Rainfall

Daily rainfall observations at Bureau of Meteorology weather stations:

• Bray Park
• Kingscliff
• Tweed Heads
• Uki

Rainfall patterns are significantly different in the dam and river catchments than on the coast. Read about our water supply in the Tweed.

Monthly rainfall data is recorded in the table below.

Murwillumbah

Banora Point

Kingscliff

Rainfall figures from 1881. Since 1972 these figures have been recorded at the official Bureau of Meteorology Weather Station at Bray Park.

Select Earliest Year: 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
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Please note that the total rainfall for 2020 only includes
figures up to and including the month of April

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2010	103.5	332.3	153.2	137.1	122.4	58.9	55.3	57	71.8	446.2	70.4	499.9	2108
2011	254.6	143.8	131	308	58	45	33	157	17	132	128	216	1623.4
2012	583	204	158	216	17	118	7	0	0	14	21	107.1	1445.1
2013	478.4	346.5	240.4	107.6	59.4	146.5	103.6	6.9	50	51.6	191.9	17.8	1800.6
2014	98.6	15.2	364.6	51.6	39	33.7	1.2	151	34	6.1	74.3	311.6	1180.9
2015	271	336	267	254	230	70	47	20	63	68	127	139	1892
2016	100	54	367	31	7	598.3	15	170.5	60	14	108.5	118	1643.3
2017	168	52	1071	23	108	235	26.7	1.8	2	216.2	132	141.1	2176.8
2018	73	177.4	204.3	60.9	18.7	41	16.1	42.5	50	310	37.8	140.8	1172.5
2019	2.4	43.1	175.8	143	62	106	40	18.5	5.5	29.8	6	85	717.1
2020	263.9	700.5	119.1	16.5									1100
Avg	218	219	296	123	72	145	34	63	35	129	90	178	1576

These figures have been recorded at Banora Point WWTP. (Please note: that this is not an official Bureau of Meteorology Weather Station )

Select Earliest Year: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
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Please note that the total rainfall for 2020 only includes
figures up to and including the month of April

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2010	81.5	309	155.5	134.5	187	45.5	133.5	105	73.5	448	88	450	2211
2011	207.5	82.5	235.5	238.5	102.5	64	35.5	292	15	106.5	47.5	221	1648
2012	549	180	166.8	315.5	81	229	69	5	13	20	74	115	1817.3
2013	295.5	456	262	231	104	228	121	3	55	47	205	14	2021.5
2014	68	40	163	62	111	36	0	232	29	4	21	324	1090
2015	415	434	110	204	204	142	115	23	79	52	150	145	2073
2016	183	57	208	119	8	480	12	127	38	17	69	42	1360
2017	139	60	396	33	118	219	52	2	0	161	132	42	1354
2018	29	226	145	40	39	58	26	43	85	187	39	83	1000
2019	11	62	303	126	71	127	22	4	13	32	48	82	901
2020	258	867	204	31									1360
Avg	203	252	214	140	103	163	59	84	40	107	87	152	1548

These figures have been recorded at Kingscliff WWTP. (Please note: that this is not an official Bureau of Meteorology Weather Station )

Select Earliest Year: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
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Please note that the total rainfall for 2020 only includes
figures up to and including the month of April

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
2010	43	462	146	132	155	56	126	93	52	329	76	457	2127
2011	168	86	228	208	101	62	39	209	23	88	65	202	1479
2012	474	137	155	324	67	213	66	0	14	31	78	117	1676
2013	288	430	242	180	111	261	111	0	53	39	179	15	1909
2014	50	29	150	45	117	21	4	250	67	8	33	389	1163
2015	414.5	429	158	180	120	154	111	21	52	58	146	143	1986.5
2016	134	84	245	100	8	430	16	153	43	19	36	54	1322
2017	158	112	469	51	148	241	19	6	0	216.5	145	92	1657.5
2018	66.5	305	207.5	117	63.5	61	38.2	55	93.5	177	52.5	122	1358.7
2019	11	72.2	274.5	115.5	80.5	116	34	24	15.5	22.5	40	72.5	878.2
2020	244.5	756	268	34.5									1303
Avg	186	264	231	135	97	162	56	81	41	99	85	166	1556

Rainfall Records

The driest year on record at Bray Park was 2019, with only 716.7mm of rain recorded (less than half the average of 1571mm).

Since records began in 1881 there have only been 5 other years when rainfall at Bray Park fell below 1000mm:

• 2002 (767mm)
• 1986 (846mm)
• 1915 (863mm)
• 1902 (742mm)
• 1885 (754mm)