Precipitation, yearly total, average over the country's land area (World Bank climate portal, CRU TS): Australia

The latest reading SOTW holds for Australia is 499 mm for 2025, from World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal.

Source series · Listed tier · Environment · Annual · mm · WB.L.CLIMATE.PRECIP.A · AUS

Listed tier: bulk-loaded from the publisher's file as published; not individually reviewed by SOTW.

Latest
499
mm · 2025
Previous
518
mm · 2024
Oldest shown
488
mm · 1906
Readings shown
120
Newest readings; the full history is in the API

Australia · history

mm · Annual

Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal. Viewer read 2026-11-13T02:30:35.558Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Precipitation, yearly total, average over the country's land area (World Bank climate portal, CRU TS): Australia: 120 readings, newest first. Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal.
PeriodValue (mm)
2025499
2024518
2023480
2022532
2021495
2020486
2019378
2018448
2017473
2016499
2015451
2014462
2013448
2012473
2011561
2010645
2009484
2008470
2007469
2006456
2005408
2004497
2003468
2002344
2001497
2000649
1999575
1998550
1997528
1996478
1995523
1994356
1993499
1992468
1991478
1990436
1989481
1988475
1987477
1986420
1985417
1984561
1983507
1982420
1981558
1980451
1979469
1978539
1977493
1976552
1975603
1974751
1973669
1972382
1971509
1970405
1969437
1968550
1967432
1966419
1965361
1964460
1963489
1962461
1961368
1960493
1959438
1958444
1957411
1956620
1955578
1954483
1953468
1952409
1951392
1950629
1949495
1948401
1947503
1946409
1945435
1944388
1943422
1942513
1941491
1940410
1939504
1938387
1937405
1936435
1935363
1934465
1933457
1932405
1931447
1930487
1929403
1928393
1927429
1926412
1925434
1924444
1923419
1922437
1921557
1920519
1919391
1918459
1917575
1916544
1915394
1914439
1913476
1912396
1911451
1910542
1909466
1908480
1907480
1906488

Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal. Newest 120 readings shown, 1906 to 2025. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, from CRU TS (University of East Anglia), CC BY 4.0.

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