A LOW-PRESSURE trough resulted in showers over Western Australia’s South West Land Division, then a strong cold front late on July 31 brought more showers, damaging wind gusts and thunderstorms to the area.

Moist easterly airflow brought showers to Queensland’s North Tropical Coast and eastern Cape York Peninsula.

Unseasonal rain fell in parts of WA’s north and the interior of the mainland late in the week as a trough that developed north-west of Australia brought moisture from the warm Indian Ocean.

A cold front on August 3 resulted in showers for southern South Australia and Tasmania.

Most of Australia recorded little to no rain during the week.

Parts of WA, western Tas, the far south-west of the Northern Territory, north-western and pockets of eastern South Australia, and areas of coastal northern Qld recorded rainfall totals greater than 10mm during the week; some of these areas recorded weekly totals of 25-50mm.

Weekly totals greater than 50mm were recorded in the far south-west of WA and coastal areas of Qld’s north.

The highest weekly total at a bureau gauge was 109mm at Tully Sugar Mill in Qld.

The highest daily rainfall during the week at a bureau gauge was 53mm at Jindong, WA, in the 24 hours to 9am on August 1.