More than a month's worth of rain fell in tropical north Queensland last night, leaving more than puddles on the ground by the time most fathers woke up this morning. The rain started in the Tully to Innisfail area yesterday afternoon and persisted almost non-stop through the night, bringing the biggest rain since April. The wettest area was just on the tablelands, a banana and sugar producing area, where 50 to 100mm fell, causing minor flooding. By 9am this morning, when some of fathers were still asleep, South Johnstone and Tully had both recorded 95mm. This amount of rain is very unusual for this time of year, it is more than the region would accumulate during an average September. It is also South Johnstone's biggest September rain in more than 80 years of records. The previous highest September daily total was 94mm, set in 1983. Rain should ease fairly rapidly during the next few days as instability decreases. A weak low pressure trough just off the coast will weaken further, causing rain to ease to showers and for the showers to become less frequent. Between now and Wednesday, the region in general can expect another 10 to 20mm with isolated falls of up to about 50mm.