3 mm (3.2 in)
196583.7 mm (3.3 in)
1966126.5 mm (5.0 in)
1967114.1 mm (4.5 in)
196886.6 mm (3.4 in)
196955.1 mm (2.2 in)
1970116.6 mm (4.6 in)
1971229.9 mm (9.1 in)
1972174.3 mm (6.9 in)
1973120.7 mm (4.8 in)
1974170.0 mm (6.7 in)
1975214.0 mm (8.4 in)
1976137.8 mm (5.4 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Sunlight by year The longest dry spell of the year at Sunlight, 1927 to 1976. The record is 117 days in 1941, marked on the chart; the median year is 54 days. 25507510012519301940195019601970Record: 117 days in 1941
The longest dry spell of the year at Sunlight, 1927 to 1976. The record is 117 days in 1941, marked on the chart; the median year is 54 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Sunlight by year
YearLongest dry spell (CDD)
192733 days
1928100 days
192964 days
193030 days
193164 days
193244 days
193350 days
193439 days
193548 days
193647 days
193755 days
193847 days
193980 days
194062 days
1941117 days
194240 days
194340 days
194440 days
194567 days
194683 days
194750 days
194864 days
194933 days
195039 days
195162 days
195232 days
195392 days
195436 days
195548 days
195642 days
195779 days
195850 days
195975 days
196077 days
196150 days
196244 days
196370 days
196488 days
196556 days
196670 days
196759 days
196842 days
196962 days
197059 days
197152 days
197273 days
197327 days
197496 days
197557 days
197627 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

48 years, 1928 to 1975

A day with at least 79.5 mm (3.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 261.1 mm (10.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Sunlight: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once inA day with at leastNote
2 years79.5 mm (3.1 in)
5 years115.2 mm (4.5 in)
10 years143.2 mm (5.6 in)
25 years184.8 mm (7.3 in)
50 years220.6 mm (8.7 in)Longer than the 48 years of record
100 years261.1 mm (10.3 in)Longer than the 48 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, 48 years of values from 1928 to 1975.

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: 226.8 mm (8.9 in) in 1954; 222.3 mm (8.8 in) in 1971; 188.5 mm (7.4 in) in 1956.

Download the Data

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