And while the worst of the weather is gone, don’t expect any summer heat to return anytime soon.

Ballarat has so far seen 83.9mm of rain this month, which is not far short of double the monthly average of 49.9mm.

The weather is not completely unusual for this time of year though, with the city also receiving more than 60mm of rain last December after a storm front blew through at the start of the month.

Friday’s storm which hit just on peak hour saw more than 40mm dumped on the city in less than two hours as flash flooding took hold across town.

Those heading to Christmas parties would have found it difficult finding a taxi or Uber around town with very few being able to walk in the conditions.

The whole of Victoria has seen a deluge, with normally dry areas like Mildura itself seeing almost double the annual rainfall this month.

Wangaratta has seen more than 90mm, while towns such as Rutherglen remain on flood watch.

Closer to home, the Avoca River remains under flood watch, but flood warnings which came through at the weekend have been downgraded.

In three days the SES responded to over 1500 calls across the state for help, mostly for flooding.

But if you think we copped the brunt of the weather, brought about by ex-Tropical Cyclone Owen, we should be thankful that we aren’t north of the border.

In New South Wales, coastal towns were inundated with “golf-ball” sized hail as more than 60mm fell in less than an hour on Sunday with some areas very much having a white Christmas

More than 55,000 properties in New South Wales were still without power on Sunday after thunderstorms savaged the coast with the SES recording more than 7000 calls for assistance mainly for roof damage and fallen trees.

Even further north, weather records have been broken with the Bureau of Meteorology describing the dump of rain as "incredible" and "very intense" over parts of Queensland's north tropical coast.

Since being downgraded to a low yesterday afternoon the system has tracked south-east and brought torrential rain and thunderstorms to several towns, with levels now confirmed by BOM as "record-breaking" for the Hinchinbrook Shire.

The heaviest totals were at Halifax east of Ingham, which recorded 681mm in a 24-hour period from 9am on Saturday.

The good news is that the worst of the weather has well and truly passed with mostly sunny weather expected for the week.

But those hanging out for some summer heat will be disappointed with the temperature not expected to get above 27 until at least next Sunday with the mercury expected to spend most of the week between 19 and 24 degrees.

With Nicole Precel and AAP

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