Rainfall in central west Queensland has broken rain records as graziers rejoice in a break from the devastating drought.
Longreach soaked up 34mm on the first day of June and a whopping 59mm was measured at 9am Monday morning.
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By Tuesday morning, another 22mm was been recorded.
Barcaldine also managed to get a drink with 78mm falling onto parched land since Sunday.
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Rainfall was centred around Longreach and expanded as far out as Winton and down to Blackall.
Bureau of Meteorology David Bernard said the rainfall had broken June records.
"Longreach had the wettest June total so far ever, it has never had a wetter June since records began," he said.
Rainfall is expected to ease to light showers for Wednesday in central west Queensland but is expected to pick up again slightly on Saturday.
"Rain will be coming through mostly to the south of Longreach on Friday, maybe as far as Longreach on Saturday and on Sunday it will expand and shift across most of eastern Queensland," Mr Bernard said.
Meanwhile, south-east Queensland is likely to cop a drenching this weekend but forecasters say it will be nothing like the deluge from a fortnight ago.
More than 100mm is expected across the region on Sunday but is expected to clear by Monday.
– with AAP