The wet season has kicked in across northern QLD smashing rainfall records!
Cairns has just experienced its wettest October day in 67 years of records with 213.4mm falling in just 24 hours to 9am Wednesday. This completely overshadows the previous October daily rainfall record of 86.8mm set in 1964. It is now also the wettest October on record in Cairns.
Even though October marks the beginning of the wet season, such heavy falls are usually only experienced during the cyclone season- infact, the last time Cairns picked up this much rain was during Cyclone Yasi in February 2011.
But Cairns isn't the only one to get an early wet season soaking. Widespread falls of 100-200mm have also been recorded from Tully to Mossman in just 24 hours! This is on top of widespread 50-100mm falls the day before. In 48 hours, both Menavale and Goldsborough Valley have seen over 400mm of rain!
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