The high total surpassed the 9.2 millimetres of rain recorded on Wednesday.

The heavy downpour followed the driest April in Bendigo in more than 60 years. The city recorded only 3.2 millimetres of rain last month.

The last time the April rain total was that low was in 1949 when 1.4 millimetres was recorded.

Other parts of north central Victoria also received much-needed showers on Thursday.

Castlemaine received 35 millimetres of rain following almost eight millimetres on Wednesday. Redesdale received more than 14 millimetres, while Maryborough recorded 19.4 millimetres.

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Charlton also recorded more than 40 millimetres of rain on Thursday - the highest rain total the town has recorded on a single day in more than 16 years.

Despite the high rain totals, the Victorian SES said there were no reported incidents across the north central Victorian region.

Bendigo SES chief Natalie Stanway said her crew only had one call-out on Thursday morning for a fallen tree in Golden Gully.

"I just think we avoided being the centre of everything," Ms Stanway said. "We didn't have a lot of wind like they did in Warrnambool.

"We had little wind by comparison and instead just had primarily rain which didn't provide any problems."

The Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Rod Dickson said the downpour was welcome after months of dry conditions.

"It has been an exceptionally dry start to the year across the state but in particularly in north central Victoria," Mr Dickson said.

"Rainfall itself has been heavy so some of those totals across north central and western Victoria were new daily rainfall records."

The Bendigo had its driest start to the year in more than a decade, after the region received only 24.2 millimetres of rain between January and March.

The last time rainfall was that low was 2004 when only 20.2 millimetres was recorded in the first quarter.

Rainfall for March was also the lowest it has been in more than 14 years, with only six millimetres falling in the region last month.

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The lowest recorded rainfall was 1.4 millimetres in March, 2005. Bendigo usually averages 28.5 millimetres of rain for the month.

Meanwhile, records broke in April with only 3.2 millimetres of rain recorded in the city. Bendigo would usually receive 31.2 millimetres on average.

Data from the Bureau of Meteorology shows May tends to be a month of strong rainfall for the city, with on average 45.9 millimetres of rain recorded.

But Mr Dickson said despite the large rain totals over the past two days, the upcoming forecast was not looking as promising.

"Certainly in the next week or so, there is no significant follow-up rainfall," he said. "The climate outlook is leaning towards neutral or average conditions in the winter.

"There is no strong indication of wetter or drier conditions.

"But broad scale climate drivers in Pacific could see an El Nino develop which could lead to drier conditions."

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