NSW Northern Rivers Daily Rainfall for the December 1955 Floods

- Lismore Flood Pictures and Wilsons River Flood Height Information
- Wilsons River at Eltham flood heights
- Coopers Creek at Corndale flood heights
- Leycester Creek at Rock Valley flood heights


Rainfall figures are 24 hours to 9am on the date shown in millimetres. Click the Station Number links for a location map of the rainfall station.

058066    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
AFTERLEE POST OFFICE                      0      0    1.3   26.9  107.4   26.2      0     161.8

058000    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
ALSTONVILLE POST OFFICE                  .5    3.0   22.9     -   214.6   30.5      0     271.5

058001    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
BALLINA (CROWLEY VILLAGE)                 0    2.8   39.4     -   266.7   19.8      0     328.7

058002    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
BANGALOW (FOWLERS LANE)                 2.5    1.3   23.6     -   180.6   15.2      0     223.2

058003    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
BANYABBA STATE FOREST                     0      0      0   15.2   49.5   29.2      0      93.9

058064    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
BOM BOM STATE FOREST                      0      0   10.7   16.5   20.3    6.6      0      54.1

058005    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
BRAYS CREEK (MISTY MOUNTAIN)            2.8    2.3    6.9   68.6  118.4   33.5      0     232.5

058065    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
BROADWATER SUGAR MILL                     0    2.8   15.7     -   143.0  181.4      0     342.9

058006    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
BRUSHGROVE (CLARENCE ST)                1.5      0      0     -    79.2   19.6      0     100.3

058009    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON LIGHTHOUSE)        .3     .3   40.6   14.0  124.5    9.1      0     188.8

058007    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
BYRON BAY (JACARANDA DRIVE)              .8     .5   35.8   28.4  188.7   17.8      0     272.0

058008    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
CALLIOPE PUBLIC SCHOOL                  1.3      0      0   15.0   39.4    7.9      0      63.6

058063    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
CASINO AIRPORT                           .5      0      0     -   176.3   55.9      0     232.7

058010    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
CASTILLE                                  0      0    5.3   20.8   46.7    4.1      0      76.9

058036    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
CHILLINGHAM (LIMPINWOOD)                  0      0      0   46.5  106.9   10.2   17.8     181.4

058011    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
CHILLINGHAM                               0     .5    1.8   38.6  162.1   17.0      0     220.0

058013    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
CONDONG SUGAR MILL                      2.3    1.0    1.0   39.1  139.7   14.2      0     197.3

058014    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
COPMANHURST POST OFFICE                   0      0   12.7   33.0    6.4      0   13.5      65.6

058015    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
CORAKI (RICHMOND TERRACE)               1.5    2.8    1.5     -   165.4  194.6      0     365.8

058017    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
CUDGEN PLANTATION                       2.0     .8    4.6   49.3  170.4    4.8      0     231.9

058018    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
CUMBALUM (FAIRVIEW)                      .8    1.5   31.5   16.5  146.1   19.1      0     215.5

058075    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
GLENUGIE                                 .5      0      0   27.2   17.8   18.3     .3      64.1

058024    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
GRAFTON CITY COUNCIL                      0      0      0   15.2   48.3   13.2      0      76.7

058026    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
GREVILLIA (SUMMERLAND WAY)                0      0      0   49.8   85.1   17.8      0     152.7

058027    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
HARWOOD ISLAND (HARWOOD SUGAR MILL)      .8     .3    5.1     -    84.6   17.0      0     107.8

058138    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
KANGAROO CREEK  (HAYFIELD)                0      0      0   21.6   15.2    1.3      0      38.1

058031    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
KUNGHUR POST OFFICE                       0      0   15.5   57.2  104.1   30.5      0     207.3

058032    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
KYOGLE POST OFFICE                        0     .8    3.3     -   142.2   29.2      0     175.5

058035    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
LILLIAN ROCK                            4.6    3.3    5.6   64.5  159.5   32.5      0     270.0

058037    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
LISMORE (CENTRE STREET)                  .3    3.3    2.0   41.7  130.0  151.9      0     329.2

058038    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
MACLEAN (MCLACHLAN STREET)               .5     .3    1.8     -    67.1   10.9      0      80.6

058039    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
MOUNT PIKAPENE FORESTRY                   0      0      0      0   53.3   13.0   16.3      82.6

058040    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
MULLUMBIMBY (FAIRVIEW FARM)             2.0    1.3   15.2     -   173.2   15.7      0     207.4

058004    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
MUMMULGUM (BINGEEBEEBRA)                  0      0      0      0   38.1   87.6      0     125.7

058020    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
MURWILLUMBAH (DUNGAY (TALESWOOD))        .8      0      0   32.3  185.2   12.7      0     231.0

058042    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
MURWILLUMBAH POST OFFICE                2.0    2.0     .3     -   201.4   17.3      0     223.0

058044    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
NIMBIN POST OFFICE                      3.0    5.6    4.1     -   200.2   65.0      0     277.9

058045    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
NYMBOIDA (SUTTON ST)                      0      0      0   21.6    1.8      0      0      23.4

058046    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
PILLAR VALLEY                             0      0      0  110.5   47.0      0      0     157.5

058050    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
ROSEBERRY STATE FOREST NURSERY          1.5      0    3.3   40.4   85.9   29.0      0     160.1

058025    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
SOUTH GRAFTON POST OFFICE                 0      0      0     -    38.1    5.1    3.8      47.0

058052    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
TABBIMOBILE STATE FOREST                 .8    1.0   10.2   20.8   91.4   55.9      0     180.1

058067    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
TOMEWIN (BORDER GATE)                   2.3      0    3.3   49.3  225.8    4.3      0     285.0

058173    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
TOONUMBAR STATE FOREST                   .5     .3    4.8   50.5   82.3   24.4      0     162.8

058056    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB                    .5     .3    1.5     -   237.0      0      0     239.3

058057    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
TYALGUM (WANUNGARA VIEW)                  0    3.8    2.5   50.8   77.5   27.9      0     162.5

058059    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
ULMARRA (NEWSAGENCY)                      0      0      0     -    57.7    7.9      0      65.6

058060    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
WHIAN WHIAN (RUMMERY PARK)              2.8    2.8   10.9   55.9  199.9   53.8      0     326.1

058061    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
WOODBURN (CEDAR ST)                       0    2.8   11.2     -   128.3  179.1      0     321.4

058220    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
WOOLNERS ARM                              0      0   26.2   71.1      0   27.9      0     125.2

058012    Dec 1955                       08     09     10     11     12     13     14     TOTAL
YAMBA PILOT STATION                      .5    4.3   25.4   12.7   56.4   49.8      0     149.1

Values with "-" indicate no observation was made and either the data is not available at all, or the amount following the missing data is an accumulation over those dates.

Daily rainfall data sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology.


Document: rainfall_58_195512.htm
Updated: 13 August 2020
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