Lake Lonsdale Weather Records (ASN00079026)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Lake Lonsdale (ASN00079026), Australia, with 90 years of record.

Key Facts for Lake Lonsdale

Lake Lonsdale (ASN00079026) is a weather station in Australia at -37.03 latitude and 142.58 longitude, 244 m (801 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1913 to 2002, 90 years of record.
0 records set at Lake Lonsdale still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Lake Lonsdale set a daily record precipitation of 22.6 mm (0.9 in) on 19 October 1987.

About the Station

Location: Australia, -37.03 latitude, 142.58 longitude.
Elevation: 244 m (801 ft).
Period of record: 1913 to 2002, 90 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 Lake Lonsdale. 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 Lake Lonsdale, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
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Dec	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

0 standing records

0 records at Lake Lonsdale still stand.

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Lake Lonsdale between 6 February 1973 and 6 February 1973. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Feb: 93.2 mm (3.7 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Lake Lonsdale. The most was 93.2 mm (3.7 in) on 6 February 1973.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Lake Lonsdale
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14 January 1974
Feb	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	6 February 1973
Mar	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	20 March 1952
Apr	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	23 April 1980
May	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	15 May 1963
Jun	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	10 June 1953
Jul	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	2 July 1936
Aug	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	4 August 1981
Sep	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	19 September 1913
Oct	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	11 October 1948
Nov	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	22 November 1949
Dec	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 December 1929

Latest Records

Latest records at Lake Lonsdale
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 1987	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	0 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1987	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1987	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	26 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1987	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	12 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1987	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain (Tie)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	tie	1 year	1 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1986	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	65 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1986	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1986	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1986	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	12 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1986	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	64 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 December 1985	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	55 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1985	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1985	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1985	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1985	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	61 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1984	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 August 1984	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1984	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	12 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1984	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1984	Lake Lonsdale, AU	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	11 years	10 of 100 (Routine)

Extremes by Year

1913 to 2002

Yearly extremes at Lake Lonsdale: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Wettest day (Rx1day)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	1973	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	72
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	1946	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	72
Longest dry spell (CDD)	89 days	1986	32 days	72

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Lake Lonsdale, 1913 to 2002. The record is 93.2 mm (3.7 in) in 1973, marked on the chart; the median year is 40.4 mm (1.6 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Lake Lonsdale by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1913	61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1914	40.4 mm (1.6 in)
1915	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1916	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1917	26.2 mm (1.0 in)
1918	55.1 mm (2.2 in)
1919	22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1920	43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1921	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1922	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1923	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1924	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1925	28.7 mm (1.1 in)
1926	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
1927	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1928	40.4 mm (1.6 in)
1929	59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1930	40.4 mm (1.6 in)
1931	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1932	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1933	43.9 mm (1.7 in)
1934	37.6 mm (1.5 in)
1935	24.4 mm (1.0 in)
1936	42.7 mm (1.7 in)
1938	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1942	70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1943	26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1944	33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1945	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1946	77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1947	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1948	76.7 mm (3.0 in)
1949	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1950	42.9 mm (1.7 in)
1951	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1952	65.3 mm (2.6 in)
1953	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1954	26.4 mm (1.0 in)
1955	41.1 mm (1.6 in)
1956	49.0 mm (1.9 in)
1957	70.6 mm (2.8 in)
1958	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1959	53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1960	34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1961	35.8 mm (1.4 in)
1962	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1963	51.3 mm (2.0 in)
1964	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1965	29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1966	52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1967	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1968	31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1969	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1970	24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1971	38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1972	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1973	93.2 mm (3.7 in)
1974	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1975	40.4 mm (1.6 in)
1976	34.4 mm (1.4 in)
1977	20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1978	32.2 mm (1.3 in)
1979	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1980	55.7 mm (2.2 in)
1981	50.6 mm (2.0 in)
1982	20.9 mm (0.8 in)
1983	38.8 mm (1.5 in)
1984	56.4 mm (2.2 in)
1985	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1986	34.6 mm (1.4 in)
1987	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
2002	16.2 mm (0.6 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Lake Lonsdale, 1913 to 2002. The record is 126.5 mm (5.0 in) in 1946, marked on the chart; the median year is 60.6 mm (2.4 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Lake Lonsdale by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1913	72.2 mm (2.8 in)
1914	50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1915	75.7 mm (3.0 in)
1916	75.4 mm (3.0 in)
1917	46.4 mm (1.8 in)
1918	62.9 mm (2.5 in)
1919	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1920	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1921	52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1922	51.1 mm (2.0 in)
1923	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1924	70.3 mm (2.8 in)
1925	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1926	43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1927	47.3 mm (1.9 in)
1928	65.3 mm (2.6 in)
1929	59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1930	59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1931	72.4 mm (2.9 in)
1932	63.8 mm (2.5 in)
1933	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1934	64.5 mm (2.5 in)
1935	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1936	74.1 mm (2.9 in)
1938	65.3 mm (2.6 in)
1942	70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1943	31.7 mm (1.2 in)
1944	40.9 mm (1.6 in)
1945	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1946	126.5 mm (5.0 in)
1947	47.4 mm (1.9 in)
1948	93.7 mm (3.7 in)
1949	78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1950	104.1 mm (4.1 in)
1951	89.2 mm (3.5 in)
1952	65.3 mm (2.6 in)
1953	61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1954	41.3 mm (1.6 in)
1955	76.3 mm (3.0 in)
1956	57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1957	77.2 mm (3.0 in)
1958	65.6 mm (2.6 in)
1959	99.4 mm (3.9 in)
1960	53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1961	54.0 mm (2.1 in)
1962	48.7 mm (1.9 in)
1963	85.4 mm (3.4 in)
1964	71.7 mm (2.8 in)
1965	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1966	58.9 mm (2.3 in)
1967	31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1968	51.4 mm (2.0 in)
1969	64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1970	43.0 mm (1.7 in)
1971	59.5 mm (2.3 in)
1972	47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1973	109.2 mm (4.3 in)
1974	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1975	74.8 mm (2.9 in)
1976	55.0 mm (2.2 in)
1977	35.4 mm (1.4 in)
1978	49.3 mm (1.9 in)
1979	109.4 mm (4.3 in)
1980	100.8 mm (4.0 in)
1981	84.8 mm (3.3 in)
1982	21.4 mm (0.8 in)
1983	79.0 mm (3.1 in)
1984	80.8 mm (3.2 in)
1985	57.4 mm (2.3 in)
1986	84.8 mm (3.3 in)
1987	59.4 mm (2.3 in)
2002	20.6 mm (0.8 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Lake Lonsdale, 1913 to 2002. The record is 89 days in 1986, marked on the chart; the median year is 32 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Lake Lonsdale by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1913	33 days
1914	35 days
1915	32 days
1916	62 days
1917	22 days
1918	32 days
1919	26 days
1920	12 days
1921	29 days
1922	28 days
1923	66 days
1924	22 days
1925	32 days
1926	35 days
1927	35 days
1928	46 days
1929	29 days
1930	36 days
1931	34 days
1932	35 days
1933	32 days
1934	48 days
1935	60 days
1936	62 days
1938	26 days
1942	21 days
1943	32 days
1944	52 days
1945	37 days
1946	30 days
1947	28 days
1948	43 days
1949	46 days
1950	27 days
1951	41 days
1952	30 days
1953	50 days
1954	48 days
1955	28 days
1956	29 days
1957	24 days
1958	34 days
1959	39 days
1960	31 days
1961	33 days
1962	31 days
1963	37 days
1964	22 days
1965	52 days
1966	24 days
1967	37 days
1968	25 days
1969	54 days
1970	63 days
1971	28 days
1972	37 days
1973	18 days
1974	31 days
1975	42 days
1976	22 days
1977	27 days
1978	27 days
1979	26 days
1980	49 days
1981	34 days
1982	24 days
1983	29 days
1984	32 days
1985	22 days
1986	89 days
1987	25 days
2002	28 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

66 years, 1913 to 1987

A day with at least 39.6 mm (1.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 90.7 mm (3.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Lake Lonsdale: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	39.6 mm (1.6 in)
5 years	53.0 mm (2.1 in)
10 years	62.0 mm (2.4 in)
25 years	73.5 mm (2.9 in)
50 years	82.1 mm (3.2 in)
100 years	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	Longer than the 66 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, 66 years of values from 1913 to 1987.

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: 93.2 mm (3.7 in) in 1973; 77.5 mm (3.1 in) in 1946; 76.7 mm (3.0 in) in 1948.

Download the Data

Data for Lake Lonsdale standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Lake Lonsdale 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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