History of floods

Queensland Flood History

2010 - present

This list of significant disaster events in Queensland includes all hazards including floods, heavy rainfall, cyclones and also bushfires where Queensland local government areas have been activated for funding assistance measures the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) - joint Commonwealth and State government funding providing financial assistance to help communities recover from eligible disasters. This list has been sourced from the Queensland Reconstruction Authority.

Year All hazards - Name of significant disaster event (activated for DRFA funding assistance)
2024-2025

For the latest disaster funding activations visit the Queensland Reconstruction Authority.

  • Diamantina Rainfall and Flooding, 1-7 July 2024
2023-2024
  • Western Queensland Rainfall and Flooding, 22 March - 20 April 2024
  • Tropical Cyclone Kirrily, Associated Rainfall and Flooding, 25 January - 26 February 2024
  • North Queensland Monsoon Trough, 12 - 22 January 2024
  • South West Queensland Flooding, 6 - 23 January 2024
  • South Queensland Severe Storms and Rainfall, 24 December 2023 - 3 January 2024
  • Brisbane and Ipswich Severe Storms, 15 - 16 December 2023
  • Tropical Cyclone Jasper, Associated Rainfall and Flooding, 13 - 28 December 2023
  • Queensland Low Pressure Trough, 20 November - 1 December 2023
  • The Pines and Condamine Farms Bushfire, 19 November - 1 December 2023
  • Mount Isa Bushfire, 23 October - 1 November 2023
  • Northern Queensland Bushfires, 18 October - 8 December 2023Nome and Julago Bushfire, 16 - 24 September 2023
  • Southern Queensland Bushfires, 8 September - 7 November 2023
2022-2023
  • Southwest Queensland Flooding, 4 June - 7 July 2023
  • Western Downs Bushfires, 30 January - 24 March 2023
  • Northern and Central Queensland Monsoon and Flooding, 20 December 2022 - 30 April 2023
  • Whitsunday Rainfall and Flooding, 30 November 2022 - 1 December 2022
  • Southern Queensland Severe Weather, 18 October- 23 November 2022
  • South East Queensland Severe Storms, 22 – 23 September 2022
  • South West Queensland Trough and Flooding, 7 - 15 September 2022
  • South Queensland East Coast Low, July 2022
2021-2022
  • Southern Queensland Flooding, 6 - 20 May 2022
  • Northern and Central Western Queensland Rainfall and Flooding, 21 April - 12 May 2022
  • Cape York Tropical Low and Rainfall, 22 - 28 February 2022
  • South East Queensland Rainfall and Flooding, 22 February - 5 April 2022
  • Far North Queensland Low Pressure Trough, 1-7 February 2022
  • Western Queensland Low Pressure Trough, 19 January - 4 February 2022
  • Tropical Cyclone Tiffany, 10-11 January 2022
  • Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth, 29 December 2021 -10 January 2022
  • Central, Southern and Western Queensland Rainfall and Flooding, 10 November - 3 December 2021
2020-2021
  • Far North Queensland Low Pressure System, 15 - 26 April 2021
  • Southern Queensland Severe Weather, 20 – 31 March 2021
  • Tropical Cyclone Niran and Associated Low Pressure System, 25 February – 3 March 2021
  • Far North Queensland Tropical Low, 24 – 30 January 2021
  • Tropical Cyclone Imogen and Associated Low Pressure System, 2 – 12 January 2021
  • Western Queensland Thunderstorms 21-30 December 2020
  • South East Queensland Coastal Trough, 12-15 December 2020
  • Gumlow Bushfire, 21- 26 November 2020
  • K’gari (formerly Fraser Island) Bushfires, 9 November 2020 – 23 December 2020
  • South East Queensland Hailstorm, 31 October 2020
  • Kooralbyn Bushfire, 12 - 19 October 2020
2019-2020
  • Tropical Cyclone Esther and related flooding, 23 February - 8 March 2020
  • South West Queensland Flooding 20-26 February 2020
  • Southern Queensland Heavy Rainfall and Flooding 8-14 February 2020
  • Queensland Monsoonal Flooding, 23 January - 3 February 2020
  • Queensland Bushfires, September - December 2019

2018-2019

  • Wallangarra Bushfires 12-21 February 2019
  • Southern Queensland Upper Level Trough, 22 - 25 April 2019
  • Severe Tropical Cyclone Trevor and associated low pressure system, 19 - 27 March 2019
  • North & Far North Queensland Monsoon Trough, 25 January - 14 February 2019
  • Tropical Cyclone Penny, 24 December 2018 - 4 January 2019
  • Tropical Cyclone Owen, 9 -17 December 2018
  • South West Queensland Trough, 14 - 17 December 2018
  • Central Queensland Bushfires, 22 November - 6 December 2018
  • Redland Bushfires, 28 November – 13 December 2018
  • Wide Bay-Burnett Severe Storms, 11 – 14 October 2018
  • Gympie bushfires, 19-27 September 2018
  • Mareeba Tablelands Bushfires, 17 September - 9 October 2018
  • Severe Tropical Cyclone Nora & Associated Flooding, 24 – 29 March 2018
  • North Queensland Flooding, 6 – 10 March 2018
  • North/North West Queensland Low & Associated Rainfall & Flooding, 24 February - 8 March 2018
  • Central & South West Queensland Trough & Associated Storms, 20 - 21 February 2018
  • Cape York Queensland Trough, 19 January – 2 February 2018
  • Central Coast Queensland Severe Weather, 16 – 19 October 2017
2016-2017
  • Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie & Associated Rainfall & Flooding, 28 March – 6 April 2017
  • Far North Queensland Monsoon Trough, 21 - 28 March 2017
  • Far North Queensland Trough, 3 - 10 February 2017
  • Gulf Tropical Low, 15 – 24 February 2017
  • Far North Queensland Low, 8 – 11 January 2017
  • Western Queensland Flooding, 13-20 September 2016
  • Central Queensland Severe Weather, 15-20 July 2016
2015-2016
  • Central Western Queensland Flooding, 13 - 19 June 2016
  • Far North Queensland Upper Level Trough, 21 – 23 May 2016
  • South West Queensland Floods, 7 – 9 May 2016
  • Far North & North West Queensland Tropical Low, 14 – 18 March 2016
  • Western Queensland Trough, 7 - 11 March 2016
  • Central Queensland Surface Trough, 4 – 8 February 2016
  • Central Western Queensland Heavy Rainfall & Flooding, 2 – 4 February 2016
  • Gulf of Carpentaria Monsoon Trough, 20 December 2015 – 3 January 2016
  • Fernvale Severe Storm, 27 October 2015
  • Cape Cleveland Bushfires, 06 October 2015
2014-2015
  • South East Queensland Low, 30 April – 1 May 2015
  • Tropical Cyclone Nathan & Associated Rainfall & Flooding, 11 - 21 March 2015
  • Tropical Cyclone Lam, 15-18 February 2015
  • Severe Tropical Cyclone Marcia & South East Queensland Trough, 19 - 22 February 2015
  • North Queensland Severe Weather & Flooding, 8 – 15 February 2015
  • Central Eastern Queensland Heavy Rainfall & Flooding, 21 – 29 January 2015
  • Western Queensland Heavy Rainfall & Flooding, 5 – 18 January 2015
  • Central Queensland Heavy Rainfall & Flooding, 8 – 14 December 2014
  • Brisbane Severe Thunderstorm, 27 November 2014
2013-2014
  • Tropical Cyclone Ita & Associated Rainfall & Flooding, 11 - 14 April 2014
  • Central Coast and Southern Queensland Trough, 26 – 30 March 2014
  • Tropical Cyclone Gillian, 10 – 11 March 2014
  • Central and Western Queensland Flooding & Rainfall, 18 – 28 February 2014
  • North East Queensland Monsoonal Rainfall & Flooding, 7 – 9 February 2014
  • Tropical Cyclone Fletcher and Associated Rainfall & Flooding, 2 February 2014
  • Tropical Cyclone Dylan, 31 January 2014
  • Far North Queensland Peninsula Flooding, 27 – 31 January 2014
  • North Stradbroke Island Fires, 29 December 2013
  • Central and Southern Queensland Low, 25 February – 5 March 2013
  • Tropical Cyclone Oswald and Associated Rainfall and Flooding, 21-29 January 2013
  • Longreach Flood, 18 February 2013
  • South Western Queensland Wildfires, December 2012
  • Far Northern Queensland Bushfires, late October - December 2012
2011-2012
  • Western Queensland Tropical Low 27 January 2012
  • Heavy Rainfall & Flooding, Northern & Far Northern Queensland 15 March 2012
  • Tropical Low Far Northern Queensland 3 – 4 February 2012
  • Localised Heavy Rainfall Northern Queensland, October 2011
  • North Coast Storms & Flooding & East Coast Hybrid Low, 24 February – 7 March 2012
  • East Coast Low, 22 March 2012
  • South East Queensland Heavy Rainfall and Flooding, 23 -26 January 2012
  • Queensland Bushfires, August - November 2011
2010-2011
  • South West Flooding, April 2011
  • Queensland Monsoonal Flooding, 28 February – March 2011

Pre-1860s to 2010s

The Bureau of Meteorology publishes summaries of floods in Queensland by decade as listed below, as well as Detailed Reports on Notable Queensland Floods.