January Rains In Oz

The Charleville and Coraki floods really show up, but what is even more striking is the rainfall gradient: NSW wet; SA dry - Central Queensland, a sodden, miserable mess; Western Queensland, utterly arid.

Strange pattern. In the U.S., these things tend to be driven by geography, but in Oz, this thing looks more like caprice.

Yes, in Spanish, La Niña means The Niña....