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Sterling Crossing Forest Weather Records (ASN00040193)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Sterling Crossing Forest (ASN00040193), Australia, with 44 years of record.

Key Facts for Sterling Crossing Forest

  • Sterling Crossing Forest (ASN00040193) is a weather station in Australia at -26.48 latitude and 152.63 longitude, 91 m (300 ft) above sea level.
  • The station reports from 1933 to 1976, 44 years of record.
  • 0 records set at Sterling Crossing Forest still stand.
  • Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
  • Sterling Crossing Forest tied a daily record precipitation of 47.2 mm (1.9 in) on 27 October 1976.

About the Station

  • Location: Australia, -26.48 latitude, 152.63 longitude.
  • Elevation: 91 m (300 ft).
  • Period of record: 1933 to 1976, 44 years.
  • Eligible elements: prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

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Daily record high and record low at Sterling Crossing Forest, with 2026 drawn through them The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Sterling Crossing Forest. 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 Sterling Crossing Forest. 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 Sterling Crossing Forest, with 2026 drawn through them
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

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

Wettest Day of Each Month

Mar: 258.6 mm (10.2 in)
Record daily precipitation for each month at Sterling Crossing Forest The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Sterling Crossing Forest. The most was 258.6 mm (10.2 in) on 28 March 1955. 0100200300 Jan: 209.0 mm (8.2 in), 27 January 1974 Jan Feb: 166.6 mm (6.6 in), 19 February 1971 Feb Mar: 258.6 mm (10.2 in), 28 March 1955 Mar Apr: 172.0 mm (6.8 in), 3 April 1972 Apr May: 98.0 mm (3.9 in), 1 May 1948 May Jun: 101.1 mm (4.0 in), 10 June 1958 Jun Jul: 236.2 mm (9.3 in), 8 July 1973 Jul Aug: 65.8 mm (2.6 in), 29 August 1963 Aug Sep: 39.4 mm (1.6 in), 30 September 1933 Sep Oct: 163.3 mm (6.4 in), 25 October 1949 Oct Nov: 93.2 mm (3.7 in), 13 November 1950 Nov Dec: 125.2 mm (4.9 in), 22 December 1956 Dec
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Sterling Crossing Forest. The most was 258.6 mm (10.2 in) on 28 March 1955.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Sterling Crossing Forest
MonthRecord daily precipitation (mm)Date
Jan209.0 mm (8.2 in)27 January 1974
Feb166.6 mm (6.6 in)19 February 1971
Mar258.6 mm (10.2 in)28 March 1955
Apr172.0 mm (6.8 in)3 April 1972
May98.0 mm (3.9 in)1 May 1948
Jun101.1 mm (4.0 in)10 June 1958
Jul236.2 mm (9.3 in)8 July 1973
Aug65.8 mm (2.6 in)29 August 1963
Sep39.4 mm (1.6 in)30 September 1933
Oct163.3 mm (6.4 in)25 October 1949
Nov93.2 mm (3.7 in)13 November 1950
Dec125.2 mm (4.9 in)22 December 1956

Latest Records

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Latest records at Sterling Crossing Forest
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
27 October 1976Sterling Crossing Forest, AUdaily rain (Tie)47.2 mm (1.9 in)tie21 years2 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1976Sterling Crossing Forest, AUdaily rain13.6 mm (0.5 in)1.4 mm (0.06 in)29 years13 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1976Sterling Crossing Forest, AUdaily rain31.1 mm (1.2 in)5.7 mm (0.22 in)26 years13 of 100 (Routine)
13 June 1976Sterling Crossing Forest, AUdaily rain14.2 mm (0.6 in)0.7 mm (0.03 in)11 years7 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1976Sterling Crossing Forest, AUdaily rain20.0 mm (0.8 in)7.8 mm (0.31 in)20 years16 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1976Sterling Crossing Forest, AUdaily rain20.2 mm (0.8 in)2.2 mm (0.09 in)2 years5 of 100 (Routine)
16 April 1976Sterling Crossing Forest, AUdaily rain52.6 mm (2.1 in)34.3 mm (1.4 in)29 years34 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1976Sterling Crossing Forest, AUdaily rain27.0 mm (1.1 in)1.9 mm (0.07 in)18 years9 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1976Sterling Crossing Forest, AUdaily rain72.2 mm (2.8 in)34.6 mm (1.4 in)34 years28 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1975Sterling Crossing Forest, AUdaily rain19.0 mm (0.7 in)11.4 mm (0.4 in)38 years20 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1975Sterling Crossing Forest, AUdaily rain46.5 mm (1.8 in)16.5 mm (0.6 in)17 years20 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1975Sterling Crossing Forest, AUdaily rain8.2 mm (0.32 in)0.6 mm (0.02 in)20 years10 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1975Sterling Crossing Forest, AUdaily rain12.2 mm (0.5 in)2.5 mm (0.10 in)10 years9 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1975Sterling Crossing Forest, AUdaily rain44.0 mm (1.7 in)20.4 mm (0.8 in)21 years19 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1975Sterling Crossing Forest, AUdaily rain51.4 mm (2.0 in)7.2 mm (0.28 in)4 years7 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1974Sterling Crossing Forest, AUdaily rain76.4 mm (3.0 in)51.8 mm (2.0 in)36 years50 of 100 (Notable)
18 November 1974Sterling Crossing Forest, AUdaily rain38.2 mm (1.5 in)18.4 mm (0.7 in)12 years19 of 100 (Routine)
23 September 1974Sterling Crossing Forest, AUdaily rain11.2 mm (0.4 in)4.8 mm (0.19 in)28 years18 of 100 (Routine)
19 September 1974Sterling Crossing Forest, AUdaily rain28.8 mm (1.1 in)9.2 mm (0.36 in)28 years23 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1974Sterling Crossing Forest, AUdaily rain8.8 mm (0.35 in)0.2 mm (0.01 in)3 years4 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1933 to 1976
Yearly extremes at Sterling Crossing Forest: the record and the median year
MeasureRecordYear of the recordMedian yearYears with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)258.6 mm (10.2 in)195598.4 mm (3.9 in)44
Wettest five days (Rx5day)654.3 mm (25.8 in)1968175.8 mm (6.9 in)44
Longest dry spell (CDD)57 days193929 days44

Wettest day (Rx1day)

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Sterling Crossing Forest by year The wettest day of the year at Sterling Crossing Forest, 1933 to 1976. The record is 258.6 mm (10.2 in) in 1955, marked on the chart; the median year is 98.4 mm (3.9 in). 01002003001940195019601970Record: 258.6 mm (10.2 in) in 1955
The wettest day of the year at Sterling Crossing Forest, 1933 to 1976. The record is 258.6 mm (10.2 in) in 1955, marked on the chart; the median year is 98.4 mm (3.9 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Sterling Crossing Forest by year
YearWettest day (Rx1day)
193355.4 mm (2.2 in)
193453.8 mm (2.1 in)
193547.0 mm (1.9 in)
193649.5 mm (1.9 in)
1937163.1 mm (6.4 in)
193893.5 mm (3.7 in)
193954.1 mm (2.1 in)
194071.4 mm (2.8 in)
194168.6 mm (2.7 in)
194294.0 mm (3.7 in)
194340.4 mm (1.6 in)
1944114.3 mm (4.5 in)
194576.7 mm (3.0 in)
1946107.7 mm (4.2 in)
1947154.4 mm (6.1 in)
1948115.8 mm (4.6 in)
1949163.3 mm (6.4 in)
1950151.1 mm (5.9 in)
1951118.1 mm (4.6 in)
195273.2 mm (2.9 in)
1953141.7 mm (5.6 in)
1954104.9 mm (4.1 in)
1955258.6 mm (10.2 in)
1956195.6 mm (7.7 in)
195787.1 mm (3.4 in)
1958101.1 mm (4.0 in)
1959106.7 mm (4.2 in)
196055.9 mm (2.2 in)
196154.9 mm (2.2 in)
196266.0 mm (2.6 in)
1963100.3 mm (3.9 in)
1964104.1 mm (4.1 in)
196596.5 mm (3.8 in)
196658.4 mm (2.3 in)
196792.5 mm (3.6 in)
1968189.5 mm (7.5 in)
196952.1 mm (2.1 in)
1970112.0 mm (4.4 in)
1971166.6 mm (6.6 in)
1972172.0 mm (6.8 in)
1973236.2 mm (9.3 in)
1974209.0 mm (8.2 in)
197566.8 mm (2.6 in)
197673.4 mm (2.9 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Sterling Crossing Forest by year The wettest five days of the year at Sterling Crossing Forest, 1933 to 1976. The record is 654.3 mm (25.8 in) in 1968, marked on the chart; the median year is 175.8 mm (6.9 in). 02004006008001940195019601970Record: 654.3 mm (25.8 in) in 1968
The wettest five days of the year at Sterling Crossing Forest, 1933 to 1976. The record is 654.3 mm (25.8 in) in 1968, marked on the chart; the median year is 175.8 mm (6.9 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Sterling Crossing Forest by year
YearWettest five days (Rx5day)
1933132.0 mm (5.2 in)
1934105.9 mm (4.2 in)
1935105.9 mm (4.2 in)
193676.5 mm (3.0 in)
1937287.3 mm (11.3 in)
1938192.0 mm (7.6 in)
1939151.2 mm (6.0 in)
1940149.6 mm (5.9 in)
1941120.1 mm (4.7 in)
1942131.0 mm (5.2 in)
194373.7 mm (2.9 in)
1944194.3 mm (7.6 in)
1945141.7 mm (5.6 in)
1946148.1 mm (5.8 in)
1947272.8 mm (10.7 in)
1948285.1 mm (11.2 in)
1949218.2 mm (8.6 in)
1950246.6 mm (9.7 in)
1951206.0 mm (8.1 in)
1952129.5 mm (5.1 in)
1953292.5 mm (11.5 in)
1954281.7 mm (11.1 in)
1955375.8 mm (14.8 in)
1956340.9 mm (13.4 in)
195787.9 mm (3.5 in)
1958236.9 mm (9.3 in)
1959168.2 mm (6.6 in)
1960133.6 mm (5.3 in)
1961144.1 mm (5.7 in)
1962122.3 mm (4.8 in)
1963281.2 mm (11.1 in)
1964123.0 mm (4.8 in)
1965126.9 mm (5.0 in)
196691.5 mm (3.6 in)
1967188.5 mm (7.4 in)
1968654.3 mm (25.8 in)
1969108.8 mm (4.3 in)
1970209.9 mm (8.3 in)
1971248.9 mm (9.8 in)
1972204.5 mm (8.1 in)
1973417.6 mm (16.4 in)
1974534.8 mm (21.1 in)
1975143.4 mm (5.6 in)
1976183.4 mm (7.2 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Sterling Crossing Forest by year The longest dry spell of the year at Sterling Crossing Forest, 1933 to 1976. The record is 57 days in 1939, marked on the chart; the median year is 29 days. 1020304050601940195019601970Record: 57 days in 1939
The longest dry spell of the year at Sterling Crossing Forest, 1933 to 1976. The record is 57 days in 1939, marked on the chart; the median year is 29 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Sterling Crossing Forest by year
YearLongest dry spell (CDD)
193317 days
193419 days
193535 days
193636 days
193735 days
193818 days
193957 days
194040 days
194136 days
194229 days
194356 days
194426 days
194526 days
194641 days
194747 days
194835 days
194926 days
195017 days
195142 days
195224 days
195357 days
195424 days
195523 days
195624 days
195736 days
195818 days
195923 days
196026 days
196128 days
196218 days
196330 days
196421 days
196522 days
196622 days
196739 days
196823 days
196923 days
197036 days
197137 days
197244 days
197320 days
197447 days
197535 days
197631 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

42 years, 1934 to 1975

A day with at least 98.8 mm (3.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 306.8 mm (12.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Sterling Crossing Forest: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once inA day with at leastNote
2 years98.8 mm (3.9 in)
5 years147.8 mm (5.8 in)
10 years182.8 mm (7.2 in)
25 years230.0 mm (9.1 in)
50 years267.5 mm (10.5 in)Longer than the 42 years of record
100 years306.8 mm (12.1 in)Longer than the 42 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, 42 years of values from 1934 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: 258.6 mm (10.2 in) in 1955; 236.2 mm (9.3 in) in 1973; 209.0 mm (8.2 in) in 1974.

Download the Data

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