Sunnier skies are just around the corner.
Melbourne's wet weather will begin to ease on Friday evening, with warmer and drier conditions expected for the weekend.
Weatherzone meteorologist Kim Westcott said a light shower is expected on Saturday, but the drizzly weather is expected to clear up by the afternoon with temperatures expected to reach 21 degrees.
From 9am on Friday morning, more than 4.5 millimetres of rain fell in Melbourne.
"The rain is easing now and heading east so we're just about at the edge of it," Ms Westcott said.
"Dry conditions, with a light sprinkle of rain, are expected for Saturday but this should clear up by the afternoon."
Sunday will also see clearer skies, with a slight chance of rain and temperatures reaching 20 degrees.
In a turn of events often seen in this city, Melburnians have gone from wearing sunscreen to raincoats in less than 24 hours.
After an unseasonably warm day of 27 degrees on Thursday, the sun has retreated, leaving us with showers and a potential thunderstorm on Friday night.
The mercury was still a balmy 23 degrees at 8pm on Thursday night and only dipped to a low of 17 around 6am.
While Melbourne's unforgiving winter chill is yet to set in, it looks like drizzle is the only thing on the horizon.
Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Rod Dickson said a low-pressure trough had moved across the state on Thursday, producing rain and cloud cover.
A severe weather warning was issued on Thursday night with flooding predicted for many parts of the state.
Melbourne escaped the worst of the storm, receiving 9.4 millimetres of rainfall overnight.
The town of Woomelang in the Mallee region in northwest Victoria received 103 millimetres of rain, their wettest day since 1910.
There a chance another storm could hit Victoria on Friday night, but Mr Dickson said rainfall wouldn't be heavy.
"The rain has already eased to showers over Melbourne. We'll still see some showers throughout the afternoon today although most will be over northern Victoria."
"We're still left with some isolated shower activity throughout the weekend, but it will be pretty light."
The temperature will remain pleasant into next week despite rain, averaging in the low 20s before Melbourne is blasted by a predicted 16 degrees on Wednesday.
On Thursday night, Victorians were told to bunker down for a thunderstorm that was expected to last as long as five hours.
The Bureau of Meteorology predicted rain and isolated thunderstorms would develop late Thursday night over the Mallee, Wimmera and Southwest districts and extend into the Northern Country and North Central districts by Friday morning.
Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Chris Godfred said the state's Great Dividing Range would act as a block preventing the heaviest rain from hitting Melbourne.
Mr Dickson said rainfall averaged 50 millimetres around the state on Thursday night while Melbourne's suburbs received between 8 and 12 millimetres.