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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
Tropical low brings heavy rainfall to parts of the Gulf coast
- Tropical low 07U moved towards northern Australia, passed close to the north-east Top End (Northern Territory) and continued southwards through the Gulf of Carpentaria, eventually crossing the coast. It brought increased shower and storm activity to areas along its track.
- Tropical low 07U brought weekly rainfall totals of 100 mm to more than 200 mm to parts of the southern Gulf coast and adjacent inland areas.
- Hot and humid weather resulted in daily thunderstorms and showers across much of the tropical north, while onshore airflow brought rainfall to Australia's north-east.
- Weekly rainfall totals of 15 to 100 mm, with isolated higher totals, were recorded in northern parts of Western Australia, much of northern and eastern Northern Territory and large parts of Queensland.
- Low pressure troughs and cold fronts interacting with warm and moist air resulted in thunderstorms, some severe, and widespread rainfall across parts of eastern South Australia, much of Victoria and Tasmania, and eastern New South Wales.
- Weekly rainfall totals of 15 to 100 mm were recorded in areas of central-eastern South Australia, parts of western and southern New South Wales, and much of Victoria and Tasmania.
- The highest weekly total (at a Bureau gauge) was 343.2 mm at Mornington Island Airport (Queensland).
- The highest daily total was 148.0 mm at Centre Island (Northern Territory) in the 24 hours to 9 am on 20 December.
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History
Previous rainfall reports
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