Broken Hill (Waterbag) Weather Records (ASN00046117)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Broken Hill (Waterbag) (ASN00046117), Australia, with 76 years of record.

Key Facts for Broken Hill (Waterbag)

Broken Hill (Waterbag) (ASN00046117) is a weather station in Australia at -31.48 latitude and 142.33 longitude, 160 m (525 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1946 to 2021, 76 years of record.
0 records set at Broken Hill (Waterbag) still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Broken Hill (Waterbag) set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 3 January 2021.

About the Station

Location: Australia, -31.48 latitude, 142.33 longitude.
Elevation: 160 m (525 ft).
Period of record: 1946 to 2021, 76 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 Broken Hill (Waterbag). 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 Broken Hill (Waterbag), with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Broken Hill (Waterbag) still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Broken Hill (Waterbag) between 21 February 2000 and 21 February 2000. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Feb: 214.6 mm (8.4 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Broken Hill (Waterbag). The most was 214.6 mm (8.4 in) on 21 February 2000.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Broken Hill (Waterbag)
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	14 January 2011
Feb	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	21 February 2000
Mar	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	10 March 2011
Apr	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	10 April 1974
May	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21 May 1981
Jun	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	10 June 1995
Jul	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	10 July 2012
Aug	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 August 1955
Sep	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 September 1951
Oct	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 October 1975
Nov	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	28 November 2010
Dec	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	30 December 1973

Latest Records

Latest records at Broken Hill (Waterbag)
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 2021	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 2020	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	34 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 2020	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 2020	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	27 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 2020	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	daily rain	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 2020	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 2020	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 May 2019	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	69 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 2019	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 2018	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 2018	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 2018	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	67 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 December 2017	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	63 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 2017	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	daily rain (Tie)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	tie	14 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 2017	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 2017	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 2017	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	68 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 December 2016	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	24 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
25 September 2016	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	daily rain	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	70 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 September 2016	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	daily rain	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1946 to 2021

Yearly extremes at Broken Hill (Waterbag): the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	2000	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	76
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	222.0 mm (8.7 in)	2000	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	76
Longest dry spell (CDD)	207 days	1994	78 days	76

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Broken Hill (Waterbag), 1946 to 2021. The record is 214.6 mm (8.4 in) in 2000, marked on the chart; the median year is 34.4 mm (1.4 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Broken Hill (Waterbag) by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1946	19.3 mm (0.8 in)
1947	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1948	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1949	51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1950	51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1951	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1952	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1953	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1954	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1955	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1956	58.4 mm (2.3 in)
1957	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1958	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1959	22.4 mm (0.9 in)
1960	30.7 mm (1.2 in)
1961	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1962	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1963	33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1964	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1965	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1966	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1967	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1968	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1969	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1970	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1971	36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1972	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1973	103.4 mm (4.1 in)
1974	101.0 mm (4.0 in)
1975	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1976	77.0 mm (3.0 in)
1977	12.0 mm (0.5 in)
1978	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1979	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1980	46.4 mm (1.8 in)
1981	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1982	31.6 mm (1.2 in)
1983	44.8 mm (1.8 in)
1984	82.0 mm (3.2 in)
1985	28.4 mm (1.1 in)
1986	25.0 mm (1.0 in)
1987	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1988	37.0 mm (1.5 in)
1989	44.4 mm (1.7 in)
1990	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
1991	49.2 mm (1.9 in)
1992	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1993	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1994	21.8 mm (0.9 in)
1995	51.2 mm (2.0 in)
1996	37.2 mm (1.5 in)
1997	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1998	25.0 mm (1.0 in)
1999	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
2000	214.6 mm (8.4 in)
2001	29.4 mm (1.2 in)
2002	11.4 mm (0.4 in)
2003	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
2004	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
2005	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
2006	17.5 mm (0.7 in)
2007	24.8 mm (1.0 in)
2008	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
2009	35.4 mm (1.4 in)
2010	90.0 mm (3.5 in)
2011	144.0 mm (5.7 in)
2012	41.6 mm (1.6 in)
2013	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
2014	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
2015	68.2 mm (2.7 in)
2016	38.0 mm (1.5 in)
2017	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
2018	28.8 mm (1.1 in)
2019	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
2020	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
2021	30.0 mm (1.2 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Broken Hill (Waterbag), 1946 to 2021. The record is 222.0 mm (8.7 in) in 2000, marked on the chart; the median year is 46.9 mm (1.8 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Broken Hill (Waterbag) by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1946	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1947	51.3 mm (2.0 in)
1948	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1949	88.5 mm (3.5 in)
1950	131.4 mm (5.2 in)
1951	61.0 mm (2.4 in)
1952	32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1953	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1954	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1955	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1956	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1957	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1958	81.7 mm (3.2 in)
1959	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1960	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1961	38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1962	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1963	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
1964	42.9 mm (1.7 in)
1965	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1966	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1967	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1968	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1969	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1970	36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1971	74.4 mm (2.9 in)
1972	53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1973	105.2 mm (4.1 in)
1974	152.4 mm (6.0 in)
1975	98.0 mm (3.9 in)
1976	90.0 mm (3.5 in)
1977	12.0 mm (0.5 in)
1978	42.2 mm (1.7 in)
1979	76.0 mm (3.0 in)
1980	59.8 mm (2.4 in)
1981	45.6 mm (1.8 in)
1982	32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1983	69.8 mm (2.7 in)
1984	82.0 mm (3.2 in)
1985	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1986	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1987	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1988	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1989	82.6 mm (3.3 in)
1990	51.2 mm (2.0 in)
1991	49.2 mm (1.9 in)
1992	93.1 mm (3.7 in)
1993	67.2 mm (2.6 in)
1994	21.8 mm (0.9 in)
1995	63.2 mm (2.5 in)
1996	53.4 mm (2.1 in)
1997	42.1 mm (1.7 in)
1998	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1999	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
2000	222.0 mm (8.7 in)
2001	29.4 mm (1.2 in)
2002	11.4 mm (0.4 in)
2003	46.6 mm (1.8 in)
2004	26.0 mm (1.0 in)
2005	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
2006	17.5 mm (0.7 in)
2007	56.2 mm (2.2 in)
2008	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
2009	46.4 mm (1.8 in)
2010	96.2 mm (3.8 in)
2011	214.8 mm (8.5 in)
2012	155.8 mm (6.1 in)
2013	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
2014	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
2015	198.8 mm (7.8 in)
2016	50.4 mm (2.0 in)
2017	46.8 mm (1.8 in)
2018	28.8 mm (1.1 in)
2019	26.4 mm (1.0 in)
2020	58.0 mm (2.3 in)
2021	30.0 mm (1.2 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Broken Hill (Waterbag), 1946 to 2021. The record is 207 days in 1994, marked on the chart; the median year is 78 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Broken Hill (Waterbag) by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1946	48 days
1947	62 days
1948	60 days
1949	50 days
1950	53 days
1951	55 days
1952	48 days
1953	76 days
1954	63 days
1955	36 days
1956	62 days
1957	124 days
1958	39 days
1959	75 days
1960	71 days
1961	108 days
1962	87 days
1963	62 days
1964	92 days
1965	128 days
1966	89 days
1967	71 days
1968	87 days
1969	43 days
1970	121 days
1971	51 days
1972	83 days
1973	37 days
1974	44 days
1975	102 days
1976	71 days
1977	77 days
1978	78 days
1979	69 days
1980	75 days
1981	76 days
1982	105 days
1983	61 days
1984	56 days
1985	73 days
1986	109 days
1987	99 days
1988	88 days
1989	69 days
1990	110 days
1991	103 days
1992	109 days
1993	107 days
1994	207 days
1995	100 days
1996	117 days
1997	92 days
1998	109 days
1999	131 days
2000	69 days
2001	128 days
2002	173 days
2003	90 days
2004	90 days
2005	160 days
2006	89 days
2007	109 days
2008	99 days
2009	118 days
2010	43 days
2011	49 days
2012	130 days
2013	201 days
2014	53 days
2015	62 days
2016	38 days
2017	65 days
2018	91 days
2019	118 days
2020	72 days
2021	23 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

74 years, 1947 to 2020

A day with at least 34.6 mm (1.4 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 165.6 mm (6.5 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Broken Hill (Waterbag): the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	34.6 mm (1.4 in)
5 years	53.4 mm (2.1 in)
10 years	70.7 mm (2.8 in)
25 years	100.0 mm (3.9 in)
50 years	128.9 mm (5.1 in)
100 years	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	Longer than the 74 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, 74 years of values from 1947 to 2020.

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: 214.6 mm (8.4 in) in 2000; 144.0 mm (5.7 in) in 2011; 103.4 mm (4.1 in) in 1973.

Download the Data

Data for Broken Hill (Waterbag) standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Broken Hill (Waterbag) 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).

Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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