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Russell Island Weather Records (ASN00040185)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Russell Island (ASN00040185), Australia, with 96 years of record.

Key Facts for Russell Island

  • Russell Island (ASN00040185) is a weather station in Australia at -27.64 latitude and 153.40 longitude, 10 m (33 ft) above sea level.
  • The station reports from 1914 to 2009, 96 years of record.
  • 0 records set at Russell Island still stand.
  • Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
  • Russell Island set a daily record precipitation of 48.0 mm (1.9 in) on 21 May 2009.

About the Station

  • Location: Australia, -27.64 latitude, 153.40 longitude.
  • Elevation: 10 m (33 ft).
  • Period of record: 1914 to 2009, 96 years.
  • Eligible elements: prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

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

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

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records
When Russell Island set new all-time records 1 all-time records were set at Russell Island between 26 January 1974 and 26 January 1974. Each dot is a new record. Record daily precipitation26 January 1974: Record daily precipitation 414.0 mm (16.3 in)1975
1 all-time records were set at Russell Island between 26 January 1974 and 26 January 1974. Each dot is a new record.
When Russell Island set new all-time records
DateKindDetail
1974-01-26Record daily precipitationRecord daily precipitation 414.0 mm (16.3 in)

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jan: 414.0 mm (16.3 in)
Record daily precipitation for each month at Russell Island The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Russell Island. The most was 414.0 mm (16.3 in) on 26 January 1974. 0200400600 Jan: 414.0 mm (16.3 in), 26 January 1974 Jan Feb: 229.6 mm (9.0 in), 20 February 1928 Feb Mar: 271.0 mm (10.7 in), 11 March 1974 Mar Apr: 208.8 mm (8.2 in), 9 April 1984 Apr May: 234.4 mm (9.2 in), 8 May 1925 May Jun: 186.7 mm (7.4 in), 12 June 1967 Jun Jul: 163.4 mm (6.4 in), 9 July 1985 Jul Aug: 85.0 mm (3.3 in), 16 August 1995 Aug Sep: 63.0 mm (2.5 in), 19 September 1974 Sep Oct: 204.5 mm (8.1 in), 28 October 1972 Oct Nov: 147.3 mm (5.8 in), 18 November 1943 Nov Dec: 186.9 mm (7.4 in), 30 December 1943 Dec
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Russell Island. The most was 414.0 mm (16.3 in) on 26 January 1974.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Russell Island
MonthRecord daily precipitation (mm)Date
Jan414.0 mm (16.3 in)26 January 1974
Feb229.6 mm (9.0 in)20 February 1928
Mar271.0 mm (10.7 in)11 March 1974
Apr208.8 mm (8.2 in)9 April 1984
May234.4 mm (9.2 in)8 May 1925
Jun186.7 mm (7.4 in)12 June 1967
Jul163.4 mm (6.4 in)9 July 1985
Aug85.0 mm (3.3 in)16 August 1995
Sep63.0 mm (2.5 in)19 September 1974
Oct204.5 mm (8.1 in)28 October 1972
Nov147.3 mm (5.8 in)18 November 1943
Dec186.9 mm (7.4 in)30 December 1943

Latest Records

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Latest records at Russell Island
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
21 May 2009Russell Island, AUdaily rain48.0 mm (1.9 in)9.6 mm (0.38 in)38 years23 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 2009Russell Island, AUdaily rain79.0 mm (3.1 in)59.7 mm (2.4 in)38 years44 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2009Russell Island, AUdaily rain60.0 mm (2.4 in)4.6 mm (0.18 in)64 years29 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 2009Russell Island, AUdaily rain193.0 mm (7.6 in)144.0 mm (5.7 in)63 years67 of 100 (Major)
26 November 2008Russell Island, AUdaily rain29.4 mm (1.2 in)7.8 mm (0.31 in)34 years23 of 100 (Routine)
19 November 2008Russell Island, AUdaily rain77.6 mm (3.1 in)31.9 mm (1.3 in)63 years47 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2008Russell Island, AUdaily rain25.0 mm (1.0 in)2.4 mm (0.09 in)82 years34 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 2008Russell Island, AUdaily rain47.2 mm (1.9 in)28.4 mm (1.1 in)92 years61 of 100 (Major)
25 July 2008Russell Island, AUdaily rain26.6 mm (1.0 in)13.2 mm (0.5 in)2 years15 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 2008Russell Island, AUdaily rain69.5 mm (2.7 in)6.0 mm (0.24 in)79 years34 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 2008Russell Island, AUdaily rain52.0 mm (2.0 in)11.9 mm (0.5 in)81 years36 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2007Russell Island, AUdaily rain32.0 mm (1.3 in)4.0 mm (0.16 in)30 years20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 2007Russell Island, AUdaily rain68.0 mm (2.7 in)32.0 mm (1.3 in)26 years34 of 100 (Routine)
23 September 2007Russell Island, AUdaily rain16.4 mm (0.6 in)2.2 mm (0.09 in)36 years20 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 2007Russell Island, AUdaily rain40.0 mm (1.6 in)4.4 mm (0.17 in)40 years24 of 100 (Routine)
26 May 2007Russell Island, AUdaily rain12.0 mm (0.5 in)3.6 mm (0.14 in)86 years20 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 2007Russell Island, AUdaily rain23.6 mm (0.9 in)3.0 mm (0.12 in)21 years16 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 2006Russell Island, AUdaily rain26.0 mm (1.0 in)6.9 mm (0.27 in)85 years40 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 2006Russell Island, AUdaily rain13.4 mm (0.5 in)6.3 mm (0.25 in)39 years20 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 2005Russell Island, AUdaily rain34.4 mm (1.4 in)10.4 mm (0.4 in)30 years24 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1914 to 2009
Yearly extremes at Russell Island: the record and the median year
MeasureRecordYear of the recordMedian yearYears with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)414.0 mm (16.3 in)1974125.0 mm (4.9 in)72
Wettest five days (Rx5day)774.2 mm (30.5 in)1974211.8 mm (8.3 in)72
Longest dry spell (CDD)82 days194329 days72

Wettest day (Rx1day)

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Russell Island by year The wettest day of the year at Russell Island, 1914 to 2009. The record is 414.0 mm (16.3 in) in 1974, marked on the chart; the median year is 125.0 mm (4.9 in). 010020030040050019201940196019802000Record: 414.0 mm (16.3 in) in 1974
The wettest day of the year at Russell Island, 1914 to 2009. The record is 414.0 mm (16.3 in) in 1974, marked on the chart; the median year is 125.0 mm (4.9 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Russell Island by year
YearWettest day (Rx1day)
191486.1 mm (3.4 in)
1915193.3 mm (7.6 in)
191677.5 mm (3.1 in)
191793.2 mm (3.7 in)
191853.8 mm (2.1 in)
191954.6 mm (2.1 in)
1920108.0 mm (4.3 in)
1921161.3 mm (6.4 in)
192283.1 mm (3.3 in)
192371.1 mm (2.8 in)
1924127.0 mm (5.0 in)
1925234.4 mm (9.2 in)
192681.0 mm (3.2 in)
192791.4 mm (3.6 in)
1928229.6 mm (9.0 in)
1929148.8 mm (5.9 in)
193080.3 mm (3.2 in)
193629.7 mm (1.2 in)
194123.6 mm (0.9 in)
1942147.3 mm (5.8 in)
1943186.9 mm (7.4 in)
1944118.6 mm (4.7 in)
1945122.2 mm (4.8 in)
1946162.3 mm (6.4 in)
1947254.0 mm (10.0 in)
1948184.2 mm (7.3 in)
1949138.4 mm (5.4 in)
1950158.8 mm (6.3 in)
1966161.8 mm (6.4 in)
1967186.7 mm (7.4 in)
196869.1 mm (2.7 in)
1969109.7 mm (4.3 in)
1970128.5 mm (5.1 in)
1971136.4 mm (5.4 in)
1972204.5 mm (8.1 in)
1973158.8 mm (6.3 in)
1974414.0 mm (16.3 in)
197581.4 mm (3.2 in)
1976152.0 mm (6.0 in)
197784.8 mm (3.3 in)
1978121.2 mm (4.8 in)
197983.0 mm (3.3 in)
1980216.0 mm (8.5 in)
1981143.0 mm (5.6 in)
198282.3 mm (3.2 in)
1983172.8 mm (6.8 in)
1984208.8 mm (8.2 in)
1985163.4 mm (6.4 in)
198671.4 mm (2.8 in)
1987159.4 mm (6.3 in)
1988117.6 mm (4.6 in)
1989153.8 mm (6.1 in)
1990139.2 mm (5.5 in)
1991156.0 mm (6.1 in)
1992168.4 mm (6.6 in)
1993123.0 mm (4.8 in)
1994190.0 mm (7.5 in)
1995109.2 mm (4.3 in)
1996185.0 mm (7.3 in)
1997163.0 mm (6.4 in)
199883.0 mm (3.3 in)
199996.0 mm (3.8 in)
200050.0 mm (2.0 in)
200188.0 mm (3.5 in)
200253.2 mm (2.1 in)
2003118.0 mm (4.6 in)
2004116.6 mm (4.6 in)
2005158.0 mm (6.2 in)
2006103.2 mm (4.1 in)
200768.0 mm (2.7 in)
200877.6 mm (3.1 in)
2009193.0 mm (7.6 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Russell Island by year The wettest five days of the year at Russell Island, 1914 to 2009. The record is 774.2 mm (30.5 in) in 1974, marked on the chart; the median year is 211.8 mm (8.3 in). 020040060080019201940196019802000Record: 774.2 mm (30.5 in) in 1974
The wettest five days of the year at Russell Island, 1914 to 2009. The record is 774.2 mm (30.5 in) in 1974, marked on the chart; the median year is 211.8 mm (8.3 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Russell Island by year
YearWettest five days (Rx5day)
1914197.3 mm (7.8 in)
1915199.9 mm (7.9 in)
1916174.5 mm (6.9 in)
1917135.7 mm (5.3 in)
1918126.5 mm (5.0 in)
1919104.2 mm (4.1 in)
1920233.5 mm (9.2 in)
1921266.9 mm (10.5 in)
1922138.4 mm (5.4 in)
1923178.4 mm (7.0 in)
1924211.4 mm (8.3 in)
1925391.4 mm (15.4 in)
1926125.7 mm (4.9 in)
1927329.7 mm (13.0 in)
1928388.4 mm (15.3 in)
1929287.4 mm (11.3 in)
1930163.9 mm (6.5 in)
193688.1 mm (3.5 in)
194129.7 mm (1.2 in)
1942176.5 mm (6.9 in)
1943290.2 mm (11.4 in)
1944289.7 mm (11.4 in)
1945202.9 mm (8.0 in)
1946221.9 mm (8.7 in)
1947447.3 mm (17.6 in)
1948295.9 mm (11.6 in)
1949282.5 mm (11.1 in)
1950246.4 mm (9.7 in)
1966301.8 mm (11.9 in)
1967321.8 mm (12.7 in)
1968157.7 mm (6.2 in)
1969202.2 mm (8.0 in)
1970209.3 mm (8.2 in)
1971246.3 mm (9.7 in)
1972343.4 mm (13.5 in)
1973228.0 mm (9.0 in)
1974774.2 mm (30.5 in)
1975145.1 mm (5.7 in)
1976160.6 mm (6.3 in)
1977114.4 mm (4.5 in)
1978295.1 mm (11.6 in)
1979117.2 mm (4.6 in)
1980490.0 mm (19.3 in)
1981212.4 mm (8.4 in)
1982195.2 mm (7.7 in)
1983222.8 mm (8.8 in)
1984301.2 mm (11.9 in)
1985218.8 mm (8.6 in)
1986133.0 mm (5.2 in)
1987249.4 mm (9.8 in)
1988304.0 mm (12.0 in)
1989274.8 mm (10.8 in)
1990194.0 mm (7.6 in)
1991234.0 mm (9.2 in)
1992217.4 mm (8.6 in)
1993168.4 mm (6.6 in)
1994212.2 mm (8.4 in)
1995142.2 mm (5.6 in)
1996454.2 mm (17.9 in)
1997232.4 mm (9.1 in)
1998110.2 mm (4.3 in)
1999196.8 mm (7.7 in)
200066.0 mm (2.6 in)
2001152.4 mm (6.0 in)
200294.8 mm (3.7 in)
2003198.6 mm (7.8 in)
2004192.6 mm (7.6 in)
2005318.0 mm (12.5 in)
2006219.2 mm (8.6 in)
2007126.0 mm (5.0 in)
2008187.7 mm (7.4 in)
2009307.2 mm (12.1 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Russell Island by year The longest dry spell of the year at Russell Island, 1914 to 2009. The record is 82 days in 1943, marked on the chart; the median year is 29 days. 02040608010019201940196019802000Record: 82 days in 1943
The longest dry spell of the year at Russell Island, 1914 to 2009. The record is 82 days in 1943, marked on the chart; the median year is 29 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Russell Island by year
YearLongest dry spell (CDD)
191431 days
191526 days
191624 days
191735 days
191825 days
191930 days
192014 days
192118 days
192232 days
192322 days
192432 days
192519 days
192644 days
192740 days
192827 days
192924 days
193011 days
193636 days
194120 days
194232 days
194382 days
194444 days
194527 days
194651 days
194746 days
194835 days
194925 days
195028 days
196620 days
196728 days
196826 days
196925 days
197029 days
197135 days
197240 days
197323 days
197452 days
197533 days
197646 days
197734 days
197820 days
197942 days
198046 days
198132 days
198232 days
198318 days
198424 days
198535 days
198629 days
198734 days
198826 days
198929 days
199024 days
199178 days
199222 days
199326 days
199424 days
199536 days
199629 days
199714 days
199816 days
199915 days
200047 days
200135 days
200259 days
200328 days
200443 days
200523 days
200630 days
200727 days
200828 days
200935 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

64 years, 1916 to 2008

A day with at least 124.5 mm (4.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 319.9 mm (12.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Russell Island: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once inA day with at leastNote
2 years124.5 mm (4.9 in)
5 years176.7 mm (7.0 in)
10 years211.3 mm (8.3 in)
25 years255.1 mm (10.0 in)
50 years287.6 mm (11.3 in)
100 years319.9 mm (12.6 in)Longer than the 64 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, 64 years of values from 1916 to 2008.

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: 414.0 mm (16.3 in) in 1974; 254.0 mm (10.0 in) in 1947; 234.4 mm (9.2 in) in 1925.

Download the Data

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