Our floods in Jan-Feb were so significant that I compared them to our massive 2019 floods. I should have waited, as it turned out, because they were followed by another drenching, 995 mm from March 10 – 28. By that point we had collected a swag of all-time rainfall records…
- Highest rainfall in a wet season: 3100 mm (approx, depending on the definition of the wet season)
- Highest December rainfall: 487 mm (prev. 458 mm in 1975)
- Highest February rainfall: 1198 mm (prev. 961 mm in 2009)
- Highest March rainfall: 1005 mm (prev. 696 mm in 2011)
…and another was within sight. Continue reading “Townsville’s record-breaking 2025 rainfall”