TROPICAL Cyclone Luana made landfall as a Category 2 system on the afternoon of 24 January near Beagle Bay, on the northern Dampier coast of Western Australia. The system moved southwards and weakened to a tropical low on the afternoon of 25 January.

Weekly rainfall totals of 50 to 150 mm were recorded across the Kimberley district, with falls of 150 to 300 mm in the north-west and locally higher falls greater than 300 mm.

Throughout the week, a monsoon trough was active just north of Australia, enhancing rainfall across the tropical north and generating thunderstorms, including tropical low 18U which impacted northern Queensland.

Weekly rainfall totals of 25 to 100 mm were recorded across northern Queensland and northern and eastern Northern Territory. Large areas had falls of 100 to 150 mm, and isolated falls exceeded 200 mm in the Peninsula district in Queensland, and around Darwin.

A trough over western Queensland brought several days of thunderstorms and heavy rainfall.

Weekly rainfall totals of 15 to 50 mm were recorded in western Queensland.

A cold front crossed Tasmania on the 21st bringing low to moderate rainfall totals.

Weekly rainfall totals of 5 to 25 mm were recorded across much of Tasmania, with falls of up to 50 mm in eastern parts of the state.

The highest weekly total (at a Bureau gauge) was 334.4 mm at Country Downs in Queensland.

The highest daily total (at a Bureau gauge) was 306.2 mm at Kowanyama Airport in Queensland in the 24 hours to 9 am on 24 January.