Parts of the country have felt the full force of more than 1,000mm of rain in the past month, well above the average March rainfall.
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Beaumont near Shoalhaven NSW, registered 1,019.8mm over March, while a pie shop in Robertson NSW saw up to 963.2mm.
Communities in the Northern Rivers of NSW are currently facing their second flood inundation in a month.
Meanwhile, earlier this year on January 13 the Western Australian Pilbara region registered temperatures of 50.7 degrees. The temperature equalled the southern hemisphere's record temperature.
The state experienced one of its most challenging bushfire seasons, with up to 60,000 hectares burnt by the beginning of February.
The Margaret River fires began in December and set a precedent for the summer catastrophe that was to come.
While the mainland felt the weight of flooding rains, Tasmania is continuing on track to experience one of its driest seasons.
The island state faced its own fire crisis in January with the Tullah fires threatening towns in Tasmania's north-west.
Three separate tropical cyclones threatened land fall in Northern Territory, Western Australia, and Queensland.
Tropical Cyclone Seth arrived in Queensland on January 6, bringing with it king tides that impacted the entire east coast of Australia.
Days later, on January 9, Tropical Cyclone Tiffany appeared and was followed on February 23 by Tropical Cyclone Vernon.
With a new month now starting, the Bureau of Meteorology is warning severe conditions could hang around a little bit longer.
"Australia's severe weather season runs from October to April," said Meteorologist Dean Narramore.
"Bushfires, floods and tropical cyclones may continue to pose significant risks during autumn.
"Last year, autumn saw Tropical Cyclone Seroja strike Western Australia and major floods impact large parts of NSW."