1:20am 21/08/2026 to 1:20am 23/08/2026
Maximum observed rainfall by duration, estimated return period and AEP
Incomplete record: 44 of the 289 intervals in this period were not measured. A duration is only listed where every interval within it was observed, so some durations may be missing and the totals below cover the observed intervals only.
Duration
Rainfall
Start
End
Years
AEP
10m
7.0 mm
3:20am 22/08/2026
3:30am 22/08/2026
1 in 1 years
100.0 %
20m
7.6 mm
3:10am 22/08/2026
3:30am 22/08/2026
1 in 1 years
100.0 %
30m
8.0 mm
3:10am 22/08/2026
3:40am 22/08/2026
1 in 1 years
100.0 %
60m
8.0 mm
2:40am 22/08/2026
3:40am 22/08/2026
1 in 1 years
100.0 %
90m
8.0 mm
2:10am 22/08/2026
3:40am 22/08/2026
1 in 1 years
100.0 %
120m
8.0 mm
1:40am 22/08/2026
3:40am 22/08/2026
1 in 1 years
100.0 %
3h
8.0 mm
12:40am 22/08/2026
3:40am 22/08/2026
1 in 1 years
100.0 %
4h
8.0 mm
11:10pm 21/08/2026
3:40am 22/08/2026
1 in 1 years
100.0 %
6h
8.0 mm
9:40pm 21/08/2026
3:40am 22/08/2026
1 in 1 years
100.0 %
9h
8.2 mm
1:30am 22/08/2026
10:30am 22/08/2026
1 in 1 years
100.0 %
12h
8.2 mm
10:30pm 21/08/2026
10:30am 22/08/2026
1 in 1 years
100.0 %
18h
8.2 mm
4:30pm 21/08/2026
10:30am 22/08/2026
1 in 1 years
100.0 %
24h
8.2 mm
10:30am 21/08/2026
10:30am 22/08/2026
1 in 1 years
100.0 %
30h
8.2 mm
8:50am 21/08/2026
2:50pm 22/08/2026
1 in 1 years
100.0 %
36h
8.2 mm
8:50am 21/08/2026
8:50pm 22/08/2026
1 in 1 years
100.0 %
Note: A '1 in 1.0 years' estimate means that it is almost certain to occur at least once in a year, and could occur much more than once per year on average. For smaller values like this the Annual Recurrance Interval (ARI) may be of more relevance, but it is complex to calculate for common events.
IFD describes how rainfall intensity relates to how long it lasts and how often it happens. It is the basis for design rainfall used in engineering and flood studies.
- Duration: the length of the rainfall burst, from a few minutes to several days.
- AEP (Annual Exceedance Probability): the chance, in any one year, of a rainfall of that depth or greater. A 1% AEP event has a 1 in 100 chance each year - what is often loosely called a '1 in 100 year' event.
- The curves show design rainfall depths for a range of AEPs. The observed maximums for this location and period are plotted against them so you can see how rare the event was.
Design rainfall data is sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology.

