The heaviest rain in that State fell on Friday in Charlton, 100 kilometres north-west of Bendigo, which recorded 22 millimetres, making it the wettest day this year.

Mildura also got a soaking, recording 13.8 millimetres, the soggiest day since January 19.

"It was the most substantial rain event statewide since August — September and October have been extremely dry," the Bureau of Meteorology's Blair Trewin said.

Meanwhile, Melbourne received a comparatively modest 5.4 millimetres, the highest rainfall in the city since September 23.

In addition, rainfall maps from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) over the weekend show Tasmania also received good rain, mostly in the northern half of the state early in the weekend.

Some falls in Tasmania's north-west exceeded 50mm in the 24 hours to 9am Saturday.

In southern NSW, there has been some rain in the south, following up further falls in northern NSW earlier in the week.

In Queensland, falls of up to 50mm have been recorded over the weekend in the south-west and south-east of the State, as well as in Central Queensland.

In North Queensland there were good storms on Saturday night delivering close to 100mm in parts (see map), as a rain band swept across the State and out to sea on Sunday.

The southern oscillation index (SOI) remains high, promising average of above-average rain over much of eastern Australia in the next three months.

The SOI ended the week steady - sowing a healthy +15.6. (See attached map).