ACT's severe weather changes
To prepare for future events we need to understand the past.
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Flood March 2012
Rainfall
Canberra Airport recorded 198 mm of rain during March, almost four times the historical average of 50.7 mm. This is the 3rd wettest March on record for Canberra Airport, as well as the wettest since 1989 at the Airport, the Botanical Gardens, and Tharwa General Store. The rain fell over 15 rain days, twice the March average and the second highest on record, following 18 days in 1956. Two days exceeded 50 mm; this has only occurred once for any month since the site opened in 1939, during March 1950.
The majority of the rain fell during the first five days of the month, as a low pressure trough brought widespread heavy rainfall to southern NSW and the ACT. Canberra Airport recorded 163.2 mm between the 1st and 5th, with similar totals only recorded two times before in any month, between 11-15 March 1989 and 18-22 March 1950. Daily falls at the Airport were as high as 62 mm on the 4th, reaching 93 mm at Tharwa General Store and 107.6 mm at Mt Ginini. This was the wettest single day in Canberra since December 2010. The heavy rain in late February and early March resulted in minor to moderate flooding, road closures, and some flash flooding in the ACT, with 941 Requests for Assistance to the ACT SES.
1/5 Queanbeyan River Debris from the flood was washed along the Queanbeyan River. Image courtesy of Katherine Griffiths.
1/4 The history of floods Tony Graham talks about the history of floods in the ACT.
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1900
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1901
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1902
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1903
- 26 Dec 1903 / Canberra Central
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1904
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1905
- 1 Jan 1905 / Coree, Cotter River, Paddy's River
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1906
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1907
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1908
- 17 Feb 1908 / Queanbeyan
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1909
- Dec 1909 / Belconnen, Booth, Canberra Central, Coree + 20 other regions
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1910
- 23 Jan 1910 / Queanbeyan
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1911
- Dec 1911 / Belconnen, Booth, Canberra Central, Coree + 20 other regions
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1912
- 28 March 1912 / Queanbeyan
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1913
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1914
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1915
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1916
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1917
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1918
- 10 Dec 1918 / Coree, Stromlo, Tuggeranong, Weston Creek
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1919
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1920
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1921
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1922
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1923
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1924
- 7 March 1924 / Belconnen, Canberra Central, Coree, Gungahlin + 8 other regions
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1925
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1926
- 29 Jan 1926 / Cotter River, Paddy's River, Stromlo
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1927
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1928
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1929
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1930
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1931
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1932
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1933
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1934
- 15 Nov 1934 / Belconnen, Booth, Canberra Central, Coree + 20 other regions
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1935
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1936
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1937
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1938
- Dec 1938 / Belconnen, Booth, Canberra Central, Coree + 20 other regions
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1939
- 13 Jan 1939 Black Friday | Royalla Fire / Belconnen, Coree, Cotter River, Paddy's River + 6 other regions
- Dec 1939 / Belconnen, Booth, Canberra Central, Coree + 20 other regions
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1940
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1941
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1942
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1943
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1944
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1945
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1946
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1947
- Jan 1947 / Belconnen, Booth, Canberra Central, Coree + 20 other regions
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1948
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1949
- 10 March 1949 / Belconnen, Booth, Canberra Central, Coree + 20 other regions
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1950
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1951
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1952
- 25 Jan 1952 / Canberra Central, Jerrabomberra, Queanbeyan, Tuggeranong + 6 other regions
- 5 Feb 1952 - Stromlo fire / Stromlo, Tuggeranong, Weston Creek
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1953
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1954
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1955
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1956
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1957
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1958
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1959
- Dec 1959 / Belconnen, Booth, Canberra Central, Coree + 20 other regions
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1960
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1961
- 9 Feb 1961 / Belconnen, Canberra Central, Gungahlin, Hall + 5 other regions
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1962
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1963
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1964
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1965
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1966
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1967
- 24 Jan 1967 / Belconnen, Canberra Central, Gungahlin, Hall + 5 other regions
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1968
- Jan 1968 / Belconnen, Booth, Canberra Central, Coree + 20 other regions
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1969
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1970
- 25 April 1970 / Belconnen, Booth, Canberra Central, Coree + 20 other regions
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1971
- Canberra Woden Valley Flood 26 Jan 1971 / Woden Valley
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1972
- Dec 1972 / Belconnen, Booth, Canberra Central, Coree + 20 other regions
- 21 Dec 1972 - Pago fire / Stromlo
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1973
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1974
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1975
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1976
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1977
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1978
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1979
- Jan 1979 / Belconnen, Booth, Canberra Central, Coree + 20 other regions
- 13 Feb 1979 - Hall and Sutton fire / Belconnen, Gungahlin, Hall
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1980
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1981
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1982
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1983
- 8 Jan 1983 - Gudgenby fire / Cotter River, Rendezvous Creek
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1984
- 9 August 1984 - Oolong Earthquake / Belconnen, Canberra Central, Gungahlin, Hall + 5 other regions
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1985
- 2 March 1985 / Canberra Central, Jerrabomberra, Majura, Queanbeyan
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1986
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1987
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1988
- Jan 1988 / Belconnen, Booth, Canberra Central, Coree + 20 other regions
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1989
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1990
- 13 Jan 1990 / Tuggeranong
- 3 March 1990 / Majura
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1991
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1992
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1993
- 5 April 1993 / Majura
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1994
- 8 March 1994 / Tuggeranong
- 6 Nov 1994 / Belconnen, Booth, Canberra Central, Coree + 20 other regions
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1995
- 28 Jan 1995 / Canberra Central
- 29 Nov 1995 / Canberra Central
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1996
- 5 March 1996 / Majura
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1997
- 8 Feb 1997 / Kowen
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1998
- 15 Feb 1998 / Belconnen, Booth, Canberra Central, Coree + 20 other regions
- 19 August 1998 / Booth, Cotter River, Mount Clear, Paddy's River + 7 other regions
- 31 Dec 1998 / Booth, Cotter River, Mount Clear, Paddy's River + 7 other regions
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1999
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2000
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2001
- 24 Dec 2001 - Black Christmas / Canberra Central, Jerrabomberra, Queanbeyan, Tuggeranong + 7 other regions
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2002
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2003
- 14 Jan 2003 / Belconnen, Canberra Central, Gungahlin, Hall + 5 other regions
- 18 Jan 2003 / Booth, Coree, Cotter River, Paddy's River + 11 other regions
- 14 March 2003 / Canberra Central
- 24 August 2003 / Belconnen, Booth, Canberra Central, Coree + 20 other regions
- 26 October 2003 / Belconnen, Canberra Central, Coree, Gungahlin + 13 other regions
- 16 Nov 2003 / Queanbeyan
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2004
- 2 Nov 2004 / Canberra Central, Belconnen
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2005
- 20 Jan 2005 / Belconnen, Canberra Central
- Canberra Severe Storm Feb 2005 / Belconnen, Tuggeranong, Weston Creek, Woden Valley + 5 other regions
- 13 Oct 2005 / Gungahlin
- 26 Nov 2005 / Canberra Central
- 2 Dec 2005 / Canberra Central, Weston Creek, Woden Valley, Molonglo Valley
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2006
- 6 Jan 2006 / Paddy's River
- 16 Jan 2006 / Belconnen
- 15 Feb 2006 / Belconnen
- 27 Feb 2006 / Canberra Central
- 2 March 2006 / Belconnen, Canberra Central, Gungahlin, Hall + 5 other regions
- 21 April 2006 / Belconnen, Canberra Central, Gungahlin, Hall + 5 other regions
- 13 August 2006 / Belconnen, Canberra Central, Gungahlin, Hall + 5 other regions
- 3 Nov 2006 / Belconnen
- 29 Dec 2006 / Queanbeyan
- 31 Dec 2006 / Tuggeranong, Belconnen
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2007
- 10 Feb 2007 / Tuggeranong, Weston Creek
- 23 Feb 2007 / Kowen
- 27 Feb 2007 / Cotter River, Mount Clear, Rendezvous Creek
- 27 Feb 2007 / Belconnen, Canberra Central
- 27 Feb 2007 / Belconnen, Canberra Central
- 18 Nov 2007 / Canberra Central
- 30 Nov 2007 / Belconnen, Canberra Central, Jerrabomberra, Queanbeyan + 8 other regions
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2008
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2009
- 2009 / Belconnen, Booth, Canberra Central, Coree + 20 other regions
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2010
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2011
- 5 Jan 2011 / Canberra Central
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2012
- 18 Feb 2012 / Gungahlin, Hall
- March 2012 / Cotter River, Paddy's River, Tennent
- March 2012 / Cotter River, Mount Clear, Rendezvous Creek
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2013
- Jan 2013 / Belconnen, Canberra Central, Gungahlin, Hall
- Jan 2013 / Belconnen, Booth, Canberra Central, Coree + 20 other regions
- 18 June 2013 / Belconnen, Canberra Central, Hall
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2014
- Jan 2014 / Belconnen, Booth, Canberra Central, Coree + 20 other regions
- 19 Feb 2014 / Belconnen, Booth, Canberra Central, Coree + 20 other regions
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