Throughout the week, thunderstorms, some severe, across northern Australia and extending south through Queensland to north-eastern New South Wales, brought localised heavy rainfall including some October daily rainfall records, and large to giant hail in the east.

Weekly rainfall totals of 10-50mm were recorded across much of northern Australia, south-east Queensland, isolated parts of coastal New South Wales and western Tasmania.

Weekly rainfall totals of 50-100mm were recorded in pockets of northern Australia and the south-east of Queensland.

The highest weekly rainfall total at a bureau gauge was 87.2mm at Folesche Headland in Northern Territory, recorded on a single day, in the 24 hours to 9am on 31 October, making it also the highest daily rainfall total in the week.