Rainfall update
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
Cold fronts and low pressure systems brought high rainfall to parts of the south-east
- From 4 August a trough near the Pilbara coastline in Western Australian moved slowly inland and produced totals of 10 to more than 50 mm near the coast.
- A series of low pressure troughs and cold fronts brought rainfall across parts of southern Australia during the week.
- Between 8 and 10 August, a strong cold front supported by an upper level trough moved across southern Australia, bringing widespread rainfall and triggering flood warnings in Victoria.
- Weekly rainfall totals greater than 10 mm were recorded across much of southern Australia, including 15 to 50 mm across southern parts of Western Australia, large parts of South Australia, western Tasmania, Victoria and most of New South Wales. Falls greater than 50 mm were recorded across central and north-eastern Victoria extending into south-eastern New South Wales, and falls greater than 100 mm were recorded in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia and in north-eastern Victoria.
- The highest weekly total (at a Bureau gauge) of 178.4 mm was recorded at Myrhee (Hancocks)(Victoria), including also the highest daily total of 159.0 mm in the 24 hours to 9 am on 10 August 2026.
Product code: IDCKGRWAR0
History
Previous rainfall reports
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