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
Low pressure systems produced high rainfall totals in the south
- A low interacting with inland troughs, crossed south-eastern Australia during 24 and 25 August, producing heavy rain and localised flash flooding on the Fleurieu Peninsular in South Australia, and moderate to heavy rainfall along the ranges in the Victoria and New South Wales, with totals of 5 mm to 50 mm across much of the south-east.
- Inland troughs directing tropical moisture from the north-west to the south-east produced light showers in central Australia, and weekly rainfall totals between 5 mm and 50 mm across southern Queensland and eastern New South Wales.
- From 26 August, a slow moving low pressure system and associated trough and upper cut-off low, produced a broad cloud band and widespread rain and thunderstorms across the south of Western Australia. Weekly totals of 10 mm to 50 mm were recorded across much of the region, with higher totals near the west coast.
- During the week, onshore winds directed light rain to some coastal areas of Queensland, with weekly totals generally below 10 mm.
- The highest weekly total (at a Bureau gauge) was 83.0 mm at Carabost in New South Wales.
- The highest daily total (at a Bureau gauge) was 78.6 mm at Mount Compass in South Australia in the 24 hours to 9 am on 25 August 2026.
Product code: IDCKGRWAR0
History
Previous rainfall reports
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