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Most widespread May rain in a decade to reach all states
Key takeaways
- Between Saturday and Tuesday, rain will extend across more than half the country.
- The timing is ideal for farmers as the system could deliver the best rain in months to some areas in drought.
- The cloudband has been slowly brewing all week as tropical moisture was gradually drawn into the interior — evident on satellite images which showed fragmented areas of cloud over the outback.
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Between Saturday and Tuesday, rain will extend across more than half the country. (Supplied: Michael Spud Murphy)
Link copied Share Share article. The most widespread May rain in a decade is about to sweep across Australia as the first north-west cloudband of 2026 becomes a reality.
Between Saturday and Tuesday, rain will extend across more than half the country, covering a broad swathe from the Kimberley, through the Northern Territory and southern Queensland, down to south-east states.
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