The north Queensland towns of Tully and Babinda frequently vie to win the "Golden Gumboot" award each year. This award is given for the town with the most rainy days each year. Tully used to win the annual award, but Babinda has now won it for seven consecutive years.
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Bellenden Kerr, in North-East Queensland has a median annual rainfall of 4048 mm. It is also the place with the highest rainfall in a single year. In 1979, 11251 mm fell at Bellenden Kerr. Another contender for the title of highest annual rainfall is Babinda, in far north Queensland, which has an average annual rainfall of 4238mm and holds a 30-yr record for the highest annual rainfall in Australia. According to Wikipedia, the north Qld town of Tully boasts the "highest ever annual rainfall in a populated area of Australia (7900mm in 1950) [and is] is arguably the wettest town in Australia". However, this information is outdated, as the title of wettest town keeps changing.
It would not be correct to say that Australia receives very little rainfall. Australia is a vast continent with huge extremes, and this includes rainfall extremes. There is great variation between the areas that receive the highest and lowest amounts. As much as Australia is prone to bushfires, it is also prone to floods. The lowest annual rainfall occurs at Lake Eyre in South Australia, with an annual mean precipitation of about 100mm. The highest annual rainfall occurs at Tully in Queensland, with an annual mean precipitation of 4400mm.
Far north Queensland is the wettest area in Australia. Tully has the highest average rainfall in Australia with 4252mm annually. Bellenden Kerr is approximately 60km north of Tully and holds the records for the highest ever rainfall in one year - 11 251mm in 1979, the highest for one month in January of the same year - 5387mm, and also the greatest rainfall in a 24 hour period with 960mm on 4th January 1979.
The average annual rainfall for South Australia is 236mm. A large area of the state is extremely dry, while the ranges and south-east are relatively wet. Overall, South Australia is the driest Australian state.
The lowest annual rainfall in Australia typically occurs in the arid regions of the continent, such as the Outback and central parts of Western Australia. In some areas, annual rainfall can be as low as 100 millimeters or less. The town of Marble Bar in Western Australia holds the record for the longest dry spell in Australia, with no rainfall recorded for 160 days.
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