Skies turn to black

Though there was only 4 millimeters of rain recorded at the Bureau's recording station the rain fell fast and hard in a fifteen minute period.

Some locals reported hail in among the heavy rain.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology's data Grenfell received 4 millimeters of rain up until 9am on Monday morning and 4.2mm of rain up until 9am on Tuesday.

The rain on Monday brought the yearly and monthly total for Grenfell up to 9.4mm.

With Grenfell's average rainfall for January 52mm there is still a long way to go to reach the median rainfall.

According to the Bureau the chance of reaching the average rainfall for January is low with only a 50 percent chance of between 1-5mm between January 25 and January 31.

For the next three months between February and April there is a 90 to 100 percent chance of more than 25mm with a 75 percent chance of between 50-100mm for the same period.

"For 20-26 January, a wetter than average week is likely across much of eastern Australia, while most of central and western Australia is likely to be drier than average," a Bureau spokesperson said.

"The dry signal shifts north to the northern half of Australia the following week - 27 January to 2 February - with little shift in the odds towards a wetter or drier week further south."