A LOW PRESSURE trough combined with a humid air mass on October 24 and 27 triggered widespread rainfall and locally severe thunderstorms with hail and strong winds, impacting southern, central and western Queensland and the northern and central coast of New South Wales.
Several cold fronts crossed south-eastern Australia, generating low-to-moderate rainfall totals, particularly in western Tasmania.
A low pressure trough brought humid and showery conditions with isolated thunderstorms to some coastal and adjacent inland areas across northern Australia.
Weekly rainfall totals of 10-25mm were recorded across the central and northern coasts of NSW, a large area of southern, central and western Queensland and parts of the north, the Top End of the Northern Territory and the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Weekly rainfall totals of 25-50mm were recorded across western Tasmania, isolated pockets of the central and northern coast of NSW, areas of southern, central and northern Queensland, isolated pockets of the Top End of the NT, and an area of WA’s Kimberley district.
The highest weekly rainfall total at a Bureau of Meteorology gauge was 63mm at Nearum Rd Alert in Queensland, recorded on a single day, in the 24 hours to 9am on 25 October, making it also the highest daily rainfall total in the week.
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