Cataract River Weather Records (ASN00068017)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Cataract River (ASN00068017), Australia, with 71 years of record.

Key Facts for Cataract River

Cataract River (ASN00068017) is a weather station in Australia at -34.23 latitude and 150.75 longitude, 159 m (522 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1883 to 1953, 71 years of record.
0 records set at Cataract River still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Cataract River set a daily record precipitation of 24.4 mm (1.0 in) on 19 October 1943.

About the Station

Location: Australia, -34.23 latitude, 150.75 longitude.
Elevation: 159 m (522 ft).
Period of record: 1883 to 1953, 71 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 Cataract River. 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 Cataract River, 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 Cataract River still stand.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jul: 221.0 mm (8.7 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Cataract River. The most was 221.0 mm (8.7 in) on 10 July 1904.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Cataract River
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	23 January 1933
Feb	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	22 February 1934
Mar	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	9 March 1913
Apr	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	17 April 1927
May	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	11 May 1925
Jun	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	2 June 1930
Jul	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	10 July 1904
Aug	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	22 August 1938
Sep	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	24 September 1892
Oct	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	15 October 1942
Nov	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	15 November 1941
Dec	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	30 December 1914

Latest Records

Latest records at Cataract River
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 1943	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 September 1943	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1943	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1943	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	16 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1943	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1943	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1942	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1942	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1942	Cataract River, AU	monthly rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1942	Cataract River, AU	monthly rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1942	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	12 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1942	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1942	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	7 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1942	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1942	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1941	Cataract River, AU	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1941	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1941	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 1941	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	8 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1941	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1883 to 1953

Yearly extremes at Cataract River: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	1904	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	64
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	466.9 mm (18.4 in)	1904	129.6 mm (5.1 in)	64
Longest dry spell (CDD)	43 days	1913	27 days	64

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Cataract River, 1883 to 1953. The record is 221.0 mm (8.7 in) in 1904, marked on the chart; the median year is 73.1 mm (2.9 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Cataract River by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1883	70.6 mm (2.8 in)
1884	67.6 mm (2.7 in)
1885	84.6 mm (3.3 in)
1886	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1887	115.3 mm (4.5 in)
1888	56.4 mm (2.2 in)
1889	179.1 mm (7.1 in)
1890	132.1 mm (5.2 in)
1891	83.1 mm (3.3 in)
1892	104.4 mm (4.1 in)
1893	144.8 mm (5.7 in)
1894	64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1895	94.2 mm (3.7 in)
1896	65.8 mm (2.6 in)
1897	69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1898	75.4 mm (3.0 in)
1899	71.9 mm (2.8 in)
1900	196.9 mm (7.8 in)
1901	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1902	21.8 mm (0.9 in)
1903	55.1 mm (2.2 in)
1904	221.0 mm (8.7 in)
1905	59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1906	76.5 mm (3.0 in)
1907	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1908	64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1909	55.1 mm (2.2 in)
1910	120.1 mm (4.7 in)
1911	79.5 mm (3.1 in)
1912	76.5 mm (3.0 in)
1913	172.5 mm (6.8 in)
1914	114.0 mm (4.5 in)
1915	56.4 mm (2.2 in)
1916	85.1 mm (3.4 in)
1917	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1918	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1919	133.4 mm (5.3 in)
1920	52.8 mm (2.1 in)
1921	44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1922	123.4 mm (4.9 in)
1923	71.1 mm (2.8 in)
1924	36.6 mm (1.4 in)
1925	194.3 mm (7.6 in)
1926	54.9 mm (2.2 in)
1927	141.0 mm (5.6 in)
1928	78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1929	104.1 mm (4.1 in)
1930	85.3 mm (3.4 in)
1931	110.5 mm (4.4 in)
1932	54.9 mm (2.2 in)
1933	156.0 mm (6.1 in)
1934	87.4 mm (3.4 in)
1935	53.6 mm (2.1 in)
1936	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1937	74.2 mm (2.9 in)
1938	86.9 mm (3.4 in)
1939	43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1940	61.7 mm (2.4 in)
1941	59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1942	134.1 mm (5.3 in)
1943	101.6 mm (4.0 in)
1944	1.8 mm (0.07 in)
1946	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1953	0.0 mm (0.00 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Cataract River, 1883 to 1953. The record is 466.9 mm (18.4 in) in 1904, marked on the chart; the median year is 129.6 mm (5.1 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Cataract River by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1883	104.3 mm (4.1 in)
1884	119.3 mm (4.7 in)
1885	137.9 mm (5.4 in)
1886	80.8 mm (3.2 in)
1887	127.0 mm (5.0 in)
1888	91.0 mm (3.6 in)
1889	397.8 mm (15.7 in)
1890	164.6 mm (6.5 in)
1891	241.1 mm (9.5 in)
1892	132.8 mm (5.2 in)
1893	175.6 mm (6.9 in)
1894	114.1 mm (4.5 in)
1895	133.8 mm (5.3 in)
1896	93.6 mm (3.7 in)
1897	128.2 mm (5.0 in)
1898	81.3 mm (3.2 in)
1899	160.8 mm (6.3 in)
1900	403.7 mm (15.9 in)
1901	86.9 mm (3.4 in)
1902	44.0 mm (1.7 in)
1903	89.8 mm (3.5 in)
1904	466.9 mm (18.4 in)
1905	78.4 mm (3.1 in)
1906	84.6 mm (3.3 in)
1907	45.0 mm (1.8 in)
1908	144.2 mm (5.7 in)
1909	131.0 mm (5.2 in)
1910	235.2 mm (9.3 in)
1911	131.1 mm (5.2 in)
1912	127.9 mm (5.0 in)
1913	203.3 mm (8.0 in)
1914	252.9 mm (10.0 in)
1915	123.1 mm (4.8 in)
1916	182.0 mm (7.2 in)
1917	151.7 mm (6.0 in)
1918	120.9 mm (4.8 in)
1919	159.5 mm (6.3 in)
1920	154.9 mm (6.1 in)
1921	117.4 mm (4.6 in)
1922	231.1 mm (9.1 in)
1923	117.5 mm (4.6 in)
1924	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1925	316.0 mm (12.4 in)
1926	90.7 mm (3.6 in)
1927	348.5 mm (13.7 in)
1928	148.7 mm (5.9 in)
1929	143.1 mm (5.6 in)
1930	171.7 mm (6.8 in)
1931	131.3 mm (5.2 in)
1932	116.4 mm (4.6 in)
1933	194.9 mm (7.7 in)
1934	168.7 mm (6.6 in)
1935	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1936	68.3 mm (2.7 in)
1937	111.6 mm (4.4 in)
1938	216.5 mm (8.5 in)
1939	59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1940	88.6 mm (3.5 in)
1941	75.8 mm (3.0 in)
1942	298.2 mm (11.7 in)
1943	305.8 mm (12.0 in)
1944	5.6 mm (0.22 in)
1946	0.0 mm (0.00 in)
1953	0.0 mm (0.00 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Cataract River, 1883 to 1953. The record is 43 days in 1913, marked on the chart; the median year is 27 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Cataract River by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1883	20 days
1884	25 days
1885	31 days
1886	25 days
1887	20 days
1888	30 days
1889	26 days
1890	21 days
1891	14 days
1892	27 days
1893	21 days
1894	25 days
1895	26 days
1896	38 days
1897	27 days
1898	35 days
1899	40 days
1900	32 days
1901	23 days
1902	23 days
1903	26 days
1904	16 days
1905	29 days
1906	30 days
1907	31 days
1908	23 days
1909	37 days
1910	23 days
1911	25 days
1912	21 days
1913	43 days
1914	25 days
1915	22 days
1916	20 days
1917	37 days
1918	41 days
1919	30 days
1920	31 days
1921	29 days
1922	34 days
1923	25 days
1924	19 days
1925	29 days
1926	26 days
1927	38 days
1928	28 days
1929	34 days
1930	39 days
1931	23 days
1932	27 days
1933	17 days
1934	19 days
1935	29 days
1936	24 days
1937	25 days
1938	29 days
1939	34 days
1940	31 days
1941	28 days
1942	26 days
1943	30 days
1944	20 days
1946	31 days
1953	30 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

59 years, 1884 to 1943

A day with at least 78.5 mm (3.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 262.0 mm (10.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Cataract River: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	78.5 mm (3.1 in)
5 years	115.6 mm (4.6 in)
10 years	144.4 mm (5.7 in)
25 years	186.4 mm (7.3 in)
50 years	222.1 mm (8.7 in)
100 years	262.0 mm (10.3 in)	Longer than the 59 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, 59 years of values from 1884 to 1943.

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: 221.0 mm (8.7 in) in 1904; 196.9 mm (7.8 in) in 1900; 194.3 mm (7.6 in) in 1925.

Download the Data

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

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