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Recent rainfall station totals
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About these data, maps and tables
- Maps and tables use real-time rainfall data, and limited quality control has been performed
- Some stations occasionally report multi-day accumulations, which may show up as high daily, weekly or month-to-date totals.
- Daily data are updated at and available around .
- Weekly data are updated at AEDT each day and available around .
- Monthly data are published around on the last day each month, then updated after midnight on the 2nd, 3rd and 22nd of the following month.
- Month periods use monthly totals, and have additional information, including 'Years of data', 'Mean' and 'Percentile' rainfall for the selected period. Percentiles are calculated for stations with at least 20 years of data; newer stations show N/A in map popups and -1.00 in the table view. Percentiles are expressed as a number out of 100. The percentile refers to the ranking of a particular value relative to all of the values for that site.
- Elevation is listed as -999 in the table when not available
- In the tables, select Station number to open rainfall table, or elsewhere in row to show on map
- Popups from the map, and Station numbers in the table, link to more rainfall information. In the tables, periods with daily data link to the latest year of daily rainfall values, and month periods link to the full station history of monthly data.
- More about rainfall data
Weekly highlights
Moderate to heavy rainfall across inland Western Australia and tropical north
- Widespread rain, showers and thunderstorms impacted the tropical north throughout the week, driven by active wet season troughs and low-pressure systems, including tropical lows 18U and 21U.
- Weekly rainfall totals of 50 to 200 mm, and locally higher, were recorded across much of northern Queensland, the Top End of the Northern Territory and parts of the Kimberley, Western Australia.
- Ex-tropical cyclone Luana tracked southwards across Western Australia's interior as a tropical low, producing heavy rainfall.
- Weekly rainfall totals of 15 to 150 mm, and locally higher, were recorded across large inland and south-eastern regions of Western Australia extending to south-western parts of South Australia.
- A cooler airmass interacted with a warmer airmass over the eastern coast, triggering isolated showers and thunderstorms, across coastal regions of the eastern mainland.
- Weekly rainfall totals of 10 to 50 mm, and locally higher, were recorded across coastal regions of New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland and eastern Victoria.
- The highest weekly total (at a Bureau gauge) was 316.2 mm at Nitmiluk Ridge in the Northern Territory.
- The highest daily total (at a Bureau gauge) was 272.0 mm at Cowley Beach (Defence) in Queensland in the 24 hours to 9 am on 27 January.
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History
Previous rainfall reports
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