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Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 4 May 2026

Bureau of Meteorology 05/05/2026
Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 4 May 2026

A COLD front moved across the south-east during the weekend and brought light to moderate rainfall totals and thunderstorms.

Weekly rainfall totals of 10 to 50 mm, and locally higher, were recorded across far southern South Australia, much of Victoria, south-eastern New South Wales, and northern Tasmania.

Onshore winds brought isolated showers to parts of north-eastern New South Wales and Queensland.

Weekly rainfall totals of 10 to 100 mm, and locally higher, were recorded in parts of north-eastern New South Wales and south-eastern and the tropical north Queensland coast.

A trough over southern Western Australia brought showers and storms to the south and south-west parts of Western Australia with weekly rainfall totals of 10 to 100 mm.

The highest weekly total (at a Bureau gauge) was 164.0 mm at Topaz Alert in Queensland.

The highest daily total (at a Bureau gauge) was 106.0 mm at Thredbo AWS in New South Wales in the 24 hours to 9 am on 4 May.

 

 

Seven-day rainfall outlook

 

 

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