DAILY showers and thunderstorms impacted the tropical north and parts of Western Australia throughout the week.

Weekly rainfall totals of 25 to 100 mm, and locally higher totals, were recorded across northern parts of Western Australia, north-western and central parts of the Northern Territory, and parts of tropical Queensland.

A low-pressure trough across the north-east, combined with tropical air and an upper disturbance triggering widespread showers and thunderstorms, some severe, across large parts of eastern Australia later in the week.

Weekly rainfall totals of 25 to 100 mm were recorded across much of eastern and northern parts of New South Wales and southern Queensland.

Cold fronts and associated troughs brought scattered showers and thunderstorms across parts of the south-east during the week.

Weekly rainfall totals of 25 to 100 mm were recorded across much western Tasmania.

The highest weekly total (at a Bureau gauge) was 195.0 mm at Tipperary in the Northern Territory, which included the highest daily total of 119.0 mm in the 24 hours to 9 am on 13 December.