Areas of regional Victoria have received almost twice their monthly rainfall since the start of the month with more wet weather forecast later this week.
Rain gauges were brimming at the weekend as a series of cold fronts moved across the state, dousing the state's north-west and central regions with much-need precipitation.
Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Richard Carlyon said parts of the state had received 200 per cent above the monthly rainfall average up until Monday afternoon.
"If you drew a line from Mildura to Bendigo to Kilmore to Melbourne anywhere within 100 kilometres of that line has already had their monthly rainfall in five days," Mr Carlyon said.
North-west of Melbourne at Redesdale, 125 millimetres of rain has fallen since the start of the month.
In the 24 hours to 9am Saturday, 84mm had fallen setting a new daily rainfall record for April in the town bench-marking against 118 years data.
Victoria's wettest areas
Top falls across the state since April 1 include Mount Buffalo (161mm), Mount Buller (150), Charnwood (135mm), Falls Creek (123) and Pakenham Upper (122).
Lancefield also topped the list with 122mm of rain followed by Eurobin (121), Violet Town (117) and Kinglake (108mm) from April 1 to Monday morning.
"The north-west and central part of the state has been the wettest parts of Victoria this month," Mr Carlyon said.
"But focusing on the drier areas that not entirely missed out but had less rainfall than other parts of the state; East Gippsland is sitting on 20-40 per cent of its monthly rainfall which is normal for only a week in."
Falls between 15-30mm were recorded in East Gippsland while in the north-east rain totals varied between 40-90mm.
"It will settle down in the next three or four days and up until Thursday it looks more settled and should be mostly fine over the north and isolated, light showers over the south," Mr Carlyon said.
"It looks like a strong cold front will approach on late Friday or early Saturday and that could bring us at least a moderate amount of rainfall to the southern and mountain district."
Farmers buoyed with weekend rainfall
In the Wimmera, Ryan Milgate, east of Minyip, received 18.4mm and said he was pleased with the total.
"We're just shy of 100mm for the year. At my place it's been pretty much 25mm a month since the start of the year," Mr Milgate said.
"We're still probably a week or a fortnight away off planting. There's not a mad panic just yet as we'll get good germination."
Mr Milgate said this year he would plant canola, wheat, barley, lentils and hay.
At his Halls Gap block where he runs sheep for meat and wool he received 40mm.
North-east of Warracknabeal grazier David Drage recorded 24mm from two falls of 17.5mm and 6.5mm, respectively.
"It's a follow-up from 40mm a month ago. We are in for a good start for the season," Mr Drage said.
He will plant wheat, barley, canola, field peas and vetch for the sheep.
At Rupanyip, north-east of Horsham, Peter Teasdale said there had been lighter falls in his area.
He said he had received about 16mm.
'We were hoping to dry sow canola later this week or next week," Mr Teasdale said.
"Now it's looking as if it won't be dry enough, so that's put our plants on hold. We aren't sure what we'll be doing.
"We've been a bit light on this year. We had 32mm here three weeks ago.
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