In 2022, the mean rainfall in Australia was 124 millimeters higher than the reference value for that year, indicating a positive anomaly. Over the course of the last century, mean rainfall anomaly measurements in Australia have exhibited an overall increasing trend.
Annual mean rainfall deviation in Australia from 1910 to 2022
(in millimeters)
Characteristic
Mean deviation in millimeters
2022
123.5
2021
41.71
2020
20.56
2019
-190.32
2018
-60.19
2017
28.41
2016
66.06
2015
-29.3
2014
7.34
2013
-43.42
2012
5.8
2011
230.66
2010
217.66
2009
-13.35
2008
5.39
2007
29.61
2006
16.02
2005
-71.74
2004
25.55
2003
3.88
2002
-133.49
2001
76.76
2000
244.54
1999
112.74
1998
82.82
1997
48.13
1996
-3.78
1995
52.12
1994
-127.36
1993
21.92
1992
-18.13
1991
-5.22
1990
-52.87
1989
14.27
1988
-11.77
1987
-15.95
1986
-80.1
1985
-68.5
1984
80.42
1983
26.95
1982
-50.9
1981
61.31
1980
-36.28
1979
-14.23
1978
51.35
1977
3.83
1976
56.92
1975
127.75
1974
294.54
1973
175.07
1972
-103.78
1971
20.3
1970
-85.63
1969
-55.24
1968
78.5
1967
-37.15
1966
-68.47
1965
-120.32
1964
-40.04
1963
9.55
1962
-29.61
1961
-129.9
1960
-7.64
1959
-51.67
1958
-47.47
1957
-77.36
1956
135.26
1955
107.14
1954
-5.49
1953
-39.9
1952
-82.03
1951
-96.76
1950
161.46
1949
10.91
1948
-80.56
1947
34.1
1946
-58.92
1945
-56.06
1944
-85.47
1943
-76.5
1942
64.76
1941
14.35
1940
-70.61
1939
26.35
1938
-102.33
1937
-80.22
1936
-61.56
1935
-116.33
1934
-27.45
1933
-21.52
1932
-79.89
1931
-30.11
1930
24.91
1929
-87.57
1928
-105.64
1927
-48.31
1926
-52.33
1925
-44.67
1924
-56.76
1923
-54.71
1922
-49.83
1921
84.39
1920
48.53
1919
-100.01
1918
-35.19
1917
111.97
1916
64.56
1915
-84.19
1914
-41.01
1913
-21.11
1912
-81.24
1911
-29.1
1910
69.53
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Bureau of Meteorology (Australia). (August 16, 2023). Annual mean rainfall deviation in Australia from 1910 to 2022 (in millimeters) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1406021/australia-annual-rainfall-anomaly/
Bureau of Meteorology (Australia). "Annual mean rainfall deviation in Australia from 1910 to 2022 (in millimeters)." Chart. August 16, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1406021/australia-annual-rainfall-anomaly/
Bureau of Meteorology (Australia). (2023). Annual mean rainfall deviation in Australia from 1910 to 2022 (in millimeters). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1406021/australia-annual-rainfall-anomaly/
Bureau of Meteorology (Australia). "Annual Mean Rainfall Deviation in Australia from 1910 to 2022 (in Millimeters)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1406021/australia-annual-rainfall-anomaly/
Bureau of Meteorology (Australia), Annual mean rainfall deviation in Australia from 1910 to 2022 (in millimeters) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1406021/australia-annual-rainfall-anomaly/ (last visited December 04, 2024)
Annual mean rainfall deviation in Australia from 1910 to 2022 (in millimeters) [Graph], Bureau of Meteorology (Australia), August 16, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1406021/australia-annual-rainfall-anomaly/