But while Victorian rain gauges were left underwhelmed, senior forecaster Scott Williams said it would be a stormy week ahead.

"Shepparton had 48 millimetres overnight. Benalla has had 43 millimetres," Mr Williams said.

"We had some very high totals up in the Ovens, King and Broken River catchments. The highest is 94 millimetres at a rain station in the north east, but out of the major centres Shepparton has done as well as anywhere."

Edenhope in the state's far west received 45 millimetres to late yesterday, the area's heaviest rain since December 2008.

But while Melburnians were greeted with grey skies and good rain this morning, city gardens have largely missed out, with CBD totals hitting only 10 millimetres shortly after dawn.

The State Emergency Service reported 113 jobs across the state, but spokesman Allen Briggs said very few of them were caused by damaging rain.

"Very quiet for us," he said. "Some people had some minor roof damage, drains were blocked and so on.

"Those jobs were also very widespread, from the north east of the state to the bayside suburbs and Geelong," he said.

Rainfall figures show the catchments received between 10 and 20 millimetres, with falls peaking at 30 millimetres for the Thomson reservoir.

"Overall it's been a little disappointing for the catchments," said the Bureau's Scott Williams. "It won't be enough to get significant run-off."

But he said the rain Victoria missed out on last night could arrive with thunderstorms throughout next week.

"We are looking at a humid, thundery, showery week next week, so we may get some good follow-up on those falls," Mr Williams said.

"We're not likely to see hot dry conditions return for a week or so. It's going to remain unsettled and that could see some further useful rain in the catchments."

Melbourne Water spokesman Andrew McGinnes said downpours during summer are always welcome but "the impact on storages tends to be fairly muted".

"A lot of the rain is normally soaked up by the catchments, which are pretty dry at the moment.

"It's probably frustrating for people to hear, but that's the reality of how the system works," he said.