A STRONG cold front and a low pressure trough moved across southern Australia between 2 and 4 October, bringing rain, thunderstorms and showers.
Several cold fronts crossed south-eastern Australia during the week bringing more showers to south-eastern South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, while a low pressure trough resulted in light to moderate rainfall in New South Wales.
Thunderstorms impacted parts of northern Australia on 5 October, delivering light to moderate rainfall to the northern Kimberley in Western Australia, adjacent areas in the north-west of the Northern Territory, and parts of Queensland’s Gulf Country.
Weekly rainfall totals of 25 to 50 mm were recorded across most of western and northern Tasmania, parts of eastern Victoria, the South West Land Division and Southern Interior districts in Western Australia, and small areas in the west of the Northern Territory, central Queensland and north-east New South Wales.
Weekly rainfall totals of 50-100 mm were recorded in areas of north-western Tasmania and locally in south-west Western Australia.
The highest weekly total at a bureau gauge was 116.8 mm at Mount Read in Tasmania, where the highest daily rainfall total in the week, 53.2 mm, was also recorded in the 24 hours to 9 am on 7 October.
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