Kelvin downgraded after rain records tumble

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Kelvin was downgraded to a tropical low at 3pm on Monday but not before the system delivered a record breaking deluge in WA's North West.

A remote cattle station between Broome and Port Hedland copped the brunt of the category two cyclone when it crossed the coast at 7am Sunday.

The Bureau of Meteorology said Kelvin intensified as it crossed the coast, something that’s rare and ‘amazing to watch’.

Senior Forecaster Neil Bennett said previous flooding across the North West meant land fall failed to slow the system.

“It’s been able to draw on that and keep feeding its self so it’s held together remarkably well," Bennett said.

Broome copped its wettest February day on record with 370.6mm failing in 24 hours.

It’s already been the wettest February in more than a century with a total of 557mm recorded in less than three weeks.

The Kimberly town is now just 25 millimetres shy of the wettest year on record, with more than ten months still left on the calendar.

“The ground is absolutely saturated and it’s going to take a long time for this water to run away” Bennett said.

The remains of ex-tropical cyclone Kelvin will now merge with an existing low pressure system in the state’s South East.

The Bureau is warning the combination could lead to flash flooding East of Esperance with the potential for road closures.

Perth won’t be impacted by the ex-tropical cyclone with sunshine forecast for the next week.

The mercury is yet to reach 40 degrees in Perth this summer.

If that trend continues we’ll see Perth’s first summer without a 40 degree day in 15 years.